Show us your console collections

[arcade-mad]

Hi just thought id start a show your stuff topic as i dont think ive seen one on here before.
I like to see what others have got im just nosy like that 

Ill show you mine if you show me yours   

[arcade-mad]

Im a console addict 

[arcade-mad]

Thats it thats my full gaming collection.
Keeps me and my son busy for hors and hours.   

[ChadTower]

There some seriously hardcore former console collectors here, myself included.  Many of us moved on to arcade games eventually but still have the majority of a very large console collection boxed up in the basement... myself still included.

[whatzcrackn]

I am impressed by your (arcade-mad) collection!!!  I guess you are not into the modding thing, which is good.  Your collection looks kool man, I mean with the covers and displaying them!! 

[Texasmame]

Well, all my consoles are belong to someone else now.  

I sold all my console stuff upon moving.  Here's a couple of links, tho.  One to a pic of the whole shebang and two to PDFs listing what I had; carts, boxes, instructions, etc. 

I still have a PS2, Dreamcast and XBox.  The modded PS2 is for sale, too.

In the pic, 5200 stuff on the left, 2600 in the center and on the wall mounted shelf, 7800 stuff on the far right.  Berzerk arcade making a cameo, too.

[boykster]

This is not my collection but a guy here in seattle who is SELLING much / most of this collection:

http://students.washington.edu/nob/collection/database2.html
http://students.washington.edu/nob/collection/list.html

Here's the craigslist page with contact info:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/clt/201799793.html

[SlammedNiss]

Although I have no pics at the moment, I do have the following consoles.

2x - Xbox (1 solely used at media center device) w/ boxes
1x - SNES w/ box
1x - NES Deluxe Set w/ R.O.B. loose
1x - Nintendo 64 w/ box
1x - NEC TurboGrafx NIB
2x - Atari 5200 w/ boxes
1x - Sony PS2 w/ box
1x - Atari Flashback 2 NIB
1x - Sega Genesis (ver.1) w/ box
1x - Sega Dreamcast w/ box
1x - Donkey Kong Jr. upright (OK, not a console, but worth mentioning)


Of course, numerous games with each system as well. I just recently started collecting what I consider to be the classic consoles.

BTW, I've always loved the PAL versions of the SNES better than the NTSC. I'll have to get one of those someday.

[GGKoul]

I have approx;

200 NES game
300 Sega Genesis games in approx 10 boxes in my basement. 

I'm officially retired froim collecting... I've run out of room and I'll probably never play 90% of the games I have,

[pointdablame]

I've yet to really start my collecting (at least games-wise) since I have no money and no place to put it right now.  Once I have a place of my own though.... it's probably gonna be bad    I do have a decent amount of systems however.

I currently have
- Atari 2600
- Atari 5200
- Colecovision
- Sega Master System
- Sega Genesis
- Sega Game Gear
- NES
- SNES
- N64
- Gamecube
- PSX
- PS2
- PSP
- Dreamcast
- Nintendo DS
- Gameboy Color


I only have a few games for most of the systems however... maybe an average of 20 or so for most of them.

[horseboy]

I don't have any pics since it has all been in the garage since the move, but I have...

System(approx. # of games)

Odyssey2 (25)
Intellivision (50)
Colecovision (50)
Atari 2600 (250)
Atari 7800 (40)
Atari XE (5)
Atari Jaguar (15)
Atari Jaguar CD (2)
Atari Lynx (25)
Sega Master System (100)
Sega Genesis (20)
Sega CD (10)
Sega 32X (1, hah)
Sega Game Gear (5)
Sega Saturn (25)
Sega Dreamcast (40)
NES (450)
SNES (50)
N64 (40)
Gamecube (15)
Gameboy (7)
Gameboy Color (3)
Virtual Boy (12)
Playstation (40)
PS2 (10)
Neo Geo CD (6)
Neo Geo Pocket Color (4)
Turbo Grafx 16 (5)
3do (20)

I also have a few pongs, mini lcd arcades, and other assorted handhelds.

I am sure that I forgot something, but those estimates are probably pretty close.

[emerica]

Most of my stuff is boxed up as well.

I currently own

atari 2600 (I've had the same one since 1980 and it still works)
colecovision
N64
NES
Genesis
Dreamcast
PS2
PS1
Gamecube

Commodore 64 <-- not a console but seemed to take up a lot my gaming time during the 80's

I have a few games for each system.

[ChadTower]

No pics either since I boxed it all up but I have at least one of nearly every console, including variations within consoles, to have been produced in North America.  Many of those systems I have a substantial chunk of the library for as well.  I would estimate that I have about 75% of the N64 library (complete, boxed and manuals) and the same for the Saturn (complete).  Both N64 and Saturn stuff still to get is all cheap stuff.  I have the full domestic VB library sitting next to a NIB VB (and a couple to play)... erm... ~300 NES games, not far off that for 2600 games... I'm missing probably 3-4 Vectrex games for a complete (boxes, manuals, overlays) collection, including the Imager complete in box.  Recently sold off the Laseractive collection but still have the 3D goggles.  Have about half the TurboGrafx domestic library, quite a few of the top PCE games, and all domestic TG hardware complete in box including the TE and all accessories.

The collection used to be much bigger but I've been selling stuff off to fund the pin hobby.  Still have stacks of some consoles (NES, Genesis, 2600) that I need to do something with soon.

The only consoles I can think of immediately that I don't have would be the Sega CD (though I have a lot of games for it), Jaguar, and maybe the Astrocade.

And like horseboy said, a bunch of random Pongs and such that just sort of appear out of nowhere.  And more TI99 stuff than I have any idea what to do with.

[emerica]

Is there anyone out there with a vectrex. I remember a friend having one sometime in 84 or 85 and it seemed pretty cool. I haven't seen one since.

[ChadTower]

Is there anyone out there with a vectrex. I remember a friend having one sometime in 84 or 85 and it seemed pretty cool. I haven't seen one since.

I'm missing probably 3-4 Vectrex games for a complete (boxes, manuals, overlays) collection, including the Imager complete in box.

At the moment I think I have three Vectrexes... just sent one to another BYOAC member recently, too.

[Stingray]

I've got a Vectrex & a pretty good chunk of the games that are available for it. Some of the best are recent(ish) homebrews.

-S

[ChadTower]

The homebrews are awesome.  A couple really good ones just came out this year.  The first homebrew 3D game ships in a couple weeks.

[rumpelstiltzkin]

I dont mean to be rude but i think the guy stated show me your stuff he wants pics he doesnt just want to hear about stuff its not the same.  So when you read this start thinking about a camera first not your stuff.    I should have mine up soon when i get my cheap polaroid rocking again.

[ChadTower]

Ah, well, maybe he should have gone to a console collectors' forum.

[rumpelstiltzkin]

Yeah well he didnt he went to consoles on arcadecontrols which means anything about consoles like collections. So im sure he is welcome to everyone even if you dont think hes welcome.

[horseboy]

Yeah well he didnt he went to consoles on arcadecontrols which means anything about consoles like collections. So im sure he is welcome to everyone even if you dont think hes welcome.

He didn't say that he wasn't welcome to post it here. He meant that he would get a much better response if he posted in a console collecting forum. Also, arcade-mad did say he wanted pics, but for those of us with really large collections it can be a pain to dig it out and take pics. It would take me over 20 hours of work probably. I think listing what you have in lieu of pics is still interesting to most and sticks with the overall spirit of the thread.

[rumpelstiltzkin]

yes i know he welcomes him really i was just winding him up.

[horseboy]

yes i know he welcomes him really i was just winding him up.

My apologies. Carry on then.

[Stingray]

I don't want to get hiney-pounded by the image Nazis so here's a picture of my Vectrex. As you probably noticed it looks exactly like any other Vectrex.



-S

[somunny]

I don't have any pics since it has all been in the garage since the move, but I have...

System(approx. # of games)

Odyssey2 (25)

Ya got Pick Axe Pete?  Man, I loved that game!  Even though I was the poor bastard that got the Odyssey instead of an Atari 2600...

Sorry, I don't have a pic of me playing the game.

[horseboy]

I don't have any pics since it has all been in the garage since the move, but I have...

System(approx. # of games)

Odyssey2 (25)

Ya got Pick Axe Pete?  Man, I loved that game!  Even though I was the poor bastard that got the Odyssey instead of an Atari 2600...

Sorry, I don't have a pic of me playing the game.

Hells Yeah Boyyyeee. That is just about the only playable game on that damn system.

[Stingray]

I don't have any pics since it has all been in the garage since the move, but I have...

System(approx. # of games)

Odyssey2 (25)

Ya got Pick Axe Pete?  Man, I loved that game!  Even though I was the poor bastard that got the Odyssey instead of an Atari 2600...

Sorry, I don't have a pic of me playing the game.

Hells Yeah Boyyyeee. That is just about the only playable game on that damn system.

KC Munchkin has always been my favorite on the O2.

-S

[bishmasterb]

I don't want to get hiney-pounded by the image Nazis so here's a picture of my Vectrex. As you probably noticed it looks exactly like any other Vectrex.

I see your Vectrex, and raise you a Virtual Boy.   

[ChadTower]

I forgot about the Odyssey2!  I have about an 85% complete (boxes, manuals too) Odyssey2 collection with all revisions of the console also complete.  I don't have a boxed voice module but do have a couple of the modules... and I also have the really rare factory refurb version that they sent out to customers that had to have warranty service, complete in box.

[Daniel270]

no pics    but here's my collection...

http://www.geocities.com/daniel_270/Games.html

[shmokes]

Actually I'm pretty surprised that so many people have such large collections and don't already have pictures.  Obviously most of this stuff is near worthless from a practical perspective.  You will never play about 95% of the games in your collection and about 80% of it is probably crap that you wouldn't really want to play anyway i.e., you own 2600 ET because you're a collector, not because the game is worth owning.  So since you're collecting for the sake of having a big collection of classic (and not so classic) consoles/games I would think you'd be all about having pictures and/or displaying it.

. . . just a thought.

[rumpelstiltzkin]

Yes i agree with shmokes 100%. Pics of the quality retro items is what people want to see.

[horseboy]

Actually I'm pretty surprised that so many people have such large collections and don't already have pictures.  Obviously most of this stuff is near worthless from a practical perspective.  You will never play about 95% of the games in your collection and about 80% of it is probably crap that you wouldn't really want to play anyway i.e., you own 2600 ET because you're a collector, not because the game is worth owning.  So since you're collecting for the sake of having a big collection of classic (and not so classic) consoles/games I would think you'd be all about having pictures and/or displaying it.

. . . just a thought.

My crap is still all packed up from my move. Considering the slacker I have become, I am sure I will have pics sometime around 3Q 2009.

[Daniel270]

I'm the same way... not everything is completely unpacked and I really don't want to dig it out and set it up JUST for a picture.

Wait til I buy my home, THEN we'll be talking pictures

[97thruhiker]

Nice collections to everyone.  I currently do not have any console stuff except a few 2600 games a friend just recently gave me.  I can see how it would be very tempting to get hooked into this though (the thrill of the hunt for the next game to complete a collection could drive you insane considering the number of titles out there). 

[pointdablame]

Actually I'm pretty surprised that so many people have such large collections and don't already have pictures.  Obviously most of this stuff is near worthless from a practical perspective.  You will never play about 95% of the games in your collection and about 80% of it is probably crap that you wouldn't really want to play anyway i.e., you own 2600 ET because you're a collector, not because the game is worth owning.  So since you're collecting for the sake of having a big collection of classic (and not so classic) consoles/games I would think you'd be all about having pictures and/or displaying it.

. . . just a thought.

In my case, I haven't really started "collecting" per se.  I just made the decision that it was never worth it to trade in/sell my systems... so I never did.  My collection is the sum of all systems that I've had growing up as a kid.  Dad got me my Sega Master System when I was very young, and I sort of inherited some of the older systems from  relatives and as "tack on" gifts from my uncle, who had a lot of the Atari and Coleco stuff.

So that's why I dont have pics... no place to put them and I don't really see them as a "collection" until I can really start to get the games I want for the system.

I don't have a lot compared to most folks in this thread though.

[shmokes]

Well, I guess I can admit that I didn't have any pictures of my Pez collection until I took some about 30 seconds before posting them on this board.  But that was easy cos they're all just sitting out in their display cases so I just walked out, snapped a couple pictures and voila.  I guess it seems like a collection of games and systems that are boxed up in the garage don't seem like a collection any more than one might have a collection of old clothes or a collection of christmas decorations.  But, I don't know, I suppose not everything a person collects lends itself to display, so maybe I'm defining collection a bit too narrowly.

[arcade-mad]

Nice to see you all got big collections would be nice to see pics but as most of you got your stuff stored in boxes it doesnt matter.

Just thought it might be an interesting thread

regards

[emerica]

i.e., you own 2600 ET because you're a collector, not because the game is worth owning. 

I have E.T. for the 2600 not b/c I'm a collector but I thought the movie was cool and I thought that the game would be too when I was 7 years old, but as everyone knows I was completely wrong about the game.

[Daniel270]

My copy of ET was given to me with a nonworking 2600.... I've still got the nonworking one in a box buried in the closet....