Introduce Yourself!

[NintendoHaven]

Hello everyone!

- Who you are Rory
- Where you live Kansas
- How you found the forums Justabum told me about them
- What your favorite games are Little Samson
- What systems you collect for NES
- What you do in "real life" I'm OIlfield Trash
- Any other interesting facts, I like nintendo

[PallarAndersVisa]

Who you are
Grant
- Where you live
Richmond, VA USA
- How you found the forums
I found the forums from a dude at www.laplandmetal.com
- What your favorite games are
Symphony of the night, Megaman 2, NHL2k7, Madden 07, NiGHTS
- What systems you collect for
anything I can get a castlevania game on
- What you do in "real life"
College Student, Radio show host, UPS employee (part time) and guitar player for Metal band Withersoul.
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Just started getting BACK in to console gaming after a long hiatus to PC gaming. Never really collected untill this year when I bought Dracula X for Saturn, and THEN bought a saturn system. they I started buying cool games for that, and got the interest to keep my good games and stop selling them. I only casually collect. My first goal is to own all US released Castlevanias, and eventually get everything Castlevania related that I can find.

[7venoms]

My name is Mike Campbell.I just registered today. I am 30 years old, and from San Angelo, TX. I,am happily MARRIED 4years with 2 kids, a 2 year old, and a 2 month old. I currently work for the school district at a middle school.

I have been playing video games since Atari... I have owned almost every major console since Nintendo all but the Sega Dreamcast. I own a playstation 2, Xbox, and just recently purchased a 60GB Ps3 last Nov.

All time favorite games Tekken Tag, and Tekken 5
Favorite Genre: Fighting

[Dreamporter]

Name is John

From New York

Used to be on the forums long ago but lord knows I have no clue what e-mail address/logon info I used

Fav Games
Ristar, NiGHTS into Dreams, Three Dirty Dwarves, Streets of Rage 2

Fav Systems to collect for
All Sega consoles

Real Life

Tech support for Time Warner - Roadrunner Hight Speed internet

Other stuff
Outside of video games im a crazy otaky and renny, I bounce between anime conventions and renaissance conventions all year. I play D&D and im basically the ultra geek

[Crazy Climber]

- Who you are: Brian

- Where you live: MN......BRRRRRR....Cold

- How you found the forums:
I met some members at the Midwest Gaming Classic, Krazy Kamino and FAbombjoy that told me about it and I also have the DP collectors guide, videogame collector magazine subscription, post at Atariage (Crazy Climber)etc...

- What your favorite games are:
Megamania -2600
Commando -NES
Magical Drop 3 -MVS
Actraiser -SNES
Rambo III -Genesis
Indiana Jones TOD -Arcade

- What systems you collect for : ATARI 2600, some NES


- What you do in "real life" : Video games are "real life" everything else is fake


- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Nothing special, just dig old games

[fourzerotwo]

Who you are

I go by the gaming moniker 'Fourzerotwo'. Its my gamercard, its my web address, its my username of choice no matter what the circumstance.

Where you live

I currently reside in the beautiful Los Angeles, CA area.

How you found the forums

From a friend of a friend named Google. On the prowl for some tips on keeping your gaming collecting up to par, and came across this beautiful piece of resources.

What your favorite games are

Wow. Thats kinda like asking a father to pick his favorite child, or a child to pick his favorite flavor of ice cream. I suppose I'll have to limit one per console:

NES = The Legend of Zelda + Super Mario Brothers 3 + Paperboy
Gameboy = The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening
Gameboy Advance = The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past + Castlevania: Curse of the Moon
SNES = Super Mario Kart + SimAnt
Turbo-graphix 16= Bonk's Adventure + Bomberman '93 + Military Madness
Sega Genesis = Gauntlet IV + Toe Jam and Earl + Sonic The Hedgehog
Sega CD = Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure + Space Ace + Jurassic Park
Sega Dreamcast = Crazi Taxi + Typing of the Dead + House of the Dead
N64 = The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time + Goldeneye + Rush
Xbox = Ghost Recon + Star Wars: Battlefront
Wii = The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess + all Virtual Console games
Xbox 360 = Call of Duty 2 + Gears of War + Lego Star Wars II
Xbox Live Arcade = Marble Blast Ultra + Cloning Clyde

For sake of time, I know I've left a lot out!

What systems you collect for

NES
SNES
Gameboy
Gameboy Advance
Sega Genesis
Sega CD
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Saturn
N64
Gamecube
Xbox
Xbox 360
Wii

Pretty much anything besides Playstation.

What you do in "real life"

In 'real life' I work for a video game developer called Infinity Ward. We develop the 'Call of Duty' franchise for Xbox 360 / PC and all next-gen consoles. In my free time, I also started The Console[r] which remains a mystery until launch.

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

I've been an avid gamer my entire life, and an un-official collector of all things video games for that entire time, however what started the 'official' collecting of it all was when I traveled back home for the holidays and was poking around the old homestead.

I discovered an original Sega Genesis + Sega CD with a whole boxful of games that had been left there. I immediately fired it up and started playing the old classics. They were all in perfect shape and had just been stored up for safe keeping. I shipped it back to California along with some other old gaming finds from back home and then began to organize my collection once I returned, adding new things that I'd lost or was missing from my collection [i.e. Favorite classics, A/V cables, etc.]

I also run a blog called Fourzerotwo, its more of a personal blog, but also talks Vid Games business from time to time, but always in the vein of general video game topics.

I look forward to chatting with all of you!

[EmOneGarand]

I'm Matt Alexander

I'm a student in my Senior year working for a BFA in Theatre Design, do game design in my spare time (nothing groundbreaking)

Games have been a big part of my life, can't remember when I didn't like gaming hah hah. I'm a collector but I mainly collect to play.

[crunchysuperman]

- Who you are
Joey

- Where you live
VA, USA

- How you found the forums
Linked from Atari Age

- What your favorite games are
Old stuff: pretty much anything coin-op, Atari2600 & Commodore 8-bit
These days: DeusEx, Unreal, Serious Sam, Painkiller

- What systems you collect for
2600,5200,7800,Intellivision,Colecovision,Odyssey2 ,Vectrex,Vic20,C64,C128

- What you do in "real life"
VP of a mfg. facility

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Simple - been gaming as long as there have been video games

[ConsoleFreek]

Hello all
My name is Bryan AKA ConsoleFreek I am a 34 year old carpenter from Brisbane Australia.
I found this site just browsing for stuff on google about 6 months ago and have only now decided to join.
Great site by the way.
I started to collect consoles and games about 2 years ago but have been a hardcore gamer all my life.
I have ownd just about every console ever made at one stage or another and my goal now is to get them all back.
Looking foward to learning a lot from you guys.
CF

[Lestat8617]

- Who you are
Joe

- Where you live
Dallas/Fort Worth Texas

- How you found the forums
uh...don't really remember

- What your favorite games are
Duck Hunt, Counter-Strike, and BF2142

- What systems you collect for
dont really

- What you do in "real life"
Stocker

[typeofan01]

Who Am I: Joe
Where From: Amelia Island, Florida
Age:33
Systems Owned: US Turboduo, PS2, Messiah Nex, Xbox, Gamecube, Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Gen 1 Genesis + SegaCD
Fav Games: All Castlevania, Radiant Silvergun, All Zeldas, Shenmue, Numerous RPGs, way too many to name.
Real Life:Pro Chef for a Five Star Resort
How I Found Digitpress:Can't honestly remember
Been Collecting For: About 5 years. It all started when I had my Duo repaired. Now, as my girlfriend is so fond as saying, it's a never ending obsession.
Future wants: A Super Nintendo. Unfortunately, due to money shortage, it's going to be a while.
Collection highlights:Radiant Silvergun, Dracula X (Duo & Snes),Bonk 3 CD,Castlevania: Nocturne in the Moonlight collector's edition,Valkyrie Profile,and lots more.
Words of Wisdom: Don't let indecision stop you from buying a game or system when you find one.When you eventually go back to get it,it's usually gone.Also, don't sell anything in your collection unless it's a life or death situation.

[stampede_dude]

Who Am I: Brandon, Stampede_Dude
Where From: North Carolina
Age: 16

Systems Owned: PS1, GB Pocket, GB Color, GB Advance
Favorite Games: Anything Pokemon or dealing with external hardware
How I found Digitpress: A friend told me
Been Collecting for: I don't really collect, I just play I have been playing pokemon since whenever it came out +1 year or so, probably around 1997 or something. My first system was an Indigo Gameboy Color.
Future Wants: Pokemon Green, japanese version. Seriously. I also want an SP or Micro but that's out of the question, I refuse to pay $40 for a gameboy
Collection Highlights: None, unless you like Crash Bandicoot and copied disks, and the random Pokemon game
Words of Wisdom: Don't eat yellow snow

[Celestial Avenger]

I don't believe I ever bothered to introduce myself!

- Who you are

I am Lee. I've been around the internets for a while, but this is one of the few boards I want to call home now.

- Where you live

Memphis. Soon to be Sacramento.

- How you found the forums

Online rarity guide.

- What your favorite games are

Xenogears, Final Fantasy VII, Psychonauts, Micro Machines

- What systems you collect for

I tried Sega CD for a while, but once I got around 30 games, I realized about 25 sucked so forget it. Maybe I'll collect Saturn soon though!

- What you do in "real life"

I make copies. Wow.

- Any other interesting facts

I make a review show! It's gotten a few subscribers on youtube. I'm about average quality at best (for my standards). Most people seem to love it though. Check out my sig!

I'm sure that fad won't last. I always go through fad phases. Last year it was baseball card autographs. I got about 130+, more than half of which were on baseball cards from 1957 to 1969. 98% success rate on old players, 94% success rate overall. The cards look pretty sweet. I think I'll post a youtube slideshow of them all on a separate account. I respect the old timey players, and I'm sure a lot of them love getting fanmail. I think I'll do it again this year, but not so much. I won't be sending to any current players because there's no one I can trust. (lol steroids)

I like sports, and I don't know why. I intend to go to a lot of college sports games this year for some schools in my area, notably the University of Memphis, Rhodes, Chrisitan Brothers Univeristy, and possibly Crichton College. I don't like driving to crowded-ass downtown too often, and I'll mostly be going to basketball, baseball, and football events that have 60-200 in attendance.

I haven't been to FedEX forum more than once. It's a pain in the ass down there. :-( Oh well.

I also have a kidney stone at the moment! Yay me!

Great meeting you all. I hope to post much more often. Since you can't respond to me, here is my official Still Gaming topic.

[Cinder6]

- Who you are

My name's Jared.

- Where you live

California (near Sacramento)

- How you found the forums

Hmm, I've known about the site for a while, but I think I first heard of it at GameFAQs, or possibly NES World.

- What your favorite games are

My top three would be Metal Gear Solid, Chrono Trigger, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. After that, it just becomes a grey area, since I like most games I play.

- What systems you collect for

Right now, I have an NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, PS1, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2, and Gamecube. I hope to get a Master System and Atari VCS/2600 some day in the future, and possibly a Neo Geo AES.

- What you do in "real life"

I'm a student, but I work at a martial arts school.

- Any other interesting facts

I only started collecting older games in June. That started when I found a Zapper along with my SNES games. I didn't have an NES, but about two weeks later, I found one in my science fiction class (I have no idea what it was doing there), and the teacher said I could keep it. And thus, my collecting days began. I don't have a whole lot of games (only a hundred or two), but I'm getting there

I really need to get more Dreamcast and Saturn games, though. I only have two of each.

[zwackery]

- Who you are
The Great Sorcerer Zwackery (no relation to the Wizard of Wor)

- Where you live
Ohio

- How you found the forums
I've been using the DP Guide and the online reference for a few years while looking for Atari stuff on the internet.

- What your favorite games are
Yars' Revenge, Pressure Cooker, Cosmic Ark, BurgerTime, Venture, Major Havoc, Moon Patrol, TRON, Discs of TRON, Satan's Hollow, Laser Gates, Subterranea, Pitfall II, Choplifter, Reactor, Wizard of Wor, Krull, Robotron: 2084, Ninja Golf, Star Castle, Brutal Sports Football, and of course Zwackery

- What systems you collect for
mainly Atari 2600/5200/7800/Lynx/Jaguar, Colecovision, and Vectrex

- What you do in "real life"
university instructor

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
driving across the USA in 1993, I found a boxed 2600 and some boxed games and that rekindled my interest in Atari

[spunky_d_99]

Hey everyone! I'm Jamie and I live in the state of Maryland. I've actually known about the forum here for a few years now, but I never joined until now. I love the old school gaming goodness provided by the good folks at Digital Press.
I've been gaming since 1989, when my brother got his Nintendo Entertainment System. My favorite games are too many to mention them all, but I'll just name a few:

Contra (NES)
Rad Racer (NES)
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (NES)
Blaster Master (NES)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
Rocket Knight Adventures (Genesis)
Silpheed (Sega CD)
Donkey Kong Country (Super NES)
Super Metroid (Super NES)
Crono Trigger (Super NES)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Jumping Flash (Playstation)
Crash Bandicoot (Playstation)
Layer Section (Saturn)
RayStorm (Playstation)

I collect games for the NES (top loader), Twin Famicom, Game Boy, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Playstation, and the Dreamcast.

In "real life", I'm a temp at a major banking business. Basically, I make edits to the website and do some filing, copying...all that "office stuff".
I actually became a collector rather unintentionally. Back in 2002, I decided to purchase a NES again because I just missed the good 'ol days of pressing A to jump and B to shoot. Months turend into years, and buying 1 gaming system turned into suddenly turned into having 10 systems (3 of which are the PS2, Xbox 360, and Wii) hooked up to my humble 25' old Television. after I purchased the Sega Genesis a few years ago, I knew that I was officially a collector of school games and won't be giving up my collection unless my life depends on it.

I spend my spare time playing those games, and also writing reviews on them on the internets. I'll put up a link in my posts whenver I write a new one, but don't worry...I won't spam the joint.

Nice to meet eveyone

[Xevious]

Hi!
I'm John, a 33 years old interiordesigner from Oslo, Norway.
I've been here for a while but I've just start posting - think I found the forum through my search for retrogames on the net.

I collect for nearly all systems, but NES (PAL-B/SCN) is my main collection.
My favorite games must be Galaga and Xevious.
I also run a retrosite/forum in Norwegian.

Thanks!

[SeverThe7th]

Who you are
Konrad
- Where you live
Adelaide, South Australia
- How you found the forums
My bro linked me
- What your favorite games are
My favorite games? Rpgs, Final ... Fantasy Series, Soul Blazer Series, Breath of Fire Series, Dragon Warrior Seriies, Zelda Series ... blah blah blah. Asides from Rpgs though i can like any game from any genre as long as it kicks ... eg Mario Series, Monkey Islands, Civ, Disney games like quackshot... endless possibilites!
- What systems you collect for
NES, SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, N64, Gameboys, PSX, PS2 ... later on ill expand horizons to things such as Atari
- What you do in "real life"
Going to go to Tafe this year to get a diploma
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Dad first got a 2600 for a first gaming experience... than a SNES with a ufo copier so we never really bought games for it, though the old folks did buy a cart than kept changing it for others. Never could afford games in those days, but later on starting getting paid and discovered ebay. Havent been collecting long, but i dont see a stop sign any where near.

[zodiacprime]

Hey all, my name is Lance Bohy, 36, and I've been gaming most of my natural life. I have fond memories of my family spending countless hours playing our Sears Tele-Games Video Arcade system - which I still have in its original package btw.

Can't say that I was really ever a serious collector until about 3 years ago. On a whim I bought a bundle of old classic Activision games for the VCS off of eBay and to my surprise, I couldn't stop playing them. Fast forward 3 years and several conventions (including 2 CGEs) later and I now consider myself a pretty die-hard collector.

I collect for any system that I can find and have a "thing" for the old console computers of the 80s, like the Commodores, Ataris, TIs, CoCos, etc. I'm mainly a complete-in-box collector but I'd never pass up a rare gem for the lack of a box. Of late, I've been mainly collecting homebrew games for various systems (Vectrex, 2600, 5200, Intellivision, Colecovision, etc) and am amazed at the quality and dedication shown in these games. Keep it up guys!

My favorite games? I'd say the Castlevania series has always been a consistent fav, as well as Mega Man. I enjoy platformers for the most part but can also really get into a good space sim: I still consider X-Wing on the PC to be about as near-perfect a game as you can get. Of late, twitch-action games like Qwak (on the GBA) have been stealing the show.

In real life I'm an applications programmer for the US Government. I do mostly web enabled apps, but have done some other stuff as well.

Interesting facts? I have a wall-o-fame of signed boxes in my office. I love meeting and talking to the legends that started this industry. Like many of you, I collect toys as well... I probably have more toys than games... although the gap is closing. I'm trying to organize my game collection at RF Generation, so far I've plugged in 180, only got 1500+ to go check it out: http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/...der=Collection

[PS2]

Hi im a 28 year old male from WV. Im into horror movies and video games. My favorite games are The 7th Saga (snes) FFIX (PS) FFX (PS2) and Super Mario Bros 3 (Nintendo). I found this site through a user on Gametz.com .