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So it is coming up on one year, since I decided to embark on a Game Quest (pun intended), and threw my hat into the world of game collecting. It was all driven by the same need for nostalgia as all of my other collections and started as a goal to reacquire all the games I once owned. Many of you have seen my small scores posts, or had a look at my collection and can see that for the most part, that I heavily favor the NES. For me, the NES was the time of my life that features very prominently in my memory of childhood, as the most fun and excitement I ever had gaming. I had gotten my own Atari JR. for christmas in '85 and was pumped, because I had often played on relatives Heavy Sixers, but had longed for my own VCS. Two months later the NES came to the Great White North, and I had no knowledge of its existence at that point. In April of 1986, my cousin Colin got a NES Control Deck Set and upon viewing Super Mario Bros. for the first time, my life was forever changed. Cliche' but true. Unfortunately, I have only really taken a collectors side to gaming in the past year, as I had always sold off most of game systems and games I had as a kid. Last summer i had 4 NES titles and probably 60 or so total games? Somehow, the fever of game collecting took me full force in the past year, my colection has boomed, and now I find myself writing my first blog on RF Generation about my newest collecting goal NES: 10 to 300. Basically, I have crazily acquired 290 mostly loose, NES carts in the past 12 months. I am unabashed in admitting I make good money in my line of work, and am not shy about going after some of the uncommon and somewhat pricier NES titles, especially if it pays for a really good guys son to go to a decent college. Which brings me to the point and title. The 10 to 300 (in no particular order) 1. Mighty Final Fight
[img width=450 height=630]http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag478/michaelrancourt/mighty_zps3d2120d2.jpg[/img]This one is the last of the big and rare, for my Capcom subset. 2. TMNT: Tournament Fighters
Pending 30 day hold. grrrrrr.. The biggest Konami subset game left other than...
3. Contra Force
Gonna have to FORCE myself to add this critically panned part of the Contra series
4. Zombie Nation
[img width=550 height=773]http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag478/michaelrancourt/zombienation_zps8b55448a.jpg[/img]This one, will be the most expensive of all of the 10, and in some ways, the one that I am most intrigued to try. 5. Fire N' Ice
Not sure why this is on the 10. I guess my OCD compels me to get it now, then try and get Solomon's Key after 300, then play Solomon's Key first....Moving ON!!
6. Ninja Gaiden III
Want to complete this series. Sorry, all I got for this one.
7. Jetsons: Cogswells Caper
Compared to Flinstones: The Surprise at Dino Peak and Little Samson, this Taito title will be easy on the wallet!
8. Gun*Nac
[img width=256 height=224]http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag478/michaelrancourt/bunny_zps807fe725.png[/img]This one is on its way to me and is officially, the first of the 10 that I am acquiring. I look forward to blasting robotic bunnies! 9. Bomberman II
I have long been a fan of the bomberman series. This guy, Saturn bomberman, and Super Bomberman III are the priciest of the series I want to acquire.
last but not least
10. SCAT
I like shooters. Looks fun. Co'op!?!?!
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290 NES carts is a great collection! Have you found any new favorites in those 290 games?
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Thats a solid list Mike. With maybe the exceptions of Contra Force and TMNT TFs the rest are all really solid games. Looking forward to seeing you reach this big milestone 
And I'll make sure Uri sends you a postcard from Yale 
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Close to three hundy, huh? I don't even have half that number, yet. I'm not sure I'll ever reach that plateau, myself, since I just collect games I think... and really hope... are fun to play.
Speaking of fun to play: I wouldn't mind checking out several of the titles you've brought up here, like Mighty Final Fight and-- well, any of the NES Bomberman titles. I've picked up so many Bomberman games for other systems over the years that I'd forgotten that he got his start on the NES/Famicom.
Gun.Nac seems to garner some adulation from fellow RF Gentlemen which, on top of its rarity, makes it a game I'm curious to try out. If that screenshot is any indication, the developers of Gun.Nac really pushed the limits of the NES's graphical capabilities. If I didn't know any better, I'd have sworn that screenshot was from a 16-bit game!
Can't wait to see which ten titles you'll profile next time. Until then,
...'Late
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Fire N' Ice is one of my favorite NES titles growing up, and is one of only two games I own for the NES that are CIB. Once you get your hands on that one, try it immediately, you will not be disappointed.
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Heh! I just noticed in the Mighty Final Fight cover art that the soles of Cody's hi-tops reads, "Capcom." Nice little touch there, and definitely the mark of a late-80s/early-90s product.
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Some choice selections there Mike. Do you make any concessions when it comes to cart condition?
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I don't really make concessions for condition. If the label is damaged in a way, that prevents me from making out the end label/front label titles, and the label image, I usually will wait. Sometimes the excitement of availability, overcomes the pickyness in me, but very rarely.
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Get any yet?
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So far, none yet. I am expecting Gun*Nac to arrive any day now and very soon, I should be acquiring a local copy of TMNT: TF.
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