OK, so here's another small group of demos to add to the collection. This was a great find for me because I love collecting PS1 demos. The first demo I owned that would be part of a focused collection was for the Playstation. I believe it was OPM #2. I could go back even further and attribute my obsession..... er hobby, to my PC Gamer magazine collection. I wasn't focused strictly on the demos for that mag. In fact if there was nothing good on the disc (which was rare) I would just chuck i
I got another small lot of demos from eBay mid October. It was a great deal. I received the pictured demos and about 12 PC games for $12 shipped. Adding the Far Cry demo to my collection was the highlight. It also allowed me to replace more sold items and added a bonus DVD for 187 Ride or Die. These preorder discs are starting to add up and they compliment the demo collection nicely.
I have also been messing around with Windows Movie Maker and made a brief video of my XBox demo col
I am slowly returning to collecting demos. Things were rough over the last 6 months. We (wife and kids) had to move because the land lords bought a new house and are selling the house we were in. Luckily the house they bought was in the same town so we were able move into that house but our rent is higher. I was also laid off from work. I have a new job in a completely different field which just temporary. I will be in something permanent in early 09.
On to the fun stuff. I picked up a
Updated Xbox list below May 9, 2008.
A collection moves through stages as time progresses. There are periods of rapid growth and times when it completely stalls. The most unfortunate stage is the thinning. Collections are great because they're a lot of fun but in times of need, easily liquidated. I am in this stage at the moment. My collection is being converted into cash and held in an emergency fund until it is needed either for an emergency or an opportunity.
The issue becomes w
So Happy New Year to everyone. I hope we all had a relaxing Christmas / New Year. There was a thread on another board (DP) asking for everyone's collecting goals for 2008. I never really gave it much thought until that moment. I pounded out a quick list and I'll be updating my progress in the blog throughout the year. So without further ado... the list.
1 ) 5 CDi white demo discs
2 ) 2 N64 "Not For Resale" carts
3 ) 2 SNES "Not For Resale" carts
4 ) 3 GBA "Not For Resale" carts
5 )
I added a Perfect Dark "Not For Resale" cart to my collection from a seller at DP. This is the only such N64 cart in my collection. I used to have a Mario Party 3 but I had to let it go when I needed the cash. I'll get another one later. My digital camera is still not working properly so heres a pic from a recent auction just to give you an idea of what it looks like. The cool thing is I haven't played Perfect Dark yet. This basically kills two birds.
As per the title of this entr
I took my own advice and slowed my collecting down. I've only picked up a couple of demos in the last month or so. My digital camera is a little messed right now so I'll have to use the photo from the auction. I picked up one of the PSP Kiosk Disc #3 UMD's that were all over eBay in October. Most of them were from a single seller. The second purchase was a PC demos for Lego Software from the local thrift store. Not too exciting.
Demos are being released fast and furious for the Xb
http://playstationdemos.vgrebirth.org/
Demos are a challenge to collect because the available resources a limited. There are not a lot of sites dedicated to helping collectors find their way within the little niche in which we have settled. Luckily there are a few that make the process less of a mystery. The best of those is Lockshaw’s site (link above). It’s worth the time to look around even if you don’t collect demos (it’s that good). It’s dedicated to demos, beta’s, kiosk discs, mag
Shipping from the US has been a little faster than usual over the summer. It's pretty standard for an item to take about 2.5 weeks to get to my mail box. Lately it has been taking 1.5 weeks. Maybe its just a coincidence but I hope not.
A couple of days ago I got that big package I mentioned in my last entry. I'll be easing off a bit over the coming months thanks to a comment from the wife. I believe it was something like "How many demos does a guy need". With that I'l probably be ke
Hello again. It is about time to update the blog again. I received another package in the mail yesterday filled with 30 demos for the collection. Most of which are duplicates of what I already own. This brings up a couple of points worth noting.
1) I live in a small town in the Okanagan (British Columbia) and the chances of finding demos in the wild are quite low. I have only found 2 demos in my home town and about 5 other discs from the surrounding area. All from pawn shops and thrift
The last 24 hours were just frustrating. My 4th 360 kicks the bucket and the replacement from EB is dead right out of the box . I was losing faith in my hobby for a bit but then the mail arrived. Inside a well packed box all the way from Kentucky were 6 more PS2 trade demos for my collection. Four of them were still sealed. Things picked up and my day turned around.
So heres what arrived today.
Sealed
Shinobi
Skygunner
Black and Bruised
Kya Dark Lineage
Open
Gun Grave
OK, so the idea here is to share my thoughts and finds collecting demos. Sure they don't get much respect from the majority of collectors but interest is growing a bit. At least I hope it is. I have been working on a web site dedicated to demos across all sytems and formats. I have a layout for the site all planned and pages ready to go. Basically I just need to scan my collection and work on some system lists. I have zero experience with creating or running a website so it will be very b
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