Yep, tough decision but early retirement, down sizing and the honest fact that all my stuff has pretty much been in storage for the best part of 20 years only seeing the light of day every five years or so I can be bothered to faff around with boxes/cables/CRTs if lucky.
Plus all the other factors - I won't lie the games have been a great investment - many current prices are nuts. I had no idea that the younger generation would desire this old stuff that much, it has to peak sometime?
I have faith in my brick like SNES and (IMHO best design console ever - PC Engine) to go on and on but the Saturn, PSX, DC are more fragile of course - but really for the sale of just one desirable MVS game I can fund a brand new MiSTer and play them all with 32" of TATE'able monitor and no hardware worries - it's hard to ignore as much as I love the whole pleasure of handling and owning original hardware.
Like many here I guess, I started with the arcades circa '79 and started import gaming in earnest with the MD then SFC, Gameboy, PCE, PSX, Saturn, N64 and finishing with the DC around 2000 finally getting into NG MVS a few years later. So, amassed a large collection over all those years BITD when you could for little money and when many games were a few £'s used, I can remember buying used Saturn or SFC games from Japan when they were sometimes maybe $1 each! Crazy now - even my humble boxed mint original Gameboy seems worth £150 and a copy of Mr Do! I got for it 30 years ago is nudging £200...
Ironic when I just found this old topic I started 15 years ago: https://bordersdown.net/threads/7650...ing?highlight=
So, I have to start the mammoth task of shifting far too much stuff but I've ordered the MiSTer bits and will see. I'll have to keep the SNES and a few games and the PC Engine - can't bear to sell that beautiful lump and the best game storage format ever, oh and no Dreamcast on Mister - as for selling off an MVS collection that took so much effort....argghh....giving up on hardware is like a big chunk of yourself disappearing.
How about fellow oldies on here?
Plus all the other factors - I won't lie the games have been a great investment - many current prices are nuts. I had no idea that the younger generation would desire this old stuff that much, it has to peak sometime?
I have faith in my brick like SNES and (IMHO best design console ever - PC Engine) to go on and on but the Saturn, PSX, DC are more fragile of course - but really for the sale of just one desirable MVS game I can fund a brand new MiSTer and play them all with 32" of TATE'able monitor and no hardware worries - it's hard to ignore as much as I love the whole pleasure of handling and owning original hardware.
Like many here I guess, I started with the arcades circa '79 and started import gaming in earnest with the MD then SFC, Gameboy, PCE, PSX, Saturn, N64 and finishing with the DC around 2000 finally getting into NG MVS a few years later. So, amassed a large collection over all those years BITD when you could for little money and when many games were a few £'s used, I can remember buying used Saturn or SFC games from Japan when they were sometimes maybe $1 each! Crazy now - even my humble boxed mint original Gameboy seems worth £150 and a copy of Mr Do! I got for it 30 years ago is nudging £200...
Ironic when I just found this old topic I started 15 years ago: https://bordersdown.net/threads/7650...ing?highlight=
So, I have to start the mammoth task of shifting far too much stuff but I've ordered the MiSTer bits and will see. I'll have to keep the SNES and a few games and the PC Engine - can't bear to sell that beautiful lump and the best game storage format ever, oh and no Dreamcast on Mister - as for selling off an MVS collection that took so much effort....argghh....giving up on hardware is like a big chunk of yourself disappearing.
How about fellow oldies on here?
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