4 years ago I had 585 nes games, 376 atari games, the entire nintendo power collection along with untold amounts of other retro gaming items. I ended up selling it all to pay bills and Christmas for the children. It was definitely worth it to keep the family afloat! Today, I've been back in the game for 2 years and have restocked about 3/4 of it all. It's nice to be back but I would sell it all for the family again in a heart beat! ;)
Linn Simms hear ya bro same here. I sold 14 years worth of stuff. i only keep to 3 systems these days prices back then vs today are a big difference day and night. I did pay the price for my must haves tho.
I think that’s a weird thing to give to your kids. Like imagine your parent had a huge doll collection. It meant everything in the world to them and you get the privilege of inheriting it. Only issue is that this doll collection takes up around 4 bedrooms. Your kids are gonna have their own stuff they like. Maybe pick out a game or two that really matters to them so that when you die you don’t make them have to sell it all off because it’s old crap they don’t want.
Here's what I do when it comes to selling games: If I don't want to keep a game in a collection, I move it to a "maybe sell"-pile which is kept away from the collection. Then I keep it there for like 3 months, and then make a rescission if I still want to get rid of it. Why? To not make anything impulsive. With this system, I've actually moved back games from the sell pile to my regular collection. I think it's inevitable to get swings in mindset as to which games you really want to have, or even if you should be collecting at all in this hobby. It's an interesting topic for sure.
I regretted selling my consoles first time round but being young it was necessary to upgrade, but now I've been collecting for about 4 years and it's the best thing I've ever done! (Plus helps having a supportive wife!) great vid Gemma and keep collecting!
I went through a stage of selling consoles I didn't use as much, and I wasn't bothered. Until I started playing again on a friends collection which then gave me the bug again. Glad you came back to the scene :)
I remember you selling off your collection when I was subbed to you back in the day.It was sad that you had to sell your collection.But you did it for a reason.Was so glad that you returned and now your collection is better than your previous.I had to sell some things years ago but have added most of it back into my collection.Sold a Sega Genesis and around 40 games,PS1 & PS2 and about 100 games between the two,Nintendo Wii and only 10 games.Life changing events happen so certain sacrifices have to be made.
I did a school friend's paper round every day for 3 (winter) months in exchange for their Amiga CD32. I've always had a massive soft spot for it, but after a few years, leaving school etc, I decided selling it was the "grown up" thing to do at the time. I always regretted doing that after settling down. Fortunately, with ebay to the rescue, a decade later, I'm back with a pristine boxed Amiga CD32 and the games I played to death.
i've never heard about anyone selling their retro gaming collection and not getting back into it eventually. Its a terrible decision every time. Just keep it because its guaranteed that you will want it back eventually.
I've been thinking of how much it would hurt if I was in a position had to sell things. I usually speak against the "shelf collector " because video games should be played! But at the same time, there might be an old mega drive / Genesis game you've had for YEARS and you may not play it, but it means something to you. I see both sides. Either way, your office now looks like a room of fun, which is what it's all about!
I surely did! (this could also go as a reply to your biggest retro gaming regret video!) I was out of work due to an illness & sold part of my collection to pay some bills. The highlights of pain include: mint complete copy of Skies of Arcadia, mint complete in box copy of Mega Man II, mint complete copies of Einhander & Xenogears, my entire Resident Evil & Silent Hill collection, entire SNES collection and more. The good news is they have made their way back into my collection (with the exception of Mega Man II & some of the SNES games) over the last four or five years.
I had to rebuild my collection three times before my current one. The first collection which was Atari, Vectrex, Game N Watches and other stuff from the early eighties was lost in a storage unit which my mom didn't pay for. I was a kid in middle school at the time in the mid eighties. The second collection which was all Nintendo, TurboGrafx, Sega, I sold to pay my way through college. Third was primarily Sony PSP, PS1 PS2 PS3 and a mixture of the two previous collections which I sold to move my family out to Colorado. My fourth collection still exists, although I pared down a TON of common carts for Nintendo and Sega. I still have a basement and a master bedroom full of games downstairs. Rebuilding is always fun because each journey is different from the rest. This fourth one so far is the best journey yet, as I was able to find a TON of stuff I grew up on.
Back in 2010 I sold off my entire Mega Drive and Mega CD collection totally regretted. Managed to buy a big portion of the games back over the years though. Then I ended up amassing more consoles and games and built a nice collection up. Glad you started collecting again as your gaming rooms awesome!
My NES and SNES stopped working many years ago. I'd say 20 years ago or so. So I sold all my games because I wasn't aware if there were any stores like there are today that can fix consoles. Now I've been collecting all the games I grew up playing and it's a huge pain. Started doing that in 2013.
The games I had for NES were Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing, all 4 TMNT games, Bases loaded 3, All 3 Mario Bros. games. Double Dragon 2, Blue Marlin, Blades of Steel, Punch-Out (not the Tyson version), Code Name Viper. Dr. Mario and WWF/E WrestleMania Challenge and WWF/E WrestleMania Steel Cage Challenge. For SNES, I don't remember all. But I know I had Killer Instinct, Super Mario World, Batman Returns, 3 or 4 hockey games, a couple WWF/E games and Super Play Action Football. Traded them in to Funco Land here in the States. Before it was GameStop. Only got $15 credit.
I am 53 years old so every OG Nintendo I traded or sold could have been my retirement not to mention games from every other system in the past 40 years that got rid of for "the next big thing ". By the way I'm glad you have your hobby back and i looooove your videos! Cheers you foxy bird!!
I had a time where I did a similar thing, around 2007, I was flip flopping in relationships so all the ps, ps2 and my Amstrad cpc stuff went. I only kept my gx4000 carts and some snes ones. Thank goodness I need, keeping Secret of Mana was vital! Been rebuilding since 2012 and now it's larger than it's ever been. So, it was a learning curve but the upshot was discovering how much I liked having it, just like yourself Gem.
I sold my comic book collection in the 80s for enough money to buy me my first car (I was Uni in the US) That same collection today would be worth 100,000s. I had a Spider Man #1 and Avengers #1. I don't feel too bad tho because later I sold that car to pay for my last year of Uni and I was able to graduate. Life takes us in odd roads and I have learned not to regret. Also, thank you Jess for pushing Gemma back into it because I love watching her channel and really enjoy her enthusiasm and down to earth approach. (Not to mention it's so nice to see other women in gaming!)
collecting can become a bit of an unquenchable addiction, with quick hits each time you buy something but it doesn't satisfy you for long. I used to enjoy games far more when I was younger when I didn't have disposable income and a much smaller amount of games. sometimes less really is more! I don't really collect anymore (anything), and if I must play an old game I don't or no longer own, i just emulate it. Feels quite liberating. I now just do copious amounts of crack to fill the void with the money I would have spent on old games.
You do have a point. But I'm still a gamer. I play more ps4 and ps3 than retro. But I love playing games from my childhood. And Im glad I still own them. Collecting is an addiction. No matter what. But its still better than smoking weed every day
i had a huge collection then just ran out of steam for it,looked in the cupboards and games just sat there so sold the lot now i just enjoy current stuff,i do still enjoy watching other peoples collection videos though as its good to see how enthusiastic people are over collecting
Nice vid, Gemma and an interesting topic. I've never sold off a collection as such but will tell you a bit about my life growing up as a gamer. So I was born into a single parent household, luckily my older brother was into games so we shared the hobby, but typically we had to sell a console each time a new generation came out. I must have flirted from Mega Drive to SNES several times during their lifespan, haha. Luckily that all changed when I started working and could feasibly get just about whatever I wanted. I did have a 'collection' in my mind, it was just what I wanted at the time. By 2008 I had a de end array of consoles and games, I think I had a JP Dreamcast, US N64, JP & PAL PS1, PAL PS2' PAL Jaguar, and a Lynx, as well my Xbox 360 as my current gen choice. I relocated to London from Stoke and unfortunately much of this got misplaced and was lost. All that remained was the 360 and a couple of shoeboxes full of the import Dreamcast and PS1 games, (continued next comment)
Oh yeah I remember this as I was already for some time "here". I am so glad you have made a comeback. To answer your question yes I had to sell twice my collection. One in 1993 (huge) and one in 1994 (not so huge). I hope I will never have to repeat that again. Though of course you never know. Good luck Gemma.
TheGebs24 At the time I wanted the better and better system, but I have no income to speak of. I was still a kid. So..since my asshole (not just for this) parents never helped though they could easily do, only way to get the money was to sell what I had, which I did. 94 was the last time I sold anything of mine, video game related.
I had a collection that I started in 2005 and then I sold everything in summer 2009 to raise money to buy a MK1 Escort and kit out my daughters nursery as she was due in 2010. It was the right decision at the time. The collection ive built now is much better than what I had before much like yourself and like you I wouldn't sell up again. I love what I have now and I know I would struggle to find half of it in the condition that I've got ever again.
Never had massive collections like you so it never bugged me selling off my previous gen consoles and games when the new generation would come out but recently been picking up all the gear I offloaded in my youth and am amazed that you can pick it up relatively cheaply if you look hard enough.
This story warms my heart! When love is right, when love is true, we do what we gotta do. ❤️ As far as collecting goes... I did have quite a few unboxed NES-games. Nothing out of the ordinary and nothing to hang on to for dear life, so I sold 'em for 400 euro. Pretty good deal, as most games were given to me for free... I do have a decent CD collection. Again, nothing extraordinary but the amount of time I put in getting the albums prevents me from ever parting with them. I'll get buried with them! Again, awesome story, Gemma! Thanks for sharing.
So glad you came back. This is one of my favorite channels on RUclips (not just gaming). Fortunately, never had to sell any of my games and hopefully never will.
Hi Gemma, congratulations on getting a collection back together. I'm sure a lot of other gamers have got rid of their entire collection before due to circumstance, I know I've got rid of a lot of consoles and games that i used to own due to just being skint or when I travelled the world 9 years ago I flogged most of my retro games through gritted teeth to pay for the journey. But with hard work and determination I've managed to get back the games I enjoyed both as a kid and an adult. Really enjoying the videos, keep up the great work!
I'm glad Jess pushed you back to youtube and collecting :) "2011..wow. I remember being with you when you had 500 or so subbers. Can't believe time passes so soon. Loved the rainbow road music in the vid :)
Iv sold my collection off lots of times and had to start again when the hunger has kicked in! I have managed to wean myself of collecting by accepting that with a wife and 3 kids there's better things I can spend our cash on plus I now emulate anything I want to play on my modded Xbox, I have a 500GB drive in it stuffed with Nostalgia. Its much more satisfying as I find collecting and having a collection actually causes me anxiety and now I feel free from that burden. Sell it all and emulate and I promise you will never look back and you may even find you play the games more emulated than you did when you owned the original hardware and/or games!
Selling everything is the best way to move. If you really want something, you can get it again. Sometimes I miss my Dreamcast but, when you let go, you can create new memories! Watching channels like yours is good therapy!
I had a large collection of nes, SNES, n64, Dreamcast and gameboy stuff. Sold it all when I was around 19 when I stopped playing and would rather go out drinking. Now I’m 35 and miss it all. I collect slowly now and just build up nostalgia. Have a good collection but not as big.
Cool story! It's good to see that your collection is undoubtedly back on track! I once sold all of my PS2 games when my console broke but then I got a new console to play them on at a later date but at that point, it was too late. I sold them to buy some NES games and I kind of regret it but it wasn't a big collection in the first place so it could've been worse. (:
I sold 300 out of an 800 game collection 4 years ago. Mostly it was games I would never play because of their genre. My collecting had got a bit out of control and I was running out of space. Did that about 4 years ago. However the money allowed me to import a refurbed asteroids cabinet from the US. :) There were a few gems in there (PAL Castlevania:SOTN with artbook and soundtrack, big box Super Metroid being just two) but I didn't regret it. My collection is more focussed to my tastes and curated now as I tend to upgrade copies for better conditioned ones and I have converted my PAL N64 collection to JP-NTSC. And I have a gorgeous big arcade machine downstairs!
I'm an aspiring filmmaker and I had a little over 500 retro games, along with around 15 systems, including handhelds, that I sold so that I could acquire some film equipment. Sad day, but it was definitely the right decision at the time because I did get most of the equipment I needed, and I have made a couple of short films with more on the way. I do miss my collection though and I am slowly but surely regaining it. :)
My wife divorsed me in 2012, I spent all our savings on a boxed virtual boy and a mint copy of Chrono trigger for snes, we had no money for christmas, I sold my daughters present (would of been her first bike) so the kids got nothing except tears that day... no regrets, Ive now completed my virtual boy set now.
Wow, selling a whole collection would be really overwhelming, and probably emotional since there are games I have really fond childhood memories. Took me time to get back some of the childhood games I used to have. I have gathered and collected games since 2002. I have traded and sold games here and there but have kept them all since. I would be lying if I said that I haven't thought of selling my collection because there are times that I feel like giving up since it has become a very expensive hobby.
Yes i have sold my collections before. I am on my third collection now! My 1st i sold to party and have fun (LOTS OF FUN)! My 2nd for a woman (BIG MISTAKE)! Didn't want them cluttering up the flat. Not long after that i decided i didn't want her cluttering up the flat and gave her the sack. I'm now rebuilding my 3rd collection (LESSON LEARNED)!! I've now subscribed as i like your passion for collecting!
I've never had a huge collection of games and consoles, but look back now I wish I had never sold either of the following: Master System I boxed (not sure where that went) and Microsoft Xbox (Crystal) boxed. The latter because like you Gem I needed to get rid for something more necessary. Fortunately through the wonder of car boots and the Retron5, I have just about replaced them. It's not quite the same but it does give me the same buzz it did when having the originals!! 😋
I gave away all my older games like an idiot when I got away from material things. Since 2011, I gradually started building up my ps3 library, making sure I'll eventually beat and thoroughly enjoy all the games that I keep, seeking out trophies within reason. I'm now at about 130 games between the ps3 & ps4 but many are only digital these days. Luckily, I got myself a nice laser printer so I'll be printing off my own cover art for these as well as my steam library soon.
I sold my entire collection to pay rent about 7/8 years ago. Still regret it to this day. Thousands of games and special items like CIB Sega 32X and Mega CD. I have a pretty healthy collection again these days, but it's taken a lot longer to build this time.
Wow, that must have been devastating to sell your collection, but I understand why you did it. I couldn't imagine selling my current collection. I remember when I was little I use to get rid of games all the time and I regret it.
As a kid, I had to sell all my old games every time a new one came out. As I grew into an adult, I continued the practice of selling or trading any console/collection I hadn't touched in more than a month. I wouldn't call myself a collector now, as I still buy games with a focus of what I want to play, but I've stopped trading or selling anything that I have interest in. If the game is hot garbage, sure - away it goes. I just found myself missing old consoles and games too often and decided to break the cycle of buy, sell, and rebuy.
I had to sell off most of my collection before my son was born. We didn't have the room. Luckily I have been slowly getting it back. I was thrilled when I re-purchased Crusader of Centy. It was my original copy and had my save games still on it.
Is there any game or piece of hardware from your old collection that your really keen on getting back in 'collection 2.0' and you haven't managed to track down yet? Cheers, Marc.
I didn't HAVE to sell my collection but for some reason I did at one point. I sold my SNES, Genesis, Sega CD and 32X along with large libraries to Microplay as a trade in for a 3DO REAL Player, Road Rash, Need for Speed and Super Wing Commander.
After being laid off in 2010, I was in dire straights. After going through all my savings, I was about to miss my mortgage payment. I didn't have a huge retro collection, not by some RUclipsrs standards anyway. But I had a total of 200+ games from NES, SNES, Genesis, N64 and PSOne. In a desperate move, I sold a large part of it on Ebay and Amazon. It gave me enough money to pay my bills for the month. While I lamented the loss of my collection, it wasn't something I missed too much. However, in the last few years I've been slowly buying back some of the games. It's actually been fun going to retro stores in my area and talking to other gamers about their experiences with older games. This last week I was at Game On Expo here in Arizona and was able to pic up my first couple Super Famicom games. I was also able to meet several RUclips personalities like Gamester81and Happy Console Gamer. I think if I hadn't sold so much of my collection six years ago, I would've missed out on so much of the Retro craze that seems to be going on now.
When I was in about grade 9, I sold my copy of Final Fantasy Tactics to a friend... Only to spend twice what he paid me for it about six months later to get another copy, it's one of my favourites of all time, and the day I bought it (again) I vowed I'd always have a copy, and so far, so good!
I've never sold any of my games. I still have hundreds of C64 games, all my Mega Drive and Xbox games. Some may have got lost or broken but I've never sold a single one of my games.On a 16bit Brothers VR about earliest gaming memory, I showed the actual cassette of my very first game back from 1982. Well the game was published in 82 but I still remember getting it in 84.
Love your videos! I sold parts of my collection to make rent and another part for food. It was sad. I remember selling my Virtual Boy (cib), childhood SNES, and over 40 games (NES,Snes & N64) so I could buy top romen, peanut butter, and mac 'n cheese to survive on for the month.
i sold all my retro games to get the next consoles that were coming out up until about 2013. selling my snes and dreamcast lots were especially painful seeing the prices and rarity of a lot of those games now though im slowly finding them again. im amazed i've managed to come into 500+ games and 12 consoles as of yet for not a shockingly high amount of money.
i did watch you video's back then too, was so sad you sold everything but was also happy for you and jess. :) i sold my collection way back because i was not myself and very unhappy at that time, i still regret that i did that, i also did not game a full year, fallout 3 got me back into games again. the only things i have still are shemue 1 and 2, because i gave the dreamcast to my boyfriend and he did give it back, well yeah we are living together now.lol.
I think I've mentioned this before but I never really had a choice when part of my collection was gone. My whole Sega CD collection, God of War red PSP bundle, and some other stuff were stolen from me while I was in the process of moving. Thankfully my Snatcher, Final Fight, Panzer Dragoons and Shinobi games were in another box and were spared. It was awful. These weren't the games you could just get out and buy anymore and besides all that, I've kept all my games in mint condition by habit so it was impossible for me to find them in such good condition again. I've managed to get part of my Sega CD collection back together again finding bargains and some in really good condition. I think when you lose a collection, something happens to you and you not only want to get a prized item back, but you get more than one. Sort of like being ready this time and having a back-up just in case.
I had a large collection of retro computers, C64s (including my own from 1983), VIC 20s, Electrons, Speccys, Ataris and a Commodore PET (1978). However, due to space constraints and a growing family I decided to sell it all. It went to a good friend and fellow collector so I know it was going to a good home. Do I regret it? You bet I do! Pete.
AFAIR I didn't sell anything retrocomputer-ish I got except 2 Amiga accelerators (1 Blizzard 040/50 and 1 Apollo 040/40) ca.15 years ago. My first C64 after it got broken to the FBR state - got desoldered and its PCB was hanging displayed on my wall. Components were stored. Nowadays I see it was a smart move to keep and store these items "because one day I might wanna use it or help my friend with it and I might need it ad hoc". I like the comfort of just picking up a joystick I like etc. :)
Nice to hear why you sold you collection Gebs. And that it was all for a good cause. It probably made you the person you are now and that's why I follow you your success is both pride driven and personal and that's why I respect you over any collector. My most prized possession sold was a signed copy of Spider-Man issue 1 comic I sold it for £100 in 1994 and oh how I regret it 😭😨😠
+BUTCHER 69 Hello Butcher! You are so fucking sweet! I feel safer on YT because you always stick up for me if the mardy trolls spring up. Don't go anywhere! Gem
I can also recommend Lee's Games...i bought a boxed GBC and a loose Zelda Oracle of Ages...and because i was getting both items he offered me a discount without me even asking...top guy!! :) ....btw do you still live in the Lake District Gemma??...it's a nice area :)
in 2004 sold my Atari jag, Philips cdi. factory condition complete amiga cd32, Panasonic 3do, a mess load of snes and nes, Dreamcast, megadrives, master systems, Atari 2600, 5200, 7800. Steel Battalion on xbox, Projector and loads more things I cant remember. I lost my job in the games industry when it was so expensive to make games in the UK compared to the USA. The weak pound is better for some things than a strong one that we had back then. So fab to see another girl collector on here. My new collection is tiny but the PSP side is building fast. Its so cheep right now xx
Really miss my spectrum 48k where it all begin, holds huge memories, remember spending hours copying my mates games onto my c90 tapes Lol. Really cool story by the way 😋👍
Never had to sell anything from my collection, but I'm seriously considering getting rid of most of my retro games at this point. It's not that I don't enjoy playing older games, but they're just taking up space. I have other interests than gaming that compete for a limited amount of apartment space, and the majority of the games I have I don't play. So I'll probably just keep things that were gifts and has other sentimental value, and get rid of the rest. My collection is not even all that hard to replace, I only have a handful of expensive games (and only one that crosses the 150€ mark, and that's Mr. Gimmick), so if I were to regret selling those games a few years down the line, it should not be too hard to actually replace them
I've never sold my collection as an adult, but as a kid I traded in all my Sega Genesis games to make the jump to ps1 since my parents weren't crazy about me playing video games and wouldn't get one for me. I've regretted that ever since (I had a lot of games including some pretty valuable ones like bloodlines, hyper stone heist and contra hard corps)
Many many years ago we owned a SNES with many games. At some point, we 'grew out' of it (yeah, like that ever happens...) and handed it over to my younger cousins. Some years later, when I asked about it, it turned out they sold it all! That was so disappointing. Luckily, for my recent 27th birthday, my GF decided to gather some money within the family and they gave me a SNES in good condition with several of the classic games! So yeah, I'm starting my own SNES collection with all the games I remember from back in the days. =)
I remember when you sold it! I just remembered your channel randomly just now and looked you up and subbed (different account to the one I used to use). Good to see you bouncing back!
I sold my childhood gaming collection - megadrive, game boy original and colour, saturn, ps2, (my ps1 got borrowed and subsequently disappeared off the face of the earth), and N64 - all with loads of games, about a year or so ago. I do wish I had them still but I found playing them on flat screen hd tvs just made them look awful and I didn't have the space at the time for crt tvs. I'm now holding onto my ps3 and xbox one but really miss the nintendo and sega gaming I grew up with, so I may potentially build a small retro collection dedicated to those (dreamcast, gamecube etc) :)
Sold my collection a while back to buy a 360 and totally regret it. My collection now is bigger now, but there are still a few games I haven't yet replaced. Also, sorry about our county's backwards ways over here regarding same sex couples and green cards.
Hi great video.Yes i did sell all my games a few years back.It wasn't anything financial i just wanted more space.I haven't felt any loss or miss to be honest.Think when you hit 50 like me your life does take a different curve! Great memories though.😀
I've been collecting properly since I was around 10 years old, I would have started earlier but back then my Mother would make me sell any consoles or games I had not played for a while :( But yeah, since I was 10 years old I kept every single game/console I ever purchased. I am 30 now, so I have a massed a fair old collection. The great shame is that most of it is in boxes at my parents house as I simply do not have the room for it. One day I hope to have sufficient space in which to display it all.
Back when I was a pretty young kid (about 10 or 11), I traded in all my Sega Genesis (Megadrive) games to get new (at the time) Playstation 1 games. Definitely regretted it quite a bit later on, since I started missing playing those old games.
Oh, and I remember I had about 25-30 Sega games, and only got about 4 or 5 PS1 games for the trade-in, unfortunately. It was at a used game store at this flea market.
Never sold my collection, but lost all my Mega Drive games when I moved... -.- And before anyone asks, I have no idea... I have most of them back and more. I'm just missing (wait for it...) Sonic 2... I found Ranger X out in the wild yesterday; boxed and complete and near mint condition. Well chuffed! Been looking for it for three years.
Never sold anything but still have other regrets. When i was a student and gaming on my N64 i had little to no interest in boxes. Binned the lot when i moved houses. Also my parents had kept all my SNES boxes which they brought to my house and i kept in a damp shed. Took a lot of work to get the damp smell out of them!
I've had and sold a few consoles over the years but I regretted selling my Atari Jaguar most. I recently got one again and absolutely love it. There were a lot of bad games made for it but the good games like Doom, Tempest 2000 and Iron Soldier are awesome. I miss the odd game from the Sega Saturn, Game Gear, CD32 and SNES, but the Jaguar was the system I really loved.
2/2 - but oddly I felt OK about it, at that time I felt a bit ashamed of the hobby and was branching into other things. By this time in my life I was playing more PC compete effectively online games, but also became a semi-professional Poker player, so had no time for old games. It was only in Feb last year I got back into the hobby via your channel and Retro Asylum, and I've slowly rebuilt a collection of those 2 small boxes that survived my relocation. Still lots more to be done, but I'd kill to have that old gear back now, hahah
Yep, way back I sold my cib Atari VCS collection (300 games), 2 games included were worth $2500 each, but I didn't know. Mind you, the collection went for GBP 1500 in 2004, so not bad really.
Never sold anyting one day I decided that Superman 64 wasnt worth anyting, and that nobdoy should endure the torture of flying through the rings. Thus it went into the trash bin.
Namecalling? Really? I will not show you the same respect you have shown me. If your in love with Superman 64 I would have to say thats weird. But I will respect your personal preference. Good day to you.
It's only notoriously one of the worst games of all time. I don't really mind the way you think as it has no effect on me. I can't help but think the game is shit, and you can't help but think I'm an idiot lol. Oh well.
Heroic Defeat neighbor had it, i borrowed it for a day, it sucked...i remember having issues also with x ray vision. 1 day of not great memories mostly remember flyinf around and thinking wow more games should do this but it got corny fast the way he flew lol
Back in 2003 i gave away my snes collection to make way for my Ps2. The snes boxes were in mint condition and i had no idea they'd be worth a fortune. I've recently started collecting for the snes again but mainly unboxed due to the price.
When I was a Sophmore in college, my mom gave all my old game stuff to my cousin which included Virtual Boy in the box! This was 10 years ago and hes a little reclusive so I cant really get it back all this time later.
Hi Jemma , I'm watching back over some of your old video's and came across this one. I sadly sold my SNES collection about 3 years ago, it was in a cupboards and not get much attention so I sold it on Ebay. At the time I got about £400 for my boxed SF11Turbo edition console and 30 games mostly boxed in mint condition. I look back now and regret it as I'd love to play Mario Kart and wonder if I was robbed as the games were in mint condition. Oh well maybe I'll be able to pick one up in the future. Thank you for your great channel keep up the good work 👍 so
I don't even have a real collection, honestly. I almost always buy digital these days, and most of the physical games I have owned for my PS3 and Wii and such I've sold.
Gemma, great story and I feel your pain :-( Are you still hoping to end up in the US eventually then? Never forget when my brothers somehow talked me into selling almost all of my old games etc for a pittance. Haven't looked at what's left since as I can't bare to discover what gems I lost. Crazy I know but one day I'll pluck up the courage and rediscover what's left of my collection.
I lost £2000 on a bet a couple of years ago and had to sell off a good part of my CIB SNES collection to regain some cash, there was a mint condition chrono trigger, breath of fire 3 and many many other gems, it was very upsetting but had too be done. Since then I've vowed never to sell any of my games. My collection is now bigger and better than ever, the rarest games I now own now are CIB Demons Crest and a very rare UK copy of Super Metroid in a small box with typo printing error on the back.
Watching 4 years later! :D Biggest regret, sold my Dreamcast collection around the time of this video, it was pretty substantial and mint. Rebuilt it now except for the arcade stick which is super expensive. Argh. Never sell anything if you don't have to. Otherwise, I semi-regret selling a boxed zapper and a Saturn + 4 games - have kept everything else before and after.
Sold my N64 games (50+ games), sold my PSP games 20 games and some fillers on other systems...more to come I dont miss what so far I had sold...so Im fine !
So heart breaking! Thankfully I've never sold my collection before (or any part of it). Totally understand why you'd want to do it though (wanting to move to the US), as storing it somewhere costs money!
Never sold any of my Consoles or Games but I traded my Amiga 500 (luckily at least without the Games) and I regret it. Since Yesterday I got an Amiga 500 again!! Yes!!
I've never sold anything out of necessity (thankfully), but I sold some things back in college for beer/pizza money (like my CIB, mint copy of Ogre Battle 64). Also, a few years ago I got on a "get rid of stuff" kick and sold my original PS2 + games, and all my Final Fantasy and other RPGs because I figured i would just stick with the digital versions and use my BC PS3 for anything not on the PS store... boy did I regret that. Have since replaced them. Also, I have sold off handhelds back in the day because I never really kept up with playing them. Have since replaced the handhelds and now play on them more than consoles, since they are just easier now that I have a kid and little time. I'm getting away from collecting things in general. So as I beat games, if I see no replay value they get sold. While I don't plan on selling my Nintendo or Sony consoles/jhandhelds, as I finish off games for a system I will consider selling it. Already sold of my Sega consoles since my Retron and Retrogen can handle the few Genesis games I have kept. I only kept 1 dreamcast game, Shenmue, so I can just emulate that rather than keeping around a Dreamcast that won't get used. I can possibly see getting rid of my Xbox consoles in the future when I finish beating a few games and replaying a couple one more time.
4 years ago I had 585 nes games, 376 atari games, the entire nintendo power collection along with untold amounts of other retro gaming items. I ended up selling it all to pay bills and Christmas for the children. It was definitely worth it to keep the family afloat!
Today, I've been back in the game for 2 years and have restocked about 3/4 of it all. It's nice to be back but I would sell it all for the family again in a heart beat! ;)
Linn Simms hear ya bro same here. I sold 14 years worth of stuff. i only keep to 3 systems these days prices back then vs today are a big difference day and night. I did pay the price for my must haves tho.
***** most people want it just to say they own the cartridge. Honestly I think it's just to brag to other collectors or w.e
Gaj B absolute nonsense emulation is garbage.
Paul Barnes emulation on a crt is exactly the same as playing on real hardware.
Gaj B only if you play on a crt. should be fine for most games but something like battletoads would be near impossible.
Someone would have to offer me an insane amount of money for me to sell my collection... I'm in this for life, it will all go to my boys someday.
Your collection is as big as some people's houses. I love it! ❤️
@SeeJayAre and @TheGebs24 I had to sell my medium size game room collections to pay off my college student debts. Collections were calling. :(
If I won the lottery I would buy all you nintendo stuff seejayare
I think that’s a weird thing to give to your kids. Like imagine your parent had a huge doll collection. It meant everything in the world to them and you get the privilege of inheriting it. Only issue is that this doll collection takes up around 4 bedrooms. Your kids are gonna have their own stuff they like. Maybe pick out a game or two that really matters to them so that when you die you don’t make them have to sell it all off because it’s old crap they don’t want.
Here's what I do when it comes to selling games:
If I don't want to keep a game in a collection, I move it to a "maybe sell"-pile which is kept away from the collection. Then I keep it there for like 3 months, and then make a rescission if I still want to get rid of it. Why? To not make anything impulsive.
With this system, I've actually moved back games from the sell pile to my regular collection. I think it's inevitable to get swings in mindset as to which games you really want to have, or even if you should be collecting at all in this hobby. It's an interesting topic for sure.
+Handheld Obscurity I like this system
I regretted selling my consoles first time round but being young it was necessary to upgrade, but now I've been collecting for about 4 years and it's the best thing I've ever done! (Plus helps having a supportive wife!) great vid Gemma and keep collecting!
I went through a stage of selling consoles I didn't use as much, and I wasn't bothered. Until I started playing again on a friends collection which then gave me the bug again.
Glad you came back to the scene :)
I'd never sell again but I think you're right that people go through a stage of selling
I remember you selling off your collection when I was subbed to you back in the day.It was sad that you had to sell your collection.But you did it for a reason.Was so glad that you returned and now your collection is better than your previous.I had to sell some things years ago but have added most of it back into my collection.Sold a Sega Genesis and around 40 games,PS1 & PS2 and about 100 games between the two,Nintendo Wii and only 10 games.Life changing events happen so certain sacrifices have to be made.
Thanks for sticking with me for so long! Yes it's a much better collection than my previous 😊😊
I did a school friend's paper round every day for 3 (winter) months in exchange for their Amiga CD32.
I've always had a massive soft spot for it, but after a few years, leaving school etc, I decided selling it was the "grown up" thing to do at the time.
I always regretted doing that after settling down. Fortunately, with ebay to the rescue, a decade later, I'm back with a pristine boxed Amiga CD32 and the games I played to death.
That is such a cool story!!!! Thanks for the share
i've never heard about anyone selling their retro gaming collection and not getting back into it eventually. Its a terrible decision every time. Just keep it because its guaranteed that you will want it back eventually.
I've been thinking of how much it would hurt if I was in a position had to sell things. I usually speak against the "shelf collector " because video games should be played! But at the same time, there might be an old mega drive / Genesis game you've had for YEARS and you may not play it, but it means something to you. I see both sides. Either way, your office now looks like a room of fun, which is what it's all about!
Thanks mate. I've played 90% of games i own
Awesome! =)
I surely did! (this could also go as a reply to your biggest retro gaming regret video!) I was out of work due to an illness & sold part of my collection to pay some bills. The highlights of pain include: mint complete copy of Skies of Arcadia, mint complete in box copy of Mega Man II, mint complete copies of Einhander & Xenogears, my entire Resident Evil & Silent Hill collection, entire SNES collection and more. The good news is they have made their way back into my collection (with the exception of Mega Man II & some of the SNES games) over the last four or five years.
I had to rebuild my collection three times before my current one. The first collection which was Atari, Vectrex, Game N Watches and other stuff from the early eighties was lost in a storage unit which my mom didn't pay for. I was a kid in middle school at the time in the mid eighties. The second collection which was all Nintendo, TurboGrafx, Sega, I sold to pay my way through college. Third was primarily Sony PSP, PS1 PS2 PS3 and a mixture of the two previous collections which I sold to move my family out to Colorado. My fourth collection still exists, although I pared down a TON of common carts for Nintendo and Sega. I still have a basement and a master bedroom full of games downstairs. Rebuilding is always fun because each journey is different from the rest. This fourth one so far is the best journey yet, as I was able to find a TON of stuff I grew up on.
Back in 2010 I sold off my entire Mega Drive and Mega CD collection totally regretted. Managed to buy a big portion of the games back over the years though. Then I ended up amassing more consoles and games and built a nice collection up. Glad you started collecting again as your gaming rooms awesome!
+wizzgamer You got some back? Nice one! Thank you Wizz
My NES and SNES stopped working many years ago. I'd say 20 years ago or so. So I sold all my games because I wasn't aware if there were any stores like there are today that can fix consoles. Now I've been collecting all the games I grew up playing and it's a huge pain. Started doing that in 2013.
What games did you have to sell Wheels?
The games I had for NES were Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing, all 4 TMNT games, Bases loaded 3, All 3 Mario Bros. games. Double Dragon 2, Blue Marlin, Blades of Steel, Punch-Out (not the Tyson version), Code Name Viper. Dr. Mario and WWF/E WrestleMania Challenge and WWF/E WrestleMania Steel Cage Challenge. For SNES, I don't remember all. But I know I had Killer Instinct, Super Mario World, Batman Returns, 3 or 4 hockey games, a couple WWF/E games and Super Play Action Football. Traded them in to Funco Land here in the States. Before it was GameStop. Only got $15 credit.
I am 53 years old so every OG Nintendo I traded or sold could have been my retirement not to mention games from every other system in the past 40 years that got rid of for "the next big thing ". By the way I'm glad you have your hobby back and i looooove your videos! Cheers you foxy bird!!
I had a time where I did a similar thing, around 2007, I was flip flopping in relationships so all the ps, ps2 and my Amstrad cpc stuff went. I only kept my gx4000 carts and some snes ones. Thank goodness I need, keeping Secret of Mana was vital! Been rebuilding since 2012 and now it's larger than it's ever been. So, it was a learning curve but the upshot was discovering how much I liked having it, just like yourself Gem.
+Novabug Nice one mate!!
I sold my comic book collection in the 80s for enough money to buy me my first car (I was Uni in the US) That same collection today would be worth 100,000s. I had a Spider Man #1 and Avengers #1. I don't feel too bad tho because later I sold that car to pay for my last year of Uni and I was able to graduate. Life takes us in odd roads and I have learned not to regret.
Also, thank you Jess for pushing Gemma back into it because I love watching her channel and really enjoy her enthusiasm and down to earth approach. (Not to mention it's so nice to see other women in gaming!)
collecting can become a bit of an unquenchable addiction, with quick hits each time you buy something but it doesn't satisfy you for long. I used to enjoy games far more when I was younger when I didn't have disposable income and a much smaller amount of games. sometimes less really is more! I don't really collect anymore (anything), and if I must play an old game I don't or no longer own, i just emulate it. Feels quite liberating. I now just do copious amounts of crack to fill the void with the money I would have spent on old games.
That's the thing with crack, it is rather moreish
You do have a point. But I'm still a gamer. I play more ps4 and ps3 than retro. But I love playing games from my childhood. And Im glad I still own them. Collecting is an addiction. No matter what. But its still better than smoking weed every day
Lord Maximus well said my friend. Well said
Bob Cornhole Mmmmmm Crack
i had a huge collection then just ran out of steam for it,looked in the cupboards and games just sat there so sold the lot now i just enjoy current stuff,i do still enjoy watching other peoples collection videos though as its good to see how enthusiastic people are over collecting
Yeah I love seeing other people get the passion flowing for games!
Nice vid, Gemma and an interesting topic. I've never sold off a collection as such but will tell you a bit about my life growing up as a gamer.
So I was born into a single parent household, luckily my older brother was into games so we shared the hobby, but typically we had to sell a console each time a new generation came out. I must have flirted from Mega Drive to SNES several times during their lifespan, haha. Luckily that all changed when I started working and could feasibly get just about whatever I wanted. I did have a 'collection' in my mind, it was just what I wanted at the time.
By 2008 I had a de end array of consoles and games, I think I had a JP Dreamcast, US N64, JP & PAL PS1, PAL PS2' PAL Jaguar, and a Lynx, as well my Xbox 360 as my current gen choice. I relocated to London from Stoke and unfortunately much of this got misplaced and was lost. All that remained was the 360 and a couple of shoeboxes full of the import Dreamcast and PS1 games, (continued next comment)
Oh yeah I remember this as I was already for some time "here". I am so glad you have made a comeback.
To answer your question yes I had to sell twice my collection. One in 1993 (huge) and one in 1994 (not so huge). I hope I will never have to repeat that again. Though of course you never know.
Good luck Gemma.
Thank you. How come you had to sell up?
TheGebs24 At the time I wanted the better and better system, but I have no income to speak of. I was still a kid. So..since my asshole (not just for this) parents never helped though they could easily do, only way to get the money was to sell what I had, which I did.
94 was the last time I sold anything of mine, video game related.
I had a collection that I started in 2005 and then I sold everything in summer 2009 to raise money to buy a MK1 Escort and kit out my daughters nursery as she was due in 2010. It was the right decision at the time.
The collection ive built now is much better than what I had before much like yourself and like you I wouldn't sell up again. I love what I have now and I know I would struggle to find half of it in the condition that I've got ever again.
Right on Dave! It's right at the time but also good to get it all back.....and then some
Never had massive collections like you so it never bugged me selling off my previous gen consoles and games when the new generation would come out but recently been picking up all the gear I offloaded in my youth and am amazed that you can pick it up relatively cheaply if you look hard enough.
This story warms my heart! When love is right, when love is true, we do what we gotta do. ❤️
As far as collecting goes... I did have quite a few unboxed NES-games. Nothing out of the ordinary and nothing to hang on to for dear life, so I sold 'em for 400 euro. Pretty good deal, as most games were given to me for free...
I do have a decent CD collection. Again, nothing extraordinary but the amount of time I put in getting the albums prevents me from ever parting with them. I'll get buried with them!
Again, awesome story, Gemma! Thanks for sharing.
So glad you came back. This is one of my favorite channels on RUclips (not just gaming). Fortunately, never had to sell any of my games and hopefully never will.
Thanks
Hi Gemma, congratulations on getting a collection back together. I'm sure a lot of other gamers have got rid of their entire collection before due to circumstance, I know I've got rid of a lot of consoles and games that i used to own due to just being skint or when I travelled the world 9 years ago I flogged most of my retro games through gritted teeth to pay for the journey. But with hard work and determination I've managed to get back the games I enjoyed both as a kid and an adult. Really enjoying the videos, keep up the great work!
I'm glad Jess pushed you back to youtube and collecting :) "2011..wow. I remember being with you when you had 500 or so subbers. Can't believe time passes so soon. Loved the rainbow road music in the vid :)
+Ben Rai Thanks Ben!
Iv sold my collection off lots of times and had to start again when the hunger has kicked in! I have managed to wean myself of collecting by accepting that with a wife and 3 kids there's better things I can spend our cash on plus I now emulate anything I want to play on my modded Xbox, I have a 500GB drive in it stuffed with Nostalgia. Its much more satisfying as I find collecting and having a collection actually causes me anxiety and now I feel free from that burden. Sell it all and emulate and I promise you will never look back and you may even find you play the games more emulated than you did when you owned the original hardware and/or games!
Selling everything is the best way to move. If you really want something, you can get it again. Sometimes I miss my Dreamcast but, when you let go, you can create new memories! Watching channels like yours is good therapy!
2011 ? wow it doesn't seem like that long ago! your collection was awesome them, but now it's even better :D
Thanks James
I had a large collection of nes, SNES, n64, Dreamcast and gameboy stuff. Sold it all when I was around 19 when I stopped playing and would rather go out drinking. Now I’m 35 and miss it all. I collect slowly now and just build up nostalgia. Have a good collection but not as big.
Cool story! It's good to see that your collection is undoubtedly back on track! I once sold all of my PS2 games when my console broke but then I got a new console to play them on at a later date but at that point, it was too late. I sold them to buy some NES games and I kind of regret it but it wasn't a big collection in the first place so it could've been worse. (:
Definitely back on track thank god lol
I sold 300 out of an 800 game collection 4 years ago. Mostly it was games I would never play because of their genre. My collecting had got a bit out of control and I was running out of space. Did that about 4 years ago. However the money allowed me to import a refurbed asteroids cabinet from the US. :) There were a few gems in there (PAL Castlevania:SOTN with artbook and soundtrack, big box Super Metroid being just two) but I didn't regret it. My collection is more focussed to my tastes and curated now as I tend to upgrade copies for better conditioned ones and I have converted my PAL N64 collection to JP-NTSC. And I have a gorgeous big arcade machine downstairs!
I'm an aspiring filmmaker and I had a little over 500 retro games, along with around 15 systems, including handhelds, that I sold so that I could acquire some film equipment. Sad day, but it was definitely the right decision at the time because I did get most of the equipment I needed, and I have made a couple of short films with more on the way. I do miss my collection though and I am slowly but surely regaining it. :)
Good for you :) :)
My wife divorsed me in 2012, I spent all our savings on a boxed virtual boy and a mint copy of Chrono trigger for snes, we had no money for christmas, I sold my daughters present (would of been her first bike) so the kids got nothing except tears that day...
no regrets, Ive now completed my virtual boy set now.
Wow, selling a whole collection would be really overwhelming, and probably emotional since there are games I have really fond childhood memories. Took me time to get back some of the childhood games I used to have. I have gathered and collected games since 2002. I have traded and sold games here and there but have kept them all since. I would be lying if I said that I haven't thought of selling my collection because there are times that I feel like giving up since it has become a very expensive hobby.
Yes i have sold my collections before. I am on my third collection now! My 1st i sold to party and have fun (LOTS OF FUN)! My 2nd for a woman (BIG MISTAKE)! Didn't want them cluttering up the flat. Not long after that i decided i didn't want her cluttering up the flat and gave her the sack. I'm now rebuilding my 3rd collection (LESSON LEARNED)!!
I've now subscribed as i like your passion for collecting!
I've never had a huge collection of games and consoles, but look back now I wish I had never sold either of the following: Master System I boxed (not sure where that went) and Microsoft Xbox (Crystal) boxed. The latter because like you Gem I needed to get rid for something more necessary. Fortunately through the wonder of car boots and the Retron5, I have just about replaced them. It's not quite the same but it does give me the same buzz it did when having the originals!! 😋
Gutted mate. Crystal's are my fave Xbox releases. Are you enjoying the R5?
I gave away all my older games like an idiot when I got away from material things. Since 2011, I gradually started building up my ps3 library, making sure I'll eventually beat and thoroughly enjoy all the games that I keep, seeking out trophies within reason. I'm now at about 130 games between the ps3 & ps4 but many are only digital these days. Luckily, I got myself a nice laser printer so I'll be printing off my own cover art for these as well as my steam library soon.
I sold my entire collection to pay rent about 7/8 years ago. Still regret it to this day. Thousands of games and special items like CIB Sega 32X and Mega CD. I have a pretty healthy collection again these days, but it's taken a lot longer to build this time.
I always find that people regret it once they sell up
Awesome story, Gemma. Glad you got your collection back on track! [Ben]
Hey Ben, thanks mate.
Wow, that must have been devastating to sell your collection, but I understand why you did it. I couldn't imagine selling my current collection. I remember when I was little I use to get rid of games all the time and I regret it.
Yeah the amount of stuff I've let go other years in a pre Internet age without knowing their true value 😭
As a kid, I had to sell all my old games every time a new one came out. As I grew into an adult, I continued the practice of selling or trading any console/collection I hadn't touched in more than a month. I wouldn't call myself a collector now, as I still buy games with a focus of what I want to play, but I've stopped trading or selling anything that I have interest in. If the game is hot garbage, sure - away it goes. I just found myself missing old consoles and games too often and decided to break the cycle of buy, sell, and rebuy.
I had to sell off most of my collection before my son was born. We didn't have the room. Luckily I have been slowly getting it back. I was thrilled when I re-purchased Crusader of Centy. It was my original copy and had my save games still on it.
I just love watching these channels thank you for sharing maybe one day I'll have to send you photos of what consoles and their games I have.
Is there any game or piece of hardware from your old collection that your really keen on getting back in 'collection 2.0' and you haven't managed to track down yet? Cheers, Marc.
+neoinfinity I have my NTSC N64 collection back. Jess brought it back for my 31st birthday :)
I didn't HAVE to sell my collection but for some reason I did at one point. I sold my SNES, Genesis, Sega CD and 32X along with large libraries to Microplay as a trade in for a 3DO REAL Player, Road Rash, Need for Speed and Super Wing Commander.
After being laid off in 2010, I was in dire straights. After going through all my savings, I was about to miss my mortgage payment. I didn't have a huge retro collection, not by some RUclipsrs standards anyway. But I had a total of 200+ games from NES, SNES, Genesis, N64 and PSOne. In a desperate move, I sold a large part of it on Ebay and Amazon. It gave me enough money to pay my bills for the month. While I lamented the loss of my collection, it wasn't something I missed too much. However, in the last few years I've been slowly buying back some of the games. It's actually been fun going to retro stores in my area and talking to other gamers about their experiences with older games. This last week I was at Game On Expo here in Arizona and was able to pic up my first couple Super Famicom games. I was also able to meet several RUclips personalities like Gamester81and Happy Console Gamer. I think if I hadn't sold so much of my collection six years ago, I would've missed out on so much of the Retro craze that seems to be going on now.
When I was in about grade 9, I sold my copy of Final Fantasy Tactics to a friend... Only to spend twice what he paid me for it about six months later to get another copy, it's one of my favourites of all time, and the day I bought it (again) I vowed I'd always have a copy, and so far, so good!
Nice one for getting copy back
I've never sold any of my games. I still have hundreds of C64 games, all my Mega Drive and Xbox games. Some may have got lost or broken but I've never sold a single one of my games.On a 16bit Brothers VR about earliest gaming memory, I showed the actual cassette of my very first game back from 1982. Well the game was published in 82 but I still remember getting it in 84.
Awesome! Are your games stowed away or do you have them out?
Love your videos! I sold parts of my collection to make rent and another part for food. It was sad. I remember selling my Virtual Boy (cib), childhood SNES, and over 40 games (NES,Snes & N64) so I could buy top romen, peanut butter, and mac 'n cheese to survive on for the month.
+Marcus Gepner You have to do what you have to do I guess. It's painful though!
Yeah, but I'm starting to get some of it back. :) Thanks for the comment. Keep up the great work, you're doing awesome!
i sold all my retro games to get the next consoles that were coming out up until about 2013. selling my snes and dreamcast lots were especially painful seeing the prices and rarity of a lot of those games now though im slowly finding them again. im amazed i've managed to come into 500+ games and 12 consoles as of yet for not a shockingly high amount of money.
i did watch you video's back then too, was so sad you sold everything but was also happy for you and jess. :) i sold my collection way back because i was not myself and very unhappy at that time, i still regret that i did that, i also did not game a full year, fallout 3 got me back into games again. the only things i have still are shemue 1 and 2, because i gave the dreamcast to my boyfriend and he did give it back, well yeah we are living together now.lol.
Thanks for supporting me for so long! 😊😊That's awesome of you
I think I've mentioned this before but I never really had a choice when part of my collection was gone. My whole Sega CD collection, God of War red PSP bundle, and some other stuff were stolen from me while I was in the process of moving. Thankfully my Snatcher, Final Fight, Panzer Dragoons and Shinobi games were in another box and were spared. It was awful. These weren't the games you could just get out and buy anymore and besides all that, I've kept all my games in mint condition by habit so it was impossible for me to find them in such good condition again. I've managed to get part of my Sega CD collection back together again finding bargains and some in really good condition. I think when you lose a collection, something happens to you and you not only want to get a prized item back, but you get more than one. Sort of like being ready this time and having a back-up just in case.
Woh... I did not know that. Well Glad to have you back on RUclips and great job at getting back your games plus more! Keep up the great work :D
Thanks Ben. You're awesome
I had a large collection of retro computers, C64s (including my own from 1983), VIC 20s, Electrons, Speccys, Ataris and a Commodore PET (1978). However, due to space constraints and a growing family I decided to sell it all.
It went to a good friend and fellow collector so I know it was going to a good home. Do I regret it? You bet I do!
Pete.
AFAIR I didn't sell anything retrocomputer-ish I got except 2 Amiga accelerators (1 Blizzard 040/50 and 1 Apollo 040/40) ca.15 years ago. My first C64 after it got broken to the FBR state - got desoldered and its PCB was hanging displayed on my wall. Components were stored. Nowadays I see it was a smart move to keep and store these items "because one day I might wanna use it or help my friend with it and I might need it ad hoc". I like the comfort of just picking up a joystick I like etc. :)
Nice to hear why you sold you collection Gebs. And that it was all for a good cause. It probably made you the person you are now and that's why I follow you your success is both pride driven and personal and that's why I respect you over any collector. My most prized possession sold was a signed copy of Spider-Man issue 1 comic I sold it for £100 in 1994 and oh how I regret it 😭😨😠
+BUTCHER 69 Hello Butcher! You are so fucking sweet! I feel safer on YT because you always stick up for me if the mardy trolls spring up. Don't go anywhere!
Gem
I can also recommend Lee's Games...i bought a boxed GBC and a loose Zelda Oracle of Ages...and because i was getting both items he offered me a discount without me even asking...top guy!! :) ....btw do you still live in the Lake District Gemma??...it's a nice area :)
+thesunreport I no longer live in the Lakes but I own a house up there :)
lucky you!! :D
in 2004 sold my Atari jag, Philips cdi. factory condition complete amiga cd32, Panasonic 3do, a mess load of snes and nes, Dreamcast, megadrives, master systems, Atari 2600, 5200, 7800. Steel Battalion on xbox, Projector and loads more things I cant remember. I lost my job in the games industry when it was so expensive to make games in the UK compared to the USA. The weak pound is better for some things than a strong one that we had back then. So fab to see another girl collector on here. My new collection is tiny but the PSP side is building fast. Its so cheep right now xx
Really miss my spectrum 48k where it all begin, holds huge memories, remember spending hours copying my mates games onto my c90 tapes
Lol. Really cool story by the way 😋👍
+Squidwerth OMG the 48K is mint!
Never had to sell anything from my collection, but I'm seriously considering getting rid of most of my retro games at this point. It's not that I don't enjoy playing older games, but they're just taking up space. I have other interests than gaming that compete for a limited amount of apartment space, and the majority of the games I have I don't play. So I'll probably just keep things that were gifts and has other sentimental value, and get rid of the rest. My collection is not even all that hard to replace, I only have a handful of expensive games (and only one that crosses the 150€ mark, and that's Mr. Gimmick), so if I were to regret selling those games a few years down the line, it should not be too hard to actually replace them
I've never sold my collection as an adult, but as a kid I traded in all my Sega Genesis games to make the jump to ps1 since my parents weren't crazy about me playing video games and wouldn't get one for me. I've regretted that ever since (I had a lot of games including some pretty valuable ones like bloodlines, hyper stone heist and contra hard corps)
Many many years ago we owned a SNES with many games. At some point, we 'grew out' of it (yeah, like that ever happens...) and handed it over to my younger cousins. Some years later, when I asked about it, it turned out they sold it all! That was so disappointing. Luckily, for my recent 27th birthday, my GF decided to gather some money within the family and they gave me a SNES in good condition with several of the classic games! So yeah, I'm starting my own SNES collection with all the games I remember from back in the days. =)
I remember when you sold it! I just remembered your channel randomly just now and looked you up and subbed (different account to the one I used to use). Good to see you bouncing back!
Hey Jack,
Thanks and welcome back :)
I sold my childhood gaming collection - megadrive, game boy original and colour, saturn, ps2, (my ps1 got borrowed and subsequently disappeared off the face of the earth), and N64 - all with loads of games, about a year or so ago. I do wish I had them still but I found playing them on flat screen hd tvs just made them look awful and I didn't have the space at the time for crt tvs. I'm now holding onto my ps3 and xbox one but really miss the nintendo and sega gaming I grew up with, so I may potentially build a small retro collection dedicated to those (dreamcast, gamecube etc) :)
Sold my collection a while back to buy a 360 and totally regret it. My collection now is bigger now, but there are still a few games I haven't yet replaced. Also, sorry about our county's backwards ways over here regarding same sex couples and green cards.
I gave my NES and SNES consoles and collections to relatives. NES was torn to pieces by one relative's dog. The SNES was traded for a PSX.
Oh shit!!!
That's horrible.
That’s crazy, Lees games is a local shop in my hometown of Morecambe. Great shop and worth visiting 😎
Hi great video.Yes i did sell all my games a few years back.It wasn't anything financial i just wanted more space.I haven't felt any loss or miss to be honest.Think when you hit 50 like me your life does take a different curve! Great memories though.😀
Awwwww. Miss you! Thanks for the shout out baby!
Hello, hello! See you in a few days! Love you
I've been collecting properly since I was around 10 years old, I would have started earlier but back then my Mother would make me sell any consoles or games I had not played for a while :( But yeah, since I was 10 years old I kept every single game/console I ever purchased. I am 30 now, so I have a massed a fair old collection. The great shame is that most of it is in boxes at my parents house as I simply do not have the room for it. One day I hope to have sufficient space in which to display it all.
Omfg hats off to you! Can you tweet me a pic of some of your collection please?
Sure, although I only have few bits of import stuff a my flat. As I say, most of it is at my parents house sadly.
Back when I was a pretty young kid (about 10 or 11), I traded in all my Sega Genesis (Megadrive) games to get new (at the time) Playstation 1 games. Definitely regretted it quite a bit later on, since I started missing playing those old games.
Oh, and I remember I had about 25-30 Sega games, and only got about 4 or 5 PS1 games for the trade-in, unfortunately. It was at a used game store at this flea market.
Never sold my collection, but lost all my Mega Drive games when I moved... -.- And before anyone asks, I have no idea...
I have most of them back and more. I'm just missing (wait for it...) Sonic 2...
I found Ranger X out in the wild yesterday; boxed and complete and near mint condition. Well chuffed! Been looking for it for three years.
Gutted for you, but looks like you've recovered pretty well 👍
+Luke's Game Page Definitely mate
Never sold anything but still have other regrets. When i was a student and gaming on my N64 i had little to no interest in boxes. Binned the lot when i moved houses. Also my parents had kept all my SNES boxes which they brought to my house and i kept in a damp shed. Took a lot of work to get the damp smell out of them!
I've had and sold a few consoles over the years but I regretted selling my Atari Jaguar most. I recently got one again and absolutely love it. There were a lot of bad games made for it but the good games like Doom, Tempest 2000 and Iron Soldier are awesome. I miss the odd game from the Sega Saturn, Game Gear, CD32 and SNES, but the Jaguar was the system I really loved.
2/2 - but oddly I felt OK about it, at that time I felt a bit ashamed of the hobby and was branching into other things. By this time in my life I was playing more PC compete effectively online games, but also became a semi-professional Poker player, so had no time for old games.
It was only in Feb last year I got back into the hobby via your channel and Retro Asylum, and I've slowly rebuilt a collection of those 2 small boxes that survived my relocation. Still lots more to be done, but I'd kill to have that old gear back now, hahah
Yep, way back I sold my cib Atari VCS collection (300 games), 2 games included were worth $2500 each, but I didn't know. Mind you, the collection went for GBP 1500 in 2004, so not bad really.
Never sold anyting one day I decided that Superman 64 wasnt worth anyting, and that nobdoy should endure the torture of flying through the rings. Thus it went into the trash bin.
Superman 64 does belong in the trash bin lol. Idiotic? I think not.
Namecalling? Really? I will not show you the same respect you have shown me. If your in love with Superman 64 I would have to say thats weird. But I will respect your personal preference. Good day to you.
It's only notoriously one of the worst games of all time. I don't really mind the way you think as it has no effect on me. I can't help but think the game is shit, and you can't help but think I'm an idiot lol. Oh well.
Heroic Defeat neighbor had it, i borrowed it for a day, it sucked...i remember having issues also with x ray vision. 1 day of not great memories mostly remember flyinf around and thinking wow more games should do this but it got corny fast the way he flew lol
I heard a certain nerd collects Superman 64 carts.
Back in 2003 i gave away my snes collection to make way for my Ps2. The snes boxes were in mint condition and i had no idea they'd be worth a fortune.
I've recently started collecting for the snes again but mainly unboxed due to the price.
Awesome
When I was a Sophmore in college, my mom gave all my old game stuff to my cousin which included Virtual Boy in the box! This was 10 years ago and hes a little reclusive so I cant really get it back all this time later.
James Ni go bond with them.. When they see how much you enjoy it, maybe they may open up a bit
Just over A year ago I found your channel when I stumbled across this video. 👍On all the amazing content that you have created ever since🤘. 👍🤘❤️
Atom -88 Thnk you so much Atom
Aww, your channel needs to be more popular. It is awesome!
Thank you. Share the videos everywhere 👍
Sold mine around the same time as you to fund my new passion. I still love gaming, just mainly play the new stuff now.
+HeroStatueCollector Lou That's great Lou
Hi Jemma , I'm watching back over some of your old video's and came across this one. I sadly sold my SNES collection about 3 years ago, it was in a cupboards and not get much attention so I sold it on Ebay. At the time I got about £400 for my boxed SF11Turbo edition console and 30 games mostly boxed in mint condition. I look back now and regret it as I'd love to play Mario Kart and wonder if I was robbed as the games were in mint condition. Oh well maybe I'll be able to pick one up in the future. Thank you for your great channel keep up the good work 👍 so
I don't even have a real collection, honestly. I almost always buy digital these days, and most of the physical games I have owned for my PS3 and Wii and such I've sold.
Fair play King
About four years ago I sold my PS1 and Dreamcast games because I lost my job and had to pay the bills, I still miss them.
Have you got any back?
Do you have a sony bvm?
Good story,kinda does suck to have to sell it all. BUT now you get to collect all over again so that is fun!
Thank ya
Yep. I had to sell all the PS2 games I had at the time (about 100+) in 2005 because I didn't have a job and food costs money.
+Corzar Ramasama You have to do what you have to do at the time I guess mate
Grow food. It doesn't cost anything to grow food.
Amazing collection 👍🏻👍🏻 yeah sold a lot of games when I had kids wish I hadn’t but needed the money at the time, started playing and collecting again
Gemma, great story and I feel your pain :-( Are you still hoping to end up in the US eventually then? Never forget when my brothers somehow talked me into selling almost all of my old games etc for a pittance. Haven't looked at what's left since as I can't bare to discover what gems I lost. Crazy I know but one day I'll pluck up the courage and rediscover what's left of my collection.
I lost £2000 on a bet a couple of years ago and had to sell off a good part of my CIB SNES collection to regain some cash, there was a mint condition chrono trigger, breath of fire 3 and many many other gems, it was very upsetting but had too be done. Since then I've vowed never to sell any of my games. My collection is now bigger and better than ever, the rarest games I now own now are CIB Demons Crest and a very rare UK copy of Super Metroid in a small box with typo printing error on the back.
Watching 4 years later! :D Biggest regret, sold my Dreamcast collection around the time of this video, it was pretty substantial and mint. Rebuilt it now except for the arcade stick which is super expensive. Argh. Never sell anything if you don't have to. Otherwise, I semi-regret selling a boxed zapper and a Saturn + 4 games - have kept everything else before and after.
Sold my N64 games (50+ games), sold my PSP games 20 games and some fillers on other systems...more to come I dont miss what so far I had sold...so Im fine !
Your games room is amazing!! =D
Thanks Lee
So heart breaking! Thankfully I've never sold my collection before (or any part of it). Totally understand why you'd want to do it though (wanting to move to the US), as storing it somewhere costs money!
I'm glad it's all back though :)
Never sold any of my Consoles or Games but I traded my Amiga 500 (luckily at least without the Games) and I regret it. Since Yesterday I got an Amiga 500 again!! Yes!!
Fuelfoxx Nice one!
I've never sold anything out of necessity (thankfully), but I sold some things back in college for beer/pizza money (like my CIB, mint copy of Ogre Battle 64). Also, a few years ago I got on a "get rid of stuff" kick and sold my original PS2 + games, and all my Final Fantasy and other RPGs because I figured i would just stick with the digital versions and use my BC PS3 for anything not on the PS store... boy did I regret that. Have since replaced them. Also, I have sold off handhelds back in the day because I never really kept up with playing them. Have since replaced the handhelds and now play on them more than consoles, since they are just easier now that I have a kid and little time.
I'm getting away from collecting things in general. So as I beat games, if I see no replay value they get sold. While I don't plan on selling my Nintendo or Sony consoles/jhandhelds, as I finish off games for a system I will consider selling it. Already sold of my Sega consoles since my Retron and Retrogen can handle the few Genesis games I have kept. I only kept 1 dreamcast game, Shenmue, so I can just emulate that rather than keeping around a Dreamcast that won't get used. I can possibly see getting rid of my Xbox consoles in the future when I finish beating a few games and replaying a couple one more time.
Gave my SNES & my entire game collection to a friend back when the Wii Virtual Console came out. Wish I never did that!