In the past 6 years, I've become pretty serious about gaming. In this time, I've owned 4 different computers (different meaning new motherboard/processor/case combo), an original playstation, the small PSOne with LCD screen, two different N64s, a Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, GBA SP and a Nintendo DS, a Neo Geo Pocket Color, A Sega Dreamcast, a Gen1 PS2, a Slim PS2, 2 different XBOXes and a Game Cube, about 3-4 controllers for each...and then the games...
About 30 PS2 games
About 25 XBOX games
About 25 GameCube Games
About 25 PS1 Games
About 15 N64 Games
About 15 Dreamcast Games
Over 40 Game Boy/GBA Games
5 Neo Geo Pocket Color games
4 Nintendo DS games
And over 100 PC games (likely around 150 if I could find all of them).
Considering each new console cost me 300 at release (150 for the new XBOX and PS2), each portable cost me around 100 (DS was 150) and the games ranged from 25-50 bucks a pop...
I could have bought me a nice new car, straight out in cash.
WHY did I have to go and get into gaming? Falaanla Marr fucked around with this message on 03-10-2005 at 03:28 AM.
THAT is the justification. It is an investment. Falaanla Marr fucked around with this message on 03-10-2005 at 03:30 AM.
It's not -that- far off, really. I look at the $12/mo I spend on whatever game I'm currently playing (which has been Planetside for a really long time, actually), and realize that I'd probably end up spending a lot more than that in boredom. When I don't have a game to play, I end up going to movies, buying music, etc...
The fact that I don't have a life figures heavily into this equation, though.
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Verily, Mike the Butcher doth proclaim:
what? No NES, SNES or Genesis? I am saddened at your collection
Note how I mentioned the past 6 years.
Things not on that list include my copy of the original NES Zelda (gold cartridge) and a mint condition copy of Chrono Trigger. They didn't qualify for the "past six years" part, though.
Other systems before this time were "family systems" and are not part of my collection. What bits and pieces I own of gaming history are things i bought later on in life (shortly after I moved out of my parent's home but before the 6 year range)
Once I'm done with college, I'll be substantially adding to the NES/SNES/Genesis collection, though.
And Ali: I didn't have a life for awhile. Now I do, though, and my spending has gone down on gaming (but, yes, gone up in other places). So, yeah, it all ends up balancing itself out, really. And if I split the cost over the 6 years, it doesn't hurt as much... Falaanla Marr fucked around with this message on 03-10-2005 at 03:54 AM.
You know what I worry about? That in a few decades I will not be able to play all those games anymore, because the mediums the games are stored on stop working.
I think I'll stick to gaming.
It's not something people hear about.
----Anyone who has seen My model collection or a list of the ones I have, I have spent at least $10,000 in kits alone over the years, Then figure in Paints, glues, Brushes, Airbrush parts, and a metric fuckton of cleaners.
wtf sir
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Peter stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
My old man's Boat cost him nearly as much as the house, Every trip we take out to the deep water to do some real fishing, thats about $200-$300 bucks in fuel alone. Not adding in the maintinace costs, or Dear God the Electronics -GPS, Auto Pilot, Eper, and Radio- Alot of money to spend on fishing.----Anyone who has seen My model collection or a list of the ones I have, I have spent at least $10,000 in kits alone over the years, Then figure in Paints, glues, Brushes, Airbrush parts, and a metric fuckton of cleaners.
Minor hijack! Where do you get your Gundam models from? I've been wanting to pick something up along that line recently, but no local stores carries them!
On topic: My collection is fairly small, but almost everything in it is quality!
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Falaanla Marr's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Man, I wonder what a museum would pay for this stuff in 50 yearsTHAT is the justification. It is an investment.
Probably nothing; you've opened them and there are many people like you out there who own these games.
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How.... Falaanla Marr.... uughhhhhh:
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Oh that makes me feel better 
- 50 ps2
- 55 ps
- 0 xbox (can't have one)
- 7 gc (no machine yet tho)
- 14 gba & 2 gbc
- 4 dc
- 22 n64
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Alaan said:
Gundam models
I introduce you to a friend of mine. HLJ, meet Alaan. Alaan, HLJ.
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A sleep deprived Densetsu stammered:
I introduce you to a friend of mine. HLJ, meet Alaan. Alaan, HLJ.
Holy shit do they have some awesome models like this Roy Focker VF-1S. Alaan fucked around with this message on 03-11-2005 at 11:49 PM.
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I didn't think that even Peter would get so drunk as to say:
Some Did Come from HLJ, But there are two hobby shops locally that carry them, plus at one time so did the local Babbages/Gamestops, and the Toysrus. HLJ Is best for the bigger kits, since you don't have to suck up the local guy's big honking markup.
-- If you have done any normal modeling, I would say to check out the Hasagawa Macross line. Also, though they are older, AMT is rereleaseing their Starwars Line, http://www.federationmodels.com/ is pretty good for getting that stuff.
Your Gamestops/Toys 'r Us > Mine. All I could find locally were action figure sized ones. But on HLJ I put in an order on a 1/60 Freedom Gundam. Restocking some time this month. And pretty close price wise to the random sites I've found online even with shipping.
What the fucking fuck? It boggles my mind.
