It is! I haven't gotten around to de-stickering it yet. I usually do them in batches. 😅

Game Boy Color (Kiwi), Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Animaniacs, Phantasy Star II, Bubble Bobble Revolution, My Weight Loss Coach, DuckTales Duck Tales, Road Runner, Legacy of The Wizard, Skull & Crossbones, Spy Hunter, The Uncanny X-Men, Dungeon Master, Final Fantasy III 3 VI 6, Paladin's Quest, Mario Golf, Rival Schools, Crossroad Crisis, The Next Tetris, Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Tecmo Stackers, God of War II 2 | Nintendo GBC NES DS N64 Tengen Sega Genesis Sony PlayStation PS1 PS2 Game Collecting Retro Gaming

To close out the year, here are all of December's #gamecollecting pickups! I'm so grateful to have finally crossed a few of these from the list.

2024 may be a wrap, but #retrogaming lasts forever! 🥂

Bob has seen things you wouldn't believe.

Oh, the Lego games would be a great subset to shoot for! I don't think I've ever actually played one myself, but I know folks who grew up with and still go nuts for them.

Not as much as you might think! This was accumulated over four years. I'm always looking for good deals so I end up passing on a LOT.

Bronya was always the obvious choice, though she's been power-crept a bit by newer turn-advance Harmony units. I'd pass on her for now if you have both Sparkle and Sunday.

Himeko remains a good get, especially for Pure Fiction and related content.

Action Man Operation EXtreme, Blaster Master Blasting Again, Breakout, Caesar's Palace 2000, Cleopatra's Fortune, Crossroad Crisis, CyberTiger, David Beckham Soccer, Destrega, Dirt Jockey Heavy Equipment Operator, Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22, Final Fantasy Origins, Inspector Gadget, Kagero Deception II, Knockout Kings, Largo Winch, MLB 2005, Marble Master, Namco Museum Volume 1 [Greatest Hits], PlayStation Underground Jumpack: Winter 2000, Polaris SnoCross, Powerpuff Girls Chemical X-Traction, Putter Golf, Qix Neo, Quake II, Rageball, Rainbow Six, Rollcage Stage 2, Rugrats Studio Tour, Saga Frontier, Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001, Sentinel Returns, Sheep, Shooter Space Shot, Street Racer, Super Bubble Pop, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Super Shot Soccer, Tecmo Stackers, Test Drive 4, The Next Tetris, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf, Tomb Raider III, Triple Play 99, Vagrant Story, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2nd Edition, Woody Woodpecker Racing | Alias, Amplitude, Black [Greatest Hits], Dragon Ball Z Sagas, Dynasty Warriors 3, Eye Toy AntiGrav, Front Mission 4, God of War 2, Gran Turismo 3 [Greatest Hits], Guitar Hero World Tour, IHRA Drag Racing 2, IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005, Legion Legend of Excalibur, Mega Man X Collection, Mojo, Motocross Mania 3, Okage Shadow King, Persona 4, PlayStation Underground Jumpack Vol. 11, Resident Evil Outbreak File 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES, Starsky and Hutch, Street Fighter Alpha Anthology, Supercar Street Challenge | PS1 PS2 Game Collecting Games Preservation Retro Gaming

Let's talk subsets!

Do you collect for a particular genre, publisher, series, system, or year?

I've always had this thing for factory sealed PS1 & PS2 games, especially (pre-2005?) releases with the white security seal. They're like little time capsules!

#gamecollecting #playstation #retrogaming

Lately it's been Hakchi-modded NES/SNES Classics, as well as ODE-modded PS1 & Dreamcast. Perfect blend of authentic feel and convenience.

Bubble Bobble Revolution USA-1 Revision Variant | Dreams Codemasters Nintendo DS | Game Collecting Games Preservation Retro Gaming History

Bubble Bobble Revolution USA-1 Revision Variant | Dreams Codemasters Nintendo DS | Game Collecting Games Preservation Retro Gaming History

Bubble Bobble Revolution USA-1 Revision Variant | Dreams Codemasters Nintendo DS | Game Collecting Games Preservation Retro Gaming History

Bubble Bobble Revolution USA-1 Revision Variant | Dreams Codemasters Nintendo DS | Game Collecting Games Preservation Retro Gaming History

I picked up a game with an interesting history! 🦖

The NA release of Bubble Bobble Revolution contained a bug, rendering it unplayable beyond level 30. Codemasters would ask that players return their original copies in exchange for this rare [USA-1] variant.

#gamecollecting #nintendo #retrogaming

What a game. Easily one of the best on the console. Good on you for keeping it!

I love seeing other people show off and gush about their collections. Nothing wrong with it!

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Looking at the price now, that was a solid investment! 😅

Ah, so sorry to hear you had to part with it, but at least it was able to help you in a time of need. 🥹

GIFs you can hear. 🎶

But hey, that's the most important part! If only we'd known as kids what some of these games would be worth complete. 😔

That's also on my list, but good god, is it expensive...

Well said! You're getting me all hyped to play it now. 😆

You're right about that!

My first was Mystic Quest, unfortunately. It's a wonder I became a fan of the genre after that. 💀

That Amano box art. 😍

That's so cool. I'll bet it felt so revolutionary at the time.

I sometimes think of the impact Chrono Trigger had on the genre, and what it would have been like had FFVI not released a year earlier. 🤔

What are you waiting for? Do it. Don't think. Just do it. 😋

Thanks for sharing! I have similar memories of wanting to rent it as a kid, but the only copy at our local rental place being out every. single. weekend. 😭

I'll confess, I've never actually finished it, only played the first half probably three-ish times over the years through emulation.

But this time's for real! 🙂‍↕️

Way ahead of you! I have one or two other games to finish first, and then I'll pardon it from its plastic prison just long enough to play it. 🫡

Aaahh, that's awful. TIL as well. 😭

The what now? 👀

Final Fantasy III 3 VI 6 Squaresoft Square Super Nintendo Famicom SNES CIB RPG JRPG Game Collecting Retro Gaming

I finally acquired one of my all-time grails, Final Fantasy III (VI), for the SNES! 😍

Been patiently looking for a copy for years, but wasn't willing to overpay just to have it. I can't wait to experience it on original hardware for the first time!

#finalfantasy #gamecollecting #retrogaming

Asciiware did in fact make one for the SNES, the aptly named Super Advantage!

Pokemon TCG on the OG Game Boy for me. 👴