video game inventory

March 14, 2009, 06:31 PM by ree

While browsing an online database of video games, I came across a member whose screenname I recognised from another site. Hmm, there's a list of video games he owns. How many — forty-nine?!

I don't own nearly forty-nine games. I only have about eighteen for my NES alone, and ... well, how many games do I have among all my systems?

I maintain a digital inventory of all my gaming items (nerrrrd!), so I opened it up and began counting game titles.

I stopped counting at fifty-six.

I win. I really need to stop underestimating my geek cred.

EDIT: I forgot my computer games, so make that sixty-two. My brother, just to show me up, counted his collection at sixty-eight!

Listening to: OC ReMix (of course)
Feeling: embarrassed

Filed under videogames, geeky, crossposted to msree.livejournal.com · 4 commented · Permalink

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halo
Comment posted on March 18th, 2009 at 07:57 PM
O man now I'm going to get addicted to this...
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ree
Comment posted on March 18th, 2009 at 09:42 PM
(Is that a Snatcher icon?)

Tell me about it. I keep thinking of questions to solve via advanced search. Like, "were there any RPGs published outside of Japan for the Nintendo 64?" (None that matter, aside from Paper Mario.)
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thelast30pounds
Comment posted on March 15th, 2009 at 01:56 PM
49 games! Whew! But it sounds like fun. Do you get tired of some, put them away and then play them again when you do an inventory like this and remember that they were fun? I have played only one game much since the 80's video archade days. Back then I actually mastered a few: Pac Man, Crazy Climber and Frogger. It was fun to dwelve into the strategies and upon finishing, find you sometimes had an admiring audience!! Been a loooong time!
catherine
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ree
Comment posted on March 18th, 2009 at 03:40 PM
When I finish a game, I put it away for a couple months or more, then take it out and play it again. I used to sell them when I was done, but I kept re-buying them later because I missed them.

Doing this inventory reminded me of a few games I got stuck in, so now I'm playing those again - and I got unstuck on one already! Yay!

I was never much good at arcade games. It sounds so fun to have people watch while you played well!
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