Collecting complete system libraries.

[Opa Opa]

I know this is one of the more... money conscious gaming communities. I don't mean 'money conscious' in a bad way. This forum seems to have what I'd consider to be "normal collectors" (buying what you want to play, staying within a budget, not spending $10k on one game... Popo being an exception, of course ).

However, we do have some people here who have complete game collections. Dsh has the 32X games boxed (don't know about the manuals though) and I recall someone posting a cart-only N64 collection.

I find collecting an entire system library to be fascinating. It must really be something to say "I have all the games for X system."

What do you guys (& gals) think of those large collections? Let's discuss!

[dunpeal2064]

If the system has a small library, I can see why someone may want its entire line up.

Vut, for something like the n64... there is just so much that would go unplayed, for anyone I'm sure.

Id rather see a personall library completion, where you get all the games you actually want and enjoy for a system. Looking at that collection would be like reading a story about the collector, whereas a complete library would just tell me that they enjoy buying games.

[harper]

Oh lord, prepare for the "I don't see the point in collecting a whole set because you're going to have so many crap games that you will never play" responses.

More from me later. haha

[dsheinem]

fortunately for me, the entire 32x library is filled with high quality games.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Not my style, though I would consider it for a niche console with a very small library (Casio Loopy, for example).

[sabrage]

I dislike excess. There's the "crap games I won't play" argument, and then there's the "hideous room packed to the gills with nothing but video games" argument... I support both.

[DinnerX]

I generally research a system before a buy it and make a list of titles I want. After I finish off the list, I'm done buying for that system, unless I find out about some hidden gem.

THE one exception is the NES. I'm trying to get a complete licensed game cart only collection. NES games have a very distinct look and sound. I very much like the style, so I thought why not try to get them all? I don't care if I'll own all the "bad" games for the NES. I know I'll even enjoy them to a degree.

[Ack]

I find the "crap games" argument to be subjective. There are games I love that are often disliked, while there are well liked games that I loathe. I am currently working to collect a complete NTSC-U collection for the SNES, for several reasons: 1. I become familiarized with everything the console has to offer. 2. I find many great games I missed along the way. 3. I want to share games with others but cannot always account for their tastes. But this way, I can offer a multitude of titles while conducting my own research into what they offer me and the population in general. But I figure my approach is not the norm.

[eskil]

and then there's the "hideous room packed to the gills with nothing but video games" argument... I support both.

I've seen a boatload of collections that this argument applied to, and none of those were anywhere close to complete collections.
In fact, I think I've seen like two or three collections (and that's on the internet) that I didn't feel were a bit unorganised and excessive in size as well. I'm not sure it's entirely possible to collect videogames without running the risk of making your "game room" look hideous. But that's all just down to my personal taste.

[dunpeal2064]

But, there are SO many snes games Ack. There have to be some that you know will not be too great. I imagine the 9th or 10th baseball game would start to feel repetitive.

I just don't like creating "collecting rules" for myself. There are tons of games on the snes (and sfc) that I would love to own, but even if my collection for that one system went well over 109 titles, I still would not want a random $1 sports filler.

Of course, as you said, its all subjective, but its fun to discuss.