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Classic Video Games / Re: Which console generation improved the most on the last? (Best Console Gen?)

« on: January 11, 2019, 10:54:41 pm »

I'd say the N64/PS/SS was the one which makes the revolution, games like SM64, Zelda OoT, RE2, MGS, FFVII paved the way to the games as we know now.

In 2nd place I'll Say Xbox 360 / PS3, where online gaming became the main stream.

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General / Re: What is your biggest collecting regret?

« on: January 11, 2019, 10:48:46 pm »

What I most regret are my actions as a Kid.

When I was a kid  and got new NES and SNES games, I immediately open them,  read manuals once , and then throw boxes and manuals away

And of course trade them, sometimes for very bad games (In mexico there weren't so much VG magazines) .

I wish I still kept all this games boxed, as I almost collect complete games.

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General / Re: About What Year Did You First Desire On Being A Collector

« on: January 11, 2019, 10:40:30 pm »

I started seriously around 2006 I think, The old blockbuster started a "new section" as Gamerush, and for one specific store they had the old NES rental games for sale. The good thing they sold them with box an manuals like new, since they didn't rent them along with the game. I bought a lot of them  for around 2 dolars each.  Since then,  I started collecting but most of them I want them with Manuals and box. It makes me remember that feeling about opening a new game and checking manuals and all inserts, nothing like today.
I personally think it's almost an psicological issue  I have no specific "goal" but I mainly try to collect everything I had, I liked or I wanted as a Kid, Sega was not so strong in Mexico on those days, so Saturn and Sega CD are rare and something I look forward to have.

I envy anyone who got into video game collecting around the time you did or earlier. I've met collectors who cleared out Funcolands or independent rental stores of their NES, SNES, and Genesis games for pennies on the dollar since no one wanted them at the time they were getting rid of them. There is a local collector who was been hitting up our local flea market since the early 2000s and has some crazy stories about games he found and what he paid, probably the craziest being Stadium Events for a couple of bucks. If only I had a time machine lol

Before that was even easier to get better games I remember having seeing such rare games now, but never had interest, probably was also my income was not so much at the time to start serious collecting, and as you said a time machine will be a dream for this.

I think around 2010, more people started to look at this as bussiness, which came to increase prices and have the games hidden for them by the sellers

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General / Re: About What Year Did You First Desire On Being A Collector

« on: January 06, 2019, 10:16:28 pm »

I started seriously around 2006 I think, The old blockbuster started a "new section" as Gamerush, and for one specific store they had the old NES rental games for sale. The good thing they sold them with box an manuals like new, since they didn't rent them along with the game. I bought a lot of them  for around 2 dolars each.  Since then,  I started collecting but most of them I want them with Manuals and box. It makes me remember that feeling about opening a new game and checking manuals and all inserts, nothing like today.
I personally think it's almost an psicological issue  I have no specific "goal" but I mainly try to collect everything I had, I liked or I wanted as a Kid, Sega was not so strong in Mexico on those days, so Saturn and Sega CD are rare and something I look forward to have.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Game Trading Opinions

« on: July 13, 2012, 02:58:30 pm »

And what are you looking for? I mean do you want to complete your collection? if so then maybe you should trade it.
If you're worried about prices and all that stuff check on ebay. Then you could compare prices and see if the trade is fair for you. I've heard panic restaurant is an expensive game, but that will depend also on you. Why don't just trade one and keep one?