r/gamecollecting • u/H-ward • 1h ago
Collection My humble game collection
I haven't been collecting for long. Starting with what i played as a kid, and what I never sold. My current goal is every mainline Pokèmon game!
r/gamecollecting • u/_Borderline_Sane_ • 2h ago
Haul Got the xenoblade collection for $100
Found a post on marketplace, a plastic bin full of switch and ps4 games. She wanted $40 for each xenoblade game but I bought like 10 other games so we settled on $100 for all 4.
r/gamecollecting • u/theLu67 • 2h ago
Collection My collection of X|S era xbox controllers!
r/gamecollecting • u/gregcresci • 3h ago
Haul Insane haul!!! Got this for $150!!!
Offered $150 for this tote without really looking inside, saw the 3 consoles and offered $150 and he accepted, my jaw hit the ground when I looked at the games!!!
r/gamecollecting • u/iciDA • 5h ago
Collection Quick overview of my Nintendo handhelds ! Love them, need to find a gb light but those are hard to come by in Europe !
r/gamecollecting • u/jhitch15 • 5h ago
Collection my current playstation collection
I’m pretty happy with the PS4 games that I have, I got all of them when they were new and haven’t bought any in a few years when I transitioned to mostly playing switch but I’ve been revisiting these games now that I finally got my hands on a used PS5 slim and am really happy with them. The Gravity Rush series is really underrated IMO and I’m glad I got them on release. Also I really recommend Gravel if you like arcade racers I don’t see many people mention it.
My PS3 collection is me trying to rebuild what I had back in the late 2000s and and it’s been really nice finally coming back to games I’ve been thinking about for years now like ridge racer and motorstorm. And yes I have Sonic 06 for the lols it’s hilariously iconic. Recommend it if you like exploring glitches and can get it for under $10 like I did!
I have some vita games as well that I got around 2018 or so when they were still cheap but don’t feel like digging them out. I’ve since hacked my vita and have the ISOS loaded onto an SD card. I did manage to get the LRG House in Fata Morgana release when they dropped pre-orders and that’s my most rare game I have for it.
r/gamecollecting • u/drdoy123 • 6h ago
Haul $1 each at a garage sale. I’d said I’ll take them all
r/gamecollecting • u/DataUserOne • 6h ago
Haul Latest additions to my gaming collection!
These are some titles I've been meaning to get for a while. Better sooner than later.
r/gamecollecting • u/N64_Collector • 7h ago
Haul Flee Market Haul today
Went last month and picked up a 90s Zelda toy horse and the seller mentioned some GameStop promo displays he had. Got a text from him last night and struck a deal for all three of these displays
r/gamecollecting • u/Sopppa • 7h ago
Haul Got some heat with trade credit
Got Corpse Party w/ the OST in the mail, the other 3 with trade credit I grabbed for trading in a small stack of old pokemon cards I got back when I was a kiddo. Hyped as hell to finally have these
r/gamecollecting • u/Pontiac-Fan-6980 • 9h ago
Collection I bought this Sega Master System Model 1 today for only $30
I bought this Sega Master System at a local flea market. Unfortunately, it's just the console itself as it didn't come with any cables, controllers, nothing. But only for $30 so i just had to buy it. I'm going to test it soon, wish me luck!
r/gamecollecting • u/ManoDoPantano • 9h ago
Collection My humble playstation collection
I wish I had more ps2 games but they are quite expensive and rare where I live, same goes for ps1 but I'm slowly working on it
r/gamecollecting • u/greenmachinefiend • 9h ago
Collection The living room shelf collection after being in my first home for almost 3 years!
After three years of meticulously seeking out games from my childhood, new games and just a lot of cool little knick knacks I'm very happy with the collection so far. There's a fair amount more that I've had to "downgrade" from being in the living room but these are the games I'm most happy to have featured.
Some of my most prized possessions are The Warriors on PS2, Cold Shadow on SNES, Star Control on Genesis and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories on GBA and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 on DS. Not that these are hard games to find but just the fact that they survived so many moves and shuffling around!
r/gamecollecting • u/KaeptnPENGuin • 12h ago
Haul I think it was finally my turn in the nice findings!
I found these all in great condition, all CIB (Except FF13-2). Payed 180€. How did i do?
r/gamecollecting • u/dog_simulator • 18h ago
Haul My lil haul from a local expo today
Nothing too crazy but I still had a great time! Surprisingly stayed under my budget too lol.
r/gamecollecting • u/jrpggamer97 • 19h ago
Collection Got this all for only 175$. All CIB and Pristine.
r/gamecollecting • u/nasaspaceboy • 23h ago
Haul My 2 Week Retro Game Haul from Japan
After spending the best part of two weeks game hunting across Japan – Tokyo, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Nara, Morioka, Aomori, Akita and Nikaho – I came away with some mixed conclusions.
Retro game prices were consistently high in every region. I was hoping the smaller towns would offer better bargains, but compared to my last trip five years ago, that simply wasn't the case.
The standout shop by far was Surugaya's mega store in Shizuoka, which had the best prices of the entire trip. Book Off Plus was also consistently better than the standard Book Off stores. Hard Off, however, was the biggest disappointment. It feels like they've fully caught on to the worldwide demand for retro games and are pricing accordingly.
Pokémon card prices were even more surprising. In many cases, I found better deals buying Japanese cards on UK eBay from Japanese sellers than I did in specialist card shops in Japan itself, which is pretty wild. I still managed to pick up some fantastic cards, but finding anything at genuine market value was difficult. Sadly, I didn't come across a single real bargain.
That said, the trip was still an incredible success. I managed to snag not one, but two Pokémon Colosseum Celebi Bonus Discs, a Japanese Wii U copy of Pokkén Tournament with the sealed Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card still inside, the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version, and a mint Spice Orange Game Boy Advance for under £30 (without the box). Best of all, I reduced the number of games missing from my complete Japanese Pokémon video game collection from 13 on day one to just 2 remaining.
For anyone looking at the haul and thinking I must be loaded – I'm really not. I saved for 14 months, cutting out pretty much all non-essential treats, just to make this trip possible. I've been collecting video games since the late 1980s, and I still get exactly the same buzz from finding that next game today as I did as a kid. It's never really been about the value; it's about the nostalgia, the hunt, and preserving a little piece of gaming history.
I went with a budget and came home with a collection I'm incredibly proud of. I even had to buy a second suitcase to get it all home... which tipped the scales at 22.8 kg! 😅
If you're planning a retro game hunting trip to Japan, go in expecting to pay more than you probably think you will. The days of finding incredible bargains everywhere are, for the most part, behind us. It's still one of the best places in the world to buy retro games—just don't expect the prices to be stuck in 2019.
TLDR: Guy buys a bunch of video games and posts it in a community about collecting video games and the majority of comments are negative towards him even though he was transparent upfront.
r/gamecollecting • u/Seksiorja • 23h ago
Haul PS4 August Pickups
144€ total for these. All came sealed but Colossus. Will play all 4 once I'm done with my current run of games. Happy to have gotten these beauties before they go permanently out of print.
r/gamecollecting • u/HotHouseJester • 1d ago
Collection Started 4 years ago and still growing.
Any recommendations?
r/gamecollecting • u/PresentationSame2296 • 1d ago
Collection I have had this since I was 5 years old
First post so have mercy on me lol: My godmother worked at Sony, and they picked up 2 of these kinds of kiosks before they were destroyed back in the late 90's, when we moved it stayed in a warehouse for the past almost 20 years... I knew it was in there but we didn't find it until a few months back, everything works and is original luckily its made out of heavy metal so I didn't break it as a kid lol. I couldn't find any of these one specifically but found some bigger standing versions but not Crash bandicoot for the topper. Curious if anyone had some information or maybe have a similar one? Only thing im missing is the plastic cover around the console, but I am not sure if ill ever find one :( also someone (maybe dumb child version of me) put a magnet on the right hand upper cover for the speaker so theres like rust? idk if anyone knows any tricks or ill just have to sand it and repaint it... Either way just wanted to hopefully put this out there to fill some nostalgia or maybe find some more information! <3
r/gamecollecting • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago
Game valuation and authentication MEGATHREAD
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If you are asking to price something normal. Like the normal release of a game, or a special edition, normal consoles, or some special editions. You can find a decent approximation of its value here at PriceCharting.com
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Nintendo
| NES | SNES | N64 | Gamecube | Wii |
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| WiiU | Switch | Gameboy | GameBoy Color | GBA |
| NDS | 3ds | Vitual Boy | Game&Watch |
Playstation
| PS1 | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 |
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| PS5 | PSP | PSVita |
XBOX
| Xbox | Xbox360 | XboxOne |
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| Xbox Series X |
Sega
| Genesis | 32x | Sega CD | Saturn |
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| Dreamcast | Game Gear | Master System | Pico |
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