Favorite aspect of collecting retro games
We all collect retro games for varying reasons eg. nostalgia, rarity, mint items etc. Though as retro collectors, we generally go through the same steps. For example:
- browsing online/offline
- spending cash
- receiving purchased items
- buyers remorse/ecstasy
- stare/touch/sniff old retro games just purchased
- display on shelf or store in boxes/draws
- flip/resell
- get told off by partner for spending too much time/money on the hobby/obsession
- ignore partner's rants, repeat steps from the above
Question is, what is your favorite aspect of the retro collecting hobby?
- browsing online/offline
- spending cash
- receiving purchased items
- buyers remorse/ecstasy
- stare/touch/sniff old retro games just purchased
- display on shelf or store in boxes/draws
- flip/resell
- get told off by partner for spending too much time/money on the hobby/obsession
- ignore partner's rants, repeat steps from the above
Question is, what is your favorite aspect of the retro collecting hobby?
Comments
I love displaying my boxes. Getting a new game added to the collection and rearranging everything is pure bliss.
^ This. Plus its a nostalgic factor for me.
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Thats my favorite thing about collecting, is playing games.
I like how none of that included "playing".
Thats my favorite thing about collecting, is playing games.
Last time I said "playing my games" the OP replied "yeah but I'm talking about the collecting of games, not playing!" like they're two totally separate things lol.
I like how none of that included "playing".
Thats my favorite thing about collecting, is playing games.
What do you mean playing games? Like investing in rare games then hyping them up or flipping NES Classics for $400? Is playing games like playing the stock market? I guess that sounds like a fun thing to do with these games.
I like how none of that included "playing".
Thats my favorite thing about collecting, is playing games.
Last time I said "playing my games" the OP replied "yeah but I'm talking about the collecting of games, not playing!" like they're two totally separate things lol.
They are two entirely separate things. A pure gamer would play a game, beat it and then trade it in for something new. A pure collector would buy a game and never play it. Most people are hybrids, whether 50/50 or some percentage towards one or the other.
The OP is a sealed collector, hence why playing isn't part of that argument. You aren't buying a sealed game to play it.
I like how none of that included "playing".
Thats my favorite thing about collecting, is playing games.
Last time I said "playing my games" the OP replied "yeah but I'm talking about the collecting of games, not playing!" like they're two totally separate things lol.
They are two entirely separate things. A pure gamer would play a game, beat it and then trade it in for something new. A pure collector would buy a game and never play it. Most people are hybrids, whether 50/50 or some percentage towards one or the other.
The OP is a sealed collector, hence why playing isn't part of that argument. You aren't buying a sealed game to play it.
I buy sealed games to play all the time. I unseal them!
To be more clear, I suppose I meant to say "as though they HAVE TO BE two separate things" (for everyone).
I like how none of that included "playing".
Thats my favorite thing about collecting, is playing games.
Last time I said "playing my games" the OP replied "yeah but I'm talking about the collecting of games, not playing!" like they're two totally separate things lol.
They are two entirely separate things. A pure gamer would play a game, beat it and then trade it in for something new. A pure collector would buy a game and never play it. Most people are hybrids, whether 50/50 or some percentage towards one or the other.
The OP is a sealed collector, hence why playing isn't part of that argument. You aren't buying a sealed game to play it.
I buy sealed games to play all the time. I unseal them!
To be more clear, I suppose I meant to say "as though they HAVE TO BE two separate things" (for everyone).
Touche... though you can't really be a sealed collector if you opened all of your sealed games by definition
We all collect retro games for varying reasons eg. nostalgia, rarity, mint items etc. Though as retro collectors, we generally go through the same steps. For example: - browsing online/offline - spending cash - receiving purchased items - buyers remorse/ecstasy - stare/touch/sniff old retro games just purchased - display on shelf or store in boxes/draws - flip/resell - get told off by partner for spending too much time/money on the hobby/obsession - ignore partner's rants, repeat steps from the above Question is, what is your favorite aspect of the retro collecting hobby?
Wow. I literally feel like you know me perfectly. That was awesome.
I like how none of that included "playing".
Thats my favorite thing about collecting, is playing games.
Last time I said "playing my games" the OP replied "yeah but I'm talking about the collecting of games, not playing!" like they're two totally separate things lol.
They are two entirely separate things. A pure gamer would play a game, beat it and then trade it in for something new. A pure collector would buy a game and never play it. Most people are hybrids, whether 50/50 or some percentage towards one or the other.
The OP is a sealed collector, hence why playing isn't part of that argument. You aren't buying a sealed game to play it.
I buy sealed games to play all the time. I unseal them!
To be more clear, I suppose I meant to say "as though they HAVE TO BE two separate things" (for everyone).
Touche... though you can't really be a sealed collector if you opened all of your sealed games by definition
I can call myself whatever I like, thank you very much!
The plastic squares.
Total waste of time. I'm outta here!!! :-)
Early on I put what games I had in shelving and spent a lot of time just admiring my games. I had them all in totes prior to that so I was really motivated to expand my collection and enjoy what I already had.
I loved winning auctions or finding good bulk deals, then admiring my new games in person after only having seen pictures of carts online. I loved rearranging the shelves too after every 10-20 new games.
At about 60% through the set, one night I completely rearranged everything and put all the games in their final place with empty sleeves to fill in the gaps of games I didn't yet own. That was fun in its own way because then I had these small milestones of getting every game within a section of my shelf, and also looking forward to getting the expensive games already knowing where they would be placed on my shelf.
I was also tracking games by cost brackets, as well as by letters of the alphabet. Within those categories, I also kept track of which game was the cheapest and which one was the most expensive. That gave me targets to aim for, and it was fun seeing some of these subsets come together once I started knocking off the higher end games.
Now that I've gone as far as I'll go with NES licensed cart collecting, I'm not much interested in fullsets anymore. So I don't get to enjoy those breakdowns and acquiring carts over such a large set. However, I do have one final fun way of tracking these games and that's by beating them. For every NES game I beat for my site, I'm placing a little gold sticker on the shelf underneath the game, so at a glance I can see all the games I've completed. Since it's so early on, it's fun working toward seeing each section of games on my shelf having at least one sticker, or putting stickers by consectuive games on the shelf. Many, many years from now, I'll be completing entire shelf sections and rows of games, and it's gonna be fun seeing all those gold stickers and reflecting on my gaming accomplishments that way.
I've been through and enjoyed about all of those phases of collecting, specifically in regard to NES licensed set collecting.
Early on I put what games I had in shelving and spent a lot of time just admiring my games. I had them all in totes prior to that so I was really motivated to expand my collection and enjoy what I already had.
I loved winning auctions or finding good bulk deals, then admiring my new games in person after only having seen pictures of carts online. I loved rearranging the shelves too after every 10-20 new games.
At about 60% through the set, one night I completely rearranged everything and put all the games in their final place with empty sleeves to fill in the gaps of games I didn't yet own. That was fun in its own way because then I had these small milestones of getting every game within a section of my shelf, and also looking forward to getting the expensive games already knowing where they would be placed on my shelf.
I was also tracking games by cost brackets, as well as by letters of the alphabet. Within those categories, I also kept track of which game was the cheapest and which one was the most expensive. That gave me targets to aim for, and it was fun seeing some of these subsets come together once I started knocking off the higher end games.
Now that I've gone as far as I'll go with NES licensed cart collecting, I'm not much interested in fullsets anymore. So I don't get to enjoy those breakdowns and acquiring carts over such a large set. However, I do have one final fun way of tracking these games and that's by beating them. For every NES game I beat for my site, I'm placing a little gold sticker on the shelf underneath the game, so at a glance I can see all the games I've completed. Since it's so early on, it's fun working toward seeing each section of games on my shelf having at least one sticker, or putting stickers by consectuive games on the shelf. Many, many years from now, I'll be completing entire shelf sections and rows of games, and it's gonna be fun seeing all those gold stickers and reflecting on my gaming accomplishments that way.
The gold star is a fantastic idea!
I've been through and enjoyed about all of those phases of collecting, specifically in regard to NES licensed set collecting.
Early on I put what games I had in shelving and spent a lot of time just admiring my games. I had them all in totes prior to that so I was really motivated to expand my collection and enjoy what I already had.
I loved winning auctions or finding good bulk deals, then admiring my new games in person after only having seen pictures of carts online. I loved rearranging the shelves too after every 10-20 new games.
At about 60% through the set, one night I completely rearranged everything and put all the games in their final place with empty sleeves to fill in the gaps of games I didn't yet own. That was fun in its own way because then I had these small milestones of getting every game within a section of my shelf, and also looking forward to getting the expensive games already knowing where they would be placed on my shelf.
I was also tracking games by cost brackets, as well as by letters of the alphabet. Within those categories, I also kept track of which game was the cheapest and which one was the most expensive. That gave me targets to aim for, and it was fun seeing some of these subsets come together once I started knocking off the higher end games.
Now that I've gone as far as I'll go with NES licensed cart collecting, I'm not much interested in fullsets anymore. So I don't get to enjoy those breakdowns and acquiring carts over such a large set. However, I do have one final fun way of tracking these games and that's by beating them. For every NES game I beat for my site, I'm placing a little gold sticker on the shelf underneath the game, so at a glance I can see all the games I've completed. Since it's so early on, it's fun working toward seeing each section of games on my shelf having at least one sticker, or putting stickers by consectuive games on the shelf. Many, many years from now, I'll be completing entire shelf sections and rows of games, and it's gonna be fun seeing all those gold stickers and reflecting on my gaming accomplishments that way.
The gold star is a fantastic idea!
I did this with my PS3 games back when I was trying to play through them all. It definitely helps!
I've been through and enjoyed about all of those phases of collecting, specifically in regard to NES licensed set collecting.
Early on I put what games I had in shelving and spent a lot of time just admiring my games. I had them all in totes prior to that so I was really motivated to expand my collection and enjoy what I already had.
I loved winning auctions or finding good bulk deals, then admiring my new games in person after only having seen pictures of carts online. I loved rearranging the shelves too after every 10-20 new games.
At about 60% through the set, one night I completely rearranged everything and put all the games in their final place with empty sleeves to fill in the gaps of games I didn't yet own. That was fun in its own way because then I had these small milestones of getting every game within a section of my shelf, and also looking forward to getting the expensive games already knowing where they would be placed on my shelf.
I was also tracking games by cost brackets, as well as by letters of the alphabet. Within those categories, I also kept track of which game was the cheapest and which one was the most expensive. That gave me targets to aim for, and it was fun seeing some of these subsets come together once I started knocking off the higher end games.
Now that I've gone as far as I'll go with NES licensed cart collecting, I'm not much interested in fullsets anymore. So I don't get to enjoy those breakdowns and acquiring carts over such a large set. However, I do have one final fun way of tracking these games and that's by beating them. For every NES game I beat for my site, I'm placing a little gold sticker on the shelf underneath the game, so at a glance I can see all the games I've completed. Since it's so early on, it's fun working toward seeing each section of games on my shelf having at least one sticker, or putting stickers by consectuive games on the shelf. Many, many years from now, I'll be completing entire shelf sections and rows of games, and it's gonna be fun seeing all those gold stickers and reflecting on my gaming accomplishments that way.
The gold star is a fantastic idea!
I did this with my PS3 games back when I was trying to play through them all. It definitely helps!
I bought a roll of like 800 stickers. That should be enough I think.
Some people get these feelings from the gym, food or drugs...mine just happens to come from "little plastic squares".
- The hunt (only when I actually find something though): The kick of adrenaline is amazing. Probably why I like going on roller coasters as well...the rush of it!
- Owning it: I get pleasure out of being able to say this game is MINE.
- Cataloging it/organizing collection: Probably the second favorite part of collecting for me is adding it to my catalog of games and organizing it into the rest of my collection. Something soothing about seeing all those games on my shelves...knowing I did this, I collected these games, I spent YEARS on my collection.
Another part (though it doesn't happen often since I try to buy CIB as much as possible) is frankensteining a game together. Where the game, instructions, and box all came from different places/people to be combined into a whole CIB game. I've done it a couple of times and it's so much fun! I love making games complete again. Feels like I'm actually restoring the game and bringing back history...
Nobody else likes to clean them? I love drinking some beer while listening to music and cleaning up a dirty lot of games. Just don't take any names/"art" or stickers off.
I like how none of that included "playing".
Thats my favorite thing about collecting, is playing games.
Last time I said "playing my games" the OP replied "yeah but I'm talking about the collecting of games, not playing!" like they're two totally separate things lol.
I can understand how there might be some misunderstanding on my topics. I guess because this is "Collector's Corner", I'm writing topics with the aim for collectors in mind. I'm not purposefully being ignorant of the gamer amongst us. Personally I still play games myself, but mainly on Xbox360 (Arcade Live games, and downloadables). The games I collect are purely for collection and not to be played. They are to be looked at 99% of the time, and handled 1% of the time (for storing/displaying).
In respect to my favorite part of collecting retro games, I'd say the aspect of building steadily a unique collection and admiring it from a visual standpoint the accomplishment and reminiscing on the nostalgia.