my dorkitude knows no bounds.
for the past few days i have been working on a project. the game site i subscribe to, Gamespot.com, has a "personal profile" section that i never really looked at. because... who cares? i don't really want the gamedorks on the site to know me, and i don't really want to know them. while bored at work, however, i checked it out a little bit (after being a member for 4 or 5 years) and discovered that you can enter in all your game titles into your "collection" and the site would calculate an estimated value.
well, how could i not?
A Boy and His Blob NES
Adventures of Bayou Billy NES
Adventures of Lolo NES
Adventures of Lolo 2 NES
Aliens Versus Predator PC
Aliens Versus Predator 2 PC
American McGee's Alice PC
Axis & Allies PC
Bad Dudes NES
Baldur's Gate PC
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance PS2
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast PC
Batman Returns NES
Batman: Vengeance PS2
Battle Arena Toshinden PS
Battle Chess NES
Battletoads NES
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs SNES
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball SNES
Bionic Commando NES
Black & White PC
Blackthorne SNES
Blast Corps N64
Blaster Master NES
Blood Omen 2 PS2
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain PS
BloodRayne XBOX
Bram Stoker's Dracula SCD
Breath of Fire III PS
Buffy the Vampire Slayer XBOX
Burnout Revenge XBOX
Bushido Blade PS
Bushido Blade 2 PS
Call of Duty 2 X360
Castlevania NES
Castlevania N64
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest NES
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse NES
Champions: Return to Arms PS2
Chrono Trigger SNES
City Connection NES
City of Villains PC
Clive Barker's Undying PC
Command & Conquer PC
Command & Conquer PS
Command & Conquer Red Alert PC
Commandos 2: Men of Courage PC
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines PC
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty PC
Contra NES
Crazy Taxi PS2
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge XBOX
Dark Reign: The Future of War PC
Dead or Alive Ultimate XBOX
Deja Vu NES
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive PC
Deus Ex PC
Diablo PC
Diablo II PC
Die Hard Trilogy PS
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness PS2
Donkey Kong Country SNES
Doom II PC
Double Dragon NES
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones NES
Dragon Warrior NES
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates PS2
Duck Tales NES
Duke Nukem 3D PC
Dungeon Siege PC
Dungeon Siege II PC
ESPN College Hoops 2K5 XBOX
EarthBound SNES
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind PC
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion X360
Elevator Action NES
Excitebike NES
F-Zero SNES
Fable XBOX
Final Fantasy Chronicles PS
Final Fantasy II SNES
Final Fantasy III SNES
Final Fantasy Tactics PS
Final Fantasy VII PS
Final Fantasy VIII PS
Flashback SNES
Freedom Force PC
Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich PC
Gangsters PC
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved X360
God of War PS2
GoldenEye 007 N64
Gran Turismo PS
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec PS2
Gran Turismo 4 PS2
Grand Theft Auto PS
Grand Theft Auto III PS2
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories PSP
Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969 PS
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PS2
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PS2
Grim Fandango PC
Guitar Hero PS2
HAL's Hole in One Golf SNES
Half-Life PC
Half-Life 2 XBOX
Half-Life: Blue Shift PC
Half-Life: Opposing Force PC
Halo 2 XBOX
Halo: Combat Evolved XBOX
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin PC
Hitman: Blood Money X360
Hitman: Codename 47 PC
Hitman: Contracts XBOX
Homeworld PC
Homeworld: Cataclysm PC
Hoyle Blackjack PC
Hoyle Casino PC
ICO PS2
Icewind Dale PC
Ikari Warriors NES
Illusion of Gaia SNES
Intelligent Qube PS
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy PS2
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast PC
John Madden Football '93 SNES
Joust X360
Jumpman C64
Katamari Damacy PS2
Kengo: Master of Bushido PS2
Kid Icarus NES
Killer Instinct SNES
Krusty's Super Fun House SNES
Kung Fu NES
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver PS
The Legend of Zelda NES
The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition GC
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past SNES
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker GC
Legendary Wings NES
Lemmings PSP
Lifeforce NES
The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II X360
Lumines PSP
MVP Baseball 2004 PC
MVP Baseball 2004 PS2
MVP Baseball 2005 XBOX
Madden 64 N64
Madden NFL 06 PSP
Madden NFL 06 XBOX
Madden NFL 06 X360
Madden NFL 07 X360
Madden NFL 2000 PS
Madden NFL 2002 PS2
Madden NFL 2003 PS2
Madden NFL 2004 PS2
Madden NFL 2005 PS2
Madden NFL 98 PS
Madden NFL 99 PS
Marble Blast Ultra X360
Mario Kart 64 N64
The Mark of Kri PS2
Max Payne PC
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne PC
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory PS2
MechAssault XBOX
MediEvil PS
Mega Man NES
Mega Man 2 NES
Mega Man 3 NES
Metal Gear Acid PSP
Metal Gear Solid PS
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty PS2
Metroid NES
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! NES
Monopoly SNES
Mortal Kombat SNES
Mortal Kombat 3 SNES
Mortal Kombat II SNES
The Movies PC
The Movies: Stunts & Effects PC
NBA Jam SNES
NBA Street GC
NBA Street Vol. 2 GC
NCAA Basketball SNES
NCAA Football 06 XBOX
NCAA Football 07 X360
NCAA Football 2004 PS2
NCAA Football 2005 PS2
NFL 2K2 PS2
NFL Blitz N64
Neverwinter Nights PC
Night Trap SCD
Ninja Gaiden NES
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way PC
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus PS
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee PS
The Operative: No One Lives Forever PC
Out of This World SNES
P.O.W. NES
Paperboy C64
Perfect Dark N64
Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle PS
Planescape: Torment PC
Populous SNES
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones XBOX
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within XBOX
R.B.I. Baseball NES
R.B.I. Baseball 3 NES
R.C. Pro-Am NES
Rampart SNES
Ratchet & Clank PS2
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando PS2
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal PS2
Ratchet: Deadlocked PS2
Resident Evil PS
Rise of Nations PC
Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots PC
RoboCop 2 NES
Rygar NES
SSX 3 XBOX
SSX Tricky XBOX
SaGa Frontier PS
Saints Row X360
Secret of Mana SNES
Sewer Shark SCD
Shadow Warrior PC
Shadow of the Colossus PS2
Shadowrun SNES
SimCity SNES
The Sims PC
The Sims 2 PC
The Sims 2: Open for Business PC
The Sims: Hot Date PC
The Sims: Livin' Large PC
Skate Or Die! NES
Sky Kid NES
Sly 2: Band of Thieves PS2
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus PS2
Soul Reaver 2 PS2
South Park N64
Spider-Man PS
Spider-Man: The Movie PS2
Splashdown XBOX
Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild PS2
Spy Hunter NES
Spy Hunter PS2
Spy vs. Spy NES
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! PS
Spyro the Dragon PS
Spyro: Year of the Dragon PS
Star Fox SNES
Star Fox 64 N64
Star Ocean: The Second Story PS
Star Wars Dark Forces PC
Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles PS
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II PC
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords XBOX
Star Wars Rebellion PC
Star Wars TIE Fighter: Collector's CD-ROM PC
Star Wars X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter PC
Star Wars: Episode I Racer N64
Star Wars: Force Commander PC
State of Emergency PS2
Street Fighter II SNES
Strider NES
Super GameBoy SNES
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts SNES
Super Mario 64 N64
Super Mario All-Stars SNES
Super Mario Bros. 2 NES
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt NES
Super Mario Kart SNES
Super Mario Sunshine GC
Super Mario World SNES
Super Metroid SNES
Super Spike V'Ball NES
Super Tennis SNES
Syphon Filter PS
Syphon Filter 2 PS
T&C Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage NES
Tactics Ogre PS
Tecmo Bowl NES
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NES
Tekken PS
Tekken 2 PS
Tekken 3 PS
Tekken Tag Tournament PS2
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins PS
Tenchu: Return From Darkness XBOX
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins PS
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven PS2
Tennis NES
Tetris NES
Thief II: The Metal Age PC
Thief: The Dark Project PC
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 PS2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 PS2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 PS2
Tiger-Heli NES
Time Crisis PS
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six PC
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear PC
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell PC
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory XBOX
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow XBOX
Tomb Raider II PS
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater N64
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 PS
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 PS2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 PS2
Total Recall NES
Track & Field NES
Tribes 2 PC
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter N64
Twisted Metal 2 PS
U.N. Squadron SNES
Ultima Online: The Second Age PC
Uninvited NES
Unreal PC
Unreal Tournament PC
Vegas Stakes SNES
War Gods N64
Wave Race 64 N64
We Love Katamari PS2
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? NES
Wik: The Fable of Souls X360
Wild Arms PS
Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga PC
Wings 2: Aces High SNES
World Series of Poker PSP
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse XBOX
X-Squad PS2
X-Wing Collector's Series PC
You Don't Know Jack PC
You Don't Know Jack Movies PC
You Don't Know Jack Volume 2 PC
You Don't Know Jack Volume 3 PC
You Don't Know Jack Volume 4: The Ride PC
on the website it is a lot prettier. i'm just too lazy to fix the formatting of the cut & paste.
so, across 12 platforms and more than 20 years i have owned 341 games. the platform with the most entries was the PC (78), but i think that is just because my pc game library has been actively growing for over ten years but the libraries for any given console system do not last much past five years each.
this doesn't include games i have rented or borrowed... but it does include a few titles that my roommate or my brother actually bought -- it is hard to remember who bought a game for the SNES in 1991. i tried to include only those games that i WOULD have gotten if i didn't have ready and free access to them.
the grand total:
an estimated value of $16,126.59
and that is just software. i thought about adding up the hardware manually, but then i realized that i have no idea how many NESs i had, total. or SNESs. or PSXs. and i thought it would just muddy up the whole thing. so, sixteen grand in software later, here i am.
-jim
i have a problem. also, marvel: ultimate alliance ships today for the xbox 360. so there's another $63 i can tack onto the total. *shakes head*
well, how could i not?
A Boy and His Blob NES
Adventures of Bayou Billy NES
Adventures of Lolo NES
Adventures of Lolo 2 NES
Aliens Versus Predator PC
Aliens Versus Predator 2 PC
American McGee's Alice PC
Axis & Allies PC
Bad Dudes NES
Baldur's Gate PC
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance PS2
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast PC
Batman Returns NES
Batman: Vengeance PS2
Battle Arena Toshinden PS
Battle Chess NES
Battletoads NES
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs SNES
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball SNES
Bionic Commando NES
Black & White PC
Blackthorne SNES
Blast Corps N64
Blaster Master NES
Blood Omen 2 PS2
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain PS
BloodRayne XBOX
Bram Stoker's Dracula SCD
Breath of Fire III PS
Buffy the Vampire Slayer XBOX
Burnout Revenge XBOX
Bushido Blade PS
Bushido Blade 2 PS
Call of Duty 2 X360
Castlevania NES
Castlevania N64
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest NES
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse NES
Champions: Return to Arms PS2
Chrono Trigger SNES
City Connection NES
City of Villains PC
Clive Barker's Undying PC
Command & Conquer PC
Command & Conquer PS
Command & Conquer Red Alert PC
Commandos 2: Men of Courage PC
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines PC
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty PC
Contra NES
Crazy Taxi PS2
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge XBOX
Dark Reign: The Future of War PC
Dead or Alive Ultimate XBOX
Deja Vu NES
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive PC
Deus Ex PC
Diablo PC
Diablo II PC
Die Hard Trilogy PS
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness PS2
Donkey Kong Country SNES
Doom II PC
Double Dragon NES
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones NES
Dragon Warrior NES
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates PS2
Duck Tales NES
Duke Nukem 3D PC
Dungeon Siege PC
Dungeon Siege II PC
ESPN College Hoops 2K5 XBOX
EarthBound SNES
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind PC
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion X360
Elevator Action NES
Excitebike NES
F-Zero SNES
Fable XBOX
Final Fantasy Chronicles PS
Final Fantasy II SNES
Final Fantasy III SNES
Final Fantasy Tactics PS
Final Fantasy VII PS
Final Fantasy VIII PS
Flashback SNES
Freedom Force PC
Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich PC
Gangsters PC
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved X360
God of War PS2
GoldenEye 007 N64
Gran Turismo PS
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec PS2
Gran Turismo 4 PS2
Grand Theft Auto PS
Grand Theft Auto III PS2
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories PSP
Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969 PS
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PS2
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PS2
Grim Fandango PC
Guitar Hero PS2
HAL's Hole in One Golf SNES
Half-Life PC
Half-Life 2 XBOX
Half-Life: Blue Shift PC
Half-Life: Opposing Force PC
Halo 2 XBOX
Halo: Combat Evolved XBOX
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin PC
Hitman: Blood Money X360
Hitman: Codename 47 PC
Hitman: Contracts XBOX
Homeworld PC
Homeworld: Cataclysm PC
Hoyle Blackjack PC
Hoyle Casino PC
ICO PS2
Icewind Dale PC
Ikari Warriors NES
Illusion of Gaia SNES
Intelligent Qube PS
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy PS2
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast PC
John Madden Football '93 SNES
Joust X360
Jumpman C64
Katamari Damacy PS2
Kengo: Master of Bushido PS2
Kid Icarus NES
Killer Instinct SNES
Krusty's Super Fun House SNES
Kung Fu NES
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver PS
The Legend of Zelda NES
The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition GC
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past SNES
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker GC
Legendary Wings NES
Lemmings PSP
Lifeforce NES
The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II X360
Lumines PSP
MVP Baseball 2004 PC
MVP Baseball 2004 PS2
MVP Baseball 2005 XBOX
Madden 64 N64
Madden NFL 06 PSP
Madden NFL 06 XBOX
Madden NFL 06 X360
Madden NFL 07 X360
Madden NFL 2000 PS
Madden NFL 2002 PS2
Madden NFL 2003 PS2
Madden NFL 2004 PS2
Madden NFL 2005 PS2
Madden NFL 98 PS
Madden NFL 99 PS
Marble Blast Ultra X360
Mario Kart 64 N64
The Mark of Kri PS2
Max Payne PC
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne PC
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory PS2
MechAssault XBOX
MediEvil PS
Mega Man NES
Mega Man 2 NES
Mega Man 3 NES
Metal Gear Acid PSP
Metal Gear Solid PS
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty PS2
Metroid NES
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! NES
Monopoly SNES
Mortal Kombat SNES
Mortal Kombat 3 SNES
Mortal Kombat II SNES
The Movies PC
The Movies: Stunts & Effects PC
NBA Jam SNES
NBA Street GC
NBA Street Vol. 2 GC
NCAA Basketball SNES
NCAA Football 06 XBOX
NCAA Football 07 X360
NCAA Football 2004 PS2
NCAA Football 2005 PS2
NFL 2K2 PS2
NFL Blitz N64
Neverwinter Nights PC
Night Trap SCD
Ninja Gaiden NES
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way PC
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus PS
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee PS
The Operative: No One Lives Forever PC
Out of This World SNES
P.O.W. NES
Paperboy C64
Perfect Dark N64
Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle PS
Planescape: Torment PC
Populous SNES
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones XBOX
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within XBOX
R.B.I. Baseball NES
R.B.I. Baseball 3 NES
R.C. Pro-Am NES
Rampart SNES
Ratchet & Clank PS2
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando PS2
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal PS2
Ratchet: Deadlocked PS2
Resident Evil PS
Rise of Nations PC
Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots PC
RoboCop 2 NES
Rygar NES
SSX 3 XBOX
SSX Tricky XBOX
SaGa Frontier PS
Saints Row X360
Secret of Mana SNES
Sewer Shark SCD
Shadow Warrior PC
Shadow of the Colossus PS2
Shadowrun SNES
SimCity SNES
The Sims PC
The Sims 2 PC
The Sims 2: Open for Business PC
The Sims: Hot Date PC
The Sims: Livin' Large PC
Skate Or Die! NES
Sky Kid NES
Sly 2: Band of Thieves PS2
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus PS2
Soul Reaver 2 PS2
South Park N64
Spider-Man PS
Spider-Man: The Movie PS2
Splashdown XBOX
Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild PS2
Spy Hunter NES
Spy Hunter PS2
Spy vs. Spy NES
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! PS
Spyro the Dragon PS
Spyro: Year of the Dragon PS
Star Fox SNES
Star Fox 64 N64
Star Ocean: The Second Story PS
Star Wars Dark Forces PC
Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles PS
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II PC
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords XBOX
Star Wars Rebellion PC
Star Wars TIE Fighter: Collector's CD-ROM PC
Star Wars X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter PC
Star Wars: Episode I Racer N64
Star Wars: Force Commander PC
State of Emergency PS2
Street Fighter II SNES
Strider NES
Super GameBoy SNES
Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts SNES
Super Mario 64 N64
Super Mario All-Stars SNES
Super Mario Bros. 2 NES
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt NES
Super Mario Kart SNES
Super Mario Sunshine GC
Super Mario World SNES
Super Metroid SNES
Super Spike V'Ball NES
Super Tennis SNES
Syphon Filter PS
Syphon Filter 2 PS
T&C Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage NES
Tactics Ogre PS
Tecmo Bowl NES
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NES
Tekken PS
Tekken 2 PS
Tekken 3 PS
Tekken Tag Tournament PS2
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins PS
Tenchu: Return From Darkness XBOX
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins PS
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven PS2
Tennis NES
Tetris NES
Thief II: The Metal Age PC
Thief: The Dark Project PC
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 PS2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 PS2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 PS2
Tiger-Heli NES
Time Crisis PS
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six PC
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear PC
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell PC
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory XBOX
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow XBOX
Tomb Raider II PS
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater N64
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 PS
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 PS2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 PS2
Total Recall NES
Track & Field NES
Tribes 2 PC
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter N64
Twisted Metal 2 PS
U.N. Squadron SNES
Ultima Online: The Second Age PC
Uninvited NES
Unreal PC
Unreal Tournament PC
Vegas Stakes SNES
War Gods N64
Wave Race 64 N64
We Love Katamari PS2
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? NES
Wik: The Fable of Souls X360
Wild Arms PS
Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga PC
Wings 2: Aces High SNES
World Series of Poker PSP
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse XBOX
X-Squad PS2
X-Wing Collector's Series PC
You Don't Know Jack PC
You Don't Know Jack Movies PC
You Don't Know Jack Volume 2 PC
You Don't Know Jack Volume 3 PC
You Don't Know Jack Volume 4: The Ride PC
on the website it is a lot prettier. i'm just too lazy to fix the formatting of the cut & paste.
so, across 12 platforms and more than 20 years i have owned 341 games. the platform with the most entries was the PC (78), but i think that is just because my pc game library has been actively growing for over ten years but the libraries for any given console system do not last much past five years each.
this doesn't include games i have rented or borrowed... but it does include a few titles that my roommate or my brother actually bought -- it is hard to remember who bought a game for the SNES in 1991. i tried to include only those games that i WOULD have gotten if i didn't have ready and free access to them.
the grand total:
an estimated value of $16,126.59
and that is just software. i thought about adding up the hardware manually, but then i realized that i have no idea how many NESs i had, total. or SNESs. or PSXs. and i thought it would just muddy up the whole thing. so, sixteen grand in software later, here i am.
-jim
i have a problem. also, marvel: ultimate alliance ships today for the xbox 360. so there's another $63 i can tack onto the total. *shakes head*