US Dreamcast Collection: Complete… the sweet sweet taste of success?
by Evil Overlord in
game collecting
in the early afternoon on
December 4th, 2005:
3 years, 7 months ago
So… scroll back a few years. I had in my mind this crazy idea: collect every single US Dreamcast game ever made and then sell the collection. Profits would go towards a Purpose. Yeah, I’m not going to elucidate on that Purpose, but those of you who know me know what it was… and the rest of you can just guess.
So I did. All 248 titles. And some of the magazines. Two days before I received the last title into my grubby hands, the Purpose disappeared. That sucked. Still does. But I now had the entire collection… but it gave me so little satisfaction. Yeah, it’s pretty. Yeah, there’s simply not that many people who can say that they own that kind of collection… then again, few people are crazy enough to try.
So I let it stew. Sat on my dresser for a month or so… and then I decided that I still had faith in that Purpose. So I followed through with my original intention: I eBayed the massive thing.
So… admittedly, there’s something special about putting up 7-8 months of work on eBay. Special, much like a punch to the gut. The auction was unsuccessful, but an outside buyer negotiated with me. I ended up selling the whole thing for $1,500. The money was pure profit since I had garnered the collection through wheeling and dealing on eBay… lots of work, but it’s not like I lost money on the deal.
So now I have $1,500, no Purpose, and precious few Dreamcast games. I had plenty of systems though… it’s kind of fun to see how many Dreamcasts you can stack against a wall without them toppling over.
So I started over. Yeah. I’m insane. Probably certifiably. I stay away from shrinks. But start over I did, though at a much slower pace. I no longer had a Purpose, indeed I’m not even sure why I decided to do it again. Maybe I was trying to find fulfillment in substitution. Maybe I just like games. Maybe I’m crazy.
So I did it. I just finished a few weeks ago, courtesy of Dan Loosen from the GOAT store trading me an NBA Hoopz manual for a random variant that I happened to have. (As a side note, it’s incredibly frustrating to make a purchase on eBay and discover that the back page to the manual has been ripped off… especially when it’s your last game.)
So it’s done. And I’m not happy. Not even a smidgeon. Though I simply don’t have the room to display the collection right now (pics in this post are from the first collection that I sold), the very thought of it is a reminder, not of success, but of failure. Failure.
So, here’s to success, elusive as it may be. And here’s to failure, as it raises its ugly head in the most unexpected of places.
3 Responses to 'US Dreamcast Collection: Complete… the sweet sweet taste of success?'
Great collection man, and congrats. I need to apply myself and do the same thing. I’m only about 60 short. It looks great all stacked up like that. Kudos!
Oh, and there’s a new release scheduled for ‘06. A new cel-shaded shooter. =;)
[Quote]Thanks, Matt. If you’re but 60 short, then you’re good to go. There’s really only a handful of hard-to-get titles, and none of them fetch massive amounts of money.
It was harder the second time around, but it’s still very doable; probably one of the “easier” medium size collections.
For a moment there, I thought you were talking about Cool Herders…
Got that preordered; just need to get Feet of Fury to complete the GOAT store releases.
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