The Video Game Critic

I have over 2000 games but probably closer to 2100. My kids helped me get a count a few months back. They start at the Atari 2600 to the PS4. I have 12 systems now not including the handhelds (game gear/ds/3ds/psp) a couple years ago and took some flack for the lighting but have since upgraded it as everything is down in the mancave except for the Wii/Wii U. I probably need to do another video and have upgraded to a 46" tv as well. The original videos are on youtube and are provided below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct3q1Hif6lg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2sWXNqSY8

I don't have a clue.  I have hundreds of games.  A huge number of them are loose 2600 games, a large number are boxed 7800 games (nearly a complete set of commercially available ones) and 7800 homebrews.  I have a few odds and ends from the Genesis again, as the one I sold has been replaced by my wife's boxed Genesis her parents got out of the attic.  I have a portable NES clone with a small pile of games.  I've got a large number of Wii games and a solid gold Gamecube library.  I have a PS2 and some junk games kicking around somewhere, as I never really got into collecting that.  And my PC download library is 40 or 50 games, with probably 25 of them never even installed.   I have a small Gameboy / colour collection I play on a GBA I got for $2, but have no GBA games.  I'm forgetting some stuff. 

I mainly keep the games in those tupperware type drawer things you can buy.  They're in a small storage room in the basement that is unheated, but that I keep a 100 Watt bulb on in, so it never gets cold or damp in there.  As an aside, they're supposed to stop making old fashioned, heat wasting 100 watt bulbs, so rather than wire in an electric heater, I've just stock piled a huge collection of 100 watt bulbs, that are stored in the same room as the games.  

My Wii is always hooked up to the upstairs TV, mainly as a netflix / youtube box for the kids, and as a Gamecube for me.  My Wii U and 7800 are always hooked up in the basement (doing double duty as a Wii and 2600).  Anything else has to be rotated out if I want to play it (which is hardly ever).     

My "office" counts for a majority of my game collection with everything in bookshelves.  The closet in the office contains boxes for the consoles and tupperware style collections for loose stuff that won't fit on the shelves.

I think I have about 750 games across everything from Atari 2600 to Xbox One.  I use RFGeneration's website to keep track of my collection.  Although, after looking at it, I never included the SNES, Vita, or Atari 2600 stuff.

Our basement contains my PS3, 360, Wii, and PS2 currently hooked up to a TV.  And our living room up stairs contains the Wii U and Xbox One.

Well, I display it based on systems. For example. my PS1 games (the several hundred there are) bit nicely on my bookcase with a wood divider to make it suitable for CD's. My PS2 games (Around 700-800)
are on DVD cases it really doesn't matter.

Physical collection lost its charm for me when I realized how much more convenient it would be for me to use emulation. Maintaining and organizing physical hardware is way too much of a chore for me. It's also expensive. Now I almost exclusively use official emulation (Virtual Console, PSN, and occasionally XBLA) because it's more accurate than fan emulation and I dislike piracy. The only exceptions I make are for games that are otherwise unavailable to me, such as Terranigma or Mother 3.

So, all told, I have about 8 physical Wii U games and a stack of Saturn games. I plan on expanding my Saturn collection because those games are mostly unavailable in any other form and unfeasible to emulate. I also have an RGB-modded n64, for which I plan to purchase an Everdrive at some point. The n64 remains a premier party system for its durability, ease of use, and excellent multiplayer games.