Vae Victis wrote:I consider myself a freak....
I even have all of the original boxes of all my games.
It's really a fire-hazard in my home, not even mentioning my comic collection.
Allas I was like you..... Until I got married, thats why the great purge of 1997 happend.
And again in 1999. My wife is just about ready to commit me at this point. I have over 100 game boxes (most of the large type), and an additional 250 games on CD. At last count I think I have something like 300-400 cd's, 2 pc's and drawers full of mice, joysticks, gamepads ect..
Frankly I have had more fun collecting lately than playing the darn things. I think as I get older and as PC games continue their downward spiral I might end up just a collector.
Those of you who said you were collectors, what do you collect and why?
Well, I just collect games which I would like to play. Over the last few years I've managed to get my hands on most of what I've wanted. Now I've got a complete Journeyman Project series! I wish I could find Blair Witch vol. 1: Rustin Parr somewhere...
People are crazy and times are strange
I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
I used to care, but things have changed
-Bob Dylan
I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
I used to care, but things have changed
-Bob Dylan
I'm a semi-gamer. I love the feeling of buying a new game I've been waiting for. I enjoy my small collection, of course, but I guess I really do see the joy in having the box, the manual, the cds, and so forth. So, I guess I'm probably a collector at heart, but I just haven't decided to collect as much as could/should.
~Keck
~Keck
I think i'm starting to understand the allure of PC game collecting, especially the older titles.
I visited a shop over here the other day that installs mod chips cause i have an American PS2. I noticed they had a used PC game section and decided to take a look. They had Zork: Nemesis and Zork: Grand Inquisitor for $25 all up. I grabbed them immediatly! I would have grabbed the box of Alone in the Dark 2 but it was on floppy disk and i no longer have a floppy drive.
So now my boxed collection includes those Zork games as well as Overseer, UAKM and Sam and Max.
Getting back to my original point, i'm discovering what boxes can mean because i bought a copy of Gabriel Knight 3 off of ebay thinking it was the original boxed and when it arrived, it was some slash re-release. It annoyed me more than a little.
I visited a shop over here the other day that installs mod chips cause i have an American PS2. I noticed they had a used PC game section and decided to take a look. They had Zork: Nemesis and Zork: Grand Inquisitor for $25 all up. I grabbed them immediatly! I would have grabbed the box of Alone in the Dark 2 but it was on floppy disk and i no longer have a floppy drive.
So now my boxed collection includes those Zork games as well as Overseer, UAKM and Sam and Max.
Getting back to my original point, i'm discovering what boxes can mean because i bought a copy of Gabriel Knight 3 off of ebay thinking it was the original boxed and when it arrived, it was some slash re-release. It annoyed me more than a little.
Wow, very nice collection you've got there, McD. 
What I'm especially jealous of, is your collection of original boxes. I probably have hundreds of games in my collection, however only a few of them are still in their original boxes. Unfortunately, I don't have the room to keep boxes of my games around the house, so I have to stick with the jewel cases themselves and the documentation. I have thrown at least 100 or more boxes throughout the years. You see, when I was younger I really didn't think much of the boxes and never realized their value. I also didn't trade or sell many of my games and so didn't have much need for the boxes. Thankfully, almost every game I buy nowadays (not a lot), I try to keep the boxes, all stacked up in my closet collecting dust.
What I'm especially jealous of, is your collection of original boxes. I probably have hundreds of games in my collection, however only a few of them are still in their original boxes. Unfortunately, I don't have the room to keep boxes of my games around the house, so I have to stick with the jewel cases themselves and the documentation. I have thrown at least 100 or more boxes throughout the years. You see, when I was younger I really didn't think much of the boxes and never realized their value. I also didn't trade or sell many of my games and so didn't have much need for the boxes. Thankfully, almost every game I buy nowadays (not a lot), I try to keep the boxes, all stacked up in my closet collecting dust.
