As a growing adult, I love remembering my child hood, and thinking about video games I played. I loved to play the Nintendo NES video game system. The older the console gets the more nostalgic the console appears to gamers everywhere. The Nintendo NES is by far and away one of the best video game consoles ever. Obtaining many of the games for this system is becoming harder and harder. For games in very good to like new condition that is. So how should one go about starting a Nintendo NES collection?
How to Get Started
First make a list of all the games there are for the NES, you can find a PDF from Nintendo.com. You also can see a pretty accurate list from Wikipedia. Then I would run a few searches for the rarest nes games out there. This way you have knowledge of the holy grail of nes games are, in case you happen to stumble across one of them. This is bringing me up to my next point; you need to know what the values of the games are worth. Many times you will be looking in stores, garage sales, pawn shops. Hoping to find a deal on a game, that someone else has no idea about. It definitely would help you in your quest to find a bargain if you know the value of a certain game is. You will notice while you are collecting most of the most expensive games, are probably some of the worst games to actually play. This is one contributing factor to a game being rare, if the game didn't have a demand to play, it wasn't sold much. In turn, in today's standards this would make this game a rarity.
Where to Buy & Find the Games
Many times being a collector of say NES games, its way better to buy these games in person rather than online. Sure online you can find any NES game, but you also have to take that another persons opinion of the condition of the game. Many times in person, you can look at the game label for scratches, the cartridge shell itself for scratches, scuffs, and other markings. If you were to buy these games online, you wouldn't be able to visibly see any imperfections. People are often trying to hide imperfects hoping to make a sale using photo editing software.
I would suggest checking out many of your local used video game stores, which specialize in selling used and old video games. These are fantastic spots to find many uncommon, and some rare games. Like I mentioned above these shops give you the opportunity to look, feel and touch these games before you buy them.
Some tips to remember when buying an NES game you should look for
a. The Label is it clean? no scratches, nice label with a vibrant color.
b. The end label is important to be clean as well, no peeling in the corners.
c. The back label, make sure it is clean from scratches and or scuffs.
d. The overall look of the cartridge shell, make sure it doesn't have any sun damage, or any sticker residue.
Once you begin to start buying these games, cleaning the games become important as well. Many collectors take the time to open the NES Games open. You will need to buy yourself a Nintendo Game Bit to do this. Once you have the game opened, you want to polish the connectors on the game. Use an eraser to remove any carbons, dust and other debris on the contacts. Then polish the connectors with a shirt or a polishing cloth to remove any eraser sediments. The game should look great, and be ready to play and enjoyed.
This is a pretty basic guide to use in hopes to start a fun hobby as collecting NES games. You will soon find out many people collect video games, as much as collecting baseball cards.
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