I'm from a certain PAL country (first correct guess wins 5 Atari 2600 juniors which they can pick up from my house, really I don't want them) where collecting games from a certain period is an absolute chore. It's not a matter of just forking out $200 for a copy of Chrono Trigger, you have to wait 3 years for one to appear and pray nobody wants it more than you do. Or if you think you have found the ultimate bargain, a $15 copy of Secret of Mana, the guy takes your money and disappears. Like there is even a copy of Secret of Mana within 1000km of here. There are of course a few exceptions.

Sega was by for the most dominant company here in the late 80's and 90's and this makes finding Master System or Mega Drive games rather easy. I grew up with these consoles. If someone had asked me what an NES was 15 years ago I would have stared at them blankly for a while then resumed playing Golden Axe Warrior. That is a real shame because discovering these Nintendo games in your 20's isn't anywhere near as special as it should be. At some point you will probably ask "Hey man where is your Genesis?" to which I reply "What the hell is a Genesis?". If I had space for a Mega Drive I would get one in a flash but my room has enough crap in it as it is.

Also, I'm poor.

So my Master System takes preference, as some may have figured out already. It made me who I am today. The rest of my focus goes on the Nintendo consoles I missed out on in my childhood. Until recently I didn't have a region converter for my SNES so practically every RPG made was off limits to me. In recent times I have had two obsessions. Dreamcast and shmups. Guess which staff member we have to blame for that.

Ok let's get to some photos:




This is where the magic happens.




All three screens have an important roll. Every console must be played on a screen that represents that period of time. Castlevania must never be played on an HDTV.




I need more storage. Desperately.




Newer gen consoles. I don't turn my Dreamcast off. Ever.




My baby and my long lost son.




I really love my Atari 2600. I think they should be bundled with any new console to give gamers a sense of how programing videogames have progressed through the years.




About 60 NES and 30 SNES carts.




Handful of PS1 and 35 or so PS2. These are the only games that survived from when I first purchased them.




About 45 Dreamcast games and a pile of not-Dreamcast games. I don't feel guilty though because the nearest copy of Ikaruga is probably in Japan. Also assorted boxes.




Master System!!!




More.




MORE!!




MOOAAARRRRRR!!!!!




Atari 2600.




When gaming gets old I like to jam on the banjo.





Excellent filing system.




This is the closest I ever want to get to "Rock Band".

To sum up, sometimes all you ever want to do is play R-Type 3, DoDonPachi, and Ikaruga at the same time. I wouldn't have it any other way!