The Collection Change
Not looking for advice, just general discussion. I've been batting around the idea of trading away all my cart only NES and N64 games for SNES cart only games and only collect that.
My question is how many times / how often have you changed up your collection?
My question is how many times / how often have you changed up your collection?
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When I was going for a complete NES set I was kidding myself - I don't have the cash to pick up the crazier titles, specifically Stadium Events, and anything else over $1k.
I considered a complete N64 cart-only set, and it may yet happen if I come across some awesome lot of games or something, but realistically I think that the curated list of awesome games is better for me than just "everything"; I'll simply never play Madden or NHL or whatever else sports games.
I like to play my games so now, like I said, I'm picking up CIB for NES and SNES, and cart-only for N64 (mostly just cuz I don't have any CIB N64 games). I won't pick up sealed games because then I'll never play them, and to me that's a waste.
Then I found out about homebrews, and those are super neat. So I was buying lots of em. That was a couple years. Recently, I've gotten everything I wanted, so I'm just buying the occasional game that looks real good.
The only thing I'm actively searching for right now is copies of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for the DS. Started collecting those for something to do. That will last as long as I can continue to find them cheap.
from the start my goal has been collecting a complete PAL NES set (loose only)
as extra, i only buy CIB/NIB NES games when it's a game i really want or have nostalgia for.
with GB , i only buy loose games that i really want to play....
same for SNES, except that i never owned an SNES when i was younger, so the nostalgia factor is 0%
I did exactly this. I had a bunch of different games for different consoles. Top tier stuff. Then I realized that I was really only playing my SNES. So I traded and sold the other stuff away and kept my SNES stuff. Still working on a complete cart-only SNES set. No regrets.
Ya that's what Im wrestling with. I have Samson and some top tier stuff for other systems but don't have any attachment to the games, only classics for those systems that i would probably keep.
Get any games im interested in.
It might be the full licensed NES set.
Might be loose tg16 hu- cards
Possibly sealed SNES games
Just whatever I am into at the time
Atari I collect loose, everything else cib. NES I plan
495 loose carts and its slowed to a lazy snails pace. plus i dont like to spend $ on..... anything.
I passed it up to get Shatterhand and Gargoyles quest 2
shatterhand is infinitely times better than shitmaster
I passed it up to get Shatterhand and Gargoyles quest 2
shatterhand is infinitely times better than shitmaster
Shatterhand is definitely one of the best. Power blade, Kickmaster and whomp Em are a step down
(Note: I do feel legitimately bad because he misses it...)
To the OP.... my collecting "goal" has always been to find/play great games so that will never change. For me, it's never been about collecting a full set of this, or NEEDING that system. I just want to play great games so that's what I look for.