Old video games as art and culture are becoming increasingly difficult to experience. And I wholeheartedly acknowledge that not everyone is in the same boat. Lucky that I was born where I was, when I was, and with the resources I had. Lucky that I could travel overseas when it was cheaper and easier, and buy hardware and games while I was there.
Lucky that I have the space to store and play my collection.
Lucky that I lived in a time when “retro gaming” items were slightly less retro and quite a lot less expensive than today. I have a chronic CRT addiction, with 47 CRTs in my possession.īut more than a collector, I’m just very lucky. I own arcade machines and a number of arcade PCBs including a gift from my amazing wife, and personal favourite in my collection, a “Street Fighter III: Third Strike” CPS3 kit in a Sega Versus City head-to-head arcade machine. My physical game collection is well over 1000 games. My personal collection of consoles, including duplicates, multiple hardware revisions and cross-region models (I live in a PAL territory, but also buy hardware from overseas) spans well over 80 consoles. Before I dive into the title subject, a small rant if I may.įirst and foremost, I’m a video game collector.
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