Until 1998, I didn't even know that soundtracks existed for games, other than that promotional catalog from Squaresoft (and how I wish I had acted back then...Secret of Evermore OST is worth boatloads these days!).
When I started my own website in 1998 ("The Monkey's Nest Gaming"), I set up an affiliation with GameCave in an attempt to make money. After making some money, I used their store credit to buy what were some seriously-overpriced Sonmay bootlegs. Anyway, that site sucked and eventually some helpful people at STC pointed me to GameMusic, Otaku, and AnimeNation. And I quickly started spending money I didn't even have (as a 16-year-old) collecting tons of music.
Now I keep my collection relatively small, and am constantly buying and selling. I mostly get soundtracks so I can review them on RPGFan (duh), but I also like to have this constant feed so I can keep the ones I really enjoy.
Ramza
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