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The Collection Exposed
We start with the living room and wall unit. Xbox to the left. PS2 and GameCube to the right. Widescreen HDTV in the middle with a component switch box and DVD player on top. On the top of the wall unit to the left is a wired hub attached to a wireless bridge for access to the den's DSL connection. On the top to the right is a satellite PVR. |
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We now move downstairs to the den. |
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The current computer setup. Lots of storage bins. Lots of manuals. Lots of software. Lots of hardware. |
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We start to move right in the den. Notice the DSL modem in the upper right of the photo and the wireless hub next to the fax machine. |
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This used to be the main TV in our condo before we moved to this house. Notice the Dreamcast and sound system. The Dreamcast maraccas and PC pool cue are behind the wall support. |
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A shot of the coffee table with some - appropriately enough - coffee table art books. I don't drink coffee by the way. Note the magazine pile. I have even MORE magazines that I have yet to fully read, especially at work. I WILL read them all though. Eventually. Knowledge is power, or so I hear... |
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A beauty shot of our DVD, CD, videotape and cassette collection. |
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The entrance to what I like to call "the workshop". The door is open... |
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With door closed, we turn and look to the upper right of the door. Rebel Assault hat, Mastertronic plastic game packaging for the C-64, digital video camera, Mario backpack, some posters, sealed Lynx games, a look into the "closet" area, etc. |
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As we move down, we see essential cleaning supplies, a Color Computer 2, and a TI-994/A. |
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More Color Computer 2, TI-994/A and a box of mostly Atari-style joysticks. |
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As we take a sharp left from the door, we see some miscellaneous posters and the funky lamp. |
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As we continue to turn, we see a very complete Sega Game Gear hidden in its case, and a large PC. There is also a smaller green monitor to the lower right, and subwoofer. The subwoofer/sound unit is switchable, and on one of the switches I have a portable CD player with a CD of arcade sounds that I can loop. It sounds cool in a room such as this... |
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20" Sony Television, specifically for the workshop. |
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As we continue to move up, we see the NES, Power Glove and UForce, as well as some miscellaneous PC stuff. |
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A shot of the upper part of the metal shelving. NES, Atari 8-bit and Lynx software, as well as Vectrex stuff, an SNES, Virtual Boy, and much more. |
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An Amiga 500, two Macintosh systems and a covered PC monitor. |
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Another shot as we start to look a little more left. |
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We look up. Notice the books on the shelf and the hanging Coleco Vision carts in a plastic holder. |
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As we move left, more books, the Atari Jaguar and the top of some Apple stuff. |
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An Apple IIe and IIgs. |
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As we move down, we see a Coleco Adam and Coleco Vision, with accessories. |
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As we look back up, we see an Odyssey2 and Atari 2600jr. Also note the collectible software boxes starting to get mixed in with the books on the shelf. |
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A banner, an Atari XEGS and accessories, and an Atari 7800. |
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As we move our eyes down, we start to see the C-64 collection. |
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And more C-64. |
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As we head back up and to the left, we see more boxes and a Mattel Aquarius. |
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As we head down we see an Atari 5200 and Commodore Vic-20. |
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Lots of GameBoy's, an ActionMax, a Coleco Marksman pong system, some PS1 stuff, and a TG-16. |
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As we look up again, we see an Emerson Arcadia 2001, a Zip Zap and a RetroGaming Radio frisbee. |
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And we start to head down again for a better look. |
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And again. |
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As we look left, we see an Atari Lynx hidden in its case, the Coleco Marksman rifle, the Intellivision II, a first generation Sega Genesis with a Sega Master System converter on top and part of the N64. |
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We move up. The Vectrex. |
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Another Coleco pong machine. More books. |
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A Tandy Color Computer and some TV games. |
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More of the same. |
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A full-on shot of the Tandy Model IV (green screen version) and some of the later model Genesis, Sega CD and 32X hardware. |
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More of the same, with lots of Odyssey2 software to the left and in the box. |
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More of the same, including the N64. |
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We see an old Packard Bell cowering in the corner and the display cabinet comes into focus. |
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As we move up, we see a mostly complete Zaxxon board game (I can't find my Pac-Man one!). |
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Another Mastertronic plastic/rubber game case thingy for the C-64. Note the dance mats for the Playstation on top of the cabinet. |
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More dance mats. Some collectible glasses with gaming goodies inside. |
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Inside are sealed Frank Sinatra records, gaming collectibles, miscellaneous other collectibles and lots of magazines. |
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More of the same. |
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A view inside. Lots of magazines, like Family Computing. Unfortunately, my Electronic Games magazine collection is MIA and a few other choice magazines are also nowhere to be found. |
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We turn to the left for a closer look inside what used to be a closet. |
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The plastic rack with lots of miscellaneous software and a few game systems, like Tiger's Game.com and SNK's Neo Geo Pocket Color. |
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The top shelf of the former closet. LOTS of disk, cartridge and tape software for various classic systems, with a heavy emphasis on C-64 and Amiga stuff. |
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And more. |
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We continue looking left. |
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This whole pile of storage containers contains either duplicate collection stuff, broken things, useless things, or an abundance of similar items, like blank disks. There are some goodies within though. |
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A better view. |
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As we turn slightly to the right, you'll notice three boxes. Top box is miscellaneous manuals and things from every system imaginable, while in the middle is Amiga-related, with the bottom being C-64-related. In the CD rack is PS1 software and TG-16 software. In the white rack is mostly cartridge software and what was previously mentioned. |
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More of the white rack. |
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And even more of the white rack, which I had to screw to the wall for stability purposes. |
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An overall shot. |
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Another overall shot. |
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And another. |
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Yes, another. |
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And again. |
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The last place on our tour of collection-related materials, the utility room. The green box contains a lifetime of miscellaneous cables and connectors, and the box on top contains various types of CD and DVD cases and sleeves.
Goodbye! |
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