robbievgb's Living Room of Geekness

[Hobie-wan]

That's a lot of Dreamcast controllers.
Is it just me, or do dreamcast games often come without cases? Why would someone throw out a game case/manual? It's free storage!

The DC and PS2 were out when DVD binders started becoming popular, so people started tossing packages and putting their discs in those to save space because they hated their games and wanted to scratch them up.

[robbievgb]

That's a lot of Dreamcast controllers.
Is it just me, or do dreamcast games often come without cases? Why would someone throw out a game case/manual? It's free storage!

The DC and PS2 were out when DVD binders started becoming popular, so people started tossing packages and putting their discs in those to save space because they hated their games and wanted to scratch them up.

I myself was guilty of this. I was young and stupid! I think this phase didn't last very long, I eventually shifted all my Dreamcast games back to cases.

I find there are also a lot of rental store copies out there as well that come with no artwork.

[TheBrick]

That's a lot of Dreamcast controllers.
Is it just me, or do dreamcast games often come without cases? Why would someone throw out a game case/manual? It's free storage!

The DC and PS2 were out when DVD binders started becoming popular, so people started tossing packages and putting their discs in those to save space because they hated their games and wanted to scratch them up.

I myself was guilty of this. I was young and stupid! I think this phase didn't last very long, I eventually shifted all my Dreamcast games back to cases.

I find there are also a lot of rental store copies out there as well that come with no artwork.

Blasphemy!

[turtle]

Nice. I'm jealous. Oh, and how do all of you guys find girls that let you do this stuff? I can't get a girl normally, let alone if I wanted to do this in the living room.

Get a girl nerd.

This is my first time seeing your post! From one blu-ray collector to another - nice! When I was a young-un my Mom picked up an Intellivision for my brother and I, but when we upgraded to the NES she re-sold it with 30-40 games at out own garage sale for $5. I hope whoever bought it up gave it some love. Astrosmash is AMAZING, I can't see if you have Night Stalker, but that game was another of my fav's.

It looks like you have a goalie figure in your vinyl corner, along with Bob and Doug McKenzie figures - Arizona is awfully far from Canada!

We use an ottoman to store retro controllers, lightguns, some cased memory cards ect they work awesome!

Great setup, thanks for sharing.

[robbievgb]

Nice. I'm jealous. Oh, and how do all of you guys find girls that let you do this stuff? I can't get a girl normally, let alone if I wanted to do this in the living room.

Get a girl nerd.

This is my first time seeing your post! From one blu-ray collector to another - nice! When I was a young-un my Mom picked up an Intellivision for my brother and I, but when we upgraded to the NES she re-sold it with 30-40 games at out own garage sale for $5. I hope whoever bought it up gave it some love. Astrosmash is AMAZING, I can't see if you have Night Stalker, but that game was another of my fav's.

It looks like you have a goalie figure in your vinyl corner, along with Bob and Doug McKenzie figures - Arizona is awfully far from Canada!

We use an ottoman to store retro controllers, lightguns, some cased memory cards ect they work awesome!

Great setup, thanks for sharing.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

There's an awesome story behind the Intellivision collection. The summer after we graduated high school, my best friend told me his dad had "some old games" to give to me. It was three Intellivision systems, two voice modules and almost 50 games. There were a few loose games but as you can see a majority of them were boxed - and still had the instruction manuals and both overlays with them. I was tempted to keep them in boxes (ad did for a few years) but they look so awesome on the shelf, and they hold a lot of meaning to me seeing that the collection is probably worth a lot, and it was gifted to me as a sort of "graduation present" before I moved away. Also, I do have Night Stalker, but just a loose cart.

It's cool you noticed Bob & Doug, Strange Brew is one of my favorite movies! And yes, we are actually HUGE Phoenix Coyotes fans (that was an Ilya Bryzgalov bobblehead). I know our existence is disputed in the Great White North, but yes, we do exist down here.

The Ottoman was a great investment. I love seeing the look on people's faces when they realize whats been hiding in there. My next upgrade would be a nice component tower that matches the TV stand, but we are saving up for a wedding next year, so all big purchases are on hold until then.