My gem is definitely my Gundam char wavebird controller. Easily my favorite piece. Only 1000 of them in existence and it's one of only four styles of wavebird controllers. Plus it's red and just looks frickin awesome.
honestly? It's my childhood copy of mario 3. It's the only original childhood collection cart I have.
I would go with this, if I still had it
My aunt, who lives two states away, worked in a little video store that only had one location. When Super Mario 3 came out, I guess it was so big that they couldn't get enough copies. So in the mean time, they had to find a workaround, of which we (my brother and I) later reaped the benefits... for Christmas, we received, in a Gramaphone Video clamshell, a Famicom copy of SMB3 with NES pin adaptor. And that is how I grew up playing Mario 3, with Japanese text and a cartridge nobody else had. I loved how it was unique in our collection and the different label was so cool, with not just Mario but also showing the castle and all the enemies!
Strangely, the cartridge was white. Every copy I have seen since getting back into NES is yellow.
Judging by rarity, either my CIB Airboarder 64 or Scribblenauts Unlimited Collector's Edition. Both somewhat limited.
For what something means to me, my original copy of Mario Kart Wii or Simpsons Road Rage. Alternatively, my UB Funkeys game and figures that I have from when I played the game actively.
It's a toss up between my Halo edition original xbox with coinops8, expanded hard drive, and my favorite xbox games installed or my rose colored gaming gameboy advance with the backlit glass screen and gba x5 everdrive. I sold off almost my entire collection a couple years ago but kept those 2. I couldn't bear to part with them.
The gem of my collection is, quite honestly, is this little prize pictured below.
Here's the story:
When I was 13 I borrowed NES Metroid from a kid at my school. I absolutely fell in love with the game, and played it for hours upon hours, sometimes playing to beat it, sometimes goofing around, but always just loving the experience. The game was so eerie to me, with the dark background and the sci-fi theme and the weird glitches like the wall-door trick... it just had my imagination hooked so badly. So finally it's time to give the game back, the kid was asking for it to be returned. But I know in my heart that he doesn't love the game like I do. He was one of those kids who had parents who would buy him whatever he asked for, and he had probably a hundred or more games, so I knew he didn't need it and wouldn't miss it if it were gone. And back then, we had very little money in my household (my mom still talks about the struggle it was just to afford my NES that glorious Xmas 1987... and how it was all I had asked for... but that's a story for another time).
So what do I do, I want the game, but the kid is asking for it back. Well, this copy of Metroid didn't have the proprietary security screws, so a lightbulb struck in my head! What if I unscrewed it and swapped the game with another cartridge? I searched my rather small collection for another game that didn't require the security bit and hit upon good old SMB1 which I had long ago tired of. And wah-lah! I switches out the roms and screwed everything back. There was a nervous moment when I returned the imposter game to that kid (his name was Dolf)... actually nervous for days afterward waiting for him to confront me about the scheme... but that day never came. As I'd suspected, he had so many games that he apparently never noticed, or maybe never noticed until long afterwards, at which point he was possibly just confused about why SMB was firing up in his NES instead of Metroid. To avoid confusing my little sister, I removed the label so she'd know there was no SMB in there, which she still liked to play. She actually complained to my mom about my heist, but that turned out fine since my mom just went ahead and grabbed a SMB/DH from Funco for a buck.
And that is the story behind the sentimental gem of my collection, the game I loved so much that it inspired me to commit a devious crime. I still have it, I could never and will never part with it, and I place it on the special shelf of my NES collection where my sealed games and homebrews are featured. If there were a fire in the house, I would probably run downstairs and fetch that game before doing anything else.
I had the same facination with orginial Metroid back then. I'm not proud of it but I stole a copy too.
Wow, some really good stories here and a ton a cool collectable games. My gem is a signed copy of Spot for the NES from the famous Mr. Atwood. Super nice guy.
I have a charcoal CIB N64 I bought the day it came out (well, it might have been the day after but it was definitely the first shipment.) . It's the only piece of gaming hardware I own from my childhood. I even dumped most of my games in college. I hate it but it's the only part of my childhood I've not had to recollect.
I have a charcoal CIB N64 I bought the day it came out (well, it might have been the day after but it was definitely the first shipment.) . It's the only piece of gaming hardware I own from my childhood. I even dumped most of my games in college. I hate it but it's the only part of my childhood I've not had to recollect.
I think my Game Gear is my oldest personal console I'm sure I still have the original of, and I don't like Game Gear at all The others got mixed in when I was heavily buying/selling game stuff and in all likelihood aren't the ones I have left now.
That is the spine card. Saturn imports came packaged with those along the spine outside of the jewel case. Just sorta part of having thr game complete. Always try and get Saturn imports with the spine cards. Japanese PS1 and PC Engine CD games had them as well.
That is the spine card. Saturn imports came packaged with those along the spine outside of the jewel case. Just sorta part of having thr game complete. Always try and get Saturn imports with the spine cards. Japanese PS1 and PC Engine CD games had them as well.
Hello all. I got a vintage World Of Nintendo display case a while back for a reasonable price. It is the single level version (one big case). However I am making this post to hopefully help other collectors. When I got my case the marquee was completely busted out. Since they were made in the 80's I'm sure there are others with the same problem (not all of them can be mint). The original marquee has a clear acrylic piece that pushes out the world of nintendo logo. I couldn't find anyone to recreate that. So I made a bunch of measurements of where the letters should go, found as close to the original fonts as possible, and made a graphic in Photoshop. then I had a local sign shop print it out on a single sheet of acrylic. And I put it behind the cutout. In the end it cost me $38. And I think it looks great now!
Not exactly expensive but I forgot to mention my Nintendo pocket roulette game from the 60s. You can still find them from time to time on eBay, so it's not super rare but I've always like pre-mario Nintendo toys and games.
Really difficult to choose just one, but I'll go with my minty copy of Dragon Warrior III for the NES. Grew up playing this game and while we threw out all of our boxes when we were kids I was really happy to get a complete copy a few years back.
My CIB copy of Super Mario 64 and the packed 2" binder that goes with it. The box and manual are in decent condition, but the cart label is severely worn. It was my father-in-law's favorite game, which my wife and I bought for him new with an N64 the Christmas after he retired. It was the first Mario game he ever played, the first console he ever used, and he played it almost daily for a decade. We bought him other consoles after that, and other Mario games (all of which he beat), but Super Mario 64 was his first true gaming love. The binder is packed with handwriten notes, magazine articles, photos, and things he printed off the internet because he, ironically, hated using the computer.
He passed away in 2014, and these items will never leave our home.
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honestly? It's my childhood copy of mario 3. It's the only original childhood collection cart I have.
I would go with this, if I still had it
My aunt, who lives two states away, worked in a little video store that only had one location. When Super Mario 3 came out, I guess it was so big that they couldn't get enough copies. So in the mean time, they had to find a workaround, of which we (my brother and I) later reaped the benefits... for Christmas, we received, in a Gramaphone Video clamshell, a Famicom copy of SMB3 with NES pin adaptor. And that is how I grew up playing Mario 3, with Japanese text and a cartridge nobody else had. I loved how it was unique in our collection and the different label was so cool, with not just Mario but also showing the castle and all the enemies!
Strangely, the cartridge was white. Every copy I have seen since getting back into NES is yellow.
Strangely, the cartridge was white. Every copy I have seen since getting back into NES is yellow.
A bootleg maybe?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.cafr.ebay.ca/ulk/itm/332575580693
A bootleg maybe? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/...
Maybe. Do you think they were common in 1990 or '91?
It's also possible that my memory is wrong, but of course, I doubt that.
For what something means to me, my original copy of Mario Kart Wii or Simpsons Road Rage. Alternatively, my UB Funkeys game and figures that I have from when I played the game actively.
The gem of my collection is, quite honestly, is this little prize pictured below.
Here's the story:
When I was 13 I borrowed NES Metroid from a kid at my school. I absolutely fell in love with the game, and played it for hours upon hours, sometimes playing to beat it, sometimes goofing around, but always just loving the experience. The game was so eerie to me, with the dark background and the sci-fi theme and the weird glitches like the wall-door trick... it just had my imagination hooked so badly. So finally it's time to give the game back, the kid was asking for it to be returned. But I know in my heart that he doesn't love the game like I do. He was one of those kids who had parents who would buy him whatever he asked for, and he had probably a hundred or more games, so I knew he didn't need it and wouldn't miss it if it were gone. And back then, we had very little money in my household (my mom still talks about the struggle it was just to afford my NES that glorious Xmas 1987... and how it was all I had asked for... but that's a story for another time).
So what do I do, I want the game, but the kid is asking for it back. Well, this copy of Metroid didn't have the proprietary security screws, so a lightbulb struck in my head! What if I unscrewed it and swapped the game with another cartridge? I searched my rather small collection for another game that didn't require the security bit and hit upon good old SMB1 which I had long ago tired of. And wah-lah! I switches out the roms and screwed everything back. There was a nervous moment when I returned the imposter game to that kid (his name was Dolf)... actually nervous for days afterward waiting for him to confront me about the scheme... but that day never came. As I'd suspected, he had so many games that he apparently never noticed, or maybe never noticed until long afterwards, at which point he was possibly just confused about why SMB was firing up in his NES instead of Metroid. To avoid confusing my little sister, I removed the label so she'd know there was no SMB in there, which she still liked to play. She actually complained to my mom about my heist, but that turned out fine since my mom just went ahead and grabbed a SMB/DH from Funco for a buck.
And that is the story behind the sentimental gem of my collection, the game I loved so much that it inspired me to commit a devious crime. I still have it, I could never and will never part with it, and I place it on the special shelf of my NES collection where my sealed games and homebrews are featured. If there were a fire in the house, I would probably run downstairs and fetch that game before doing anything else.
I had the same facination with orginial Metroid back then. I'm not proud of it but I stole a copy too.
I have a charcoal CIB N64 I bought the day it came out (well, it might have been the day after but it was definitely the first shipment.) . It's the only piece of gaming hardware I own from my childhood. I even dumped most of my games in college. I hate it but it's the only part of my childhood I've not had to recollect.
I think my Game Gear is my oldest personal console I'm sure I still have the original of, and I don't like Game Gear at all The others got mixed in when I was heavily buying/selling game stuff and in all likelihood aren't the ones I have left now.
Most recent gem! Was after this 1 for along time. Traded away Keio to get it but got 3 nes heavy hitters in the trade as well so i was happy!
http://i.imgur.com/428HNGv...' title=''>
Nice one. What's that card in the bottom right?
Most recent gem! Was after this 1 for along time. Traded away Keio to get it but got 3 nes heavy hitters in the trade as well so i was happy!
http://i.imgur.com/428HNGv
Nice one. What's that card in the bottom right?
That is the spine card. Saturn imports came packaged with those along the spine outside of the jewel case. Just sorta part of having thr game complete. Always try and get Saturn imports with the spine cards. Japanese PS1 and PC Engine CD games had them as well.
Most recent gem! Was after this 1 for along time. Traded away Keio to get it but got 3 nes heavy hitters in the trade as well so i was happy!
http://i.imgur.com/428HNGv
Nice one. What's that card in the bottom right?
That is the spine card. Saturn imports came packaged with those along the spine outside of the jewel case. Just sorta part of having thr game complete. Always try and get Saturn imports with the spine cards. Japanese PS1 and PC Engine CD games had them as well.
Cool. Good to know.
Second sealed cartridge game in collection. Still in retail blister pack.
I think this beats out other 'rare' and 'expensive' stuff I have. Just feels extra special compared to other pieces in the collection.
Here is the link to download the graphic.
https://mega.nz/#!EhZS2AaZ!Y5LCNIO3jwaPq_I6VfyBjUwa65qRLe1kgdILqOEBlTU
Good golly!
He passed away in 2014, and these items will never leave our home.
Now THAT'S a centrepiece! I want velvet rope and cheesy elevator music to go with this.
Ding ding ding ding ding!!!
We have a winner!!!