How many carts of Famicom do you have and which?

Started by FamicomRetroGamer, March 27, 2010, 07:29:00 pm

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nerdynebraskan

@ Joe and Dave

It would depend on how badly you needed the money. I've got hundreds of games worth $5 or less, but if I sold them all that's still several hundred dollars. (And I know many of us have similar-sized collections.)
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L___E___T

Heck, at some point ALL of my collection, (games, hardware, merchandise) has to go and I'll be left with a couple of emulation stations I expect.
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Quote from: L___E___T on August 20, 2014, 01:45:55 am
Heck, at some point ALL of my collection, (games, hardware, merchandise) has to go and I'll be left with a couple of emulation stations I expect.


Yes, I remember awhile back when you had messaged me about the Taiwanese Famicom, that at some point you were going to sell all of your stuff at some point.  If you don't mind me asking, why are you going to get rid of it all at some point?  I am sure most of us here will get rid of our collections sometime in life, but I guess you see this in the foreseeable future?
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L___E___T

To be honest - I always knew eventually but I hadn't put a time frame on it.  I think it will be in the next 5 years though, I want to buy a house and need the money.  

It was always an investment, because I pour so much into it but I will struggle to let it all go.  Like someone else said though, when it comes to choosing between games and family it's hardly a choice, it's an impulse.

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Raverrevolution

That just sucks though.  Are you guys buying things at good deals or just buying what you see regardless?  I have a pretty substantial collection myself, but no where near the size of some here.

It would kill me to ever sell it off as that's who I am, but my promise to myself is more that if I ever got to the point where basic necessities aren't met, then I would sell things off.  Like if I lost my job, had no more money left, needed to eat, as a last resort.

I'm sorry, but if you're getting to point where collecting is costing you so much money that it's preventing you from doing things that you want to do and you have to start making decisions then it's time to start cutting back on collecting or finding a higher paying job.   What'll happen is that you'll buy your house and you'll get married with the extra money, but then you'll struggle more finding and collecting what you sold and end up regretting it.

nerdynebraskan

I agree with Raver. I try to keep my collecting habits in a financially-sustainable place. I bought a house almost two years ago, and I didn't sacrifice one piece of my collection to pay for it. (And I don't make a ton of money.)

While the money I've blown on games over the years has kept my savings account thinner-than-is-ideal, I've always justified it by knowing that I buy stuff at good prices. I'm pretty confident I could resell just about anything in my collection for at least what I paid for it, should a crisis come up. But that's really the only thing that I foresee coming between me and my collection.
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stealthlurker

Damn that's gotta be tough L_E_T. Hopefully you don't have to let go of your most cherished pieces.

The house I'm living at now I bought about 10 yrs ago (horrible timing!), but luckily I didn't have to part with anything. Though leading up to it I curbed back on picking up pricey stuff like NeoGeo doodads.

Good luck L_E_T, home ownership is a great feeling  :)

NintendoKing

Quote from: L___E___T on August 20, 2014, 01:45:55 am
Heck, at some point ALL of my collection, (games, hardware, merchandise) has to go and I'll be left with a couple of emulation stations I expect.



OUYA makes a nice emulation machine for most consoles 1998 or prior. :)
I figure one day I'll have to let my gaming stuff go too, but that's life sometimes.

stealthlurker

If I had to go minimalistic via emulation (and not flashcarts on a real system)... I'd do this:

1. Get a low-res RGB monitor. For people in Europe, no biggie. CRT with RGB SCART
2. Get a decent PC... Core2Duo 3Ghz good enough
3. Get an ArcadeVGA video card (some older ATI cards can be tweaked)
4. Get a VGA to breakout BNC or SCART (whatever your RGB CRT needs)
5. Do some configuring... tweak the emulators to output the system's true native resolutions
6. Controller adapters to USB

Enjoy... juicy RGB with delicious scanlines with real controllers. I actually have this setup now also. It's fantastic. I already had all the components just laying around, just needed the ArcadeVGA card.

It's basically like building a MAME arcade cab using real CRT display and controls, but adapted for a console setup.

L___E___T

Don't get me wrong I don't really want to sell any of it, I've traded or sold a few loose bits but in relative terms I don't sell anything, I'm one of those hoarders that tend to amass things.

However I do recognise that its unrealistic to expect to hang on to all of this for life - isn't it?  You can't take any of it with you after all.  

I do find that what I let go I end up looking for again - but to me that's not a reason to never let anything go.
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http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=9423.msg133828#msg133828
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Quote from: stealthlurker on August 20, 2014, 07:33:43 pm
1. Get a low-res RGB monitor. For people in Europe, no biggie. CRT with RGB SCART
4. Get a VGA to breakout BNC or SCART (whatever your RGB CRT needs)

I am lookingto build something like this.
1.Do you have any recommendations for CRT with grat picture(or maybe even RGB scart) ? I am from Europe and it seems like buy PVM is near to impossible here.
4. Any recommendations for VGA to SCART convertor, will that cheap 15 dollar one on ebay do ? ?

L___E___T

Quote from: stealthlurker on August 20, 2014, 07:33:43 pm
If I had to go minimalistic via emulation (and not flashcarts on a real system)... I'd do this:

1. Get a low-res RGB monitor. For people in Europe, no biggie. CRT with RGB SCART
2. Get a decent PC... Core2Duo 3Ghz good enough
3. Get an ArcadeVGA video card (some older ATI cards can be tweaked)
4. Get a VGA to breakout BNC or SCART (whatever your RGB CRT needs)
5. Do some configuring... tweak the emulators to output the system's true native resolutions
6. Controller adapters to USB

Enjoy... juicy RGB with delicious scanlines with real controllers. I actually have this setup now also. It's fantastic. I already had all the components just laying around, just needed the ArcadeVGA card.

It's basically like building a MAME arcade cab using real CRT display and controls, but adapted for a console setup.



You can do this all pretty much with a Gen 1 Wii via component - which then has the advantage of playing Gamecube and Virtual Console (i.e. N64 etc.) games.  I use the SFC controller with it.

Only downside for me is that MAME on Wii only handles up to CPS1, but playing Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons on it was divine.

Your scenario does sound better though - could you please (pretty please!) take a snap and show us what it's like? :)
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http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=9423.msg133828#msg133828
大事なのは、オチに至るまでの積み重ねなのです。

stealthlurker

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I hear from gamers in Europe that the Bang Olufsen B&O MX4/6/7000 CRTs are great. Lot of talk about them in other forums. Though I don't live in Europe so can't comment too much beyond that.

Once again, not in Europe so not too familiar with SCART... but here's a thread discussing it:
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43208

@L_E_T

I actually picked up another cheap Wii and soft modded it with the intent to do this. To my disappointment, not all emulators on the Wii will output the native resolution. That's when I scrapped that idea and went PC...

Note that before that I was trying it with an OUYA and even iPhone/iPad. I got a bunch of cables and an Extron Emotia (plus similar converters) to downscale to the RGB CRT. In the end, cut the BS and just use a PC.

Here's the current setup I've been working on and off with for the past several months. Note cellphone cam pics don't do the screen justice. Using my test rig Sony PVM 20" monitor.





Since the VGA to BNC cable I was using outputs red, green, blue, horizontal sync and vertical sync... I had to get a BNC T-connector ($1) to combine horizontal and vertical sync for the Sony PVM.





I didn't want to fuss with too many tweaks and what not, so I just went ahead and bought an ArcadeVGA card. Makes things more plug and play hardware-wise.





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fcgamer

Quote from: L___E___T on August 21, 2014, 02:54:57 am
Don't get me wrong I don't really want to sell any of it, I've traded or sold a few loose bits but in relative terms I don't sell anything, I'm one of those hoarders that tend to amass things.

However I do recognise that its unrealistic to expect to hang on to all of this for life - isn't it?  You can't take any of it with you after all.  



I feel that I have a similar mentality as you, when it comes to selling off parts of the collection.  Although I am always posting things on here and other forums for sale, these are mostly just extras, things I have come across and purchased, hoping to resell at some point to other collectors, or even better to trade to help me obtain other games that I am looking for.  And with these sales, typically the actual profit I am making is quite small, usually $5 - $10 max per item, after taking paypal fees, initial item costs, etc into account.  But I enjoy hunting for games, and I also enjoy helping other collectors get items they are looking for, for reasonable prices - and I really appreciate when sellers on FW do the same in return, as so many have :)

Otherwise, I rarely sell things that are an actual part of my collection (i.e. purchased solely for my collection, not purchased with the intention of reselling).  I hate breaking up sets (maybe some mild case of OCD), and thus once it goes into the collection, it stays there unless I find a second copy in better condition.

To your other point, I totally agree and don't think that it is reasonable / realistic to keep these games until I die.  I figure one of a few scenarios will play out.  I will either lose interest at some point, and then sell the games.  If I don't have children, I think this situation would be more likely to occur.  I mean, I honestly can't see myself getting to age 60, getting arthritis, and then enjoying owning a massive game collection; however, if I had children, I could enjoy the collection through them.

#2:  Some situation happens in life where I need a nice sum of money, and the easiest / fastest way is to sell the collection.  Family emergency.  Purchasing a dream house with a dream wife.  Etc.  If the situation was not so important (i.e. something that I could easily do if I planned and saved appropriately for a few paychecks, like a small vacation to a different country) then I would feel it a waste to sell.  But as we all know, you need to have your life priorities first.

#3:  I keep the games until I grow old, but I don't enjoy them in the same way as I do now.  To me, this would be the ideal way of what I would like to do with my collection.  After settling down and also completing my collection, I would like to buy an everdrive for personal use and then open up a game museum dedicated primarily to Famicom, but maybe also to some other gaming machines that I collect.  To me, it would be a great way to archive / preserve my collection, while also subjecting it to something better than sitting packed away in a closet, due to me being "beyond" the Famicom / gaming stage (as we all know, our interests change throughout our life, but it doesn't mean that we won't still have fond memories of our previous interests).  To me, this would be my dream, but who knows if I will ever be able to make it to that stage or not.   
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L___E___T

August 21, 2014, 09:27:22 am #134 Last Edit: August 21, 2014, 09:43:35 am by L___E___T
@Stealthluker - Yeah that looks great!   Now to find a PVM...

@FCgamer - I think you've knocked the nail on the head.  I will likely have to sell mine in the next 5 years out of necessity, but of course I'd like to keep it all a lot longer and also hoped of opening a museum one day.
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http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=9423.msg133828#msg133828
大事なのは、オチに至るまでの積み重ねなのです。