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With the recent announcement of Ocarina of Time coming to Switch 2, I thought I'd go through my LOZ collection and see how close I am to completion.

My collecting parameters are fairly straightforward: primarily NA releases, always CIB or sealed, and mostly main-series Zelda games. No Hyrule Warriors, Cadence, etc. I also mostly collect original releases rather than trying to own every re-release on every platform.

I believe I'm only missing the two GBA Classic NES Series games, although these are simply re-releases of the original NES titles, which I already own. I also never owned a Wii U, so I skipped the HD remasters on that system.

The biggest exception is obviously the three CD-i games. They're not considered part of the main series, and Zelda's Adventure wasn't even released in North America. However, given their unusual history, notoriety, and collectability, I feel they deserve a place in my collection.

Here's my list:

1987 NES The Legend of Zelda

1988 NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Canadian box)

1988 NES The Legend of Zelda (Classic Series)

1992 SNES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

1992 SNES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Sealed, CGC 9.4, Player's Choice)

1993 GB The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

1993 CD-i Link: The Faces of Evil

1993 CD-i Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon

1994 CD-i Zelda's Adventure (PAL)

1998 N64 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Collector's Edition, back stamp "41")

1998 GBC The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

2000 N64 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

2001 GBC The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

2001 GBC The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

2002 GC The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest (WATA 9.6 A)

2002 GBA The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords

2003 GC The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

2003 GC The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (WATA 9.4 A+)

2003 GC The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker / Ocarina of Time Master Quest Combo

2003 GC The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition

2004 GC The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

2004 GBA The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

2005 GC Metroid Prime / The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Combo

2006 GC The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

2006 GC The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (WATA 9.2 A)

2006 Wii The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Sealed)

2007 DS The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Sealed)

2009 DS The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Sealed)

2011 3DS The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

2011 Wii The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Sealed)

2013 3DS The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

2015 3DS The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Sealed)

2015 3DS The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (Sealed)

2017 Switch The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

2019 Switch The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

2021 Switch The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

2023 Switch The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

2024 Switch The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Hello!

Just joined the group. I noticed a lot of coding and console/terminal posts, so maybe this is better suited for r/gamecollecting. As with many here, the TRS-80 was my first contact with video games, so when I dug these out of the crawl space, I had to share with the community.

Mega Bug was my absolute favorite and I can still remember the Mega Bug chomp sound effects!

I noticed something curious, there is a wiki for list of TRS-80 games, but Galactic Attack and Mega Bug are both not listed, while Space Assault is listed. Any thoughts on why these were omitted? Perhaps they are lesser known titles?

I’ve had this 1900 Canadian 25-cent shinplaster in my collection for quite a while, but recently I started wondering about the faded "J. D. O’CONNELL" stamp on the reverse.

That led me down a bit of a rabbit hole.

James Daniel O’Connell (1860–1943) was a New Brunswick-born businessman and philanthropist who became known as the "Picnic King". After making his fortune, he spent much of his later life organizing free picnics for children, particularly orphans and disadvantaged kids, throughout Canada and elsewhere.

I eventually found references to an old Legion Magazine article about him called The Picnic King, but the article itself was no longer available on their website. I contacted Legion, and they were kind enough to send me a copy of the original March 2000 article.

The article describes a September 1924 picnic at Exhibition Park in Toronto attended by more than 3,000 children. Every child received food, candy and ice cream...but they were also each given a nickel and a 25-cent shinplaster.

So here’s my theory:

Could this be one of the shinplasters O’Connell actually handed out to children at one of his picnics?

I want to stress that this is only a theory. I have not found anything stating that the shinplasters O’Connell distributed were stamped with his name.

Has anyone here ever encountered another Canadian shinplaster stamped "J. D. O’CONNELL"?