A Rough Guide to Retro Video Game Collecting

One of the biggest questions you hear across retro gaming communities is where to find retro video games and where to find them cheap. This is not as hard as it sounds but you have to be lucky enough to live an area where decent stuff can be found and also put a little time into it.

I have been playing video games since the days of Coleco-Vision and Atari 2600 and have owned (and sold/lost) many consoles and games over the years, including many I wish I still had.

Recently real life has come and bitten me on the backside so having a gaming 'budget' is out of the question. Even with a large amount of financial strain though I think I have come out pretty well with semi-limited effort and very limited funds.

So I decided to write it out as a rough guide to retro video game collecting for those who may not have a lot of extra income to spend on the hobby.

Video Game Thirft Hunt # 1

Game Review: NBA 2K10 (PSP)

 Originally posted on GameFAQs on 10/08/2009

 

I bought a PSP for the simple reason that the Nintendo DS had no NBA basketball simulation games on the system, and that particular genre is one that my video game life lives and dies by.

I went out of my way the day I bought my PSP this Spring to also purchase copies of Live 09 and NBA: The Inside 09. Both games had many flaws I won't go into here, and although I usually never tire of a basketball title quickly these rapidly feel from from favor and collected dust on the shelf.

Later I was pleased to find that 2K Sports would be releasing a basketball simulation on the PSP in the Fall of 2009 and I went out and bought it on the day of its release.