Joystiq's "Most impressive gamer" winner

At Engadget, most of us are what you'd call casual gamers, given that on occasion, we love to kick back with a round or two of "Civilization IV" whenever we need some R&R. That said, we're lightyears away from Kevout -- the guy that just won Joystiq's contest of "Most impressive gamer rig" -- who just took home a new copy of "Dead Rising" for the Xbox 360. He's got a 32-system setup (only 21 of those consoles are actually connected), that ranges from a Commodore 64 to an Xbox 360, accompanied by a total of 568 games; amusingly, since he blows all his loot on videogame hardware and software, he had to scrounge that disgraceful CRT out of a dumpster. We assume that once Kevout gets his paws on a PS3 he'll have achieved gamer nirvana. Until the Wii comes out, that is.

[Phillip Smith @ Sep 18th 2006 12:59AM]

Where is the PSP?

[Justin @ Sep 18th 2006 12:35AM]

Hey... he doesn't have a PSP!
(well PSP isn't that great, but still!)

[dickson @ Sep 18th 2006 12:42AM]

Wouldn't he need an HDTV/monitor w the PSP/Xbox 360?

[seamus bartlett @ Sep 18th 2006 12:43AM]

Yeah, but where's his Virtual Boy?

[seamus bartlett @ Sep 18th 2006 12:45AM]

Oh, there it is.


...


Anyways, my main point is: I find it hard to believe that any man owning 32 systems and 568 games could be that clean and organized. Suspicious...

[sc00tert00ter @ Sep 18th 2006 12:48AM]

to #3 its on top of the tv!
i beat that i in my opinion...
i have the same except i HAVE
game boy color
game boy pocket
play station portable
DONT HAVE
visual boy
it causes seizure...

[V_dogg @ Sep 18th 2006 1:05AM]

Dreamcast baby!

[solso @ Sep 18th 2006 1:10AM]

No NeoGeo (normal, pocket or CD)... that's a huge miss in the collection, unforgivable!!

[Jimmy @ Sep 18th 2006 1:38AM]

The venerable C64, right up front where it should be. Nice. Also impressive is the original Atari VCS, better known to most as the 2600 - my uncle had one of the original ones, it was always a joyous occasion when we went to visit him.

Missing, however, is the excellent-but-doomed Coleco Adam. Unless I missed it. A friend of mine had one of those, and we became expert players of Buck Rogers (I think it was Buck Rogers - it came with a mildly popular arcade shooter). What was cool about that one was that it used cassettes for data storage, and while you played your game the tape would rewind and fast forward and play, just like the gigantic reels on the computers you'd see in the movies back then... awesome.

[Little Joe @ Sep 18th 2006 1:18AM]

damn... sega saturn... that brings back some memories :P

[Uchendu Nwachukwu @ Sep 18th 2006 1:50AM]

solso:

He has a NeoGeo Pocket in there... look near the DS for "NGP".

[Miles @ Sep 18th 2006 1:27AM]

i will not awknoledge any gamers setup as true religion till i see a Pippin on his stand...........

[gregger @ Sep 18th 2006 1:29AM]

What? No CDTV? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDTV

Yeah, I didn't buy one either...
TTFN

[James @ Sep 18th 2006 1:29AM]

Ahh, Snafu on the Intellivision, that was livin in 1985 at my house

[Little Joe @ Sep 18th 2006 1:29AM]

haha... by the looks of those posters...

it would seem he still lives with his parents???

hahahaha

[gregger @ Sep 18th 2006 1:31AM]

Bah, I meant CD32...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32

TTFN

[Max Steel @ Sep 18th 2006 1:44AM]

What no Vectrex? Boo!

[tim @ Sep 18th 2006 1:45AM]

he doesnt have a nintendo 'game and watch'. you may not know it, but the hidden 'stick' character in the original super smash brothers is the star of it. cant remember many other details, i just know my friend has one and its his pride and joy of his collection

[Bonez @ Sep 18th 2006 12:12PM]

Phooey... he messed up. He has his Atari 5200 labeled as a 2600... and he doesn't even have the trackball for it... some impressive gamer... sheesh...

[bork @ Sep 18th 2006 4:18PM]

dunno, that looks too small to be a 5200... looks like the revamped '2600 jr.' to me.... still, either way it's wack - if it is indeed a 2600 jr., then he's pawning off two of the same machine as two different ones. not... cool.

[Raider @ Sep 18th 2006 1:48AM]

Wonderswan
NGage
GameBoy
GameBoy Color
GameBoy pocket
PSP
NeoGeo
NeoGeo pocket
NeoGeo pocket color
SG-1000 (Japanese Sega Master System)
Nomad
original Famicom
Game & Watch
Atari Lynx
original PlayStation

[Sean @ Sep 18th 2006 1:48AM]

No Lynx? What kind of an Atari fan is this?

[JM @ Sep 18th 2006 9:05AM]

Who on earth is Chris Sabo?

[Milton Richard @ Sep 18th 2006 7:42PM]

Meh, I don't see a Phillips CDi system anywhere. What a chode.

[Max v W @ Sep 18th 2006 2:23AM]

Missing the MSX (II). Ok it was not just for games but you could insert game cartridges, and it was pretty cool.. :p Kings Valley! woohoo

[alloneword @ Sep 18th 2006 2:41AM]

Where's the Lynx?

[CRANK @ Sep 18th 2006 2:47AM]

I BETCHA HALF THAT SHIT DOESNT WORK.

[CRANK @ Sep 18th 2006 2:54AM]

"RESERVED FOR WII"?

Why the hell would any adult gamer want a damn wii. Better save up your money and get a PS3.

[CRANK @ Sep 18th 2006 2:55AM]

I am marginally impressed by the 3DO.

My favorite nostalgia collections are my

POWER PAD, Nintneod Robot (perfect condition)
Playstation GUNCONS with recoil slide

The PSX I bought while I was in Japan.
My Jaguar/Jaguar CD with Aliens vs. Predator.
My Sega Genesis with Michael Jackson Moonwalker

My Playstations dual joystick FLIGHTSTICK
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMilMQg5Fd9cADMWjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=126j74har/EXP=1158648780/**http%3a//www.skjoldhammer.dk/psx/psx_flightstick.jpg



Basically all I play nowadays is my XBOX 360 on my bigscreen Plasma. I'm waiting for PS3.

[Michel @ Sep 18th 2006 3:04AM]

How exactly does he have 21 systems connected? I doubt the dumpster TV has 21 inputs.

[pbase @ Sep 18th 2006 3:13AM]

Ah, the TurboGrafx. I will purchase the Wii, just to be able to play Bonk's Adventures once again.

The sweet, sweet early nineties.

[Goldaar @ Sep 18th 2006 3:14AM]

Game selector daisy chains!!!

[hep @ Sep 18th 2006 4:21PM]

"Why the hell would any adult gamer want a damn wii. Better save up your money and get a PS3."

maybe because it has a frickin' ligtsaber for a controller or maybe because the high quality graphics don't show up on his less than $7000 tv. a ps3 (or his xbox 360) is wasted on him. he can't play dead rising for example because the text doesn't show properly.

[dp462090 @ Sep 18th 2006 3:23AM]

"How exactly does he have 21 systems connected? I doubt the dumpster TV has 21 inputs."
I'm guessing maybe a few input switchers.

[jc @ Sep 18th 2006 3:32AM]

to bad a lot of them were not original releases, psone, gameboy color, 90s version of the nes. looks like this guy got into games recently and just bought soem stuff off of ebay. nice collection tho. i wouldve gone for some or the more original releases.

[mg @ Sep 18th 2006 4:47AM]

No Spectrum!

[Dp462090 @ Sep 18th 2006 3:53AM]

Ok, let's see the games...

[Maff Mace @ Sep 18th 2006 4:11AM]

as has already been mentioned by someone:

I've only ever owned 1 games console and I still use it for Sensible Soccer, and that's the worlds 1st 32bit CD games console, the Amiga CD32 (which is a follow up to the CDTV - Commodore Dynamic Total Vision - one of the 1st CD games consoles)

[dfgdfg @ Sep 21st 2006 2:19PM]

A "gamer" without a PC? Absurd...

[Dp462090 @ Sep 18th 2006 5:48AM]

Well, not as absurd as having 32 systems, and having a TV with the nickname "Dumpster TV," I hope he either bought that thing 10 years ago, really did get it out of a dumpster.

[Boso @ Sep 18th 2006 5:07AM]

Wow. Impressive rig, most have cost him a fortune !! Let me guess though, lives with his parents, no girlfriend, no LIFE !!

[187 - John Doe @ Sep 18th 2006 6:25AM]

I wish, I only wish I would have all those consoles, I've got most of them, but most of them were overplayed so bad they don't actually work anymore... Yeah.. it's always a tragic loss.

[David Beamish @ Sep 18th 2006 7:32AM]

Pfft even I have an Atari Lynx..

[JP @ Sep 18th 2006 5:40PM]

Awesome - Odyssey! I have one too - with voice!!

[zedwards @ Sep 18th 2006 7:44AM]

Dude needs a widescreen tv for his commodore 64

[Jason @ Sep 18th 2006 7:56AM]

I have to agree with Adrian...this guy really needs to get out of his house and get laid...i love video games but that is just hitting new lows of sadness.

[Weegee @ Sep 18th 2006 8:26AM]

impressive setup

[Nathaniel @ Sep 21st 2006 9:46AM]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the Wii coming out before the PS3?

[Toxic Avenger @ Sep 18th 2006 8:39AM]

"Most impressive game rig??"
THIS, is a impressive game rig: http://doctorx.playstation2.com.br/Indice.html

[oshean @ Sep 18th 2006 10:47AM]

That my friend is impressive!