Video Game Collection

For the past several years, I've worked toward amassing what I at least think is a pretty substaintal video game collection. As a young kid I really never had any video games short of the $5 handhelds from K-mart - and to be honest, in those early years, I was none the worse either way. But within the last ten years I came to appreciate the console systems of yesteryear and had this quarky aspiration to collect as many as I could. Unfortunately, I let my interest slip several times in the past and have traded in, what is priceless to me now, several systems, games and accessories.

What I have now is simply a collection of what I was left with after my massive selloff and my most recent resurance in interest, mainly due to having quite a few friends that appreciate the classics. Simply put, there's so much to be said for the fact that you can buy 15 Nintendo games at a yard sale for $5 and get endless hours of gameplay out of it by only sacrificing the need for insanely high-tech graphics or you could go to your local new gamestore and walk out empty handed with even five times the amount of money. Although it would be unfair for me to say that I don't treasure the more modern consoles, it is more than just picking up a few old dusty Master System games - you're picking up part history. Although at this point, anyone that isn't a gaming enthusiast is rolling their eyes - consider how prized original 78's are of The Beatles or Dylan - and then relate it to the fact that even though you can get Super Mario Bros. on virtually any system ever released - there's something about playing it in its originally released format.

Most of my finds have been a conglomeration of really good (and dumb) luck, yard sale finds and pawn shop purchases.