What gaming system do you mainly collect for?

[homerwannabee]

When this site first started it was almost all Atari related. But I have realized that this site has become more inclusive for collectors of all systems. I was just wondering what systems people are mainly focused on at this site this day and age.

Edited October 14, 2007 by homerwannabee

[+jeremiahjt]

It was hard to pick between the 7800 and the Jag. Right now my Jag collection is complete save for Battle Sphere and a couple of Songbird titles, while my 7800 collection still needs a little bit more work. So the Jag won out.

[Video]

For the systems listed, I'd mainly say Atari2600. It'sc ool. So why not? (while I buy far more games for the newer systems, next gens, and last gens, I'm not actively collectiong them, just buying new crap as I want more stuff to play)

 

But I sellected 'other' as I actually collect more for the gameboy (or any handheld system for that matter) than any console.

[jboypacman]

The Atari 2600 but the Colecovision is a very close second.

[Atarifever]

7800. Its small library and mostly easily available boxed games makes it not intimidating to collect for, while the new homebrews, new perephrials, and small list of prototypes makes it interesting. It's the only system I'm aiming at a fairly complete collection for.

[theking21083]

As of right now it is the Atari 2600. I usually go back and forth between the 2600 and NES seeing as those are my biggest collections.

[bust3dstr8]

I selected TG-16. Most of my funds in the last year have gone toward the Japanese HuCards, but I have picked up a few good U.S. CD games too. (LoT, GoT, Cotton, Shape Shifter)

[bretthorror]

I collect the games I want to play for all the systems (too damn many) I have.

[Jess Ragan]

Oddly, the Atari 5200. It's been the ONLY system I've been interested in for the past two months. There's just a lot of fond childhood memories associated with it, and besides, the games are just plain awesome! All the whiners like James Rolfe who complain about the controllers need to stop being so stingy and break out the bucks for some better ones. The Dreamcast controllers were craptastic too, but that didn't stop me from getting more than my money's worth out of the system. That's why game systems have controller ports... so you can choose your own joystick if the ones included with the unit don't satisfy you.

[Ryanw]

I enjoy the NES and SNES most so I try to get games for those systems. Lately I've had better luck getting NES games so right now you can say I'm mainly collecting for that system. It's also my biggest collection so far too.

[Scumdogg]

Right now i guess i'd say i mainly collect for the Genesis. I have big collections for several of my systems, but the 16-bit era is really my focus as of late. And really i have no specific preference for the Genesis vs. the SNES, the systems are only about ten games apart in my collection. It's just...i can be at a flea market table, where they'll have two copies of the same game-one for the Genesis and one for the SNES. The Genesis one can be complete and mint, while the SNES one is cart only and usually costs twice as much. So i buy the Genesis versions for now, and hopefully SNES stuff will level out a bit in price one of these days.

 

That being said, i also love the NES and the 2600, the supplies of those carts in the wild seem to have all but dried up in my area though.

[ColecoNation]

No button for the ColecoVision?

Where's the love?

 

+ Nathan

[+remowilliams]

Would be tough to say I suppose. I tend to pick up stuff regularly for all systems (of which I have a lot ) So going by the most games, I guess it would be the 2600 with 350-400 currently.

 

Hmm, though I guess by numbers it would be the PC with 500-600 games. But that doesn't feel right to say, and well the PC has an unfair life span advantage as a platform and isn't a 'gaming' system per se.

[Uzumaki]

What I collect changes over time. Right now I'm on a TG-16 binge and getting a few games off eBay that I wanted but never got. A few months ago it would have been Atari 7800. Who knows what the next one be? maybe back to NES, or SMS? So in a way it's just about everything but one system at a time. Since preference changes over time like seasonal cycle, I can't vote above as there isn't a "multiple console" listed.

[Lord Helmet]

2600 for me. I used to collect anything and everything videogame related. That got a little out of hand, so now I concentrate mostly on "golden era" classic systems and games, with a primary focus on the 2600. I sold off all of my NES and Genesis stuff a while back, and used the cash to buy more 2600 games.

 

I have been thinking about starting a snes colleciton.

[Recycled]

No button for the ColecoVision?

Where's the love?

 

+ Nathan

 

 

I mainly focus on the 2600.....with the advent of treating myself to a new Colecovision for my upcoming b-day....I will start getting games for that as well.

[Atarifever]

2600 for me. I used to collect anything and everything videogame related. That got a little out of hand, so now I concentrate mostly on "golden era" classic systems and games, with a primary focus on the 2600. I sold off all of my NES and Genesis stuff a while back, and used the cash to buy more 2600 games.

 

I have been thinking about starting a snes colleciton.

I'm doing the exact same thing. I don't have time for all my stuff and thought it was hampering my collecting, so I'm getting rid of it so I can focus on the 7800, 2600, Saturn, and Wii. I had a partially busted SNES that I gave away. Wish I'd known you were looking. I have a pile of games if you want to trade for them.

[raindog151]

I've been focusing on the TG-16 lately, but if it weren't for the wife, it'd be the AES..

[AtticGamer]

I collect the games I want to play for all the systems (too damn many) I have.

I second that, I collect what I play.

[Syphor]

I also tend to collect what I play at any given time. I don't tend to specialize, if I can get something that interests me, be it software or addon hardware for any one of the machines I own.

[NintendoDieScreaming]

I'm a Sega man, as most everyone knows. Before I moved, my obsession was Sega Genesis.

[Rik]

For me

1- 2600

2-ColecoVision

3-7800

4-INTV

In order of preference or priority,depending on what carts i already have.

Edited October 16, 2007 by Rik

[FibroFreak78]

AHH! Why wasn't colecovision an option?

[akirahedgehog]

Atari 2600 at the moment. I would love to get some more TG16 games eventually though.

Edited October 20, 2007 by akirahedgehog

[Uzumaki]

Wrong thread sorry

Edited October 21, 2007 by Uzumaki