Originally posted by: dqualls187
Thought of another idea.
What if there was 100 club badges. Similar to the 100 guide badge. Could have one for different game genres like for 100 Platformers, 100 RPGS, 100 Shoot Em Ups.. Have 100 games In either genre and you get a badge. Probably don't need one for every game genre but these 3 would be cool! Definitely don't need a 100 Sports game badge!
But how do you quantatively define genres? Many games bend genres or have multiple sections with different play styles. Perhaps a "100 game" badge for 100 NES games or 100 SNES games or (insert system here). People gotta start somewhere. From there, 50%, 75%, and 90% milestone awards for the selected system would be a nice gesture because some people don't have the disposable income to collect complete sets.
Also there's badges for 25 imports, 25 reproductions, 25 pirates, but no badge for "25 homebrews" icon. I have well over 50 homebrews spread across several systems (the bulk of which is NES and Atari) and would like to see a badge for collecting homebrew games. I was specifically told that homebrews do not count as repros, so they should get their own category. IMO, purchasing homebrews is one of the best ways to show support for the retrogaming community.