Yesterday I bought a used Sega Saturn with two controllers and a few games from someone who had posted about it on a local buy/sell/trade Facebook group I belong to. I paid $60 for the system, cables, 2 Controllers (the left shoulder button is missing from one), and 10 games.
He had told me that it needed a new battery, which I read is a common problem and an easy fix. But what he didn't tell me was that it didn't read game discs, which I came to find after I first tested it out. After more research, I found that cleaning and re-seating the ribbon cable that connects the disc drive to the motherboard can fix this. I opened it up, tried the fix, and decided to give the lens a cleaning too just in case. It's now working reliably and I'm just waiting for the replacement battery to arrive so I can start saving my games.
. One store did have a nice Gameboy with carrying case, official external battery pack, 3 games(wario blast, tetris, and some bugs bunny game), and a few manuals for $40 but I passed it up.
