Arcades, an intrest, a hobby, or a Collecting Passion?
I was thinking about this and couldn't find a similar thread on here.
My curiosity is this: How many Arcade Cabinets does it take, or other factors? To be the guy that just has a few cabinets (Conversational piece in the man cave), to it becoming a serious hobby (having space dedicated to them in the game room), or it being a thing of Passion (The game room is the Arcade)?
Only recently, have I had 3 cabinets. Feeling that i'm somewhere in the middle of it being an Intrest and a full blown out hobby. Plus I don't have anything to brag about game wise. PC-10, Red Tent and a Neo Geo. There not filler, but they seem to be staples in a majority of the larger arcade collections i've seen on here. Up there with everyone gots 5 cards of micheal jordans baseball rockie card. They just seem to be everywhere.
On the other hand there are people on here that have full blown Arcades in there basements.
I know its sort of a subjective questions. Some may draw the line, literaly say that you must have XX amount of machines to be a serious collector or hobbiest. I'm intrested in hearing what the collectors out there think, that have been doing this for years. Are there other factors involved? Quanity of Quality. Golden Era vs 90's etc?
I was thinking about this and couldn't find a similar thread on here.
My curiosity is this: How many Arcade Cabinets does it take, or other factors? To be the guy that just has a few cabinets (Conversational piece in the man cave), to it becoming a serious hobby (having space dedicated to them in the game room), or it being a thing of Passion (The game room is the Arcade)?
Only recently, have I had 3 cabinets. Feeling that i'm somewhere in the middle of it being an Intrest and a full blown out hobby. Plus I don't have anything to brag about game wise. PC-10, Red Tent and a Neo Geo. There not filler, but they seem to be staples in a majority of the larger arcade collections i've seen on here. Up there with everyone gots 5 cards of micheal jordans baseball rockie card. They just seem to be everywhere.
On the other hand there are people on here that have full blown Arcades in there basements.
I know its sort of a subjective questions. Some may draw the line, literaly say that you must have XX amount of machines to be a serious collector or hobbiest. I'm intrested in hearing what the collectors out there think, that have been doing this for years. Are there other factors involved? Quanity of Quality. Golden Era vs 90's etc?



