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Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:05 pm
by hashiriya1
All my Atari stuff is long gone, so I am on the same boat as Inazuma.
I am the original owner of this copy of SMB...
Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:14 pm
by Balasubbie
The Japanese artwork is so much better than anything seen in the West.
Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:45 am
by Runefaust
Earliest items in my library are my small collection of Atari 2600 cartridges; Pitfall, Pac-Man, Adventure, and Yar's Revenge among 'em.
Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:51 am
by Limewater
I might have a loose VCS game or two, but I don't remember for sure. I do have Physical Fitness for the TI 99/4A. It's from '78 or '79.
Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:56 pm
by scarper
Metroid II: Retrun of Samus for Gameboy.
The Gameboy Color and N64 are the only two consoles I collect actual copies of games for.
Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:10 pm
by qix
The earliest off the top of my head is Dodge 'Em for the Atari 2600. I may or may not have some earlier 2600 stuff too.
Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:17 pm
by KillerJuan77
Balasubbie wrote:The Japanese artwork is so much better than anything seen in the West.
It's usually like that...
(It's the same as the japanese cover)
Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:23 pm
by BoringSupreez
KillerJuan77 wrote:Balasubbie wrote:The Japanese artwork is so much better than anything seen in the West.
It's usually like that...
*pics of Mega Man and Ico boxarts, comparing US and Japanese boxarts*
Ok, I'll give you Ico, that one's indisputable. But the Mega Man boxart seems like a special case to me. That was no ordinary case of bad box art, that was cursed art. There's a difference between bad artwork and artwork crafted by His Infernal Majesty. They couldn't help it.
Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:27 pm
by KillerJuan77
BoringSupreez wrote:Ok, I'll give you Ico, that one's indisputable. But the Mega Man boxart seems like a special case to me. That was no ordinary case of bad box art, that was cursed art. There's a difference between bad artwork and artwork crafted by His Infernal Majesty. They couldn't help it.
I have to agree, Phalanx's cover is also horrendous.
Re: What is the oldest video game in your collection?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:32 pm
by BoringSupreez
KillerJuan77 wrote:BoringSupreez wrote:Ok, I'll give you Ico, that one's indisputable. But the Mega Man boxart seems like a special case to me. That was no ordinary case of bad box art, that was cursed art. There's a difference between bad artwork and artwork crafted by His Infernal Majesty. They couldn't help it.
I have to agree, Phalanx's cover is also horrendous.
Phalanx's box falls into the "so bad it's good" category. It makes me laugh every time I see it.