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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: scott on April 04, 2011, 05:00:50 pm
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I've been wondering this for a while now. Which is more worth while when building a collection for a system? Saving up the cash and buying the must have expensive/ rares first or filling in the good games/ more common titles first? For my Game Boy collection, I'm been building it up by checking bargain bins at the game shops. But I'll be working on my Saturn library as well, and some of the games out there are pretty spendy, but fit right into my gaming tastes, like Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force III, Dragon Force, etc. I almost feel like to get the most out of the system, I should be slowly going for the must-haves first and then looking for the filler later.
Suggestions?
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Are you looking to eventually have have a complete set?
If the answer is no, then go for the good or more obscure titles.
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I was hoping to go for the full set.
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Since the value of games is being super inflated and people are holding on to games a lot more nowadays thats a tough call.
prices are more than likley to go up and not down for the rare titles, so the longer you wait the more it may hurt the wallet to pick em up.
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Right. Thanks to Digital Press, I made a list last night of the more sought after Saturn titles. I think I may work on that list first and then fill it out as I go. If that calls for saving up some cash to make purchases, that's fine.
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Just make sure you get Burning Rangers for Saturn... It is awesome!
One of the best beat-em up's eva!
I <3 Saturn!
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Same, like I said. Selling it was the worst idea ever. Burning Rangers is on the list! ha
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I tend to split it up. I buy a lot of cheap games, most of which I haven't played before, especially for the NES. Since they usually cost about $3.00 I don't care much about getting a crap game. I have an envelope in my nightstand that I put extra cash in, that goes toward my larger gaming purchases. I've found that if I do it that way, I don't mind dropping a chunk of money on something that I've been wanting for a while.
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Selling my Saturn was my worst mistake ever and I had over 200 games. :/
I always buy cheap games in bulk. I think it's easier to grab up a bunch of $1-5 games and it really starts making you feel good about the collection. Over time you can pick up the higher priced items as you need to fill out the collection. But as @pceslayer said, prices have sky rocketed over the past few years so don't pass up a deal if you find it.
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I think What I'm going to do is try to get some cash saved up and get Panzer Dragoon Saga asap, that way I have the "grail" of the system and don't need to worry about it. But I'm also keeping my eyes open for bulk stuff too and I'll totally be doing some hunting at CCAG for Saturn stuff.
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Bought the Panzer Dragoons... slight buyers remorse. But I also can't wait to play them. ha
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I'm avoiding targeting specific games and just getting whatever happens to be easiest at the time.
Sometimes that's finding a nice copy of Disgaea fall into my hands for cheap, or accidently bidding too much on ebay.
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Managed to pick up replacement copies of all the games I originally owned. Plus some. Got lucky too and got some sports games for less than a dollar, complete. After that I'm taking a break and eventually I'll start working through the list of rares / spendy titles.
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I've had issues with this as well. Sometimes I feel like I'm buying stuff to pad my collection. Most of what I own is good to great, but some is garbage. I don't buy newer gen stuff that I have no interest in. Most of my padding is in my NES collection simply due to the fact that eventually I want to have a complete NES set.
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Ya I've steered away from buying bulk lots of Saturn games for the time being, instead I'm going to focus on the must haves/ rares/ games I really want first. After that I'll build up the rest of the more common games.
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I go for the cheaper ones first. It's nice to see your collection grow and it gives you a really good head start. Having started my FF collection recently. I've spent about $150 but got about 6-7 games. 2 of them were really good deals mind you. Over half price in some cases.
So basically I buy cheap once in a while to feed my addiction and hunt good deals all the time ;)
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I've always gone after the ones I want to play the most first, after getting through my "must play" list I start looking at others favorite game lists for a system and continue. I usually won't pick up the rare titles I don't really care to play until last. At one point I was about 600 games into the NTSC NES set and realized it wasn't the system for me. Sold all of them off and I'm loving the Saturn now.
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@varkias man I love the Saturn. I'm about 70 games into the set. Hope to complete it one day, but it's on hold while I get boxed copies of all the US Castlevania games. :D
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@scott: that's awesome! I've just recently decided Saturn is my platform. I've been buying Sega stuff for years and just can't seem to put down that Saturn controller. I used to have a nice Castlevania collection going for awhile too. I sold off most of it, i was picking up sealed games and got burned twice and stopped with the sealed stuff lol. I feel the series took a turn for worst after SotN, but then Kojima swoops in and saves the day with Lords of Shadow.
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Ha actually I feel different about post-SotN Castlevania games. While I didn't care for Circle of the Moon, I really dug Harmony, Aria and Dawn. The 3D games have always been a bit off, each nailing a different aspect, but never merging the ideas and making one perfect version. Lords of Shadow was a good game, It has good combat and platforming, but most of the game, except for the vampire area, lacks the ol' Castlevania feel. Plus, I can't see how they plan to follow up with it as a reboot to the series... especially with that ending. Personally I'd like to see more of the original story's timeline, especially something involving Julius Belmont vs Dracula.
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I know this is an old thread, but I thought it was an interesting one to address.
With the exception of when I first started collecting, where I essentially just grabbed items off of ebay that I could afford at the time, I've simply collected based on what I came across in my searches for games. I'd often find games I was looking for, but often I'd find games that just looked interesting and add those to my collection, regardless of rarity. This allowed me to pick up a lot of rare titles that I'd otherwise have spent a lot of money on.
I'm at the point now, however where all the stuff I run into is stuff I already have or is too expensive. So what I've been doing is mostly using Ebay to fill in the gabs that have been left over from 4+ years of hunting these games and being unable to find them. It's much slower and more expensive, but luckily there aren't a lot more games I'm after.
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I personally would go with i want/cheaper first, than later go for the expensive stuff. Get the cheap stuff firsst, before they go up in price is my thinking.
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I say just pick up what looks like fun to play for you. That way, you'll be a lot less likely to be disappointed with your purchase.
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Yeah, going cheaper is usually what I do, and it really helps if you are going for complete sets and looking for game lots for decent prices is probably the easiest way to start off collections. Most of the rarer stuff is most likely not going to be in the wild, so online is the best option once you get to that point.
Right now, I mix up common and rare pickups depending on preferences and available funds, and that has somewhat paid off, especially on a few rare games that I got before their price spiked by a good amount ( FE : PoR is an example from last winter).
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Personally, I just buy games that I wanna play and spend as little money as possible and that works out fine for me ;D
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personally my advice for a beginner is buy what you wanna play first, any other games buy if you find a good deal on them (Like from garage sales, flea markets or VGcollect market) But if your going to buy games off Ebay, then buy what you want to play and even then watch for "make an offer" or when the price comes down.
Only other thing I can advise is watch for lots that are good deals with more then half of the games your missing.
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I will usually buy the easy to find, cheaper games first unless there's a game in a series that is rare and hard to find. May sound strange but I won't buy the rest of the series until I get the harder to find one first or I won't get any of the games in that series.
An example is Pro Pinball for the PS1. There are 4 games in the series with Timeshock being the hardest to fine and priciest. I'd prefer to get that one first and I know the other 3 will be easy to find an fall into place.