Updating this as it changes, staying contrary to how I typically mouth off on projects I don't actually undertake. Originally posted as a note on my Facebook page.

My ultimate goal is to have all common consoles arranged in a format which will allow me to switch TV input over to them... I call it my gaming octopus... or perhaps a gaming squid. Probably a pretty lofty goal to have, but one can dream, can't they?

Thanks so much to those who've helped with my collection over the years, I couldn't possibly have gotten this far without you.

LAST UPDATED 11.13.2018

PC: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2EVYd

• Case: Antec Nine Hundred
• Motherboard: AS-Rock Z77 Extreme4 - 2x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA, HDMI, DVI, TOSLINK/S/PDIF & 5.1 channel audio
• CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K (Ivy Bridge, quad-core, unlocked) @ 3.50Ghz (w/Hyper-Threading, 8 logical cores)
• CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (w/ 1x stock 120mm cooler fan, pulling - fan tends to rattle for some reason)
• RAM: 16GB (2x 8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X series DDR3-1600
• GPU: 1x EVGA GeForce GTX1070 FTW2 8GB GDDR5
• Optical: ASUS BC-12B1ST 12x BD-ROM 16x DVD-ROM 48x CD-ROM Blu-ray Combo
• Power: Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750-Watt 80-Plus Certified
• Storage:
• 2x Western Digital WD AV-GP WD20EURS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0GB/s 3.5" HDD (RAID 0)
• 1x Crucial M4 256GB 2.5-inch SATA 6GB/s SSD (boot)
• Monitor:
• 1x Acer S231HL bid 23" 1920x1080 HDMI LED-backlit LCD monitor (primary)
• 1x Acer V173 b 17" 1280x1024 SXGA (via VGA through DVI adapter) (secondary)
• Keyboard/Mouse:
• Cooler Master CMStorm Quickfire Pro red-LED backlit Cherry MX Brown mechanical keyswitches (SGK-4010-GKCM1-US) - wired via USB
• Logitech G500 laser optical mouse @ 200-5700dpi (10 buttons total) - wired via USB
• Audio:
• Headphones: Sony MDR-7506
• Microphone: Blue Microphones Snowball, condenser
• Peripherals:
• 1x Sabrent-brand External USB 3.5" 1.44MB 2HD/HD/DD FDD
• 1x Microsoft Xbox 360 wired controller (Xbox 360 bumper plate branding, standard D-pad)
• 1x Steam Controller, model 1001 (launch version)
• 1x HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus inkjet 5-in-1 printer
• 1x Mayflash (IIRC) Nintendo GameCube USB controller adapter
• Portable: Lenovo Yoga 2in1 11 11" 81CX

Consoles:

• 1x Sega Genesis model 2 "Sega Genesis 2" model no. MK-1631 - first childhood home console - complete
• 1x Nintendo Entertainment System NES-001 - most recent acquisition! - incomplete (control deck only)
• 1x Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNS-101 - incomplete (control deck only)
• 1x Nintendo GameCube (silver) w/ Digital A/V out port, Serial 1-3 ports - connected to Game Boy Player (black) model no. DOL-001 - third childhood home console - complete
• 1x Microsoft Xbox (modded w/ Avalaunch, XBMC - possible modchip/hard drive replacement) model no. TBD - complete
• 1x Sony PlayStation (SCPH-5501) - second childhood home console, belonged to brother - complete - issues with disc drive, FMV skips, at least one game fails to load when upright
• 2x Sony PlayStation 2 slim (silver - model no. SCPH-77001, black - SCPH-70012) - SCPH-70012 modded with Free McBoot 1.8 (via 007: Agent Under Fire original version game swap trick + sensor mod) - fourth childhood home console - complete (silver model mainboard might be dead?)
• 1x Sony PlayStation 2 phat (model no. 50001) - complete, but non-functional (broken DVD drive spindle motor/cable)
• 1x Microsoft Xbox 360 "Xenon" (most recent acquisition) - has tendency to RROD with prolonged use, JTAGable eventually

Portables:

• 1x Nintendo Game Boy (DMG-01) - complete, minor wear/screen deterioration
• 2x Game Boy Color Atomic Purple (CGB-001) - first childhood portable console, both traded years ago :(
• 1x Nintendo Game Boy Advance (arctic clearish-blue-type-color-brand-name...-yes) - second childhood portable console - minor wear
• 2x Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP, model AGS-001 (1 silver, 1 onyx) - third childhood portable console - silver missing button cap, onyx has broken R button (curiosity killed the console collector?)
• 1x Nintendo DS (Fire Red) - fourth childhood portable console - minor wear
• 1x Nintendo DS Lite (Polar White) - fifth childhood portable console - moderate wear, chips (shitty plastic design)
• 2x Sony PlayStation Portable:
• 1. Standard black (PSP-3000) - original FW 6.00, modded w/ 6.60 PRO-C2, from Patapon 2 demo save game exploit, Half Byte Loader, 6.00 GEN-C(?) - missing battery cover upon receipt
• 2. Standard black (PSP-1000) - modded w/ Pandora battery and Magic Memory Stick (MMS) via Hellcat's Recovery Flasher/Despertar del Cementario v.8(?)/PSP Tool... original FW 3.58(?), cross-graded to 5.00 M33-4 via 6.35(?)

Accessories:

• 1x Game Boy Advance eReader, portable playing card scanner
• 1x PlayStation 2 Multitap Adapter
• 1x Action Replay MAX for Gamecube
• 1x Action Replay Max for Nintendo DS
• etc.

Games:

PC:

• A lot of 'em
• nearly 400 Steam titles
• a dozen or so Origin titles (all of which are from On the House - thanks, EA!)
• a half-dozen or so uPlay titles (mandatory DRM via Steam purchases)
• and a whole lotta other indie, no-DRM or experimental/obscure titles

Console/Portable:

• somewhere close to 30 GameCube titles
• somewhere close to 15-20 PS2 titles
• about a dozen PS1 titles
• about a dozen Xbox titles
• 1 Xbox 360 title (used to be a second before it went missing somehow...)
• about 2 dozen GB/GBC/GBA titles
• about a dozen PSP titles
• about a dozen DS titles
• no NES/SNES titles
• a couple uncommon peripherals (Game Boy Player, eReader, GC/GBA link cable, etc.)
• and a partridge in a pear tree

Any donations would be appreciated!

Wishlist:

decent sound card

MORE STORAGES. More 'a'dem. =_=

WindJammers

This is a repost of a comment I made on the GB news article regarding the passing of the late Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata, on July 12, 2015. The page in question is linked here. I figured I'd save it for an actual blog post since it's probably the most personal description of my childhood memories I've ever posted on here... and probably anywhere else gaming-related. Hope you enjoy it, or can relate to the memories yourself somehow. If not, that's fine too. It's a way of sharing a part of my life early on that was probably only made possible due to several famous, and sadly departed, Nintendo employees, including the late Iwata-san.

I suppose it never occurred to me until now, but this man was in many ways at the driver's seat of much of my memories of gaming during my childhood.

My birth year was 1991, so unfortunately I had no first-hand knowledge of the early days of Nintendo as a video game company. My earliest moments with Nintendo were with the Game Boy/Color. But the first times I popped in Wario Land, or Super Mario Land 2: the Six Golden Coins, or Pokémon Red, they were particularly mesmerizing moments. There were plenty of others over the years.

My memories with my family, when we'd give imaginary life (though in some ways it still feels real) to plushes of Pokémon like Snorlax and Psyduck on a dull summer's day. When, on very fortunate birthdays, I'd receive a Nintendo console or handheld as a gift, barely containing my excitement for the fun times ahead. When my brother rented an entire N64 -- likely the one time in my childhood I encountered the beast -- from Blockbuster just to play Pokémon Stadium.

When he and I would play Tetris DX in the car on the way to some KFC in the middle of nowhere after a long day out. When I sadly traded away consoles and games in retrospectively misguided attempts of cash-in value at Hollywood Video/Game Crazy for a new game I just had to play that day.

I traveled, and in a small way, the characters traveled with me -- sometimes in hand, sometimes in my imagination. Even in college today I see the impact that Nintendo's had on my colleagues and mentors. A part of me regrets missing so many memories shared by gamers from previous generations, but if nothing else the history of gaming -- especially Nintendo's history -- is a fascinating, sometimes bewildering, and ultimately indelible subject of study.

Nintendo's crafted thousands of worlds and memories, some of which I have yet to even experience. My most recently-obtained consoles, an NES and a Super NES, sit mostly-completed and I hope to soon play my first personally-owned games for them. Not only that, but a recent ghost from failed business deals long since past, the SNES-CD/Nintendo-Sony Play Station, may have materialized in the public's eye for the first time in history.

Even when blessed with other companies' and developers' platforms, characters and worlds, I owe just as much of my childhood to Iwata-san, alongside Yamauchi-san and Yokoi-san. May they all rest in peace, making fun in ways only they know how. Our world may have gotten a little smaller, but thanks to them, it's larger than it ever has been.