Show us your collection: #12 Retro Nick – Part 2

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As promised, here is the Part 2 of Retro Nick’s epic video game collection. Enjoy.

Missed Part 1? See it here

The Collection – Part 2

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NEC Turbo Express
My brother and I saved up and grabbed this Turbo Express a few years after our house was robbed. It’s capacitors recently failed, but it’s picture is still brilliant.
TurboGrafx-16
The other of my 2 TG-16’s connected to the CD-ROM attachment I picked up from e-Starland a few years back. It actually costs less to own a PC-Engine and TG-16 than it would to own a converter.
NES
My brother picked up this NES from a pawnshop just as the console was going out of style. We had never owned a Nintendo before this point.
Sega 32X
The mighty Sega CD 32X. Grabbed the 32X from Toys R Us for around $30. The Sega CD was bought used for the same amount from Video Game Exchange in Pueblo (Still a great source of cheap games). It failed a few years ago, but with the help of some new fuses and some friends with a soldering gun it’s back up and running.
Lots of stuff to get into here so I’ll keep it brief. Here you can see the box for the Atari Jaguar my brother and I picked up. Turns out Atari had a warehouse in Colorado Springs around this time and were trying to liquidate Jaguar inventory to local stores. We ended up with a Jaguar and 4 games for under $80. That Silent Scope light gun is on loan from the same person a ton of the other stuff on loan is from (He doesn’t have a place to display it and hangs out in my office from time to time. That box there actually contains another Sega CD that doesn’t work (Just need to find the time to throw a new fuse in there. That Bloody Wolf bandana was actually a giveaway at a TurboGrafx-16 contest thrown at Amazon Video in Pueblo Colorado. That was another defunct rental shop where we rented the bulk of our TG-16 titles. One of those copies of RetroGamer was given to me by a UK fan of our podcast and sent back with one of our visiting co-hosts, the other is the issue where our podcast was mentioned as the man who gave me that magazine wrote to tell them about it and got the star letter.
Sega Twin Sticks
My Virtual On Twin sticks… Oddly enough, they don’t work very well on the Dreamcast through a converter, but they’re excellent on the Saturn.
Software cabinet
My other games cabinet containing Dreamcast, Turbografx-16, Import Saturn, Jaguar, 2600, NES, SNES, and PC CD-ROM games.
Final Fantasy VII
FF-VII for the PC. This game got me through recovering for back surgery at age 15. Big thanks to my brother for picking it up for my Birthday.
Cables etc.
Random cables, components, connectors and dohickeys.
Manuals, flyers etc.
Some old manuals, TZD fliers, and Lucas Art Adventurer catalogs.
Saturn gems!
My prized domestic Saturn games. Panzer Dragoon Saga was a gift from my wife (love you sweetheart), and I think everything else was picked up when it was new. That copy of Dragon Force was a used purchase however. That one came from Game Force in Pueblo Colorado (still around, but kinda crappy now). That copy of Guardian Heroes cost us $10 I think.
Saturn gems!
Detailed shot of the Saturn collection.
PCE Imports
My two favorite PCE imports. I actually bought the six button controller for the Duo to play Street Fighter II properly.
Smaller game cabinet closeup.
Detail of the smaller game cabinet.
Retro Nick Radio studio
This is where Retro Nick Radio is recorded.
Controllers galore!
What? Those 17 consoles aren’t going to control themselves. And how are you supposed to play Bomber man on the Saturn or TG-16 without AT LEAST 5 players? You can see the pedals to my brother’s Steel Battalion controller in the bottom of the frame.
Controllers
Detailed shot of the controllers. Two out of 3 of those 3D control pads were actually picked up on sale from EBX around the time the Saturn died for $1.75… People hated that console in this country. The third one was bundled with the first game we had for the console, NiGHTS Into Dreams.
Nintendo controllers
Another detail shot on the Nintendo side of the controller bin.
Sega Genesis signage
The Genesis plaque from 29’th Street Video I mentioned previously. They used to have a horror section that degraded to a porno section… Or upgraded depending on how you look at it.
Low angle shot of my little retro corner.
Low angle shot of my little retro corner.
Some third party controllers, pong paddles, 360 microphones and DK Bongos. I have a set of 4 DK Bongos, but only because my brother decided he didn't want them anymore and it was me or the dumpster.
Some third party controllers, pong paddles, 360 microphones and DK Bongos. I have a set of 4 DK Bongos, but only because my brother decided he didn’t want them anymore and it was me or the dumpster.
The remaining bongos and my beloved Ascii Stick. That's possibly the greatest home fighting stick available anywhere. Also, my brother Virtua Stick. Many battles were had between these two (most of them waged in Street Fighter Alpha 2).
The remaining bongos and my beloved Ascii Stick. That’s possibly the greatest home fighting stick available anywhere. Also, my brother Virtua Stick. Many battles were had between these two (most of them waged in Street Fighter Alpha 2).
16-BitAfghan
This is a handmade blanket my wife crocheted for me over two years. It’s around an 8 foot long rendition of Laura’s sprite from Dracula X: The Rondo of Blood. Each pixel in the character is represented by a 3″ x 3″ square. I can’t remember exactly how many pixels there were in this character, but I know it’s ridiculous (hence the large size of this afghan). In a world of artsy 8-bit stuff it was very sweet of her to go above and beyond and make a killer 16-bit project. One day when I have a few minutes I’m actually going to hang it up on my wall with a curtain rod.

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