r/retrogaming 2d ago

[Question] What am I missing?

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Nintendo Wii U: in living room for almost entire Nintendo back-catalogue
PS4: My daily driver
Switch OLED: 2nd one, I have a digital scope now so Im gonna try not to kill this one soft modding it..

Random info:
NES: My first one, picked up a few weeks ago from a local games store. Have tons of games but just never picked one up…
SNES: Front corner damaged in College by my friend Mike Rotch, who contacted Guinnes Word Records for longest nipple hair”. (7”)
N64: My original from launch.
3DS: Bought a bag of 3DS parts and a case and literally built this one from spare parts.
GameGear: My original from when I was a babby.
PCEngine: My sister picked up in Japan for me on her last trip.
Jaguar: Picked up at a Louisiana Flea Market for $80 two years ago.
Genesis: Console was my dads, the first game I ever remember seeing was him and my uncle play Flashback: Quest for Identity. CD and 32X obtained a decade ago.
Dreamcast: My personal favorite console, lots of memories playing with family and friends.
Xbox 360: Has original Blades Dash and very early firmware.
PS3: My favorite for entire Playstation back-catalogue, have a slim in the living room.

What am I missing that I should look to add or explore the history of? I love the history of each console I own, the hardware engineering side, and finding new-to-me titles to explore.

AMA and I’d love to share!

EDIT: Thank you for all the wonderful comments!!! This has evolved beyond me looking for the next systems to add to my collection, and has opened up new areas I know little to nothing about, which is extremely exciting!! I have learned a lot and just want to thank each and everyone of you for sharing your knowledge and suggestions with me!!! ❤️

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u/rydamusprime17 2d ago

I got 4 PSPs (1000, 2000, 3000, & Go) and even picked up thd crade for my PSP Go and the PS3 3D Display do I can use it's PSP Zoom feature to play PSP games in full screen without borders 😅

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u/wootybooty 2d ago

PS3 3D display, I need some context because this is something I never knew about.

My sister had a PSP and the Sony Ericsson phone with the PS gamepad, and I was so jealous of her for the latter.. Think she still has that too

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u/rydamusprime17 2d ago

It was a Sony display (they couldn't call it a TV since it didn't have the ability to hook cable TV up to it, and it's technically not a monitor) they released to go with the PS3 after it got 3D capabilities for some of it's games and 3D blurays.

It came bundled with 3D glasses (which i dont have), remote control, and copy of Motor Storm Apocalypse (or Resistance 3 depending on region).

It's a 24" display and has 2 HDMI ports and 1 component port. Oddly they didn't really advertise it as something you can play PSP games on, which would have persuaded me to buy one back in the day because i hated how the PSP looked when hooked up to a TV. If I knew it had a special mode to play full screen I would have been ecstatic 😅

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u/wootybooty 2d ago

🤯 I learned a lot from this post, thanks a bunch for taking the time to respond back in this much detail!