SlowCoder's Collection

[SlowCoder]

My collection is a mix of retro, and not so retro stuff. I don't have a lot of room like some of you apparently do, so my stuff is compact, original boxes tossed long ago. Forgive me. Pics were taken with my phone, and I didn't do anything with the lighting, and I didn't do a lot of cleanup ... but you'll get the jist. Look and be amazed ... or don't.

 

The main entertainment shelf. I keep my equipment covered by towels. It contains all of the operational consoles we actively play.

 

Shelf 1: the PS3 and the primary controller basket.

 

Shelf 2: PS2, NES and Wii. NES and WII games. I got the PS2 and Wii just because I wanted them. I got the NES because I never had one, but had always drooled over my friend's as a kid and I wanted to be able to play through the Mario series.

 

Shelf 3: Atari shelf with Atari 2600 and games. Not all of the games shown, as they are stored in the TeleGames cabinet. I had a Sears TeleGames Atari as a kid. Haven't located one like it within a price I can afford. So I'm stuck with this Light 6 for the meantime.

 

PS1, PS2 and PS3 games, stored in the entertainment cabinet. Purchased over time to play. Have played through many, lost interest in some. But can't bring myself to get rid of any.

 

My PSP and it's games. Also some more PS2 games I found in the back of the cabinet. Not old, but it is part of my "collection". My son and I pooled our Christmas money together to get the PSP. We play it quite often. The case in the right picture was customized by my son a couple years ago. I'm proud of it.

 

Sega Game Gear setup. I bought it new, and wasted lots of money on its peripherals. But it was worth it, and lots of fun.

 

Not shown are my Atari 2600 4 Switch and Heavy Six, another Game Gear, as well as a Coleco Adam that I used as a kid, and which disappeared to my grandparent's attic for 20 years. I wonder if the Adam ever work again. The tapes were destroyed by the heat, and the paddle/keypad controllers have gone missing. I suspect it's toast.

 

Topping that off, and not counting the slew of Windows based computer games I have, I also have about 20GB of old school DOS based games. Yeah ... awesome stuff!

 

So, there you go ... my collection.

[jferio]

I see a fellow aficionado of the use of open back bookshelves for one's console setup. I use two folding bookcases myself.

[SlowCoder]

Haha! That was the only one we found that my wife would allow in the living room, and that would accommodate the equipment. I will probably eventually install cable runners to clean it up a bit.