Random Gaming Thoughts

[elmagicochrisg]

I couldn't do it. Nearly everything I've ever sold off in the past I've ended up regretting. Most stuff I've sold I eventually re-acquire, often paying a lot more for it.

Amen...

Getting rid of my wall of games? Are you mad?...

[AppleQueso]

I paid $5 for the Chrono Trigger I sold, do you think I'm gonna find it that cheap again?

[harper]

I simply don't want a wall full of games because I couldn't stand to look at that much crap every day. I find it really hard to hang on to games just for the sake of having them, in fact I feel that way about pretty much everything.

[elmagicochrisg]

I simply don't want a wall full of games because I couldn't stand to look at that much crap every day. I find it really hard to hang on to games just for the sake of having them, in fact I feel that way about pretty much everything.

[AppleQueso]

And yet you tried to shoot for a complete n64 set at one point...

I personally love having my own library going on

[harper]

And yet you tried to shoot for a complete n64 set at one point...

I personally love having my own library going on

I know, I even said here at one point that I don't know why I ever thought I could collect video games. I go through these cycles where I'll build up my "library" then once I get to a certain point I feel the need to sell it off. Frankly I've gotten tired of it, and I figured out exactly what my problem is:

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-opp ... arding.htm

So it turns out I'm not crazy, at least not officially. haha

[BoneSnapDeez]

Emulation is great these days, especially for all things 8 and 16 bit. I can respect people who don't want their living quarters cluttered with games and consoles. I used to strictly emulate games until I was hit by the urge to collect a couple of years ago. But who knows, I can see myself going back to emulation someday.

[harper]

Emulation is great these days, especially for all things 8 and 16 bit. I can respect people who don't want their living quarters cluttered with games and consoles. I used to strictly emulate games until I was hit by the urge to collect a couple of years ago. But who knows, I can see myself going back to emulation someday.

Exactly, I think it'll work out perfectly since those are the systems I play the least anyway.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I don't know that I'll sell what I have left ever, but, the stuff I do have sits in a box under my bed most of the time.

I may pick up the collecting in a few years when/if I have my own place and an area to put it all. I hate having clutter though, and, with the infrequency my games are played, that's exactly what the stuff is 90% of the time. I have GoG and emulators, that satisfy most of my retro urges. Of course it isn't as good as the real thing though. Most of the stuff I've bought in the last month is proofing for the future. Who knows what a PC-Engine will cost in 5 years?

[AppleQueso]

Ugh, I really wish there was a way to RGB mod an NES that didn't involve gutting increasingly hard to find Playchoice-10 boards for their PPUs.

Why hasn't anyone reverse engineered and cloned that PPU yet? Seems like there'd at least be a little bit of a market for it. Perhaps they could find a way to get the actual normal NES color palette back on it while they're at it.