Why do you collect?

Shackleford · Apr 26, 2020

The subject says it all.

What drives you to collect for the Neo, or any other system for that matter?

Is it all simply a pissing for distance competition where you buy more games than you could ever complete? The need to show off to strangers on a forum, by posting pics of all the game related stuff you have managed to hoard?

awbacon · Apr 26, 2020

Shackleford said:
The subject says it all.

What drives you to collect for the Neo, or any other system for that matter?

Is it all simply a pissing for distance competition where you buy more games than you could ever complete? The need to show off to strangers on a forum, by posting pics of all the game related stuff you have managed to hoard?

Lol sounds like a loaded question.

Because it’s my hobby. I enjoy game collecting and traveling. I can’t travel constantly so I collect and preserve shit.

ggallegos1 · Apr 26, 2020

It fills the void that self-esteem and getting laid are supposed to fill. Duh.

Heinz · Apr 26, 2020

The more games I have the bigger my penis becomes and it means I never have to argue with the wife about buying games. Smiles all round!

borgi · Apr 26, 2020

I do not value my credit score.

2D_mastur · Apr 26, 2020

I only collect games that I will play. Usually co-op titles. It's that simple.

PS : OP is a faget.

FAT$TACKS · Apr 26, 2020

I suffer from a personification based form of Synaesthesia, causing me to feel sympathy for specific types of things and attribute feelings and emotions to them, based on previous emotional experiences involving the items. Also, resulting in a perceived emotional reciprocation from objects. Ex: Because I love and take care of them, then by virtue of that relationship they love and provide companionship to me.

Thankfully, this doesn't interfere with my normal daily life.

Karou · Apr 26, 2020

Selling stuff I am bored of takes effort.

orc.one · Apr 26, 2020

Shackleford said:
What drives you to collect for the Neo, or any other system for that matter?

I like art.

I collect sometimes just for the visual art, music, or some aspect of play that the game has.

But my primary motivation is exploration. I can waste a lot of time in the Scott Gets to Explore Islands genre. Such is the direction the aggregation leans, anyway.

By nature, most of that is platform agnostic. Even now, "exploration" has broadened my interest into other genres.

Shackleford said:
Is it all simply a pissing for distance competition where you buy more games than you could ever complete? The need to show off to strangers on a forum, by posting pics of all the game related stuff you have managed to hoard?

Does it really make sense to be bothered if I collect books I still haven't read? Or if in my modest video game aggregation there are games I haven't finished?

There are all manners of enthusiasm and means to celebrate how we spend our time off, but complaining about how others participate seems hollow.

johhnnyD14 · Apr 26, 2020

Because old games are awesome, and being able to play them and hold them is part of that experiences. They look cool and they feel cool.

theMot · Apr 27, 2020

johhnnyD14 said:
Because old games are awesome, and being able to play them and hold them is part of that experiences. They look cool and they feel cool.

Wait until you experience what a vagina is like!

ChuChu Flamingo · Apr 27, 2020

Authenticity. The very fact at any moment a slight breeze could fuck up my cartridge rendering all my progress for naught is exciting. It adds a complete new challenge to playing video games.

LoneSage · Apr 27, 2020

F4U57 · Apr 27, 2020

This account seems familiar... oh, nvm, it’s already been locked.

Burning Blade · Apr 27, 2020

To indoctrinate my children in the ways of their father, obviously.

nmsc · Apr 27, 2020

I collect AES because I hate money.

wyo · Apr 27, 2020

I was inspired by The Art of the Deal.

kirax7 · Apr 28, 2020

I haven't really collected in a long time but I used to collect for NGCP.

miisalo · Apr 28, 2020

I don't collect games. I buy hardware because I love hardware. And I love fixing and tinkering it. Collection part comes from the fact that I'm too lazy to sell anything.

oliverclaude · Apr 28, 2020

Quite simple, a man needs a hobby. But why video games? In Germany arcades were X-rated thus became my personal forbidden fruit. Thanks God for Greek and Italian immigrants and their snack bars, as they always had a cabinet present and successfully circumvented the § 33c, which legally defines gaming as gambling, at least for a short period of time. Long enough for me, though, to get bitten by the bug. And what a sweet one it was. Then, the day I met Ghosts 'n Goblins, I learned a new word: Münzgrab, which means 'coin grave'. That's what we German slackers call a quarter muncher with ease, because, you know, we have the metric system

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theMot · Apr 28, 2020

oliverclaude said:
I learned a new word: Münzgrab, which means 'coin grave'.

The mass graves of Jews were called Munzgrab!

gamelife00 · Apr 28, 2020

I mainly collect due to nostalgia, I love the art work and still enjoy the games. And it's a hobby at the end of the day.

Heinz · Apr 28, 2020

theMot said:
The mass graves of Jews were called Munzgrab!

Neo Alec · Apr 28, 2020

Most of the games I "collected" were back in the day before the crazy prices of today. They were just games I wanted for current or recent consoles. I got a complete MVS set because I just naturally got close buying Neo games I wanted, most of the games were very cheap, and it's my favorite system, so at that point, why not? I like having a complete library of Neo games.

Burning Fight!! · Apr 28, 2020

Neo Alec said:
Most of the games I "collected" were back in the day before the crazy prices of today. They were just games I wanted for current or recent consoles. I got a complete MVS set because I just naturally got close buying Neo games I wanted, most of the games were very cheap, and it's my favorite system, so at that point, why not? I like having a complete library of Neo games.

That's the #1 reason I gave up on collecting Neo games entirely... got into the party too late. I'm probably just gonna make do with the banana multicart and (maybe) a Neo SD in the future. I'm still collecting PCE games though because it's the only console that really gets me excited for buying 90s plastique, I love everything about it even though I have zero nostalgia for it (but I'm still gonna relegate myself to a Turbo Everdrive for the dumb expensive titles).

I'm glad console prices aren't as inflated. All hail flashcarts and ODEs!

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