Intro thread

[scott]

Welcome to the site! Man I wish I could have a pinball machine... but I have no room for one and I only really, really want a Fireball machine. It's such a cool game!

[elraiser]

Fireball is a blast to play  and its backlass is just wonderfull!

[jcalder8]

Thank you guys for your warm welcome.

I have a Bally Eight Ball 1977, Gottlieb Spring Break 1987 and Williams Flintstones 1994. My parents in law have an electo mecanical machine  Gottlieb Sufer 1976 which is also in my gameroom

That's a great selection! I would love to get another one but the pickings are very slim in AB.

[elraiser]

Thank you guys for your warm welcome.

I have a Bally Eight Ball 1977, Gottlieb Spring Break 1987 and Williams Flintstones 1994. My parents in law have an electo mecanical machine  Gottlieb Sufer 1976 which is also in my gameroom

That's a great selection! I would love to get another one but the pickings are very slim in AB.

So would i but i do not have enought room and i could not get rid of any of them

[synt4x]

Hey guys. Robert from Sweden here. I stumbled upon this site by someone linking to their collection on a forum and thought it looked interesting. I've been keeping an excel sheet of my collection for some time now, but this site seems really cool and the potential for a collection list with tons of interesting data is huge. So I'll be migrating my collection list to this site soon.

I've been playing games since I was old enough to hold a controller, and have been collecting games for a while now mostly for Nintendo platforms, although I don't have a ton of games yet. I basically only collect games that I find interesting. I don't collect to have, for example, a complete PAL NES collection. I only aim to have the great games on my shelves. So games like Stadium Events or other ultra rare-but-boring games aren't really of interest to me. I also usually only buy one game at a time instead of lots. I've been focusing on the NES/FC for some time now, but recently started getting more serious about Game Boy games as well. But anything Nintendo is interesting to me.

I'm a little confused about one thing here though. I've been adding some items, mostly PAL NES games, to the database (hopefully correctly...) and I see that for some games there are multiple entries. For example, Excitebike on the NES has one entry for the 3 screw version and one for the 5 screw version. I think it's fine to have different entries for different regions and remakes and such, but these multiple entries for the same region is a bit confusing I think. Wouldn't it be better to just have a general release page and then if the user wants he could add a note saying if it's the 5 screw version or not? Or maybe somehow combine the two pages into one and let the user specify which release he has there by checkboxing it. I have no idea how the database works and if that's even possible though. So what are the thoughts around this?

Either way I think I'll find myself right at home here and look forward to see the site evolve and get better.

Regards,
Robert

[jcalder8]

Hey guys. Robert from Sweden here. I stumbled upon this site by someone linking to their collection on a forum and thought it looked interesting. I've been keeping an excel sheet of my collection for some time now, but this site seems really cool and the potential for a collection list with tons of interesting data is huge. So I'll be migrating my collection list to this site soon.

I've been playing games since I was old enough to hold a controller, and have been collecting games for a while now mostly for Nintendo platforms, although I don't have a ton of games yet. I basically only collect games that I find interesting. I don't collect to have, for example, a complete PAL NES collection. I only aim to have the great games on my shelves. So games like Stadium Events or other ultra rare-but-boring games aren't really of interest to me. I also usually only buy one game at a time instead of lots. I've been focusing on the NES/FC for some time now, but recently started getting more serious about Game Boy games as well. But anything Nintendo is interesting to me.

I'm a little confused about one thing here though. I've been adding some items, mostly PAL NES games, to the database (hopefully correctly...) and I see that for some games there are multiple entries. For example, Excitebike on the NES has one entry for the 3 screw version and one for the 5 screw version. I think it's fine to have different entries for different regions and remakes and such, but these multiple entries for the same region is a bit confusing I think. Wouldn't it be better to just have a general release page and then if the user wants he could add a note saying if it's the 5 screw version or not? Or maybe somehow combine the two pages into one and let the user specify which release he has there by checkboxing it. I have no idea how the database works and if that's even possible though. So what are the thoughts around this?

Either way I think I'll find myself right at home here and look forward to see the site evolve and get better.

Regards,
Robert

Firstly welcome to the site Robert!

Thanks for your hard work already with the EU releases.

In terms of the 3 vs 5 screws or any of the minor differences, I personally don't find it a big deal which version I have but some people are very passionate about have the 3 or 5 and tracking which ones they still need of each. There has been talk about linking similar entries but I don't know how far that has gotten.

Welcome again!
Jon

[synt4x]

Thanks!
Hmm yes I didn't think of the fact that people might own both the 5 screw version and the 3 screw one. That's true. That does warrant multiple release pages.

[disgaeniac]

WELCOME TO THE SITE -

Robert from Sweden

[libernullmal]

Hi! I'm Sean or LiberNullMal, found this website looking for a way to keep up with my collection and what I'm looking for. I live in Houston, Texas and lived here for most of my life though 3 years in New York due to servicing the country by joining the Army. I've loved Video Games since I can remember and started out with Atari as my first console System. I've started collecting console systems and Video Games around 14 when I found out my dad had pawned my systems and games because I chose my mom over him in the divorce. I've collected some of the things I've lost but some things are rare or expensive to actually get a hold of..  I'm currently a IT Manager for a Valve Company though I'm also a Jack of all trades and tend to take up the slack a lot of times. Some of the things I've done is created websites, created Databases built computers, repair computers. My favorite thing and something i would like to do is Game Design or Game Programming though my only problem is that I've never been able to pick up the programming language like I would like to have. I would also like to thank Matt for making this great website and hope to talk to many of you later on.

[disgaeniac]

Hi! I'm Sean or LiberNullMal, found this website looking for a way to keep up with my collection and what I'm looking for. I live in Houston, Texas and lived here for most of my life though 3 years in New York due to servicing the country by joining the Army. I've loved Video Games since I can remember and started out with Atari as my first console System. I've started collecting console systems and Video Games around 14 when I found out my dad had pawned my systems and games because I chose my mom over him in the divorce. I've collected some of the things I've lost but some things are rare or expensive to actually get a hold of..  I'm currently a IT Manager for a Valve Company though I'm also a Jack of all trades and tend to take up the slack a lot of times. Some of the things I've done is created websites, created Databases built computers, repair computers. My favorite thing and something i would like to do is Game Design or Game Programming though my only problem is that I've never been able to pick up the programming language like I would like to have. I would also like to thank Matt for making this great website and hope to talk to many of you later on.

Hey Sean!

Welcome to the site & looking forward to talking/hearing more from you, too

[matt]

Hi! I'm Sean or LiberNullMal, found this website looking for a way to keep up with my collection and what I'm looking for. I live in Houston, Texas and lived here for most of my life though 3 years in New York due to servicing the country by joining the Army. I've loved Video Games since I can remember and started out with Atari as my first console System. I've started collecting console systems and Video Games around 14 when I found out my dad had pawned my systems and games because I chose my mom over him in the divorce. I've collected some of the things I've lost but some things are rare or expensive to actually get a hold of..  I'm currently a IT Manager for a Valve Company though I'm also a Jack of all trades and tend to take up the slack a lot of times. Some of the things I've done is created websites, created Databases built computers, repair computers. My favorite thing and something i would like to do is Game Design or Game Programming though my only problem is that I've never been able to pick up the programming language like I would like to have. I would also like to thank Matt for making this great website and hope to talk to many of you later on.

Welcome and thanks for the kind words!

[libernullmal]

I feel pretty welcome and apart of the VG Cult... I won't drink from the punch bowl full of poison though.. I've learned my lesson about that trick.

[disgaeniac]

I feel pretty welcome and apart of the VG Cult... I won't drink from the punch bowl full of poison though.. I've learned my lesson about that trick.

YES!

Don't drink the Kool Aid!!!

[jcalder8]

Welcome to the site Sean!

[nanner666]

well figured i may as well introduce myself.

My name is Brannon and i live in the mid west. mainly right around the ST.LOUIS area.

 Im 29 years old and I have been playing video games all my life. Even when getting a cd- rom drive installed in your computer was a big deal. (xmas gift one year) I can still remember sitting with my father trying to decide what to delete off the hard drive JUST to make room for the game DOOM.
 Recently i quit playing competitive paintball and decided to collect retro games. Seems when i pick a hobby i get really into it. That being said. i started REALLY collecting retro games only about 4 or 5  months ago. Already have over 240 sega genesis games most in box. Only around 45 NES games and just a few games from other consoles.

I mainly ONLY collect sega GENESIS games. Keeps me from spending WAY too much money by collecting other consoles and games.
Plus its just my console of choice.

Im really glad i found this forum, seems very well laid out. plus the people and info on this site seem very helpful.

so i guess thats it.

any questions feel free to ask.

Thanks
Brannon