"Son, I know you wanted a PS3, but here's a Saturn instead."

[todonn1]

Recently I decided to sell the Sega Saturn I recently got off Ebay (It was a model 1 and I wanted model 2 so I could put a mod chip in it - noob mistake). So I put the console and 12 games on craigslist, and within a few days one potential buyer contacted me and was pretty excited about it. I figured he was just another retro gaming enthusiast like myself.

Well, when he showed up to look at it, he was this 45 year-old guy who told me he wanted a gaming system for his nephew who is 12 years old. He said his nephew wanted a PS3 more than anything but he only had so much money.

At first I thought "Boy is this kid going to be pissed! He probably wants to play Metal Gear Solid 3, but instead his cheap-ass uncle is sticking him with this archaic piece of hardware with games like Cyber Speedway and Heir of Zandor!!"

But then I started to think, "Is this kid really going to appreciate this marvelous piece of gaming history? Is he going to understand that this machine was unique in its day with its dual CPUs and six processors? Is he even going to bother to pick up Nights into Dreams?"

I started to think twice about selling it. I just knew if I gave the Saturn to this guy, he was going to give it to this kid, who as soon as he sees the thing is going to say "What the f*&k is this?! Where's my PS3?!" and then he's going to shove it in the basement never to see the light of day again (or worse). While I was thinking this, the guy placed the cash into my hand without haggling, and he was out the door. I froze.

The point is that maybe, there are some things that you just shouldn't sell to certain people. If you had '69 Mustang that you restored yourself, would you sell it to a 16 year-old kid that just got his license? Of course not. Would you sell a classic gaming system to some kid that had no idea what it was? I just did - and I regret it.

[miked]

Hopefully the kid is now a retro gamer in the making. Sadly I feel it will either get stuck in a closet like you said, or not taken care of and before you know it the games will be scratched beyond repair......

[brickiemart]

Maybe it was all a ruse and it was for the uncle the whole time, he was just too embarrassed to admit it. He could be enjoying it in his living room right now.

[SinclairVulture]

I'm terrible. I know.

*EDIT* I decided that I like the image so much that I want it on my sig. Not a doublepost.

[superlarz]

Thats one less Saturn for the rest of us.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Thats one less Saturn for the rest of us.

Yup but at least some of us keep a stash to keep our selfeshness happy

*looks over at closet containing, 6 atari's, 1 snes, 3 saturns, 2 sms's, 5 genesis, 2 dreamcasts, and lots of backups of games*

[J T]

Kids will play whatever game you put in front of them. He'll be able to get more games for it because it's cheaper and he'll learn to love it. He'll probably end up searching for best Saturn games on the internet and come here and get schooled by all the old timers.

That, or it will just end up in a Good Will sold for dirt cheap and some retro gamer will score an awesome deal. I just saw a Dreamcast for $6 bucks at the one near my house.

Hopefully that makes you feel better.

[tacofairy]

how much did ya get 4 it?

[ToKeN]

Thats one less Saturn for the rest of us.

Yup but at least some of us keep a stash to keep our selfeshness happy

*looks over at closet containing, 6 atari's, 1 snes, 3 saturns, 2 sms's, 5 genesis, 2 dreamcasts, and lots of backups of games*

now i know where the stuff is stashed.

[Dakinggamer87]

The Saturn is awesome finishing up my Saturn collection.. I'm soon getting Shining Force III, Dragon Force, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon II and hopefully Bug Too!