The collection thread! *No pic, no post*

Kevster

Thanks for the memories guys

Atavan-Halen

Kevster wrote: »

Thanks for the memories guys

Sorry

Kevster

I prefer Elaine Page's memory instead... ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s96NZoeDs68

Xluna

EnterNow wrote: »

Couldnt disagree with you more Ciderman...as usual

The likes of Zelda 3 for the Snes came with a lovely box, and a map of hyrule and assorted parfanelia. For me as a kid, that was pure magic on christmas day...looking at all the places the game would take me etc. Some games' box are pretty generic though. But I feel the same with consoles, it just makes the whole package complete.

I still have the boxed game,with the manuel and map in top condition. I wonder would it be worth a lot in years to come.

Myrddin

Xluna wrote: »

I still have the boxed game,with the manuel and map in top condition. I wonder would it be worth a lot in years to come.

Yeah I managed to buy it again years later after selling all of my stuff years ago. I wouldnt think it will be worth "a lot" per say, but it will be worth as much as a very popular but unrare snes game will be worth.

Mine has the little black book of secrets you can "consult" if your stuck :P

o1s1n

I don't have a box for A Link to the Past, but have the map and booklet.

Considered getting the map framed. Would look pretty cool.

Atavan-Halen

So here's a few pics, not everything but am currently sorting out stuff and re-organising my games. Will post up more pics in a while. I wont put the pics directly here as they're very big :P

N64 + games

Genesis + Games

Megadrive 1 & 2 + Games

Original Gameboy + Games

Gameboy Color + Game

Gameboy advances, SP and Micros + Games

DSi & DS + Games

Saturn + Games

That's all for the moment

CiDeRmAn

There is, of course, a handful of games that are only complete with the box and other additions, Castlevania SOTC is all well and good on XBLA, but why settle for that when the PS original with the art book and the soundtrack disk are so much better, same for Zelda on the Snes, same especially with Super Metroid and it's awesome guide book.
But, nevertheless, the regular run of the mill Snes game cam in lousy cardboard packaging with forgettable instruction manuals and suffer little from only being owned as a cart.
At least Sega were good enough to provide robust clam shells for their titles.

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

the regular run of the mill Snes game cam in lousy cardboard packaging with forgettable instruction manuals and suffer little from only being owned as a cart.

Well Im afraid thats all Nintendo gave us, so unless you like shelves of loose carts (which I dont), then there is no other genuine option.

Tallon

Did some organising last night while on a 2-can red bull trip..... my OCD is out of control!

Click for larger if you cant read the games

o1s1n

Niiiice! a bit of OCD is good for the soul

Actually, Logie, is there any chance we could have this thread stickied please? It would be nice to have at the top of the forum.

Atavan-Halen

Very nice tallon! Saturn and MD are a bit dusty though :P

nowuckenfurries

Dug out some of the old PCB jamma collection today... deffinately not OCD

nowuckenfurries

YW Tallon, the unfortunate thing is that due to pending redindancy I'v had to put them up on Adverts.ie http://adverts.ie/211395

o1s1n

Sorry to hear that man

At 400 euro it's all a steal. If I were you I'd be looking for more.

nowuckenfurries

Cheers o1s1n, I know it is worth more, Bobble Bobble cost me 100.00 notes alone a few years ago, but bills must be paid hence the low price for a quick sale Anyway the Adverts mods would kill me if I raised the price now (not literally )

Tallon

nowuckenfurries wrote: »

Anyway the Adverts mods would kill me if I raised the price now (not literally )

They wouldn't, if is mispriced they would let you do it, just drop them a PM

weeder

whoever got a permenant marker and wrote €4 on the front of that bust a move box should die in a fire

CiDeRmAn

Hey Tallon, nice pink PSP!
Is that for your more sensitive, feminine moments? Playing dating sims and the like whilst waiting on your nail polish to dry?

Tallon

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hey Tallon, nice pink PSP!
Is that for your more sensitive, feminine moments? Playing dating sims and the like whilst waiting on your nail polish to dry?

Oh no, thats not pink, it's very very very very VERY light Red

Atavan-Halen

More of a tip than look what I gots.

I've recently discovered that those plastic business card/playing card boxes are ideal for GB and GBA cart storage.

Tallon

atavan-halen wrote: »

More of a tip than look what I gots.

I've recently discovered that those plastic business card/playing card boxes are ideal for GB and GBA cart storage.

Really cool, where do you get them?

Atavan-Halen

I don't know actually :P My mam just had a few in work.

After having a quick google, I only found 1 site but they sell them in bulk packs of 150.

weeder

mate you have one of those things dedicated to pokemon, wtf

Atavan-Halen

Well erm in case you haven't noticed, I am partial to the odd spot of pokémon every now and again.

*Runs off to take pics of Pokéstuff*

weeder

ya but 8 copies of the first gen games :P

Atavan-Halen

Oh yeah...a bit much?

weeder

only a little.

Atavan-Halen

*Warning large image*

o1s1n

I get the impression Atavan likes Pokemón.

Atavan-Halen

o1s1n wrote: »

I get the impression Atavan likes Pokemón.

*Attack of the large images!!!

landsleaving

o1s1n wrote: »

I get the impression Atavan likes Pokemón.

One might suggest he has in fact 'caught them all'

CiDeRmAn

I didn't see a Pokemon Mini console there, not quite the Pokemon fan you claim, are you???
Unless you can't allow it to be photographed for religious reasons, or something.

I have the aforementioned little console and very nifty it is too, some rare stuff on it too, but very hard to find, coz it rare like, especially the Pokemon tetris game for it, hmmm, how I want it for mine!

Just reading through the thread and thought I'd throw up a few pictures of my brother's stuff.

He started getting in the old Retro collecting about a year and a half ago. He's about 80% through finishing this room to display/store stuff that he wants to collect and play.


His wife isn't overly happy.

Atavan-Halen

Wow, that is one of the most organised/neatest collections I've ever seen! Awesome!

o1s1n

Wow! that's absolutely amazing. If I were you I'd be living at your brothers house

Here's a pic of my games room to show you the current horror ..it's such a mess! Most of the games are stored away in that wardrobe too..and the rest is in my parents house. In stacks of those green Tesco crates.

Ah well, shouldn't be complaining, I'm lucky to have a room for all this stuff.

(Best Cher voice) If I could turn backkkkkkk time, I'd go back and ask the letting agency not to put that spare bed in the apartment!

Jack burton

I really must get some mint boxed megadrives, anybody got one going?

o1s1n

You can pick up that PAL asian one that KKV's brother has on ebay for cheap enough. I think there must have been a warehouse of them found. I see them all the time up there completely boxed and new.

CiDeRmAn

KKV, seems to be a certain amount of OCD in the cleanliness of that there gamesroom, he doesn't iron his socks and fold them away, colour coded does he?
Still, a fantastic room indeed, not the most stuff I've seen, but the best presented by far.

And o1s1n, that dinky little room is more my speed, at least everything is within easy reach!

Hey again guys,

Brother is obviously aware of this thread (and has just joined boards).

Regarding the boxed MegaDrive, he said he got it for around €30 (excluding P+P) from eBay. The guy he got it from said he could charge an extra €10 for additional packaging for it during transit, and it's worth paying.

Without the additional €10, the guy just sticks it in some parcel paper. Whilst it still arrives in good nick, I'd rather pay the extra €10 and get it in an actual box in perfect condition.


He's still collecting stuff and has a few more bits and bobs he wants to pick up (Neo Geo, NES, etc.) but wanted to say thanks an awful lot for the excellent comments and kind words about the collection.


Cheers guys!

Tallon

Tell him to post here so we can drool over his collection

batari

That is a nice set up. I take it the Master System was his console of choice growing up?:pac:

MvsC3

First time on boards, Kkv's brother, yeah I loved the master system, still do, Alex Kidd in Miracle world was the first console game i completed, Its only two weeks ago since I fitted the room out, id been threatining to do it for a long time!!

Tallon

Alex the Kidd is my fav game of all time, I played that thing for hours.
If my mam would take away my games, I would play it since she didnt know it was built in...

I still need a master System though

Anyone got one?

o1s1n

The big question from me is - how the hell did you convince your wife to let you do all that? :pac:

MvsC3

Wasnt hard, the room was just full of consoles, dvd's cd's etc.. with no storage, it was a big mess, at one stage you couldnt open the door to get in! So, as im not working much at the moment, I got off my ass bought the materials and spent one long saturday fitting it out, shes much happier now because its neat and tidy, i even gave her a press (with a door) for storing make up etc:)

Atavan-Halen

Wow, that's a cool shelving unit, everything fits perfectly on it! Very nice.

*MegaDrive + MegaCD1 - Want!!

Atavan-Halen

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Thanks! I just sold my other megadrive+Megacd1 I had a load of them as I testing my original one.

Ah cool! Well if you ever have another spare MCD1 you know where I am

weeder

couple of shots of the snes collection since everything i bought has arrived, bar final fantasy 6

Jack burton

right said id take a few pics of all my stuff

I've only been collecting less than a year now but i think I've goten a fair bit of stuff together in that space of time. Every game on the shelves os complete and in very good - mint condition too





















ben noone thought i had one of these too




I forgot to take pictures of all the stuff hooked up to my tv, cba takin more now though