by Roger Holler, a Washington Nintendo fan, is currently experiencing every video game collector's worst nightmare after his prized collection of NES games worth "tens of thousands of dollars" was stolen.
The collection, according to the report from KCENNews (spotted via GoNintendo) was believed to have contained over 850+ NES games, collected over 40 years, and was stolen after a burglar managed to force their way into Holler's family home last week.
For Holler, these titles were an investment he intended to pass on to his kids, but also held great sentimental value, too, as his mother, who has since passed, was the person who originally bought him the console.
The theft has since been reported to the police, and they are working with their insurance company to see what can be done, but right now, there unfortunately doesn't seem to be any information on who was behind the burglary.
Speaking about the situation, Holler told KCENNews, "I shake, I get headaches. I don't even want to look at them - the shelves — I want to rip that shelf out and get it out of my house, because I know it was there."
In the aftermath, Holler has stated that he is giving up collecting, saying "I don't think I'll collect another thing again in my life."