What Are Your Goals In Game Collecting?

Post by **Adderall** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:39 am

racketboy wrote: I'm not **complaining** just making an observation.
Having more choices is always a good thing.
BTW, we are having the same issue with all types of media (writing, video, music) now that the Internet has changed everything. In fact, I want to say there is a book about this phenomena.

Can I get a link to download that book? I have a large PDF collection.

Post by **nocturnalnerd** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:44 am

phillyman wrote:Ah very easy to answer.......

Easy Goals....

To own every Nintendo based console/handheld with the exception of silly things, Like colors or an improved backlight. I will try to get both versions of the GBA, NDS, NES, SNES .....but silly things I wont bother with

Mild Goals....

To own the major franchises in entirety....Minus ports and clones

All Zelda Games
All Mario Games
All Castlevania Games
All Metroid Games
All Final Fantasy Games

Hard Goals....

To own every single USA Super Nintendo Title (as it was the best console ever!)

Yes it may sound like i am a fanboy of Nintendo

I have Super Mario World, Castlevania, and super Mario bros. 3. If you are interested.
I also have the following Super nintendo games
Home alone 2
Super Battletank 2
Super Star Wars
Wheel of Fortune: Deluxe Edition
Primal Rage
Populous
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Turn and Burn: No-Fly Zone
PM if you are interested.

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:49 am

Adderall wrote:
racketboy wrote: I'm not **complaining** just making an observation.
Having more choices is always a good thing.
BTW, we are having the same issue with all types of media (writing, video, music) now that the Internet has changed everything. In fact, I want to say there is a book about this phenomena.
Can I get a link to download that book? I have a large PDF collection.

Not sure what it is -- I just think I've seen it at one point or another...

Post by **Metalcrack** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:59 pm

Forgot to add in my prior post to repair/replace my Colecovision as the video is scrambled. I haven't torn it apart yet to try and fix it. I also need new controllers, and would like to get a real 2600 instead of using the expansion module on the Coleco. Add a few more games to my collection and I'll be happier.

Post by **Adderall** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:17 pm

racketboy wrote:
Adderall wrote:
racketboy wrote: BTW, we are having the same issue with all types of media (writing, video, music) now that the Internet has changed everything. In fact, I want to say there is a book about this phenomena.
Can I get a link to download that book? I have a large PDF collection.
Not sure what it is -- I just think I've seen it at one point or another...

haha... i was being very sarcastic (about the internet changing media)...

Post by **executioner** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:00 pm

racketboy wrote:
grittykitty wrote:the thing that bugs me about flash carts and emulation even is that it's so easy to get jaded with an overabundance of options... just me? am i crazy? but then i tend to buy so many carts i can't keep up with them. i just got 2 more gba carts to go with the other ones i pretty much never play, ha. but considering they are mostly games i know i love, i'll play them someday hopefully (when i get stranded on a desert island, i'll be glad i bought them)
I totally know what you mean.
It's just like how we all used to treasure every game we could get our hands on when we were kids -- even if they weren't that good.

Now that we have emulation and piracy at a fingertips, we can flip between games whenever we feel like it

We used to treasure crappy games because it was what we could afford as kids and had to look for the good things in them. Remember my first ps1 game was one of the cheapest in the store an enjoyable hellicopter sim that I don't ever wan't to play again.

I played the demo disc that came with the console till death. It had a demo of metal gear, gran turismo and other cool "new" games at that time.

Post by **Curlypaul** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:10 pm

I had a pile of demo disks for saturn and played every bit of life out of them too. Do current gen consoles still do disks? or do you download the demos now?

Buying a game used to be a major decision as a new one would only come along twice a year, i would pore over the magazine and try to beg the game of a friend to test it out, then finally examine my collection to see what genres were lacking. Actually not much has changed, I still do that now for the DS games that I buy, but at least I can go out and get half a dozen saturn games for a tenner without too much thought

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:43 pm

Curlypaul wrote:I had a pile of demo disks for saturn and played every bit of life out of them too. Do current gen consoles still do disks? or do you download the demos now?

Buying a game used to be a major decision as a new one would only come along twice a year, i would pore over the magazine and try to beg the game of a friend to test it out, then finally examine my collection to see what genres were lacking. Actually not much has changed, I still do that now for the DS games that I buy, but at least I can go out and get half a dozen saturn games for a tenner without too much thought

I don't know about the Wii, but I know you download demos for 360 and PS3.
Same goes for the DS as well. I love the DS demo thing -- I just kinda feel weird pulling my DS out in a store to download a demo.