wrldstrman Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 How many people are hardcore nes collectors. I caught the bug about 3 years ago I still have my 2600,5200,and 7800 and pick up games when i run across them but have mainly been into the nes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I mainly collect for the 2600. However I do have a small collection of fifteen or so NES games. The NES has a special place in my heart, and I have fond memories of Metroid, Mega Man 2, Super Mario Bros 2, The Legend of Zelda, etc. The list goes on and on. Fortunately I now have most of the games that I want. When my 2600 collecting slows down I'll change my focus to the NES, but I want to keep that collection small of just the games I love. Yeah, famous last words. The only thing I can think off hand of wanting right now is Mega Man 3 and Bionic Commando. Both are easy to get. MegaManFan finished a NES collection IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Funny thing, the only NES titles I seem to own are 80's arcade type games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I only collect NES carts if they say "Burai Fighter" on them. Does N64 count? I've got no less than a pile of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Driver Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I don't consider myself "hardcore," but when I was repacking games into nice, new totes and bins recently, I discovered I had around 400 distinct NES titles. I was buying them by the trash-bag full when Funcoland was selling lots of titles for 50 cents or less a few years ago, but... I had no idea I owned this many. Shame I don't have time to actually play games much any more... it'd be nice to actually see what all of those games are like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Yea I lived in NYC for all my life and I found many Nintendo game and consoles for years I got the first Nintneod that hit the US for the first time in 1985 with Rob packed in on 14th sthreet game store. And also in China Town there's stores that was selling Japanese imports from Famicom to todays DS here's a photo of just the Famicom with some of teh game carts. So yea even if I love all ATARI I still have Nintendo part of my life as well From Left to Right is a Nintendo Console time line in the middle of the tabel: My Famicom and games: More Nintendo stuff: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I got over 100 games. I considered nes collectors hardcore when they have panesian nes games, every bad nes game known to mankind,and sachen nes games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I also am mainly about the Atari, love it from Combat to the new Homebrews but I also hold the NES dear to my heart, the NES is the system I think of when I think of my teen years, sittin around with my friends playin SMB and Zelda, I own around 100 NES titles, smaller than my Atari stuff but important to me nonetheless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 yep, i got into NES collecting at the right time, about 5 years ago. back then you'd see it a lot more in thrifts, yardsales, fleas and of course funco. i had a thing for awhile where i'd buy big lots at yardsales and fleas then take the extra consoles and carts into funco for trade. by keeping a list on my palm pilot i was able to shop with certainty and pretty soon i filled a 7ft tall bookshelf with loose games. there are still about 100 US releases i need to be complete but i'm in no rush. i guess the crown jewel of my NES collecting is my playchoice 10 with 20 mini marquees and 14 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 A good friend of mine (swlovinist on these boards) has every NES game ever made. Crazy. Half of 'em are boxed too. I have about 250, mostly from movie store clearances. I don't forsee myself getting many more. I honestly don't play the thing much anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeykong1 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 You know I collect NES stuff. That is the main system I collect for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Most of the games I find nowadays are old Video Store rental games, usually get em for a dollar or two, I have been playin alot of NES today, given the Atari a rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sega saturn x Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I never got into collecting for the nes. As of right now though I only collect for cd based systems, I just got tired of dealing with dirty or junky carts. Plus since the nes boom started I have just seen outrageous prices on a lot of common nes carts. Though a local flea market sells the commons for a dollar and the rares depend on what game it is, but it's pretty much always reasonable. When I did buy a lot of cart games I gues I just found the snes and genesis libraries more robust with more higher quality games. Most nes games not all of course but most, tunes feel like an assualt on the ears. Another reason I didn't do much buying for the nes. So it's a mix of bad pricing lack of games I want and lousy msuic that prevented me from truly enjoying the nes. I haven't played mine in months to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy2600 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Yea I say the NES is one of my top list of fave consoles and if there ever a NintendoAge site I would like to join there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrldstrman Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 im closing in on a complete collection i need 38 manuals (see wanted fourm) 2 games and 180 boxes and ill be 100 percent complete for released games. but it will probally remain 99.99 percent seeing I myself have never seen a box for stadium events up for auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 MegaManFan finished a NES collection IIRC. 1012658[/snapback] Yup, but that was only NTSC. I may think about Famicom or PAL games someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio F Software Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I have many games for the SNES, 2600, N64, and other systems, but I grew up playing my NES and Genesis, so I concentrate on those two more than the others. If I see a good deal on something for like, a 2600 I'll consider it, but I don't particularly collect for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8littlefield Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I have about 100 NES games. I'm definately not hardcore in collecting, I have my little list of "essential" games for the NES and 2600 and stick pretty tightly to it so I don't go overboard. I think I have about 50 left on my list for the NES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masschamber Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I've got a lot of nes games, 300+ but I really concentrate on everything, well except the studio 2, I might own one, but It is definately the worst system ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgler Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I guess I'm pretty hard core or whatever. I have about 300 games or so and maybe 50 controllers. NES is my favourite system to collect or play for that matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nester Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 The NES will always be my #1 system. I've probably spent more time playing NES than doing just about anything else. That was the system I collected for first although I didn't know I was doing it at the time. Many of my best childhood memories involve renting Nintendo games on Friday. I'll miss that forever. I love Atari as well, but it will never have quite the same sentimental value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher T Leach Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 im into nes 8 bit a little. ive got the goods but i need more boxes and instruction manuals.... im into to many games and systems to just collect for one system. i just recently found a studio II system and 10 games. 9 boxed and 1 loose cart. that system sucks ass, but i heard it was a good find. either way. my game library is well over 5500 games.......i still have to list my atari 2600 carts in my spreadsheet but i have almost 2000 of those. sure there are doubles and all but what does a harcore atari collector do when he has almost every one of the old atari games already, but buy more. sure there are boxes if you want to break your bank or you could move on to the home brews, but they cost too much. i collect ps2 games and when you get a new ps2 game for 20 bucks or a new atari 2600 cart for 20 bucks i must say i have to be the first to complete the ps2 library so im gonna spend the 20 bucks on a ps2 game. JUST TO MENTION.....nice feed on those stupid girl video game swimsuit things. dp did that a long time ago and i found out how gay they are so here is the atariage.... people are cooler here ....? right????? IVE GOT NES MANUALS FOR TRADE IF ANYONE HERE TRADES FAIR... PM ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I managed to collect a complete "licensed" collection of loose NES games and then I started gunning for the unlicensed ones. Somewhere in the middle of that I lost interest, sold them all and concentrated solely on my 2600 collection. I think the main reason was Gamestop stopped carrying them and thats where I bought the majority of my games for cheap. I kept track of what I payed for each game and it all averaged out to around three bucks a game. I thought for sure I would regret selling them but its been over a year now and it hasn't bothered me. I'm sure someday I'll want to buy them all back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I have 474 CIB mint NES games and all the boxes are in their own plastic protector box As one poster mentioned, I don't know how the hell I'm gonna get ahold of a CIB Stadium Events either and I LOVE nes music... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I focused on arcade ports and battery backup titles (RPGs and Koei games) because those are what I enjoyed playing. At one time I told myself that I was going to collect every NES game with a battery back up. I don't know how close I got to that goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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