I know it'll be a long time before I give away Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, or a few other Super Nintendo games, ditto for a number of other retro systems where I have the cartridges or disks digitally preserved.

There's something cool about plugging in a real cartridge or CD into an old console. I'm not that big on the NES or Atari 2600, I was willing to part with them, but I have a soft spot for the Super Nintendo, Genesis, and Playstation.

I even kept over 1/2 of my Sega CD library when I gave the console away. Someday I'll finish Popful Mail!

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> > System as I got hooked on that stupid Coleco 20in1 thing they had for sale at
> > Target. Locally this dude had this ad on Craigslist for an in box, complete
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> > with 2 pads, light gun, and tossed in 7 games with it...total $40. Reality
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> > it still had some plastic safety crap on the face of the unit and on the gun
> > sides...very lightly used. I got Great Baseball and Basketball, Zillion 1 and
> > 2, Outrun, and HangOn-Safari Hunt with all that.
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> > Next step was checking local...nothing but one place in town, had just 3 games
> > of which I took 2 (Great Golf is horrid) but Casino Games and Reggie Jackson
> > Baseball are nice for $15. Everything I've had to this rate is boxed except
> > Zillion, most with manuals and poster.
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> > Then I hit ebay and nailed some goldmines on deals...mostly.
> > First I got 4 from one guy for $15+ship and they were R-Type $2.25, Wonderboy
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> > Monsterland 6cents (cart only), Sonic 2 $7.50, and Castle of Illusion $5.25.
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> > I then had 4 particulars I wanted they were alone...only didn't do 'well'
> > getting normal value on one...Phantasy Star for $25. Got Wonderboy 3 for $20
> > free ship, Ys Book 1 for $5.50, and Columns for $5.50 too.
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> > The real goldmine though was a lot of 12 games I got for just $16! All them
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> > box, only 2 with books (no big deal) and they are Govellius, Shinobi, The
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> > Alien Syndrome, Choplifter, Enduro Racer, Double Dragon, Spellcaster, Rambo 2,
> > Rampage, Miracle Warriors, and Kung Fu Kid.
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> > Between the ebay buys was $130 w/ship... and then $55 locally between the
> > original pickup and the 2 others. Definitely a 'Roushi' moment with the
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> > there on the games for sure and the hardware. Was quite a trip reading
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> > the SMS books, posters, and the rest...makes me wish I still had the NES one.
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> > ...I'm hoping in time to nab some Brazilian gems like Battletoads among
> > others...and quite a few EU only titles too. Hot on my want it now list is
> Alex
> > Kidd, Sonic 1, and more light gun stuff...afterburner too. Any other
> > suggestions?
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