Dashopepper Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Here are some pictures of my game collection. A little bit of everything explained by virtually everything coming from Craigslist, Thrift Stores and Flea Markets. I keep a fairly rigorous account of my video game transactions on a massive Excel spread sheet. Here are some of my counts. 3do-47, Game Gear-97, Dreamcast-18, tg16-18,sms-118,Sega Genesis-122,gc- 57, nes-263, snes-95, n64-60,Neo Geo-7, Saturn- 9,atari xe- 32,Odyssey2-48, Bally Astrocade-19, Arcadia- 9, 5200 -26, Atari 2600- 300, Atari 7800- 75, intellivision-110,colicovision-108,gba/c- 40,Ps1- 15 I love this display case, lots of storage and lots of consoles. Super wiring nightmare! I like when people ask me if I've played all these.... Built this when I very first decided I was going to collect ~3 years ago. Has all my good stuff of the time. My Rarest Games, Bottem 3 are Sealed Newest project, recently Region Modded And for the rest of the basement... These pictures remind me of how much cleaning/selling I have to do. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Wow! That's impressive. I'm as impressed with your organization and amount of space as I am with the actual collection! Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Looks roomy, is that big mess of boxes down there too? Looks like you spared no expense on the flooring, ;p Oh I wish I had a basement! Looks great btw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockincat Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) Just unreal, looks so neat and organised. I am taken back by eye catching display's and I am jealous of the amount of space you have! Edited October 6, 2014 by Rockincat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashopepper Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 After taking a look at my photos I realized I could present it a little better. It's always going to be an unfinished basement but I made some improvements. So with a large poster frame, a fake brick wall, and spray painting one of my junk shelves I came up with this (also helped that I picked up a giant statue recently). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Nice organized collection you have. Any updated picture's of the LP's storage solution ? In the earlier picture it looked like you had the records in large milk crates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keops Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Wow, nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillTX Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Very Nice. I wouldn't have the games and TV next to the water heater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashopepper Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Very Nice. I wouldn't have the games and TV next to the water heater. Why's that? No one's ever mentioned it being a hazard. And I'm sure my Father-in-law who has serviced it wouldn't miss the opportunity to lecture me I did have a water valve go out on the opposite end of the basement 2 months ago when the weather turned cold. Got my Commodore 64 and games, a dozen boxed Genesis games and some PS2 games including Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillTX Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) Why's that? No one's ever mentioned it being a hazard. And I'm sure my Father-in-law who has serviced it wouldn't miss the opportunity to lecture me I did have a water valve go out on the opposite end of the basement 2 months ago when the weather turned cold. Got my Commodore 64 and games, a dozen boxed Genesis games and some PS2 games including Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. My parents own rental properties and we've had many water heaters go bad and leak all over because the bottom had rusted out. Best to keep everything off the floor or stored in plastic boxes. Edited January 15, 2016 by WildBillTX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I wish I had a basement. Damn cheap California contractors and state earthquake laws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Oooh! Console boxes for the Atari 2600, Intellivision, and ColecoVision. And yep, I echo the water-avoidance posts. If there's any chance of flooding where you live, I'd consider moving the more rare stuff at least a foot or two above the floor. Not only did it flood in my city recently, I also experienced the fun of a leaking water heater. Thankfully I'm not on the floodplane and the water heater is far away from the retro gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaufenpreis Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Never seen before such a large collection. http://www.pishop.de Edited January 3, 2016 by kaufenpreis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 That looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashopepper Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 *New Addition* This Space Invaders cabinet has been up in the family barn for 25 years and was in pretty bad shape. After a long time thinking about it I finally decided to go ahead with a MAME conversion. I kept the cabinets mirror, moon and background intact. It really is a striking image and optical illusion that pictures do not do justice to (The moon is a plastic half circle and behind the glass, florescent light behind that and the cardboard sky behind that). There is a switch in the coin door for turning the moon background on and off. I definitely have more I would like to do/re-do latter on but it's working out great for now with Bubble Bobble being played most often. I might make make a post in the Arcade section latter on if anyone is interested explaining setting up the LCD, Running MAME and GameEx Front-End mirrored, making a working Multi Cabinet with no Mouse/Keyboard, setting up IPac for controls. It was definitely a lot to figure out. Best thing is since most of it was completed from used parts I have less then $100 into it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 The display lighting on some of the shelves is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Man those video gems are worth a gem in themselves, and sealed! Nice find on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashopepper Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 I dug out some of my Pong systems. There's one box missing because I know I have that Combat duel joystick thing somewhere. If anyone knows of anything particularly rare or valuable I made a post about it here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Very nice gameroom and awesome collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillTX Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I dug out some of my Pong systems. There's one box missing because I know I have that Combat duel joystick thing somewhere. If anyone knows of anything particularly rare or valuable I made a post about it here. Very nice! You have the first Pong console I had, the Coleco Telstar Ranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I could have had a Space Invaders arcade for $90 in 2001. It was standing around in a second hand bookshop for sale. Didn't think of hiring a pick-up for transport. Still regret it nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashopepper Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) My Astrocade collection. Recently found a second working unit (left) at a flea market that came with Muncher and Sea Devil. Also pictured are my 2 prototypes, Bally Pin and Space Invaders. Edited June 2, 2016 by Dashopepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 My Astrocade collection. Recently found a second working unit (left) at a flea market that came with Muncher and Sea Devil. Also pictured are my 2 prototypes, Bally Pin and Space Invaders. Such clean labels on those carts! What's a Sea Devil cart go for nowadays? I've got a multicart, but I also like "real" cartridges too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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