RegularGuyGamer | 2,042 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Looking back at the year, was there any collecting goal you accomplished or big chuck you knocked out? For me, I finally completed the NA CIB Gameboy Color console color variants after several years with the Pokemon Gold and Silver LE I acquired late last year. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foochie776 | 1,067 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I put a hefty dent in my list of 5 screw carts I needed but aside from that; I didn’t finish any of the sets in chipping away at. Though I did add 8 Bit X Mas 2009, that was a huge one. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,909 Editorials Team · Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 A dedicated game room in a forever house, including an entire wall of custom shelving. And trading for a copy of Aerofighters, something I assumed would never happen. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Now get brutal | 72 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I was able finish the game room in 2020. Here's a before and after glimpse of the built-ins. I should probably update my game room thread on here too haha 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I finished a CIB USA NES set minus Stadium Events and then took the last 6 months of the year off from collecting. It was the culmination of about ten years of work so it was a big accomplishment for me. I actually just deleted my NES CIB eBay alert yesterday and it was quite cathartic. Now onward to Sega items! 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorkOverlord | 688 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I got two of my "grails"...a Neo Geo CD and a Twin Famicom! Going to mostly focus on collecting for these two systems in 2021, along with expanding my Japanese Saturn collection. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,601 Homebrew Team · Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I picked up a few items that I had on my one day list like: Ultimate Frogger Champion - Lady Frog Edition Star Keeper Also got into TurboGrafx / PC Engine and picked up a bunch of titles, but the ones I was most excited about were: Ys Book I&II Soldier Blade Gate of Thunder Legendary Axe II 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,601 Homebrew Team · Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 @DorkOverlordnice Twin Famicom! I picked up one myself in 2020 as well, the black turbo model. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croagunk | 798 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 My biggest collecting accomplishment in 2020 was getting a copy of Pokémon Stadium 2 on N64. They rarely show up locally. Definitely the most I’ve paid for a used video game so far. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthewnimmo | 113 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Dis is my baby for 2020 collecting. I called all across the country until i found this. I know i can take out a mortgage on a copy on ebay for 2k but this deal was a LOT better. Still cib’ish. Minus the fact that someone had cut the original box and fit it inside a clam shell. My guess is that this might have been a rental at some point? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 1,007 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Nothing i can think of. I want to help others through ebay. Love looking for rare and obscure stuff. Will look around. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherDestroysTheGond | 711 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Nothing too specific. Wrapped up the GBA and Dreamcast heavy hitters I was after. Mainly stuck to local finds and trading. Knocked out a few other things I wanted too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,116 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 My goal last year (2019) for 2020 was to be down to 20 CIB NES games to go by Jan 1/2020 (20 to go for the 20's), and I was, so what I accomplished after that in 2020 was to pick up six more games to knock my list down to 14 CIB NES games to go. Now bring on 2021...!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,481 Administrator · Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I hit two major milestones in 2020. The first was finally obtaining all 42 PS2 US Trade Demos, something that has taken me well over a decade to accomplish. Getting that last one was extremely rewarding. The second, is sort of arbitrary, but I realized that during 2020, I surpassed over 1,000 PlayStation Demo Discs, between US and Asia regions. Mostly PS1 and PS2, but also some PS3, PSP. I started collecting demos a long time ago, and I never thought I'd hit over 1,000 at some point! I usually don't go for fullsets or quantity over quality, but with the demos I started going after all of them for a (somewhat) of a unique collection as most collect retail games. It's been a fun little journey. Congratulations to everyone else achieving goals and milestones, and good luck in 2021! 5 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,277 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) I did my inventory and discovered that I added 120 unique games to my xbox set last year (not counting variants and PH) and many sealed xbox accessories. I am super happy to be around 300 titles away from the full us set. I think it's all thanks to vgs, before making a pickup thread I didn't have as much ambition to go as hard but it has definitely kept me focused. Edited January 3, 2021 by drxandy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmbarnes101 | 56 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I didn’t have any specific goals as I entered 2020 but I obtained a Animal Crossing Switch towards the end of the year and I climbed from 6 GameCube games to over 50 through trade and the purchase of a friends collection after he decided to sell. That spurred me on to getting back in the hunt. I’m mostly going after Nintendo published games or those I really enjoyed from my original GameCube collection. Getting Mario Kart and Paper Mario were highlights as I really enjoy those two games. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,835 Graphics Team · Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I finally started up my Atari 2600 collection, and I've been having a lot of fun with the games so far, notably Phoenix, Super Breakout, and Moon Patrol. I also knocked-out a fair bit of my remaining "must-have" games list for the NES. It feels good not to worry about inflating prices on all the games I didn't snatch-up when I originally compiled that list two years ago. -CasualCart 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaMan52 | 2,550 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) Biggest collecting accomplishments in 2020: Wanted those GameCube imports for over a decade. Finally got them last year. Edited January 7, 2021 by MegaMan52 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count | 593 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Not much here as the battle continues slowly, but I'm not deterred. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,714 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I finally got Hagane and a couple lesser carts to finish my loose US SNES set. I also finished up the last few bits of my CIB Genesis set, mostly manuals I needed and variants I wanted. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,932 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I completed my US NES set minus SE. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOURTURN | 1,258 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 After months of making missteps, second guessing, and the like I managed to achieve the following goals: 1. Reboot my Dragon Quest collection. 2. Reboot my manga collection. 3. Reboot my physical goods collection. 4. Get an arcade card that was exclusive to a USJ event. 5. Have my collection be easy to manage in 2021. With #4 this was rewarded to those who had managed to beat the final boss in Dragon Quest the Real. I did not accomplish this so I did the next best thing by buying it on eBay. Also, with my 2021 goals I hope to finish both #1 and the first part of #2 by the middle of this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,135 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) After spending 2019 just kind of randomly picking up games for the systems I had, not really having a focus, I decided to really focus on what I wanted in 2020 and see if I could land some "grails" (all CIB). I even called 2020 my "year of grails" as I had a plan of which games I was going to get (or which goals I was going to accomplish) per system. Here's how that worked out: GB - Kirby's Dream Land 2 - still don't have it, but I did land King James Bible which was my "holy grail" GBC - Shantae - gave up on getting it, then picked up the licensed repro from LRG, although I still don't have it in-hand. Also picked up Metal Gear Solid thanks to this forum which I had figured would never happen. GBA - Pocky and Rocky with Becky - never happened, probably never will happen. Shifted my focus later in the year to try to land some really obscure stuff and I did manage to land a DSI Software 2-cart release which I was very happy about. DS - Shepherd's Crossing 2 - acquired. This was my biggest purchase ever and I don't plan to spend this much again! Also landed a bunch of other games I didn't think I would manage to land like Magician's Quest Mysterious Times and Izuna 1 & 2. 3DS - Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition - acquired and with the pre-order bonus keychains too NES - my goal was a complete set of Zapper games. Didn't happen, although I did get closer to it. Not a big focus right now though. N64 - Mario Party 2 - didn't manage it in 2020 but I have one on the way finally. Also I'm done with N64 collecting, won't be keeping it for long. GameCube - Go Go Hypergrind - acquired Wii - The Last Story CE - acquired Wii U - wasn't really swinging for the fences here, I think my goal was to get Rio Olympics and I did Switch - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - was kind of just thinking of this as a joke and then I actually did acquire it PS1 - Klonoa - never happened, didn't manage to land any other big hitters for the system (like R-Type Delta), Finally just gave up on PS1 collecting. PS2 - Futurama - acquired, thanks to this forum PS3 - Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail - acquired Then I kind of branched out past games a bit, and managed to get a poor condition but complete Nintendo Power #1 and a Neo Geo Pocket Color (plus a flash cart, because I realized I really need to limit myself) which were both things I never thought I'd manage. I've also been working on completing series, and so far that's been going pretty well, I've completed a bunch of series and have some more that I'm still working on and close to completing. I had the realization halfway through 2020 as COVID-mania was seriously driving up prices that if I had decided to focus even just a year earlier on acquiring the higher end stuff I really wanted instead of just spending money randomly then I would have been much happier. I think I owe this forum a lot of credit for helping me to prioritize and think about my goals with collecting. Thanks everyone! Edited January 9, 2021 by MiamiSlice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,042 Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 4 hours ago, MiamiSlice said: Also I'm done with N64 collecting, won't be keeping it for long. What made you give up on the N64? I considered picking up more of the games I had as a kid but it seems like I can't catch a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foochie776 | 1,067 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 On 1/7/2021 at 10:08 PM, MrWunderful said: I completed my US NES set minus SE. finally! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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