/vr/ - Retro Games

I'M GONNA

>>8139071
Lol, what a joke. OP has bad taste and, as usual, is a faggot.

>>8139071
>coom
Fuck off with that shit. No serious collector would ever use that term you retarded troll.

>>8139071
I have 244 N64 carts. I have pretty much all the "must-haves" for the system, though, so if I couldn't pick up any more, I would be satisfied. There's only two games you have that I don't (Quake and BattleTanx).

I have my collection on my raspberry pi

>>8139405
You own 244 N64 games and are somehow missing 2 of the best games on the system. Wtf?

>>8139438
Is Battletanx actually good? I actually bought a copy of it today and didn't really enjoy it much in the 45 minutes or so that I played. Maybe I should give it another shot.

>>8139071
Hard drives, flashcarts and ODEs. All my games are still packed away until I get some more shelves.

>>8139489
Battletanx is a fucking classic. Beat the campaign on hard. I dare you. And this shit was especially a fun multiplayer game. The second game Global Assault is even better.

>>8139504
How did you get everything stuck to the ceiling like that?

>>8139573
I'm friends with drakon and he offered to hotglue everything up there

>>8139438
Even if it was a good port (far from it), Quake 64 doesn't even have the Nine Inch Nails soundtrack. It's a novelty item at best.

>>8139803
Lacking the soundtrack is definitely a positive .it's like doom 64. Atmospheric and cool

>tfw collect shit nobody cares about like cartridges for Tandy CoCo and VIC 20
most collectors would say I collect garbage

>>8139873
I think that's pretty cool

>>8139578
He's the avgn

>>8139071

>>8139873
I collect 8 track so I think I know the feeling

I sold everything, it was PAL garbage so no lost.

>>8139951

>>8139071
I'm trying to get a 32x working and i.the frustrations involved are so insane that it dominated my mind and collection now.

The one I have probably shipped DOA from the factory

>>8139969
>>8139951

>>8139969
>PAL
What a shame

Behold, my entire coomlection.

>>8139957
I would honestly find that to be a more interesting conversation starter. Must be a real bitch getting those these days.

>>8139969
>Lylatwars
Always think this is a some bootleg shit for a second. Will never get used to it.

>>8139071
If you don't coomlect you aren't a gamer.

>>8139071
>two jeopardy carts

>>8139573
He lives in Australia

>>8139803
It's the best port out of any home console. And yeah, it has better ambient music instead.

>>8139806
This guy gets it.

>>8139806
>>8141282
>Atmospheric and cool
>it has better ambient music instead.
Okay, so you guys have never played the PC version, cool

WHY is there always a Quake 64 shitfest whenever anybody posts a picture of an n64 cartridge?

>>8141549
Yes, i've played every version. The PC version is best, but personally i'm not a fan of rock soundtracks in my creepy FPS games. Quake 2 soundtrack is especially garbage.

>>8141556
Sorry sempai desu. I will drop it.

i use to coomlect gamecube games and then they got really expensive. so i just bought a wii nintendont and that was the end of that.
i also collect xbox 360 games and have like 90 games now and about 40 regular xbox games.

>>8139803
The NIN soundtrack isn't even good.

>>8141574
> not a fan of rock soundtracks
>rock
Why can't you just say you've never played it? It would've saved you so much face

>>8141582
Cringe

>>8141785
Nin sucks sorry that triggers you dude. That anons right. You're the only one holding out for buttrock.

Mostly just coomlect neo shit

>>8141883
Nice collection anon

>>8141883
Finally not a poorfag

>>8139071
I stopped collecting since I got everdrives so I literally don't care anymore. Why waste 300 dollars for one game when you can buy a flash cart and own all of them.

>>8142283
Why buy flashcarts for $100s when you can just buy a cheap raspberry pi

>>8142315
Why get a raspberry pi when I can connect with Jesus

>>8141865
NIN is industrial rock, dumbass.

>>8139071
>N64
>PS2
>Wii (? maybe not retro yet. DS/3ds definitely aren't)
>PSP
>NES/SNES dual cart emulator thing that works ok but not great
>no less than 5 games for any of the consoles including NES and SNES

not bad i think, i was never really into collecting just to collect. i only ever wanted to play the games without having to jump through internet hoops (basically 3rd world tier) and to own a real copy.

>>8139504
Get that cat out of the photo?

>>8141865
>I literally don't know anything about music
Shoot yourself my man

>>8142283
Because I want to do it the right way, and the ethical way

>>8142376
>>8142494
Whatever dude have fun listening to some gargled voice
>against me!!! Against you!!! Madness ahhh!
>meenle nee nee!
Suck my dick dude. Get outta here normies

>>8142498
Thank you for the laugh

>>8141883
Fuckin money bags over here

>>8141883
I'm too poor to even look at this image.

Have been since I was a kid in elementary. Older shit always stood out to me. Newer games felt soulless even then.

>>8142498
Based

>>8141105
>x-change
Good taste anon

>>8142851
Avert your eyes then

>>8142457
he hangs out with me while I play retro games

>>8142838
Nice coomlection. It still surprises me how much gamecube game prices skyrocketed in recent years.

>>8142971
Was lucky enough to get them all years ago when no one cared about the gamecube.
Here's my playstation coomlection.

>>8142985

>>8142971
>>8142985

Stop saying coomlection, it sounds retarded. But yeah nice collection anon.

>>8143007
It's just a joke bro, if words trigger you, consider going to r*ddit

>>8143032
Says the one speaking plebbit memes...

>>8142315
I have a lot of devices I can get sub par emulation on. I can think of better things to do with my Raspberry Pis and I'm not poor.

>>8143041
How do you know it's a r*ddit meme?
Do you go there?
I wouldn't know...

green version english translation, pokemon trading card game 1&2 in the mail

the repro cases were cheap im not interested in repurchasing the cardboard trash i threw away when i was a child for hundreds of dollars

>>8143065
original era complete

>>8143065
>>8143068
this shit is closeted
to keep out of sunlight (damaging)
also because i dont want any normies/women to known have these items

>>8142986
>>8142985
>>8142868
>>8142838
>>8141883
>>8141031
>>8139974
>>8139969
>>8139951
>>8139071
based


/bst/ should be its own thread imo

>>8139071
I actually owned a (albeit not so great condition) cart of pic rel, which if one knows anything about n64 collecting, they'd know it's got some decent value to it. Sadly I got rid of all my carts in 2011. Shit sucks, life sucks, thank fuck for emulation, even though it has no dollar value.

Nice collection btw, anon.

>>8143069
>also because i dont want any normies/women to known have these items
I let every girl I've been with know I'm into that shit upfront. Nothing happens and I'm married now. If some girl has a problem with me playing Pokemon all day it's not going to work.

>>8143096
fuck emulation dude. I'd rather not play a game

>>8143074
kek, based. I've managed to grab both of the meme games cib, but Zelda's Adventure is too expensive for the sake of owning a shit trilogu.

>>8143124
B-based

>>8139969
I just recently sold my Conker's, I always was aiming for a complete N64 Rare collection, but Banjo Tooie was just too expensive now and Conker is not a really good game all things consodered, I think I took 250 for it, didn't want to go with the moon prices that are current in retro gaming now.

>>8139071
Not anymore these days sadly. Local stores/sales were already bad enough before the pandemic but now shit's completely dead, and simply ordering shit online is no fun. I hope it gets a bit better in the near future.

>>8143074
I have always wondered why /toy/ has a /bst/, but /vr/ doesn't

>>8143228
i assume you mean CIB, because Banjo Tooie isn't that expensive

>>8139405
I feel that way and I only have 5 carts

>>8143289
>>8143074
there used to be one in the old days of /vr/. Everyone is so hostile to collecting these days

>>8143448
Militant emufags all over the board who get mad if you dare spend money on games.

>>8143065
>XD
fuck off

>>8143471
It's gotten so bad. The /v/ invasion from 6th gen hasn't helped either

>>8142498
Lmao based

>>8143120
Based same. One time I sperged out and explained the entire story of Devil May Cry to my girlfriend becuase I was so excited about DMCV coming out.

>>8143448
god forbid you bought and saved a game from your childhood

even as an 11 yr old i saved the boxes for all my favorites

>>8143126
do NOT buy the originals
these are UK repros and very nice
possibly even nicer than actual CiB cdi shit

guy even reproduced the manuals

>>8143120
i bring my gameboy micro to work
sometimes a modded 3ds
we have "game night" once every few months but for eswipe lady-friends its best to hide your power level at first

>>8143529
i still havent played it
i was curious anon
i have beat all the other mainline titles
currently playing through Colosseum first

for zelda, pokemon, final fantasy, tomb raider, silent hill, resident evil, mario series, soul calibur, dead or alive, i dont care im buying the actual games

the rest its flashcarts and burned discs

>>8139071
Coomlections makes pussies dry. Avoid having big displays of kiddie shit in your room if you plan to breed.

>>8139071
Coomlections make pussies dry. Avoid having big displays of kiddie shit in your room if you plan to breed.

>>8143631
People who say shit like this don't actually fuck.

>>8143631
I'm married faglord. What now?

>>8143631
My partner collects taxidermy, she gets it. Plus she sees how much money I make selling my dupes. Stop fucking women who are so superficial.

>>8143908
I literally have nothing to cover personality wise so superficial women are my only chance

>>8139071
I stopped way and long before it became about cooms and Z0ys, but i managed to get some goodies.

>>8144278
Mine you VICE PoD was more of a buyers remorse but oh well, nowadays its pretty much ridiculous, anywayd here they are

>>8144293
can japanese cartridges work in an nes if I just remove the horizontal cartridge loader and directly plug them into the board cartridge slot?

>>8144293

>>8144296
Bruh, just get a pin adapter.

>>8144305
I ain't made of cash that's why I got a nes

>>8144312
Famicoms are cheaper then nes's tho

>>8144363
Just get an adapter you grift.

>>8139071
I have that same shitty Sesame Street "game".

>>8139873
The point is collecting the things you like, not the thighs other people tell you to like.

>>8139873
The point is collecting the things you like, not the things other people tell you to like.

>>8139803
NIN is kinda gay anyway.
I have one of his family's faggot heater's in this room. It's annoying and loud. Just like he is.

>>8139974
Eww... Pal

>>8141883
Nice Shelf.

>>8142868
Wow, a copy of X3.

>>8143292
Yea... It's been a few years but I remember selling that game for fifty bucks.

>>8143539
They're one and the same really.

>>8144293
Is that Mag Max?

>>8139873
>焼そば
Eat your spaghetti, Apollo

>thread about coomlections
>only one porn game in the whole thread
My disappointment is immeasurable

>>8143631
I would rather play games then breed.

>>8144530
Nope Ninja Gaiden 3

>>8139873
no it just makes you a true collector. back hundreds of years ago, collections started cause they were niche shit that interested the individual. I also collect CoCo and Vic stuff as well as all that early microcomputer jank when I find it.

>>8141883
impressive regardless, but be honest with us, are some of those just MVS carts in custom cases? No judge either way, NG is badass regardless.

>>8143074
>mfw i have Zelda's Adventure, Gamelon and Hotel Mario, but still missing Faces of Evil.

>>8143096
i fucking hate myself so much back in the day i actually wanted this game cause my dumb ass thought it was a sequel to Stunt Race FX on the snes and i found it at a store for 5$ and was going to get it but instead my retard ass decided to get Wizardry V for the SNES cause I wanted "more rpgs."

oh well, at least i have sculpters cut.

>>8144312
get an AV Famicom they are dirt cheap.

>>8144746
But I have a nes

>>8144639
comfy

>>8139071
>coomlect
que?

>>8139071
collecting in this day and age is just openly paying scalpers. Even the "retro" stores want over $100 for one cartridge. Much easier to just emulate everything these days than fooling around with old hardware and overpaying.

>>8144729
It's not even that good of a game. There are so many other better racers on the 64.

>>8143069
>normie
>cares about what holes think
Retarded normalfag.

>>8144718
They’re AES and legit except I’ve got a money puzzle exchanger and metal slug 1 boot. I have a shit ton of MVS too. MVS is the gateway drug.

>>8143069
if you care what normies and women think of your collections you're looking for relationships in the wrong places.

test

>>8139951
>>8139969
>PAL

>>8145191
Nice. Ive got a baby's first neogeo collection of about 24 games mixed of aes and mvs and pick em up here and there at cons or when my local retro shop gets em.

Where did you usually get them from? Ebay, another site, yahoo auctions, NG collector groups or were you just fortunate enough to get em when they were new?

You also buying any of those new official NG conversions that are coming out in europe or the NG.Dev stuff?

>>8145414
Can you you mix aes and mvs on console/cabinet?

>>8145416
Aes can play mvs via adapter, as far as i know aes wont work on mvs boards.

Games are identical with a handful of minor aes version changes on a few games.

>>8145426
Interested in the AES/MVS differences.

>>8145429
I think its just some minor changes like home console type settings, like set lives or something. Idk, gigachad aes collector on here probably knows which ones have the differences. I think its mostly the later releases. I wanna say the metal slugs may be one of em, not sure if the combat school was added in the aes releases first or the Neogeo CD versions.

>>8145414
Mix of eBay and NG collector groups. eBay is a pretty safe bet for MVS, since it’s easier to spot fakes and no legit reason for sellers not to provide board pics. For AES you can still get legit copies on eBay for most things but need more knowledge of what to look for. Big ticket stuff I’ll only get from other collectors. Don’t care about the new Visco repros coming out, but have Xenocrisis coming and on year 4 or 5 of waiting for AES Kraut Busters. Not buying shit from NG Dev ever again until it’s proven they can deliver in a reasonable time frame.

what's the cheapest way to get into neo geo hardware nowadays if you're willing to tinker? These prices are ...

>>8145191
>>8141883
Does neo geo have much to offer for someone who doesn't like fighting games or multiplayer games because I'm alone

>>8145445
Buy an MV1C, make a CMVS out of it or use with a super gun, and get a flash cart

For non-tinkerers, just get an AES with unibios and a flash cart. Still pricy but for <$1000 you can play everything on OG hardware. Get a Neo Save Masta for memory

Neo emulation is also generally really good so no shame just doing that either

>>8145457
3rd party and early snk releases are more of the non fighter stuff.

>>8145445
Just emulate... Neo geo is ridiculous to collect for especially now and emulation for all 16 bit consoles is perfect

>>8145463
a neo geo cd + sd loader isn't bad either

>>8145473
Bullshit. MVS is still the last bastion of affordable Neo Geo, but it won't stay like that for long.

>>8145445
Get a Neo Geo 1 slot from Aliexpress, 161 in 1 and look into superguns. You should be able to get a setup for under 150 if you shop around. If you're serious I'd suggest getting a 1 slot sooner than later, the prices are starting rise and the surplus from china is starting to dry up.
If you want to collect real carts, you should be able to get most of the good titles for 50-100 dollars while most of the KOFs can be found for 50 or less.

>>8145473
>emulation for all 16 bit consoles is perfect
oh you naive child

>>8139071
My collection

>>8145646
Is that real?

My PS2 and PS1 games (have some Gamecube, Gameboy, and Sega Genesis games, but they're not as extensive or worth writing home about)

The PS1 titles in jewel cases are
>Bugs Bunny: Lost In Time
>Car & Driver Presents: Grand Tour Racing '98
>Duke Nukem: Time To KIll
>Descent
>Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear To The Rescue
>40 Winks
>Twisted Metal 4

>>8145660
Yes it is
https://www.amazon.ca/SanDisk-Extreme-microSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B07P9W5HJV

My PS2 and PS1 games (have some Gamecube, Gameboy, and Sega Genesis games, but they're not as extensive or worth writing home about)

The PS1 titles in jewel cases are
>Bugs Bunny: Lost In Time
>Car & Driver Presents: Grand Tour Racing '98
>Duke Nukem: Time To KIll
>Descent
>Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear To The Rescue
>40 Winks
>Twisted Metal 4

Also, Gex is really Street Sk8ter 2 in an original Gex case. (Blame my cousin for that one)

>>8145646
>admitting you're poor

>>8145708
> admitting he's a retro fag

>>8145714
Anon, you know this is the retro board right?

>>8145718
yea, a retro fag is someone actually spends money on the original carts.

>>8145718
>retro gamers???
>on MY retro game board???

>>8145723
Many of the people in this thread owned them before they fetched large sums of money. Or before other solutions were viable. It's not their fault you're an impoverished stinky zoomer.

>>8145714
You lost anon?
>>>/v/

>>8145734
> Retrofag is a person who buys old video games

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=RetroFag

>>8145737
Good, that means your IQ reaches at least room temperature.

>>8142985
>>8142986
I pity Euro and Japanese bros for having blank white spines on their ps2 titles.

>>8145780
Thanks for rubbing it in...

>>8145723
No one cares about some made up term you pulled out of your zoom ass.

>>8145780
Here's the bottom of the shelf. I have added some since these were taken, but I cannot be arsed to take a photo now.

>>8145815
Whoops

>>8145780
>>8145819
...and here's ps1. I have added a bunch of Jpn titles this is old but meh.

>>8139504
is that a motherfucking vegamite sandwich?

Not much but honest work

>>8145987

>>8144278
>Panic Restaurant
>CIB Alfred Chicken

You wick bastard.

Tiny section

>collection value goes up by ~$1,000 every month
I guess this is what it feels like to be permanently priced out

>>8146527
This shit sucks so much. Still never gonna resort to emulation though

>>8145708
>wealthy people spend money frivolously

>>8146540
Yeah just looking at money in my bank account is a better use of my finite time on this planet than spending money on my hobbies. Every person who has enough money in their bank account to indulge said hobbies holds back and just stares at it until they die instead. Because once you die you're going to be judged by how much of your money you were able to hold onto, like a high score in an arcade game.

>>8146548
Have fun working the rest of your life

Why do people that browse /vr/ hate honest collections so much? It's like if you are not apart of the emu army, you are the enemy. Sorry zoomies, i know the current market it beyond fucked, but that doesn't mean us boomers pay these prices. I've been collecting longer than most of you have been alive. And i played/play all my games.

>>8146552
You say that as if the things I am purchasing are really that expensive. The most I would spend on something like a game console is $200. Do you think that's a lot of money?

>>8144278
>Vice
>Ducktales 2

Nice. You never see good NES games for sale at stores.

>>8146548
pretty sure thats how the Ferengi afterlife worked in Star Trek where your life is judged on how much wealth you accumulated

>>8145637
There is zero reason to not emulate these 16 bit consoles. That's like owning a NES collection and that emulation has been figured out since the 90s

>>8146708
They're not expensive and I'd rather play on original hardware. I don't care that I can emulate them or how good the emulation is. I have never really been into PC gaming at all besides running emulators and now that flash carts exist those are useless to me too.

>>8146717
It's literally unnoticeable and there is no difference. What the fuck doe snot being into pc gaming even mean

>>8146720
There are some differences not in how the game runs but how I experience running it. I spend all fucking day in front of this computer. The only thing it inspires nostalgia for is the work I just did on it a couple of hours ago. Pulling out a console, plugging it into my TV, and turning it on without worrying about messenger notifications or my OS giving me some kind of notification or whatever the fuck else is a nice experience. Brings back simpler times when I had no internet access and didn't have to hear from faggots like you.

i started to fall down the rabbit hole right before the prices went fucking insane
i got re2 and 3 for the cube for about 30 bucks now their both almost 100 each
and dont get me started on the gameboy player
nowadays i just use flashcarts and shit

>>8146558
This board is full of broke 3rd worlders.

>>8146721
So much fucking this. Sitting in front of a computer and working all day is really tiring. I don't have any desire to sit there any longer. Dropping your ass on a couch and playing on a big TV is a godsent for days like this. Peak comfy.

>>8147419
Lol. Trading the bad screen for the good screen I see

>>8147458
Yeah, pretty much. Home office turned my cave into a workplace. It's much harder to relax in front of the computer for me. And I often feel like I'm wasting a lot of time just sitting there and shitposting instead of playing games like I used to.
It's a psychological problem you know, and I imagine it's been similar for many people for some time now.

>>8147507
That just made me sad anon.

>>8147552
It makes me sad too. Thank goodness there are cute Japanese idols to cheer me up when I need it.

>>8146708
t. someone who can't tell the difference between emulation and original hardware because they've never spent any length of time playing on actual hardware. I bet you play retro games on an LCD in 16:9

>>8139071
Wanted to get into PS1 collecting but the prices are sky high in UK. So I thought fuck it I'll just buy in bulk from Japan and learn the language. Like how hard can it be?

Pic related 105 games cost 3200 yen or £22 (Shipping was way more though). Got a chipped PS1 for £20 on ebay so I'm all set. It's true about the nips looking after their games most of the discs are mint. Some of the case inserts are a bit faded though probably from the heat and humidity - poor bastards. How did I do?

>>8147634
Should have posted this in the recent purchase thread instead. But nice.

>>8147634
What's the fucking point? Why collect games that you can't read, have no sentimental value to you, and will never be worth anything in your home market?

>>8145987
Very respectable boxed 64 collection

>>8146527
Which website is that?

>>8146721
>>8147507
>>8147419
You can plug your gaming pc into your home tv idiots.

>>8147634
Based and redpilled. I turned to collecting Japanese versions too. Fuck PAL PS1 games, they're pretty much all shit conversions. Meanwhile NTSC-U prices are incredibly inflated.
If you know Japanese (or are at least willing to learn) this is the best choice. The games are cheap and mostly kept in great condition. But I buy only what I want to play. Buying in bulk pretty much means you're getting 90% trash like those pachinko games and whatnot.
I only wish I could just go to Japan to get some games in person (maybe there's a good online store too?). Ebay sucks most of the time, because all of the offers are made for gaijins who don't know the real prices and they're inflated there too. Games that go for 1000 JPY max are sold for over 20 dollars if they're in good condition.

>>8147649
I said I was going to learn Japanese. It will be like embarking on a journey of wonder and discovery. I was big into PS1 in its heyday so it'll be good to experience something new from the era. Quite a few of the games are playable with little to no Japanese anyway I don't collect for market value rather it's about what the games mean to me.

Either way you look at it I just pulled a massive middle finger to the resellers over here.

>>8147743
I can. But I don't want to.

Wasn't 5th gen when games started coming out with multiple languages you could change through the options? Usually at least English/Japanese. I knew ubisoft went insane and would have 5 languages available in all versions of some games.

>>8147830
That's mostly a PAL thing.

>>8147649
Because he is not a massive faggot, unlike yourself.

I will never learn japanese. I'm gonna kill myself

>>8147725
Pricecharting

>>8147830
That wasn't until 7th gen and blu-rays

>>8147757
i always wondered, while obviously the big cities in Japland are all english friendly, most of their game stores are picked clean of the good shit and/or their prices are boosted up a bit cause of foreigners, but what if you were to go out into the sticks to some of the small towns? Surely some of those not touched by outsiders and frequented by locals must still have some small independent gaming/collectibles/thrift shops where the prices and stock must be more appealing still, even if they wouldnt have the mass quantities of the big city coming it and of course you would need to be much more familiar with ACTUAL Japan rather then the tourist cities and how to really navigate the language.

>>8147743
Still not the same

>>8147769
This post should be stickied for all emu faggots that feel the need to come here and bitch about what people do with their time and money.

The whole point of many personal connections going way back, like WAAAY back, were because some weirdo had a personal interest in something niche that only really appealed to them or a small community of other weirdos. Talking collecting shit like the remains of animals with abnormalities or grotesque torture instruments and other kinds of shit most people would not have a normal interest in.

If someone is collecting for some outdated system you can emulate or for some games that have no perceived "value" on a platform from the 70s, these people are well aware what they are spending their money on, you dont gotta be a faggot and constantly bring it up to them. Its their personal weird money sink cause they like it and it probably means something to them, so kindly neck yourself and leave them to it.

Japanese gamers must think of us all as total losers

>>8147859
unless you are playing text heavy games, you can probably learn enough that it would still be much cheaper to buy jap versions for the very small amount of text you actually need to know to play them. like how much you feel reading is really important for something like MegaMan?

>>8147964
japs import games too, just its not as well known over here. a lot of times jap collectors are just as autistic if not more so

>>8147969
text heavy games are usually what I enjoy. I enjoy weird stuff that's barely a game a lot actually. I struggle to find examples and I struggle even more because I insist on hardware.

>>8147964
why are japanese so effortlessly cool bros?
>american into mario
Gay, lame.
>Japanese into banjo
Cool!
>american fgc
Dumb brutish lame
>Japanese fgc
Cool!! Elegant!!! Sexy!!!
>Japanese into yoshi
Interesting l!
>american into RE
Get away!

>>8147936
Well, if you go to Super Potato in Akihabara then don't be surprised that the prices are high, it's THE retro games store after all. There are a lot of so called tourist traps.
But from my experience, even if you go to Bookoffs and similar stores in big cities you can find some pretty good games for quite cheap. I went to a Bookoff in the middle of Kyoto and found a whole bin of mecha games for the PS1 and PS2, 100 yen each. And good stuff at that, ACE, SRW, etc. Probably someone's collection.
The thing is, it's really hard to tell what is rare in Japan unless you know the market better. You can find games that are rare and fetch ridiculous prices in the West to be really abundant and sold for a few hundred yen in nearly perfect condition.
As you said, it's probably better to check some less popular shops too. You don't have to go all the way out into the mountains or whatever, 1 hour by train from the center of Tokyo should be enough to get away from the tourist spots.
Man, how I want to go back.

>>8148009
i think the platform id be most interested to find games for over there are PC games, like ACTUAL pc games from the multimedia CD boom of the 90s.

>>8148024
That's one area I didn't look at too much. PC games mean VNs and eroge 99% of the time in Japan. And there was a lot of that of course, but as for "actual" games, how you call them, I don't remember seeing too many.
What stood out to me though, when I went to Yodobashi Camera there was a PC software department and it was full of Office, antivirus software, Windows, etc. And among that were boxes of FFXIV and DQX. The video games department was all console games, PC nowhere to be seen.

>>8148053
yeah thats kinda what i was implying when i brought it up. Theres a bunch of really interesting 90s/early 2000s PC games from Japan/China/Korea that little is even known of which really fires my synapses as a 90s pc game collector. Like I did manage to get a PC port of Gunstar Heroes from Japan that very few sites seem to know exists and it even advertises more pc ports like Rent-A-Hero and Alien Soldier. Ive seen some ebay listings out of my price range for essentially share-ware/free-ware Mac game collections, but they look to be made by Japanese indie devs, so im sure thats chock-full of obscure goodness. Then you have shit like those stupid expensive releases like Garage and Eastern Mind. Fuck, i remember watching some youtube zoomer do a vid about trying to track down the Japanese version of Lego Island and it being an incredibly difficult task to actually do so.

>>8139071
I'm spergy about my boxes. I want to play my games and keep them in something, but I don't want to damage the boxes by constant opening and closing so I just keep the boxes and manuals in plastic, and then I have universal game cases for actual shelf use. Maybe it's silly but that's how I like it.

(Also the Zelda games look dark because they're printed on silver paper, which looks great in person but doesn't photograph well)

>>8148024
I went to a store with a shelf full of PC games in akihabara. They were all expensive as shit and it was on the porn dvd floor.

>>8148053
>PC games mean VNs and eroge 99% of the time in Japan
>>8148612
>all expensive as shit and it was on the porn dvd floor
real coomlection hours

>>8142498
Actual retard right here, folks.

>>8149147
It's nice you can admit that, but you shouldn't be so hard on yourself.

>>8139873
>Tandy CoCo
dude, dungeon of daggorath is the shit

>>8148612
do you mean they were selling non-porn PC games mixed in on the porn game floor?

>>8149368
Yeah in the corner were some big box PC games like Alien vs. Predator along with Japanese versions of management sims.

>>8149358
I'm more of an Androne fan myself

>>8148147
i sold most of my cardboard long ago
my collection is a "players collection"
mostly loose carts but i do have zelda and pokémon cib

/bst/

>>8149078
Now that's the kind of PC gaming I like.

its crazy to think how much money i have in these trinkets, this is just 1 shelf, not even half of it, i have 2 of them filled to the brim with gimmicks.

My only collection

>>8150536

How much was the heli? Surprised people still buy blurays

>>8150538
what is the forbidden bare cart

>>8150542

with all the electronics its over $1,000, the heli alone with motor only is $400.

>>8150618
advance wars 2

Not all of my collection is readily available, but here is some of it.

>>8149078
Based

>>8139962
Me too but I bought almost everything back in jap format

>>8151160

>>8151165
>>8151160

pal trash

>>8151251

lol sad person

>>8151160
>Shelves right next to the bright window
Oh HELL fucking no, say goodbye to all the color on your items
Seriously, cover up that window unless you want to completely sun fade all of your stuff, you will really regret it

How much is a good price for a copy of Akumajo Densetsu?

>>8151270
Don't worry bro it's not a window, it's a LED light. Curtains are closed forever in this room

>>8151260

all pal games are trash

>>8151251
I couldn't care less, but you seem mad. It's not only PAL also

>>8139071
I haven't done much collecting since moving back home a year ago and not having the space.

>>8151251
>>8151343
Oh and I play most of them at 60hz anyway so yeah fuck you

>>8151316
Ah alright, it just looked really bright on camera I guess

>>8151251
>>8151335
what if he lives in that region?

R8/H8

Crash 2 is lost in shipping

>>8152318
Please sire gib SotN

>>8142838
>Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

MY NIGGA

>>8144278
>>8146630
Really, i tought Shatterhand and Kickmaster and Gargoyles Quest 2 were more worth xp.

>>8139071
What does this have to do with cooming?

You coom to video games? Wtf why?

>>8152343
I don't even have the bongos kek

>>8151160
thats a lot of wasted space, anon

>>8152318
upside down/10

>>8144450
Kys

>>8139071
My whole collection is Japanese. I’m not interested in foreign trash at all

>>8152496
>someone doesn't like a band that i like
Oh noes...better rage xD
>(You)
Faggot

>>8151998
I'm indeed a frenchfag

>>8152385
Please elaborate. I don't want to store them like books and I much prefer to see the box arts

>>8140858
youre a loser

>>8152692
based

>>8152318
>Greatest Hits

>>8150072
sorry for the low resolution
i didn't realize it was that bad

>>8153668
i just moved so please excuse the lack of organization

>>8153668
>>8153672

>>8145987
>kyogre anf rayquaza happy meal toys

>>8152864
just looks weird having 2-3 games for an entire shelf, especially when the bottom shelves are organized like normal

>>8152756
Kys

>>8153680
Is it an MVS for ants ?

>>8153680
>censoring your reflection
coward

>>8153841
Well if I could I'd display everything but I gotta store some

>>8145987
>gradiente sticker
based

>>8153531
Not him, but that was always picky as fuck.

Are box protectors a meme if you barely touch the thing and is in an area that doesn't collect much dust?

>>8153981
Depends on how you store/display them. I'm using them mostly to be able to display sfc games without them falling every two days. I'm >>8151165

>>8151274
Price charting says 118€ but if you search good enough you can get it for 70€. Got mine for 75€ near mint some months ago from Yahoo auction

>>8153998
They're on a shelf about 6 ft up the wall. I think it's good. My Starfox box I had since around 2013 hasn't taken any damage

>>8154045
I actually was able to get a copy for $53. It was either that or get Megaman 2 thru 5 for about the same price for my AV Famicom, but I figure it would be harder later to get AD plus I have always wanted a physical copy of an OG Castlevania game.

>>8139071
What's Gauntlet Legends? Looks pretty cool

>>8139803
>P-p-play the definitive version with the NIN soundtrack guys, it's the only way
Lol VR in a nutshell. Imagine only wanting to play the game for the music geez?

>>8139873
Let me guess the translator changed ramen to spaghetti right?

>>8141883
Wtf Neo Geo put the total amount of megs of every game on the cover? Did players even know or care back then?

>>8154269
Nice find ! Yea Castlevania is the shit

>>8154506
Thanks! From what I have seen the price of AD is around that now if you need a copy too. I finished Castlevania 1 on my NES Mini and now have been starting up a small little collection of Famicom games.

>>8141883
Please give advice on how I can land a entry level job that will lead to big money like yours.

>>8153891
im hot irl i dont want you guys thinkin im a normie

>>8153885
its big enough for a 5'8"-5'10" without furniture riser
comfy but definitely do not buy sans hylo or unless you really love neogeo shit
its much nicer than 1up stuff but not sanwa or anything


>>8154521
take your time
buy good deal auctions/BiN with klarna app - in 1-3 years you have a ridiculous collection
i was a poorfag my entire life until recently / hardmode = no eating out unless youre on a date

>>8154269
og castlevania
i miss my carts so much
got jewed out of them as a kid for like 20-30 for all from some douche bc he "helped" us move :(

>>8154373
b a s e d

>>8154363
yeah it was a talking point in ads and game magazines
Sega did it too

>>8153680
I have that same Toshiba tv lol

>>8154603
Hmm sweet I didn't know that about early console gaming, thanks

>>8154373
im guessing not, but is there any difference between the 2 different cover copies of 4 and Downpour?

My Fortress of Eternal Virginity - Floor 1

>>8153668
>bare disc on the shelf
It looks clean but absolutely pleb tier behavior on principle alone
Nice collection though.

>>8155758
Its a coaster

>>8139504
Fuck man you are gonna set off some vertigo for me

>>8139873
You are gonna be set up nicely if it ever becomes popular and all the johnny come latelys are gonna be jealous of you

>>8154690
It's a fucking mess. Clean it up.

>>8155774
>>8155758
it arrived destroyed in the mail i cant throw it away its deathsmiles

>>8154604
i use it often
the handles are comfy & i can move it about easily/ v helpful for testing systems
i will admit that the vhs feature is rarely used

>>8153834
Jealous?

>>8145987
All normie bing bing wahoo titles.

0/10

>>8156119
looks tacky
i actually had the kyogre toy on display too for a short while

>>8154690
Holy shit, other anon was right. clean up and organize, hoarder

i like the gameshop display rack tho, i kind of want one now

>>8145694
Descent on the PS1 aye, good shit

>>8156232
Blockbuster actually, though I do have a Gamestop rack also upstairs with 360 games on it.

>>8156256
Here is a better view from the other side. Its really nice, got it when my local store was closing. Cant see cause of the sofa but it has 6 racks on the front sides that holds 68 games each and the ends are smaller but also have 6 racks that holds up to 28 games on each.

>>8156273
View of one of the sides.

>>8156232
Here is a gamestop rack i saved from the trash. It had wheels but they all broke off as i had to wheel in 3 miles to my house since i didn't want to disassemble it and had no car big enough to move it, so at like 3am i was pushing it up hills then jumped on the side and rode it down inclines all the way home.

>>8156294
Forgot pic

>>8143065
>XD
GO BACK

>>8154690
Based and hoarder pilled

Got a small coomlection of stuff. I mostly buy stuff that seems interesting to me or that I wanted to play as a kid, and don't really seek out anything rare.

>>8156521
>pal
>ocelot from the shitty game
yikes, oof!

Does anyone else's eyes glaze over and you just don't give a shit whenever you see someone's giant collection of 360 games?

>>8156546
any collections after 5th gen I naturally do this too. I think it's the fact that boxes got standardized

>>8139071
I want to unload this.

How is Australia this time of year?
>>8139504

>>8152886
No, you're

>>8154515
Finished 1-3, rondo, its sfc remake and bloodlines. 4 is next on the list and for now Rondo is my favorite. 3 is second

>>8154373
Its fucking stupid how much these games prices skyrocketed over the years. Literally I got Silent Hill 2 for 20 bucks in late 2018.

12/14 US VB releases. Two most expensive to go. I like boxes and manuals, but I collect-to-play so I'm not gonna pay 3x the price to get all that shit. I'll do it for a couple extra bucks.

>>8156776
I wanna unload that too. Hold on, I’m gonna trib that pic there soon

>>8156949
Im still missing 3d Tetris.

>>8156949
i want this alot

>>8156521
Based Saturn enjoyer

>>8156949
I'm a hardcore bomberman fan and collector. But I will never get a virtual boy just to play panic bomber.

>>8157857
Well it's on Super Famicom and PC Engine too

>>8158338
Yeah, I've got the SFC version. I'm not crazy enough to get every version

>>8156135
>All normie bing bing wahoo titles.

Yes.
Collecting "hidden gems" garbage is not my thing pal

>>8157857
>>8158349
>hardcore bomberman fan and collector
>not crazy enough to get every version

>>8158525
No such thing as hidden gems. There are good games, bad games, and games for children.
Guess which one you collect?

>>8158958
>i love the fact that he argues with people online about videogames - doesn't he know that makes me want to fuck him all night long!

someone from old-/vr/ please post the meme

>>8158958
lmao you collect the games for adults, anon?
how's your pay your taxes simulator going?
Managed to 100% Divorce 2: Jamal is back for more yet?
fucking kek
you guys are such an embarrassment sometimes

>>8156231
It does kinda look tacky yes. I have them for the memories with my at the time, girlfrend, now wife. I forced her to buy a McMeal for her twice to get the toys.
Good times.

>>8156521
>東京魔人學園剣風帖
Was that the one they made a new one of recently or am I thinking of something else?
>spine has 学 instead of 學
never noticed that before; wonder if it was a typo or a font limitation or intentional. I mean it's technically the same character...I need a Japanese master to explain to me the significance of this

>>8156546
I feel that way about any giant collections
Not that I have negative feelings toward them, just, it's not interesting if it doesn't say anything about their taste in games

>>8159369
what the fuck are you even trying to say with this post.? You're a joke

>>8156294
goodshit
>>8156273
was it really worth the dumpster diving and 3 mile haul tho

>>8139504
>>8150072
The only two setups posted and they’re audiocucked. Absolutely tragic.

1/2

>>8160563
2/2

i already have most of my collection, but fuck me, the last 10/15 things i want skyrocketed in price. i kinda dont even want to buy them anymore they're so bullshit. FFIII, super metroid, the snes zelda, r-type III, battle garegga, and a few ps2 games. why the fuck is gta vice city stories 100 dollars? that was in every single gamestop ever for years and now its all of a sudden rare? did people bury that shit in landfills or something?

>>8156546
old & bitter

>>8153981
Since a lot of older boxes don't look perfect lined up next to each other because of years of natural shelf-wear, the box protectors help them look very uniform/consistent. And damage to the boxes are less noticeable with the protectors on it too, as well as holding the structure together if the box is crushed at all. I'd personally recommend it.

>>8160601
>why the fuck is gta vice city stories 100 dollars?
You looking on Amazon or something? It's hovering around $54 on eBay.
To answer the question on why it's so rare, I genuinely have never seen it garage sailing in all the years i've continued to do it. Maybe like 20 copies of GTAIII, San Andreas, and Vice City each, very few for Liberty City Stories, and literally none for Vice City Stories.

>>8160694
nah on ebay, about 3 months ago there were only about ten listings and the buy-it-now prices were 75 dollars and up.

>>8160694
Probably because LCS & VCS were PSP to PS2 ports that never got PC releases so everyone forgot about them. Shame because they're good fun.

I can't even remember how much I paid for my copy second hand, but it certainly wasn't that much.

>>8160768
You can literally buy it right now for $50, which is less than $100 as you claimed.

>>8160563
>>8160569
A lot of good games there. Nice collection, anon.
But man, US Saturn spines are such a clusterfuck.

>>8160848
....do you think im lying about seeing it listed for 100 dollars or something? i fucking got it the first time you showed pics....also, i refuse to buy a GTA for 50 dollars, even that is beyond absurd. i only buy like-new conditions anyway. anything less is usually a lie and its scratched to shit.

>>8160884
You will never own gta

>>8160909
fuck you x1,000,000,000

>>8160884
>why the fuck is gta vice city stories 100 dollars?
>....do you think im lying about seeing it listed for 100 dollars or something?
Just because it's listed for $100 doesn't mean it sells for $100. I can find you a ton of Mario 64s and other extremely common games that are listed for $100 too. I think you're just being dramatic in this case because I'm pretty sure that game is actually uncommon + desirable. And this is coming from someone who wouldn't pay for games in this market either.

>>8159776
Yeah it kinda was, not like i had any shit going on in the middle of the night and i needed a shelf, plus it has a 2nd side of it i use for vita n psp shit.

>>8160974
Also wasnt a dumpster dive, was working at the store at the time and knew we were getting rid of it. Also got a 4 sides shelf display from there as well.

>>8143096
i have one now with mint labels and no blockbuster sticker. i've got super bowling too.

>>8160610
Nah Xbox is just boring.

>>8145361
>He doesn't know most SNES game plays at 60Hz just fine

>>8160236
full stack @ 8 12" celestions
somehow "audiocucked"
never change

>>8162078
are you playing fucking arenas or something? thats an absurd amount of power nowadays.

>>8139424
>I have my collection on my raspberry pi
kill yourself.

>>8141105
>coomlection
get xchange 3 the fuck out of this goated collection

>>8142372
real and fucking true

>>8142838
fucking nice how the hell did you find a copy of ikaruga?

>>8162239
Bought it all as a lot off ebay about 5 years ago.
Paid $400, now some of those games are worth $100+ each.
Came with a gamecube and the gameboy player.

I always get the itch to start a new collection but then I remember how useless it felt and how long it took to sell them all on ebay and I bury that idea deep inside my head. the whole "hunting" aspect was a really nice hobby but thats because most of the top games used to be 10-20$ cib 15-20 years ago on ebay. nowadays I would literally pay 100-200$ for the same games in a worse condition.

I feel really bad for the people wanting to start their collection nowadays.

>>8162283
I sold a good chunk of my collection between 2018-2020 literally just before the covid spike because i needed the money and was sick of collecting, just had a room filled with games i didn't play anymore and was going through a bit of an transitionary phase in my life where i wanted to go more minimal. I don't regret the decision but it does suck that i now have to pay out the ass for things i was hoping i'd be able to re-buy at a later date for maybe cheaper prices if not the same price.
The most painful things i sold were things like Breath Of Fire IV, Tales Of Destiny, Silent Hill, and my Vita collection. seriously though wtf when did everyone all of a sudden become collectors.

>>8162283
I'm glad I've never had any real attraction to the idea of "collecting". I had a bunch of games as a kid, and one day while I was at university my mom decided to sell them all off (she asked first).

Now, if I'd kept them, I probably could've made some decent money off them today, so that stings a little. Lots of retards out there willing to pay top dollar for Nintendo shit now. I even had Virtua Racing and Thunder Force IV for the Mega Drive.

But in terms of actually having them around? I've never missed them. I've got all the games I had as a kid, and a lot more, stored on microSD cards the size of a fingernail. I don't have to rifle through shelves, only to find out I misplaced the disc in another case because I was lazy.

These days all I have lying around are a copy of Kato and Ken that came with my Famicom I used once for testing, A copy of Sonic the Hedgehog for the same reason, and Seaman 2 as well as Police 9/11 because they both came with PS2 peripherals I wanted (A seaman compatible mic, and a police 9/11 compatible camera, respectively). Maybe if I went through my old CD stacks I might find a copy of Warioware for the Wii between some old demo discs. But none of these games are even used, I don't see the point when I can just use flashcarts and ODEs.

The one thing I miss from boxed games is looking through the manual, I guess. It'd be nice to have some online resource for those given it helps with game progression sometimes, but the ones out there seem pretty lacking.

>>8162208
i kinda explained in another thread
i do experimental guitar/synth music with a very loud drummer

since im the only other musician in the project i need to be very loud

im never going to reveal my power level or shill my projects that i have going on

but if i gave enough hints /mu/ shitposters would figure out maybe not WHO i am, but definitely WHERE i am

my friends are quite talented i prefer to fly under the radar & garner (only deserved) attention by my own artistic merits

tiny indie label i started is doing well though & im proud to say we have vinyl records +eshop

>>8159764
keep seething

>>8162353
/mu/ oldfag here, you can't hide from me faggot.

i have the fpga nes, genesis, and snes hooked up to the hd tv for capture and streaming but this little corner is for me

>>8162442
filthy. how can you guys live like that? there is nothing "comfy" about living like a neckbeard bum in his late 30's.

>>8162442
You bought a super NT? You stream?
Disgusting

>>8139071
I haven't bought an N64 game since like 04 and it puts this embarrassing collection to shame.

>>8162474
super nt is mad convenient for my setup. plus i don't have a flash cart for snes so it comes in handy for playing roms and hacks. and i stream to irl friends through discord. none of that eceleb nonsense

>>8162493
>stream
>discord
big yikes

>>8147419
>>8147507

always felt this way, especially now. good posts anon

>>8147552
I feel the same as him and it is a little bit sad. But changing your mindset helps make it less sad. Modern life demands that all your leisure time be spent in front of either a phone screen or a computer screen. To be infinitely distracted by endless choices. Browsing movies on Netflix for hours or looking at a full romset unable to choose something to play for more than a few minutes. I feel far more satisfied when I can get away from all this crap and focus on something. I do use emulators on my Android TV box instead of my PC but I put one game on there at a time and set aside time to play. By sitting down with a controller in my hand and looking at my TV I'm able to focus on what I want to do. I won't be tempted to answer messages from anybody. I won't be tempted to come here and be an asshole to somebody because they have a different opinion than me. I can enjoy playing a game and have fun. That's also why I appreciate original hardware. Having a shitload of devices that can play anything makes me appreciate purpose built machines more. The simplicity of it makes me happy.

>>8162493
Goback