Sweet Video game finds (literally)/Battery doors for NGPC?

[milkmanv1]

Ok heres a pretty interesting story for ya. My mom inherited a house from my great grandma, and theres a big field which is part of the property that I'm responsible for, in terms of cutting the grass atleast. Yesterday morning I was cutting the grass for the first time this year, and after a few minutes of cutting I see some stuff in the grass....I walk over and notice there are 2 little bundles of gaming joy in the grass.

This is where it gets interesting, what was in the grass? A glacier gameboy advance, and a silver NGPC. Neither of them have any games, batteries or battery doors on them, and they both have pretty scratched screens. I pick em up and nestle them in a tree to grab later. After bringing them home and testing em. They both work perfectly fine!!! There is a street pretty close to the field, and I assume some kid didn't want them anymore and threw them there.

I ordered a new battery cover and outer screen for the gba with no problems, as that one was scratched up worse. I plan on throwing an SP screen or an afterburner in that bad boy to front light her up.

And now for the NGPC... I can live with the scratched screen, but where on earth can I find a spare battery door?! Ebay is not helping...suprisingly

[GSZX1337]

A lot of NGPCs don't have a battery cover for them. I learned that when I was searching for one. When mine comes in the mail, I hope that I can find something similar to the NGPS'c battery back. (maybe from a remote control or something)

Lucky find, I wish I could've just stumbled onto an NGPC.

[Dakinggamer87]

Lucky!!

[milkmanv1]

you know finding GBA didn't bother me, that's not that weird.. But I was really confused when I saw the NGPC... I mean, what kid would even have a NGPC to leave in a field to begin with???

Edit: I would have been happier if it was a color varient of the NGPC, not that I mind stumbling upon a free one, but I already have a silver one!! haha, beggars can't be choosers.

[Lokkenjawnz]

Dude that's an awesome story! Makes me want to go find grass to cut!

It's pretty amazing the way people don't take care of their stuff. About a year or so ago my girlfriend and I were in Monterey on a date and we're walking down the street to get to the pier when this car goes by and something flies out of the window. It makes a pretty good sound when it hits the ground, so both of us are trying to figure out what the hell it is. Once we got closer, we realized it was a pink GBA! So in a fit of semi-dangerous nerdism I quickly ran out in the street during a small car-less window of time and grabbed it. It worked just fine, still had batteries and everything. It had a multigame pirate GB game in it, which was pretty amusing. Definitely one of my weirdest videogame-related stories.

[milkmanv1]

haha good thing you were there and grabbed it before it was run over!

I really don't get how people can be so careless either, I hang onto my crap, and only if it's something I wanna get rid of that other people would use, I'll try my friends, then try selling it.

[GSZX1337]

Not really a video game find, but it was a pleasant surprise about video games. I recently ordered an NGP (not color) from eBay to keep my occupied while I look for a Neo Geo Pocket at a good price (which I did find). Oddly enough, it turned out to be a Neo Geo Pocket Color. I guess the seller forgot to mention it was a color. Nice little surprise.

[Luke]

Back on track.

We already have a thread for that:

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 86&start=0


Feels good to be back.