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Post by ninjabearhug on Apr 21, 2009 18:33:22 GMT
And don't give me none of that nostalgia rubbish ;D.
I'm sure that nostalgia is the main reason most Video Game collector's started out, but I'm also certain that it isn't nostalgia that drives the serious collector's to obtain variations and full sets.
For me personally, its the hunt. I love hunting down specific variations of games, especially finding them in the wild. There's nothing quite like the feeling of finding a game that you've been searching for for ages in the bargain bin at cash convertors or on a car boot sale at 6am in the morning. My personal aim is a complete PAL Sega collection, but I know when I've finished that I'm going to move onto another system because as much as I want to finish my collection I know I never want to give up the hunt.
So what's your story?
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Post by rupert on Apr 21, 2009 22:38:11 GMT
Mine started out as nostalgia but now its become more the joy of the hunt.
I think i cought the bug from my dad who loves collecting and he's really into stamps.. to the point he goes to specialist stamp auctions! it's all very similar to out hobby to be honest... you have people just trying to get a full UK set and othrs interested in world wide, some like to get variations (fault stamps) and others collect 'first day covers'.
My dads collection is fairly insane. He sticks to UK and I think he has pretty much everytrhing with alot of variations aswell including big books of stamps - the sort companys would buy (not cheap!!), if the text changes on the back of the booklet he'll collect them aswell.... so yeah, I guess thats exactly where I got my addiction from ;D
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Post by janlazer on Apr 21, 2009 23:06:17 GMT
I also would say that it started as nostalgia...Then the thrill/frustration of the hunt...
But the main reason is that I want to have something of material value to pass down to my kids. Got one kid now, another on the way. I got my first SMS(the one I'm still using) from my father and would like to continue to keep it in the family. Then again, my father also gave me an Atari 2600 and a Commodore Vic 20...SMS is way better. lol.
And so help me, if the kids sell my games, I will come back and haunt them hardcore. lol.
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Post by Aypok on Apr 22, 2009 9:42:07 GMT
I also would say that it started as nostalgia...Then the thrill/frustration of the hunt... Likewise. Bock puts it best when he calls it a disease or mental problem or something like that, because it is. I can't really explain it. Anyhoo, as I've already told a few people, I'm getting out of collecting and returning to enjoying the games - so most of my stuff is either on sale or pending sale (or sold). :) |
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Post by ninjabearhug on Apr 22, 2009 9:51:26 GMT
Anyhoo, as I've already told a few people, I'm getting out of collecting and returning to enjoying the games - so most of my stuff is either on sale or pending sale (or sold). :) You're keeping the SMS stuff though, right? |
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Post by Aypok on Apr 22, 2009 9:58:51 GMT
Anyhoo, as I've already told a few people, I'm getting out of collecting and returning to enjoying the games - so most of my stuff is either on sale or pending sale (or sold). :) You're keeping the SMS stuff though, right? Yeah. I should have probably mentioned that. :) |
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Post by rupert on Apr 22, 2009 11:54:20 GMT
all my none SMS stuff is also for sale.. its just getting round to letting people now.
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Post by playgeneration on Apr 22, 2009 14:12:02 GMT
Well it started out with me wanting to see what the sms games I never had were actually like. I would spend ages looking at screenshots in magazines and those fold out poster catalog's that came with the games. You can't really tell much about a game from 1 or 2 screenshots, so its great to be able to see what they played like so many years later. I started out just buying the games I wanted to play, that changed to wanting a complete Euro set, but seeing pictures what the likes of Rupert and Aypok have has caused me to want variations, re-releases, US versions.... I wouldn't really say I enjoy the buying part of it all that much, in-fact I find it a nuisance waiting around to bid on ebay auctions in the last minutes and then probably being outbid anyway. I do like buying from other collectors though; and when Gamestation shops were all well stocked in Retro and I came across Championship Hockey for 99p and such, now that was great. As for waking up silly times in the morning for car boot sales, well thats too much like work for me. I spend more time reading and talking about games than I do looking for them or even playing them. Collecting makes you part of a community in a way, and having shelves full of games is just something nice to look at too  |
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Post by Aypok on Apr 22, 2009 17:29:47 GMT
Playgeneration puts it really well, too. I don't really like eBay (and not for the usual reasons) - I just don't find it fun. Buying a game you've been hunting for ages is good, but it's more relief than enjoyment. Trawling eBay for stuff is really annoying... My favourite part of collecting was always finding stuff in the wild: GameStation, car boots, etc, but even that's rare these days. I spend more time reading and talking about games than I do looking for them or even playing them. Collecting makes you part of a community in a way, and having shelves full of games is just something nice to look at too :) Yeah, I really enjoy the community aspect of it - especially when on small forums like Sega8bit. |
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Post by ninjabearhug on Apr 22, 2009 17:37:33 GMT
I spend more time reading and talking about games than I do looking for them or even playing them. Collecting makes you part of a community in a way, and having shelves full of games is just something nice to look at too Haha, that's very true. I seem to spend more time on forums talking about and looking at games than anything else ATM. Saying that I am playing Sonic on my GG inbetween reading stuff  . It's very nice to feel like a part of a community, I've made some good friends since I started collecting games which just adds to the experience |
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Post by garyfoo182 on Apr 22, 2009 18:23:24 GMT
I had a MD as a kid with 28 games. SoR3 was among them. Then the grand-daddy of them all was advertised on TV...it had FMV sequences, it had love, death and tragedy, it had magic and monsters, powers and spells, music that blew me away and many a turn based battle. But...it was only available on the PS1, which was not long released.
So...daddy Brown took a young me with my boxed and complete MD and all complete 28 games (including SoR3) to the local Electronics Boutique and traded it all in so we could get a PS1 + FFVII for only £16 in 1997.
Then in 2002, whilst perusing a local thrift shop I found a complete MD in box for only £12. I bought it and went to a local store which had all the Sonic Games and SoRII. The nostalgia kicked in and before I knew it...I wanted more.
Then a MCD landed in my lap from a colleague at my part time job. This was new and exciting...
Before long I was collecting black box MCD and blue box MD beacuse they looked cool and their rarity was something else (well some of them).
No one told me about WCS2! Damn them! At least I have Champions World Class Soccer and Dragonball Z.
I have wanted to sell it all many times. But then forums like this rekindle my love.
Zag
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