HOW to collect a library?

[blcklblskt]

I go for whatever I can find locally. If I really want a rare and don't expect to find it locally, I'll keep an eye on eBay or another auction site and snipe it when I feel the price is right.

This is what I did when I went for my N64 collection.

[Tynstar]

Just look in all the normal places you would for games. Also while looking for the Dreamcast games look for other games to trade or sell to fund the Dreamcast library. I need around 40-50 more DC games and finding any of them locally is almost impossible.

[RetroRage]

My NES collection is still small enough that I can casually go to my local retro game store and pick up a few commons for a couple bucks and chip away at the list.  The odds of me actually grabbing a Samson or a Bonk are so high right now that I don't even think about it, they're called collection enders for a reason.  So I'm just having fun right now building the stack with Bayou Billy's and Anticipations.

Your situation is tricky.  If you literally can't find anything local but sports games then you have no other option than forum sells/trades or auction sites.  Kinda takes the fun out of it if you can't hunt.

[ProjectG.U.E.S.T.]

so then you don't really focus one way or the other (cheap commons vs rarer titles) initially? Just kind of whatever-finds-you-first?

I've got stuff I'm always looking for specifically, but often times it's not stuff I'm really ready to pick up yet - usually can't afford it or just don't have the platform yet. I'll keep an eye out to get it cheaply, but the local stores only really carry commons. I've found some pretty awesome deals on Amazon, and I've done some shopping with ebay. Mostly my approach has been "Does this look cool? Does it match my mental list of games I'm looking for?" If it fits one of those two, I'll see if I can pick it up.

I'm in the same boat as RetroRage in that my collection is still fairly small. I can hit up V-Stock or Slackers (two local chains that have extensive retro offerings) and see what's up. Slackers' NES selection is better than V-Stock's but it's also more expensive.

[Seasian]

Im just starting out, but I dont really have an interest in getting any complete libraries.  What Ive been doing is Ill go through a list of all US releases for a system and make a list of games that I want to own.  Im focusing on the original Xbox right now.  Ive got about 80 titles so far but still have around 140 left to go.  As soon as I finish them up I plan on working on Dreamcast

[Tynstar]

How is the DC library going now a days?

[GrayGhost81]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/C...s&hash=item460ae01b74

[Addicted]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/C...s&hash=item460ae01b74

I saw that auction on another forum. IGN also ran an article:

http://www.ign.com/articl...every-snes-game-for-24999

The seller is the creator of the Bsnes emulator.

It would certainly be a quick way (although overly expensive) to collect a library.

[GrayGhost81]

Cool article.

I just think the pics look cool to be honest

[RetroRage]

Yeah but whats the fun in that?  You buy all the games.....then what?  No hunt, no trade, nothing.

[SirPsycho]

Yeah but whats the fun in that?  You buy all the games.....then what?  No hunt, no trade, nothing.

Actually he's trying to trade that fullset for a Japanese fullset. Nobody would take the deal but he mentioned it when he broke the sale on the gamecollecting subreddit.

http://www.reddit.com/r/g...plete_us_snes_collection/

[Tynstar]

Yeah but whats the fun in that?  You buy all the games.....then what?  No hunt, no trade, nothing.

It is fun setting up a display for all of them and playing them.

[Quackula]

Yeah but whats the fun in that?  You buy all the games.....then what?  No hunt, no trade, nothing.

You move on to another library of course!

[Fokakis79]

Definitely check out pawn shops in your area, I have found they are found in most areas, even small towns have them.
sometimes they have old games for super cheap.