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toughtrasher said:
How much would you say you've spent on retro gaming alone? Just an estimate 🙂
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No idea, but not a ton. All of my Xbox 1's were used since I was late to the game, so they were pretty cheap, and the TV's were all free because they're old tube televisions or ones I already had, and there's a bunch of misc stuff like the KADE controller for ~$33 or the X-Arcade 2-player Tankstick for $129. So maybe a few hundred over the years.

I'm not a collector of vintage equipment, I just like playing fun old games. Right now I'm a big fan of the Xbox 360 wireless controller & the USB receiver, because you can program most emulators to talk to the various buttons (original NES, 4-button SNES, etc.) and only have to use one controller for gaming. And if you are a fan of the original cartridges and stuff, you can buy a complete knockoff gaming system for say NES with a pair of controllers for like $20 these days:

http://www.amazon.com/FC-Famicom-NES...dp/B0009AHCQ6/
 
Some friends and I just got into paintball (woodsball really). One friend owns property out of town with a huge forest so that helps us out a lot.

Money disappears quickly.
 
I still have most of my SNES cartridges and have been thinking about buying ones that I always wanted to have recently when I saw the knock-off consoles on Amazon. I want Star Fox, Mega Man X 1-3, Final Fantasy 3, and Donkey Kong Country.

I may look into building an arcade cabinet, that X-Arcade site is really cool.
 
I like wasting time on the internet, watching movies and serials, playing video games.

I'm a student so all my free time is a procrastination of something I have to do except for the summer if I'm in a lucky year. It's not a good feel and destroys any intention of doing a constructive hobby since I have a main occupation to do instead.
 
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Possessed Freak said:
I collect spores, molds, and fungus.
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Nasty hobbies!
 
I really like outdoor activities like:

wearing mirrored sunglasses
pondering
standing beside comfortable chairs
judging others by their odor
 
RC Cars. Used to be an RC pilot too.
PC/Gaming/Gadgets
I direct junior hockey games for the local cable channel

I'm thinking of taking up archery this winter. There's a range near my work that offers beginner's classes complete with equipment.
 
Just got back into astronomy after a hiatus of 13 years. Also starting birding during the daytime.

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Camping, mountain biking, boating, skiing, shooting, and I just joined a local dodgeball league. We had our first game last night, aside from the fact that I tweaked my lower back, it was HUGE fun.
 
Free diving, sky diving, ultralight flying, car collecting, art collecting, reading, traveling and long walks on the beach 🙂
 
I enjoy working with computers, networks, servers, nothing really specific, mostly a bit of everything. I have 2 42U server racks in my basement, and 400AH of lead acid batteries for backup, so yeah, I'd say server stuff is probably the biggest (and most expensive) hobby.

Also enjoy programming, been learning as I go. I'm actually thinking of getting into game development, though I have lot of projects in mind so I might start with the smaller ones first.

Also enjoy construction related stuff, but mostly electrical. I've been working on my basement and server room a bit at a time. Hoping to wrap things up soon though, it's been kinda dragging on.

I enjoy camping too, though I have not been in a while.
 
Fishing
Hunting
Raising fainting goats
Gardening
Remodeling
and my newest hobby: wine making. I have 4 gallons of apricot wine in the secondary fermenter, 6 gallons of blueberry in the primary, and am gathering blackberries every couple of days to do a 3 gallon batch of blackberry wine. When I get around to it, 6 gallons of mead, then probably four 6-gallon batches of various hard ciders, carbonated hard ciders, and apple wine. Pondering red and white grape wines, but the gardening hobby may get in the way: 75 tomato plants & canning tomato sauce, and spaghetti sauce with fresh spices from the garden.
 
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