College Problem

[AwesomeMonstar]

Now, I cannot wait to actually go to college, Getting the hell out of high school is about the best thing that could happen to me. BUT what the hell am I going to do with all of my stuff. I really doubt I'll have the room to bring all of my games, my saturn, my snes, my dreamcast, my ps2, my 360, my genesis + 32x, my wii, my nintendo 64, etc. ... well you get the point. Has anyone else faced a similar dilemma and have any guidance for this poor soul?

[lwcook]

Leave most of it at home and emulate all the older consoles while at school. You should have a decent laptop for school, so it shouldn't be a problem. Just invest in a good controller.

Plus it means less stuff that can get stolen.

[MrPopo]

So here's what I did:

My first couple years at college I was in a dorm. So all I had was my PC and my SNES (since it had the most games I enjoyed). Then from my third year onward I was in a house with my buddies, so I had enough room to bring all my consoles (which was 5 at the time).

[equalsign]

Yes! Luckily, my brother is also a gamer so I am able to store what I don't want to bring up back at my house under some unwritten communal property clause. I have way too much stuff to take in one trip, so every time I go home I bring some of it back with me. You may want to try a similar strategy.

[blue_veilvet]

Or you could just do it like me and cram everything into your small student hostel room.

Unfortunately, there is a limit to it. I only manage to get 6 consoles in here, and I can't go next gen at the moment because a PS3 or XBox 360 is just too damn huge to fit in here

[nickfil]

if you are thinking of bringing consoles and not emulating be aware that you are in a small space with a lot of people. Not everyone will give the same care and love to carts and old electronics. Expect at least a causality in the year.

what i'm saying is, you should probably leave chrono trigger at home.

[ubelaffe]

I had a big enough problem with people "borrowing" DVD's my freshman year. A lot of people, like my soon-to-be brother-in-law took next-gen consoles to school, but would lock up the actual console when they were gone. It will depend on your roommate situation and the security of your hall as to whether or not that's even a good idea.

We had a super nintendo in my dorm room, but changing seating around the tv to be able to play on wired controllers was difficult for us. Something wireless would really be helpful in any situation.

I didn't amass such a collection until the year after I moved off campus - started picking through thrift stores.

[PhilExile]

I would leave it all at home. Focus on whatever you are studying, meeting new people, going to parties and having new experiences.

The games will be waiting for you during vacation and summer vacations.

Also, a few of my friends flunked because of their obsession with PS1 and Saturn. Better to just play what others bring up occasionally IMO.

Good luck!

[nickfil]

I would leave it all at home. Focus on whatever you are studying, meeting new people, going to parties and having new experiences.

The games will be waiting for you during vacation and summer vacations.

Also, a few of my friends flunked because of their obsession with PS1 and Saturn. Better to just play what others bring up occasionally IMO.

Good luck!

also a good point.

Bring some fun multiplayer games. Maybe ONE or TWO single player titles. You could always bring more back with you when you hit christmas break too if you want. Nothing is set in stone.

[Dave Auto]

My dorm room was microscopic, much smaller than your standard-sized dorm room. The building had been converted from an old monastery (Catholic school), so all the rooms were chopped up and oddly shaped, and mine was the size of a closet, just big enough for two beds and the space to walk between them. But the only console I had with me was my Dreamcast and Soul Calibur (which was new at the time, this is nearly ten years ago!) and epic multiplayer matches helped me make a lot of friends in my hall.

So bring something, because one of the nice things about college is that you meet and make friends with more people that share your interests than you ever thought existed Other than that, though, I really didn't have time to play any games. Freshman year will keep you way busier than you expect. But the next year I moved off-campus, and that's when I brought everything (all my 8-, 16-, 32- and 64-bit consoles).

Good luck, tho, I hope you like the school you got into. What are you majoring in?