Congratulations to Mr. Joel Hopkins for upcoming Guinness Recognition!

[gooddealgames]

I'd like to be the first to formally congratulate Mr. Joel Hopkins for being recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records. Kudos to you sir for such an AMAZING achievement. You have an absolutely beautiful collection! Cheers, Michael Thomasson

Edited August 11, 2016 by gooddealgames

[VectorGamer]

BRB going to Google.com to search for what this guy is being recognized for since you decided not to share

[lazzeri]

This, I guess.

 

http://www.gamesradar.com/meet-man-building-worlds-largest-game-library/

[gooddealgames]

For the Largest Collection of Video Games. His custom shelving is so impressive.

[Austin]

Meh.

[Bill Loguidice]

It definitely looks fantastic. Speaking of that, I need to figure a way to sell my own crazy collection as a whole.

[gooddealgames]

Bill, I wish you the best in doing so. I know it saved my family! It could certainly do a world of good for your girls. Pay for their upcoming college education, and more.

[TrekMD]

That collection looks amazing!

[MotoRacer]

He talks of getting boxes of hundreds of 360 games in the mail and such. While I appreciate his memories of the games he grew up with, and his original copies, I wonder if the need for EVERYTHING is healthy.

 

I collect the games I love. If I don't like it or don't have any connection to it, it's sold. The second rule I made for myself is to keep everything within the confines of my game cart. It keeps me from buying too many games that I'll never play.

 

I know exactly what he's feeling inside. I think most of us do. He even admits it's not healthy. I hope it brings him happiness, but more importantly, I hope he knows when to pull the plug and just enjoy what he has.

[Keatah]

Once a collection gets this large, or even a fraction of this size, it takes on a whole new meaning. None of which is even close to the essence of classic computing or gaming.

[TheObscureGamer]

I had almost half that until I sold most of it when I realized you shouldn't be under 18 with that many fricking games

[high voltage]

He want's whole collection for all systems. Impossible. Apple ][ had almost 20.000 games, C64 almost 8000, PC like what, 500.000?

Edited August 15, 2016 by high voltage

[Keatah]

..not to mention all the homebrew material, and user's groups stuff and protos and type-ins. Those are games too, are they not?

 

It is when you expand out from a few complete systems to "Everything" that the hopelessness of the situation reveals itself. I had 1/32 of that, and had hired help to push the limits further, the amount of stuff seemed to grow exponentially and soon I was looking at a warehouse across town. Forget it! I'm done! Even day-trader mega-rich won't help much. The problem isn't just funding, it's organization and knowing what to acquire.

 

All of us here at AA could donate all our collections and it wouldn't be any closer to completion! If someone would sit down with the guy and explain it to him like I just said, I bet he'd lose interest once the magnitude of the problem became apparent.

 

Believe me when I say it's best to focus on a couple 2 or 3 systems and use emulation to pick up the rest. This way you enjoy the essence of your favorite childhood games in great detail and can still see and experience any other system out there.

[omegadot]

What he needs is more TVs so even more people can play in parallel and those games can get some love.

[thadsilverfox]

I feel bad for the games because most of them will never get played.