Roger Holler spent 40 years trying to build the perfect NES collection. With just three games left in his quest for a complete library, tragedy struck at his home in Puyallup, a small city near Tacoma, Washington. He and his family returned home from an out-of-town trip to find their house had been broken into and their entire collection was missing.

Holler tells local news station KING 5 that the collection included over 860 NES games and "was valued between $50,000 to $100,000." The family has reported the theft to local police and is speaking with their insurance company, though it's unclear whether the collection was covered.

Regardless, Holler's emotions after the theft are clear. "I shake, I get headaches, I get all this stuff," he says. "I don't even want to look at them. The shelf, I want to rip that shelf out and get it out of my house because I know what was there."

He says he's been collecting NES games since he was 11, when he received his first NES console as a gift from his mother. "To me, this week, it feels like I'm losing my mom again," Holler says. "Similar, but it's different. Your parents are your loved ones, but this was my other love. This was my other child. I have three boys, but this was my other child. I started this before they were even born."

The local report isn't clear on the contents of the collection, but there is an image of the shelf from before it was robbed bare.

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