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Post by Ex on Sept 7, 2019 10:04:05 GMT -5
 If you could go back in time, to tell your younger self not to do something dumb (as relating to video games) what would you tell yourself? -
My first trip would be to go back to 2007...
40 Ex: "So you finally got your PS2 to where it can play burned games huh?"
28 Ex: "Yep. Now I can sell all my PS2 games, and just play their copies. Their sales will bankroll all the Xbox games I want."
40 Ex: "First off you won't even bother to play half of those ~200 Xbox games you're about to buy."
28 Ex: "Why's that?" 40 Ex: "Because you're a hoarding dumbass without nearly the amount of free time you think you have. Secondly, many of those PS2 games you're going to sell for peanuts in 2007, will be worth serious amounts in 2017."
28 Ex: "Like what?"
40 Ex: "Like Rule of Rose and God Hand for starters. Don't sell a single damned PS2 game."
28 Ex: "So I shouldn't buy as many Xbox games, and I shouldn't sell any of my PS2 games?" 40 Ex: "Buy like 40 of the tippity top Xbox games. And no, don't sell ANY of OUR PS2 games!"
40 Ex: "Also, playing burned DVDs on a PS2 slowly damages its laser diode. It's technically BAD for a PS2 to play burned games, even if you're using slow burned Taiyo Yuden DVDs."
28 Ex: "Really?! Geez I had no idea."
40 Ex: "That's because you didn't bother to research this dipshit idea to a competent extent."
28 Ex: "Guess not. Any other advice?"
40 Ex: "Don't date Daphne, don't date Jennifer, and the economy is about to seriously cras...." TIME DISTORTION RIPPLE COLLAPSES |
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Post by Sarge on Sept 7, 2019 14:34:01 GMT -5
I would buy that Saturn I saw in Walmart years ago on sale, and grab all the Saturn RPGs I could.
I would not balk at the gall of someone asking $50 for a copy of Little Samson on eBay.
I would make absolutely sure that my friend didn't sell his Nintendo and all his games for $20 to another friend after we explicitly told him to let us know if he ever wanted to sell it. He had DuckTales 2. Yup.
I would have bought a TMNT arcade board years ago, back when they were still reasonably priced.
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Post by anayo on Sept 7, 2019 14:54:37 GMT -5
In the early 2000's lots of 8 and 16-bit retro gaming stuff would show up at flea markets and thrift stores. I didn't have as much money as I do now, so I would often leave things on the shelf. Often my rationale was that I didn't have the hardware to play it yet, or that I shouldn't be a packrat. I saw these things but didn't buy them:
- a CIB NES at Goodwill for $20
- a CIB copy of Contra Hard Corps at Goodwill
- a CIB copy of Shining Force CD at a flea market
- a CIB copy of Y's for the TG16-CD at a random thrift store
- a Virtual Boy at Goodwill
- an Atari Lynx at Goodwill
I would also sell things when I got bored with them. Like:
-a CIB model 1 Sega CD
-a CIB model 2 Sega CD (the Sewer Shark bundle)
-a CIB Sega 32X
-a CIB copy of Guardian Heroes
-a disc only copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga I bought on eBay for $90 in 2009
-Secret of Mana for the SNES
-Shenmue for the Sega Dreamcast
I don't wring my hands so much over this because I've recovered most of the things I really wanted. As for others (like PDS and Shenmue) I don't feel so bad about those because I played them, got to experience them, and knew in my heart I would never want to play them again. Kinda wish I kept the model 1 Sega CD though. Those are hard to find.
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Post by Sarge on Sept 7, 2019 15:54:43 GMT -5
I say I'd snag all these things, but I also remember that I was on a very limited budget. I just wish I'd had more money during the great NES purge window. I remember visiting a Hollywood Video, when they had the large gaming side, and they were unloading a ton of NES games at bargain prices. I barely had money for a game or two, and I honestly don't even remember if I ended up buying anything. Being post-school with no job and no money sucked.
Shoot, knowing what I know now, I'd have took out a freaking loan to get them.
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Post by anayo on Sept 7, 2019 16:36:58 GMT -5
I say I'd snag all these things, but I also remember that I was on a very limited budget. I just wish I'd had more money during the great NES purge window. I remember visiting a Hollywood Video, when they had the large gaming side, and they were unloading a ton of NES games at bargain prices. I barely had money for a game or two, and I honestly don't even remember if I ended up buying anything. Being post-school with no job and no money sucked. Shoot, knowing what I know now, I'd have took out a freaking loan to get them. Yeah that story makes my heart sink. If I had known what the heck was going on, in 1998 I'd have asked my parents to take me to a store that was liquidating Saturn games. I don't remember ever seeing those on store shelves after 1996, but I've heard stories online that they were selling games $6.99 each once Sega pulled the plug. Another thing I kinda wish I had done was taken better care of the boxes and manuals to my brand new N64 games. I would have CIB copies of Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, and 007 Goldeneye if I had done that (I think Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were pre-owned cart only). But I didn't really adopt a preservation-oriented mindset until I was 13 or so. |
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Post by Sarge on Sept 7, 2019 17:07:37 GMT -5
In hindsight, I also wouldn't have lent my Zelda II cart to a friend at school along with the box and manual. I guess I was lucky to get back the game itself, but I never did get the rest back.
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Post by Ex on Sept 7, 2019 21:37:54 GMT -5
In 2006 I would have bought that brand new sealed copy of King's Field II (in Japan it's KF3) in a Roses department store for $10.
In 1998 I would not have given my friend Stuart a pile of rare SNES games "because emulation is good enough". Sure, emulation is good enough, but I could make a bundle selling those same SNES games twenty years later. I never imagined they'd gain that kind of market value. Back in the late '90s SNES games were worth a pittance.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 7, 2019 22:52:57 GMT -5
1998ME: Oh boy the N64 is out, I'm done with all this Sega stuff and we're having a garage sale soon. I will be away though, I'll let my parents sell my Sega stuff.
2019ME: Mom is going to sell your Sega JVC, 2 controllers, 1 six-pad, Sonic 2, Ristar, Earthworm Jim, Sonic & Knuckles, Vectorman, Sonic CD, Ecco the Dolphin CD, Jurassic Park CD, etc ALL FOR $10. That's a scam. The Sega JVC is a rare artifact worth hundreds now kid.
1998ME: Wow I'd be mad!
TIME PARADOX!
*weeks later in 1998*
2019ME: Dang, they sold it. I know you'll never let your parents handle your stuff in a garage sale ever again. What did you even buy with that $10?
1998ME: I don't know... a happy meal???
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Post by anayo on Sept 8, 2019 8:18:17 GMT -5
When I created the topic " How Did You Get into Retro Gaming?" this kind of "priority shift" is what I was talking about. I didn't mean playing 8 and 16-bit when they were new (ie. before they were "retro"), I meant when did you want to start keeping games most people consider obsolete? lol |
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Post by Sarge on Sept 18, 2019 11:20:35 GMT -5
anayo : I don't think I ever stopped being interested in the older games. I think years of salivating over certain games in Nintendo Power and other gaming mags ensured that. Unfortunately, there was a decent period of time where I passed on some purchases because I could emulate them. That was a terrible mistake. Some days, I wonder how I managed to get through Physics II given that I would get to the university early and download stuff to take home and play later. I came armed with scads of floppy disks. And I was late for class almost every time because I'd be waiting for downloads to finish. Terrible priorities on my part. 
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