I actually own three, yes THREE copies of US Shenmue
It's a long story...........I won't bore you ! lol
mazonemayu, you're right about having to pay market value for games if you really want them. I guess I've always tried to do things on the cheap though ! lol
Really, I never started off as a collector so didn't take great care of my games and peripherals. You know, lost manuals and spine cards, broken cases and trashed boxes, scratched and lost discs etc etc You would have had a seizure if you'd seen the state of my collection a few years ago
Still, I've finally seen the light and am in the process of bringing the whole lot up to scratch. I'm not saying I'll ever reach your level or achieve any completist goals, hopefully I'll just have a nice collection of DC stuff in decent condition. It's gonna take some time.
I always want to actually play the games, lend them out etc as I collect them rather than keep them sealed. But I don't think of that as being a bad thing necessarily ? I don't know, what would a genuine hardcore collector think ?