Well...so much for cutting back. I finally broke the 100 game barrier by acquiring 101 new games this month. Moreover, I have now acquired just over 500 games this year. I did not mean to get this many games...but if you look at my purchases this month, you will see that people were practically giving them away...
(Seriously...the first yard sale I went to this morning had a box full of $1.50 NES, SNES, and NES game...the second yard sale had a stack of $0.25 CIB PS1 games...and the first pawn shop I stopped at this morning had $2 GC, PS2, and XBOX games at its sidewalk sale...Honestly, it was almost too much! Fortunately, I was also able to pick up a fair number of items that I can sell to offset the cost of my purchases this month...)
Other than stopping at Bone's favorite store while I am in Maine, I do plan on cuting back significantly in August. (After this week, there aren't any good deals left in Charlotte anyway! )
January
Adventures of Tron (2600) - $1
Atlantis (2600) - $1
Bank Heist (2600) - $1
California Games (2600) - $1
Carnival (2600) - $1
Centipede (2600) - $2
Dark Cavern (2600) - $1
Defender (2600) - $2
Desert Falcon (2600) - $2
Donkey Kong Junior (2600) - $1
Fire Fighter (2600) - $1
Freeway (2600) - $2
Frogs and Flies (2600) - $2
Joust (2600) - $2
Kung Fu Master (2600) - $2
Laser Gates (2600) - $1
Lock 'n Chase (2600) - $1
Mountain King (2600) - $2
Pengo (2600) - $1
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (2600) - $10
Riddle of the Sphinx (2600) - $1
River Raid II (2600) - $1
Slot Racers (2600) - $1
Spy Hunter (2600) - $2
Tax Avoiders (2600) - $1
Xenophobe (2600) - $2
Yar's Revenge (2600) - $2
Space Attack (ARC2001; CIB) - $2.50
Escape (ARC2001; CIB) - $2.50
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (3DS; CIB) - $10
The Last Blade 2 - (DC; CIB) - $19
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Vol. 1 (DC; CIB) - $5
WarioWare D.I.Y. (DS; CIB) - $7
Asteroids (GB) - $3
Donkey Kong Land 2 (GB) - $5
Ms. Pac Man (GB) - $2
Yoshi (GB) - $3
NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana (GEN; CIB) - $1
Rush 2 (N64) - $5
Star Trek: The Next Generation (NES) - $8
Aquanaut's Holiday (PS1; CIB) - $1
Hardball 5 (PS1; LONGBOX; CIB) - $1
Street Fighter Alpha: Warrior's Dream (PS1; LONGBOX; CIB) - $10
Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS1; CIB) - $10
Cake Mania: Baker's Challenge (PS2; CIB) - $4
Jak II (PS2; CIB) - $0
Ratchet: Deadlocked (PS2; CIB) - $5
Rogue Galaxy (PS2; CIB) - $4
Tokobots Plus (PS2; CIB) - $3
Virtual On Marz (PS2; CIB) - $0
Winback 2: Project Poseidon (PS2; CIB) - $3
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (WII; CIB) - $14
Red Steel (WII; CIB) - $4
Rubik's World (WII; CIB) - $2
Wii Music (WII; CIB) - $5
Darkwatch (XBOX; CIB) - $5
Games - 56; Cost - $202
February
Air Sea Battle (2600) - $2
Battlezone (2600) - $2
Chopper Command (2600) - $2
Circus Atari (2600) - $2
Crossbow (2600) - $2
Dark Chambers (2600) - $2
Dodge 'Em (2600) - $2
Frogger (2600) - $1
Grand Prix (2600) - $2
London Blitz (2600) - $2
Megamania (2600) - $2
Mouse Trap (2600) - $2
Name This Game (2600) - $2
Radar Lock (2600) - $2
River Raid (2600) - $5
Sky Jinks (2600) - $1
Sneak 'n Peek (2600) - $2
Spider Fighter (2600) - $2
Spitfire Attack (2600) - $2
Starmaster (2600) - $2
Star Raiders (2600) - $1
Star Voyager (2600) - $2
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (2600) - $2
Swordquest: Earthworld (2600) - $1
Swordquest: Fireworld (2600) - $1
Turmoil (2600) - $2
Vanguard (2600) - $2
Venture (2600) - $2
Video Checkers (2600) - $2
Video Olympics (2600) - $2
Warlords (2600) - $2
Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS; NEW) - $40
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (3DS; NEW) - $10
Arcade Classic No. 2: Centipede / Millipede (GB) - $2
Marble Madness (GB) - $2
Megalit (GB) - $5
Mickey Mouse (GB) - $1
Revelations: The Demon Slayer (GB) - $5
Tetris Blast (GB) - $2
Sonic the Hedgehog (GBA) - $5
Tron 2.0 (GBA) - $3
Bill Walsh College Football '95 (GEN; CIB) - $0.50
KaGeKi: Fists of Steel (GEN; CIB) - $3
NHL '94 (GEN; CIB) - $0.50
Super Thunder Blade (GEN; CART & CASE) - $3.50
Twin Cobra (GEN; CART & CASE) - $2
Cruis'n World (N64) - $5
San Francisco Rush (N64) - $2
Donkey Konga (NGC; CIB) - $3
Colony Wars III: Red Sun (PS1; CIB) - $5
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (PS1; LONGBOX; CIB) - $3
MDK (PS1; CIB) - $2
Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2 (PS1; CIB) - $5
Syphon Filter 2 (PS1; CIB) - $3
Crazy Taxi (PS2; CIB) - $3
Fugitive Hunter (PS2; CIB) - $2
Genji: Dawn of the Samurai (PS2; CIB) - $3
Stretch Panic (PS2; CIB) - $5
Dungeon Master (SNES) - $5
Super High Impact (SNES) - $0.50
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (WII; CIB) - $5
Super Paper Mario (Wii; CIB) - $13
Family Guy (XBOX; CIB) - $1
The Hobbit (XBOX; CIB) - $3
Games - 64; Cost - $212
March
Armor Ambush (2600) - $1
Skate Boardin' (2600) - $2
Space Attack (2600) - $1
Tron: Deadly Discs (2600) - $5
Word Zapper (2600) - $3
Freaky Forms Deluxe (3DS; NEW) - $10
Carrier (DC; CIB) - $1
Expendable (DC; CIB) - $1
Industrial Spy: Operation Espionage (DC; CIB) - $5
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (DC; CIB) - $1
Maken X (DC; CIB) - $1
Mortal Kombat Gold (DC; CIB) - $5
POD Speedzone (DC; CIB) - $1
The Typing of the Dead (DC; CIB) - $5
Zombie Revenge (DC; CIB) - $5
Sprung (DS; CIB) - $2.50
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (GB) - $5
Donkey Kong Country (GB) - $4
Magnetic Soccer (GB) - $2
Quarth (GB) - $1
Magical Quest Starring Mickey & Minnie (GBA) - $4
Baten Kaitos (GC; CIB) - $10
Battalion Wars (GC; CIB) - $2.50
Batman Returns (GEN; CIB) - $2
Bubsy 3D (PS1; CIB) - $5
Driver (PS1; CIB) - $1
Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James (PS1; CIB) - $3
PGA Tour '96 (PS1; LONGBOX; CIB) - $2
Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1; CIB) - $3
Star Wars: Dark Forces (PS1; CIB) - $4
Tomb Raider Chronicles (PS1; CIB) - $10
The Bible Game (PS2; NEW) - $5
Swing Away Golf (PS2; CIB) - $2
Scorcher (SAT; CIB) - $6
Skeleton Warriors (SAT; CIB) - $16
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (SNES) - $5
Castlevania: Judgment (Wii; CIB) - $10
Cursed Mountain (Wii; CIB) - $10
Lost in Shadow (Wii; CIB) - $0
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (XBOX; CIB) - $4
Genma Onimusha (XBOX; CIB) - $2
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (XBOX; CIB) - $6
July was pretty insane in terms of the amount of stuff coming in. I partly blame the budget blowout on Steam and PSN sales, partly blame my attempt to start working on the 7800 collection again, and partly blame Cave for releasing two Special Edition of games that I could play on my US consoles in the span of a month. Anyway, I spent far too much money and fucked up my previously miniscule totals and averages for the year pretty hard but had fun doing it. Next month I hope to have a month with more sales than spending so that I can bring these numbers back down again. We'll see.
I've never counted PS+ "free" games since they are basically rentals. Starting this month, I will count XBL Gold games since, as I understand it, they are free to keep if Gold expires.
PS3
Mortal Kombat
Hydrophobia: Prophecy
Alice: Madness Returns
American McGee's Alice
Prince of Persia HD Trilogy
Ketsui: LE
Biohock Infinite: Clash in the Clouds
PS3/Vita
Pinball Arcade: Pin-Bot/Centuar
Vita
Mortal Kombat
360
DoDonPachi: Saidaioujou: LE
Prey
Bulletstorm
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Assassin's Creed II
PSP
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble
Hexyz Force
Knights in the Nightmare
Crimson Gem Saga
Class of Heroes
Riviera: The Promised Land
Gungnir
3DS
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Steel Diver
NDS
Pinball Dreams
PS2
Oni
Pinnball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (sealed)
XBOX
Xbox System
Simpsons Road Rage
Star Wars Battlefront
Splinter Cell
The Sims
Sneakers
Inside Pitch 2003
MVP Baseball 2005
NBA Street Vol 2
Sega CD
Ultraverse Prime/Microcosm
N64
Star Fox 64 (Virtual Console)
NES
Crisis Force (JPN)
GB
Donkey Kong (virtual console)
GBC
Super Robot Pinball
GBA
Pac-Man Pinball Advance
Lynx
Pinball Jam
7800
Winter Games
Xenophobe
Alien Brigade
Fight Night
Ninja Golf
PC
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Little Inferno
The Basement Collection
To The Moon
DLC Quest
Anitchamber
Blood
Blood 2: The Chosen + Expansion
Fez
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider III
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider V: Chronicles
Tomb Raider VI: The Angel of Darkness
Tomb Raider: Legend
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Tomb Raider (2013)
Tomb Raider: Tomb of the Lost Adventurer
Frozen Synapse
Orcs Must Die
Orcs Must Die 2
Toki Tori
System Shock 2
Poker Night at the Inventory 2
Slammit Pinball: Big Score
Exceed- Gun Bullet Children
Exceed 2nd - Vampire REX
Exceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate
Strike Suit Zero
Strike Suit Infinity
Trainz Simulator 12
Rise of the Triad (2013)
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Blake Stone: Planet Strike
Rise of the Triad
Extreme Rise of the Triad
Freespace 2
iOS
Mirror's Edge
Peggle HD
Badland
Iron Man 3
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Mini Motor Racing
TOTAL SPENT FOR MONTH: $478.40
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Physical Games Acquired: 233
Digital Games Acquired: 133
Total Games Added: 366
Total Games sold or traded away: 267
Net Added to collection: 99 (Total Games Acquired - Physical Games sold/traded)
Net Physical Added to the collection: -10 (Physical Games acquired - Physical Games sold/traded)
Out of Pocket Expenses
Total Spent 2013: $622.84
Average spent per game acquired: $1.70
Average spent per net game added to collection: $6.29
Game Boy Color
Shadowgate Classic
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Master System
Captain Silver
Cyborg Hunter
F-16 Fighter (PAL)
Great Basketball
Joe Montana Football
Missile Defense 3-D
Monopoly
Parlour Games
Super Tennis (PAL)
I did pretty good money-wise. Most every game was only a few dollars or so. Exceptions include Phantasy Star IV, Ys III and Sorcerian, which were all around $25 and Muramasa ($40 new).
Last edited by BoneSnapDeez on Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:
Total Games - 502; Total Cost - $1773.5
Because I spend too much time pouring over this thread, I'm curious if you are deducting the profit made by selling games (if any) from the total cost. I'm also curious if you are deducting games parted with (if any) from the total number of games acquired.
I just picked up Stubbs the Zombie Complete, Ultimate Capcom Collection Vol. 2 (complete xbox version) and Looney Tunes Acme ...something or another. Each one cost $2.90. I got the Looney Tunes 360 game to my nephew. I also picked up Phantom 2049 for the SNES for $2.90.
Passed on Capcom Collection vol. 1 (xbox), Zelda Twilight Princess (Wii Version) and Justice League Heroes (xbox), but they were there too. All games were the same price at the local thrift store.
Never played Stubbs the Zombie before but I love it. It's got a lot of pick up and playability which in the phase of life I'm in now is what I look for most in a game. It's just hard to sit down and play an RPG like Final Fantasy 7 for 50 hours now.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:
Total Games - 502; Total Cost - $1773.5
Because I spend too much time pouring over this thread, I'm curious if you are deducting the profit made by selling games (if any) from the total cost. I'm also curious if you are deducting games parted with (if any) from the total number of games acquired.
I have sold a few games this year, but i have not deducted the profits from my total. (I sold about $250 worth of PS1 discs back in January and February, and I will be selling some more items next month.) I have traded a lot of games, however, and I account for those by listing the price for the item that I received as the cost of the traded item plus the shipping cost.
Also...my collection is like a black hole. Once something drifts into it, it never escapes...
EDIT: That said...502 games is too many...I am going to tone it way down in August.
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