Tell us any or all of the following:
Who you are - My name is Dave (aka djfinny)
Where you live - I live just North of Boston, MA
How you found the forums - A friend of mine recommended that I check out Digital Press, it's about time I found you guys/gals !!
What your favorite games are - Pretty much everything, arcade, RPG's, RTS, sports, strategy etc
What systems you collect for:
- Atari 2600 (original wood grain)
- Atari 5200 (4 port)
- Odyssey 2
- Intellivision w/ Intellivoice
- Vectrex
- Panasonic 3DO
- PS/1
- N64
- GC and GBA
- Xbox
- PC
I have several or more carts/CD's for each console (and growing) around 100+ titles right now
What you do in "real life" I work in IT as a procurement specialist in a very large financial institution.
Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc: I'm 36 years old. I believe the first arcade type game I've played was in 1976 - I it was Tank or Bi-plane. Some of the other "console" .... ( PC's) I have owned over the years which I hope to collect again someday are:
- Radio Shack TRS-80 model 1 level 2 16k RAM
- C64
- Apple 2e
As a kid I had compiled about 2 years of Electronic Gaming magazines (from 1982-1984 ish) all near mint, nicely bagged and boxed. I then went off to college and came home to discover that all the old PC's and magazine I collected over the years were thrown out accidentally by my mom.... I've been collecting ever since.
Recently, I'm been looking to get more involved in the Gaming Industry (a possible career change?) I've also been look for sites that are looking for classic game reviewer's - if anyone could recommend some places that are accepting submissions, I would certainly appreciate it.
Nice to meet all of you and good luck with your collections/hobbies. BTW - We are not geeks, we're just misunderstood, at least that's what I tell my wife.
DJ