What game consoles do you encounter in the wild?

[Breetai]

I very rarely see those old systems, if ever. Usually never.

I've come across a Nintendo Ball Breaker system (pong style console) for $10. It was pretty ratty, but kind of cool nonetheless. I passed on it, since I'm not into collecting those systems. The odd MSX system. A Bandai Playdia (ok, that's early 90s). Other than that, I don't think I've run into anything older than the Famicom.

[Dakinggamer87]

At flea markets/yard sales I see SNES, Genesis, Atari 2600/5200, Neo-Geo(rarely), Game Gear, Saturn, NES, N64, and a few others but not much for retro systems unfortunately..

[hashiriya1]

This goes without saying, but 99.9% of all systems ever released in Japan I see on a weekly basis.
The hole-in-the-wall recycle shops in the middle of nowhere usually have the treasures.

[Rounin]

I very rarely see much in my local charity shops just PSX's and N64's, but there is a guy with a retro gaming store in the indoor market. He has the following consoles off the top of my head.

Mega Drive
Saturn
NES
SNES
N64
GCN
GBC
GBA
GBA SP
WonderSwan ( only wants £6 been there months)

At my local car boot sales I run across pretty much everything that has been released in the UK including the odd AES

[MaliceValentine]

Around AUS

Wii's
PS2's
Xbox 360's
PSone's
N64's
Gameboy/Gameboy advanced
NDS
PSP
Xbox

There all as far as the eye can see now over the course from me being 14 and starting retro gaming to now 18

iv seldom seen

Sega Saturn Seen 3
Mega Drive seen 2
Sega CD never seen one in real life
Game Gear seen 1
32X never seen one in real life
Super Nintendo seen 2
NES seen 1
Atari 2600 seen 2


and i think i saw a vectrex once for 300 dollars

[Breetai]

This goes without saying, but 99.9% of all systems ever released in Japan I see on a weekly basis.
The hole-in-the-wall recycle shops in the middle of nowhere usually have the treasures.

Do you have an online store set up? I might want to get some Mark III control pads sometime!

Also, do you really see pre-Famicom stuff often?

I some some good stuff in Tokyo/Saitama, but definitely not even close to what you find. I just bought a Mega CD model 1 for 5000yen w/hook-ups and metal plate, but no box or instructions. I RARELY see them outside of Akiba, so I went for it. There was also a model 2 for the same price, but I've got a Sega CD model 2 so I thought I'd get something different. You're probably laughing at me for paying so much right now...

[Luke]

This goes without saying, but 99.9% of all systems ever released in Japan I see on a weekly basis.
The hole-in-the-wall recycle shops in the middle of nowhere usually have the treasures.

You can expect a PM from me.

[JWatts]

I have really good luck in local shops around here. Got a boxed 32x, boxed Jaguar, loose 3DO, Virtual Boy and TG-CD (with that giant plastic case/carrier thing) for pretty good prices. Seen a few other things I passed on at the time due to money such as a Lynx, AES, Master System, and others.

A lot of the consoles I have though have been original purchases from the NES on up and I just refuse to give them up of course!

[BoringSupreez]

I often find NES's in the wild, along with PS1's, original Gameboys, Sega Genesis's and Dreamcast's. Rarely I will find a PS2, people seem to want to hold on to those. I once found an Atari 2600 Junior at a thrift store.

[DuManchu]

Out in the "wild" I see these systems the most (not counting actual game stores, I see all sorts of stuff there).

Original Pong games (a shockingly large amount of them too)
2600
N64
PS1
SNES
Genesis

Beyond that, I don't really see many systems out there.

Vintage Stock, a local buy-sell-trade chain, always has NES/SNES/N64/GCN/GEN/SAT/DC/PS1/PS2/XBOX systems (and every now and then some more obscure ones like the 3DO and AES)