Putting things in storage

Entry posted by Ransom January 24, 2011

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I'm just trying to sort some stuff out in my own mind. There are lots of more interesting things to read on AA. Don't waste your time.

I've recently purchased an N64 and an Odyssey² and now I'm wondering how to fit them into my existing gaming spaces. The N64 is an easy one, since my wife likes several games on that system. It will be hooked to the TV in the loft. The Odyssey² poses more of a challenge.

I have no more room for consoles. Both TVs in the game room/library have as many systems hooked to them as space will allow. So my plan is to see how much I like the Odyssey² and then decide which system to box up and put in the basement. At this point, it seems most likely that it will be the 7800. That's the system I play the least frequently.

Still, I'd like to find some way to avoid boxing up any system. It seems a waste to do that.

On the other hand, I feel it's a waste to even own systems that I don't play more than once or twice a year. That would include the 7800, the Lynx, the NES, and the SNES. The Genesis and Turbografx don't get much play either. Nor does the Jaguar. When it comes down to it, I'm really a pre-crash gamer.

But I'm also a battle-scarred veteran of videogame collecting, and I know that chances are good that I'll regret getting rid of any system. In the 90s, I had most of the systems I have now. Then I ran out of space, found that I wasn't playing them, and got rid of most of my collection. Then about 8 or 9 years ago, I started buying it all up again (we'd moved to a new house and had settled in by then).

So most likely I'll put the 7800 in the basement, perhaps along with one or two other systems. Then I'll have to give them a few years, and see if I have the urge to bring them back upstairs. If not, then maybe it'll be time to sell them.

That's my current thinking on the subject, anyway.

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