At what point does a "collection" become a horde?

At what point does a collection become a horde?


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Recently, I got several non-working games. I haven't had time to do much with them. Two of them need monitor work, two need board work and the rest are in need of major work. At this point, of 15 games I own, 7 don't work. So I was wondering how many broken games does it take before a collection becomes a horde? Most of my games are in storage so its starting to look a lot like a horde.
 
Re: At what point does a "collection" become a horde?

I can't stand to have non working games. Try to make sure everything is up and running good before buying more. But then again that "Killer" deal comes along and well....
 
My working vs. non-working numbers closely resemble yours.

A "horde" would be when you can no longer fit a car, motorcycle, or even the recycling bin in the garage/shop because of the obstacle course of cabs, busted monitors, piles of pcbs, monitor bezels and various pieces all belonging to games that are "just about finished".

My garage is about 25x25 and you have to step over and around the parts and pieces of six or seven games of which all but one technically now work, but not one can you just flip the switch and play.

You are hording when you are out of room and still call the ad in the local buy and sell hoping to get the next machine for your collection.

You are hording when you have a crane machine in your kitchen.(DogP) - I was thinking you should fill it with eggs - that would be a fun way to make breakfast.
 
I think hording games is when 75% or more don't work. Even working games can break down easily. For now, we have around 15, only about 10 working, or so games in our gameroom and in one weekend 5 more games died. Leaving us with only about 5 working games.

Also, a horde is when you have WAY too many games, cabinets, parts, etc., and NOTHING is for sale.

We never had a crane machine in the kitchen, but we have had a pinball machine, Arkanoid and Burgertime in there. Attached dining room had Frogger, Pole Position and Q*bert. And our den/computer room had Space Invaders Deluxe and Space Zap. Now that we have our addition just about totally finished, there are no games in the main house, (the garage, on the other hand is just about full).

I'm a horder and I have a problem. Someday, I will start going through all the non-working, non-complete crap and stripping and listing, someday...

-Tim
 
You are hording when you have a crane machine in your kitchen.(DogP) - I was thinking you should fill it with eggs - that would be a fun way to make breakfast.

LOL! But I can't cook breakfast because there are Space Invaders PCBs on the stove
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I'd say hording has more to do with having a bunch of the same machine and none for sale (like Greg and his 8+ Computer Space machines
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And yes... I have a horde
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DogP
 
Well, by some standards, I don't have a horde but I am not used to having so many broken games. I'm finally starting to get my games out of storage. The garage has 8 games in it and one is fully working and another is working with bad sound. Most of the rest have either dead monitors or none at all. I only have one game in the house right now (Pac-man). I hope to get the rest in tomorrow. It probably just seems like I have a lot of broken games. I want to get around to looking at the ones with dead monitors but I haven't had the time. I want to E-bay them if I get them running. I'm also thinking about dumping off a couple of the project machines.
 
When the collection includes one or more games that I want that's when it is considered "hording".

3xChaos
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A "horde" would be when you can no longer fit a car, motorcycle, or even the recycling bin in the garage/shop because of the obstacle course of cabs, busted monitors, piles of pcbs, monitor bezels and various pieces all belonging to games that are "just about finished".
what if cars are stored elsewhere in family/friends places
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You are hording when you are out of room and still call the ad in the local buy and sell hoping to get the next machine for your collection
does it still count if its a game you dont already have
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You are hording when you have a crane machine in your kitchen
ha i dont have a crane machine in the kitchen (have 1 pinball, 1 upright and 2 tabletops )so i cant be a horder
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thanks for clearing that up Spit_5_Ace
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Hoarding: When you own 3 copies of the same game and parts to built a 4th and you never play any of them.

ie 3 Pirate Treasures :)
 
I'm doing better now. I have 64% (9 out of 14) games working but 11 of them are still crammed in my garage.
 
I think it's the point where you have so many games pushed together so tightly that you don't have any room to fix the broken ones.

For example my garage
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I'm pretty close to that. Of course, it would help if one corner of the garage wasn't left empty due to the leaky roof.
 
Also, a horde is when you have WAY too many games, cabinets, parts, etc., and NOTHING is for sale.
I can agree to that, thankfully I haven't reached that point yet (key word, 'YET')...
 
I am on the boader I have 13 working and 15 non working games. I JUST NEED some PARTS !! I am currently building place to put my collection.
 
Re: At what point does a "collection" become a horde?

I think it's when you have more then one or multiple backup boards for each game and multiples of a single popular title. % of working ones has nothing to do with it, if they are all unique then it's a collection. I guess you could have a collection of tempests but no more then one backup board and that must be the only title you collect.
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