green too!
I too am very new to this.
About 3 months back i bought my first 2. (Mr Do cabaret and Rolling Thunder)
and while those 2 games might be 2 of the most boring games i personally had ever played,
it didnt stop me from having 2 more delivered 3 days later.
This time,.i got another 2 boring boring games, in a Kangaroo and a Vindicators.
Being very new to this hobby,.i thought i had a great 4 game collection,.so wanted to add to it!
Kept buying and trading,.(slowly,.im broke!)
After finding this site,.and trying to sell/trade those games,.i realized something,..
Just buying and having games isnt what its about,..no matter how many,.if they suck and you dont want to play them,.
I traded the Original dedicated Kangaroo (i found out HERE that all Kangs were dedicated and mint, because they suck, and nobody paid to play it!) for a non original Final Fight,. but i like it,.i play it...it isnt dedicated,.it isnt pretty,.or restored,.but i play it!
So i quickly realized it isnt about buying cheap games for quantity,.but having games ,.. however many ,..that you actually enjoy and want to play!
I traded the Mr Do for a Beastorizer...again , a game i like,.and play a lot.
Sold Vindicators and Rolling Thunder for $220 each and began a quest for more games i wanted,.
picked up a Mortal Kombat (non original,.not in great shape,.but works great!)
Picked up a Indy Heat.,got a Phoenix and a World Series baseball (again, games i like and wil actually play)
and a Double Dragon...always on the hunt for my grail game,. Street Fighter Movie edition
but i now dont try to just buy games to buy games.
I appreciate the honesty, when people say they dont restore, or put money into cabs.
I am the same way. I would rather have 10 old average looking cabs that work great and are ready to play,.than to have 10 original cabs, that dont work and need restoration.
I am not trying to impress anybody. Nobody is coming in my garage and saying "wow dude,. you are so cool,.you have such nice looking games..you win man,..yours look best!"
I just want people who come over to want to play them... and maybe like the game,. not how the game looks.
I personally dont understand (please dont get mad at me,.im a noob,.and im trying to understand) the Atari lovers.
I understand the games all look good,.very colorful,.very sturdy cabs,.very original stuff,.
but the games to me are downright boring.
Like i said,.i had a Kangaroo,.Vindicators and Rolling Thunder and those are the lamest games ive ever played.
Just find what YOU like. Dont care about what others are collecting..and make sure what you buy and have you enjoy!