What Are Your Retro Gaming Goals For 2019?

[nosweargamer]

Last year I wanted to clear out 100 titles from my library (didn't keep track of the number, but I did get rid of some) and better organize my collection (which isn't perfect, but I did).

This year I hope to make 100 new game review videos and clear out most of my duplicate games, systems and accessories.

EDIT: In order to have something more measurable, I've decided to try to get rid of at last 100 games, accessories and systems combined, as well as keep track of new stuff I get. In the end I want to have a net loss of 75.

What are your 2019 retro gaming goals? 

My Goal Tracker

Games Reviewed in 2019

1. Radical Rex - Sega CD
2. Planet Patrol - 2600
3. John Madden CE - Gen
4. Crackpots - 2600
5. Beamrider - 2600
6. Namco Classics Pnp
7. Beamrider - Inty
8. Asteroids Mini Arcade
9. WWF SCC Pnp
10. Galaga Mini Arcade
11. Dig Dug Min Arcade
12. Midway Classics Pnp
13. Madden 94 - Gen
14. Pac-Man Mini Arcade
15. Wrestlemania - 32x
16. Madden 95 - Gen
17. Cosmic Corridor - 2600
18. Madden 96 - Gen
19. Ms. Pac-Man Mini Arcade
20. Tron Deadly Discs - Inty
21. Dig Dug - Inty
22. Star Wars Arcade - 2600
23. Tapper - 2600
24. Superman - 2600
25. Chuck Wagon - 2600
26. Math Fun - Inty
27. Basic Math - 2600

Games/Accessories/Systems I got rid of

1. Centipede Mini Arcade
2. Frogger Mini Arcade
3. Ballblazer 7800
4. Disaster 2600
5. Galaga 7800
6. Xevious 7800
7. Ms. Pac Man 7800
8. Dig Dug 7800
9. Jinks 7800
10. Cloudy Mountain Inty
11. Lock n Chase Inty
12. Beamrider 2600
13. Star Wars Arcade 2600
14. Double Dragon 2600
15. Tapper 2600
16. Fatal Run 7800
17. Galaga Mini Arcade
18. Spitfire Attack 2600
19. Dig Dug Mini Arcade
20. Donkey Kong 7800
21. Star Strike Inty
22. Turbo Inty
23. Desert Falcon 7800
24. Outer Space 2600
25. Planet Patrol 2600
26. Asteroids 7800
27. Chip Shot inty

 

Games/Accessories/Systems I gained

1. Super Pro Decathlon Inty CIB
2. Chase the Chuck Wagon 2600
3. Mortal Kombat II 32x
4. Ms. Pac-Man Mini Arcade
5. Q-bert Mini Arcade
6. Time Warp 2600
7. USA Basketball Gen
8. NBA Live 98 Gen
9. Budokan Gen
10. Super Off Road NES
11. Pac-Man Mini Arcade
12. Vortex SNES
13. NBA Showdown 94 Gen
14. Retro Mini Arcade

Edited March 29, 2019 by nosweargamer

[Atari 5200 Guy]

Well, I have a Super NES I would like to get completed (controllers and a game or two).  As soon as I get that ST issue solved I'll want to track down some physical games for it.  And since I packed away systems I don't use as often with their games I did make some shelf room, so I thought.  I got GTA V for 360 for Christmas and I found all three Mass Effect games, also for 360, yesterday at Game Stop for very little.  Tried to put them on the shelf with the other 360 games and, yea, didn't work as well as I thought.

So, it all depends for me.  ST games are costly but I wouldn't mind a few official physical copies.  Being able to play the SNES again would be wonderful.  360 games are getting cheap at Game Stop plus I'd like to add a PS3 to the arsenal...last machine I am after.  I will most likely stick with 360 games this year.

[RickR]

Same as last year:

• Sell what I don't use.  I made pretty good progress in this area in 2018.  Sold off several systems, some extra TV's, a bunch of games.  My sale plans for 2019 include a couple of modded 2600's, an Atari 800, a Rana disk drive, a bunch of handheld games (Entex Pac Man 2 for example).  I want to also get rid of a lot of my Intellivision collection and a Mattel Aquarius.  Anyone interested in these or maybe something else that I may have, please let me know.
• Buy less, play more. 

 

[Atari 5200 Guy]

For 2018, I did accomplish a decent Wii collection.  From December 2017 til December this year, I picked up over 30 games for the Wii.  Only a few were horrible, the rest were good.  Metroid Other M, Twilight Princess, 2 My Sims titles, and Animal Crossing top the list.  As mentioned, 2019 will most likely be concentrating on budget 360 games unless a PS3 is acquired...then it might shift to both 360 and PS3 titles.  Those games seem to be a dime a dozen these days.  Wii games are starting to increase in my area.

[Willie!]

end my channel, get wasted and just drop out

Edited January 1, 2019 by Willie!

[Atari 5200 Guy]

2 hours ago, Willie! said:

end my channel, get wasted and just drop out

Why end your channel?  I think the content is great! At least I enjoy it.

[RickR]

11 hours ago, Willie! said:

end my channel, get wasted and just drop out

Don't let the a-holes win, Willie!  We've got your back and love your videos.  Happy New Year.  2019 goal is to help you get to 10k subscribers. 

 

[nosweargamer]

16 hours ago, Willie! said:

end my channel, get wasted and just drop out

[Willie!]

6 hours ago, nosweargamer said:

ya, i enjoy making vids, it allows me to be creative and share my passion for my hobbies.  unfortunately I am a troll magnet, so far I have blocked at least 500 accounts on youtube, a little under that on my facebook pages.   Seems the more happy your are, the more others want to drag you down and harrass you.  I have had some make spoof accounts trying to imitate my relatives to get at me and also friends youtube identitys.  There are a lot of sick people out there, if I did not have so many I cared about I would say its about time for another Flood or another killer asteroid and reset the planet

[nosweargamer]

35 minutes ago, Willie! said:

ya, i enjoy making vids, it allows me to be creative and share my passion for my hobbies.  unfortunately I am a troll magnet, so far I have blocked at least 500 accounts on youtube, a little under that on my facebook pages.   Seems the more happy your are, the more others want to drag you down and harrass you.  I have had some make spoof accounts trying to imitate my relatives to get at me and also friends youtube identitys.  There are a lot of sick people out there, if I did not have so many I cared about I would say its about time for another Flood or another killer asteroid and reset the planet

Yeah, the trolls are awful. It's really sad that so many people online get kicks out of harassing people online while hiding like cowards behind their usernames.

This is also why some people just disable comments on their videos. It's sad when it gets that bad, but understandable.

Edited January 2, 2019 by nosweargamer

[Willie!]

Yep, I have all my comments held for review now when I post vids.  That way they trolls dont get instant satisfaction of their posts showing up before I can delete them   Its a little more labor intensive, but the troll comments have started to drop off since I started doing that.

[Justin]

3 hours ago, Willie! said:

Yep, I have all my comments held for review now when I post vids.  That way they trolls dont get instant satisfaction of their posts showing up before I can delete them   Its a little more labor intensive, but the troll comments have started to drop off since I started doing that.

I do the same thing, or turn comments off. Good strategy Willie. If people want to have a conversation I send them here.

[Atarileaf]

Willie you gotta stay. You're loved and appreciated by the community. Don't let the trolls win

[Atarileaf]

As for goals, I haven't really had any for a few years now. I'll be getting the Phoenix this year so I'm on a bit of a Colecovision run right now. I've been getting more into building and using older DOS based 386, 486, or Pentium 1 PC's. Currently waiting for an IDE to SD card adapter because I'm not having any luck with 30+ year old IDE drives working properly. Bad sectors seem to be multiplying

Other than that it's probably homebrews, mostly for the Atari systems but I'd buy them for any system I own if they're good games and if they're arcade ports, especially ones never released or woefully underrepresented on classic consoles then I'm definitely on board. And probably a few PS4 games. There's a new Star Wars and I believe Crash Racing coming out this year so I'll be getting those and a few others. Can't seem to find Atari Classics Flashback 3 for the PS4 in physical copy here in Canada which is weird. No one has any of the 3 volumes actually.

Also may spend some money building up my Steam and GOG library. Some great stuff there. Love those big sales they have

[LeeJ07]

My goal? Finally get a couple games for my Wonderswan Color, so it can stop gathering dust on my shelf.

Also get a Sega Master System, or N64. 

[LeeJ07]

On 12/31/2018 at 5:49 PM, RickR said:

Same as last year:

• Sell what I don't use.  I made pretty good progress in this area in 2018.  Sold off several systems, some extra TV's, a bunch of games.  My sale plans for 2019 include a couple of modded 2600's, an Atari 800, a Rana disk drive, a bunch of handheld games (Entex Pac Man 2 for example).  I want to also get rid of a lot of my Intellivision collection and a Mattel Aquarius.  Anyone interested in these or maybe something else that I may have, please let me know.
• Buy less, play more. 

 

I'd be interested in your Intellivision stuff, man. I'm still trying to build my collection.

[RickR]

I'll make a post in the "For Sale" forum as I make a pile of stuff to sell to give you all a chance to buy before I go to ebay.

[Sabertooth]

My main goal for 2019 is to repair and sell/gift several 2600s in the garage. I'm moving them from my house - which is being sold as part of my divorce - to my apartment and I just don't have the room.  

Other than that, I want to try and play through a game a month after everything settles. 

[Atari 5200 Guy]

55 minutes ago, atarilbc said:

My main goal for 2019 is to repair and sell/gift several 2600s in the garage. I'm moving them from my house - which is being sold as part of my divorce - to my apartment and I just don't have the room.  

Other than that, I want to try and play through a game a month after everything settles. 

I can give one a home.  I already have a 4-switch woody.  If you have a Vader unit, working or not, I'd be interested.  I can fix whatever is broken or not working.  How many 2600's do you have (not being nosy but curious and you don't have to answer if you don't want to)?

I know, man, divorces suck.  Been through one.  Lost practically everything but it was a turning point where I managed to better myself if that makes sense.  Some times good things can come out of bad situations.  

[Justin]

10 hours ago, atarilbc said:

My main goal for 2019 is to repair and sell/gift several 2600s in the garage. I'm moving them from my house - which is being sold as part of my divorce - to my apartment and I just don't have the room.  

Other than that, I want to try and play through a game a month after everything settles. 

@atarilbc Do you happen to have a minty-looking VCS? Say, one that might be close to picture-perfect for posing in photography for a nice Atari website? Asking for a friend 😉

[Sabertooth]

23 hours ago, Justin said:

@atarilbc Do you happen to have a minty-looking VCS? Say, one that might be close to picture-perfect for posing in photography for a nice Atari website? Asking for a friend 😉

I'll take some photos when I bring them over here and get them sorted.  There are a few four switch Woody consoles, a Vader or two, a Jr. and maybe a light sixer. Probably eight in total. I would happily send one for the site. 

[Justin]

11 hours ago, atarilbc said:

I'll take some photos when I bring them over here and get them sorted.  There are a few four switch Woody consoles, a Vader or two, a Jr. and maybe a light sixer. Probably eight in total. I would happily send one for the site. 

Thank you @atarilbc! Maybe I'll buy a few of those from you if things work out that way.