The Video Game Critic

As a companion to a thread on selling off some consoles you seldom play, is there anything you would never part with? With the coming of HDTV, virtual consoles, emulation, etc is there a console that is a keeper for life?

For me, even if they just become show pieces, I will keep my earliest video game systems that date back to the 1970s or early to mid 1980s.

scotland wrote:As a companion to a thread on selling off some consoles you seldom play, is there anything you would never part with? With the coming of HDTV, virtual consoles, emulation, etc is there a console that is a keeper for life?

For me, even if they just become show pieces, I will keep my earliest video game systems that date back to the 1970s or early to mid 1980s.

I sold off my Sega and SNES a while back. Kind of wish I would have saved my SNES, as it was the Zelda package in the box, but whatever. For some reason, they just didnt have the nostalgia for me or something? I dont know. I use the retron 5 to play the games for those systems now, and dont really have any desire to buy them again.

I guess of everything I have now, probably my PS3 would be the one to go. The only real reason I keep that is for the Midway Origins, Sega Collections, and Ghostbusters (with shout-outs to Doom 3 BFG Edition and Splatter house for having the original versions of the games included). I also have a handfull of PS1 and arcade games that I downloaded from the PS-Store, but I dont care too much about those.

Next would probably be my Gamecube. With the ability of the Retron 5 to play GB/GBC/GBA games, I dont really have any reason to keep that anymore as the GB peripheral was the deciding factor in that. I think I will probably replace it with a Wii in the near future due to the fact I will never spend the $150+ for a component cable for the GC.

After that, I think I will keep everything else.

I would never sell my JVC X eye or any of my games for the Genesis sega cd. It's my favorite console and I keep finding hidden gems I never knew about thanks to fan translation ports of Japanese games that never made it to NA. They also are still developing new Genesis games.

My other console I love and will never sell is my pc engine duo r. Turbo graphics reminds me of genesis and is my second favorite console.

My third favorite is my modded xbox loaded with all emulators and games all the way through ps1. I have able 600 different physical xbox games to play on this console as well.

Consoles that I might consider selling next are the 3DO and gamecube. I play all my gamecube games on my Wii so the GameCube needs to go.

I would like to think I would hold on to most of my consoles nowadays but if something crazy came up and I had to sell my collection I think I would hold on to my PC Engine Duo RX, SNES, and DC over my other consoles. I love the games on these consoles and I have put a lot of time onto the games on these consoles. The PC Engine/Turbografx is super hard to collect for anyways and I know if I sold some of my more expensive games on the console, I may not be able to find them again. It took my almost 2 years to find a copy of Dynastic Hero...

Virtual Boy

Its existence is purely skepticism and doubt, it's just a Game Boy with the worst design known to man but it has a unique charm, eye-burning laser graphics and a paltry selection of games to boot -- if you can even find the ones that never made it to America. It's not getting any less rare so I'll keep it unless someone can REALLY wager a good price in...

I absolutely would not sell my Saturn, ever. It holds a special place in my heart, I still remember the day my parents bought it for me at Toys R Us with the 3 Free Games promo. I had so much fun on that console back in the day, then sold it to a friend when I got a N64, bought it back from him a couple of years later with some extras and more games, started buying more games and peripherals for it, etc. Since then I've mod-chipped it, still have it hooked up and still play games on it and it still works beautifully. I still enjoy playing WSB '98 on it, one of my favorite baseball video games of all time. I have games for it that are unique, and along with the personal history of that particular console, that it's almost 20 years old and still works, I can't bring myself to ever get rid of it. It has held up very well over the years and it was my first disc-based console, and I like the various gamepads for it, not to mention the light-gun games are excellent. I'll always look fondly towards the Saturn and I hope it's still working 20 years into the future and then some.

I would be most likely to get rid of the GameCube, simply because everything it can do can be done better on the Wii and I've got a pretty well homebrewed Wii configured just how I like it and I use that instead. Even with the GameBoy Player, I have two GBAs and I'd rather play GameBoy games on that rather than a big screen TV. Not to mention what Rookie said with how the prices for GameCube YPbPr cables command insane highway robbery prices on eBay. If I run out of space the GameCube will be the first thing boxed up.

Wallyworld wrote:

Consoles that I might consider selling next are the 3DO and gamecube. I play all my gamecube games on my Wii so the GameCube needs to go.

If you decide to part ways with any games let me know. Looking for stuff with original boxes.

I have to agree with the Saturn. It's a gem. An odd gem, but a gem of a console. Deserved a much better life than it had, darn SEGA...

I could never see myself getting rid of my INTV. George Plimpton ordered me not to or else.

It's such an important part of my childhood, and the games still bring back so many memories, I don't think I could ever part with it.

I wanted to say I would never sell my Atari 2600 because when I bought it everything was broken. Even the PSU and joystick was bust. I've since got it working and it feels good to know the effort that went into it. Its also got great games...

However, I would also add my new Saturn to the list. I'm starting to appreciate what I missed out on. Also I'm starting to really like the Wii U, and my XEGS. I guess I'm starting to collect my ideal collection. only the 32X and Mega CD now.

I would sell off the PS4 first because the only game I really like on it is Arcade Archive Double Dragon.