I've been lurking around here for a while and figured I should sign up. My name is Jon, and I've been collecting games for the better part of 2 years. Growing up we didn't have all that much money, so we were always a generation behind when it came to video games. When all of my friends had the SNES I was still using my NES, and when we finally got an SNES everyone already had N64s. But looking back I'm glad it happened because I got to grow up with really good classic games and that has shaped my interests and passion for collecting vintage games from my childhood.
Like so many kids at the time, I eventually ended up selling many of my old games in garage sales and pawn shops. Knowing what I know now, I wouldn't have been so quick to get rid of all those awesome games. So about 3 years ago I got tired with emulators and wanted the genuine article, so I bought an NES with Mario/Duckhunt from a woman in my city, and before I knew it I was hooked again. My brother and I stayed up all night playing Nintendo like we used to do when we were kids. There is a charm about these old games that you just can't replicate. So I began collected everything and anything I could get my grubby little hands on. And now, my collection is large enough for me to feel comfortable actually calling it a collection. It's still very modest compared to many, if not most collectors out there, but I'm working at it and its growing at a fairly steady rate!
Here are a few pictures of my collection so far. It has grown a bit more since these pictures were taken, and not everything has been shown in these pictures. I had to pack away some of my other stuff because I just didn't have enough room.
Bumper Bash is currently the rarest game I own.
