Anyone out there with photos of their collections?

Dr Bob

damn double post

o1s1n

Wow! Nice setup man. I particularly love your Dredd and Death figures!

Dr Bob

o1s1n wrote: »

Wow! Nice setup man. I particularly love your Dredd and Death figures!

yeah , got them for something mad like 2 quid each in Navan a few years back
Have to keep them on the top shelf though as my daughters a bit scared of the Judge death one.looking at those photos though I really need to clean up a bit!

alpahaeagle

Have to say that is one swell setup there.....:D

I must get rid of the kids so I can setup my systems correctly.....

Is that my old C64 I see there ?????:p, have to say I like the way the Atari ST is taking pride of place under the TV, Its one under-rated system if you ask me.....

PS Thanks for the disks!!!!!!!!;)

Pyongyang

Is that a 3DO FZ-1 I see there? Loving the cute stack of PS1's!

Alas my home office is too small to be a man cave so my stuff is just in boxes and tubs. When I have something decent to show I'll take a few snaps.

zero19

That's a great set up, wish i could do something similar but i'm renting right now!

Optimus Prime

:pac: Jungle Fighter Tomy Tronics.. costs a fortune on ebay, still havent got that one.

Dr Bob

alpahaeagle wrote: »

Have to say that is one swell setup there.....:D

I must get rid of the kids so I can setup my systems correctly.....

Is that my old C64 I see there ?????:p, have to say I like the way the Atari ST is taking pride of place under the TV, Its one under-rated system if you ask me.....

PS Thanks for the disks!!!!!!!!;)

heya that is the the c64 in question indeed
I've a 2 1/2 year old that is starting to like playing around with controllers and that so I may have to ban her from that room!
oh yeah check your PM over on adverts re the disks

Dr Bob

keithgeo wrote: »

:pac: Jungle Fighter Tomy Tronics.. costs a fortune on ebay, still havent got that one.

I paid a fiver for it in Birmingham a few years back at a collectors fair.
I've seen them go for 100+ Sterling on ebay so I lucked out there..

Optimus Prime

thought id upload a few photos of my "office" as ive bought a fair few bits since i last posted pics here. :pac:

DickyC

very nice collection, keep up the good work:)

Andrew76

Nice setup Keith, very neat too. Quite the opposite of mine atm. :pac:

o1s1n

Wow, nice and clean

Is that my old Narc bezel? I was trying to remember who I gave that to

It looks really well there anyway. Great to see it out being appreciated and not wrapped in cardboard and bubble wrap.

Optimus Prime

yep the space invaders one in the middle too, i scrubbed them clean and filled in the black bits on narc where the paint was missing.

o1s1n

How you've managed to fit so much stuff into that space, so neatly, I don't know.

Every time I look at those pictures I see something new. Only after spotting the Trinitron now!

Is that the original stand for that tv? I've been on the lookout for one of them but am a bit afraid to put it on one that's not designed for it. Could just imagine the arms snapping some day, the tv falling, imploding and destroying everything stored under it.

Pyongyang

Great photos, always nice to see someone's collection. I like the tiled poster you have, it's given me an idea for a super, super widescreen style Darius Burst frame. What's that tiny bottle of stuff on your desk?

Dan brown books however doth not belong in a retro (or any) collection! :P

I'll take some snaps of my collection someday. State of it at the moment though is embarrassing!

Optimus Prime

o1s1n wrote: »

Is that the original stand for that tv?

Yeh i think its the original anyways, it came with the TV when i bought it, it seems to fit perfect on it anways and locks into the holes under the tv so id say its the original.

Pyongyang wrote: »

Great photos, always nice to see someone's collection. I like the tiled poster you have, it's given me an idea for a super, super widescreen style Darius Burst frame. What's that tiny bottle of stuff on your desk?

Dan brown books however doth not belong in a retro (or any) collection! :P

I'll take some snaps of my collection someday. State of it at the moment though is embarrassing!

The bottle is just glue. I need to get rid of those books, just no where else for them at the minute! That poster only cost me 16 euro in total! the pics themselves are a3 and where 14 including delivery off ebay, then i got clip frammes off a friend of mine who works in a stationary company and put them in myself. the hardest part was lining them up in the wall! there are a few holes hidden by those frammes!

Pyongyang

keithgeo wrote: »

I need to get rid of those books, just no where else for them at the minute!

Being a Brit I like to celebrate November 5, Bonfire Night. I'm currently accepting donations to aid the building of the largest bonfire in North County Dublin. :pac:

CiDeRmAn

In order to make room for more stuff, just get rid of all those boxes!
Looks great though, well done.

Pyongyang

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

In order to make room for more stuff, just get rid of all those boxes!
Looks great though, well done.

I'm thinking of doing the same with my boxes and putting them in the attic. Problem is at this time of year they'll be in bits come March.

Optimus Prime

ah i like having the boxes out, i dont like the idea of collecting them just to put them in the attic

o1s1n

It's a tough call. Some boxes really are lovely and I do think they look great along the top of shelving face out like that.

Plus in a lot of cases it's that high up space that's not really within easy reach.

I suppose an easy compromise would be to stack them flat instead? Wouldn't look quite as nice, but at least you'd still see the side art/graphics and have some extra space.

Optimus Prime

o1s1n wrote: »

It's a tough call. Some boxes really are lovely and I do think they look great along the top of shelving face out like that.

Plus in a lot of cases it's that high up space that's not really within easy reach.

I suppose an easy compromise would be to stack them flat instead? Wouldn't look quite as nice, but at least you'd still see the side art/graphics and have some extra space.

to be honest those boxes on the shelves arent empty, they all have the consoles inside them too.. my backup consoles!

CiDeRmAn

You misunderstand me completely!

I say

BURN THE BOXES!!!!

Mwahahaha!

Optimus Prime

Was cleaning some new nes games earlier and decided to sort out my nes collection into some kind of order, i seen someone posted all their ds collection layed out last week so took these while i was doing it. I know some people prefer collecting megadrive games because the boxes are plastic, but i dont think a collection of megadrive games look as good as boxed nes games..

Mr Vengeance

Great to see such a comprehensive boxed NES collection - a lot of people who collect NES don't care for the original packaging a lot of the time.

Myrddin

Impressive...most impressive. Obi wan has taught you....ah feck it

CiDeRmAn

Looks great, but it does make you realise how much some euro/US box art sucks, compared to their Nipponese cousins.

Pyongyang

Lovely collection there. Great to see them all together. I was actually inspired by those snaps to start a new project this weekend. To finally create a proper man cave! :cool:

My old set up looked like a bomb site. I've made a video diary of sorts of my progress from start to finish. Been working on it literally the entire day today. It's times like this you realise the sheer volume of boxes, packets and papers you've actually acquired!

I'm about a third of the way through, hopefully I'll have it finished during the week. Then I'll post the before and after videos.

Pyongyang

Ok, here's a video I posted to YouTube with before/after of my man cave 'makeover'. I'll take some individual collective shots another time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrI3FBrj_ks

kevin2me

Awesome Video buddy,
Like the David attenborough of the Games world

Andrew76

Nice video Pyong, the room looks MILES better than before. Cab looks lovely m8 congrats. Look forward to the NAC videos.

Pyongyang

Thanks for the nice comments lads. I did waffle on a bit, got carried away with the cab details! Indeed, the room was in bits before. We've only been in the gaf a year though since we moved to Ireland from the Cayman Islands and it's just really been a dumping ground for stuff.

Great to finally have a proper, sorted room. Very rewarding experience once completed, regardless of having a cab in there, just to have a livable, functional room is great.

Steve X2

Pyongyang wrote: »

Thanks for the nice comments lads. I did waffle on a bit, got carried away with the cab details! Indeed, the room was in bits before. We've only been in the gaf a year though since we moved to Ireland from the Cayman Islands and it's just really been a dumping ground for stuff.

Great to finally have a proper, sorted room. Very rewarding experience once completed, regardless of having a cab in there, just to have a livable, functional room is great.

Yeah, good job man.

As a matter of interest hows the geometry on the monitor?

As someone who's had a few issues with monitor geometry I'm always interested to see how other peoples monitors are

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Pyongyang

Thanks SteveSI.

The geometry is actually spot on. Well, from my novice p.o.v. it is. Your man said to me it has one pixel of convergence in the bottom right of the screen. I can't even see anything to be honest. He said something about a wavy thing at the top might be there but honestly, I see nothing out of the ordinary.

He told me it's one of the better MS9's he's sold. Plus the best part is I see absolutely zero screen burn on it either. Which was my main concern with getting it. Picture is lovely and crisp.

Is it just me though or is the sound output from these things rather quiet? I'm looking at getting new speakers for it. I have the thing cranked right up and it's deftly quiet.

Steve X2

Pyongyang wrote: »

Thanks SteveSI.

The geometry is actually spot on. Well, from my novice p.o.v. it is. Your man said to me it has one pixel of convergence in the bottom right of the screen. I can't even see anything to be honest. He said something about a wavy thing at the top might be there but honestly, I see nothing out of the ordinary.

He told me it's one of the better MS9's he's sold. Plus the best part is I see absolutely zero screen burn on it either. Which was my main concern with getting it. Picture is lovely and crisp.

Is it just me though or is the sound output from these things rather quiet? I'm looking at getting new speakers for it. I have the thing cranked right up and it's deftly quiet.

Turn the volume up on the pcb/mvs if possible as well and see how it is.

You have the same MVS board as me.
In case you didnt know the volume is on the front left side:



Also, check the speakers and see if they are cheapy ones.
I had to replace my speakers with proper arcade ones and that made a massive difference.

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Pyongyang

YAY! Works like a charm now. Nice and loud!

Do PCB's have volume controls on them too?

Andrew76

The few I've seen in person yes.

Steve X2

Pyongyang wrote: »

YAY! Works like a charm now. Nice and loud!

Do PCB's have volume controls on them too?

I think most PCB's have volume controls on them.

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CathalDublin

Pyongyang wrote: »

YAY! Works like a charm now. Nice and loud!

Do PCB's have volume controls on them too?

All my jamma boards do

Pyongyang

Thanks lads, I was there thinking surely it can't be this quiet! The speakers are great, very loud actually!

Just sat and creditfed Blazing Star. That last boss is easier than the mothership on Stage 6. Great fun but my hands are in bits now!

Pyongyang

It's only my shooting games I've taken photos of here. There's a good few missing too but I'll photograph them later.

Notable entries MIA include my Taito G-Net PCB, Neo Geo and some XBOX 360 & XBLA bits as well as some PC Engine, Saturn and Dreamcast, merchandise etc etc.

Here is about 75% of what I have. I hope you find some of these games trigger a few happy memories.

The goods:

Mr.Saturn

D'you like SHUMPs at all, Pyong?

Pyongyang

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

D'you like SHUMPs at all, Pyong?

It's not my full collection.

Plus I don't have an Ibara PCB and 'that other PCB I'm after' yet. It's an addictive niche to collect but a rewarding and enjoyable one I think.

OwaynOTT

Right I finally organised my stuff and heaved the sony tv into the room, its so heavy and impractically unholdable.

I've just been collecting stuff now for about a year or maybe 13 months, so haven't got as impressive a collection as some others on here or as wide a scope.

It is also incredibly biased towards Nintendo stuff but lately I've been suffering from a bout of collection creep.





Only got the tv recently and very happy with. Dont have a load of consoles scattered all over the floor now.


Here is a close up of the consoles boxes and some other bits.




My boxed handheld nintendo games, which I love. So nice and square.



N64 games



SNES stuff



More of them



unboxed ones



and the last of them



oh sorry and these



Here's the megadrive stuff, not as much



some handhelds



The whole lot of the boxed stuff

o1s1n

Wow!

So many pretty boxes!

I currently have Earthbound envy

Pyongyang

So many boxed games! A fine collection, very envious of Earthbound but at the same time disappointed the Saturn is left in it's box.

OwaynOTT

Pyongyang wrote: »

So many boxed games! A fine collection, very envious of Earthbound but at the same time disappointed the Saturn is left in it's box.

No games for it at all. Waiting to get it modded and going go for some JP NTSC games and go full 60hz on it.

I'm disappointed as well to be honest. Didn't notice I don't have any neo geo pocket games yet either though did you. :P

Dale Parish

I'm only new to this game so go easy :pac:
Thought I'd throw up the old PC games I had (missing some Command & Conquers )








And for the laugh... a World War I AC to DC converter......

Atavan-Halen

So much pretty things!