@Stuffgamer1 - That makes sense. I understand they’re the publisher, they just publish games of uneven quality, as opposed to a publisher like Devolver who put out mostly excellent games in my opinion.
I’ve been eyeballing this one, it looks fun, but I’m always wary of Ratalaika games as the quality can swing massively from game to game and I need a review stating a game is quality before I would consider their games.
These were the good ole days when 10 different basketball games could release on a console and none of them were very good. You kids don’t know what you missed.
Had a lot of fun playing the original at my cousin’s house in the early and mid 80s. Cool system, not mind blowing. I’ll keep an eye on how this one progresses.
@bolt05 - The Zelda stickers make it great then. Priceless to you. I bought a bunch of clear plastic cart storage cases from a rental store when I was a kid, and they still smell like cigs because the store owner chain smoked and played a Dig Dug II cabinet all day. I kind of like it though because I spent a ton of time in there playing arcade games and shooting pool.
@NEStalgia - Yes, for a lot of people, I’m sure the first console they owned formed the vast majority of their gaming ideals. It blows my mind that the GC/PS2/XBox generation is now entering its retro phase, but I’m sure there are a lot of early 20 somethings who view those devices as I view the NES. I held similar opinions on the PSX when it launched. Interesting to read about Sega’s involvement in the original XBox. I was unaware.
@bolt05 - Oh man, I immediately pitched all my cardboard cases as a kid. What did I need them for? So dumb. The earliest system where I still have the cases is my Sega/MD. I did hold on to most of my N64 cardboard cases though. I was old enough at that point to realize they made the game complete.
@NEStalgia - You have me pegged as the kind of nostalgia mark who would potentially buy a game repeatedly that I didn’t even like, but I resisted with GnG. Probably only because I still have it on cart, fire it up once a year or so, and see the game over screen at roughly the same spot I’ve been seeing it since I first got it. I think you’re right about the enduring allure of some Nintendo franchises though. I’ve also owned a couple Sony consoles and one MS console. I enjoyed them just fine, but I never developed any sort of attachment to them like I did with Nintendo, and to a lesser extent, Sega.
@roadrunner343 - It’s comical. When we’re young, we have nothing to do and all day to do it. When we’re grown and actually have some money to invest in our interests, we have precious little time to enjoy the investments. I sure did love game swapping, and weekend long game sessions at friend’s homes as a kid. I was Punch Out guy amongst my group of friends, and I always tried for a no hit run every time we got together. I’d be sweating by Sandman and my hands would be trembling by the time I got to Iron Mike.
@NEStalgia - Haha, well, I guess our individual decisions are indicative of the variety of options available in modern gaming. Something for everyone, just how you want it. It’s light years away from when I first got into it and would hope for a game or two a year on my birthday and Christmas. Which brings me full circle to the article. I think the reason I hold on to and continually re play games is due to my roots in the early days of home console gaming where my personal selection was limited and I played the same games for years whether I enjoyed them or not (curse you Ghosts ‘n Goblins, you miserable rage factory). I’ve probably deleted more eShop games from my WiiU than I ever owned on cart as a kid. As with everything, games have become disposable.
@NEStalgia - Yes, that story yesterday about card certificates was interesting. Didn’t know much about it prior, but that would be a nice option for physical card owners. I thought a lot about the decision before I made it. It goes against the grain of my entire gaming history, but I decided Switch was my chance to give digital only a try. A lot factored into the decision, including the possibility of losing access to a game years down the road that I otherwise wouldn’t lose if I had a game card. Switch is dragging me into the 21st century. Maybe I’ll even try gaming online at some point with it.
@Ralizah @NEStalgia - Given the nature of Switch, this is the first generation I decided to go fully digital. It was really tough to do, as I find a row of game cases on a shelf to be immensely pleasing, but I’ve settled in to the decision at this point, and I’m happy with it. Having my entire library a finger tap away, and instantly changing between titles has been pretty sweet.
@roadrunner343 - That Neo Geo case would likely be my holy grail of gaming. I’ve wanted one since it released, and they’ve only gone up in value since then. What a cool system. We’d probably have much larger collections if real world stuff didn’t get in the way, like diapers and water heaters, but I wouldn’t change my situation for all the games in the world.
@roadrunner343 - I have everything in Sterelite storage bins, but I really like your idea of casing the systems themselves. No matter how I pack them, it’s still inconvenient and sloppy with the systems stored in with the games. You can’t be too careful. A year or so ago, I posted here that I have my spare CRTs wrapped in plastic and stored in my totally dry crawl space (which is actually space on my home’s slab in the basement under the master bedroom), then my water heater blew, I couldn’t get my plumber out for a few days, and I spent an entire weekend vacuuming gallons of water as it slowly seeped out of the water heater and inched towards my TVs. I couldn’t drain the water heater because the drain was plugged with debris. It was kind of a nightmare, but I turned it into a drinking game and made the best of it.
@roadrunner343 - What a beautiful storage system you’ve concocted! I may have to steal a page out of your book. I also had all my systems out and hooked up to CRTs, but recently I had to flip my game room into a bedroom, and I won’t have the space to display them again until I flip my basement, which is probably a few years away. Good luck with the pending birth of your daughter.
Interesting that a sealed SMW is valuable/rare. I would have thought that to be one of the most common SNES era titles with a higher probability than most games of finding it sealed today. I guess everyone just had to play it, and I can’t remember if it came boxed and sealed as the pack in game for the system. I traded a few NES carts back in the day, but other than that, I have my original hardware and software from NES through Switch (less GC, had to skip that gen due to life circumstances), as well as my 2600 and Sega Genesis. I still buy games for them as they make themselves available to me in the real world, but I don’t buy games online. I guess that’s my way of limiting my expenditures.
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Re: Possess Your Enemies In Jaleco's Avenging Spirit, Coming To Consoles Later This Month
@Stuffgamer1 - Did you end up purchasing this? I considered it last night, but went to the backlog instead.
Re: Possess Your Enemies In Jaleco's Avenging Spirit, Coming To Consoles Later This Month
@Stuffgamer1 - That makes sense. I understand they’re the publisher, they just publish games of uneven quality, as opposed to a publisher like Devolver who put out mostly excellent games in my opinion.
Re: Possess Your Enemies In Jaleco's Avenging Spirit, Coming To Consoles Later This Month
I’ve been eyeballing this one, it looks fun, but I’m always wary of Ratalaika games as the quality can swing massively from game to game and I need a review stating a game is quality before I would consider their games.
Re: Welcome To Time Extension
Great idea, looking forward to reading here. The site looks great.
Re: Intellivision Closes Amico Fundraising Ahead Of Schedule
@NintendoByNature - Are you gonna get one? Should I??? If you do, save the box, if they don’t make any, they’ll be super rare someday.
Re: Random: What Happens When You Remove Charles Barkley From His Own Video Game?
These were the good ole days when 10 different basketball games could release on a console and none of them were very good. You kids don’t know what you missed.
Re: There's A New Intellivision Coming, And A Trio Of Former Nintendo Staffers Are Helping Launch It
Had a lot of fun playing the original at my cousin’s house in the early and mid 80s. Cool system, not mind blowing. I’ll keep an eye on how this one progresses.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@bolt05 - The Zelda stickers make it great then. Priceless to you. I bought a bunch of clear plastic cart storage cases from a rental store when I was a kid, and they still smell like cigs because the store owner chain smoked and played a Dig Dug II cabinet all day. I kind of like it though because I spent a ton of time in there playing arcade games and shooting pool.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@NEStalgia - Yes, for a lot of people, I’m sure the first console they owned formed the vast majority of their gaming ideals. It blows my mind that the GC/PS2/XBox generation is now entering its retro phase, but I’m sure there are a lot of early 20 somethings who view those devices as I view the NES. I held similar opinions on the PSX when it launched. Interesting to read about Sega’s involvement in the original XBox. I was unaware.
@bolt05 - Oh man, I immediately pitched all my cardboard cases as a kid. What did I need them for? So dumb. The earliest system where I still have the cases is my Sega/MD. I did hold on to most of my N64 cardboard cases though. I was old enough at that point to realize they made the game complete.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@NEStalgia - You have me pegged as the kind of nostalgia mark who would potentially buy a game repeatedly that I didn’t even like, but I resisted with GnG. Probably only because I still have it on cart, fire it up once a year or so, and see the game over screen at roughly the same spot I’ve been seeing it since I first got it. I think you’re right about the enduring allure of some Nintendo franchises though. I’ve also owned a couple Sony consoles and one MS console. I enjoyed them just fine, but I never developed any sort of attachment to them like I did with Nintendo, and to a lesser extent, Sega.
@roadrunner343 - It’s comical. When we’re young, we have nothing to do and all day to do it. When we’re grown and actually have some money to invest in our interests, we have precious little time to enjoy the investments. I sure did love game swapping, and weekend long game sessions at friend’s homes as a kid. I was Punch Out guy amongst my group of friends, and I always tried for a no hit run every time we got together. I’d be sweating by Sandman and my hands would be trembling by the time I got to Iron Mike.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@NEStalgia - Haha, well, I guess our individual decisions are indicative of the variety of options available in modern gaming. Something for everyone, just how you want it. It’s light years away from when I first got into it and would hope for a game or two a year on my birthday and Christmas. Which brings me full circle to the article. I think the reason I hold on to and continually re play games is due to my roots in the early days of home console gaming where my personal selection was limited and I played the same games for years whether I enjoyed them or not (curse you Ghosts ‘n Goblins, you miserable rage factory). I’ve probably deleted more eShop games from my WiiU than I ever owned on cart as a kid. As with everything, games have become disposable.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@NEStalgia - Yes, that story yesterday about card certificates was interesting. Didn’t know much about it prior, but that would be a nice option for physical card owners. I thought a lot about the decision before I made it. It goes against the grain of my entire gaming history, but I decided Switch was my chance to give digital only a try. A lot factored into the decision, including the possibility of losing access to a game years down the road that I otherwise wouldn’t lose if I had a game card. Switch is dragging me into the 21st century. Maybe I’ll even try gaming online at some point with it.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@Ralizah @NEStalgia - Given the nature of Switch, this is the first generation I decided to go fully digital. It was really tough to do, as I find a row of game cases on a shelf to be immensely pleasing, but I’ve settled in to the decision at this point, and I’m happy with it. Having my entire library a finger tap away, and instantly changing between titles has been pretty sweet.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@roadrunner343 - That Neo Geo case would likely be my holy grail of gaming. I’ve wanted one since it released, and they’ve only gone up in value since then. What a cool system. We’d probably have much larger collections if real world stuff didn’t get in the way, like diapers and water heaters, but I wouldn’t change my situation for all the games in the world.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@roadrunner343 - I have everything in Sterelite storage bins, but I really like your idea of casing the systems themselves. No matter how I pack them, it’s still inconvenient and sloppy with the systems stored in with the games. You can’t be too careful. A year or so ago, I posted here that I have my spare CRTs wrapped in plastic and stored in my totally dry crawl space (which is actually space on my home’s slab in the basement under the master bedroom), then my water heater blew, I couldn’t get my plumber out for a few days, and I spent an entire weekend vacuuming gallons of water as it slowly seeped out of the water heater and inched towards my TVs. I couldn’t drain the water heater because the drain was plugged with debris. It was kind of a nightmare, but I turned it into a drinking game and made the best of it.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@roadrunner343 - What a beautiful storage system you’ve concocted! I may have to steal a page out of your book. I also had all my systems out and hooked up to CRTs, but recently I had to flip my game room into a bedroom, and I won’t have the space to display them again until I flip my basement, which is probably a few years away. Good luck with the pending birth of your daughter.
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
Interesting that a sealed SMW is valuable/rare. I would have thought that to be one of the most common SNES era titles with a higher probability than most games of finding it sealed today. I guess everyone just had to play it, and I can’t remember if it came boxed and sealed as the pack in game for the system. I traded a few NES carts back in the day, but other than that, I have my original hardware and software from NES through Switch (less GC, had to skip that gen due to life circumstances), as well as my 2600 and Sega Genesis. I still buy games for them as they make themselves available to me in the real world, but I don’t buy games online. I guess that’s my way of limiting my expenditures.