@DASHTHEHAND:
You've obviously never handled or seen a real antique book before and I don't mean a crumbling 1930s first edition of "Gone With The Wind".

Books are one point were printed on linen rag and quite durable over time.
When I was in college one of my English professors brought in an original first edition of "Gullivers Travels" by Swift, printed in 1735. Not only still legible, but actually handle-able and (VERY carefully) page-turnable because it was printed on cloth-based paper, not acid rag. I was impressed. Here was something over 250 years old and it could be passed from hand to hand around the class.

Try that with an original copy of "Star Wars" from 1977 and see where you get. Original objects, well-cared for, do have their place.

jetdillo

and why 4 nintendo consoles? i mean i can understand two maybe, use the other if say, you get tired of blowing in the first or shoving extra carts in there, but 4?!

qbxk

@Sushiwriter: Either of those objects benefits you...how? By pointing to them saying "LOOKIE WHAT I GOTS!" I assume? The '39 Ford while being at the same time ugly, fuel inefficient, and less crash safe with all the modern marvels the 1930's offered is obviously a better choice. And having a first edition book that will no doubt collect dust from never having its "precious" pages touched for fear of grease applied or god forbid having a page torn is a much better investment than a free library card.

Good call.

DashTheHand

10,000+ dollars of ancient equipment stored in a basement ... where it floods. that doesn't seem too smart. of course amassing this stuff is questionable as well.

that said i'd like to see him ship it off to a museum somewhere.

Paradise

@styrofoam: I was going to say the same thing. Man, I loved the ol' TG16 and CD. I love that the Nintendo is bringing back some of the games.

I don't see a Turbo Express though. I loved being able to play Military Madness in the car.

@strider_mt2k: send your "extra points" and $5 S&H in for the special gold foil variant of "Teh Interwebs: ROFLMAO."

zenpoet

@DashTheHand: that's kind of sad that you're telling one of the sr. members how to post. as i recall he got an award for quality posting too. who are you again?

@med: see above.

Paradise

@DashTheHand:
Absolutely right. I should go sell my '39 Ford Truck because I could get a brand new shiny truck. And who in their right mind would want a first edition of a Dickens novel when they could go to the library and check out a paperback?

You do realize that there is more to an object than raw utility, don't you?

Sushiwriter

Uhhhhh....

I don't see a 3DO.....

hehe...

Love my 3DO....

:-)

babj615

Drools.

All I want for chirstmas is this. In fact this is all I want for the next 5 Christmases.

SAIFDS

went back, damn, he has a 32x, but still lacks a sega CD? odd. but, i mean i don't own 90% of video game history, so who am i to say?

oo0cyst0oo

no sega 32x or sega CD. obviously no sega neptune. this guy has too many systems to think having only a PS3 is a good idea, clearly. look, he skipped out on the 3DO.

oo0cyst0oo

@Dearhaw: I noticed the missing 3DO also. For shame.

anatak

whats funny is I can play all of this on my cell phone. :)

tgwaste

@med:
No, but it is fun to watch who gets bothered by it.

strider_mt2k

He's selling all this because he has all the emu's and rom's, all on a 20 gig hard drive.

chai714

He forgot to add his lost youth to the list...

atomx

Oh, and the Turbografix 16 came both in the console and hand held flavors (and the hand held had a sweet screen and optional TV tuner).

OldSchoolGadgetLover

Woohoo, I'm the high bidder ;)

markgm

I was out bid.

markgm

the collection is of course missing the Power Pad mat, because owning one would necessitate getting some form of exercise.

Cassifras

That dude's mom said "Look son, you're 43 years old, I'd like my basement back!"

citykids

Oh lawd, I def. need two Jaguar toilets!

agahnim

I do not see a Pippin in there ;-p

[en.wikipedia.org]

Or a 3DO Real.

[en.wikipedia.org]

And I'm happy for him that he doesn't. Those two just blew.

Dearhaw

It looks like "40-Year-Old Virgin" got married. Good move bro, you're off to a good start.

newgalactic

:O

holy crap...................................

that's A LOT.

but...... if i were him, i'd sell them separately.

crazylittlegirl

@strider_mt2k: Do you get extra points or frequent flyer miles or something for posting every 5 minutes?

med

Holy mother of god....

Looks like the ole therapist made a breakthrough. Sell that baby while your OCD is in check.

FrankenPC

Too bad the House on the Rock doesn't collect things like video games; this sort of thing would be right up their alley.

King of the Wild Frontier

I work too hard getting rid of my own junk to buy someone else's. All I see are a couple of trips to goodwill in 2 years.

SeattleTed

@homerjay:
damn, i actually have the money for it... well, the credit for it... damn....damn!

nutbastard

hehehe you're right. he's NOT awesome.

take a look at his dreamcast pic. I see SPINDLES! haahaaaa!

he's probably selling all those to buy a ps3

RastaSega

Looks like he settled on the PS3 as it is not listed above.

I am with STRIDER_MT2K. Who has time for games?

JChristopher

@DashTheHand:

Excuse me while I ROFLMAO!!!!!!!

Shockage

And to think, all of those games plus the emulators to run them could fit on a single DVD. Would save a bunch on shipping, too.

Monty

I still have my Intilivision, there something cool about the 1978 copyright that pops up when I start the MLB game.

El Daveo

I've got that Christmas NiGHTS disc that a friend gave me for free since I have a Saturn, haha.

He has a lot of stuff, but not a whole lot of it interests me. I mean, I'd really love to get my hands on that Vectrex, for one, but I have 2 Virtual Boys with an almost-complete US game collection (all 14 games, haha).

It's impressive, alright.

jrronimo

@sirwebster: don't be a tool, he's probably not selling it because it's still current, like he's not selling his xbox 360

sirwebster

he sure has alot of burnt dreamcast games. He's also missing Sega CD in his Genesis collection.

llryuujinll

No Atari 5200? Even I have one of those ... Haven't upgraded since, but it still works!

Nately

@nutbastard: Maybe you should buy it at $10K and resell it all for $30K! Capitalism at its best!

homerjay

Honestly if it were me, I would absolutely sell it all in one shot, and let somebody else spend 30+ years trying to sell each piece individually for a profit. I've always said: All money is not good money. Some things really are more trouble than they're worth.

WorkingOnYourInvoice

Want

grandmoffharlin

@satan gave me a taco: snow covers the ground and all the little guys where christmas hats, happy days (long live the sega saturn!)

sirwebster

i see something missing, the PS3, haha, not even this guy bought one

sirwebster

I am suddenly very interested in what differs in the Christmas version of NiGHTS.

satan gave me a taco

@DashTheHand: LOL!

strider_mt2k

@RastaSega: I agree with your first sentence but not your second sentence.

omg-ponies

@DashTheHand: Aye, that is true. If you wanted all these machines hooked up at once (save the PS1 and other systems with backwards-compatible successors) you'd need at least a 15-foot long or 10-foot high entertainment center to hold all these consoles, plus around 4 or 5 Pelican System Selectors depending on your TV's inputs.

Nintenboy01

he's a really big Sega Dreamcast fan!

he's awesome!

RastaSega

@The Lab: Perhaps he just wanted to piece together 6 Captain N costumes?

Pope John Peeps II

@strider_mt2k: Unecessary and unwanted. Just like commenting on EVERY post.

As for the collection, its certainly impressive, but unfortunately a modern PC makes most of it very obsolete with emulators being as good as they are. More valuable to a VG museum or another crazy that requires owning the physical medium.

DashTheHand

Where's the Speccy 48k and Amiga?

I could have sold him mine to complete his list

Compact

I don't see PS3. This would make a good collection for a "museum" perhaps.

lburgguy

@Adam Frucci: Just boiling it down.

:D

strider_mt2k

shipping is $1500! dang... lol

drum

Turbo-Duo = TG16 + Turbo Grafx CD.

I had the same collection, minus the Neo Geo and Nuon, and plus a few more. I've been parting it out oever eBay, and it hurts. But then again, once your collection gets that big, actually PLAYING any of it (which is the point, really) never f'n happens.

styrofoam

@strider_mt2k: Thanks for your in-depth analysis, strider.

Adam Frucci

@nutbastard: x2

That's insane. Absolutely silly. He has to know what he has. He'd make at least twice that if he just parted it out system by system.

luckypictures

Ton of crap.

strider_mt2k

@nutbastard: Excellent point. Adjusted for inflation, the Atari 2600 cost $659.

omg-ponies

Say you have five light guns for Duck Hunt, what compels you to acquire a sixth? Are you concerned that, in event that five light guns fail, you will be unable to play Duck Hunt?

The Lab

Or I could buy an Atari 2600 at Love Saves The Day for a helluva lot cheaper.

omg-ponies

That silly fuck. if he'd have pieced it out, he could have pulled in $30K for all that. 10 measly grand? for ALL that money spent, all that effort? c'mon, thats a median 4-6 month takehome at any full time job, but gawd, all those systems, at one time, were kind of expensive. And the inflation doesn't help either... maybe he owes money to the mob or something...

nutbastard

I just want the nes

Ultraorange

I see a distinct lack of CD-i. How will anyone ever play those awesome Legend of Zelda games??!

viewtiful

Damned acid rag.

jellobrains

@jellobrains: Not as hip as the Michigan Rag, but it'll do.

It'll do.

I thank my defenders and respectfully refer my detractors to my defenders.

strider_mt2k

@strider_mt2k: I think your detractors might be on the rag.

Too harsh? Too crude?

gokor

I don't see a 3DO

I don't even collect video game consoles, and I have two of the panasonic models, and formerly a goldstar.

curiosa863

At first I thought all he had were the Ataris. But I looked at the other pictures, and am very impressed. and alot of those things look spotless.

aaj111

meet...jesus.

Kaiser-Machead

Funcoland, meat Xanadu.

Kaiser-Machead

no Sega Nomad? [en.wikipedia.org]

wtf

and who the fuck thinks they have the right to say anything to strider, he's been commenting on shit since you were shittin pampers

gizmodo sure has changed a lot over the past couple years, it used to be a great place to come and read informed opinions, now everything i read is typical 13 year old banter. It's a shame, I think the site was probably better before commenting was opened up to the masses, because I used to read the comments regularly, and often my electronics purchases were guided by the information gleaned from these comments.

djdare

This collector obviously spent lots of time and money on these items. Sadly, Strider is right: ultimately, it will clog a landfill somewhere.
I like Giz as long as the brats are not allowed to run amuck.

masser