What system should I go for a complete collection on?

[shadowforte]

Well, I am ready to start the long, hard road of trying to get a complete NTSC video game collection. This will be my first, and wanted to ask some questions:

What system do you think would be the most easy on three levels: Common Games, Number of games, Price of games.

I am thinking of 32X, because I heard it has a small amount of games (Like 100), and the only $$$ game I ever see is that Spider Man game.

[thetoxicone]

I like the 32x idea as well as it then ties into both genesis and sega cd for following it up.

[DefaultGen]

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[cosmicpsycho]

I thought the 32x had only about 30 to 40 games? If I was to give the complete collection a try, I'd probably go for Genesis for 3 reasons.

1. Price
2. Pretty easy to find in the wild
3. I just think the boxes look nice

[DefaultGen]

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[Alfador]

I fell into a couple 32x games for free (including Spiderman) so I decided to start going for that complete set as well..

[ProgrammingAce]

You should try to go for a complete collection of DP forum members.

[Dangerboy]

32x is like 32 games or some such. Spider-Man, Both Baseball games, and Pitfall are the sons of bitches to get.


To be honest, I would look at it at a different approach: rather than worry about the games specifics, what would *you* want.

I originally, way back when, did the TG16 library because it was the system that pulled me back into games - plus no one else I knew at the time even knew what a TG16 was, so I got to enjoy what I liked, and had a great conversation piece.

The PSX for me, was chosen for two reasons: There were so many games I loved on it; no one had done it; you'd have had to been insane to try it, and the hunt is / was just as much fun as the collection.

It's why I am going for a complete Wii collection right off the bat; there are sooo many obscure, cheap games for it that the hunt lives on.

Go not for ease or cost, go for the joy of the hunt and personal game play. ^_^

[Volcanon]

how about pippin? it only had like five games released.

[the_toxic_frog]

All of the above are good suggestions; especially the 32X. There is a website you can go to that has the end-all be-all of everything you want to know about the 32X ( http://www.geocities.com/the32xmemorial/index2.html ). If you want a system with the fewest games you should try the RDI Halcyon; it had 2!!! The PSone is for Masochist...... But the best all around decision I'd say would be the Sega Dreamcast. It has around 300 games ( I think ) and you can find many still brand new and factory sealed for under $6.00. Even then there are vew few games that would fetch you more than $15.00. Plus there are many outstanding games for solo ( Super Magnetic Neo ) or multiplayer ( Soul Caliber ) and even better is that because it is cd based if the case ( packaging ) is cracked you can always buy a new one to replace it which you can't do with a non-cd based system.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Since you don't seem to be ruling out portables, I always vote for Atari Lynx when people ask this type of question.

There were very few major rarities in it's library, and you can still find a majority of the titles for it new/sealed in the wild, and since it was never a system that the GameStop chain/family of stores bought/sold used, you can often find sellers that have large lots of games to sell (as they never really had an option to trade/sell them individually).

[Ze_ro]

My vote goes for: Don't Bother. Just buy games you like, and skip the bullshit like Math Gran Prix and Superman 64. There's no Achievement for completing a collection.

--Zero

[Trevelyan]

To be honest, I would look at it at a different approach: rather than worry about the games specifics, what would *you* want.

Go not for ease or cost, go for the joy of the hunt and personal game play.

ditto. Having a prerequisite clause based on the ease of completion was not on my mind when I started collecting video games, it was all about the of certain games & the individual consoles. I'm getting towards a more completist mentality on one system, & its great! but it's a looong way off yet & I enjoy the challenge.

for me, I think the NES or SNES ntsc collection would be great to have.

[Cinder6]

I've always wanted to do a complete Virtual Boy collection. First off, it would be very easy (only 14 games), and pretty dang cheap. The only difficulty would be in Jack Bros, and it's really not too bad. Here's an auction for a complete copy, with a $175 BIN, and I think even that's considered pricey (I've never really looked into buying the game).

As for whether a VB collection would be fun, well, I'd consider it to be. My Virtual Boy has generated more conversation than all of my other systems combined, even considering the people who freak out over seeing the NES, or wondering what a Sega CD is. Plus, most of the games are actually pretty fun, with Wario Land being excellent.

[j_factor]

I would go for NGPC if anything. Not too many games (more than 32x, but not a whole lot), few rarities, and it's probably the system with the largest percentage of its library being actually good. Plus it won't take up too much space.

32x wouldn't be too hard, but I just don't see why anyone would want to collect a full 32x set.

Saturn is a fun system to collect for, but there's one game that's such a bitch to find...

[thetoxicone]

My vote goes for: Don't Bother. Just buy games you like, and skip the bullshit like Math Gran Prix and Superman 64. There's no Achievement for completing a collection.

--Zero

wait a minute...there are people that don't like math gran prix

[Ed Oscuro]

My vote goes for: Don't Bother. Just buy games you like, and skip the bullshit like Math Gran Prix and Superman 64. There's no Achievement for completing a collection.

Achievements are just a marketing gimmick, anyway. Good post

[DefaultGen]

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[shadowforte]

Well, in the long run I am and always have been going for a complete PS1 collection because that is, IMO, the best system of all time next to the SNES and PS2. And for the people that say don't do it, why do you care? Maybe I am doing it because it is something I enjoy. And I am starting to get into Sega alot, and like the one post said if I got all/most of the games for the 32X, then that could lead me into getting Genesis and Sega CD games. Basicly, I am always buying games for every system. Right now I am going crazy buying NES carts (To me, buying those little gray carts is like taking drugs), but I know that will take a long time to get a complete collection. I might as well have something to shoot for while I am collecting everything else.

[Tep]

How about the WonderSwan? There's some excellent games on there. It's virtually an indy machine!