Video games/Game consoles (hardware)43 messages

I have started to import my collection of (mostly Vintage) games.

What I'm actually missing are consoles themselves. This is actually the main thing I collect, the games too, of course, but it is mainly about the devices.

Wouldn't it be possible to create a separate Rubric "Video Consoles" or "Platforms".

I mean within the existing section Video games. Creating a new global rubric doesn't make much sense to me.

Good idea. I know there are, for example, Videopac collectors who have dozens of consoles. That will be no different with other vintage systems.

Perhaps the platform CDi can also be added. There are certainly collectors of that.

Indeed, CDi was one of the most innovative consoles (probably a bit too expensive and not directly positioned as a game console).
But it certainly belongs to the top of the Video Game consoles.

Great idea! I have created the option “Consoles (Hardware)” for platforms. Who will place the first? The fields to be completed are of course aimed at software ... I think we should create a separate section for the hardware.

Thanks!
The first is now on it.

Just bid ff on a game park 32. It will be a while before I can add it to my collection. I was outbid there, say in the last second ....

http: // cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260855339734&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649#ht_760wt_1059

But now I know at least the target price :-)

Just bid ff on a game park 32. It will be a while before I can add it to my collection. I was outbid there, say in the last second ....

Typical problem: consoles / handhelds sold mainly in Asia (mostly Japan). You still have almost all NECs. If you could buy them in Japan you are doing golden business, but you must speak Japanese :-(

PS. That seller has nice things for sale: Jaguar CD and Panasonic Q yummi !!!!

But now I know at least the target price :-)

If you want to buy a really expensive one try the PC-Engine LT .

Without box it is much cheaper ;-)

I already saw that yes, but who knows, I might run into a bargain somewhere :-)

Hi,

I have just registered with Catawiki and have neatly introduced myself in the proposal topic, but also briefly in the box where I belong:

My name is Pelle and I have been collecting vintage computers and video games for quite some time now. This varies from old VFD handhelds from the 1970s and consoles to Jamma and NeoGeo games for my video cabinet.

OT: Within the Hardware category I would like to suggest as a collector to also create a subcategory 'Arcade' as I have not come across this yet. At the same time, I am aware that this is a considerable job due to the great diversity, but it starts with the first step! In the case of a subcategory Arcade, it may be possible to use the collection of KLOV as a basis. I'm curious what you think about this.

Gr,

Pelle

Hello Pelle. Welcome!

In any case, the Arcade cabinets deserve their own sub-category. As Scam says, there is actually no 'specialst' for this category yet. So as far as I'm concerned you are welcome to start managing that. And whether we should also divide the other ConsolesHardware into consoles / handhelds / ?, I have no objection to that.

What I also wonder is what you write about the collection of KLOV, can you use that from him? If so, you should contact Rene, because he can add entire collections at once instead of having to enter them all manually.

I think it would be nice to manage this category, but Catawiki is new to me, how can I become an administrator?

Perhaps it is also an idea to include a category Pinball / Pinball machines with a possible split (if you can collect these in terms of space!). Pinball machines are often an extension of many arcade collectors.

Regarding KLOV, I had the same idea, we can imagine it at KLOV but since KLOV is part of a larger whole (The International Arcade Museum®) I think the chance is small. At the same time, it can also be of added value as they keep track of how rare a PCB / video cabinet is but do not provide a value assessment.

It is Rene or one of the other administrators that your administrator can create, but then the categories ('platform' for Videogames) must be defined first.

On the one hand, you have the

1) Hardware: I think that as said before an 'Arcade Video Console' platform can be created (maybe there is a better name for it).

2) Software: the principle is that the individual games (on cassette, CD, DVD, PCB or whatever) get a separate 'platform' category.
Maybe you can make a proposal here which it should be. Currently there are only Namco1 and 2 and Neo Geo MVS (at the AES).

Those categories (platforms) should also be made new.

I don't know immediately for the mechanical (coin-op) cabinets. earlier has already been discussed. There are arguments for and against to include them with the video games, but I would prefer to have that discussion all over Catawiki.

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What do others think?

Pinball machines and slot machines at least not with the video games, that seems clear to me.

We already have the separate platform " LCD-game / Mini-Arcade games "
Those arcade cabinets are just the same, only much bigger.

It's also the case that almost all of those games that came out on those cabinets later also appeared on the home consoles.
It's nice for video game collectors to have all the versions of those games together.

Moreover, that section is already available.
We have to wait and see whether there will ever be a section for pinball machines, slot machines and the like And if it comes, we can always reconsider whether we will add those arcade cabinets to it.

As far as I am concerned, just with the video games.

I would also disconnect pinball machines and slot machines from the video games. Although this often goes together in the trade, there is not enough common ground based on category in my opinion.

I think a separate section 'Arcade' within video games makes the most sense. In my opinion this section should have 3 sub categories:

sub 'Cabinets': The complete video cabinets can then fall within this

sub 'Arcade Hardware': This can contain various motherboards.

sub 'Arcade games': The various games can then fall within this

Video cabinets and their motherboards and games are a bit difficult to classify on the letter as you could collect them in different ways. There are full video cabinets, different hardware platforms, namely the conversion class (such as Jamma, Taito F3, MVS etc) and the games that can then run on these platforms. Technically, almost everything is hardware (except for very recent video boxes that run on software) but you have to make a logical layout somewhere.

Als ik nog een suggestie mag doen die een beetje off-topic is, de rubriek Video games is denk ik begonnen met het verzamelen van games/software en daar is later een categorie hardware, accesoires en LCD games tussen geplaatst neem ik aan.

Naar mijn mening zou het overzichtelijker zijn om alle losse softwareplatformen in een categorie 'Software' te plaatsen. De rubriek Video games zou dan de volgende hoofdcategorieen kunnen bevatten:

- Hardware

- Accessoires

- Software 

- LCD/Handheld

- Arcade

Wat denken jullie van bovenstaand idee?

Ik zal de komende tijd proberen om nog ontbrekende platformen uit mijn eigen console/handheld verzameling toe te voegen aan Catawiki.

If I may make one suggestion that is a bit off-topic, the Video games section I think started collecting games/software and later added a category of hardware, accessories and LCD games I suppose.

In my opinion it would be clearer to place all individual software platforms in a 'Software' category. The Video games section could then contain the following main categories:

-Hardware

- Accessories

-Software

-LCD/Handheld

-Arcade

What do you think of the above idea?

In the near future I will try to add missing platforms from my own console/handheld collection to Catawiki.

Your ideas are good, but unfortunately, Catawiki doesn't work that way. If you want to create an Arcade section with sub-sections within video games, that is not possible. You have to make it a completely new rubric to get that done.

We have done it this way to keep everything together (hardware / software), because if you want to do it differently you have to create new sections with their own layout and it will be spread over Catawiki.

I also prefer that you could create more sub-pages in 1 section, but that doesn't seem to be possible.

As Fazerco says, unfortunately it does not work within Video Games (and also not within all other categories if I am not mistaken).

Currently subcategories such as 'First Gen, Second Gen, Handheld, etc' are grouped through 'Game Sequences'. You could also do that within 'Arcade' for the 'cabinets' and 'motherboards'.
The games themselves normally have their own section (platform) depending on the hardware on which they run (PS1, XBox, Jamma, MVS, ...)

Possible for the name:

- Arcade Video Game Systems
- Home Video Consoles (these are the home systems with removable games, whether the handhelds have to be separated I will leave in the middle)
- Game & amp; Watch type handhelds (the current LCD / Mini-arcade, I don't know a good name for that)
- Accessories

In the long term I would prefer to see pinball machines etc. in another section, but for now it is indeed best to leave them with the Arcade systems.

For the handhelds there are 3 options

1. Leave as it is now

2. A new category of handhelds

3. Merge the handhelds with LCD / Mini-arcade and rename to H andhelds

The latter would perhaps define things a bit more clearly:

Consoles are connected to a separate screen
Handhelds are portable and have their own built-in display

Opinions?

And while we're at it:

We could also place the Home computers separately. They don't actually belong to Video Game Consoles.

We can of course also just set up a computer section, where the consoles and handhelds get their own category Then you can tailor the input fields much better to the product.

I've always found it a bit illogical that the hardware is with the software.

I think setting up a computer column is a good idea, but the fact that the video game consoles would be with the computers shocked me to the depths of my collector's heart ;-)

Just as is the case with (home) computer collectors who now see them on game consoles.

+ Then we get picture album / album picture states.

And it's not quite right either, a video console is not a computer (just like a calculator is not a computer). The older types don't even have a microprocessor, they are electronic circuits.

You could of course set up a Video Console Rubric, but I don't think Catawike needs another new rubric.
And finally: new, more specific fields are really not necessary for me. Type µ processor, RAM memory, disc space: no one is going to fill that in and I don't have to, Catawiki is a catalog, not an encyclopedia.

I've always found it a bit illogical that the hardware is with the software.

There you have a point, the rubric would be better 'Video Games & amp; Consoles', that's what it says on Ebay and other sites.