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HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
in Collector's Corner
     Well, after selling off my whole collection (NES, SNES, and Sega), I thought I would be totally out of the game. However, I've gotten the, as we say in south Louisiana, "envy" (pronounced "on-vee") to get back into collecting again. I've only gotten a handful of carts so far, but I'm back in the game.
     It's been a while since I've been on this site, but getting back on is like coming back to an old friend/friends. At the risk of sounding dopey, I'll say this: I don't know many of your personally, but Dain, Dr. Morbis, Burnambill, Dangevin, NGD... the list goes on and on, but you all have made this site what it is. I hope to be able to contribute some in the future in any way that I can.

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  • Dukert27Dukert27
    welcome back. i too did the same and i just couldnt give it up. its just to fun and somewhat addicting lol
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    I know, I was telling my wife that garage sale season is coming up... and it was all down hill after that. I thought about getting up at the crack of dawn and finding that one rare game or a ton of nice games or boxes... the thrill of the hunt makes it all worth it.
  • Derek1112Derek1112
    Welcome back.
  • Dukert27Dukert27
    Originally posted by: Microwave

    I know, I was telling my wife that garage sale season is coming up... and it was all down hill after that. I thought about getting up at the crack of dawn and finding that one rare game or a ton of nice games or boxes... the thrill of the hunt makes it all worth it.

    lol i know what you mean. i still wait outside flea markets and thrifstore for them to open. its exciting

  • NewUser123456789NewUser123456789
    Welcome back.. Once you get the Nintendo bug it never fully goes away.. I've bought, sold, rebought, resold, bought again, etc..



    I've given up.. I just mainly keep the ones I want to play and find a few that I never played growing up..



    There is always something to keep you busy when it comes to NES collecting/playing.
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    @PSerge, that's about where I am now. I used to pick up everything that I would find. If I didn't have it (and I felt it was resonable), I would buy it. In fact, I carried around on my phone a current list of what I owned and a current price list so I would know about where things stood price-wise and if I owned the game.
  • i2a2n2i2a2n2
    welcome back, I carry around a peice of graph paper with a list on it for every nes game with prices on it. folded up and stuck into a protective sleeve made for sports cards in my wallet. it took me a full week off and on to write everything down and make it fit front and back. The writing is like and eighth of an inch tall I hope I never have to re write it again.
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    That's a great idea, too. I'm impressed that you were able to fit something like that on something so small.
  • i2a2n2i2a2n2
    lots of folding I had to use the graph paper because it is the thinnest paper I could find If I was to use regular printer paper it wouldn't fit into the sleeve.
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    Oh, I understand. I thought you used a small piece of graph paper (about the size of a baseball card). I guess if I would have really thought it through, there's no way that you would be able to fit every game on there at 1/8in tall. I'm still impressed, that's quote an undertaking!
  • i2a2n2i2a2n2
    your telling me lol after about 1/2 hr I'd have to take a break because the hand would start to cramp up I'll take a picture of the whole list and post it at some point quite impressive if you can read it lol.



    I could only imagine how small the printing would have to be to fit onto a peice of paper the size of a baseball card I'd have to carry a microscope around to read everything lol micro film anyone ? image
  • Ack71Ack71
    You sirs should invest in palm devices. You can get them for about 50 bucks in pawn shops in my area and I live in Canada so I'm sure theyre cheaper in the states.
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    @Ack71 - That's not a bad idea. I have a Blackberry Curve now, though, so looking through text files and such isn't a problem.



    @i2a2n2 - I could see myself doing that (as a labor of love), but I bet it was INCREDIBLY tedious! I could see the whole conversation now:



    "Look, I managed to fit every Nintendo game and it's going price on a piece of paper the size of a baseball card. What? You want to read it? Hold on, let's go out to my truck so I can put in on the microfiche machine that I haul around so you can see it!"



    LOL, the picture of that in my head is cracking me up!
  • i2a2n2i2a2n2
    lol that would make a good one for the E-zine lol
  • NationalGameDepotNationalGameDepot
    Welcome back image

    ~~NGD
  • dangevindangevin
    Hey thanks for the shout-out and welcome, glad you're back for another go.



    I'm surprised I've stuck with the Nintendo thing for as long as I have sometimes...I think some days I've just forgotten about my collection and that makes it easy to not sell it off image



    The smallest I ever wrote was when I had to memorize Macbeth's "Tomorrow" soliloquy for Honors English. It's something every student of drama and Brit Lit has to do at some point, but I always hated and protested rote memorization so I fit the entire thing on the side of a pen.



    I wound up chickening out and not using it, although it would have been perfect, but in the process of writing the whole thing in 2-pt-font, I wound up memorizing it anyway image
  • flyingduckyflyingducky
    Originally posted by: Ack71

    You sirs should invest in palm devices. You can get them for about 50 bucks in pawn shops in my area and I live in Canada so I'm sure theyre cheaper in the states.



    I was thinking about getting a palm device but was unsure what a good one to get is?  what kind do you use?
  • wrldstrmanwrldstrman
    welcome back
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    Thanks for all the welcome! I really appreciate it and am excited to get back into the swing of things. The wife doesn't really want me to get back in because I've got a baby due in like 3 months... oh well, when the bug bites....
  • i2a2n2i2a2n2
    congrat's about the baby to be
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    Thanks, we're really excited. It's our first one and it's a boy!! Carrying on the torch. Jeremiah David... that's what we will name our man-child! LOL
  • i2a2n2i2a2n2
    lol although I don't speak from experience be prepared for very long nights
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    Yeah, I know. There are like 9 nieces and nephews in my wife's immediate family. We're "prepared" in that we have some ideas of what to expect, but I don't think we have a clue what we're actually getting into. It's been pretty neat so far, with all of the doctor visits and seeing the baby on the ultrasound... it's all been amazing. I can't wait for my son to be here!!
  • mb7241mb7241
    Welcome back, Microwave. I always thought your sig was among the best around here image . And congrats on the upcoming bundle of joy, as well.



    To those referring to Palm devices: I have two such devices myself (Palm TX and Palm M515). Palm TX = pure sweetness image. Palm M515 (the one that I have) = sweetness, though it needs a replacement battery.
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    Thanks for the compliments on the sig, I really do appreciate that. Hrrmmm... I might have to look into getting a palm just for that. What do you use on the palm to keep up with your collection/prices/etc? Do you use a spreadsheet (excel type) or is there a built-in/purchased program that you use?
  • mb7241mb7241
    The same spreadsheet I posted for download back in early August, that is what I use image .
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    Oh, ok... it's been a while since I've used Palm. I didn't know they could read Excel files. I'm going to go look up the Palm TX. Thanks for the tip, I appreciate it!
  • HeartOfDavidHeartOfDavid
    Wow, the TX actually looks pretty cool. Like I said, I haven't used Palm in a while, but they've made a lot of changes. Wireless, mp3, bluetooth, nice looking screen... I'm going to have to do some more digging.
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