Not after he gets his post-slashdot bandwidth bill he won't. Have shit-loads of money that is. A slashdotting can't help with the girlfriend.
-- Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face
Re:Summary
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 5, Funny
Why is it that everybody assumes that women aren't attracted to smart, sensitive guys?
I'm smart and sensitive (not my words, mind you) and I never had trouble finding girlfriends and now I'm happily married.
Of course if you don't take care of your personal hygiene and can't talk about anything else than SCO, Microsoft and Linux you'll have trouble. But then again, you are not being smart and sensitive in the first place.
Actually even talking isn't (initially) that important. Women can talk endlessly about themselves and their friends, so all you have to do is to keep listening and ask something trivial once in a while to show that you're paying attention.
Re:Summary
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 3, Funny
Yes, but it is because he has no girlfriend that he has money.
$ file/bin/chess/bin/chess symbolic link to global_thermonuclear_war
Joshua?
Re:Games
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1iar_parad0x
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· Score: 3, Interesting
First, I know this is OT. However, it's as OT as the rest of posts....
This reminds me about an interview Richard Feynman gave a long time ago. It was after he finished working at Los Alamos. He was depressed. Everywhere he went, he couldn't understand why people were building things anymore. He had just spent the last 4 years helping build the most destructive weapon known to man. He was sure the world was going to end any day now. Safe to say, he was wrong. We've had apocolyptic doomsayers for a long time. The world didn't end in 1944. It didn't end over Cuba. It hasn't ended over the middle-east. Look, I know there are priorities. However, your post could randomly apply to anything. Certianly death and war is more important than games, the California election, movies, sports, and most everything else.
My guess is that your depressed about something else. So for whatever it is worth, I stop worrying about the world along time ago. I've learned to hate all politicians equally, let vocal religious extremists argue among themselves, and I don't have a preference for the spelling of the word flavor/flavour.
-- What do you mean my sig is repetitive? What do you mean my sig is repetitive? What do you mean....
Next time I think 'I have a video game problem' I'm going back to this site to fell better about myself.
Amazing collection, but...
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Bagels
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· Score: 4, Interesting
It seems a bit incomplete in the sense that it's lacking two of the four more modern consoles (at least, he only mentions a PlayStation 2 and a Dreamcast). There are definitely games worthy of collecting on both the XBox and the GameCube. Also, as a collector, has he ever actually played all of the games that he owns? I imagine that that would be pretty much a full time job, though if he can afford all of those gaming devices, he's probably independently wealthy.
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Bwah?
Re:Amazing collection, but...
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Jon+Shaft
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· Score: 3, Informative
I'm a DP'er... (Digital Presser?) Joe, the guy that owns that nice video game setup, is one of the guys behind the Classic Gaming Expo that was held in Las Vegas for the past few years. He's big into the scene and really knows his stuff. He's the editior in cheif of the Digital Press Collectors guide. The guide shows the rarity and dollar values they believe older games are worth. DP is/.'ed now so I can't provide a link to the guide. He does sell the guide at a few places besides the dp site. Ebay is one of them:)
It's a great community. Everyone is friendly and welcome people of all ages to the community.
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This is one hell of a collection, but I can't help but wonder if he does anything to prevent bitrot or is preserving these games in some way. It's cool now, but in 20 years, he will be left with a lot of worthless plastic and silicon.
I'm in the same boat as this guy (although my Vectrex needs some work on the display *grumble*), and I *am* doing something about bitrot.
I'm keeping copies of ROMs for every game I own on my PC, and back them up to whatever off-site media is available reasonably cheap. Started with tape, moved onto CD, and just finished with some DVD-R's of ROMs.
If I keep this up, my game collection will more than outlive me, although I've yet to see any bitrot on any game I own, and some of the original Atari VCS cartridges are 26 years old now.
-- Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
Re:Slashdot effect
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Magic+Thread
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· Score: 2, Funny
Re:cached on Google
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fanatic2k4
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· Score: 5, Informative
The Google cache doesn't hold the images. You still have to wait for those images to load. However, our friendly Google has helped us out again:
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text from page...sooo slooowwww
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Anonymous Coward
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North wall: light streams in above some 3DO games, perched in front of them are Coleco tabletop units. there's a Virtual Boy on the counter-top to the left. hanging next to the window are some Activision patches and just below that, one of the two Vectrex systems we commonly play with. North wall: the other Vectrex is just to the right, alongside the Adventurevision. behind that, a loose ColecoVision game collection. Loose Nintendo games are behind the Millipede mobile. East wall: on the shelves are the nicer boxed titles for Atari 2600 and 5200, just to the right are the Intellivision boxes. Below, a custom-made storage rack holds over 350 Atari 2600 games. East wall: here's the rest of that wall. Intellivision occupies the three top shelves to the right.
West wall: various things tucked into this corner, blocking my way into the drawers (pics below). North wall: when you open the closet behind the hanging marquees, this is what you see. Game Gear, Arcadia, Vectrex, Game.com, books, and miscellaneous peripherals are kept in here. Note the "gun rack" on the door. East wall: under the counter-top is this opening where more stuff is packed in. Facing out are more NES games and a small cache of import Atari 2600 carts. Pull this back... East wall:...and you see my video game boardgame collection , some portable gaming stuff and more miscellaneous items that didn't have a home.
North Wall: pull open the top left drawer and find some of my Astrocade games and the older PlayStation stuff. North Wall: the top drawer second from the left has some boxed SNES games. East Wall: the top drawer on the left side has my Fairchild Channel F carts, and some of the better Commodore 64, VIC-20, and Atari 8-bit carts. Also my loose Vectrex carts here. East Wall: the top drawer on the right side has most of my import Atari 2600 cartridges, and my Lynx stuff.
North Wall: the middle drawer on the left side has Odyssey and Videopac stuff. North Wall: the middle drawer, second from the left has Atari 5200 stuff. East Wall: the bottom drawer on the left side has mostly boxed Atari 2600 games. East Wall: the bottom drawer on the right side has miscellaneous ColecoVision stuff, and a few Intellivision items.
North Wall: the bottom drawer on the left side has boxed Atari 2600 import stuff, some controllers and other miscellaneous homeless items. North Wall: the bottom drawer, second from the left has mostly 3DO goodies. South Wall: packed in under the staircase are a PC-FX, Video Brain and some oddball peripherals. Also my Sega 32X and Atari 7800 games. under the Pac-man pillow is an Odyssey frisbee and a CD storage cabinet with PlayStation games. South/West corner: still under the staircase, two CD storage units with PlayStation games. Behind that, two shelving units with boxed NES games. Between the shelving units, most of the Sega Master System boxed games. Sega Saturn games are stacked up to the right.
South Wall: just in front of the steps are some of the Dreamcast, PlayStation, and CD-i games. West Wall: much of the Genesis collection can be seen here, the monitor is running whatever console we're in the mood for (Dreamcast at the moment). Between the shelves of Genesis games are some of the PC Engine imports and Neo-Geo cartridges. West Wall: the rest of the Genesis collection is here. The monitor is dedicated to a MAME-dedicated PC with a HotRod SE arcade quality joystick. Behind the table is a complete TurboGrafx-16 HuCard collection and a portion of a complete Sega CD collection. North/East corner: just a further-back peek at this side for perspective.
On the other side of the wall is the storage area, where the DP publications are kept, as well as trade items. Some of the collection is kept in this room, mainly the hardware. The rest of the storage area. The upstairs room has our only coin-op machine, which runs Punch-Out!.Super Punch-Out!, and Arm Wrestling. Piles of stuff that I have no idea what to do with litter the corners. The back corner of the upstairs room, mostly
My collection...
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NEOGEOman
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I can't see the collection in question (And I'll wager no one else can at the moment either) so here's mine, if anyone cares.
One of my friends collects video games and old computers, he has just over 100 now.
Off the top of my head: Amiga 500 Amiga 600 Amiga CDTV Amiga 1200 Amiga CD32 Amstrad CPC464 Amstrad GX4000 Atari 2600 Atari 4800 Atari Falcon Atari Lynx Atari STE Apple Mac Classic BBC Model B BBC Master System Coleco Vision Commodore 64 Commodore 128 Commodore Vic20 Neo Geo Neo Geo Pocket Nintento Famicom Nintendo NES (PAL) Nintendo NES (NTSC) Nintendo Super Famicom Nintendo SNES (NTSC) Nintendo SNES (PAL) Nintendo N64 Nintendo Gameboy Nintendo Gameboy Color Nintendo Gameboy Advance Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP Nintendo Virtual Boy Nintendo Gamecube PC Engine Panasonic 3D0 Panasonic 3D0 (Goldstar Version) Philips CDi Sega Master System Sega Game Gear Sega Mega Drive Sega Genesis Sega Mega CD Sega 32x Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast Sinclair ZX80 Sinclair ZX81 Sinclair Spectrum Sinclair Spectrum 48K Sinclair Spectrum 48K+ Sinclair Spectrum 128+2 Sony PSX Sony Playstation Sony Playstation 2 Tiger Game.com
This is only arond 75% of what he has, the rest is too obscure for my memory. He also has some really rare stuff like a SNES CD Rom drive that Nintendo succeeded in having banned, the power glove and other fun things.
Slashdot Mirror
I'd sooner have a room with a girlfriend in, if it were all the same.
Lots of console stuff and home computer stuff. But it is awfully lacking in the coin-op department. But still, quite a collection!
"I have shit-loads of money and no girlfriend"
We are on the brink of World War 3 and all you can do is talk about your "case mods" and "game rigs"? GET SOME PRIORITIES PEOPLE!!!
Next time I think 'I have a video game problem' I'm going back to this site to fell better about myself.
It seems a bit incomplete in the sense that it's lacking two of the four more modern consoles (at least, he only mentions a PlayStation 2 and a Dreamcast). There are definitely games worthy of collecting on both the XBox and the GameCube. Also, as a collector, has he ever actually played all of the games that he owns? I imagine that that would be pretty much a full time job, though if he can afford all of those gaming devices, he's probably independently wealthy.
--- Bwah?
This is one hell of a collection, but I can't help but wonder if he does anything to prevent bitrot or is preserving these games in some way. It's cool now, but in 20 years, he will be left with a lot of worthless plastic and silicon.
There's a mirror here. Enjoy!
3DO, Vectrex, ColecoVision, Nintendo, Atari, Intellivision, Game Gear, Astrocade, PlayStation...
:)
Fine, fine. Good collection.
TI-99?
OK buddy, you have a problem. I think this has gone too far. You need some help
You can almost hear the web server quietly muttering "Game Over!"
Who needs a girlfriend anyway when you've got all those games?
I mean, lets do the math...
A girlfriend is useful for 10 minutes of the day, maybe 15 if you're in marathon mode.
A PS2 will give you entertainment from the time you wake up until the time you goto bed, and noone even gets tired!
I can't think of a good sig...
cached here.
North wall: light streams in above some 3DO games, perched in front of them are Coleco tabletop units. there's a Virtual Boy on the counter-top to the left. hanging next to the window are some Activision patches and just below that, one of the two Vectrex systems we commonly play with. North wall: the other Vectrex is just to the right, alongside the Adventurevision. behind that, a loose ColecoVision game collection. Loose Nintendo games are behind the Millipede mobile. East wall: on the shelves are the nicer boxed titles for Atari 2600 and 5200, just to the right are the Intellivision boxes. Below, a custom-made storage rack holds over 350 Atari 2600 games. East wall: here's the rest of that wall. Intellivision occupies the three top shelves to the right.
...and you see my video game boardgame collection , some portable gaming stuff and more miscellaneous items that didn't have a home.
West wall: various things tucked into this corner, blocking my way into the drawers (pics below). North wall: when you open the closet behind the hanging marquees, this is what you see. Game Gear, Arcadia, Vectrex, Game.com, books, and miscellaneous peripherals are kept in here. Note the "gun rack" on the door. East wall: under the counter-top is this opening where more stuff is packed in. Facing out are more NES games and a small cache of import Atari 2600 carts. Pull this back... East wall:
North Wall: pull open the top left drawer and find some of my Astrocade games and the older PlayStation stuff. North Wall: the top drawer second from the left has some boxed SNES games. East Wall: the top drawer on the left side has my Fairchild Channel F carts, and some of the better Commodore 64, VIC-20, and Atari 8-bit carts. Also my loose Vectrex carts here. East Wall: the top drawer on the right side has most of my import Atari 2600 cartridges, and my Lynx stuff.
North Wall: the middle drawer on the left side has Odyssey and Videopac stuff. North Wall: the middle drawer, second from the left has Atari 5200 stuff. East Wall: the bottom drawer on the left side has mostly boxed Atari 2600 games. East Wall: the bottom drawer on the right side has miscellaneous ColecoVision stuff, and a few Intellivision items.
North Wall: the bottom drawer on the left side has boxed Atari 2600 import stuff, some controllers and other miscellaneous homeless items. North Wall: the bottom drawer, second from the left has mostly 3DO goodies. South Wall: packed in under the staircase are a PC-FX, Video Brain and some oddball peripherals. Also my Sega 32X and Atari 7800 games. under the Pac-man pillow is an Odyssey frisbee and a CD storage cabinet with PlayStation games. South/West corner: still under the staircase, two CD storage units with PlayStation games. Behind that, two shelving units with boxed NES games. Between the shelving units, most of the Sega Master System boxed games. Sega Saturn games are stacked up to the right.
South Wall: just in front of the steps are some of the Dreamcast, PlayStation, and CD-i games. West Wall: much of the Genesis collection can be seen here, the monitor is running whatever console we're in the mood for (Dreamcast at the moment). Between the shelves of Genesis games are some of the PC Engine imports and Neo-Geo cartridges. West Wall: the rest of the Genesis collection is here. The monitor is dedicated to a MAME-dedicated PC with a HotRod SE arcade quality joystick. Behind the table is a complete TurboGrafx-16 HuCard collection and a portion of a complete Sega CD collection. North/East corner: just a further-back peek at this side for perspective.
On the other side of the wall is the storage area, where the DP publications are kept, as well as trade items. Some of the collection is kept in this room, mainly the hardware. The rest of the storage area. The upstairs room has our only coin-op machine, which runs Punch-Out!.Super Punch-Out!, and Arm Wrestling. Piles of stuff that I have no idea what to do with litter the corners. The back corner of the upstairs room, mostly
I can't see the collection in question (And I'll wager no one else can at the moment either) so here's mine, if anyone cares.
It's big, I'm serious.
It's a serious illness - I love hardware. I love playing with it, tinkering with it, hacking it up and putting what I learn online:
GameSX.com
NFG games
The one thing he's missing is a switch so he can hook up more than 2 consoles at a time. Or maybe a TV with more inputs.
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'You are in a twisty maze of passageways, all alike'
Someone should really teach this guy what an emulator is.
One of my friends collects video games and old computers, he has just over 100 now.
Off the top of my head:
Amiga 500
Amiga 600
Amiga CDTV
Amiga 1200
Amiga CD32
Amstrad CPC464
Amstrad GX4000
Atari 2600
Atari 4800
Atari Falcon
Atari Lynx
Atari STE
Apple Mac Classic
BBC Model B
BBC Master System
Coleco Vision
Commodore 64
Commodore 128
Commodore Vic20
Neo Geo
Neo Geo Pocket
Nintento Famicom
Nintendo NES (PAL)
Nintendo NES (NTSC)
Nintendo Super Famicom
Nintendo SNES (NTSC)
Nintendo SNES (PAL)
Nintendo N64
Nintendo Gameboy
Nintendo Gameboy Color
Nintendo Gameboy Advance
Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Nintendo Gamecube
PC Engine
Panasonic 3D0
Panasonic 3D0 (Goldstar Version)
Philips CDi
Sega Master System
Sega Game Gear
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Genesis
Sega Mega CD
Sega 32x
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Sinclair ZX80
Sinclair ZX81
Sinclair Spectrum
Sinclair Spectrum 48K
Sinclair Spectrum 48K+
Sinclair Spectrum 128+2
Sony PSX
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation 2
Tiger Game.com
This is only arond 75% of what he has, the rest is too obscure for my memory. He also has some really rare stuff like a SNES CD Rom drive that Nintendo succeeded in having banned, the power glove and other fun things.
He is mad
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Also this guy seriously lacks an Amiga...Lords of the Rising Sun, Uridium 2, Paradroid 90...