Video Game "Look what I found"

[fastbilly1]

pephary, Warner Robins. There last day was supposed to be today, but they pushed it to mid November. If you want something that is not a PS2 game, sports title, vastly over priced Saturn title, or an NES controller, it is not worth the drive. I mean seriously, Panzer Dragoon 2 loose for $40.

Modman, that would be a good idea, but even then - if someone offers me $100ish for something I buy for $30-50, its gone. Unless I buy a CDX or Laseractive.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

pephary, Warner Robins. There last day was supposed to be today, but they pushed it to mid November. If you want something that is not a PS2 game, sports title, vastly over priced Saturn title, or an NES controller, it is not worth the drive. I mean seriously, Panzer Dragoon 2 loose for $40.

Modman, that would be a good idea, but even then - if someone offers me $100ish for something I buy for $30-50, its gone. Unless I buy a CDX or Laseractive.

Wow, $100!?

Who the heck is buying up Sega CD's for $100?

Personally I've begun hoarding any CD based hardware myself though so I can understand the crazed buyer mentality, just to a far lesser and more frugal extent.

[fastbilly1]

When you have a working version of one of those systems, one that someone can actually play, they are usually willing to pay more on the spot. I mean you could pay $40 on ebay and get one that doesnt work, or pay the extreme premium and get one that you know does. If they are friends/friends of friends I usually throw in a cleaning of their Genesis or other console if they so choose, but yes the price is high. In my defense that is the price they offer. When someone says theyll give me $70-100 for one it is really hard to say no - especially with gas prices.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Yeah, I understand why you'd let one go at those prices. At least you should see about trying to hold on to one permanently, though.

[fastbilly1]

Well now that I have a justified reason for one, I will. I am going to talk to our good friend onemanflimcrew about it actually.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

I saw what you did there, pretty sneaky sis'.

[BlackDS]

Ring! Ring! Says my alarm clock, happily shouting to me that it is 10 AM. Despite the extra 4 hours of sleep, I grumble and groan, slowly slithering out from my blankets. I walk like a zombie into the kitchen, oblivious to the fact that I am still in my underwear. As I enjoy my bowl of Frosty Flakes (the cereal of champions, if you are a champion on welfare), by dad bursts into my room, telling me to get ready for my Kung-fu class. Woo-hoo, 1 hour of sweating and exercise to start my day. 5 minutes before class is supposed to start, I am thrown out of my dad's 95 Grand Prix (quickly becoming a heap of plastic and metal, but it was still goin' strong). Today is sparring day, which means I get my ass kicked by the other black belts, I feel that I have wasted my time, and my parent's money as I get put in a painful arm lock.

Back in the car, my dad says "hey champ, wanna go for an adventure?" Despite my definitive "NO!", we are on our way to Pick-a-part, a beautiful, heavenly, and glamorous....junk yard. Fortunately, I have my trusty BlackDS with me, so for an our and a half, I feel a little bit of happiness as I play Geometry Wars. Then, we arrive at the yard, in a questionable area in the middle of nowhere. In my nice 60 dollar shoes, I step out of the car, right in a puddle of mud. Through the mud, me and my dad look for a car like his, after an hour of searching, we find one, but it doesn't have the part we need. I leave the place with one bolt and a great feeling of emptiness.

With our "adventure" over, I assume I get to have a nice warm shower and finish my bowl of frosty flakes, but noooo. My dad needs new glasses! They are going to take 2 hours to make! Have fun wandering around in this mall! Well, I do have fun in the mall, the first place I go is to the top floor. I ascending on the escalator is like climbing the stairway to heaven, as I go into a game store called Cash-in-Culture. I look around in every system I have, and I still have a few hours to waste, so screw it, I look in the NES section. My life changed forever. I see in a pile of gray, a silver ray of light in the form of a cartridge. It says "Bee 52, by Camerica" "Patent....Pending............
Do not drop. Do not get wet. Do not leave in direct sunlight.

Position B. Only use this position if game does not work with position A."
My jaw drops as I see the price is only 8 dollars, but I only have 6! I hide the game in the bottom corner of the shelf, hoping that my dad can give me 2 more bucks.

"No"

I beg and plead, but it is no use, so I walk out of the glasses store, and sit on a bench. There, I hear "I'm sorry for making you wait mam, there is a special sale everything half off and I have been on hold for 15 minutes, please be patient.." I see this young man alone behind a Vorizon cell phone kiosk, swapped with 5 customers and computer troubles. I hear him say "Hey, can I somebody get me a Coke for me?" I perk up, and He hands me three dollars to get this god his bottle of holy water. The machine, large and cold as it stands there, ignored until this moment, drops me a coke and gives me 2 dollars in change.

I sprint to the store and buy this treasure right in front of three punk's noses, and I hear "that will be $8.55" My heart sinks, I forgot to factor in tax! but, down and out, about to give up, the pimple-ridden cashier says "its not a problem, I will pay the tax for you". I nearly start skipping as I leave the store, NES game in hand, and when I find my dad as he shouts "lets go to Arby's!", but I was not thinking Arby's, I was thinking, "YES!"

I get it home, and realize It is worth next to nothing.
The End

[Alpinex2]

Yea, anything old cd based that's semi rare i always keep an extra I have 2 sega cd's, 3 sega saturn's, 2 dreamcast's and 5 xbox's.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Yea, anything old cd based that's semi rare i always keep an extra I have 2 sega cd's, 3 sega saturn's, 2 dreamcast's and 5 xbox's.

I need some more Xboxes (At least three more) and Saturn's and Dreamcast's (At least two more of each) at the moment, but that's a purchase for another time when I have cash.

[tbeeghly]

LoZ Link to the Past SNES. In box, including cardboard insert, game, dust cover, maps, manuals and ALL papers - $9. Only thing that could have made it better would have been shrinkwrap. And on Amazon.com too.