This was slightly harder than I thought it was going to be, but I narrowed it down as best as I could.
5. Pokemon: FireRed Version - Mew Cart: Possibly the coolest gaming related thing I own. It's a copy of Pokemon FireRed for the GBA, only its not just an average copy of the game, it's an Event cartridge. These baby's were handed out from Nintendo directly to the folks at Toys R Us for a special Pokemon Event held on September 30, 2006. This was for a Mew distribution event which was only held on that day and afterwords the carts were left up for grabs for employees. My buddy was able to get one of the two they had. He held on to it for years. There are roughly 370 Mews on this cartridge, which is a little over 10 PC boxes full. According to my buddy, if no one wanted the cartridges, they were going to end up in the trash, so it's a pretty sweet find. When I found out he was looking to sell it, I had to jump on it.
Funny story; He listed it on ebay and mentioned that he was selling it on Facebook. I followed the link and watched it, no one bid on if for a few days and he was getting antsy. I saw him mention something asking why people watch an auction if they weren't going to bid on it. I commented on the thread, but didn't make it seem like I was interested in it (he didn't know my ebay user name at that point) Once it got close, it was between me and another guy, but I made sure to bid it up (He was selling it along with a GBA SP). After it was over, I won, and sent him a text about it, to his surprise. I picked it up from him the next day.
4. Game Boy collection and Game Boy accessories: The Game Boy was a big part of my childhood. We went on vactaions all of the time when I was young and each trip involved packing the Game Boy, all of my games and a giant stash of AA batteries. I saved up money and somehow bought my Clear Game Boy Pocket when it came out and never sold or traded any of my games. Eventually I would like to amass a full loose cart collection of Game Boy games and build a special display case for them all. I found myself searching for random accessories and working toward finding as many as possible CIB and have managed to build a pretty interesting collection of them.
Favorite pieces:
Accessories: Game Boy carrying case (Had one growing up and found a replacement on ebay for cheap), Game Keeper, Game Boy Hip Pouch Carrying Case (Nothing says 90's like black w/ neon pink piping)
Games: CIB Castlevania: The Adventure and Super Mario Land 2: The 6 Golden Coins. Loose Kid Dracula, Metroid II and partially complete Link's Awakening.
3. Game Boy Light - Pokemon Center Tokyo: When I first found out Japan had a special backlit Game Boy released and that it never saw the light of day in the US, I had to have one. I spent years drooling over the Game Boy Light, but never went into buy mode on it. Finally 2 years ago I decided to use part of my tax return to buy one, but all the gold and silver ones that were available were in rough shape. That's when I saw the Pokemon Center Tokyo version and as soon as I saw a picture of the power light lighting up Pikachu's cheek, I was sold. It's in excellent shape and came with the bag that was bundled with it. Also the seller threw in the Japanese versions of Pokemon Yellow and Fighting Simulator: 2-in-1 Flying Warriors. I've since used to exclusively for playing Game Boy games. Now the only Game Boy I need is one of the Play-It-Loud ones and I'll have one of each type of Game Boy system.
Edit: here's a pic of it turned on. Tell me that's not awesome.
2. My entire Castlevania collection: I've always been a huge fan of the series. I think I first discovered the series while hanging with a cousin after little league. Then again after watching him beat Simon's Quest (no guides or cheats).Eventually he got Castlevania III and I was able to borrow it, played the living hell out of it too. For years I never owned a Castlevania game, it wasn't until I got my N64 that I got Castlevania for it, and loved it. Then after I got a PS1 I picked up Symphony of the Night, also falling in love with it. I started to pick up more Castlevania games as I saw them, but never hunted them down. By the time Dawn of Sorrow released for the DS, I had begun searching for all games, eventually getting a new NES and Castlevania 1-3 from Matt. I built up a fairly complete collection of loose carts and boxed discs. It wasn't until the last year or so that I started working toward the CIB set and I am now 3 away from it (not including early PC ports or variants).
Favorite pieces: CIB Castlevania 1-3, CIB Dracula X, Akumajo Dracula X: Chi no Rondo, Castlevania 20th Anniversary soundtrack & swag, Symphony of the Night for Saturn.
1. My Sega Saturn: When the PS1 and N64 were ruling the gaming industry, I was playing on the Saturn. I only had 9 games and a demo for it, Daytona USA, Last Bronx, Lost World: Jurassic Park, NiGHTS, Sonic 3D Blast, Tomb Raider, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter 2 and the bootleg sampler that came bundled with the system. I loved every game I owned for that system and they all managed to get equal playtime. Unfortunately, I came to the game late and the Saturn was already a dying system. This coupled with the fact that I was 16-17 and didn't have steady income to buy up any of the super game deals stores were making to clear shelving space, caused me to miss out on a bunch of other games for the system. Eventually, I decided to jump ship and flip over to Nintendo. My feeble 17 year old brain thought it would be a good idea to sell off the Saturn to a friend of a friend for $30, a decision that I have been kicking myself for for years. I've since replaced my Saturn with the same model and replaced all my original games for it and have since been collecting Saturn games to discover all of the gems I missed out on. I'm currently up to 77 games for Saturn, that's quite the jump compared to my original 9. I also would like to eventually import some of the Japan-only shmups and Shining Force III part 2 and 3.
Favorite pieces: My original games, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Albert Odyessy, Dragon Force, Shining Force III