It's my current "hobby" which hopefully won't go down in flames like other past interests in wrestling and anime, among other things.
On the bright side, I bought King of Dragons at a flea market yesterday for $7.
On the horribly awful other side, I continually get my ass kicked on ebay... because f*ck ebay. I just lost a Sega Genesis and 32X (with the boxes and 11 games) by $1 in the last 3 seconds.
It's an expensive past time, but for some reason, I can't keep myself from wanting more. There's something about owning old hardware, a piece of gaming history, that's so enticing. I really don't know what it is.
I just started seriously collecting and I've kicked myself for selling off some old rare titles (Ninja Gaiden Trilogy and Dracula X on SNES are at the very top of that list). What I want to start off with is every version (discounting color variations) of Nintendo and Sega consoles and handhelds, plus major peripherals like the Gameboy Player. I'm considering NeoGeo and 3DO, but I've decided that I don't care for Atari or anything pre-NES. I have a LONG ways to go.....
So, does anyone else collect? What are your collections like? I'm not asking to trade or buy or anything. I just thought I'd share my story and wondered if anyone wanted to share theirs.