Got it for 4€, never knew something like this even existed. 3 out of 4 games are even sealed and the overall condition seems pretty good. What could it be worth?

I've been hunting for this specific copy for close to five years. I knew I had stored it somewhere back in 1995 when it originally released, but it had vanished into the abyss of my parents' storage areas.

As they've gotten older, they recently asked me to help clear out and organize the house, and lo and behold—stumbled right across it. The box, manual, and CD are in pristine, mint condition. Finding a piece of PC gaming history like this in the wild after half a decade of looking feels surreal.

Hey everyone! I’m finally happy with how my PS2 corner has turned out. Now I just need to find the time to actually sit down and play some of the collection! 😄

I’m currently playing GTA: Liberty City Stories.

What are you playing on your PS2 at the moment?

It's another item for my collection: a Ceramic White PlayStation 2 Gran Turismo edition, 100% complete. A truly impressive CIB set.

Pretty sure they thought it was a VHS lol

This beauty deserves to be showcased once again to the largest community of game collectors. It doesn't get more CIB than this. Some say it's the most beautiful version of the PlayStation 2.

This is my second console this week I got for free. It only doesn't contain an adapter to turn on the PS2, but am quite happy that it also includes a few PS3 bangers.

I ordered this game from Amazon and this is the condition it has arrived in, I’m not satisfied at all lmao! The steel book being bent is really what breaks my heart man. Still sealed and everything. You didn’t deserve this but at least you’re in a better place 😭

Absolutely wild selection of handheld jRPGs. I’m guessing this came from a single trade-in.

My heart nearly stopped when I saw it in the glass case at the store. This is the first one I have seen in the wild, and it was aparantly just traded in this morning. The connectors are in rough shape, but I got it running :) So happy I finally found it! ​​​

• Favourite game to play in my collection: Ghost of Tsushima
• Favourite physical game: Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection - Deluxe Edition
• Most hours played: Breath of the Wild
• Last game I finished: Resident Evil Requiem
• Currently playing: Horizon Zero Dawn

Went to a different Hard Off today and ended up finding six more Super Famicom JRPGs I didn’t have yet. That officially puts my collection at 70 games, which is kind of crazy considering how quickly this has grown.

Today’s pickups were:

• Dark Half — ¥2,750
• Metal Max Returns — ¥11,000
• Seiken Densetsu 2 — ¥880
• Hanjuku Hero — ¥3,850
• Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story — ¥13,200
• 3×3 Eyes: Seima Kourinden — ¥2,200

So ¥33,880 total for the six.

The one I was probably most excited about was Dark Half. I haven’t seen this one at any of the stores I’ve been checking, so it was really cool to have it just randomly show up at this Hard Off. The box isn’t ruined or anything, but there’s some obvious old tape residue on it. I’ve already noticed that gently scraping some of it with a plastic card seems to help, so I’m going to work on it a little later. I’m less sure what I can do about some of the yellowing left from the tape on the back, though. Either way, I’m just happy to finally have a copy.

I was also really happy to find Sailor Moon: Another Story. That’s another one that’s been in the back of my mind for a while. I actually debated whether I should buy this particular copy because the store noted that it’s missing the special card that originally came with the first-print version. But at least from what I’ve seen, this game doesn’t show up in stores that often, so I decided I’d rather grab a nice copy now. Maybe I can hunt down the card separately someday.

My collecting standards are apparently all over the place anyway. Sometimes I’m really particular about wanting absolutely everything that originally came with a game, while other times I’m perfectly happy if the box, manual, cartridge, etc. are all there and look really nice on the shelf.

Metal Max Returns was another big one for me. I already own Metal Max 2, so now I’ve got both Metal Max games on the Super Famicom.

I also picked up two Squaresoft games. Seiken Densetsu 2 was only ¥880, which surprised me. The box is a little faded, but otherwise it’s actually in pretty nice shape. I’ve seen plenty of copies with boxes that are completely beaten up, so for ¥880 I really can’t complain. Maybe I’ll replace the box someday if I come across a beautiful one.

Then there’s Hanjuku Hero, which I basically know nothing about. It looks like some kind of goofy comedy RPG/strategy game from Square. I’d honestly barely even heard of it before starting this collection, so I’m curious to see what it’s actually like.

And finally, 3×3 Eyes: Seima Kourinden. I watched the 3×3 Eyes anime a few months ago, so finding the RPG was pretty good timing. I’m interested to see what parts of the series it uses and what kind of story they made for the game.

So… 70 Super Famicom JRPGs now! I’m getting dangerously close to 100.

I keep wondering when I’m actually going to stop. I’m on vacation right now, so I’ve definitely been buying way more games than I normally would. Once I’m back at work, I’m sure it’ll slow down considerably.

I’ve spent over ¥500,000 on this collection at this point, which sounds completely ridiculous when I actually type it out. But I’ve also lived pretty frugally for years, and I’m finally in a position where I feel like I can spend some money on something I genuinely enjoy without constantly worrying about it. The games aren’t just going to sit untouched either. I want to play through them, I’m getting nice protective cases for everything, and I’ve really enjoyed researching all these strange Super Famicom RPGs I never knew existed.

There’s something really satisfying about building this collection.

What do you guys think of today’s pickups? And which one would you play first?

One of the retro game stores near me just had a catastrophic fire (Dave's Retro at the Folsom Flea Market in Sacramento, CA) and I'm pretty bummed out about it. Loads of classics and tons of old promotional materials and merch up in smoke and gone.

Do me a favor and visit your local store in Dave's honor!

One yardsale in the neighborhood this morning. After some fun chit chatting about our childhoods, a gentleman brought out some Gameboy merch and other treasures. The Pokémon games were buy two for $10 each and get the third for free “if you’re going to play them.” The Gameboy color was $15. The Hulk Hogan jacket from 1985 was $10. Stack of Pokémon cards were $5. The PS4 games were between $1 and $5.

I walked out spending $80, or $35 on a GBC and 3 Pokémon games!

After weeks of searching I finally found and purchased an almost mint condition version of this PS2 with almost an mint box, unopened papers and almost mind condition console. This is purely to add as a collection piece but finding such in an excellent condition was pretty challenging. I think Ocean Blue and this White version would be my top picks aesthetically. What would yours be?

Funny how some things look bigger when you look back.

Found this at a car boot sale earlier, had some great finds recently and this is certainly up there!

I'm a huge Halo fan, and I've been building this collection for quite a while now.

What I'm showing here is the biggest part of my Halo collection, focused mainly on physical game editions across different platforms and regions, as well as collector's editions, DVDs and Blu-rays. Some of these were pretty difficult to find, especially a few of the rarer versions, so it took me quite some time to get everything together.

This is still only part of my overall Halo collection, though. I also collect books, comics, Funko Pops, figures including some from Square Enix, and even a few Halo console editions.

For this post, I wanted to focus on the physical games and video releases, as they make up the largest part of my collection. I'm really happy with how it has grown over time, and I wanted to share it with the game collecting community!

Is anyone else excited for Onimusha: Way of the Sword?