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aj3292
05-07-2019, 12:55 PM
When you buy a new console, do you keep your old ones? If you have a lot of them, what solution do you use for keeping them stored/organized without overwhelming your space? I live in a small apartment and don’t know how I’ll find space for both my current console and a next-gen console.
SpursforSix
05-07-2019, 12:57 PM
When you buy a new console, do you keep your old ones? If you have a lot of them, what solution do you use for keeping them stored/organized without overwhelming your space? I live in a small apartment and don’t know how I’ll find space for both my current console and a next-gen console.
Just clean out your rape closet and I think you'll have space for all your old equipment.
TDMVPDPOY
05-07-2019, 05:51 PM
pawn it, ebay, whatever... just get rid of it, use them funds to buy new console or whatever
LaMarcus Bryant
05-09-2019, 03:59 PM
I keep it for nostalgia purposes. Big cardboard box on a top shelf in my closet.
baseline bum
05-09-2019, 07:25 PM
Keep that shit. Gaming on old consoles is cheap and you'll never exhaust the great games on any halfway decent console.
FrostKing
05-09-2019, 08:24 PM
Still have NES, Sega and PS1
Let my Mexican friend borrow my old PS2 and without telling me he used it to upgrade to a PS3
I recently gave my old PS3 to my chicks younger brother
My Xbox1 is sitting in my closet collecting dust. I've logged in a handful of times the past 12 months
I use a MacBook but kept my Asus just to have windows for coding purposes
resistanze
05-09-2019, 08:32 PM
I hope my NES and 30 games are still at my parent's place....
I dont give a shit for nostalgia tbh.
I always give my old consoles to cousins and such. I may keep certain games though but not for Nostalgia sake. I see it as a once in a lifetime keep sake.
Like for example, I have the original Shenmue game that came with 4 discs including a "passport disc" that was supposed to work online.
apalisoc_9
05-10-2019, 01:51 AM
no. but I wish I had my ps1, ps2 and ps3. I miss those badboys.
Lots of memories. Specially ps1 and ps2.
I'm actually thinking of buying an old tv and buy ps1 and ps2.
Was looking at Kijiji (Canadian Craiglist) for some cheap 2000 TV but really cant find one.
ElNono
05-10-2019, 01:55 AM
I don’t, tbh, gave most to my nephew. Some of them I can’t even remember where they ended up. After moving I left a lot of the oldies behind.
Bynumite
05-10-2019, 05:11 AM
Still got my Sega Master System II and original Game Boy collecting dust in my parents house, my Xbox 360 as well. My brother gave away our PS2 to a friend iirc.
Haven't touched them in years besides the 360 though.
spurraider21
05-11-2019, 06:02 AM
Still have my ps2, ps3, and n64 tucked away
aj3292
05-11-2019, 12:34 PM
It never occurred to me to keep them for nostalgia reasons. I’m not a very nostalgic person. I just would keep mine because I still like the old games. It kind of surprises me how many people keep theirs, but don’t necessarily use them.
spurraider21
05-15-2019, 04:04 PM
i still think N64 is the GOAT party console, and its my go-to anytime my buddies are over
lefty
04-13-2020, 03:13 PM
I hope my NES and 30 games are still at my parent's place....
So they still have it?
Or did you end up buying the NES Mini?
resistanze
04-13-2020, 03:25 PM
So they still have it?
Or did you end up buying the NES Mini?
No clue tbh. It's either in their basement or gone.
I have retroarch, that's enough for me tbh
lefty
04-13-2020, 03:37 PM
No clue tbh. It's either in their basement or gone.
I have retroarch, that's enough for me tbh
https://media1.tenor.com/images/b3d5d12d24479426582a01741912e9de/tenor.gif?itemid=16002000
spurraider21
04-13-2020, 05:57 PM
i still have my ps3/ps2/n64 in a box with my parents back in LA. they have storage space and i havent felt the need to ship any of those over to the east coast yet.
I have an Intellivision from the 80's (my first gaming console), original Atari 2600, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo series, all the XBox series and PS series. My son has the older ones. He's a game developer and displays them. I recall having a console called "Odyssey" but don't have it.
I wish I’d kept my Dreamcast. It’s the one console I bought almost every games of.
Gave it away to cousins once I moved on to Sony.
Xevious
04-19-2020, 08:33 AM
I'm pretty sure all of my consoles dating back to the Coleco are boxed away either here or at one of my brothers' houses. I was actually in the process of selling off a lot of my Dreamcast, PS2, and 360 games before the crisis hit just to declutter.
I have an Intellivision from the 80's (my first gaming console), original Atari 2600, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo series, all the XBox series and PS series. My son has the older ones. He's a game developer and displays them. I recall having a console called "Odyssey" but don't have it.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Magnavox-Odyssey-2-Console-Set.jpg
This is what I had, my first gaming console (only had tank pong style racing and a generic pac man like game.) Late 70's or early 80's, cannot recall exactly.
SpursforSix
04-20-2020, 11:14 AM
This is what I had, my first gaming console (only had tank pong style racing and a generic pac man like game.) Late 70's or early 80's, cannot recall exactly.
You said earlier that your first console was Intellevision.
koriwhat
04-20-2020, 04:00 PM
my first console was a genesis... one of my favorites was my 3do though.
You said earlier that your first console was Intellevision.
This didn't belong to me personally and I didn't take it when I left home.
baseline bum
04-24-2020, 08:23 PM
my first console was a genesis... one of my favorites was my 3do though.
Damn Genesis was legendary. Hard to believe it didn't sell well in Japan while it crushed here. And then the exact opposite situation with the Saturn.
koriwhat
04-25-2020, 05:31 PM
Damn Genesis was legendary. Hard to believe it didn't sell well in Japan while it crushed here. And then the exact opposite situation with the Saturn.
Yeah I loved my genesis but hated when my brother would use it when I wasn't around. Lol
ElNono
04-25-2020, 05:44 PM
Wish I've kept my dreamcast
ElNono
04-25-2020, 05:45 PM
Tho I recently added a new console to my collection ;) , so don't really have room...
baseline bum
04-25-2020, 06:06 PM
Tho I recently added a new console to my collection ;) , so don't really have room...
They made a new Vita?
ElNono
04-25-2020, 06:10 PM
They made a new Vita?
damn, you're in the loop
Tho I recently added a new console to my collection ;) , so don't really have room...
nono pls
lefty
04-26-2020, 02:52 PM
Alright imma gonna get a Genesis Mini
baseline bum
04-26-2020, 03:02 PM
Alright imma gonna get a Genesis Mini
Don't forget to get the Tower of Power.
https://www.destructoid.com/ul/567119-Sega%20Genesis%20Mini%20Tower%20of%20Power%204.jpg
lefty
04-26-2020, 04:18 PM
Don't forget to get the Tower of Power.
https://www.destructoid.com/ul/567119-Sega%20Genesis%20Mini%20Tower%20of%20Power%204.jpg
Nah Im good lol
SpursforSix
04-27-2020, 03:13 PM
This didn't belong to me personally and I didn't take it when I left home.
I remember being pretty jealous of my friend with Odyssey. I had the Atari. He didn't have a lot of games but they were all good and made the Atari graphics look like shit. Then Intellivision came out and made both of them look like shit.
Here's the baseball comparions in order of Atari, Odyssey, Intellevision. I remember Odyssey baseball being pretty good.
https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/1/15568/548982-home_run__1978___atari__1.png
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/drC32mUDbPM/hqdefault.jpg
https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/images/1970s/79_Mattel_Intellivision/Intellivision_games-mlb_baseball_small.jpg
SpursforSix
04-27-2020, 03:15 PM
Don't forget to get the Tower of Power.
Bend over, I'll fucking show you the Tower of Power.
I remember being pretty jealous of my friend with Odyssey. I had the Atari. He didn't have a lot of games but they were all good and made the Atari graphics look like shit. Then Intellivision came out and made both of them look like shit.
Here's the baseball comparions in order of Atari, Odyssey, Intellevision. I remember Odyssey baseball being pretty good.
https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/1/15568/548982-home_run__1978___atari__1.png
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/drC32mUDbPM/hqdefault.jpg
https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/images/1970s/79_Mattel_Intellivision/Intellivision_games-mlb_baseball_small.jpg
Intellevision was the shit but I couldn't get used to that damn controller.
SpursforSix
05-04-2020, 12:51 PM
Intellevision was the shit but I couldn't get used to that damn controller.
For real. And you owned one. Imagine having a 2600 and then going to play Intellivision at a friend's house.
It may rival the Atari 5200 for worst controller.
baseline bum
05-04-2020, 01:53 PM
It may rival the Atari 5200 for worst controller.
Can't believe that thing didn't fucking center. God Atari was a joke after the 2600.
SpursforSix
05-05-2020, 10:22 AM
Can't believe that thing didn't fucking center. God Atari was a joke after the 2600.
What I can't believe is that they actually (presumably) had people trying it out and thinking that was a good idea. And I'm not sure if they had big plans for the keypad but I think I had only one game that used it.
They would have been wayyyyy better off just using the old 2600 joystick. The games themselves were good enough to compete.
As I'm typing this, I remember how hard fucking Joust was because of the controller.
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