It’s been too long since I did a good ol’ fashioned Game Pickups videos! In addition to some great game finds and donations, it also includes some tasty record vinyl pickups too! And what about that Sony GLOVE?! Do people actually use that thing!? Maybe I’ll subject Drunken Master Paul to a contest of I HATE U with that thing..but what game should it be?
I share 30+ years of game collecting SECRETS that will help YOU achieve your collecting goals. However these tips & tricks are not just for game collecting but they will be useful for other hobbies as well!
TOP 10 TIPS:
1 Network – Let People Know you are Collecting. Get on social media.
2 Be Knowledgeable – Learn to spot fakes!
3 Know how to Advance Search Online
4 Everybody going Right? Go LEFT!
5 Buy in Bulk – Sell off the Excess
6 Go to Expos – They can often be worth the flight & hotel
7 Buy in Parts – loose carts + manuals + boxes = CIB
8 Collect Imports when possible
9 Get to know store owners – They can be your allies
10 Be Patient have fun – You don’t have to be rich to build a collection
Games & Music Vinyl I have added to my collection over the last couple months.
Some of the games shown:
Sonic Colors (Wii)
Escape from CyberCity (CD-i)
Tetris (CD-i)
Castlevania Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate (3DS)
Atari Lynx + Games
Hollywood Hi-Jinks (C64)
Trinity (C64)
Bureaucracy (C64)
Starcross (C64)
Suspended (C64)
Xybots (Lynx)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (PS3)
NFS Hot Pursuit (PS3)
New Super Mario Bros 2 (3DS)
Iron Maiden Powerslave (Vinyl)
Judas Priest Record Store Day (Vinyl)
Ultima Trilogy (PC)
Airblade (PS2)
Quake II (PC)
The Elder Scrolls Arena (PC)
Outcast (PC)
Etrian Odyssey IV (3DS)
Seattle collector Emilio found an extremely rare orange HALO original XBOX at a garage sale near Microsoft HQ in Redmond Washington.. There was only one made by a Microsoft employee and here is the story.
There were only 3 clear orange XBOXs made by Microsoft and only ONE of them had the official Halo logo on it. This Xbox is one of a kind!
The 4th Annual Cowlitz Gamers for Kids EXPO happened last weekend in Kelso Washington, put on by the Immortal John Hancock (of I HATE U fame). Lots of retro games for sale, classic arcades, silent auction, tournaments, live music & more! Here are the highlights and the pickups.
Games I’ve added to my collection over the last couple months. Many great old PC & Windows games as well as Xbox, PS2, Neo Geo Pocket Color, PSP, Amiga, C64 and much more!
I have recently added over 35 games across 12 systems to my collection. There are some great games for the Atari 2600, Genesis, classic PC, SNES, N64, PS2, Xbox and so much more!
During the week of the PAX Prime 2011, I added over 45 games to my collection, with a little help from my new YouTube friends! Here are the highlights.