Retro Game Collection Feature: Phil Mullins
“I’ve been playing since I was old enough to hold a controller but I seriously started collecting since about 2003. Nearly all of my collection has been obtained locally, including my mint CiB Little Samson on NES. A difficult task when you live in Newfoundland, an island in eastern Canada.
I’m passionate about Nintendo because it has been so important in my life. Games helped me in more ways than I could ever describe and that is why I collect every NES game. They truly saved me as a kid and will always be dear to me. It is a piece of history I not only want to preserve but want to experience as it was meant to be.
Gaming to me isn’t just a way to kill some time. It’s an experience I immerse myself in.
I own too many systems to really name without forgetting: both the NES and top loader NES, both models of SNES, n64, game cube with GBA player, Wii, 4 original Game Boys, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, GBA, GBA SP, Game Boy Micro, DS, DS Lite, DSi XL, 3DS, and a retroduo portable to name a few. Just NES and SNES games alone are around 1100 cartridges.
I also own a ridiculous amount of peripherals and controllers for these systems too. I could talk about games and Nintendo for days.
I’m just starting to get into recording videos but my YouTube channel is youtube.com/user/WeredogX which has my world record level speedruns of mega man 3 and I can be located on twitter at @Rekka_kun Always feel free to drop me a line. I love talking to people about games from any aspect and love to help where I can.”
– Phil Mullins: Game collector
November 21, 2013
Awesome!
November 21, 2013
I’ve never seen anything like that on god’s great green earth!
November 23, 2013
Thank you so much :)
November 23, 2013
I have 773 NES games. It’s nice to see someone else’s huge collection.
November 23, 2013
WHOA! That’s a ton! Make sure to gloat about something that big!
November 23, 2013
That’s alright. I’m humble about these things. I started it back in ’99. I really loved the NES. lol
November 24, 2013
Wow! That is amazing! Are any of them duplicates? The only duplicates I have are alternate carts for both Zeldas and metroid, as well as the tengen and official carts for games, like Gauntlet. :)
November 24, 2013
Nope. No copies.
November 25, 2013
That is amazing.
November 25, 2013
Do you happen to have a room dedicated to such a collection?
November 25, 2013
Yes. Problem is I have yet to have the perfect shelving to show off the games. Most of them are in crates while my favourites are on a smaller shelf.