Originally posted by: nothing02
Wow, I can't believe I just found out about this site. This is awesome. I think this is totally gonna revive my collecting addiction.
I've been collecting NES games for about ever. I quit for a couple years when I was kid and moved on to SNES and Genesis like all the other munchkins, but I picked it back up pretty soon. I can still remember, at that time NES World and TSR's NES Archive were about the only NES-related sites on the web. I don't even think eBay had really taken off. You could pick up awesome CIB stuff at video store sales and sometimes even find sealed games still on the store racks (I remember getting sealed copies of both Startropics games for $7 this way, then... gasp... opening them).
My collection is in the 300s now, with the highlights being a Caltron 6-in-1, Hot Slots, and a Little Samson proto. These were all found in the wild at flea markets and thrift stores. (I don't usually buy stuff off eBay, sort of on principle, and partly cause I force my collecting habits to keep to a strict budget.) Does anyone else remember how awesome it was to be an NES collector in the late 90s? Haha. Man, that was 2 decades ago. Yeowch.
Well, one interesting note is that I live in China now (though I'm from the US), where collecting is a whole different thing since there was never anything officially released here. Everything is bootlegged, and there is some totally weird stuff. I've just started getting into this - I've picked up 20 or 30 carts, and might sell some extras here soon.
Well, nice to meet you all. I'm not the type of person who usually gets into message boards, but this place seems totally cool.
Thanks for making me realize I'm not the only one. Hahaha.
nice to have you. yea im not much of a message board guy either. i was a few years back when i was into xbox modding but it got old.
this website is more addicting than ciggarettes. ive met some cool people and honest people and you'lll find that the members here are honest people and you can score some good deals youd never find on ebay or anywhere else.
nice to have you dude!
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