Introduce Yourself!

[tangotanzen]

Hi everybody,
I am a Gamer since I was a little child (Amiga, Sega, NES...). I'm working as a TV journalist for the German TV and hope to make some movies about gaming very soon.
Best wishes,
Nicole

[buzztard]

Hey every1, I'm from México, I've been a retrogamer for a while (since the NES appeared... but back then it wasn't called "retrogaming"), I actually knew about this site looking for "overlooked snes games". I just found it great to be part of a community of people who likes the same (or almost the same) stuff I'm into.
There are many games I'd call "my favourite ones", the list would be long, but I can say that I'm a big fan of the original mega man series, battletoads, zelda, star fox, etc... I'll post some of my collection later.
I consider myself a snes game collector, but I also collect NES, game boy, N64 & game cube games.
I used to play a lot, and I mean, A LOT of SNES games about 15 years ago, then, something made me stop, and here I am again, I guess I get nostalgic and I feel like I'm younger again, also, I think that games were much better back then, when, graphics weren't the most important deal. Games used to be much more creative, simple and addictive, you could beat 'em in just minutes, and have a great time.

[Auto-Fox]

Greetings fellow retro gamers! Glad to find a forum where I don't get looked at like a Martian for mentioning anything older than the PS2.
I've been a collector of classic games since back when I got my first Sega Genesis back in 2001. Since then, my collection has expanded to include:
- 2x Sega Genesis Model 2.
- 2x Sega Genesis Model 1.
- 2x Sega 32X.
- 1x Sega Saturn.
- 1x Sega Dreamcast.
- 1x Sega Master System.
- 2x Sega Game Gear.
- 1x Nintendo Entertainment System Model 1.
- 1x Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
- 1x Nintendo 64.
- 1x Atari VCS.
- 1x Sony PlayStation.
- 1x Sony PlayStation 2.
- 1x Sony PlayStation Portable.
- 1x Nintendo Game Boy.
- 1x Nintendo Game Boy Pocket.
- 1x Fairchild Channel F.
- 1x SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color.
And those are just the ones I can see as I type this. I also own an interesting third-party peripheral:
- 2x Aura InterActor (early Sega Genesis and SNES compatible "rumble" backpack).
Anyway, glad to join the forums. Here's to the games of yore!

[muchomojo]

Hey there everyone, ummmm well I collect and play for anything from 2600 to the PS2. I have a wide array of other hobbeys from music to filmmaking etc. I'm from Florida and can't think of much else to say.

[aingevt]

My name is Andrew, I'm 27 and I live in Southern Virginia. I have lurked on this site for around 5 years but never posted. I love old school games but I also love my Nintendo DS. I have some neat things in my collection including a Turbo Duo and several NES and SNES cart reproductions.

I look forward to posting here.

[SHERBO64]

- I'm SHERBO64, don't ask how that came to be, don't really remember.
- I live in Melbourne, Australia, so I import a lot of games to get them at the right time.
- My favourite games are probably the zelda and banjo series', but I've been entering a JRPG phase.
- Most of my games are for n64, but i have no real focus with collecting, anything that interests me I'll pick up. I don't go back to before snes though, I'm only seventeen so it doesn't really interest me, coming before my time, but maybe when i get a job and more money...
- Outside of my virtual worlds I'm a student in my final year of High School, so don't expect a great deal of activity until the end of the year when exams finish!

[PSP509]

My name is Chris,I live in IL close to the University Of lllinois in Champaign,IL.I've had my own business since 1978.I'm 45, and have been an arcade,handheld,and home gamer since 1973/4.I started gaming playing pinball at 9/10 in '73 or '74.I then moved to Mattel Electronics stuff in 1978.Then to a Vectrex Arcade System/Graphic Computer System in January 1984.I amassed a complete collection from '84 through the 90s.My passion is handhelds,old or new!I have probably 500 from 1978 to 2008-GB,Lynx,PSP,etc

[Topodude]

hey, just joined here, was watching some Petedorrs videos on Youtube and he menioned this so thought I'd check it out always been into gaming, still love my sega Megadrive/genesis started collecting, not huge collection but o well, I live in England-Birkenhead, and Im currently in college

[McCarron]

I'm Patrick, I live in NW burbs of IL.

I have been getting into completing my retro system collection recently, and via google kept stumbling upon this site. Figured it was about time to join.

[Bewbs]

Hello.

Heard about this site from a youtube vid. Thought I'd sign up as I'm a newcomer to retro gaming and have a lot of questions to ask.

[duo_r]

Hey,

How is it going, I have been posting alot lately so figured I would introduce myself. Duo-R, I am an old school Turbografx / PC Engine fan (screename is of my favorite PCE console).

I have been a part of the Turbo community for a while, primarily I specialize in various mods. You can check my website here:

http://www.geocities.com/duo_r@sbcglobal.net

if you ever googled region modding or other mods for the Turbo, my name has probably popped up. I have the same username in various old school gaming forums out there.

I also have all 3 next gen systems currently on the market. Lately all the new systems don't get played very much since I have been doing alot of retrogaming (and modding).

Mods include region mods for most of the systems I listed above (old school), LED mods, and RGB mods. If you do some searches on here, I have posted a couple of the things I have done.

Some of the questions:

- Who you are - Duo------R
- Where you live - Norcal
- How you found the forums - Google searches
- What your favorite games are - TG-16/PCE
- What systems you collect for - SNES, Saturn, Genesis, TG-16/PCE
- What you do in "real life" - what I don't do in my fake life
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc. - Some of that info is listed above. 1st system was a Atari 2600.

[parallelprophet]

Hello!

My name parallelprophet comes from the parallel processor in the Neo Geo.

I am from TN and am in I.T. work.
First system owned: Atari 5200
Systems owned: 20
Newest Systems: PS3, Wii, PSP, DS
Fave System: DREAMCAST (followed by SNES and NEO GEO)
Fave Game Series: Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, Mario, Zelda
Fave Genre: FIGHTING (followed by platformer and action)
Currently Playing: SF IV, MGS4, Prince of Persia, SFII , Metal Slug 7, MK vs DC Universe.
Other hobbies: Guns, hunting, fishing...oh and did I say guns?

Look forward to meeting everyone...!

[Typhoon_Timmy]

Im Typhoon Timmy from Corpus Christi, Tx found Digitpress through my boss who runs Play Again Classic Video Games.

I love alllll kinds of games, but fighting games are my favorite. Street Fighter and the lot are some of my faves, but I also like tons of oddball games. I collect games that I think are fun (best kind) and Saint Seiya and Castlevania games. Working on a complete Castlevania (need the amiga version soooo bad)

So thats me, running a game store and just joining the forums here.

Helllllo everyone.

[~日本~Densha~]

Name: Phil
Age: 25 (soon 26)
Job: journalist/musician
Hobbys: Games (mostly classic gaming but also nexgen)
Japan (Games,Girls,Movies,Music,Language,Anime,Food..eve rything)
Music (Jrock,VisualKei,Jpop,Cpop,Kpop,Krock,Classic,Rock ,Progressive
Rock/Metal,OST Music..etc)
Guitar and Piano (Guitar for over 8 years now)
Watching Movies
Writing (Short Stories, Reviews (job),Lyrics,Poems)
Drawing (Mostly Anime influenced style)

Fav. Musicians: One Ok Rock,Heidi.,Versailles,Bump of Chicken,Akira
Yamaoka,Joe Hisaishi,Dear Cloud,Clazziquai,My Aunt Mary,NELL, Angela Aki,Yui,Wang Lee Hom,B'z,Kagrra,Ayaka Hirahara,
Alice Nine.,Ikimono Gakari,No Regret Life,William Fitzsimmons,​
Coldplay,Jon McLaughlin,LOS​T IN TIME,Reamo​nn..etc

Fav. Movies: Chinese Ghost Story,Butterfly Effect,My Sassy Girl,Silent Hill,BraveHe​art,Lump Sugar,Parasi​te Eve,Heavenly​ Forest,Kabhi​ Alvida naa Kehna,Hum Tum,Kal Ho naa Ho,Hana-Bi,C​asshern,Yeon​riji (Now and Forever),Jac​kie Chan Movies,Weddi​ng Crasher,V for Vendeta,Tita​nic,All Ben Stiller Movies,Metad​e Fumaca,Harry​ Potter, Pirates of the Caribbian,Fa​ntastic Four,The Mummy and the Mummy Returns,Dawn of the Dead (1978),I am Legend,Unbreakable, Benjamin Button,Forgetting Sarah Marshall,Dragon the Story of Bruce Lee,kikujiros summer,Udon,Tenshi no tamago,Sono toki wa kare ni yoroshiku,Gachi Boy..etc

Fav. TV Shows: Taiyo no Uta,Tatta Hitotsu no Koi,Sekai no Chuushin de,Densha Otoko,I am Sorry but I love, A love to kill,Friends​,Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi,Detriot Metal City,Two and a Half Men,Scrubs,M​onk,Supernat​ural,Hercule​s,Lost,That 70's Show,Grey's Anatomie, Ugly Betty,Dawson​s Creek,King of Queens,Angel​,Buffy,Coupl​ing,Ghost Whisperer,De​sperate Housewifes,H​eroes,How I met your Mother..etc

Fav. Food: Japanese, Korean, Indian and Italian.

Console own: 25
First Console: Game Gear
First Computer: Commodore 64
First Games: Wonderboy,Sonic,Ninja Gaiden
Fav. Consoles: Famicom,Mega Drive,Dreamcast,Pc-Engine,PS2,Saturn.
Fav. Genres: Japanese Rpg's,Survival Horror,Point and Click Adventure, Action Adventure,Shmups,Beat em Ups.
Fav. Series: Tales of... (Symphonia,Abyss...etc),Biohazard,Silent Hill,Castlevania,Falcom Games (Ys..etc).
Collect: Mostly Famicom,Mega Drive (jap),Pc-Engine,Densha de Go Games and Sumo Games.
Most Wanted: MSX,SEGA MARK III, NEO GEO AES,SHARP X68000,360°,DS.

Now at the moment I am writing for a music magazin called SKUG. Beside that my main goal is to work on my music career. And over all that my BIGGEST goal is the go to Japan and form a rock band there
Japan means so much to me. I grew up with this hole culture. All I was mostly interested about since I was a little boy was Japan or has to do with it.
I feel more connected with Japan as with my own country. It is hard to explain it to someone who don't know how I feel about it. So this is my big BIG GOAL. Now I start to learn japanese. I am just at the begining but there is allways a start, right?

So thats me. ^_____________^
So HI TO EVERYONE~

[JackElam'sEyes]

Just thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Kyle
I'm 19
I'm from Maine
I'm temporarily working at a group home in south coast Mass
In the process of going to school for film production

Interests:
Video games: I grew up playing Atari and NES but I enjoy playing everything up to the 360.
I'm currently collecting NES, Dreamcast, Gamecube, and 32x but will pick up anything that looks good.
Favorite games: Guardian Legend, Nightshade, Mega Man 6, and Dead Space just to name a few...

I'm a huge film nut that has a pathetic passion for trash cinema. My preferred areas of film are westerns(American & Italian), giallos, Tromaesque trash, and Japanese Yakuza & samurai flicks...

My favorite actors are Buster Keaton, Klaus Kinski, John Wayne, John Saxon,
Lee Marvin, Jack Elam, and Walter Brennen.
I play guitar mostly but I dabble in few other instruments occasionally.
I listen to everything but lean towards NWOBHM, Death, and black metal.
Favorite bands are King Diamond, Accept, Sigh, and Morbid Angel

I'm excited to join this friendly little community of game enthusiasts and would also love to talk to anyone who also enjoys some of my mentioned interests.

[The Shawn]

Just thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Kyle
I'm 19
I'm from Maine
I'm temporarily working at a group home in south coast Mass
In the process of going to school for film production

Interests:
Video games: I grew up playing Atari and NES but I enjoy playing everything up to the 360.
I'm currently collecting NES, Dreamcast, Gamecube, and 32x but will pick up anything that looks good.
Favorite games: Guardian Legend, Nightshade, Mega Man 6, and Dead Space just to name a few...

I'm a huge film nut that has a pathetic passion for trash cinema. My preferred areas of film are westerns(American & Italian), giallos, Tromaesque trash, and Japanese Yakuza & samurai flicks...

My favorite actors are Buster Keaton, Klaus Kinski, John Wayne, John Saxon,
Lee Marvin, Jack Elam, and Walter Brennen.
I play guitar mostly but I dabble in few other instruments occasionally.
I listen to everything but lean towards NWOBHM, Death, and black metal.
Favorite bands are King Diamond, Accept, Sigh, and Morbid Angel

I'm excited to join this friendly little community of game enthusiasts and would also love to talk to anyone who also enjoys some of my mentioned interests.

Hello man! My best friend lives on Kings mountin! your a lot younger than me so you prob. wouldn't know him, but welcome to the community! Well he is into death metal so maybe you do, Dominic Nuavo ring a bell?


Either way man, welcome! Good to see another Mainer here...

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Just thought I'd introduce myself.

My name is Kyle
I'm 19
I'm from Maine
I'm temporarily working at a group home in south coast Mass
In the process of going to school for film production

Interests:
Video games: I grew up playing Atari and NES but I enjoy playing everything up to the 360.
I'm currently collecting NES, Dreamcast, Gamecube, and 32x but will pick up anything that looks good.
Favorite games: Guardian Legend, Nightshade, Mega Man 6, and Dead Space just to name a few...

I'm a huge film nut that has a pathetic passion for trash cinema. My preferred areas of film are westerns(American & Italian), giallos, Tromaesque trash, and Japanese Yakuza & samurai flicks...

My favorite actors are Buster Keaton, Klaus Kinski, John Wayne, John Saxon,
Lee Marvin, Jack Elam, and Walter Brennen.
I play guitar mostly but I dabble in few other instruments occasionally.
I listen to everything but lean towards NWOBHM, Death, and black metal.
Favorite bands are King Diamond, Accept, Sigh, and Morbid Angel

I'm excited to join this friendly little community of game enthusiasts and would also love to talk to anyone who also enjoys some of my mentioned interests.

I echo The Shawn's welcome, Jackelam. It seems that you managed to get all the New England metalheads out of the wood works tonight.

[gamecollectman]

Hello everybody, new to the digitpress world. My name is Ty ,i am 28 years old and i am from the great and cold state of Wisconsin. Well a lil about me, I am a college grad as of today , On the side from my regular job I am a game collector. I've been doing it for about a year now searching primarily for NES games, and i must say it is an addiction thats hard to kick. I am also on nintendoage.com My name on there is also gamecollectman.

[obesolete]

Hey,

I'm Obesolete from Toronto Canada.

I've been collecting for most of my life, but never started taking it seriously until i ran into my now almost husband again after years so not seeing each other since highschool.

Together we've been collecting mainly nes and snes carts with a total of 150+ nes carts and 80 some-odd snes carts and consider them our pride and joy.
We also have several hundreds of gameboy/DS/SP/ps1/2/3/cube/dreamcast/xbox games scattered among the house/in our parents basements.

our second bedroom has become a shrine to classic gaming and also my workshop for my Etsy store Closet Monsters where i sell custom plushies.

[pfp]

- PFP
- Upstate NY b/t Syracuse and Buffalo
- Referred here from CAG to get some questions answered about a collection I bought
- the Mario Kart games, Symphony of the Night
- I collect classics and personal favorites for PS1, PS2, SNES, N64, GC
- I run an game store on eBay (I also have a day job doing tech support, but the game store is the main biz)
- Not too much, the store pretty much eats most of my free time.