Do you keep or sell your old games/consoles?

[Andrew]

This article on Kotaku reminded me of a topic I've been meaning to create, especially since we've had a few threads talking about our all-time favourite games and old favourites that we'll still play, frequently to this day or just every now and then.

As the thread title asks: Do you keep or sell your old games/consoles?

I tend to be a bit of a collector when it comes to my old games and consoles, though I don't actively try to expand my old collections and I don't have shelves and shelves of games for a single console, as someone like James Rolfe does. Rather, I've kept my old consoles along with the games I wanted to keep and just stored them away as I've bought a new, latest generation console. I have sold/traded in games before but in some cases I've actually gone out and picked them up cheap off eBay or wherever down the track so that I can go back and play them if the mood strikes. Generally speaking though, if it's a game I think I'll want to play again down the road, I prefer to keep it rather than trade it in for a new game or put it up on eBay.

As far as consoles are concerned, I've still got an Intellivision, NES, SNES, N64 and PS2 and a decent amount of games for each; enough for a nostalgic afternoon every once in a while. They're all stored away except the PS2 though, which I've still used infrequently since getting my 360.

[The X]

As the thread title asks: Do you keep or sell your old games/consoles?

I've got a mate or two who have kept all going back to SNES.

As for me, the answer is no. Once I get a new console, I tend to either trade in my old one with games or sell it. I try not to get in the habit of hoarding (I know it's not hoarding for a lot of people), so if I don't use it now & won't anytime in the foreseeable future then I don't need it around, so it's gone).

Sometimes memories are better left that way. My favourite game of all-time is NBA Live '95. I don't think firing up an old Sega Mega Drive (Genesis for the Americans) is going to be good for my memories. I like my happy memories to be untarnished wherever possible

[[Q]]

i still have my nes boxed up at my mom's and the snes set up over there even though i never play it. just nice to know it's still there since it provided me 1000s of hours of entertainment for me when i was younger. my ps1 i gave to my mom's cousin when i got my ps3. i think my ps2 is somewhere at my mom's but i have no iea. i got my ps2 games here with me since my ps3 (which broke recently) played them but i never played them anyways. they aren't worth anything if i sell em so ill probably wind up keeping em.

[kibaxx7]

I had a NES and a Sega Genesis and sold both... then bought a Nintendo 64 and a PS2, both still with me, they ain't going nowhere.

[Jeffx]

I still have my old Colecovision(w/tracball, driving module, super action controllers, Atari 2600 adapter), Atari 7800, Sega Genesis/32X, PS2. Selling them is not an option. Shit, I still play my PS2 games as much as PS3.

[Lamrock]

I keep them. Have only been gaming since PS1, so none of my games have any real value.

[Oznogrd]

Still have my NES, Genesis, and Dreamcast. Will still fire up all of them every once in a blue moon.

[JaoSming]

I dont sell anything usually. Selling used is a rip off to me and since I've always been pretty selective when it comes to buying physical games I dont usually want to sell anything.

Atari/SNES/N64 are in my mom's basement. She's tried selling them on me before so I hid them. I didn't take them with me when I moved out since I will usually go the emulator route when I need my retro fix and it is nice when I go home to hook in the SNES and play some Super Mario World with my sister.

[The X]

So you are all a bunch of hoarders then?

[Andrew]

We prefer the term "collectors".

I will usually go the emulator route when I need my retro fix

Definitely much easier than dragging out the consoles and hooking everything up.

[The X]

Do you guys find the old console work on new TV's, or do you have to pull out an old CRT or even older tube TV to run them?

[Andrew]

I'm still getting by with a CRT TV, so it's a non-issue for me.

[JaoSming]

I have no problem playing "old" games on a new TV

[Lamrock]

First thing I did when I got my PS3 was play Twisted Metal 2 in 50", 1080p glory.

[The X]

I'm still getting by with a CRT TV, so it's a non-issue for me.

LCD's are pretty cheap these days

[Andrew]

It'll probably be my next "big" purchase, after paying some bills and putting aside a little money.

[The X]

Fair enough. I've only got a 26" LCD but have put off buying a good, big one for last couple of years due to other more pressing items. It'll probably be pushed back another couple of years more

[Oznogrd]

I wouldnt call it hoarding x. I tended to catch things either way after their prime (got my genesis the year playstation/saturn came out) or the system i chose didnt catch on (i remember having a long debate trying to decided between a dreamcast and ps2..I didnt trust sony..I was in 8th grade at the time but still). This being the case, trade in value on the games/system are next to nothing and to me i'd rather just keep it since it mostly still works than sell it for 20 cents. Its not like i go on ebay and buy games for it now, i just play what i acquired while i had the system and leave it at that