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General / Re: Your hall of shame

« on: May 26, 2012, 11:51:23 am »

My wife bought me a case lot sale and it had Barbie. I guess it will be cool to pass on to my daughter one day, so I have that going for me.

http://vgcollect.com/item/5423

I remember playing that game when I was a little girl... please don't force your daughter through the same torture.  Give her Mario or something. 

I don't have any particularly embarrassing games, though I have some generally 'bad' games.  However, my roommate did get a Powerpuff Girls games from a friend a while back... I was never sure why, but it stays nice and hidden behind his other games. xD

Ha, no I won't force her to play it. I do want to give her my collection one day, if she wants it. My wife and I are pretty much super nerds so she is immersed in our nerdery. DFTBA. 

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General / Re: Your hall of shame

« on: May 26, 2012, 12:18:19 am »

My wife bought me a case lot sale and it had Barbie. I guess it will be cool to pass on to my daughter one day, so I have that going for me.

http://vgcollect.com/item/5423

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General / Re: Helping someone that just did not know what he had

« on: May 24, 2012, 08:44:01 pm »

I just wasn't able to purchase them last night, and even if I could have I would have offered him more than $50 for sure.

This was the list he sent me:

Battle Chess

MLB Baseball

Guerilla

JackalBayou Billy

Baseball Stars

Final Fantasy (original version)

A Boy and His BlobSchekerazade

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Bionic Commando

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Target Renegade

Super Mario Bros 2&3

Hoops

NARC

T&C Surf Design

Batman

Blades of Steel

Mega Man (original version)

Maniac Mansion

Willow

Yoshi

Football

Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt

Conquest of the Crystal Palace

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General / Helping someone that just did not know what he had

« on: May 24, 2012, 05:40:58 pm »

So last night I was perusing Craigslist and saw someone had put up an NES and 27 games for sale for $50. This seemed like a pretty sweet deal, so I texted the guy and asked if he could e-mail me a list of games. I looked it over and two immediately popped out: Final Fantasy and Mega Man.
I knew that those were not cheap, so I look up what they were worth, and just those two were worth $50. I like a good deal and all, but I felt that he should know that he was under selling by quite a bit.  I texted him and let him know that he was asking for way to little. We went back and forth for a bit, I was trying to help him figure out the value. Then a few minutes in he said someone called and offered $150.
I did not get a steal that night, but it felt good to sort of help someone not get screwed over.  I would have offered $100, but just couldn’t right then. 

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General / Re: Intro thread

« on: May 19, 2012, 03:32:03 pm »

Hiya, I'm Phil and I have been looking for a site like this for awhile. It's great thanks. I currently live in the Phoenix Arizona area, (Luke AFB).

I have been collecting for years, albiate very slowly. It's gonna take me awhile to fill in my collection in my profile, but I currently have NES 2, SNES, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PSP. I love retro games and have been very interested lately in adding to my collection at a faster rate. I also really enjoy doing projects and have been inspired to try to build my own NES PC. I am also a husband, Father, dog owner, board game geek, sci-fi nerd, and spend way to much time on Reddit.

This place seems great and I hope to contribute to and learn from the community. Thanks