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Title: What's your focus area?
Post by: sin2beta on March 17, 2013, 01:05:14 pm
Do you guys have a particular focus area? Do you have one system that you collect for more than any other? Are you a NES collector? Game Boy collector? Genesis, PS2? What made you pick that system?
I am a Game Gear collector mostly. I originally started out wanting to focus on the Dreamcast, but found Game Gear collecting really fun. The reason for picking the Game Gear is mainly nostalgia. I have horrible eyesight (near blind in my right eye) and could not see a Game Boy screen as a kid. So, I developed a lot of love for the Game Gear as a kid, if nothing else, because it was the only thing I could see. Plus, nothing beats playing Wonder Boy on the go!
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: insektmute on March 17, 2013, 01:18:06 pm
I do and I don't. In terms of platforms, it's probably fair to say that I focus primarily on the PS1 and PS2, mainly because I think they both have probably the best selection of games overall. There's a bit of nostalgia attached too, as the PS1 was the system that got me back into gaming after a hiatus in the late 90's, and so I tend to equate the system as offering a very warm, comforting sort of experience, and the PS2 was the first system I ever bought with my own money.
I'm finding I also have a pretty strong fondness for DS and PSP games the past year or so too, as there are a ton of really great games for both systems, many of which can still be found pretty cheap.
In terms of games though, I'm almost exclusively focused on picking up Japanese RPGs, shmups, side-scrollers, and fighting games, both domestic and imported, but it's slow going, since a lot of what I'm after is out of print and rather pricy.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: matt on March 17, 2013, 01:18:47 pm
Mine shifts around a lot. When I started I simply tried to get whatever I could. That resulted in me having like 3000+ games that I never played or really cared about. As I've grown up I sold off the majority of my collection and now really only care about SMS and NES. I was one of the few Americans who actually grew up with an SMS so it holds a special place in my heart.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: disgaeniac on March 17, 2013, 01:19:06 pm
Pretty much equal for (RPG's) for the Sony systems (more specifically), I'd consider the RPG's for the PS1, 2, 3, and the PSP my main areas of interest & expertise.
Next, would be the DS & Game-Cube's RPG's.
Lastly (and most recently), I guess most of the RPG's (both *here* & *soon-to-be-here*) for the 3-DS.
Since RPG's are not only my oldest & favorite genre -but- also the genre that I can still do the best job of (physically) playing comfortably...I don't focus nearly as much on other genres...even for my "main" systems.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: burningdoom on March 17, 2013, 01:20:20 pm
I don't intentionally have a focus area. I just pick up, what I can, for cheap, when I can. As long it's a game I'll want to play, and it's cheap, I buy it. (It it's a game I just really HAVE to play, and I don't want to wait for a deal I just eBay it.)
However, without intending it, I have far more PS1 and PS2 games than any other system, and I own like 20 different consoles. I think it's just because they are the most readily available games for cheap.
I never buy sports games (pro-wrestling, Tony Hawk, and racing games excluded) or strategy games, though. Just not into those genres, at all.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: kimimi on March 17, 2013, 01:38:44 pm
I don't intentionally choose a particular focus area or have a set goal, but my purchases obviously reflect my preferences (Chinese PC games, RPGs and Sega).
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: jcalder8 on March 17, 2013, 02:40:37 pm
My main focus is the Xbox 360 but I will buy whatever I happen to find at a good price.
If money was no object though I would have a rather sizable collection of pinball machines :D
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: soera on March 17, 2013, 04:12:08 pm
My focus is multiple folds.
First (sadly) tends to be the NES collection. I say sadly cause it was definitely not my first choice. Before I got really deep into the collecting, my NES area consisted of Battle of Olympus, Trojan, and Bionic Commando. All the other games I had on other systems or didnt give a damn for. But the wife really got interested in the NES and thats what caused it to blow up as much as it has.
Second is my personal PS1 collection. Its mostly completed as I have acquired all the ones I really wanted and working on finishing up the rest of my list.
Third are RPGs in general. My favorite style of game play is jrpg and they span a whole lot of systems and I want to own/play as many of those as I can. Its also the reason I have some systems that I have no interest in otherwise. I have 4 games on my SMS (only a couple left to get) 3-4 on my SNES, a dozen or so for my PS2 and so forth all the way down to a single Xbox game D&D heroes. One of the good things about some RPGs is a lot of them have multiple system releases and for the most part I dont care about every release, just a single playable release.
Fourth is my Dragon Warrior/Quest collection. Its not just games, I have other swag items and a lot of sealed stuff that basically make a large display.
Lastly is accessories. I like to fill my walls with controllers hanging. Its kind of a two part use. Display and usefullness. :)
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: slothingXPIG on March 17, 2013, 07:03:44 pm
Getting my hands on every nes snes gen n64- life long goal.... right now just trying to get my hands on anything but mainly collect all turbografx cards
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: stethebubble on March 17, 2013, 07:15:14 pm
when buying a new game im thinking will i play this? will the time i spend playing it be worth the amount im about to pay.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: sin2beta on March 17, 2013, 07:17:33 pm
I don't intentionally choose a particular focus area or have a set goal, but my purchases obviously reflect my preferences (Chinese PC games, RPGs and Sega).
I don't think I've ever seen or heard of a Chinese PC game. You have introduced me to something new! ;D
Let the researching and youtube watching begin!
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: turf on March 17, 2013, 07:39:04 pm
First and foremost, I'm an NES collector. If I had to get rid of all but one system, my NES stuff would stay. Secondly, I'm a Nintendo fan. I have some Sega stuff, but I'll buy anything Nintendo. I have most of the systems, a bunch of accessories, and a cock-ton of games. In my opinion, first party Nintendo is timeless. just about any First Party game from any era is still fun today.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: kimimi on March 18, 2013, 01:54:17 am
I don't intentionally choose a particular focus area or have a set goal, but my purchases obviously reflect my preferences (Chinese PC games, RPGs and Sega).
I don't think I've ever seen or heard of a Chinese PC game. You have introduced me to something new! ;D
Let the researching and youtube watching begin!
If you'll forgive me a bit of self-promotion - http://kimimisblog.blogspot.co.uk/p/games-by-region.html
Sadly my little blog is probably one of the best English language sites for Chinese games, as pathetic as it is. :/
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: kingrat101 on March 18, 2013, 02:06:18 am
I change a lot, I'll focus on a console at a time, I think as a whole I love 2D fighting games during the mid 90's, real bout fatal fury, Street fighter alpha.
Title: Re: What's your focus area? Might
Post by: htimreimer on March 18, 2013, 02:21:10 am
i have two areas that i focus on (1) anything weird,obscure or rare (2) anything that i played or wanted to play as a kid, i'm mostly a pc player but i am working on n64 collection because thats the first console i ever played
I don't intentionally choose a particular focus area or have a set goal, but my purchases obviously reflect my preferences (Chinese PC games, RPGs and Sega).
Isn't most chinese games sold in underground markets and web sites?, all i know about the chinese video game market is that china has long complicated history with video games and there is some kind of ban on video games that might open up some time
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: kimimi on March 18, 2013, 02:49:58 am
Err, no. I buy most of my Chinese games off Amazon.cn (through a friend), and my out of print/retro Chinese games either through Taobao or Tmall sellers. China has a massive legitimate PC game market and increasingly a legitimate console/handheld market too.
Pirated versions do get sold too of course, but the idea that Chinese gaming is nothing more than dodgy "Pokemon Crimson" NES carts or CD-Rs of western PS2 games is a false one.
Title: Re: What's your focus area? China
Post by: htimreimer on March 18, 2013, 03:13:54 am
Err, no. I buy most of my Chinese games off Amazon.cn (through a friend), and my out of print/retro Chinese games either through Taobao or Tmall sellers. China has a massive legitimate PC game market and increasingly a legitimate console/handheld market too.
Pirated versions do get sold too of course, but the idea that Chinese gaming is nothing more than dodgy "Pokemon Crimson" NES carts or CD-Rs of western PS2 games is a false one.
good to know ;D , question? if china opens up there video game market like the media keep on telling me thay will, do you think we will see there games over here in retail and of course translated
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: kimimi on March 18, 2013, 03:33:25 am
Nope. Chinese gaming is primarily PC-based, so there's nothing to stop them releasing games abroad right now (either digitally or retail). It's just too much work for too little gain - they already have access to 1.3 billion potential customers just within their own borders, why would they look elsewhere?
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: htimreimer on March 18, 2013, 04:21:26 am
Nope. Chinese gaming is primarily PC-based, so there's nothing to stop them releasing games abroad right now (either digitally or retail). It's just too much work for too little gain - they already have access to 1.3 billion potential customers just within their own borders, why would they look elsewhere?
that makes a lot of sense but then i have to ask, why the hell is the media talking about this, if its not gonna affect us in anyway
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: kimimi on March 18, 2013, 05:23:03 am
Isn't it more to do with outside companies selling games *to* China, rather than China selling games to outside companies?
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: zenimus on March 18, 2013, 06:02:25 am
My focus range is 1980-1995. Anything fun before the 3D era really hit.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: htimreimer on March 18, 2013, 06:32:14 am
Isn't it more to do with outside companies selling games *to* China, rather than China selling games to outside companies?
that good for companies and people in china but i wish the media would stop talking about it like its some kind of revolution, wish i have seen a few times
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: scott on March 18, 2013, 09:46:18 am
I'm in the middle of redefining what my collection is all about. Over the years its been built of games I wanted to play. When we started Vgcollect, I had started buying Game Boy games and accessories, and I've built up an impressive set. I had already begun my Castlevania collection before then, with loose carts and CIB disc games too.
Then I bought my Saturn and nostalgia took over, causing me to go for the US set. After buying a lot of stuff that I really had no interest in, other than looks, I decided to trim that down.
Now, I'm back to where I was originally. I'm gonna just buy games and systems I want to play, and skip what I don't. That means, I'm usually buying RPGs and SHMUPs, or franchises I love.
So I guess my focus area is Castlevania. With a bunch of games I like behind it. Of course, I can't pass up a bargain bin with cheap Game Boy games, cause I am a huge sucker for that system...
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: tpugmire on March 18, 2013, 11:19:31 am
I'm more into repair and modding of old consoles, rather than collecting any one type of game.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: blipcs76 on March 18, 2013, 02:33:22 pm
NES! More specifically boxed and/or complete NES games.
However, collecting CIB has just gotten too expensive lately. I managed to acquire about 200 boxed/complete NES games before the prices became prohibitive, so now I pick up loose carts and the occasional CIB/box when I find a deal.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: sin2beta on March 18, 2013, 03:03:29 pm
NES! More specifically boxed and/or complete NES games.
However, collecting CIB has just gotten too expensive lately. I managed to acquire about 200 boxed/complete NES games before the prices became prohibitive, so now I pick up loose carts and the occasional CIB/box when I find a deal.
CIB collecting can be insane. I have a few games in cardboard boxes... and I hate it. I have actually passed on a few good deals because they came in the cardboard box, which I don't want... but also don't want to throw away or bother selling on ebay or something.
But 200 is quite impressive.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: theflea on March 18, 2013, 04:05:21 pm
I pretty much collect any game console and handhelds and their games. including JP and EU consoles. The only stuff I pass up on a lot is PC/Mac stuff. Tiger LCD handhelds and i don't buy all the action figures and other swag.
as for the whole loose/CIB thing. While yes its nice to find a cart game complete, and its always an incentive to buy one complete if its found at a loose price. but due to space I usually take the cart out of the box and put it with the rest of my collection. Then the box is stored away so it's not handled.
As for sealed games? While i'd buy one if its found in the wild or its again a good deal. I personally don't like having everything sealed. I actually want to play the game. While i have many sealed games and now feel guilty if I want to open them. (only if its retro) Then want to hunt another copy to have opened. While its great if you can afford to buy every game in the world twice. But when I do buy new games I always keep them sealed until I want to play it.
The only games I want CIB every time is the CD games. I will pass on any loose CD game pretty much no matter what. Or buy it (if its really rare) store it till i find a case. Shoot i have a few empty cases I've picked up incase i find a loose disc.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: tripredacus on March 18, 2013, 07:42:35 pm
I primarily focus on Sega games, but will pick up anything if I find it cheap. That said, I only have Sega and Sony consoles.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: elraiser on March 18, 2013, 08:07:19 pm
I collect games only i will entand to play with but i have a special love for the Sega Master System as it was my first videogame conole. In Belgium, where iwas born, it was very popular. MS Games are quite hard to find here in Quebec, but my brother sometimes sends some to me by airmail as the Master System is zone free.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: jobocan on March 18, 2013, 09:33:09 pm
Started with "I want a complete NES collection!", hated buying crappy games so then I started buying anything and everything that I can find around here that I actually wanted to play. So no real focus. People are crazy though, finding a deal is nearly impossible around here. Seriously: http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-older-generation-Super-Nintendo-avec-2-manettes-2-jeux-W0QQAdIdZ465892284 ... it's insane.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: sin2beta on March 18, 2013, 10:58:47 pm
Started with "I want a complete NES collection!", hated buying crappy games so then I started buying anything and everything that I can find around here that I actually wanted to play. So no real focus. People are crazy though, finding a deal is nearly impossible around here. Seriously: http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-older-generation-Super-Nintendo-avec-2-manettes-2-jeux-W0QQAdIdZ465892284 ... it's insane.
People are that crazy everywhere. Kijiji is the Canadian craigslist right? If that's the case we get it as well.
EDIT: NSFW due to a few pieces of language.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: jobocan on March 18, 2013, 11:34:32 pm
Yeah, I occasionally see stuff like this from other places, but I've seen the most crazy stuff on here... except maybe for that Mario Land 2 :P That 175$ SNES with 2 games is actually not the worst I've seen.
I do get occasional good deals (I got really badass prices on my Vectrex, Colecovision and Odyssey (the person added an original Xbox with 10 games to that particular deal)), but this is like once every 2 years.
And yeah, kijiji is like craigslist. We do have craigslist here, but it's barely used.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: jobocan on March 21, 2013, 07:05:58 pm
Double posting, but whatever.
This is the best example of what I mean when I say it sucks here: http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-older-generation-NES-BUBBLE-BOBBLE-by-taito-WORTH-800-W0QQAdIdZ467181797
And the guy has multiple crazy ads like that, like 275$ for NES Open Tournament Golf, and for each of them he claims they sell for twice the price online.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: burningdoom on March 21, 2013, 07:10:29 pm
This is the best example of what I mean when I say it sucks here: http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-older-generation-NES-BUBBLE-BOBBLE-by-taito-WORTH-800-W0QQAdIdZ467181797
And the guy has multiple crazy ads like that, like 275$ for NES Open Tournament Golf, and for each of them he claims they sell for twice the price online.
That is hilarious!
I couldn't help myself, I had to troll him. I just texted the following to the number he provided: "You want $400 for the completely common Bubble Bobble?! Are you high?!"
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: burningdoom on March 21, 2013, 07:19:21 pm
This is the best example of what I mean when I say it sucks here: http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-older-generation-NES-BUBBLE-BOBBLE-by-taito-WORTH-800-W0QQAdIdZ467181797
And the guy has multiple crazy ads like that, like 275$ for NES Open Tournament Golf, and for each of them he claims they sell for twice the price online.
That is hilarious!
I couldn't help myself, I had to troll him. I just texted the following to the number he provided: "You want $400 for the completely common Bubble Bobble?! Are you high?!"
From the text conversation I just had, the number is either a fake or it's mis-typed. And btw, the guy at the number is indeed high, lol.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: jobocan on March 21, 2013, 07:31:23 pm
This is the best example of what I mean when I say it sucks here: http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-older-generation-NES-BUBBLE-BOBBLE-by-taito-WORTH-800-W0QQAdIdZ467181797
And the guy has multiple crazy ads like that, like 275$ for NES Open Tournament Golf, and for each of them he claims they sell for twice the price online.
That is hilarious!
I couldn't help myself, I had to troll him. I just texted the following to the number he provided: "You want $400 for the completely common Bubble Bobble?! Are you high?!"
From the text conversation I just had, the number is either a fake or it's mis-typed. And btw, the guy at the number is indeed high, lol.
Yeah, just checked another of his ads, he has the wrong number on the Bubble Bobble one: http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-older-generation-NES-OPEN-Tournament-Golf-with-MARIO-W0QQAdIdZ467178296
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: sin2beta on March 21, 2013, 08:18:42 pm
Let's just hope he doesn't find a model 001 NES. ;)
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 16, 2020, 01:36:07 pm
When I first began collecting I was more or less a vacuum collector where I bought pretty much anything and everything I could get my hands on for a good deal that wasn't a sports game or something else that looked incredibly unappealing to me. The common thread however was the game had to be something I could see myself playing someday, although I did deviate from this occasionally if I came across a rare game.
The longer I've been collecting though, the more focused I've become as a collector. For example, back in 2012 (aka when this thread was created lol) I really wanted systems like the Neo Geo AES, Phillips CDi, 3DO, and Jaguar, along with several other odd, obscure consoles. Now, however, I've essentially resigned to ever owning these systems mostly because they don't interest me like they used to, but also because the consoles and games for them are so expensive and rare that it would be far too much trouble to get involved with collecting on those systems.
This focus has also resulted in me actually selling off a great deal of games that at one time I was really into, at least from a collector standpoint. For example, I was JRPG obsessed for the first 4 or 5 years I collected, however I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not the diehard JRPG fan I was in the early 2000s. As a result I've sold off a decent amount of my JRPG collection on certain consoles. I still have almost all the JRPGs I've collected on the SNES, PS1, Dreamcast, and PS2, but I pared down a lot of the newer ones quite a bit in recent years. I've also sold off a lot of retro games I had as well, knowing that beyond being retro, I didn't have a ton of interest in them. No console was hit harder by this than the NES, which is about a tenth the size it was at its peak about 6-years ago.
Right now, I'm sitting on most the games I've ever wanted on most of the consoles I've ever cared to own or play. My active collecting efforts are mostly focused on newer consoles like the Switch and PS4, however I'm also still collecting pretty heavily for the Saturn (both JP and US games) as well as trying to get CIB copies of SNES, Genesis, and N64 games, especially for the latter.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: wartoy on January 16, 2020, 05:13:25 pm
It used to be mostly on Ps2 but there is not much left that I want for that system then Xbox 360 but im mostly done their too.Im either pretty close to completing or not interested in completing for alot of other consoles.It's hard to focus on them because the closer I get to the finish line the harder it is to find what I need.So mostly im interested in focusing on the Switch right now but im not going for a complete set on that either.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: Warmsignal on January 16, 2020, 06:38:50 pm
All major consoles, and every genre which I typically like. Pretty psychotic, actually.
This focus has also resulted in me actually selling off a great deal of games that at one time I was really into, at least from a collector standpoint. For example, I was JRPG obsessed for the first 4 or 5 years I collected, however I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not the diehard JRPG fan I was in the early 2000s. As a result I've sold off a decent amount of my JRPG collection on certain consoles. I still have almost all the JRPGs I've collected on the SNES, PS1, Dreamcast, and PS2, but I pared down a lot of the newer ones quite a bit in recent years. I've also sold off a lot of retro games I had as well, knowing that beyond being retro, I didn't have a ton of interest in them. No console was hit harder by this than the NES, which is about a tenth the size it was at its peak about 6-years ago.
I think a lot of us had fallen into that trap. When I first hopped aboard the game collecting bandwagon, everywhere I turned made it seem like JRPGs were essential must own games for any collection, hence the rarity and value of many. Come to find out, I'm not a big fan of the game-play in this genre. I also ended up buying a lot more of them than I ever truly needed to own, all the while I ignored certain types of games which at the time I felt weren't worth picking up. Puzzle games, arcade collections, sports, racing, pinball, etc. Now these are the types of games I look out for in place of RPGs, generally speaking.
I've contemplated selling off some my more mistaken purchases from back in the day. I can see myself shedding a number of niche games which aren't for me, on the other hand I can't justify selling anything else that I honestly haven't given a chance to first. When all is said and done, I'd like to purge anything which makes no impact on me from the collection as I don't want keep anything I just plain don't care for. The days of me picking things up based on the hype of other collectors, is mostly over, with one known exception - PDS. Essentially a JRPG, but also regarded as one of the best games ever made. As much as I hate to admit, I do want to own it, and I think I will within the year.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: telekill on January 16, 2020, 07:26:19 pm
My main area of focus is my Game Gear for collecting. I'm hoping to have my collection complete this year though. Not a full complete collection or anything but simply the games I wanted. The rest will go onto an Everdrive cart.
2019 was a great year for my Game Gear collection. I FINALLY bought myself a TV Tuner. Even managed to find one with the stand, instruction manual, and even the box. As for games, I added Earthworm Jim, Outrun Europa, Double Dragon and Road Rash. All in all, a pretty good year.
As for the "why", it's basically the system I took everywhere with me as a kid. I also had the car adapter though which made it far more easier to take on the go. Lots of fond memories. I had friends with Game Boy, sure, but it wasn't nearly as good. The only thing missing from Game Gear's library in my opinion was a Ninja Turtles game.
After that, it's pretty much modern games. I'm already saving up for PS5.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 16, 2020, 11:49:27 pm
This focus has also resulted in me actually selling off a great deal of games that at one time I was really into, at least from a collector standpoint. For example, I was JRPG obsessed for the first 4 or 5 years I collected, however I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not the diehard JRPG fan I was in the early 2000s. As a result I've sold off a decent amount of my JRPG collection on certain consoles. I still have almost all the JRPGs I've collected on the SNES, PS1, Dreamcast, and PS2, but I pared down a lot of the newer ones quite a bit in recent years. I've also sold off a lot of retro games I had as well, knowing that beyond being retro, I didn't have a ton of interest in them. No console was hit harder by this than the NES, which is about a tenth the size it was at its peak about 6-years ago.
I think a lot of us had fallen into that trap. When I first hopped aboard the game collecting bandwagon, everywhere I turned made it seem like JRPGs were essential must own games for any collection, hence the rarity and value of many. Come to find out, I'm not a big fan of the game-play in this genre. I also ended up buying a lot more of them than I ever truly needed to own, all the while I ignored certain types of games which at the time I felt weren't worth picking up. Puzzle games, arcade collections, sports, racing, pinball, etc. Now these are the types of games I look out for in place of RPGs, generally speaking.
I've contemplated selling off some my more mistaken purchases from back in the day. I can see myself shedding a number of niche games which aren't for me, on the other hand I can't justify selling anything else that I honestly haven't given a chance to first. When all is said and done, I'd like to purge anything which makes no impact on me from the collection as I don't want keep anything I just plain don't care for. The days of me picking things up based on the hype of other collectors, is mostly over, with one known exception - PDS. Essentially a JRPG, but also regarded as one of the best games ever made. As much as I hate to admit, I do want to own it, and I think I will within the year.
In all seriousness, if you do want to get rid of PDS I might be interesting in buying it off you; I actually owned the game for a month around this time last year. I played it, beat it, and decided to sell it to a local collector who really, really wanted it. Since then I've sort of wished I hadn't, but just throwing that out there.
But yeah, the reputation of JRPGs as being these almost sacred pieces of video game excellence has really bolstered their value and collectibility, especially on anything Gen 6 and earlier. I think up through Gen 6 they were so uncommon to be released in the US that it made them highly interesting and unique for the time. And then FF7 came out and the interest in the genre exploded. Most of my interest in JRPGs revolved around the PS1 and it's large library of JRPGs. This spread to other consoles like the SNES and PS2, but really my remaining interest in the genre is 90% about the PS1. I think more than anything having those games reminds me of how into them I was which gives them personal value to me, even if I don't necessarily like playing some of them anymore. It's also a bit of wish fulfillment since I wasn't able to own a lot of the JRPGs I wanted growing up, but now I can own then and play them if I want.
I feel like JRPGs sort of became a fixture of regular game releases in Gen 7 and has continued through this current generation. We get so many JRPGs now that I simply don't care anymore most of the time. A few years ago it was enough to peak my interest if I knew a JRPG was coming out, especially if it has some cool or odd looking anime style artwork on the case. Now, I could care less that another Atelier game is coming out, or if Atlus has another game they localized. JRPGs just don't feel as special as they used to, with a few exceptions.
I really hope someday, maybe when I have more free time in my personal life, I can maybe get into JRPGs again. I find that the best enemy towards my JRPG fandom is not having the time to properly commit to playing them; I'll essentially start them, sink between 3 to 10 hours into them sporadically before I just don't have the motivation to continue. This has happened with 90% of all JRPGs I've played over the last decade. There is also the fact that many JRPG tropes, themes, and gameplay mechanics that I once found super fun and endearing now either don't do anything for me or I find some of them downright annoying. Regardless, I'd like to imagine that someday if my life slows down a little, I can maybe become a born again JRPG fan and learn to love this genre like I did when I was 13.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: tripredacus on January 17, 2020, 09:29:05 am
2019 was a great year for my Game Gear collection. I FINALLY bought myself a TV Tuner. Even managed to find one with the stand, instruction manual, and even the box.
Now you just need to get yourself an Angile Modulator so you can use your TV Tuner! ;D
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: kashell on January 17, 2020, 12:06:58 pm
All this talk of Focus makes me think of FFXIII.
But, my area is still the same as always: I buy what looks interesting or fun.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: pzeke on January 18, 2020, 11:08:10 am
My PlayStation consoles for sure; I have the most games for them and keep getting to this day. I'm interested in other consoles, but the list of games I want for them don't go over 30, so collecting for them will have a speedy conclusion.
My PlayStation consoles for sure; I have the most games for them and keep getting to this day. I'm interested in other consoles, but the list of games I want for them don't go over 30, so collecting for them will have a speedy conclusion.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: NickAwesome on January 21, 2020, 11:28:01 pm
I started collecting PS1 and PS2 exclusively as a kid. Now that I've pretty much completed the ps1 library and gotten everything I could want for Ps2- I've shifted my focus to Saturn, Genesis, Sega CD, 3DO and Jaguar. I only collect CIB or at least CB for most systems- I make exceptions for snes and nes due to price, but I still have about 120 boxed nes games and 50 boxed snes games. I collect for most of the major systems but I've whittled down my wishlist quite a bit over the years. I love discovering new titles I've never heard of. At some point, I'd like to get a Turbo Duo and explore the TG16 CD library, and maybe pick up a recapped Sega Game Gear and Atari Lynx, but I'm pretty satisfied with where my collection is at.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: shatterstar69 on January 23, 2020, 05:35:17 am
I don’t know that I have a focus on one system over another that I own. I have a small apartment though which limits how much I can collect. I basically have capped consoles at 100 games and handhelds at 50 and I try to focus on games I enjoy (that are also high quality). Also, some games are out of my price range unfortunately
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: shfan on January 24, 2020, 01:40:42 pm
My focus is current-gen, there's plenty of obscure and quirky titles to chase, as well as noughties/nineties PC CD-ROMs (available for a song).
I'm pretty much done with 360/PS3/Wii, only a few stragglers left for those (like I lost my copy of Shadow of the Damned). The PS2 era is similar, probably a few more PS2 games (but they're increasingly getting the very hard to get titles which never appear in CEX) and if the chance arose things like Fire Emblem for the GC. Apart from that, any interesting looking PS1 games would be a bonus. Older systems are no longer of much interest in terms of acquiring them, if I ever get the chance to get some cheap or trade for them at a good rate then fine, but I've dialled it right down, they're not available any more.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: pzeke on January 27, 2020, 10:01:59 am
After the Dreamcast: SEGA games on Playstation consoles.
The original Xbox had some fantastic Sega titles. Shenmue 2, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, Outrun 2, Crazy Taxi 3, etc.
The controller was basically an updated Dreamcast controller.
And rumor is that it originally had plans to be backwards compatible with the Dreamcast, but those plans were scrapped.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: kithkarnon on October 25, 2021, 01:53:20 pm
Focus: What focus? lol
I am more than likely a collector is not a collector. Looking back over all the games I have, games I have sold over the years, games I horde (but never play, never display - mean to play, but then play something else) - there is alot. And way too many games that I have never played (but meant to when I bought them).
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: grose on October 25, 2021, 08:36:04 pm
When I started to collect, my focus was Dreamcast and Nintendo 64. After that, when collection expand for other consoles, put my focus in collect fighting games. Then, since 2010, I collect everything that I want to play or liked to play when was young.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: lipebittencourt on October 27, 2021, 07:48:07 pm
After the Dreamcast: SEGA games on Playstation consoles.
The original Xbox had some fantastic Sega titles. Shenmue 2, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, Outrun 2, Crazy Taxi 3, etc.
The controller was basically an updated Dreamcast controller.
And rumor is that it originally had plans to be backwards compatible with the Dreamcast, but those plans were scrapped.
I know. This is my dilemma. I don't want to have too many consoles and Playstation has physical releases of Yakuza games, that i'm a big fan (including Fist of the North Star exclusive).
I´m always thinking about expanding my focus area. But then its no longer focus.
Title: Re: What's your focus area?
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 19, 2021, 11:32:59 am
While my focus is more or less the same as when I wrote this, I wish my focus could be on collecting arcade and pinball machines. Unfortunately I lack the money or space to do so. Maybe someday if housing prices ever return to earth (and reality).