Firstly, sorry if this is in the wrong category. I'm kind of new here, and I have this plan to collect consoles; I'd like to hear your thoughts on it. I thought about trying to collect every videogame console ever released, but I figured that would take way too long and I would ultimately end up with a lot of consoles that weren't any good. So this is my plan; collect all major released game systems (+Panasonic M2, -Atari stuff) in the US and Japan, but only the editions of those systems which I deem to be the best. One of my criteria is that if there is any alternatively manufactured versions of a system, I chose the one of those systems which I think are the best. And if there is no alternatively manufactured version, I use the earliest version (visually). It's certainly a dumb idea; it's pretty much arbitrary and I guess it's kind of weird to categorize things like this, but I was bored. That in mind, this is the list that I have compiled. Please give me your thoughts on it. Also, about how much do you think all of this should cost all together? _____________________ North America Section: Nintendo NES, Nintendo SNES, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube Sega Master System, Sega Genesis (MK-1601xx), Sega 32x, Sega CD (Tray Loading Model), Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast Sony Playstation, Sony Playstation 2 MSX (any brand), Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360 NEC TurboDuo Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD Japan Section: Sharp Twin Famicom, Super Famicom (original version), Nintendo 64, Nintendo 64DD, Panasonic Q Sega SG-1000, Sega SC-3000, Sega Master System 1, Sega Mega Drive (Original Version), Sega Mega CD (Tray Loading Version), Sega Super 32x, Victor Wondermega, Hitachi Hi-Saturn, Sega Dreamcast Sony Playstation, Sony Playstation 2 MSX Turbo R NEC PC Engine Duo, NEC PCFX Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD Capcom CPS Changer FM Towns Marty, FM Towns Marty 2 Panasonic M2 (dev unit, white version) _______________________________ Edit: Made some corrections to Sega hardware.
I first started collecting a few years ago. I found a basket of super NES games at a thrift shop at 2 bucks each. Some of the better titles were Zelda, DK country, and Mario All Stars. Well I bought all of them and later thought about collecting all the great games I played as a child. I dug out my old NES games that I had stored away from my childhood (I had maybe 40) I also had a top loader NES with the dogbone controller that I didnt think was worth anything. I later found out they are quite desirable, at least in this area. And from there I have just been collecting what I find. Some of the rarer stuff I get offline like my 64DD collection but at least 75% of my stuff I have picked up from thrift shops and local game stores. I only collect Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and MS. I tend to try to stay with NTSC stuff but I have a few JP things. You have quite a large goal in front of you if you want to collect all those and it will cost quite alot of money but Im sure if you want it enough and work towards it you can do it. Good luck on your quest.
To skip over all Atari stuff is to skip over a ton of awesome stuff. To get both Neo CD and AES seems a bit pointless...as CD is a poor man's AES...theres only a few exclusive games.
Wait, you can't play Fortune Builder without a Colecovision! Anyway, before you start buying consoles, survey the area where you will be putting them and make sure that you have enough space. Definitely plan out your wiring concerns as well since you will probably want to use power strips and switchboxes of some sort to hook everything to your TV (unless you plan on switching the cords every time that you want to switch systems).
you don't plan to collect, you simply do it! and after some years you wonder you have such a great amount of videogaming stuff, that's the way it works, always buy what you like, no regret
I have to partially disagree. I feel that there are two types of collectors. For lack of better terms, lets call them the pack-rat and the anal-retentive. The pack-rat would do just as you suggest; buy everything and forget about the consequences. That person may end up with everything that he or she wants, but it will most likely be a mess and make it hard to play something at a moment's notice. The anal-retentive plans ahead for the storage and wiring problems, clearing out enough space for everything and meticulously placing hardware in exactly the right position. Chances are good that everything will be hooked up simultaneously and it will be easy to go from one system to the next without pause. Everything is (probably) ordered in some logical fashion and easy to find. Of course, you can find people that fit both catagories or neither.
i think i was talking about exactly that sort of people who fit into both categories i was just trying to disagree with the idea of buying this console, then that, then that one and then that one...and so on just buy them, but know how to display them
Wasn't released in the US afaik. And it's not the same console. Mark III was (more or less) the Master System. Edit; Oh and it's SC3000 not SG3000.
May I recomend this book if you want a fairly comprehensive list of consoles with images? http://www.insertcredit.com/reviews/gamemachines/ The ASSEMbler wiki is of course freakin' awesome too, though is missing one or two listings, and anyway, you can't exactly read it everywhere. Like on a train, in a bread bin, or under a hedge. Otherwise, if you want to influence your collecting with regards to decent systems, I would say you should only collect machines where there is AT LEAST one major game that you seriously want to play. I know of many who went off collecting, spent thousands, accumulated dozens of pieces of hardware, only to give up because they weren't playing the games. I like to collect a lot, but it's always as a means to end: In order to have the needed physical hardware to get certain games running in their original format.
Well, it's purely a matter of preference, but there aren't really any pre-NES games (or systems) that hold any real interest for me. I could be missing out on something though; what do you recommend? I see; I was sort of wondering about that. By the way, I am a bit confused about the differences between the SG-1000 (Mark I, Mark II, and Mark III), the SC-3000, and the Master System. Will any of those three models play all the games from the other two? And is the Sega Master System the only North America console with any relation to any of those consoles? If that is the case, I'll probably just get that one. Well, I shouldn't have called it a plan. This is really just a list of stuff I want, and that list may change. I was trying to explain the logic behind it, but really there isn't any. It's purely personal preference. And one more general question for the board; does anyone know if there was ever an MSX that didn't have a keyboard built into the system? Are there Japanese and North American versions of such a system?
When I first started collecting I never really planned what I was going to get, which has a left a very hap-hazard collection of consoles and games. (Stupidly large amounts of stuff and one hell of a lot of Megadrives!) Recently I started deciding on what im getting next and what has to go. I guess its kinda matured with age. I tend to have phases of buying stuff then not for a few months - currently in a buying phase... Ive lost count of how many games I have 2500+ I think. Going for the european collection of MD, Sms, and Dcast games.
There was an MX game system, the Daewoo Zemmix, which is pretty hard to come by. It's like one of those holy grail type items, so if you ever come across one snatch it up. I think I fall into the pack-rat catagory myself.
Yeah, I've heard of that. Is that the only one? Any similar models that were released in the US or Japan? On a related note, what brands of MSX computers (besides Daewoo) would you recommend?
Actually Assembler himself has a page on it: http://assembler.roarvgm.com/Zemmix/zemmix.html Sorry, only came out in Korea, but they do pop up on ebay from time to time, and sell in the $200 range.
This is by no means a weird plan. Many collect all game consoles. It certainly isn't a new one, either I agree - if you're leaving out consoles, you can't say you're collecting "every games console ever", cuz yer not! Oh, and DEFINATELY get the Ataris - geez, there's some of the best stuff right there! 2600 is a classic, Jaguar had some great games. You've missed out ALL handhelds, things like 3DO, CD-i, LaserActive, ALL the european consoles, pretty much every oddity (Korean etc.) I don't see a problem with getting both Neo Geos, though! Certainly, go for it, although I wouldn't call this collecting every games console, more just getting those you want. Which is fine - space really becomes an issue when you have 50 or 60 different consoles! Oh, BTW, MSX is a computer, not a console. Most makes are fine. Err, Sony?
