tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184198902012-04-15T20:57:22.230-04:00This blog cronicals my adventures as I try to collect a complete set of all 786 NES game released in the US.Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13625891555712020112noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18419890.post-46090618952820313002007-11-25T03:27:00.000-05:002007-11-25T03:38:26.737-05:00

I have wanted a Top Loader for a few years now. I have become tired of the ritual that is involved making a game play, but I have been unable to find one at a reasonable price, until now. I get it though ebay, so it wasn't dirt cheap, but still a deal. A final total of $108 with shipping for the whole lot.Now 108 for a Top Loader alone is no deal but when it is part of a lot that includes 10

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Picked up 2 games that I had the empty boxes for today from New2You, a local pawn shop. The two games in question are Airwolf and RBI Baseball. I am still missing the manuals for both, although I was sure I had the Airwolf manual. Paid $10 for both, not great, but around here $5 a game is the average. I miss the days when I could easily find games for $3 a piece.I am sure most people reading this

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Yes I finally did it. After a year of promising to put some pictures of my collecting up I finally did it. If you click on the image below you will be sent to my flikr photo set of my collection, enjoy.Unfortunately they are already out of date, because since I took them I have won several eBay auctions and about half of the game have shown up at my door. Once the rest of the games show up I will

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One of my recent eBay auctions arrived today. It was an auction of NES boxes, no games, just boxes. They are all in really good condition, and there a few that I really wanted. My copy of California Games is now complete, and that is one of my favorite games. I am happy to have it complete. Other notable boxes in the lot:Star Wars River City Ransom G.I. Joe: The Atlantis FactorDonkey KongDonkey

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If you have been to any NES board or done a search on ebay for NES games then you have probably seen NationalGameDepot aka Jason Smith. He has just featured in an article on MTV.com and I suggest you head over here and read it. It is an interesting piece on NES collecting. Congratulations on being featured.

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I got a Wii last Friday, and I know I should have posted this earlier but I have been busy with school. I wasn't able to spend the night in line on the 18th because two of my best friends were getting married and that was much more important to me. I have a friend that works for Toys"R"Us, as he was able to put one aside for me when the second shipment came in. I picked up Call of Duty 3, Red

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I recently won an eBay auction for 100 NES Manuals, and they arrived today! Several great manuals including 2 Zeldas, 1 Adventures of Link and 1 Dragon Warrior. I still have to go though all the mauals and make up a complete list of all the game and how many are doubles, there was 3 Silent Service, also you can expect some pictures too. I won't say how much I payed, but I fell that when to

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I stopped by a local Pawn Shop called New2YOU, I was near by and they always some cheap DVD's. They don't usually have many NES games, and when they do their usually more common games. This time was different, they had a about a dozen games, many I don't own. Nothing rare, but they were cheaper than anything I had seen in months. The average price was $3.00, and I find it very hard to pass up

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I picked up a Japanese copy of Super Mario Bros 3 today. I paid $15 for it and I consider that a deal. He had a few other games of intrest, but nothing all that special. I was happy to see that there were alot of games there that weren't there last time. I will have to head back when I have more money and grab a few more games.

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Todays post has nothing to do with NES collecting, and I am not planing more posts like this anytime soon, but it is fricken e3 so I will make an exception.Unfornutaly I am not attending e3 this year, but some day maybe. For now I am just an outside observer like most people. The online coverage has been great. I was able to watch the Nintendo Confrence via a live stream and I was able to

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Space is now becoming an issue for me. It is not just a problem with my NES collection either. I also have a decent sized libary of current gen games. I have over 100 games for my Xbox, PS2, PSP, and GameCube, and I have a DVD collection that is full of large TV box sets. Then there is my almost 200 issues of Nintendo Power and a large stack of strategy guides. I have also got my hands on a few

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Picked up 9 new games today at EB. It seems that they have decided to stopped buying and selling NES games, and to get rid of there existing stock they have lowed the price of all games. I figured 1.99 was too low a price to pass up. No great finds here but for such a low price I got to fill a few holes in my collection. Here is the list in no particular order:Lee Trevino's Fighting GolfBases

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The year was 1988. Rain Man was number one at the box office, and Kevin Arnold had just begun his journey towards manhood. I may have been only 5 years old but I remember this Christmas well, and it was a very special Christmas too. This was the year that I got my Nintendo.I remember exactly when I found out my parents had purchased me a NES for Christmas. My Mother was telling my Aunt what she

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It seems some is selling a complete collection on eBay. The bidding has reached $2,000.00 US so far and the listing is only a few hours old. I am going to keep watching this auction just to see how much this goes for. It inculdes:781 games360 boxes398 manualsMiracle Pianoand much moreI saw a similar auction get $10,000, and it was only a few games short of being complete. The guys over at Penny

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Games10-Yard Fight19421943AfterburrnerArch RivalsBase WarsBases LoadedBases Loaded IIBack to the FutureBack to the Future II& IIIBattletoadsThe Battle of OlympusBlades of SteelBlaster MasterBreak TimeCabalCalifornia GamesCartoon WorkshopCastlevaniaCastlevania II: Simons QuestCobra TriangleCommandoDestonation EarthstarDick TracyDonkey KongDouble DragonDouble Dragon IIDouble Dragon IIIDouble

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Took a trip to the local fleamarket this weekend, but I didn't find anything worth picking up. The only games of interest were Tetris and Adventures of Bayou Billy, and the only reason I say that is because they were both had their boxes. I already have a copy of Tetris, and I don't own Bayou Billy I don't remember it being a great game, plus it is by no means rare. I am disappointed to see that

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About two years ago I stopped buying NES games, I just ran out of games to buy. I had bought just about every game I ever played as a child. There are several games that I still want, but they are the games that are harder to find and usually a bit more expensive when you do. I am cheap, I don't want to pay five bucks for a game that sucks, not to mention I was running out of room to store all my

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This marks the formal begining of my quest to completing my NES collection. I begin with a total of 106 games, not a bad collection but a far cry from the final goal of 786. I hope to fill this blog with tales of my garage sales finds, and brief story from my childhood. I may occasionally post a game review, but it is not something I plan to do on a regular basis.If you have a few pictures of

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