Hey everyone. I joined and started posting a few days ago after lurking for a bit, but realized I never did a proper intro thread.
First off it's great to be here, what an awesome forum. Getting a real kick out of seeing others' collections.
A little about myself: I'm 27 and was born in 1985, the same year the...well you know, I forgot who I'm talking to. When I was a little kid, my parents weren't big on video games and wouldn't let me have a consol so I neve had the NES. Of course I played it plenty at friends and relative's houses and loved it to death.
When I was around 8, in an attempt to break my parent's brutal blockade, I asked them if I could purchase an SNES if I saved the money myself. They relented. Of course it took 6 months or more of saving birthday money and weekly allowances, but I finally got one at a Black Friday sale. I later moved on to the N64.
Fast Forward to 2000. I still regretted never owning an NES and was able to acquire one + 6 games from a neighbor. A few months later was my birthday and I found an awesome lot on Ebay for a bday present that included: 4 controllers, a zapper gun (didn't have one), and about 30 games. And all for about $60. That's when I started seriously collecting, and now have about 150 games. I know that's relatively small to some collector's here, but I'm still workin' on it. I still buy for SNES and N64, but NES is my focus.
Looking forward to chatting with you all.
Here's some pics of my modest collection on page 184 of
this thread.
I also recently purchased an RDP v2 and if interested, you can read my impressions on page 12 of
this thread.
