video game collecting

May 4, 2018

Gargantuan Game Collection Up For Auction In New Jersey

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Those who live around the New Jersey area and grew up with a game-playing machine of any kind will want to hear this. 45-year-old Bill Loguidice is offering his video game collection up for public auction — not online, but through an event at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center, which will be held May 31. I’ve seen several of these battleship-sized game collections being offered through the years — though this is the first I’ve seen that isn’t being auctioned online. I always enjoy staring at the photos, trying to pick out what looks familiar in the piles of retro electronica — but this time, I have yet to finish doing so because I eventually got tired of sifting through the photos and had to take a break. That’s never happened to me. His collection is THAT BIG. If you can think of something, it’s probably in there. Loguidice has written several books about old video games and has the physical research evidence to back it up. It’s

January 22, 2018

Sega CD Jewel Cases Are Being Made Again

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If collectors of retro video games know one thing, it’s this: Sega CD cases were garbage. They were manufactured cheaply and broke when breathed upon, and as a result of this, it’s hard to find a Sega CD game in the wild that doesn’t come in a cracked case. What could be done about it? Until now, nothing. The cases Sega used for the Sega CD, and later for the Saturn, were of a weird shape unique to the product (though Sony used something similar for the Playstation’s first year). That’s why Limited Run Games — usually the place to go for print runs of obscure indie titles — is finally coming to our rescue with replacement Sega CD jewel cases. Officially stated reason: “Because we’re crazy.” Josh Fairhurst, co-founder of Limited Run, shared the first hot off the press image of a new Sega CD jewel case this afternoon on Twitter. “These are made in the US just like the originals and are exactly to spec. We didn’t spare