The First Glimpse

Today i'm showing off my current collection of games. I've started collecting roughly 2 years back and it's been growing ever since. So as you can see, a big chunk of my collection is for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Here and there i have some Game Boy, SNES, Gamecube, Wii and Playstation games. I do have the consoles to play them except for the Playstation 3. For some stupid reasons, i bought a couple of PS3 games from Singapore last year. Come to think about it, i shouldn't have bought them. What a waste of my precious money. Oh and not to forget, the PS3 games are still sealed.

The only current generation console i have is the Wii. Bought it on 2007 and fuck i'v to pay a lot for it. Sucks for being so naive at that time. I have mix feelings for the Wii. First of, the reason i bought it is because of the virtual console games. The library of games consist of the old retro stuff such as Super Mario World, Mario 3, Ocarina of Time etc. I know this through Gamespot.com while browsing their list of top games for the Wii and the virtual console games are included. I never knew that it is only downloadable without any hard copy. Yeah, i am that stupid. To make things even worst, the Wii i bought is modded. So, bye bye for the online services. Ok, some good things about the Wii. Their innovative motion control should be the highlight. I was literally jumping up and down playing the Wii Sports. It was so cool and the controls are very smooth. Then, there is Super Mario Galaxy. This has to be in one of my top ten list of best games of all time. I had such good time with it. Thank you Nintendo.

The Nintendo Entertainment System. Why do i choose to collect games from this console? Again, mainly due to nostalgia. Being in Malaysia, i grew up with the Famicom or their clone system famously known by the kids my age as the Micro Genius. So we had a couple of pirated cartridges with the multiple games inside dubbed as 10000000000 in 1. Haha being a kid you had to believe it. Contra is the one i played again and again. Same goes to Batman. The game was so addicting, my mom had to keep it away from me. Then there is this Mario game. I think it was the Lost Level. Even though the levels keep on repeating you can't stop playing it. Current games are very forgettable in my opinion. That's the thing about them and that is why i don't really care about PS3 and Xbox 360. Sure some of the games are really good, its just that the enjoyment is just temporary. The NES has one of the most games a console can afford and that too some of the best. I am going to keep this collection and pass it on to my children and hopefully theirs, Insyaallah.

Almost all of the games in my collection are from Ebay, NintendoAge and PlayAsia. Yeah, i have to deal with the extra shipping cost. But its not like its the end of the world. I think i will be able to manage it. I'm thinking of expanding my collection and getting a new console. I'm going for Shmups. Yeah, i am a big fan of the spaceships and spacecrafts intense bullet hell dodging games. Me and my cousins used to play one in the arcade and spend a whole lot of time and money on it. Before moving on to the next console, i'm thinking of getting at least 10 more NES cibs. The console i'm looking for is the Sega Saturn. Problem in buying a console is that the shipping cost itself will double the price and problems with the customs. Man i hate the customs. Once they get suspicious with the package, the'll handle it horribly. If they see a huge box and valued at more than 50$ they'll charge you with tax. Not just that, they will take their own freaking time to ship it again. I had to wait 2 months for my Yobo to arrive at my home. Yeah, i'm talking about my place in India. Hopefully, i won't have to deal with this kind of stuff back at home in Malaysia.

So, this is my small and humble collection of games. I call them as my precious babies. I love them so much. But of course not as much as i love my wife. Hahaha. She'll be mad for sure reading this. This hobby is consuming a lot of money but to me it is all worth it. Me am out for now. Buh bye.