It seems that if you are even remotely serious about blogging here on Destructoid, you simply have to post pictures of your personal collection/setup. Without further ado, I give you what is commonly referred to by my friends and I as the "Nerd Dungeon." There are over 900 pieces in my gaming collection, which I keep fully inventoried. If anyone would like the complete to-date list, let me know, and I will post it. Also, keep in mind that I am terrible at any form of photography, and these pictures are awful.
This is the main setup in the center of the living room. I keep the PS3, Wii, XB360, and cable for the PSP hooked up at all times. The switchbox that I purchased has an additional composite and component up front, so I can just hook anything else up conveniently.
The shelves here house the following games:
- PS3
- Wii
- NES
- PC Engine (CD & HuCard)
- PC-FX
- Neo Geo (AES & MVS Carts)
- Sega CD
- Saturn
- Dreamcast
- N64
- My Castlevania collection, which I keep separate, as it is my favorite series.
- XBox
- XBox360
- Gamecube
Here is a closeup of the system shelves on the main setup, with the glass doors open.
From the top left, to bottom right, you can see:
- PC-Engine Duo R
- Dreamcast (1 of 2, the other is kept boxed in a closet . . . for emergencies)
- Neo-Geo AES (with REI high-def mod from www.neotropolis.net)
- Saturn (switch-modded for imports)
- Genesis 2 + Sega CD
- SNES 2
- NES
- N64
- XBox
Here are some additional boxed systems and accessories that I do not keep out anymore. They are either, 1) obsolete, or 2) I just don't play them enough. I mainly took these out and snapped a picture so that you can see how awesome that the box for the PC-FX is.
Next to the main setup is a little alcove for my Rock Band stuff, and larger boxed accessories and game sets.
In the corner next to that is the Genesis & PS2 games.
My extremely modest computer. I am not really into PC gaming. You can see a smattering of games up top there. Mostly Warhammer 40K and Blizzard stuff.
Here is the handheld wall. This contains all my stuff for:
- Gameboy, GB Color, & GB Advance
- DS
- PSP
- Neo-Geo Pocket Color
Here is the drawer of forsaken handhelds. Here lies the Game Gear and Nomad.
Here are my PS1 and SNES games.
Drawers containing various accessories.
Just for good measure, here is my DVD collection as well. There is a healthy (unhealthy?) sprinkling of anime in there along with everything else.
I hope that you guys enjoyed having a look at my setup. Let me know what you think!
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The Nerd Dungeon, eh? To quote the chihuahua guy from Oliver and Company - "Eef thees ees torture, chain me to tha WALL!"
I REALLY need to get to your house someday (breaking and entering, if necessary). One question though - do you have a tate screen setup for vertical shmupping?
O.O nice.
Why does everyone always make me sad with my collection?
@BulletMagnet: No, unfortunately I do not have a tate setup. I should probably get that taken care of. One day.
That's a downright epic collection. Color me impressed.
awesome setup :o
can u show me a closer up picture of ur big o figure :o
I'm completely jealous of your stuff. And thank god you didn't hug anyone.
I wish I had a shit-ton of disposable money.
also, OVER NINE HUNDREEEEEEDDDD!!!!!
Ron, nobody wants to see my collection, I.E. stuff I haven't sold yet.
Most of my shit is broken, handed down, or gone. Or a combo of the proceeding.
I just have a few games, my PS2, my PS3, my DS, and that's it.
so amazing.. so amazing.
Nice! That is looking good, it puts me to shame, Kudos Good sir, Kudos.
@Dao2-SKP: Ask and ye shall receive. ACTION!
Do not even get me started on my toys. That is a post in and of itself.
Also, I did you icon. For the Emperor!
I didn't mean for that image to get cut off like that. I fail at the internet. Try this.
wow that figure looks better then I thought it would looking at it through the package ;p i just might have to get it since they never released the garage kits ;((
thx!
unreleased big o garage kit from max factory
:((((
Nice setup man! Nice to see some more serious collectors here and such. When you say 900 items, do you mean 900 games or 900 items including games, figures, etc. I too have an inventory spreadsheet that my friend and I made in Excel with a good 100 hours put into it, but I'm at like 700 games, and god knows how much more in soundtracks, swag, etc. You also seem lucky and seem to have a lot more room to organize your stuff, but if you're interested, take a look at my blog for my collection.
@Funktastic: To answer your question, when I say that there are 900+ pieces in my collection, I mean strictly game stuff. This entails games themselves, accessories (controllers, light guns, joysticks, etc.), and systems. That number does not factor in DVDs, toys, or anything like that, regardless of if they're game related. I'm working on transitioning my inventory from an alphabetized list over to a spreadsheet that includes release date, publisher, developer, genre info, etc. for everything, but it is a super tedious process, and for a collection like mine, it is beyond time consuming. I feel your pain.
Good god! I tried to catalog all my hardware, accessories, and such, but I got way too pissed off at it way too fast, lol. My buddy who did like 90% of the Excel file we use managed to do his, but I just gave up and stuck to games, soundtracks, swag, etc. Just the thought of all the controllers, light guns, and shit I own sends a chill down my spine. And yeah, release date, publisher, developer, genre, etc. isn't too hard if you're half decent with Visual Basic coding for Macros in Excel. I've already got mine like that, where I click a button, fill in a number of boxes, and then it sorts itself over a few different sheets.
So can I just pay you a couple hundred to sit in that room and masturbate for a couple hours? I'll bring kleenex.
it's so weird to see our base of operations on the internet. the peoples reactions are priceless. i'm just glad that my Neo-Geo went into your collection, rather than ebay, cause i sure as hell don't have the money to treat it properly.
next time you do a post regarding your gear, i wanna be hiding in the background.
Wow, props man! Those are a LOT of PS2 games, are there even that many good games for the system? OMG I HAVE LOST MYSELF! I CAN'T CONTROL MY OVERWHELMING RESPECT FOR YOU N/E LONGER!!! GHAAAAAA!11!!!!!11oneoneoneone!!!!1
Respect, you deserve respect, you deserve to be on my friends list, you seserve a blowjob, you deserve a handshake. But seriously, very, VERY nice setup man, props, long live Mr. Guilder.
Again, I regret being poor and having to trade-in a lot of my games.. =[ Otherwise, I'd be snapping pics left and right.
Props on the amaaaaaaaaaazing set-up!! =]
oh man, PC-FX, my FMV disc system senses are tingling!
I want it, only for how amazingly obsolete and obscure it is.
you are awesome. my collection looks at your collection and masturbates while crying tears of blood.
That is one amazing nerd dungeon. you have a slim SNES (I have a stupid bulky clunky fat one), you have a sweet capcom versus snk poster (I have no gaming poster sadly) and... are those fucking sword on your wall in the past pic! if you ever want to, you know... get rid of some stuff, I'll gladly take it off your hands.
Is it obligatory to say obligatory in an obligatory post?
o_O
Nice collection, i wish i had a nomad.