Control Issues

Here's pics of my Intellivision stuff...  Got all of this from a coworker.  It was literally one of those, "Look what I found in my mom's attic" kind of deals.  He tried selling it all to a local game store, but didn't like their offer then he came to me.  I told him he should have come to me first.  lol  I offered him $50 and he accepted.  Then I found out that I could only get $40 out as cash at the register, so I told him I'd owe him the other 10 and he said not to worry about it.  The $40 was already over twice what the game store offered him.  😃
 
(Sorry the pics aren't that great... need to take updated ones.  These are on my old apartment's kitchen floor and the dark color tile wasn't a good choice for a background.)

Here's pics of my Intellivision stuff...  Got all of this from a coworker.  It was literally one of those, "Look what I found in my mom's attic" kind of deals.  He tried selling it all to a local game store, but didn't like their offer then he came to me.  I told him he should have come to me first.  lol  I offered him $50 and he accepted.  Then I found out that I could only get $40 out as cash at the register, so I told him I'd owe him the other 10 and he said not to worry about it.  The $40 was already over twice what the game store offered him.  😃
 
(Sorry the pics aren't that great... need to take updated ones.  These are on my old apartment's kitchen floor and the dark color tile wasn't a good choice for a background.)

Great collection! Blazing Lasers is one of my favorite games of all time. Galaga '90, R-TYPE, Military Madness, Devil's Crush, Raiden, Legendary Axe, Ninja Spirit, each one of those games is reason enough alone to buy a TurboGrafx-16. Great to have another Turbo gamer here in the forums! 🙌

On real hardware, real HuCard, using standard TG controller.  I've only gotten past the third level once... and didn't last long when I did.  This score is from tonight. 4/17/19
 
 

I got my TurboGrafx back in High School.  Probably '91, but I don't remember exactly.  I had been looking in gaming mags and watching the battle between the Turbo and the Genesis (SNES wasn't out yet).  I finally convinced my parents to get me a TurboGrafx, but didn't know it right away.  My dad and step-mom told my mom that they were getting me one for Christmas, and my mom told me so I could pick out a game I wanted (because she had no idea about games.)  I picked Legendary Axe.  The system came with a mail in offer for a free game that required filling out a card and sending in the UPC and proof of purchase from the box (so my box has some holes in it where I cut them out).  The free game I got was Blazing Lazers.  They also got me the TurboTap and an extra TurboPad.
 
I don't remember the order in which the rest of the collection was acquired or years...  I know that World Class Baseball, Psychosis, and Military Madness were all bought when the local Hastings store was selling their rental games.  TV Sports Football and the controller extension cable (an actual TG extension cable) were bought from Turbo Zone Direct vial mail order.  But the others, I'm not sure... some Ebay, but don't remember which ones exactly.  But the last game I got for it was Ninja Spirit and that was about five years ago.  Most of the stuff was bought before prices skyrocketed.  Hard to justify or afford games these days.  lol

I got my TurboGrafx back in High School.  Probably '91, but I don't remember exactly.  I had been looking in gaming mags and watching the battle between the Turbo and the Genesis (SNES wasn't out yet).  I finally convinced my parents to get me a TurboGrafx, but didn't know it right away.  My dad and step-mom told my mom that they were getting me one for Christmas, and my mom told me so I could pick out a game I wanted (because she had no idea about games.)  I picked Legendary Axe.  The system came with a mail in offer for a free game that required filling out a card and sending in the UPC and proof of purchase from the box (so my box has some holes in it where I cut them out).  The free game I got was Blazing Lazers.  They also got me the TurboTap and an extra TurboPad.
 
I don't remember the order in which the rest of the collection was acquired or years...  I know that World Class Baseball, Psychosis, and Military Madness were all bought when the local Hastings store was selling their rental games.  TV Sports Football and the controller extension cable (an actual TG extension cable) were bought from Turbo Zone Direct vial mail order.  But the others, I'm not sure... some Ebay, but don't remember which ones exactly.  But the last game I got for it was Ninja Spirit and that was about five years ago.  Most of the stuff was bought before prices skyrocketed.  Hard to justify or afford games these days.  lol

New here, obviously.  Saw the posts on Twitter and followed.  Didn't realize it was a forum until I saw the post about the chat and decided to check it out.  Thought, "Oh, they're doing a TurboGrafx R-Type scoring thing...  I wanna put in a score."  😃
 
I'm in the East Texas area, about two hours East of Dallas.  Been playing video games since my family first got a pong clone in the late 70s/early 80s.  Been collecting for about 25 years or so, but still don't have a huge collection.  Too many consoles, too many games, not enough money.  The usual.
 
Been member of the AtariAge forums for about ten years.  Figured I'd branch out some.
 
Pic is of me at the National Videogame Museum in Frisco Texas.  It's a great place to visit if you're in the Dallas area.

Heya StormSurge!  Guess there's more AAers here!  

New here, obviously.  Saw the posts on Twitter and followed.  Didn't realize it was a forum until I saw the post about the chat and decided to check it out.  Thought, "Oh, they're doing a TurboGrafx R-Type scoring thing...  I wanna put in a score."  😃
 
I'm in the East Texas area, about two hours East of Dallas.  Been playing video games since my family first got a pong clone in the late 70s/early 80s.  Been collecting for about 25 years or so, but still don't have a huge collection.  Too many consoles, too many games, not enough money.  The usual.
 
Been member of the AtariAge forums for about ten years.  Figured I'd branch out some.
 
Pic is of me at the National Videogame Museum in Frisco Texas.  It's a great place to visit if you're in the Dallas area.

I still haven't finished.  I've played through a good bit of it, but have no idea where I am or what I was doing or where I need to go next... but the thought of starting over and playing through all of what I've already played through again is not very appealing right now....

Heya StormSurge!  Guess there's more AAers here!  

I've been in this exact situation more than once. My answer would be: It Depends.
In my view it depends on the sentimentality of the game, do I have a duplicate in my collection, what are my priorities, what financial demands exist, and what is the upside of selling the item?
Sentimentality: Some of these items mean something to me beyond money or the value of having a spot filled in my collection. If I have memories attached to an item, if it's one of my original items that I had as a kid and can remember going into the store with my dad and buying that game or system - or NOT buying but seeing on the shelf, picking up and looking at and just not being able to afford, then I am highly unlikely to let it go. Unless there's a..
Duplicate: When I began actively collecting classic games in 1993 I implemented a tactic that my dad passed on to me when I was collecting baseball cards in the 1980s: Collect in duplicates. "If you have one Kirk Gibson baseball card, make sure you have two so you have one to keep nice and one to trade." I would end up with not just one complete 1984 - 1989 Topp's Baseball Card collection, but two. I would do this with a few of my toys / action figure sets as well if it was something I really liked. I'd buy two. One to keep nice, or new in the package, and the other to play the heck out of. When I started collecting classic video games I did the same thing. Remember the story about how I found E.T. and Asteroids in the clearance aisle at Kay-Bee Toys and that's how I got into this? I ended up going back to get another set a couple weeks later, after the bug had bitten me and I grew rabidly committed to classic gaming. Again, one game to keep nice, the other to play the heck out of. Today when it comes to collecting as an adult, you'll see that I usually have 2-3 or more of each game in my collection. It's not holding so much as it's archiving (often for future use on this site) and preserving for an eventual trade. So what happens when I have a duplicate of something valuable or rare and somebody approaches me with an offer for a trade...
Distinguishing between "Valuable" and "Rare": I am far more likely to sell something that is valuable, but openly available, rather than something that is truly rare, regardless of the price. For example, most of you know I'm a big TurboDuo fan. I have a nice collection of PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 items, and the TurboDuo is likely my favorite non-Atari game console. I have a few of these babies put away brand new in the box. Brand new retail systems never touched or opened. I only have a few, and when I find more in that pristine 10/10 condition I try to work out a deal to bring it home. I also have two Atari Video System X pre-production units. A prototype Atari Video System X console is far more "rare" than a TurboDuo which you could buy at Toys R Us in 1993, but not necessarily more financially "valuable". Remember, there's a difference. I can always get another TurboDuo, but I will have the hardest time getting my hands on another Atari Video System X console. What's more, I receive offers for the TurboDuo that exceed any offers I've received for the Atari VSX. The most recent offer I had for the TurboDuo came from a gentleman in China who offered well over $3,500 USD for me to pack and ship him the system. That amount of money definitely places the TurboDuo in the "Valuable" category as far as my game systems go, and although the Atari Video System X is "Rare" I haven't seen an offer that high for the VSX nor would I solicit one. In this situation I would place more value on "Rare" than "Valuable". If something is "Valuable" but can be replaced, I may be willing to let it go. If something is "Rare" like Impossible Mission for Atari 7800 is "Rare" I may let that go if it makes sense to do so, I'm comfortable with the price and with where that "Rare" item would find a new home. If it's something "Rare" like the Atari Video System X, I wouldn't want that to leave my collection. Not only is it "Rare" but it has sentimentality to it in what it means to me. It really all comes down to...
Priorities: I can say with confidence that I probably more than anybody else who will read this have found myself in situations where I've had to liquidate interesting, amazing, historic items from my collection. I won't do it again. Atari Video System X, Panasonic 3DO M2 consoles, prototype game systems, games, arcade machines, unused retail kiosks, 1984 silver label 7800 cartridges, Atari Holograms, you name it. When I launched a tech start-up with some former Atari people in 2004 I needed to raise seed capital and some of these items had to go. At the height of the recession in 2010 some of these items had to go. But my Atari 7800 that I grew up with stayed with me. And so did the E.T. and Asteroids that I found for .97 cents at Kay-Bee Toys that one day, too. Priorities matter, and there are a lot of things in life that have to come before video games.
So, would I do it? Yeah, probably. It depends what it is. If its something I would have a sentimental connection to, or something that would be an important part of my personal collection that I'd never want to get rid of, say like finding an Atari 2700 Remote Control VCS at Goodwill, I would keep that in my personal collection, make it available to others through this site, and be grateful that I was able to get it without paying too exorbitant a price. If it was something else from the classic gaming world that I cared less about, I would be willing to let it go for a fair price and place that money away, investing it wisely. If it was a Nintendo World Championship cartridge, I would probably hang onto it. What a cool piece of history! But if the value ever grew to be so much that I could fulfill many of my other priorities if I sold it, I would likely let it go. It all depends on priorities, the perceived value of the item, and if I have any sentimental connection to it.

Welcome!!

Howdy Jin!  I know you from AtariAge!  (It's me, Eltigro)  lol  Was wondering if there was anyone else from AA on here.

New here, obviously.  Saw the posts on Twitter and followed.  Didn't realize it was a forum until I saw the post about the chat and decided to check it out.  Thought, "Oh, they're doing a TurboGrafx R-Type scoring thing...  I wanna put in a score."  😃
 
I'm in the East Texas area, about two hours East of Dallas.  Been playing video games since my family first got a pong clone in the late 70s/early 80s.  Been collecting for about 25 years or so, but still don't have a huge collection.  Too many consoles, too many games, not enough money.  The usual.
 
Been member of the AtariAge forums for about ten years.  Figured I'd branch out some.
 
Pic is of me at the National Videogame Museum in Frisco Texas.  It's a great place to visit if you're in the Dallas area.

Hello all. Justin pointed out to me this special section of the forums for posting one's own youtube videos so I thought I'd start one. These are my last two reviews, not necessarily last two videos but reviews. Enjoy ☺️
 
The Dreadnaught Factor for Atari XL/XE computers:
 
 
Draconian homebrew for the 2600:
 
 
 

On real hardware, real HuCard, using standard TG controller.  I've only gotten past the third level once... and didn't last long when I did.  This score is from tonight. 4/17/19
 
 

On real hardware, real HuCard, using standard TG controller.  I've only gotten past the third level once... and didn't last long when I did.  This score is from tonight. 4/17/19
 
 

Thanks.  You can actually see my last ship exploding in the pic I think.  lol... was able to get a pic just before it went away.

On real hardware, real HuCard, using standard TG controller.  I've only gotten past the third level once... and didn't last long when I did.  This score is from tonight. 4/17/19