Hi Mark!
Doing a little cleaning here just before I logged on myself.
Making room for more games...sigh. It's incredible how I constantly run out of room and find yet another way to consolidate all my crap.
I remember when I was 13-14 (I'm 25 now), I had about 35 NES games and I thought I had this huge collection....one day my best friend moved away...Smyrna, GA. Well, he was and is still one of the most knowledgeable and skilled gamers I know, and we talked all the time over long distance. Back then there was no 5c per minute stuff. Well anyway, I got this $400 phone bill and my parents almost shot me. I took my friend's ass-crappy 1 speed bike and trekked it 6 miles to sell a bunch of my games.
Well, I vowed that would never happen again, so around '96 or so I really began to actively collect. I can't believe I've only been on the forums for a little over a year, I think....
The last year or so has seen my collection get enormous. I have nearly 30 systems,and probably 1500-2000 games. I really have no clue how I store it all. If my room wasn't so cramped, I'd add some pics of my collection to the gameroom pics on the forum.
I graduated from college in 2000, and I've been paying off school loans and trying to save for a down payment on a house while staying with my folks....seems to be working out...plan to be outta here in a couple years *knocks on wood.* I really should pay more toward bills and less toward games, but...well you know
Hey, I think I'll paste the above few paragraphs into the introduce yourself section of the forum, since I never really did get around to that. Better late than never.
-Rob