Same here, got rid of my nes in the mid 90's, kicking myself for doing that cuz all the games i had the manuals and boxes for them in great condition. Started collecting NES games again in 2004, buying the ones i used to own and ones i wanted when i had the system but had no money to buy them then. A couple years ago i started collecting SNES, N64, PSone, Gameboy, and Gameboy advanced games. I'm not going for every single game that came out for each console but ones i either owned before or ones i wanted to play. But still its an expensive hobby and can take up space depending on how much you buy, which is the problem i'm currently having.