What are some lessons you've learned from collecting retro games?

[famiac]

Me neither but i just smelled them to see if what JC said was true XD

[133MHz]

This thread has inspired me to write this on my blog:

http://133fsb.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/murphys-law-applied-to-video-game-collecting/

[senseiman]

I think I agree with the OP's points.

I would add (from the perspective of someone collecting in Japan):

-No two shops ever charge the same price for the same game so it pays to shop around;
-Every shop has way more Super Famicom games than anyone could ever need but nowhere near as much Famicom or N64 stuff;
-Every shop has way more horse racing games than anyone could ever need (ie every shop has at least 1 horse racing game);
-Never pay more money than you are willing to lose for a game you have never played before because it might suck;
-There is absolutely no correlation between how much fun a game is and how much it costs.