I would love to get my grbby paws on them at least once to see what they were like. But for lasting value to keep playing them I don't think so. In my collection I mainly buy stuff I know I will play with every so often. I would love to get both of those things eventually to try them out and play with them. But I won't pay no more then $100 each for them since I am not to eager to get a hold of them just yet.collecting prices worth it?
As a collector, most definately! I am sneaking up on owning 1,000 games, more than half of which are old school games! I would love a power glove, and a virtual boy! I would probably never use the VB simply because of the fact I hear it screws with your eyes, but the glove would be cool! Anyways, when you say you are a collector, that means you should collect what makes you happy whether or not you use them or not! As a fellow collector I think both pieces are awesome, and eventually I will own them both as well! So, my answer is go for it!
Virtual Boys are no good....
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Yeah Heaven Forbid someone might actually want to buy something from thier youth for nostalgia. Or maybe they're an avid collector who enjoys every facet of the gaming industry. Whats useless garbage to someone is something special to someone else, and it's pointless to call other peoples interests useless.
[QUOTE=''strayzilla''] Yeah Heaven Forbid someone might actually want to buy something from thier youth for nostalgia. Or maybe they're an avid collector who enjoys every facet of the gaming industry. Whats useless garbage to someone is something special to someone else, and it's pointless to call other peoples interests useless.[/QUOTE]That's a knee-jerk reaction, isn't it? I clearly stated that his hobby is my hobby, his interest is my interest. I think you're getting defensive because you bought one of the two items yourself. Some things ARE useless garbage, my friend. While anything can be special to SOMEONE, how relevant is that? I'm sure there's some vagrant out there that collects pieces of dog sh** and thinks it's special. Does that actually mean that it is special? Hell no. While I like collecting nostalgiac video game stuff myself, that extends itself to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for five bucks, not a peripheral/portable ''console'' that everyone thought was trash to begin with that costs an exorbitant amount of money. You could argue for the people that collect this crap to resell it for bogus prices, but why the hell would you want to argue for those bozos? Sure, everyone has a right to their opinion and certainly make their own choices, but that doesn't mean said choices aren't stupid, does it?
Yes, as a matter a fact that reminds me. ''I know some one with a power-glove'' but the last time I played ''it wasn't easy play with''. Try looking up a ''U-Force'' for the NES.
Hmm, funny to see both sides of this. On one hand yes it would be worth it, if it was something you really really wanted, sure, but you have to be within reason. Would I ever pay 100 bucks for a game I could get an emulator for? Not a chance!! If it was something I was dying to try out and couldn't get any other way (like a virtual boy) mabey. The problem though is that so many people are out there that are willing to pay stupid prices for games just because they want to stick it on a shelf. All that does is rob the other guys out there (like me) who can't afford many of the rare games because the demand is so high for false reasons.
I own a virtual boy. I actually got it for my birthday when I was much younger. Personally, I thought all the whining about headaches and eyesores was blown way out of proportion. It's actually a pretty good piece of hardware, but the problem was that there was literally only about a dozen games released for it, and only half of those were actually any good. The virtual boy is a very rare item because of how poorly it sold. But it really doesn't have the software to make it something you'll want to play a lot.
I've seen Virtual Boys for as low as $15-$40. Virtual Boy games are what are expensive and collectible. Power Gloves are a joke...and I like R.O.B.
[QUOTE=''YourChaosIsntMe''][QUOTE=''strayzilla''] Yeah Heaven Forbid someone might actually want to buy something from thier youth for nostalgia. Or maybe they're an avid collector who enjoys every facet of the gaming industry. Whats useless garbage to someone is something special to someone else, and it's pointless to call other peoples interests useless.[/QUOTE]That's a knee-jerk reaction, isn't it? I clearly stated that his hobby is my hobby, his interest is my interest. I think you're getting defensive because you bought one of the two items yourself. Some things ARE useless garbage, my friend. While anything can be special to SOMEONE, how relevant is that? I'm sure there's some vagrant out there that collects pieces of dog sh** and thinks it's special. Does that actually mean that it is special? Hell no. While I like collecting nostalgiac video game stuff myself, that extends itself to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for five bucks, not a peripheral/portable ''console'' that everyone thought was trash to begin with that costs an exorbitant amount of money. You could argue for the people that collect this crap to resell it for bogus prices, but why the hell would you want to argue for those bozos? Sure, everyone has a right to their opinion and certainly make their own choices, but that doesn't mean said choices aren't stupid, does it?[/QUOTE]Knee Jerk? I guess, but the point is valid. Your whole opinion is anything that you consider ''useless garbage'' shouldn't be of any value to anyone else, because it's useless. My whole point is that are millions of things people enjoy collecting like old stamps or antiques or any knick knacks in general that you say are pointless/useless because you don't use them. They just sit there. They may not have any real value, substancial or otherwise. Yet people still add to there collections and have no worries about doing it. These things aren't expensive in the run of things so is there really a reason to run down people who Enjoy them? ''Trust fund babies'' or ''40 year old virgins'' are appropriate ways to talk about people who are passionate about thier hobby?No, I don't own a power glove or Virtual Boy etc. But I'd like to get one someday as a conversation piece. I love most things about gaming and have since gaming began. From my massive 2600 collection to most consoles onward, I still cherish these things although most people would consider them ''useless garbage''. And no, although collecting dog feces is not my thing, and I might think it's stupid, I'm not gonna rail on someone for doing it when they get a ton of joy from it. He obviously thinks it's special.If the thread was about ''people collecting stupid things to re sell it for bogus prices'' then yes, you're point might be more valid. But it's not. It's someone asking about buying it for thier collection. So I'm not sticking up for those bozos, I'm sticking up for people that are passionate about collecting stuff.
[QUOTE=''strayzilla''][QUOTE=''YourChaosIsntMe''][QUOTE=''strayzilla''] Yeah Heaven Forbid someone might actually want to buy something from thier youth for nostalgia. Or maybe they're an avid collector who enjoys every facet of the gaming industry. Whats useless garbage to someone is something special to someone else, and it's pointless to call other peoples interests useless.[/QUOTE]That's a knee-jerk reaction, isn't it? I clearly stated that his hobby is my hobby, his interest is my interest. I think you're getting defensive because you bought one of the two items yourself. Some things ARE useless garbage, my friend. While anything can be special to SOMEONE, how relevant is that? I'm sure there's some vagrant out there that collects pieces of dog sh** and thinks it's special. Does that actually mean that it is special? Hell no. While I like collecting nostalgiac video game stuff myself, that extends itself to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for five bucks, not a peripheral/portable ''console'' that everyone thought was trash to begin with that costs an exorbitant amount of money. You could argue for the people that collect this crap to resell it for bogus prices, but why the hell would you want to argue for those bozos? Sure, everyone has a right to their opinion and certainly make their own choices, but that doesn't mean said choices aren't stupid, does it?[/QUOTE] Knee Jerk? I guess, but the point is valid. Your whole opinion is anything that you consider ''useless garbage'' shouldn't be of any value to anyone else, because it's useless. My whole point is that are millions of things people enjoy collecting like old stamps or antiques or any knick knacks in general that you say are pointless/useless because you don't use them. They just sit there. They may not have any real value, substancial or otherwise. Yet people still add to there collections and have no worries about doing it. These things aren't expensive in the run of things so is there really a reason to run down people who Enjoy them? ''Trust fund babies'' or ''40 year old virgins'' are appropriate ways to talk about people who are passionate about thier hobby?No, I don't own a power glove or Virtual Boy etc. But I'd like to get one someday as a conversation piece. I love most things about gaming and have since gaming began. From my massive 2600 collection to most consoles onward, I still cherish these things although most people would consider them ''useless garbage''. And no, although collecting dog feces is not my thing, and I might think it's stupid, I'm not gonna rail on someone for doing it when they get a ton of joy from it. He obviously thinks it's special.If the thread was about ''people collecting stupid things to re sell it for bogus prices'' then yes, you're point might be more valid. But it's not. It's someone asking about buying it for thier collection. So I'm not sticking up for those bozos, I'm sticking up for people that are passionate about collecting stuff. [/QUOTE]Listen YourChaosIsntMe I'm glad I frighten you!!! You wanna talk about OCD, 40 year old virgins, and trust fund babies, and then turn around and say that collecting games and the like is your hobby as well? Sounds a little hypocritical! Anyways, don't listen to people like that, stray! If he is to incompetent to make logical sense, and your question was obviously aimed at fellow collectors who probably don't enjoy the company of ''butt plugs'', then don't take anything he said personally! It is people like that who make real collectors like us not even want to ask questions! It is ok for him to drop $80 twice for what he enjoys, but not ok for others to purchase what they enjoy? I can't believe I am even wasting my time defending myself against such petty ingnorance, it is quite sickening! As I said before, if you want it for your collection and the price asked seems reasonable or about average after doing some research to find out how much they go for these days, then go for it! I have been collecting for 20 years, and all those games I have amassed are simply from the love of collecting! Everybody should have a hobby or two. That jackass needs to grow up and get a life, if he wants to make some wise cracks on a post that someone wanted a serious answer for, and then shoots back with that crap, then obviously he has nothing better to do with his time than to try and degrade people with immature unsound reasoning! Oh, and by the way I am married to a beautiful woman and I have two children, I'm not OCD and I don't collect dog crap! If you want to ask some questions to real collectors that love the hobby, then ask some questions at the Candid Collectors Union (CCU), one of the only places on this site that you wont be bombarded with ignorant biasness! Oh, and by the way both the items you want to purchase would be great conversation pieces! Just let Chaos Master and his words of utter crap go!
K thanks for all your input I think I will get them for collecting reasons as soon as I can scrape enough money by selling my original xbox
[QUOTE=''WitIsWisdom''][QUOTE=''strayzilla''][QUOTE=''YourChaosIsntMe''][QUOTE=''strayzilla''] Yeah Heaven Forbid someone might actually want to buy something from thier youth for nostalgia. Or maybe they're an avid collector who enjoys every facet of the gaming industry. Whats useless garbage to someone is something special to someone else, and it's pointless to call other peoples interests useless.[/QUOTE]That's a knee-jerk reaction, isn't it? I clearly stated that his hobby is my hobby, his interest is my interest. I think you're getting defensive because you bought one of the two items yourself. Some things ARE useless garbage, my friend. While anything can be special to SOMEONE, how relevant is that? I'm sure there's some vagrant out there that collects pieces of dog sh** and thinks it's special. Does that actually mean that it is special? Hell no. While I like collecting nostalgiac video game stuff myself, that extends itself to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for five bucks, not a peripheral/portable ''console'' that everyone thought was trash to begin with that costs an exorbitant amount of money. You could argue for the people that collect this crap to resell it for bogus prices, but why the hell would you want to argue for those bozos? Sure, everyone has a right to their opinion and certainly make their own choices, but that doesn't mean said choices aren't stupid, does it?[/QUOTE] Knee Jerk? I guess, but the point is valid. Your whole opinion is anything that you consider ''useless garbage'' shouldn't be of any value to anyone else, because it's useless. My whole point is that are millions of things people enjoy collecting like old stamps or antiques or any knick knacks in general that you say are pointless/useless because you don't use them. They just sit there. They may not have any real value, substancial or otherwise. Yet people still add to there collections and have no worries about doing it. These things aren't expensive in the run of things so is there really a reason to run down people who Enjoy them? ''Trust fund babies'' or ''40 year old virgins'' are appropriate ways to talk about people who are passionate about thier hobby?No, I don't own a power glove or Virtual Boy etc. But I'd like to get one someday as a conversation piece. I love most things about gaming and have since gaming began. From my massive 2600 collection to most consoles onward, I still cherish these things although most people would consider them ''useless garbage''. And no, although collecting dog feces is not my thing, and I might think it's stupid, I'm not gonna rail on someone for doing it when they get a ton of joy from it. He obviously thinks it's special.If the thread was about ''people collecting stupid things to re sell it for bogus prices'' then yes, you're point might be more valid. But it's not. It's someone asking about buying it for thier collection. So I'm not sticking up for those bozos, I'm sticking up for people that are passionate about collecting stuff. [/QUOTE]Listen YourChaosIsntMe I'm glad I frighten you!!! You wanna talk about OCD, 40 year old virgins, and trust fund babies, and then turn around and say that collecting games and the like is your hobby as well? Sounds a little hypocritical! Anyways, don't listen to people like that, stray! If he is to incompetent to make logical sense, and your question was obviously aimed at fellow collectors who probably don't enjoy the company of ''butt plugs'', then don't take anything he said personally! It is people like that who make real collectors like us not even want to ask questions! It is ok for him to drop $80 twice for what he enjoys, but not ok for others to purchase what they enjoy? I can't believe I am even wasting my time defending myself against such petty ingnorance, it is quite sickening! As I said before, if you want it for your collection and the price asked seems reasonable or about average after doing some research to find out how much they go for these days, then go for it! I have been collecting for 20 years, and all those games I have amassed are simply from the love of collecting! Everybody should have a hobby or two. That jackass needs to grow up and get a life, if he wants to make some wise cracks on a post that someone wanted a serious answer for, and then shoots back with that crap, then obviously he has nothing better to do with his time than to try and degrade people with immature unsound reasoning! Oh, and by the way I am married to a beautiful woman and I have two children, I'm not OCD and I don't collect dog crap! If you want to ask some questions to real collectors that love the hobby, then ask some questions at the Candid Collectors Union (CCU), one of the only places on this site that you wont be bombarded with ignorant biasness! Oh, and by the way both the items you want to purchase would be great conversation pieces! Just let Chaos Master and his words of utter crap go! [/QUOTE] A wealth of grammatical errors in there, my friend. Isn't it kind of ironic that you would call me an idiot while making grammatical errors? You're both getting REALLY defensive, and I can't imagine why.I reiterate, EVERYONE can make their own choices and enjoy the hobbies that they choose to enjoy, but that does not make their choices sound or informed. If you believe that I'm a hypocrite for criticizing unrestrained collecting, then you have no capacity to understand subtlety. Everything comes down to absolutes for the average person, so I suppose I understand your logic, but it's certainly faulty. Collecting video games and video game paraphernalia for the sole purpose of sitting it on a shelf, taking pictures of it, and talking about it with people? You can buy coffee table books for a lot less, and MOST people will be more inclined to discuss those. Who's the intelligent one here? The one that collects literature and video games for the sole purpose of reading or playing said items, or the guys who collect useless crap to stuff on a shelf and use as a ''talking piece'' when company is over? Likewise, I did give the TC a serious answer. I told him not to buy the WORTHLESS PIECES OF CRAP.I suppose it really comes down to the nature of our individual psychological dispositions, doesn't it? Some people, hell, most people, aren't particularly inclined to criticize other members of our species. Your shared sense of populism is one of understanding for other people, but I don't share it. You see, collecting for the sole pupose of collecting is the product of a simple mind (this is actually a proven fact, if you request relevant citations for your reading pleasure, I will provide them). I understand your collective frustration with me, I do. Maybe you're right. Maybe I shouldn't criticize others for pointlessly collecting useless crap, but I do. Why? Because it's junk. Our entire country is already filled with worthless crap. Then people go further and collect useless consumer products from the last century and beyond. Then they get defensive about it when their motives and choices are questioned.So maybe I won't criticize any of you anymore. You're right, really. What is there to be accomplished through vitriol and spite? I'm not going to change anyone's opinion or influence someone to reconsider their choices. So I'm sorry for being a douchebag.This doesn't mean my point doesn't stand. It is all useless crap, but I apologize for being a douchebag.By the way, I collect butt plugs and dog sh**.
Well, thanks a lot Dr. Phil!!! I guess it was my main goal to write a comprehensive, detailed, inspiring piece of literature on a post on Gamespot! From here on out I will have my publisher personally proof read any and all posts I make before I submit :roll: ...... Oh, and by the way for someone who reiterated the exact same thing 50 times in different wording it is easy for me to see where you are coming from. Man you must be an English professor at an institute for the higher learnins.... Talking about grammatical errors when your entire post is full of them shows high intelligence!!! You are a jackass, good luck with life and your dog crap collection... How about you try to loosen up a little Robo Cop! Life is too short to criticize things you do not understand! A famous philosopher once said, ''the only thing that I know is that I know nothing at all!'' You need me to break that down for you? Basically what I'm saying is that criticism is the root of all ignorance!!! I am an injured veteran from the war in Iraq, and since you obviously are not, does it make since for you to have a signature that literally signifies you know what hell war entails? No, it is just a quote from a game? Well, gee, disgruntled Chaos boy stop trying to drain the life from everything, and take a step back! Take a deep breath and relax for a change...
Well before this all blew up, I kind of get what YourChaosIsntMe is saying. A lot of times when something becomes super-collectible, the price starts to really outweigh the fun you can have with it. For example, when Playstation games are worth a ton more when they're not the greatest hits version. IMO, anybody who cares enough to pay more than like $5 more is into gaming for the wrong reasons and also most likely a moron. Or some Saturn games, yikes! It's the same situation with the Virtual Boy, kind of. Like, it's more money than its worth. On the other hand, I guess I've bought expensive Saturn games, played them, and then once I was done re-sold them for about the same price. You just have to take care of it. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people do this, so you could do it with a Virtual Boy for sure.Buy it, play it... feel the suck, then sell it to some other poor misguided SOB.
Well, don't get me wrong, I understand where he was coming from. Sure, for people who either aren't serious collectors or just looking for a gaming item that will be countless hours of fun, some items are way overpriced! Thing is though, like you said, if that is the average going price, then you can always sell it back if you don't like it! Items that have gone up in value rarely tend to decrease in value after going up. So, in a way if you find good deals on certain gaming items you can always buy them to make a profit selling them! Is this wrong? No, not at all! The reason older games and peripherals go up in price is because they get increasingly rarer and harder to find! The original question asked if he should get them, and he added he thought they would be a great conversation piece! To me that sounds like he is a collector, and it is perfectly fine to add them whether he is looking for a ton of fun or just bragging rights, or whatever for that case. For collecting purposes alone, I would suggest both! Now if you want to talk practicality that's a whole other ballgame! It shouldn't matter how many games, systems, or extra peripherals you own, all that matters is what makes you happy and if you can keep it within your budget! So, if collecting books, wine, baseball cards, coins, etc. is your cup of tea so to speak I suggest just keeping it within limits, and have fun!
K thanks for the input now can we just let this thread die
I would only get the powerglove if you wanna wear it while you go skiing or something. its not like its really a functional controller. the powerglove was a joke.....and theres a reason nobody has even attempted to copy it...... the virtualboy might be a fun gadget if you can find it really cheap. but I know i played one once and thought it was neat, but not that great. Personally i'd keep your Xbox and not waste $ on either a virtual boy or a powerglove.......
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