HUGE Video Game Console Collection

My console collection, listed by year. Handhelds/pongs not listed - just true video game consoles. 95% are CIB.

1972 Magnavox Odyssey (run 1)
1976 Fairchild Channel F
1976 RCA Studio II
1977 Atari 2600 (VCS) - 6 switch
1978 APF MP1000
1978 Bally Professional Arcade
1978 Interton VC-4000
1978 Magnavox Odyssey II
1978 Voltmace Database
1979 Bandai SuperVision 8000
1979 Mattel Intellivision
1979 Channel F 2
1981 Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Silver edition
1981 Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Cream edition
1981 Epoch Cassette Vision
1982 Bally Astrocade
1982 Emerson Arcadia 2001
1982 Bandai Arcadia
1982 Atari 5200 (4 port)
1982 Coleco Colecovision
1982 Commodore 64
1982 GCE Vectrex
1983 Mattel Intellivision II
1983 Casio PV-1000
1983 Epoch Cassette Vision Jr.
1983 Sega SG-1000
1983 Gakken Compact Vision (TV Boy)
1984 Nintedo Famicom
1984 Epoch Super Cassette Vision
1984 ITMC Super Cassette Vision (Yeno)
1985 Nintendo NES
1985 Sega Master System
1986 INTV System III (Intellivion III)
1986 Atari 7800 w/expansion port
1986 Nintendo Famicon Disk System
1986 Sharp Twin Famicom (Black w/red highlights version)
1986 Panasonic FS-A1 (MSX technology)
1987 Atari XEGS
1987 NEC PC Engine
1987 Worlds of Wonder Action Max
1988 Telegames Personal Arcade (Dina 2-in1)
1989 NEC TurboGrafx-16
1989 Amstrad GX4000
1989 NEC TurboGrafx-16 CD
1989 Sega Genesis (version 1)
1989 NEC Core Grafx
1989 View-Master Interactive Vision
1990 Nintendo Super Famicom
1990 SNK Neo Geo AES/US Gold Edition
1991 Commodore CDTV
1991 Nintendo SNES
1991 Fujitsu FM Towns Marty
1991 Philips CD-I 910
1991 SNK Neo Geo CD (top loader)
1991 FM Towns Marty
1991 NEC Core Grafx II
1991 NEC PC Engine Duo
1992 Sega CD (version 1)
1992 FM Towns Marty 2
1993 Amiga CD32 (US version)
1993 Atari Jaguar
1993 Panaonic 3DO FZ-1
1993 JVC X'Eye
1993 Pioneer LaserActive (with PAC-S10 catridge)
1993 Sega Genesis (version 2)
1993 Sega CD (version 2)
1994 Goldstar 3DO
1994 Panasonic 3DO FZ-10
1994 Bandai Playdia
1994 Memorex VIS
1994 NEC PC-FX
1994 Sega 32X
1994 Sega CDX
1995 Casio Loopy
1995 Atari Jaguar CD
1995 Bandai Pippin Atmark
1995 Sega Saturn
1995 Bandai Satellaview (BS-X)
1995 Sony Playstation
1995 Funtech Super A'Can
1996 Bandai Pippin @World (with accessory pack)
1996 Nintendo 64
1997 Majesco Genesis (version 3)
1998 Pansonic 3Do FZ-35S (M2 technology - not released publicly)
1999 Sega Dreamcast
1999 Sega PSOne
1999 Nintendo 64 DD
2000 Sony Playstation 2
2001 Microsoft Xbox
2001 Nintendo GameCube (platinum edition)
2001 Panasonic Q
2001 Toshiba SD-2300 (Nuon technology)
2002 Sony Playstation 2 (version 2)
2004 Xavix XavixPort
2005 Microsoft Xbox 360
2005 Zapit Games Game Wave
2006 GoGo TV Video Vision
2006 Nintendo Wii
2006 Sony Playstation 3

I have a few duplicates that are not listed. All are in excellent working order except the Bally Astrocade - it plays fine, but I have to push the video line in a little in the back of the unit when the screen gets a little snowy.

I know I need to add a TON of variants to various systems (Atari 2600 versions, etc.), but my main focus has been to get the original platforms/systems first - and I still have a few to go. I have been picking up some of the alternate versions of the main systems here and there were I see a good deal, and sometimes will get a great/rare clone (Dina 2-in-1). It is a work in progress like all of our respective collections.

A general picture of the video game display listed below. Most of the consoles are pictured in my 'Room of Doom' at the Digital Press website. The link:

http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/Marriott_Guy


Thoughts and suggestions are welcomed.
Happy gaming.

Terry

 

I love it - i truly do.

I even love the fact you've got them all hooked up and ready to play - although how do you handle controls?

Still, truly wonderful stuff.

 

Awesome! :thumbsup:

 

Awesome h: :clap:

 

SO MANY CONSOLES!

 

*Drools*

So many consoles...

 

A very nice collection! How long did that take to amass?

Umm, the Commodore 64 is a bit of a dark horse in a console collection, no? ;-)

Those shelves look just too perfect for their intended use. Were they custom made?

Keep up the good work! Glad to see they're all ready to spring into action, too!

 

As everyone else has stated....

AWESOME!

So many Consoles! :thumbsup: :lol:

 

Sweet!

Just one question though, why so few games?

 

Thanks for the positive feedback all. It has taken me around a year to amass all of the consoles. The shelving units, believe it or not, I found at a Target store. I modified them quite a bit, adding 7 additional shelves to each unit and the mini spotlights over each console. I was trying to go for a more professional look to display them - I just got lucky and found those shelving units during my search. Let me know if anyone needs the link to the item at Target. Warning - those units are big!!

I know my game collection is not the best. I only have around 900 games or so, but I do have games for all of the systems. I need to beef up the game collection down the road.

Yes - the C64 is a bit of a stretch ;-) I recently (yesterday) replaced the C64 and a few other of the computer hybrids with new console additions (FM Towns Marty 2, Dina 2-in-1, etc.). I set up a separate section to just display those types of systems.

Thanks again all for the feedback!

 

There is "Mini Spotlights" on each of the systems?!?! How Cute!!! :love:

 

Did you wire them yourself? What type of light fittings did you use? I got a glass cab I want to put some lighting in so need some ideas

 

Regarding the lights, I used the simple 'Stick N Click' lights to avoid any unnecessary wiring. They work well and are easy to hide underneath the shelf they attach to (2-sided foam tape used as the adhessive). Depending on how many systems you need to display, I found this to be the most flexible way to light the systems. There are some drawbacks - you have to turn everyone one of them on, and that is a pain in the neck. Also, cost is an issue. A set of three (3) of those lights can run you right around $10 - but this does NOT include the whopping three (3) AAA batteries that it requires. A pack of 16 AAA batteries cost around $10, which equates to a little less than $5 per light total (including the light and batteries). In my set-up, I have roughly 80 of these lighting units. Though they are easy to work with and provide just the correct lighting I was looking for, I would have opted to get some of those string-type lighting 'ropes' from Home Depot - this would have been a lot less expensive. If you are looking to light only a few units though, the Stick N Click lights are a good way to go.

 

Great collection! You sure have found a nice way of displaying it too

 

looks like a museum, very cool.

you need a PSX ;-)

 

Wonderful stuff - makes me think twice about keeping my consoles hidden in boxes.

That whole display is really something thing to be proud of.

 

Simply incredible (and neat too!).

 

Nice idea with the lighting! I didn't notice that. Any chance of a pic of the room in darkness with (some of) the lights on? See how well they work ;-)

If you'd like suggestions for some more permanent lighting, I'm sure I could come up with something suitable. Of course, the classic is fluorescent tubes under the shelves (to illuminate what is on the shelf below) with a diffuser. The good thing about this is that you could maybe illuminate more than one console in this way... and can, of course, wire them to come on at the same time. You can, of course, get low voltage lighting which would be ideal (and hopefully cooler!). In fact, you could probably wire your current battery lights to a transformer with little trouble. Fibre optics is a possibility, but I don't know how efficient they'd be, and it could prove extremely costly!

As you are obviously the type of collector who still wants to use all their systems, there's nothing wrong with not hoarding games for the sake of it! Buy games because you want to (and will) play them - not because you feel your collection should be bigger! The console side is already more than impressive enough!

 

what is that unit thats under the panasonci q and the saturn?

-J

 

1 Word......Very Nice,,,okay that was 2 well deserved!