well spoke, andré and erik, loved your flashbacks and thoughts
As I see the hobby now I will keep a small collection of real gems, play them now and them, so I will have time and energy to focus on much more important real-life stuff that is in development.
almost the same here! i've sold so many games in the last few years, coming down from roughly 80 to around 20 - which still is a lot but something that's hopefully managable. honestly, apart from the fact that those machines look cool, what do you wanna do with 100 games? noone can "keep them alive" indefinitely, noone can restore all of them and - in my humble opinion - a lot of these old games REALLY SUCK! gaming has evolved, the classic games have not and when you wash the nostalgia away there's not a lot left. i enjoy trying and playing stuff at arcade parties that i once had, e.g. battlezone, but when the words GAME OVER appear on the screen, i know that i made a good decision when i sold the game, got some money out of it and have more living space
. don't get me wrong, i still totally LOVE the hobby, can't wait to get my gameroom construction rolling at the end of january, but it's better to have a select few in working condition which are REALLY GOOD than a busload of half-finished games that suck and don't work!
well, of course games like computer space DO SUCK BADLY, but at least they look good. sometimes that's just enough ...
acquiring my house in 2015 has brought me a new perspective in life, a perspective where classic arcade games are still playing a huuuge part, but also opening doors to other stuff i had never thought before!
