Breakpack Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Hey guys! After having a 6 year break I'm finally getting back into collecting games again. Just something about it excites me! I remember having lots of cool games....complete, loose, rare. I lost some in the flood in 2009 and also just sold a bunch of stuff off but now I have my own house and I want to fill it full of gaming goodness! Just something about video games and the history absolutely love. Nothing like getting an absolute mint game that's 35 years old lol. Anyways I will be browsing the marketplace forums to help slowly build my Powerhouse collection again. It's my passion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepdreamin Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I hope you're rolling in dispensable income, cause this ain't the best time to start, lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlegamer Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Don't do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Third warning is the charm. If you were thinking about the NES, SNES, (CIB) Genesis, (CIB) Master System, Sega CD, Turbo Grafx16/Duo/PCE/SG (anything NEC), Neo Geo AES or NGPC complete and various MVS, some N64, some Gamecube...just don't. Nintendo by far around is along with NEC stuff the worst. Get a system and an everdrive, or find a nice android or PC emulator and a stack of roms because unless you're pulling down a good salary or you're a drug dealer forget it. Scalping and flipping have hit such heights it's not worth the effort anymore unless you're more attached to stickers, paper, plastic and cardboard than the games themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stage_1_Boss Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 I ain't rich and I still enjoy grabbin' games for my collection, just don't expect to rebuild overnight. Good luck huntin'! = ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StopDrop&Retro Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Invest in a defibrillator first before you check out prices. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RampantOctopus Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) Having recently returned from a similar hiatus to collecting in earnest, I have to agree that prices have, shall we say, outpaced inflation. I remember not having any interest in Amiga CD32 systems when they were plentiful on eBay for an unthinkable $50. If I had only known, I would have bought them all and cornered the market. I'm happy to say that I got most of my desirable systems before this era of hyperinflation-- and I get some twisted pleasure about the value of my collection skyrocketing (though I'll never sell)-- but I really wish that prices weren't so crazy. I just want more gear... Sooooo, will prices ever come back down? Do we want them too? Is retrogaming in mainstream culture a fad or is this going to be the way going forward? Edited March 11, 2017 by RampantOctopus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadsilverfox Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 My first answer is don't do it but if you must collect then stick with those systems and games that you will enjoy playing over and over again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stage_1_Boss Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 My first answer is don't do it but if you must collect then stick with those systems and games that you will enjoy playing over and over again. Yeah, definitely only collect things you're interested in, no sense holding onto / hoarding things just 'cause they're "retro". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Sooooo, will prices ever come back down? Do we want them too? Is retrogaming in mainstream culture a fad or is this going to be the way going forward? It's a fad. Bit it'll be a long-running fad. The twenty-somethings of today seem to be far less interested in collecting physical goods (as evidenced by slowly declining physical sales vs. increasing digital.) I'm inclined to think when the current/last generation systems age fully into retro, prices will come down due to lack of interest. Either that or they'll spike AGAIN due to lack of supply, and physical media will make a resurgence as people realize they traded their right to own a thing for convenience acquiring it. By then the stuff we play now will probably be cheap to due lack of interest in such primitive games, and how much of it may not work anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Well a bit of an update. I am collecting for pre-NES and I have found some good Atari/Intellivision/Coleco stuff at reasonable prices! It's fun to see the games and manuals and box art as well,of course, to play the games! I've run across a few NES+ era games at good prices, so there are still deals out there!!! Just don't 100% rely on ebay to build your gaming collection! I am having way more fun this time around while not breaking the bank The only issue that scares me the is Nintendo/ Sega era games can be pirated more than ever and I worry about getting a fake game whether from ebay or gamestop. I tend to trust everyone on here at the marketplace or friend/co workers that want to sell their older stuff. But other than that, so far it's been great! Edited October 24, 2017 by Breakpack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vw57drvr Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) What are you looking for? I have a lot of stuff that Im trying to get out of the attic and sell off. Im not far from you either. Ill make you a good deal on the whole thing. Edited October 25, 2017 by vw57drvr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher5.0 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Invest in a defibrillator first before you check out prices. This absolutely cracked me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djour Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Welcome back to the cult! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I would suggest collecting Everdrives... it's far cheaper. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Collect for one or two fav systems and emulate the rest. The time savings will be enormous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) I also couldn't imagine rebuilding the collection I had up to the 1990's. It'd be enourmous in terms of time, space, cost, and frustration at trying to get items of good quality. Not sure I'd want to, because the old adage of less is more applies here, now, more than ever. Edited October 25, 2017 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Well a bit of an update. I am collecting for pre-NES and I have found some good Atari/Intellivision/Coleco stuff at reasonable prices! It's fun to see the games and manuals and box art as well,of course, to play the games! I've run across a few NES+ era games at good prices, so there are still deals out there!!! Just don't 100% rely on ebay to build your gaming collection! I am having way more fun this time around while not breaking the bank The only issue that scares me the is Nintendo/ Sega era games can be pirated more than ever and I worry about getting a fake game whether from ebay or gamestop. I tend to trust everyone on here at the marketplace or friend/co workers that want to sell their older stuff. But other than that, so far it's been great! As far as piracy goes- never buy a retro game from Gamestop online. it has been thoroughly demonstrated that there's no real quality control going on there. For Ebay, just keep a good eye on seller feedback & make sure you know what a real game should look like. If I'm not super familiar with a title, I'll sometimes switch up the results & check the most expensive items first, since those are more likely to be better authenticated & you can see what you need to look for. Pick up a set of gamebits so you can open up carts & check the boards themselves for weirdness (and for easier cleaning.) Lastly- never buy a Pokémon cart online, period. And check them carefully when you find them in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I'm going to side with Keatah there. Find a past system or two, or a system and a handheld and just do that and that alone. From there if you are that hard up, if you must have hardware invest in an everdrive and an appropriately large SD or microSD card so you can fit what are called the 'smokemonster' packages of ROMs for that system. Regularly updated they have every licensed and unlicensed game from each region but far more. Hacks, translations, protos, betas, homebrews, and much more all in tidy nice directories to help with sorting and finding. I've got a set of that for the SNES Everdrive and another for the Everdrive GB and they're life savers. For me I just bother with old school Gameboy/Color/Advance and that's about it anymore and then Switch/3DS for the modern with the occasional fun buy for my computer. Saves a lot of money and less crap to sort through. The rest is self control. I'll buy stuff if it's something on a stupid to ignore deal but they're so few and far between it's not an issue. Just stay away from the rampant hunting, collecting, and losing heaps of cash on stupid crap you won't use piling up a heap of once to try and never to get around to play releases and you'll be better off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Yes all that. I keep forgetting to mention everdrives as a solution. But that's because my collection doesn't do them unless one wants to count the CFFA3000 for the Apple II as an everdrive; in the generic sense of the term. I want to add that with digital hoarding, the "disease" and its effects can be hidden and masked very well. A shoebox is big enough to hold several HDD and a pile of SD cards. So you never have to fear sprawling everything everywhere. --- Back in the day me and my buddies would dream up "cool tech" stuff. And one of them was a crystal card inside a cartridge that would hold all our games, hundreds, thousands. And what do we have today? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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