Its not so much that I don't want to play certain games I have, its more that I have gotten older and the allure they held for me 14 years ago has faded a little. Plus I have sold games and really regretted it so thats not really an option. But If I own it, it is a game that I know I will want play even if I have to rediscover why I liked it in the first place.
You have a good point, and with all the drastic changes happening in this medium there may be some of us oldschool cats who don't want to conform to the newest trends and our "vintage " collection still will be there.
For me its just more about games that I have started and have not finished for whatever reason.
Yeah its sad when what should be a pleasure starts to feel like a chore. Well maybe not a chore, at the least a time management challenge.
Thats really half the challenge for me is figuring out how to prioritize them. Should I attack it by system, or chronologicaly, or by which one is the closest to being completed. And of course what am I in the mood to play.
It's a sobering slap to the face for sure, lol. I knew I had a pretty good stack of stuff, but I had never actually added it up before. But having a number has actually inspired me and got me thinking of a strategy to put a dent in it. Like finishing games that I was already close to beating.
Thanks for adding me. Yeah I think just for the sake of keeping it real I will have to add the GBA, DS, and compilation stuff. There are the two Capcom collections which I have beat about half of the games. The SNK which is mostly fighters and sports. But its the Midway, Taito, and Genesis comps that are going to kill me.
I do plan to deck out my Backloggery page. I just didn't have the energy after getting all my games in ,lol.
Thanks. Yeah I was looking for you on there but I didn't know if your tag was the same as it is here. The RPG's are the real issue here because those suckers can go 80 plus hrs. But you are tackling a lot of old school stuff that can be time consuming because they can be insanely difficult. I spent I think fours hrs one afternoon back in the day trying to beat Super Castlevania IV. It was the last two levels and Dracula himself that I was trying to get through and I actually pulled it off. It is easily the hardest game I have ever beat.
I rented this one and poked around on it for a few days. I liked it but as you mentioned the learning curve is a little steep. I may have to get it , seen it at both Game & Trade and Gamestop for under $20.
Who knows, might be a bunch of masked psycos mumbling about meat bicycles building her crap.
There is always something going on or something to do here. I just wish I had more time to enjoy it myself, Lol. I moved here the first time back in 87 when I was 9 from central TX. Been bouncing from there to here most of my life. It has its share of problems, violent crime being the worst, but we have some incredible architecture, great live music scene, and some great museums.
I guesse what we do kind of falls under the label of folk art. I've done my fair share of 9 to 5's, hated them all . Not that I want to make a career out of this or anything, but for now I like it and I'm making a good living from it so I feel blessed.
Part of my back log problem is just settling on a game to play, its kind of over whelming , to much to choose from.
