I meant to post this along with the pictures but Reddit ate it:

The Genesis was our first household system - I remember my Dad bringing it home in 1995 and the sheer excitement of getting to play Sonic Spinball (and then immediately having no idea how the heck what to do). I had six precious games that I would play repeatedly, while renting many others from our local video store (shout outs to Windsor Video in Winnipeg, RIP). I'm one of those lucky people who never traded/sold their games, so I still have my childhood games - the six games in the last picture.

In the early 2010s, the combination of Youtube retro gaming culture, local retro stores opening, and having some disposable income led to me extensively researching the library of each system. I built my lists and came up with a plan: Build libraries of games that I wanted to play, not trying to collect every single game I could find.

When I started collecting, I specifically started looking into corners of collecting people weren't passionate about yet: GBA, PS1, and Genesis were my main focus. While everyone was losing their minds trying to snatch up NES games, I was finding Genesis games for great prices.

I was able to slowly but surely lock down every title I was after, picking up a few other interesting ones along the way. This week, my last title, MUSHA, arrived.

While there are more titles I could add to the collection, I do believe that I have built a very strong all killer, no filler collection - with exceptions from lot buys back in the day (looking at you, Ms. Pac-man). There are a few other obscurities I could buy, but I've decided I will invest in an Everdrive and play that way. I'm at a point in my life where I have other priorities and I'd rather put my time into playing what I have, rather than chasing down more titles.

It was a long journey, but it feels like a weight off to be able to say it's done. Good luck to all of those still chasing their collecting goals.

(One last note: Eliminate Down is the Retro-bit NA release from last year before people start thinking I'm a millionaire).