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Intro thread
guygus09:
Hello, I'm Gus and I've recently started to see the value in older games, and started my own collection. Needing a place to catalog them all, I ran into this site after trying others and not being satisfied. I love how organized and expansive of a database you have here.
I've been playing since birth when I was plopped in front of an SNES one day. I missed most of the older generations, and was devastated to hear all the games my siblings gotten rid of before my time. ::)
I started when I tried hunting down some handhelds I had in my childhood that I had lost for memory's sake. Then I felt how charming owning old things and feeling the history and attitude with the years, and the feelings have snowballed from there, to deciding to grow a collection for cataloging and safeguard reasons. I have interests in anime, television, cinematography, music, card games, and basically any media and toy collectives, as well as interests in geology and mineralogy. I have a few gems and rock samples laying around the house because of this :) (it drives my family mad, they always ask me "why do you bring home so many rocks?") I hope to also start a card game and physical media collection, too, with my best friends, if life permits it.
Although, currently, I don't exactly have access to retro titles, space to display anything, or the financial status to grow too much, I hope to one day have a complete game library of all consoles and handhelds, enough that it could be considered a small museum of VG history. I've studied about the history, controversies, and graphical/hardware techniques and achievements that I'm basically obsessed at this point. Mostly, I only have titles I can afford to play, and the mass of my collection comes from hand me downs from family and friends. I appreciate any experience and advice anyone has, as well as a peek at your collections as examples.
Happy playing!!
telly:
Welcome, Gus! :)
shadowzero:
My name is Jay and I'm an addict. Its really nice to meet all of you. I'm in my late thirties going back to get the stuff I had as a kid (as well as the stuff I wanted but never got) and "share" it with my loved ones. My first system was a Turbo Grafx 16 but ended up trading for an NES during its mighty reign. Truth is if I had never sold/traded anything I would need another room in the house. Rather than look back in regret I remind myself that I also gave others the opportunity to own some gems....right? right guys? guys? Anyway. A few years ago I started a small collection but quickly became overwhelmed trying to grab everything. Fast forward to now and I am focused on NES, SNES, and I just dipped my toes back into the Sega market with my recently acquired Saturn. This method of focus and consistent growth has proven effective for me and I would encourage it for those feeling overwhelmed.
I have been searching for searching for a video game community as well as collection management and I am happy to find both here.
desocietas:
Heya Jay!
I've seen Blank and Gus already up and active elsewhere in the forum, so hello officially!
Great to see some new names in the forums, and I hope you all have a good time here :)
Great comments, Jay. A few folks over the years have mentioned needing a purge and discussing general tactics on keeping collecting at a steady (and not overwhelming) clip. Whether that means to quit cold turkey for a bit or what, we all know it can be easy to let the collecting urges run away from us ... along with our money ::)
chewiemonster:
Hey what's up folks! I'm Vicki but y'all can call me Chewie if you want!
And I guess I'm new to this whole forum thing, I've never really posted in one before. And I'm also new to VGCollect. I'm just trying to get the hang of things and update my collection as I go. I've been playing video games since I was like maybe 3 or 4. I don't really have a big collection but I'm sure it'll expand over the years.
Yeah so I'll be around, you might see me popping up now and again in various places! And it's great to be here!
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