Introduce Yourself!

[aftertheflesh]

My name is Kimberly, but you can call me Chainsaw . I finally made an account here on DP. I live in St. Louis, MO and I can't honestly say I collect games. That requires lot's of fun money that I don't have. I bought my PS2 less than a year ago (please keep the laughing to a minimum). One of my fav. systems ever is the 32X. I had to beg till I bled to get one for Christmas. It came with Doom and Cosmic Carnage. I didn't have a computer then, so that was my only option at the time for Doom. By the way, Jasmine, I can't get into FF either. In fact they make me want to rip my skin off. I love RPG's, but they are not what they used to be. Someone else mentioned Shining Force. Thank you for staying faithful! Genesis has some killer RPG's. The Phantasy Star series was great, then they put it online Currently I have a NES, Genesis, PSX, PS2, and a DC. I have access to gamegirl79's *cakes* systems that I don't have and my friend has a Neo-Geo pocket, NG arcade cart, 3DO, jaguar, and a saturn. He's always looking for a willing victim to play him in fighting games. He slaughters me, I have much shame. Other than that....I love PC gaming as well. I have no job to speak of (Thanks Bush), but when things are going properly I work in laboratory environments. Even after all these years one of my fav. memories is this: 2P Super Mario Bros. Stuck as Luigi......Hey Dad....there's a 1UP mushroom inside that hole....... Worked every time.

[ec_gamer]

Hey there,
my name's Court Milley. I'm from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I was one of the unfortunate kids who got an Odyssey 2 instead of an Atari VCS for christmas. Though I loved the console I grew up in a very small town and could never get any games for it. In an attempt to recapture my youth I picked up an O2 a few years ago with a huge bunch of games. It didn't stop there, I figured I wanted to grab all the consoles I played as a kid.

So here I am. It took me a while to come around to any forums. I am currently a member of the Classic Gaming Collectors of Canada forum, which is where I heard about this place. I love cgcc as it started to get tiring collecting by myself, it was great to discuss it with others. I am excited to get to know people here to see what collecting is like worldwide.

I've gotton most of the consoles I've wanted and have decided to try to gather one complete colection of North American releases for Colecovision, my favourite of all pre-crash consoles.

Talk to you all soon.
-Court

[Alucard X]

Hello everyone! My name is Tony from East Tennessee originally from Scranton, PA. I am 20 years young going on 21 in December.

I actually discovered this awesome site a few weeks back when I was googling for a site with some good U.S. release lists for games, and quickly bookmarked it.

My favorite game of all-time is Final Fantasy II for the SNES (Final Fantasy IV). Nothing even comes close even 13 years after its release, in my opinion.
I also love Age of Empires II; my favorite PC game. Oh yeah, and as you can see Alucard from PSX's Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night is one of my favorite characters.

I'm not into the OLD old consoles. I started heavily with my NES when my sister owned a video store back in the day; so I had 60+ good titles at a stone's throw away. I still remember getting my first NES on my 5th birthday and playing Super Mario Bros. most of the night! That was the first game I really sit down to play and finished; I'm sure most of you can relate to that.

I'll play just about any game on NES, SNES, Genesis, SEGA CD, Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Game Boy Color / Advance, and Sony PlayStation 2. I'm also a pretty heavy PC gamer. I'm not a console-hater of any kind, I just never really got into anything else. I used to have an extensive collection of games (around 500), but ending up selling all of them to help with the family bills here and there over the years. Thank God for emulation!

I just really love playing my video games and being around my friends. I also love taking nature walks once in a while and thinking to myself. I'm kind of a more "passive" type person, but I open up more day after day working retail.

I'll always be more then happy to chat with you classic gamers. They don't make the awesome games of yesteryear like they used to! See ya around!

[YarsRevengeFan]

My name is Roger Stano, I am 31 years old, married with 2 daughters, and live in Monroe, Iowa. I work at Vermeer Manufacturing in Pella, Iowa as a Training Specialist. I provide training to dealership service technicians world-wide.

I found this site and forum by posting on AtariAge, where I had been a member since July 2001. I have always visited this website, as I think it is the premier website for classic gaming.

I collect for the Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx & Jaguar, TG-16, and PS2, as well as some PC games.

Favorite games are as follows:
2600 - Yars Revenge
Jaguar - AVP, Cannon Fodder, Tempest 2000
TG-16 - Galaga '90 I don't have it but I played it at Alan D's house and would love to get a copy of it!
PS2 - Harvest Moon, Katamari Damarcy, Midway Arcade Classics II, Final Fantasy X-2, and all of the Silent Hill Series!

I began collecting when I moved away from Iowa when I joined the Navy back in 1996. My friend Eric and I back in Iowa would play his 2600 and drink Orange Julius all night playing our favorite games. It took me back to my teenage years and I decided I wanted to relive those times over and over again.

That's about it! If you live in Iowa, especially around the Des Moines area, I would love to hear from you! Thanks for reading!

- Roger

[Ryaan1234]

Hi, I'm Ryan and I'm 13

I'm from Waco,(actually Robinson if you want to be more specific)Texas
I found this site when I was looking for a good game rarity guide.
The Shining Force series is my favorite.
I collect anything related to video games
I don't have a job
My dad sells on ebay so almost every weekend I go with him to garage sales(My dad's username is Vintageville) I started collecting when I found this metal mario bros. trash can at the goodwill. The most valuable items in my collecting are: Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong game watch(not game&watch), tabletop Donkey Kong game by Coleco, Shining Force 3 for Sega Saturn, Zelda and Donkey Kong Jr. Game&Watch, Sega Genesis 3 mint in the plastic and the box never been used, and Earthbound with game guide.

[greedostick]

What's up all?

My name is Jeremy Forrest AKA Greedostick, I am 24 years old. I live in Columbus Ohio. I drive a shuttle bus for Riverside Methodist Hospital, which is one of the busiest hospitals in the usa (top 5).

I have been playing video games since pre Nes days, and started collecting about 8 years ago. Started going around flea markets buying all those nes games, then i discovered ebay and it was all over.

Now i own a few hundred games, some of my favorite games i own are

Turbo grafx
magical chase eng
dynastic hero eng
lords of thunder
bonk's revenge
neutopia 2

genesis
landstalker the treasures of king nole (favorite game ever)
shining force 1 and 2
splatterhouse 3
quackshot
devil hunter yohko

snes
secret of mana

neo geo
art of fighting 1, 2, 3
last blade 1 and 2
samurai showdown 2, 3, 4,
miracle adventure

many many more games i really like.

I basically collect for all systems. Right now my main focus is getting my near complete turbo grafx and neo geo collection done. after that who knows where i'll wonder to.

[sleepycal]

Hey there. I'm a collector/gamer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

I grew up playing on Colecovision, Sega Master System, Commodore 64, and Amiga.

I started playing again late during the Playstation's run ('99-2001). Stopped again. And then resumed with the PS2 in summer of 2003. By the end of the summer, I decided to start collecting classic games as well. The gaming and collecting has not stopped since.

I'm a big fan of the Coleco and Master systems. Also of anything with "Resident Evil" in the title. I'm trying to complete a NA SMS collectiong, while picking up any Turbo and Coleco games I don't have.

I'm pretty happy w/ the systems I have at the moment (considering there were so many systems I never had any exposure to). There's just so much out there. I feel no need to collect for every single system, etc. Might add an SNES model 2, and perhaps a game gear w/ master gear converter in the future.

These are the gaming systems at my disposal.
Commodore 64
Commodore Amiga 500
NES
SNES
N64
Gamecube
Game Boy
GBA SP
Sega Master Model 1-2
Sega Genesis Model 1-3
Sega CD Model 2
Saturn
Dreamcast
Colecovision
Turbografx 16
Playstation
Playstation 2
Xbox

[rarecube]

Hi my name is Cruzway.

And i collect games.

I collect snes games.

Because its Fun.

Fun Makes me happy.

Happy makes me hungry.

Hungry makes me eat.

Eat makes me drink.

Drink makes me PI - PI.

PI - PI makes me buy more RARE SNES GAME.


PI = Snes I GOT THE FORMULA OF HAPPINESS

[Xtasy]

- Who you are - My Name is Nick and im 13 years old


- Where you live - In the Uk about 10 miles from the second biggest city birmingham
- How you found the forums

My Good old friend google



- What your favorite games are

FPS/Rts some Rpg's and run and gun platformers like MetalSlug

- What systems you collect for

PSX,Ps2 Xbox Gba and starting for the SNES & NGPC and i would like to collect for the NeoGeo MVS


- What you do in "real life"

Im a schoolboy who er goes to school


- Any other interesting facts, like how you b
egan collecting, etc.


Ive been playing games for more time than i can remember My uncles started me off on Doom Rise of the triads (ZZZZHH eletric hand) and MK1/2/3 (FATALITY)



Thanks for readiny this

Xtasy

[van_halen]

My name is Johan, n' I'm mainly an NES collector. Yes!

[Beefy Hits]

HI there all new to the forums, but certainly not a new gamer.

- Who you are
First name is Greg, 28 years young.

- Where you live
In a small burg called Saint Francis, MN, about 1/2 hour drive north of Minneapolis.

- How you found the forums
Someone mentioned a deal they had with someone on here about Dracula X from the Neo-Geo.com forums. I've known about this place for sometime. I also came here to advertise an ebay auction for some games.

- What your favorite games are
Hmmm.. Well, at the moment, I'd have to say River City Ransom, Taiko Drum Master, Puzzle Link 2, and Star Ocean 2. All time favorites are Metal Slug X, Samurai Shodown II, and just about any Pinball game.

- What systems you collect for
I don't really collect for many systems, just play games, but I like to collect Dreamcast mainly.

- What you do in "real life"
I look for jobs, do some reading, play games, and watch lotsa movies and anime. I have a 2 year degree in Accounting and a 4 year degree in Telecommunications.

[crisssybwoy]

- Who you are
Cris. I've been gaming since I got a Spectrum 48k. Now have a decent collection of gaming platforms.


- Where you live
Manchester UK, currently in the process of trying to move/buy a house in Leeds UK.


- How you found the forums
Unsure, I've been here several times in the last couple of years, thought i was already registered but was supprised when I tried to log in & was not allowed :/


- What your favorite games are
Into Capcom Vs SNK 2 at the moment. Also favorites are, REZ, any of the Bust-a-Move series, Super Probotector, Both Shenmue games.


- What systems you collect for
Dreamcast, MegaDrive, SNES. Just got a Gamecube so may pick up a few titles for that. Also have other systems but dont really bother to collect games for them.


- What you do in "real life"
I'm a support worker with young homeless people, work in a hostel helping with finding people premanant accommodation & teaching lifeskills.
Look after my 2 kids.

[chux]

Hey there,

My name is chuck, I'm 26 years old, and live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I'm a last years student at the Utrecht School of Arts in the Design for Virtual Theatre and Games programm.
I got on these forums, because I am looking for some info on replacing a Jamma board in my arcade cabinet, and google got me here.
I am not that much of a retro game collector. I have an amiga 500, a NES, a PSX, a PS2 and a Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 arcade cabinet. But mostly I am interested in playing games on my pc. With First Person Shooters being my favorite.

[old engineer]

Hi, I'm old engineer, I've been meaning to join up here for a long time and now I've finally done it

...As for explaining what interests me in the console world, well I thought it best to post a link to my site, that should help to explain all...

www.oldengineer.info

x_x

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Hi, i'm Richie and i'm a game collector from Ipswich, UK

I was shown this site from a few sellers on eBay.co.uk, who all suggested maybe I give the site alook - Which I am now in the process of doing!

Some people may or may not know me from eBay - If the name doesn't strike you at first, maybe some of my following posts will refresh your memory (That's if I have had contact with you before via eBay)

[butchass]

hi my name is butch, im from lydiate (its in liverpool england, but i dont consider myself part of the area).

i was reconmended to the site gemini-phoenix (thanks!).

my interests are collecting dreamcast merchandise and games, capcom items, snes, gameboy, philips cdi, neo geo pocket and rare nintendo merchandise.

i hope to meet pal dreamcast collectors (im on ebay.co.uk username bhmlyd).

[Mafia Man]

- Who you are
Hi, my name is Joe and I am 15 years old.

- Where you live
I live in the US

- How you found the forums
When I surfing the net and I stumbled on this site. It's nice to know I'm not the only person who collects this stuff.

- What your favorite games are
Super Mario RPG and Rollercoaster Tycoon Loopy Landscapes are my all time favorites. A few others I can think off the top of my head is Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie, Clash at Demon Head, and Quackshot.

- What systems you collect for
Whatever system I can get my hands on.

- What you do in "real life"
I go to the movies, play sports, play musical instruments, read, do lots of homework that I don't want to do, and going to the city.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Hmmmm....lets think. I'm a multicelluar mammal whose body is about 70% of water. I can be very sarcastic at times and I'm a bit on the frugal side. I started collected when I stumbled on a website called Antseeze (sp) Domain. When I saw the NES section the games looked really cool, so I brought back my old systems. Now I go yard-sailing and flea marketing looking for more stuff.

[Hams]

- Who you are
Hi, everyone calls me Hams

- Where you live
Australia

- How you found the forums:
Its been really hard to find a good forum online, while searching for info on 'Famicom' i came across a discussion about 'Post subject: Famicom A/V Mod Question'. Congrats on a great site & forums. Its amazing the knowledge pooled here.

- Favorite games:
Metal Slug, Mario Brothers, Zelda, Just started re-palying Windwaker last month, Survival Horror - Resident Evil's (Gamecube), Burgertime, Harvest Moon & Metroid Prime on the Cube, Super Famicom: Kiki Kaikai - Moon Night Story, Ninja Kun, Yosshys Island, Zeld Link to Past ect....

- What systems:
Snes & Super Famicom, Famicom, Game & Watch (& other handhelds.. gakken, yonezawa ect), Neo Geo Aes, Gamecube, Colecovision & Atari 2600

- What you do:
Im the Hip-Hop buyer for a record store.
Fave artists: (golden Era Rap) Diamond, Main Source, Gangstarr, Beatnuts, Lord Finesse, O.C, Kmd, Pete Rock, King T, Low Profile, Alkaholiks, Krown Rulers, Tuff Crew, 45 King......so on...

- how you began collecting, etc:
Got my first Game & Watch 'Vermin' around 1980 for a birthday, then later Gakken's 'Trojan Horse', G&W Manhole & Parachute. These started the ball rolling, later NES, Mega Drive and so on..... friends had Atari's, Vectrex's & Intellivisions... But started collecting mid 90's. Its always a toss up between games or vinyl

Hams

[stayne]

Who you are:
Peter Stayne (Pete Milkman in rl) wrxpete in IRC.

Where you live:
Chicago Suburbs

How you found the forums:
Katchoo

Favorite Games:
Rolling Thunder (arcade), Dragon Warrior series (NES), Rygar (all 3: NES, Arcade and Lynx for different reasons), Phantasy Star I (SMS), Parsec (TI 99 4/A), Munchman (TI 99/4A), Shadow of the Beast (Lynx), tons more...

What systems:
NES, Lynx, Atari 2600, Gameboy original, TI 99/4A, PC, some PSX and PS2, Arcades

What you do:
Web administrator for a newspaper company.

How you began collecting:
Heavy arcade rat from the mid 80's to late 90's, heavily into NES and Lynx for a while during that time.

Pete

[Mad Chemist]

- Who I am

- Charles, though I tend to go by my nickname "Rick" offline.

- Where you live

South Carolina

- How you found the forums

Someone posted my web site address on here somewhere and I started getting e-mails.

- What your favorite games are

At the moment, Star Ocean 3 on the PS2, but that may be because it took so many years to come to the USA. Some older favorites are Major Havoc, Marble Madness, Mad Planets, 1943, Xevious, and Lifeforce from the arcade.

- What systems you collect for

Atari: 2600, 7800, Jaguar
Colecovision
Bally Astrocade (Want some shrinkwrapped games? Let me know.)
Vectrex
TurboGrafx-16/Duo
Sega: Genesis, SegaCD, 32X, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Gear
Nintendo: SNES, Virtual Boy, Game Boy
Sony: PS1 / PS2
Handheld games

- What you do in "real life"

Teach chemistry.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.

I've been collecting since the early 90s. I used to post on rec.games.video.classic and hang out on the #rgvc IRC channel in the old days. In South Carolina, the large flea markets used to be good sources of all the old systems, though that well has mostly dried up in recent years.

A few of you may already know me as "that guy with a bunch of Astrocade stuff". At one time, I had more than a thousand copies of "Bally Pin".