Video Game Collecting - Collectible Systems

Collectible Systems

Certain video game consoles and computers are more popular to video game collectors than other ones. The most popular systems to collectors are the ones that were most popular in their generation. Another way that consoles or computers can be popular to collectors is by having a short lifespan but still be considered a good system, such as the Sega Dreamcast. Although collecting games from the fifth generation and sixth generation are more common, the most common video game generations that video game collectors collect games from are the second generation, third generation, and the fourth generation. The most common consoles and computers that video game collectors collect include:

  • Atari 2600
  • Commodore 64
  • ZX Spectrum
  • Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Nintendo Game Boy
  • Sega Mega Drive
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Sony PlayStation
  • Virtual Boy
  • Nintendo 64
  • Sega Dreamcast
  • Atari Jaguar & CD Unit

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Famous quotes containing the word systems:

    The only people who treasure systems are those whom the whole truth evades, who want to catch it by the tail. A system is just like truth’s tail, but the truth is like a lizard. It will leave the tail in your hand and escape; it knows that it will soon grow another tail.
    Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)