secretvampire Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 So it's a lazy Saturday afternoon and I've wanted to do this for a long time. My wife and I have been living out of boxes for almost a year after taking a long time to sell our house, changing cities, and finally finding a place and settling in. My gaming room is pretty much my living room as our house isn't huge, my wife puts up with it as I keep it pretty clean and she has an office to work in. I am not really into collecting posters, figures, wall scrolls, guides, or any of the other stuff. I pretty much put all of my cash into GAMES and hardware. I probably own half of Jeff's (bug) old stuff through various sales over the past couple of years and as you can see Jeff, I take good care of it. So here it is! I apologize for the quality of the pics, my camera is pretty crappy. All the pics are thumbnails, click on them for the full size pics. View from just behind the sweet spot. It's a bit dark, but the only way I could get the screen to look close to normal: A wider shot of the whole shebang: Here is my rack of consoles, I keep one of each controller in the baskets on the side for easy access: Closer view of my Neo Geo AES system, two component switchers, and my Japanese PS2: On the top, my Gamecube, Sega Saturn, and Xbox. On the bottom, my modded PS1, regular US PS2 w/ HDD, and my SNES: On the top, my Turbo Duo, NES, N64, and 3DO. On the bottom, my Sega Genesis/CD and Dreamcast. My Neo joysticks are down on the floor: My audio/video gear, from top to bottom, my turntable, SACD changer, TiVo, region-free/PAL-to-NTSC DVD player, my regular DVD player, my 7.1 receiver, and an old relic I still use occasionally, my Laserdisc player: My gaming PC. I don't do AS much PC gaming anymore, but it still gets some use and my machine gets the job done: My console and handheld games. I keep my extra controllers and some loose carts in the plastic drawers, as well as my Taiko and Donky Konga controllers. You can see my SVS subwoofer nestled in the corner: My longbox PS1 games, complete NES games, a few 3DO games, and the start of my PS2 games. I will be working more on my NES collection in the near future: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted July 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Last of the PS2, my Gamecube games, and start of the Xbox stuff: Rest of the Xbox, and a few of my complete Genesis games: Start of my PS1 games: Rest of PS1 and on into the Dreamcast: Last of the Dreamcast, my DC and Saturn imports, my small TG16/Duo collection, my complete NeoGeo Pocket Color games, my few DS games, and start of the GBA games: Rest of the GBA stuff, my complete GB and GBC stuff, and my very meager Virtual Boy collection (just started): All of my handhelds, from left to right, an Atari Lynx, Sega Nomad, GBA SP, Sega Game Gear w/ TV tuner, NeoGeo Pocket color, Turbo Express, GBA, Nintendo DS, and PSP: My small PSP and NeoGeo collections (just started on the Neo) and start of the Saturn games: Rest of Saturn, my Sega CD games, and on into SNES: Rest of the SNES and on into N64: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted July 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Loose handheld games and the rest of my complete Genesis. Need to get some labels on the loose cases! Loose Genesis and SNES carts: More loose carts: Some of my boxes in a closet, I don't have room to display this stuff. My Virtual Boy is actually in the box as I don't have anywhere to leave it setup right now: My PC game collection, some of it is still packed away: And for no good reason, my Quaker parrot, who probably wonders why the hell I'm always staring at that TV and making loud sounds come out of it. He's about 3 years old and has a pretty good vocabulary. Not pictured, my patient wife who puts up will all of this silliness: That's it! Comments or questions are welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted July 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Oh crap, can a mod move this to The Gallery? I forgot we had a special sub-forum for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Very nice setup! That's a lot of gear in not a lot of space. Nice collection of games too. Well done. But the best part is the adorable parrot, what's his name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 God damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted July 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Very nice setup! That's a lot of gear in not a lot of space. Nice collection of games too. Well done. Thanks! It has taken me a long time to get everything organized and accessible without having a huge room. I just recently got all of my consoles hooked up through switchers so I can just push a button and play on all of my older systems. But the best part is the adorable parrot, what's his name? His full name is Cosmo Quaker which is obviously (or not?) a takeoff on Cosmo Kramer. We of course just call him Cosmo, and he's a little goofball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Ok with all that equipment please tell me you own some dvd's. That big wood rack looks familiar. I have the same one, only filled with DVD's and laserdiscs. I highly recommend it to everyone if they can still find it. I need to find myself another one pronto. Just so you know your my hero. The dreamcast fishing controller which actually had a good game to use it for :tu Oh and one other question. Just how many surge protectors do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted July 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Ok with all that equipment please tell me you own some dvd's. Hahah...absolutely. I have about 200 DVDs and about 1500 CDs, just didn't think to take pics of them. Oh and one other question. Just how many surge protectors do you use? VERY good question, I have four of them behind there. I've been meaning to ask, but I don't think it's dangerous to have that many devices plugged in since I only use one at a time, and they are all plugged into surge protectors with breaker cutoffs. Any engineers out there please let me know if I'm wrong, I'd hate to burn down my house!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Dont all electronic devices plugged in use some sort of electrical power for there internal clocks? I think 4 surge protectors could be a hazzard. To be safe why not shut off the ones for the systems you dont use often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff W Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Some of that stuff definitely looks familiar, nice to see my old NGPC, the only thing I ever regreted selling. And to think, you almost didn't get it thanks to the Post Office. Nice setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted July 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Dont all electronic devices plugged in use some sort of electrical power for there internal clocks? I think 4 surge protectors could be a hazzard. To be safe why not shut off the ones for the systems you dont use often I'm betting a lot of the older systems without any kind of settings or clock don't, but I think I'll re-arrange my surge protectors a bit just to be safe though. Some of that stuff definitely looks familiar, nice to see my old NGPC, the only thing I ever regreted selling. And to think, you almost didn't get it thanks to the Post Office. Nice setup. Thanks, Jeff! Man, I just went through and realized just how much of my hardware I bought from you: Nintendo 64 3DO NGPC Lynx Turbo Express + lots of games Plus the GBA SP that I gave to my nephew. Damn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 (Moved to the Gallery) Great pix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Fantastic pics, a setup anyone should be proud to own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 On a lark, I submitted my setup to IGN's ongoing "Ultimate Setup" feature...and I got in! Here it is if anybody cares, they kind of hosed up my captions halfway through, but oh well... http://gear.ign.com/articles/633/633499p1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Congrats. I remember the thrill when my gear got featured somewhere, you must be pretty buzzed about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Congrats. I remember the thrill when my gear got featured somewhere, you must be pretty buzzed about it It's not too shabby. If I remember correctly, yours was in an actual print magazine, right? That's a lot cooler than a website! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Belated congratulations! I saw the setup while browsing IGN a little earlier and I knew I recognized those pictures. :tu Very cool indeed man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Nice setup I eyed up the pics, I saw your post on cheapassgamer a while back. I have a lot of consoles (not as many as you) but not nearly as many games, especially all the complete ones. :drool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLivaudais Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Incredible. You even have Intellivision games. But, do you have an Intellivision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted August 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Incredible. You even have Intellivision games. But, do you have an Intellivision? I sure do! I actually have my original Intellivision that my siblings and I got for Christmas when I was either 3 or 4. Nice that it never got lost or broken, and I still have all of the games for it. I don't have it hooked up currently though, stupid RF only connection. It was a really great system, beat the crap out of the Atari 2600 in my opinion. I guess these days I'd be an Intellivision fanboy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLivaudais Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Same here, my dad and i played the hell out of it when I was about 4 or 5. I also have the Intellivoice plugin thingy. I think a few games used it, but the only game I had that utilized it was Bombsquad. The voice was scary... I still have ~25 games for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitice Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 I have two if you want one Nice setup and congrats on getting a bit of fame for it. I would post pictures of mine but it would get a "look at this freak" type of internet response I don't want or need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 I finally have a digital camera on the way - ours got stolen while on honeymoon ...so I may take a few pics and post my setup for fun. I've got a lot of consoles, and my RPG collection has exploded in the past month or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 ours got stolen while on honeymoon were you ever missing your tooth brush during the honeymoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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