Retro Collecting

Micanski112

Im have old console - Pegasus - Sega and last time find in web games symulator Mame with a lot old games .

mickburkejnr

My collection has been built up from going to charity shops really, they're cheap and the money goes somewhere good I suppose. Then eBay, but you have to be careful really as prices fluctuate all the time. I have a copy of Conkers Bad Fur Day for the N64, I bought it for £35 from Gamestation years ago. They now go from about £80 for the unboxed version to up to £200 for the mint ones.

As for the collection, I have:
N64,
GameCube,
Xbox 360,
PS3,
Dreamcast
Mega Drive (I & II)
Game Gear
Atari Jaguar
IBM PC-XT (286)
IBM PS/2 Model 50 (386)
Custom Built 486 (with original invoice!)

The 486 was given to me by an old bloke who didn't want it. Came with the invoice, 250MB Samsung Hard Drive cost £1,200 in 1992!

RichL74

Okay I'll list what I still have, I'll try and do it in order as best as I can.


Commodore 64
Atari STE
Amiga 500
Amiga 1200
Megadrive
SNES
CD32
Saturn
PlayStation
Dreamcast
PS2
Xbox
PSP
Gamecube
360
PS3


Plus all the modern day stuff.

fozmcfc

I still have my ZX81, Spectrum 48k and Amiga A1200. Haven't plugged in any of them for years, but assume they still work. I think I have a handful of game for them, in a box in the back of a cupboard somewhere as well.

I've never seen the point in completist retro collecting when it involves major systems, that have had 500 + games available for them.

When it comes to games, it cost far too much money for these systems and there is no way anyone is going to dedicate enough time to every game they buy. I don't see the appeal of owning an ultra rare game for that costs £1000's, or even hundreds of pounds and in many cases the owner won't open and/or play them. In general I don't see the appeal of buying games just for the sake of it and not playing them at all, or for 5 minutes and then putting them on a shelf.

I do see some appeal in collecting old computers and consoles, that were either major or minor systems and a small selection of games for them, compiled by previously owned games if you had the system or by looking through webpages and video on youtube etc... on different genres that interest the person or even just the highest rated games on these systems.

I've discovered quite a few gems for systems I've owned or not owned, how, well, I do love retro gaming in general and also love emulation, which of course is a bit of a taboo subject. I also started to get hold of retro usb controllers that making playing the emulator, just a bit more authentic.