Quick Question?

[Arseen]

I around the addiction level of tiktektak.

[sheep2001]

I still have my woody(!) VCS from the 70's.

That's a LONG time to havew a woody!!!!   

My sister left 'our' fully boxed one in her loft when she moved house some years ago - along with a box of around 60 carts.  I was NOT happy when i found out.  I just hope whoever found it didn't just bin it all.
Phoenix, Gorf, Galaxian, Defender, how i miss you.....haha.

[Grumbleduke]

I still have my woody(!) VCS from the 70's.

That's a LONG time to havew a woody!!!!   

My sister left 'our' fully boxed one in her loft when she moved house some years ago - along with a box of around 60 carts.  I was NOT happy when i found out.  I just hope whoever found it didn't just bin it all.
Phoenix, Gorf, Galaxian, Defender, how i miss you.....haha.

Do i hear a cry of 'ooh Matron' and is that Sid i can hear laughing?  . I had my first VCS and a load of carts knicked from my brothers car at footie training. It was only a year old and i was gutted. I had to work on my dad for ages to part with the cash for a second one and then i took up a morning and evening paper round and used my school dinner money to buy carts, all of which i still have so they're pushing 31 yrs old. And i must have spent £££'s on Phoenix and latterly, Kung Fu Master at the local chippie. Showing our age now mate...

[AppleQueso]

I've actually been buying up games since I was a kid, I just used to have a nasty habit of selling/trading everything. It's only in the past year or so that I've been able to make my collection really grow.

[Mick Dundee]

my parents always sold or game stuff when they were low on money.... bills or a Turbo Grafx 16.... Turbo Grafx it is!... oh wait... needed to pay that electric bill..... SELL THE TURBO!

 My collection only really started a bit over 5 years ago. I think I had less then 15 then. 600+ now

[juan0tron]

Yeah, bit of philosophy I've picked up from my girlfriend: the older you get, the more shit you collect I've got around 260 games on 13 consoles.

I first came upon my PS1 and Gameboy when I was around 7 (my parents were wary of the whole video game addiction thing back then and I got 'em as hand-me-downs). Back then I sold games like crazy because all I wanted to do was play more games, but I was one of the few kids who had to earn my money, no weekly allowance here. Thankfully I kept some classics like Metal Gear Solid and Oddworld around (still in box, got 'em for 5 bucks back then). A few years ago I got on a random kick to go buy back all the good 'ol Naughty Dog Crash Bandicoot games, and at that time GameStop was done buying them back, meaning they were becoming a rarity. After having to dig through hundreds of caseless PS1 discs for at least an hour or two at multiple stores, I put a bit of a higher value on my games and became reluctant to sell them, especially if I got jack shit in store credit. These days I'm proud to own anything I come across these days, even if it's a turd like Superman 64.

I went off on a little bit of a rant there, but it's always interesting to see why people have started collecting.

[lotusoftheleaf]

I'd probably own more games than I do if I wasn't living with my parents. My room is hardly big enough to fit all the things I have now. Most of my stuff is stored in boxes in my closet. I can't put it on display because I'm not allowed to nail holes in the walls to hang shelving. I wish I could just tear out all the walls in my room and replace them with shelves. In fact, that's what my boyfriend and I intend to do if we can ever afford to move out and get married. We're both nerds and proud of it. We consider trading Pokémon with each other to be a romantic gesture. 

[juan0tron]

We're both nerds and proud of it. We consider trading Pokémon with each other to be a romantic gesture. 

Hah I see we'd get along

[Drakul]

Right now I'm around 150-200 games on 14 consoles.

I'm holding out for my house and then the shit is gonna go down people!

[shenske]

My collection only really started a bit over 5 years ago. I think I had less then 15 then. 600+ now

Similar story for me too.  I probably had ~30games five years ago and i just passed 600 (non-duplicates) last week on ~30 consoles (i need to actually count how many consoles i have again).

Where do you guy's print your covers? .... and if you do that how much did it cost you?

I get all my covers printed at OfficeMax. I've tried OfficeDepot, FedEx Office (Kinkos), Staples and on my own printer but I much prefer OfficeMax's service and quality to all of them.
8.5x11 paper - $0.49 per sheet
8.5X14 paper - $0.69 per sheet
8.5x11 glossy sticker/label paper - $0.89 per sheet

[lotusoftheleaf]

I looked around the electronics stores in my area and none of them seem to have any of the printers I've seen others on the site say they use. Their sites have them available, but I'm iffy on ordering something like a printer online. I don't want it to get banged up. Instead of trying to find the exact same printer, I'm just going to go for one similar.

To the people printing their own covers at home, what are the specifications of the printers you use?

Also, what is the best kind of paper to use that looks the closest to what actual covers are printed on?

[6521ordnut]

I print all my own covers on plain paper with an EpsonStylus CX7400. Because I just print from the default Windows Photo Viewer, the image is not quite the right size and I have a lot of white border (on UGC, DVD, and DS cases). But seeing as my collection is mine, all that matters is I like it. And I do.

1169 (for some reason, my NES games have not been entered in my database, so it is really over 2000) games, across 24 systems (including handhelds), gaming since 1986, but collection since 2001.

[Nintendo-Atari-Sega-Nerd]

I too use plain paper, legal size or 8 1/2x14 and print in a Canon MP160 only probleme it use only 2 ink cartridge(black and three colors) witch is kind of an ass when you're missing one color.

[Wookieehooky]

I have a question or two as well. I am new to the cover thing. I just ordered a bunch of UGC's and I just got everything into cases. I have about 400 or so games that I used the cases for nes, snes, n64, and genesis. Now I am going to start covering all of them when I can. I printed out a cover a couple days and came across a problem. I have an HP photosmart c5550 all-in-one inkjet. The paper came out fine but within a matter of seconds, the paper just started getting all wavey because of all the ink. How do I avoid that? I am not computer savy at all, I am using my fathers printer. any help would be appreciates.

[shenske]

the paper just started getting all wavey because of all the ink. How do I avoid that?

Its because your computer uses inkjet cartridges.  The ink is liquid and dampens the paper .... a lot of ink = really wet paper = wavy bad quality print.  Unfortunately there is not a whole lot you can do with your printer.  Thicker paper would help slightly absorb the ink a bit better but is not a very good solution. My suggestion would be to print them somewhere that has a laser color printer ie: officmax, staples etc.