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[Pious_Augustus]

I am a collector, always have been. First system was the NES which my mother let me know was his kind of like I let my son know all my systems are mine lol but anyways after he got bored with it I saved up all my lunch money and used it to buy video games.

I would preserve my boxes and everything and my mother, well she would ruin them and smash them on top of each other and then with a big black bold marker she would write my name on it destroying any value that game once had. I remember at Best Buy they were selling the big boxes of Earthbound for the SNES for get this, FIVE DOLLARS. I told my mother these things will be worth something get them all now. She just got one which she then destroyed the box and wrote my name on it well I was in another state…..She claims video games were for kids and would never have any value in which I responded what about baseball cards which started out with kids collecting them growing up and then they became big things? She just kept complaining that they were different things.

My later years of Grammar School and High School I pretty much locked my door and had my games from the N64 all the way PS2. Imagine that perfect boxes, classic games in which still sell well that I bought with my own money. Well one day I decided to go join the Marines after High School.
When I came back ally my N64, and classic PC games were smashed on top of each other. She took the Nintendo 64 games out to make room out of the boxes and wrote in a big black bold market the name she has been calling me since I was 2. Not to mention the cds from the cases were missing and my PSX games which were collectors editions where all smashed up as well.

Today every time there is a high auction like Earthbound to where an unopened copy is worth 7,000.00 I always send that link.

God anyone have anything games that survived well from childhood?

Modifié par Pious_Augustus, 19 février 2010 - 08:36 .

[A Killing Sound]

That's kind of a sad story Pious. I knew people who had the same thing happen to them. Luckly, I managed to keep my entire collection intact, boxes, manuels, and everything from Nes up. Granted some of the ones I bought used never had boxes and such, but everyone I bought new I held onto.

The funny thing about collecting is this: I recently priced a portion of my old collections via internet auctions, and only a handful even retained their original value (with boxes and instructions), minus a select few. The important thing is to keep the games you love, to share with loved ones in the future. I can't wait to share my games with the next generation of my familty.

Sure, I sound sappy, but that's the real reason I keep my old games.

Modifié par A Killing Sound, 19 février 2010 - 04:09 .

[AshedMan]

I've got my Nintendo Robot with a copy of Gyromite.

[Seagloom]

I no longer own most of my childhood collection. The fault lies entirely with me however. That is a sad tale. There's something about parents and respecting their childrens' property. As in, some don't. My games were wrecked when I went out of state for college, but my room was. I remember getting back after a year and finding crayon and marker stains on the walls, and all my stuff unceremoniously crammed into my closet. Much of it was damaged from said cramming. My mom converted the room into a kids playroom. >.<



Neither of my parents messed with my games, fortunately. So when I did start seriously collecting circa the PS1 era, my cases and boxes were left unharmed. She did have a habit of labeling my books though. Drove me crazy.



The only old games I own that survived relatively intact are a bunch of Atari 2600 and 7800 titles. Unless you count Playstation and Sega Saturn games as old. Then I have my fair share of those too.

[caradoc2000]

As my Atari 2600 is still functioning, I play those games occasionally.

[Godak]

My parents wanted to do that whole "value of a dollar" thingy, so I had to sell the systems I currently owned to buy the new system. I had to part with almost all of my games, too. I have no more NES games, no more Genesis games, no N64 games, and only two PS1 games. I'v only managed to keep my Gamecube and PS2 collections intact...Yippee?

Modifié par Godak, 19 février 2010 - 07:29 .

[Quixal]

I was poor growing up so never had any games of my own. My computer gaming experience was purely based on the property of wealthier friends. With three younger siblings, this was likely for the best as nothing would have survived anyway. As to adult life, I am a packrat and never throw anything out. I even have a few truly awful games that I keep on a shelf to remind me to do a little research before I run out to buy something.



Labeling books? I am confused. With the title on both the front cover and spine, what would you put on the label?

[Seagloom]

She would put my name and year of purchase on inside the cover or on the first page. If she bought it for me as a gift, she'd leave a signature too.

[Quixal]

Seagloom wrote...

She would put my name and year of purchase on inside the cover or on the first page. If she bought it for me as a gift, she'd leave a signature too.

*twitch*

That would drive me up the wall as well. I suppose in the case of the gifts it is at least slightly justified. Maybe. If that happened to particularly beloved books, I would likely buy another copy and use the labeled one as a loaner.

[A Killing Sound]

The really hard thing to hold onto as collectors is cutout standees and promotional giveaways like T-Shirts. My one friend managed to snag the Devil May Cry cardboard display from EB Games one time, and part of the thing apart to mount it onto his apartment wall. I was like "are you mad!?"

[Seagloom]

That's actually what I did, Quixal. I spent a considerable amount over the years replacing those books and passing off the originals to nieces, nephews, or keeping them around as loaners. It was especially painful with P&P books. Some of those were old and rather expensive to replace.

Modifié par Seagloom, 19 février 2010 - 02:42 .

[Jonp382]

Quixal wrote...

I was poor growing up so never had any games of my own.

Same except I at least got a game on my birthday and on Christmas. Had 9 months between March and Christmas without a new game! Thankfully the internet eventually came and we could get free games. Don't have any physical copies of my old games anymore, ended up throwing them away, selling them, or er had them sold by a greedy other.

[chiliztri]

My first system was a Sega Genesis, which we still had when we got the PSX and Dreamcast. I don't currently own those original systems or the games. I remember I went to visit my dad for the weekend, and when I came back not two days later all my game systems and games were gone. When I asked my mom what she did with them, she said she "thew them away since we don't use them anymore". Which wasn't true as I played on them all the time. I was pretty young back then, around 10 or so, so it didn't dawn on me until I was older that she sold my game systems for drugs.



I'm still pissed about it. I loved that PSX.

[Nitrox6]

After a pegasus, i'm started to collecting all PC games because sometimes i'm juest wanted to play this game and puff...There's nothing . Now, i'm got games from like 2003-2004 year, and i dont want to do something with them. Sometimes i'm do little clean, but i'm hide games in a wardrobe .

[Quixal]

@Seagloom, P&P books too? That hurts. I was picturing trade paperbacks, which are at least cheap to replace. Some of my P&P books would have been well-nigh impossible to find additional copies of.

@Jon382, Heh, that was a large part of my justification for saving up for my first PC. That once I had the PC, I could get cheap or free things to play on it. Thinking back on how much money I have spent on games, PC upgrades and new PCs, I do have to wonder what I was thinking...

Modifié par Quixal, 19 février 2010 - 04:07 .

[Statulos]

Mine are in a chest with other stuff, perfectly packed and in good condition.



Over there there´s stuff as Shadow of the Comet, the first Alone in the Dark, Dune II, Doom...

[UnstableMongoose]

I am playing Homeworld and Star Wars: Dark Forces II as we speak. 1990s ftw. By the way, we need to get a forum-wide Tribes 2 game going at some point.

[Statulos]

Have you guys played the Doom series? You´ll probably love this:

www.youtube.com/watch

www.youtube.com/watch

[Jonp382]

Statulos wrote...

Have you guys played the Doom series? You´ll probably love this:

www.youtube.com/watch

www.youtube.com/watch

E1M1 is all that matters.

[Seagloom]

I only played console versions of Doom on the PS1 and Atari Jaguar. Only the second link is familiar to me. Not bad.



@Quixal... P&P books, hardcovers, paperbacks... nothing was out of bounds.

[Dark Lilith]

all my old games go to my nieces.

[Godak]

Seagloom wrote...

Not bad.

"Not bad."?

"Not bad."?!

Madame, that is ear porn!

Well, the musical kind, anway.

[A Killing Sound]

Statulos wrote...

Mine are in a chest with other stuff, perfectly packed and in good condition.

Over there there´s stuff as Shadow of the Comet, the first Alone in the Dark, Dune II, Doom...

I still got the first Alone in the Dark.  I'm surprised I never lost the small book of symbols to get past the "copy protection" of the game

[Seagloom]

Godak wrote...

"Not bad."?

"Not bad."?!

Madame, that is ear porn!

Well, the musical kind, anway. :innocent:

Yes, not bad. I prefer the synth version of that Doom track. That one was okay but felt a bit too over-the-top. It took something away from the original tune.

Modifié par Seagloom, 19 février 2010 - 08:05 .

[Baracuda6977]

im so old school that my games date back all the way to N64! beat that!

lol, all my games, as in the actual game are 99% mint condition and perfectly playable inandof themselves (i can only think of one game that has ever been scratched, and that was from my xbox messing up) while the cases and manuals got trashed as i used them then stored them in big plastic bins in the basement, only ever touching the better games like original mario kart