How Happy are You with Your Collection?

The title says it all. Plus we have a poll.

note this isn't in Genesis Does, the question's about all your VG stuff.

I am sort of torn between "Lots of good stuff lots of holes" and "Got what I want the rest is gravy". I chose the later though because I really should stop collecting at this point and only pick up new games to play through and then hock. I find so little satisfaction in gaming these days going crazy collector gonzo doesn't make sense. That is even more true given the economy and my own general lack of a retirement fund.

At this moment I'm pretty much collecting PS1, PS2, GC, and GBA only. I have a few other consoles but I havent bought games for them in a long while.

I'm very happy with my collection atm. Zero compromise has allowed me to build-up my own dream collection. I know there are lots of holes, but it's also 'the journey', as they say.

"Lots of good stuff but lots of holes" fits me perfectly. For the mean time I have quite a few really good games... But also a lot of good games absent from my shelves and plastic bins. I've been trying to fix that but sadly the best games usually come at a high price.

Thats why I buy less and less these days. I'll only take carts only if they are games from portable systems. I hate buying something thats described as "near mint" and it comes with a ripped booklet. I wish I could only buy new/unopended but the prices are too high.

Lots of good stuff but lots of holes

Its been a hell of a year for my sega genesis and super nintendo collection.

I plan to get an ever drive for my nes and n64 later on. That's about it for those 2 systems.

My wii has been sitting in the living room for a while collecting dust. I've been thinking of selling it, but my mom gave to me for my birthday so I'll try to use it a bit more and find some enjoyment out of it.

I also have a dreamcast and a sega saturn but only one game for each cause I don't know any good games for them.

2012 is almost here, I wonder what awaits this new years. :)

--The adventure has yet a long way to go!--

Mine is still somewhat respectable but I had to sell many of my games to pay bills. It hurt at first but so many just sat there and I payed no higher than ten or so for everyone of my games. I still have enough to keep playing for some time but it is nowhere as cool as it use to be. Basically I kept the "players" and sold the crazy sought after stuff, things like my Korean Megadrive and bizzaro Korean PC Symphony of the Night :cry: , that I never really played anyways. I wish I could concentrate more on it but I have other things to worry about. I just like talking about the old days.

My collection has gotten to a decent spot for my purposes, but there are some systems now with libraries and accessories that are new to me and I fear that there are some games and add-ons, I just will never own a physical copy of. Being that I'm a stickler for for owning games I truly enjoy...that thought is a bit of a damper. I guess I'll just have to suck it up and be happy with roms when needed.

On a bit of a plus, I recently found a Gamecube component cable that wasn't quite as insanely priced as they normally go for.

I've got plenty of good stuff across multiple systems with some of the holes in my collection being filled by the various flash carts I have and burned copies. There's quite a few games I want to pick up for the various consoles I have but not a whole lot. Some of my systems like my Amiga 500 and MSX2 I haven't payed much attention to though, which is something I hope to rectify next year. I'd also like to pick up an SG-1000 II and maybe another Japanese computer like a PC-8801 or an X68000 next year, depending on what my funds look like by that time. But overall I'm fairly comfortable with what I have now.

I'm not really a massive collector, I could imagine a massive collection would be a dead weight to me, since I've got many other interests that already demand a lot of time and space, particularily Guitars and at times gaming is eating into those other hobbies funding and time so I'm trying to be careful what I spend and play these days. I remember being 13/14 and literally spending every penny I had on games that are now sadly gone.

These days I mostly just buy cheap Jap Saturn games off evilbay and any good deals on PS2 games from local Game/DVD shops, I scored R-Type final for £1.50 at the weekend for example.

I could imagine in the next year or so having to make another cupboard though, the DVD's are pilling up and I at least intend to step into beefing up my Dreamcast titles and start getting some games for my recently aquired Megadrive, though I may wind up just putting the cash forward for an everdrive for space and money saving.

Did anybody ever tell you I'm tight?

I choose the first option.

I have a few complete collections and then a few that are mostly complete with holes in. When it comes to the Megadrive I only really buy games I want to play because the library is so huge.

I havn't really bought anything for a while now except the odd MD game because I just didn't have the money but I would like to expand my Jap Saturn and TurboGrafx collections a lot more.

"Lots of good stuff but lots of holes". I'm tending to buy games I need of late, over games I want; good for the collection, I suppose. When cash starts flowing again, I'm gonna be buying a few new consoles and start collecting games I want again.

Got what I want, the rest will be gravy

Pretty much that. I set out to build a very specific collection that's now reached a 99% completion status. Very few new releases, a few rare games for the Neo Geo/FM Towns/Famicom and maybe hidden titles pointed out by friends are what I still have to go for. Aaaand racing games with split-screen mode - they're getting rarer, you know?
My gaming time is fully booked for the rest of my life. :)

"Lots of good stuff but lots of holes" because while I do have a huge collection, I'm missing a ton of classics.