Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Hello, Everyone!
Hi, Everyone!
My name is Joe. I have been an avid video game collector for several years now, both home consoles and arcade games. Actually, I started in the hobby in 1986, which was a great time to start collecting arcade games - the arcade game crash caused many operators and owners to liquidate their inventory at garage sale prices. I recall my first "find" - I answered a classified ad in the Houston Chronicle, 10 arcade games, $200. $200 per game sounded like a reasonable price so I called and went by to check them out - it was $200 for all ten! That haul included Armor Attack, Omega Race (x2), Tempest, Venture, Astro Blaster, Star Castle, Warlords (upright), Battlezone and I forget the last one. I was hooked.
I am still a collector, but now a collector who is dabbling in photography. I just downloaded Instagram to my phone. I thought it would be fun to start a blog and regularly post photos of my collection, both arcade and home console.
I would love your comments and feedback.
Thank you!
Joe Grisaffi
Houston, TX
My name is Joe. I have been an avid video game collector for several years now, both home consoles and arcade games. Actually, I started in the hobby in 1986, which was a great time to start collecting arcade games - the arcade game crash caused many operators and owners to liquidate their inventory at garage sale prices. I recall my first "find" - I answered a classified ad in the Houston Chronicle, 10 arcade games, $200. $200 per game sounded like a reasonable price so I called and went by to check them out - it was $200 for all ten! That haul included Armor Attack, Omega Race (x2), Tempest, Venture, Astro Blaster, Star Castle, Warlords (upright), Battlezone and I forget the last one. I was hooked.
I am still a collector, but now a collector who is dabbling in photography. I just downloaded Instagram to my phone. I thought it would be fun to start a blog and regularly post photos of my collection, both arcade and home console.
I would love your comments and feedback.
Thank you!
Joe Grisaffi
Houston, TX
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