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My girlfriend's ex recently broke into her house and stole a lot of her stuff (as well as a netbook and Nook belonging to me.) We're talking stupid stuff just to irritate her and the kids and to cause them suffering rather than simply expensive stuff to sell. For example, he took her coffee pot which was old and not worth anything just because she likes to drink coffee but left the computer monitor (he did take the computer.)
There's a warrant out for him, but even if they find him before I do (and he'd better hope that they do...he won't be walking if I find him) the stuff is surely lost. The thing that I'm posting here for is the Xbox 360 and games that belonged to her 6 and 8 year olds. They're currently making due with the Gamecube that I had sitting in storage, but they would like to get an Xbox again and we don't have $300+ laying around for a new one. If someone has a spare system and some kid oriented games, I'd greatly appreciate it if we could work something out.
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However, the reason why that person in the article got in trouble was because the person he bought the game from, new, had signed a contract that prevented reselling. The only way the ruling can possibly be used in the video game industry is if it became mandatory for a customer, like us, to sign a no-resale contract when we purchase the game. That'd cause no end of headaches and lost sales such as:
Unfortunately, that "contract" was nothing more than the standard shrink wrap EULA. Further, at least one of those copies was unopened and unused from one of the summaries that I read which means that the EULA was never even agreed to (this may or may not be truth...not everything you read on the internet turns out to be fact.)
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Removed a bunch of stuff that is gone. As posted above, I can take pictures of things on request, but I'm not interested in spending an entire day dragging everything out just to snap pictures of them if nobody has an interest.
I guess I should go see that dealer this weekend...seems like such a waste.
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Removed stuff that is gone and added a couple more pending notes. I'll probably talk to a local dealer this weekend if I have time and it's off to the crushinator next week for whatever is still left of this after that. I'd much rather find this stuff a home than see it come to that, but my current situation dictates that it has got to go.
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My place is starting to look like an episode of hoarders (well, not quite that bad yet, but it is getting bad) with servers, routers, switches, computers, parts, video games, board games, etc all consuming so much space. I'm expecting to move soon so I need to put a lot of it into storage and since I don't have the time to deal with it anyway, I thought that I'd at least try to get some of it to people who can enjoy it. This is a liquidation, so anything that I can't move here is going to be offered to local vendors (as much as I hate to do it) and then whatever remains will be taken to a green recycler. I really hate to do it, but I can't keep it anymore.
This is simply round 1. I have a lot more to go through yet. Prices were pulled from Video Game Trader for the most part, but I'm not married to them. In some cases they seem way off to me anyway. Don't expect pristine stuff here kids. In some cases, like the INTV stuff, it is pretty rough. In other cases it is pretty good. Pictures and/or detailed descriptions can be provided upon request. I'd rather err on the side of caution than get anyone's hopes up.
Also be aware that I am currently working a lot of hours (55-60 a week) as well as working on certifications, so I may not be able to respond within a couple of hours or ship the next day every time. If somebody wants to make large lot offers and pick stuff up, I'd be very agreeable as that would save me a lot of work.
If looking to trade, I'd be interested in items for the following (in no particular order): Nintendo DS, Neo Geo Pocket, TG16, possibly Neo Geo or arcades, board/card games, miniatures games, other random things.
So here is the first batch:
Sega 32x (Boxed – Box worn and partially faded) -- $75 for all
Includes:
-Unit
-Adapter Collar
-Metal grounding clips
-Genny 2 cable
Cosmic Carnage, Loose
Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes, boxed
Star Wars Arcade, boxed
Metal Head, boxed
Mortal Kombat II, boxed
Doom, boxed
Nuon – Tempest 3000, complete -- $10
Sega Genesis – Batter Up controller, sealed -- $20
Atari 8-bit games
K-Razy Shoot-Out, loose (K*Byte) w/ manual -- $13
K-Razy Antiks, loose (CBS) w/ manual -- $22
Deluxe Invaders, loose w/ manual -- $5
Jungle Hunt, loose -- $7
Pilot Programming Language, Loose (label on it) -- $2
Adventure Creator, loose -- $8
Missle Command, loose w/ manual -- $7
Flight Simulator II, loose -- $9
Tennis, loose w/ manual -- $6
Joust, loose (label on it) -- $2
Donkey Kong, loose (homemade label?) --$5
K-Star Patrol, loose (CBS) w/ manual -- $31
Moon Patrol, sealed -- $23
Sega Saturn
3ea Sega 6 Button Controllers (2nd generation) -- $10ea
2ea Sega Joysticks -- $10ea
Superpad 8, boxed (box in bad shape) -$5
“The Punisher” Blue Lightgun with Saturn and Playstation connections -- $10
Sega Steering Wheel -- $10
Netlink Modem unboxed with Netlink version 2, complete -- $15
Nights into Dreams, complete (game sealed, controller unplayed) -- $50
Christmas Nights, disc in sleeve -- $40
Virtua Fighter Remix, complete --$7
NBA Action, disc only -- $2
Bootleg Sampler, disc only -- $2
Virtua Fighter pack-in, complete -- $4
Creature Shock, complete -- $14
Spot Goes to Hollywood, complete -- $12
Thunder Strike, complete -- $4
Daytona USA, complete -- $4
Myst, complete -- $5
Sonic 3D Blast, complete -- $15
The Need for Speed, no manual -- $4
Robotica, complete -- $5
Break Point Tennis, complete -- $2
Virtua Fighter 2, complete -- $7
Grid Runner, complete -- $6
Galactic Attack, complete -- $17
Madden 97, complete -- $4
Gungriffon, complete -- $13
Brain Dead 13, complete -- $11
Bug Too!, complete -- $18
NBA Live 97, complete -- $6
World Series Baseball 98, complete -- $4
2ea Hyper 3-D Pinball, complete (one has a cracked case) -- $6
Solar Eclipse, complete -- $5
Sega Rally Championship, complete (case hinge broken) -- $10
Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition, complete -- $8
Mortal Kombat II, complete -- $22
Maximum Force, complete -- $21
Tetris Plus, complete -- $9
Fighting Vipers, complete -- $10
Mega Man 8, complete -- $68
Worms, complete -- $13
FIFA Soccer 96, complete -- $4
Madden 98, complete -- $4
College Slam, complete -- $3
NHL All-Star Hockey, complete -- $3
Manx TT Superbike, complete -- $10
World Cup Golf Professional Edition, complete -- $4
Battle Monsters, complete -- $11
Clockwork Knight, complete -- $12
Soviet Strike, complete -- $8
Bubble Bobble, complete -- $16
Mr. Bones, complete -- $25
NFL Quarterback Club 96, complete -- $2
Alien Trilogy, complete -- $9
Croc Legend of the Gobbos, complete -- $8
Scud The Disposable Assassin, complete (cracked case) -- $6
Ghen War, complete (cracked case) -- $4
NBA Jam T.E., complete -- $6
NHL 97, complete (cracked case) -- $3
WWF In Your House, complete -- $8
Space Hulk, complete -- $6
Revolution X, complete -- $10
NBA Live 98, complete -- $3
Bug!, complete (cracked case) -- $11
Blazing Dragons, complete (cracked case) -- $8
Stack of random manuals, mostly Atari 2600 – Pay Shipping
Super Nintendo Gen 2 deck w/ power supply and one controller - $35
Genesis 3 w/ power supply, composite cable and one controller -- $35
Nintendo NES
NES Action Set, Complete S/N N28166730 -- $75
Cart Only (Plastic cases):
Tecmo Bowl -- $11
Dragon Spirit -- $4
Rygar -- $7
Deadly Towers -- $4
Monopoly -- $6
Teenage Mutant ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game -- $7
Ice Hockey -- $6
Rad Racer -- $7
10 Yard Fight -- $5
Super Dodge Ball -- $24
Kung Fu -- $7
Super Sprint (Tengen) -- $5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- $8
Gauntlet (Tengen) -- $7
Marble Madness -- $5
Super Mario Bros -- $9
Boxed Games:
Tiger Heli -- $17
Duck Tales -- $33
Bionic Commando -- $17
Rolling Thunder (Tengen) -- $10
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout -- $10
The Legend of Kage -- $15
Jack Nicklaus Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf -- $4
Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition -- $15
Tetris -- $8
Golf -- $10
F-15 Strike Eagle -- $13
Bad Dudes -- $12
Iron Sword: Wizards and Warriors II -- $22
The Legend of Zelda (Gold) -- $66
Punch-Out!! -- $31
The Adventure of Link (Gold) -- $40
Super Mario Bros 3 (Box only)
Game Genie w/ Manual -- $11
Controllers:
NES Advantage x2 -- $5
Quickshot Joystick -- $5
Quickshot gamepad -- $2
NES Max gamepad -- $5
“Dogbone” gamepad x2 -- $8
Zapper, Grey -- $6
Zapper, Orange -- $6
Powerpad -- $11
Quickshot XII Joystick, Boxed -- $8
NES Advantage, Boxed -- $8
NES Fourscore, Boxed -- $8
Also a handful of plastic cart cases.
Sears Video Arcade II, console only -- $25
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Try this instead: the mouse, graphical user interface, USB, multi-touch interface, etc. You know, those things you take for granted now.Sorry to bring this up since it was posted so long ago...but Apple didn't create any of those things.
Mouse...first invented by Douglas Engelbart at Stanford Research Institute. The first commercial mouse was released by a German company and even Xerox had one before Apple.
GUI...Xerox had a couple before Apple.
USB...Developed by a group of seven companies. Apple is not one of them.
Multi-touch...Apple does claim to have invented this and even filed patents on it, but in reality their exact implementation of multitouch was publicly demonstrated two years prior to their claimed timeline by someone else and forms of it have existed since the 1980's.
But all of this talk about who invented what isn't really what defines innovation. The innovation is how it is used. Rumble Packs, for example, are built upon a patent and technology that belongs to a company that developed force feedback for medical systems. The innovation is taking that technology and making a better gaming experience with it. Online gaming and hard drives existed on PCs long before Microsoft released the Xbox, but that doesn't diminish the impact or innovation of their applying that technology to consoles.
Sometimes, taking something that had been tried and failed and figuring out how to make it work is real innovation. The Wii controllers are innovative as is Natal because they allow you to interact with games unlike anything before them. The fact that there were previously controllers that had some of the technology in them doesn't change this. None of those previous controllers let you just stand in the room and interact with the game without having anything to directly connect you to the console.
Every company has had some innovations. Nintendo's just stand out more because they are constantly changing the way that we play games. Where other companies are generally content to follow along, Nintendo will fearlessly go out on a limb and produce what everybody claims is doomed to failure. Then, more often than not, the rest of the industry finds itself scrambling to come up with their own solutions to copy what Nintendo has done just as they are right now. I hate to say it, but Nintendo doesn't miss very often. I'm sure that someone will accuse me of being a fanboy, but whatever helps you to sleep at night. I don't have any skin in this game. I just buy what I like and I call them as I see them. If anything, I'd like to see Sega come out of retirement and make another run at a console, but that will never happen.
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Re: Real multi-tasking.
Yep. The non-preemptive stuff was always kind of a curio for me. It would work, until it didn't, unless the environment was a controlled one, like serial terminals, or something like that. Mixing graphics into the mix just begs for trouble. Unix machines all had real multi-tasking, and were multi-user as well. PC machines were not multi-tasking until they got some OS support. OS2, and later NT were the first "real" operating systems for the PC that were not just toys in the multi-tasking department.
Novell DOS 7 (DR DOS) also had real pre-emptive multitasking in 1993, but by that time Microsoft had pretty much sewn up the market.
On classic computers, I think FLEX / OS9 on Color Computer is quite powerful for it's time. For computing, not gaming, it packs a nice punch, and is just kind of fun to see the upper end of 8 bits pushed like that. Never did get deeper into Amiga / ST machines. One of these days, I'll probably do it, just because the older, smaller environments are just kind of fun.I liked OS9. Good OS for the time. Others that deserve a mention are NEXTstep, BeOS, and AmigaOS.
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What's the sidecar? I had one while in high school and we had several sidecars on ours. I still kick myself for letting my dad get rid of that and our heavily modded CoCo1.
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I used to play. Started during Unlimited and stopped during the first Urza's block because people were getting too annoying. I will still occasionally play sealed deck or draft if the urge hits me, but that is pretty rare. I play way too many other games (card, board, etc) to spend an evening being annoyed by a bunch of hyper competitive ADD kids.
Oh, and the Planeswalker game...it had Revised, Antiquities and I believe the Dark (I could be wrong about the Last.) You could also win Unlimited cards such as the power nine through dungeons and particularly tough duels. The expansion added in Arabian Nights and some of Legends if I remember correctly.
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No, it didn't go in that (I checked through all of the PMs starting from that date to the present.) It came up in some other thread after that had faded away that this person was looking for one and I mentioned that I had one collecting dust. I just can't find the postings or the PMs that would lead me back to it and I still have PMs going back pretty far. I don't delete things until I have to.
We'll see if this posting gets a hit or not. If not, I'll see if I can track the person down another way.
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My memory is failing me in my old age...I just brought up a junk box from the basement and it has the 3DO in question in it. I probably mixed it up with another one that I had and did get rid of. *sigh* yet another thing that I need to find a home for now.
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For PC gaming, I really like Saitek. I have used their stuff for a long time. The Xbox controller is also a good choice.
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It is. They do guarantee them though. They are also saying that they send a new case and manual (since those don't get mailed out to people they should be new.)
...and they do have PS2 titles on sale...no Xbox on sale even though they do still rent them. I don't think that Gamefly was around in the days of the 5200.
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I didn't see anything obvious in the titles on the first page, so I figured I'd post this and risk having someone whine that it has been posted before. Gamefly is having a sale on their used games and they are shipping free until 4 JAN.
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Lenovo took over all of IBM's personal computer business. They do also make desktops, workstations, monitors, etc under the old IBM brands (thinkcentre, etc.)
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It's been a long time since I've done these tricks, but we used to piggyback RAM chips. It was a popular mod to double system RAM in certain devices. I don't know if it would work in carts though.
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The funny thing is that KC was less like Pac-Man than any number of other games that were also out at the time. Atari went after it because it was a much better game than what they had to offer and made the VCS look really bad at the time (as did most O2 games when the system was released.)
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Edited to removed stuff that is accounted for.
Also...on the off chance that someone local has a need, I have a Laserjet 5 that I don't have room for. It is in great shape and has a 10base-T jet direct card installed in it. The toner cartridge has a lot of life left in it, but has a tiny scratch on the drum that can affect the output (a new toner cartridge is all that is needed to fix it, but the current one is fine for all but the most important jobs.) I'd keep it if I had the room and didn't have 3 other printers.
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Being unemployed for the past two months has generated a need for some extra cash. On the plus side, it has allowed me the time to start getting stuff out of here which will make my girlfriend happy. I need to cut down on the amount of stuff I have by a significant amount, so entire portions of my video game collection are going. This is just the first round of cuts. I haven't been around for a while, but I wanted to throw stuff up here before posting it on ebay next week.
If you don't like a number, propose your own. I'm flexible. The numbers don't include shipping, but I have no interest in making a profit on that. I'm also more than happy to take lot offers. I can provide pictures upon request.
Atari 8Bit
Donkey Kong (home made label) – 1
Missle Command, w/ manual – 2
Flight Simulator II – 4
Gorf, w/ manual – 5 (on hold)
Joust – 4
Tennis, w/ manual – 5
Deluxe Invaders, w/ manual – 8
Jungle Hunt – 6
Pilot Programming Language -- 12
Adventure Creator – 15
K-Razy Antiks, w/ manual – 22
K-Star Patrol, w/ manual – 25
K-Razy Shoot-Out (K*Byte), w/ manual – 25
3DO -- 75 for everything
Panasonic FZ-1, 2 gamepads
Escape From Monster Manor, complete
John Madden Football, complete
The Need for Speed, complete
Wing Commander III, complete
Guardian War, complete
Burning Soldier, sealed
Fun’n Games, complete
Myst, jeweled case
Scramble Cobra, jeweled case
Bust-A-Move, jeweled case
Slayer, 2 discs + 1 manual
Star Wars Rebel Assault, disc only
Space Hulk, disc only
Killing Time, disc only
Samurai Showdown, disc only
Hell, disc only
Wing Commander III, disc only
Total Eclipse, disc only
PGA Tour 96, disc only
Colecovision
Moonsweeper -- 9
Nova Blast -- 9
Squish’em featuring Sam -- 15
Gateway to Apshai -- 12
Victory -- 2
Slither -- 2
Turbo -- 2
Ken Uston Blackjack/Poker -- 6
Mouse Trap -- 2
Subroc -- 2
Intellivision -- make offer on the lot
Intellivision system with box (no inserts)
Intellivision 2 system with box (no inserts) – only one controller works
Extra power supply for Intellivision 2
1982 Catalog x12
1981 Catalog x3
Cart only:
Venture
Snafu
Royal Dealer – Manual, 2 Overlays
Frog Bog
Star Strike
Lock ‘N’ Chase
Mission X – Manual, 2 Overlays
Sub Hunt – Manual, 2 Overlays
Kool Aid Man -- Manual
Horse Racing -- Manual
Reversi
Bomb Squad
Pac Man
Carnival -- Manual
Dragonfire
Nova Blast
Beauty and the Beast
Atlantis
Microsurgeon – Manual, 2 Overlays
The Electric Company Math Fun
The Electric Company Word Fun
Space Spartans
Las Vegas Roulette – Manual, 2 Overlays
Checkers
Boxed Games:
Sea Battle
Tron Maze-a-Tron –No Manual
Space Battle
Demon Attack
Tron Solar Sailer – only 1 Overlay
B-17 Bomber – No Manual
Las Vegas Poker and Blackjack
Pitfall!
Lock ‘N’ Chase
Major League Baseball – No Overlays
Armor Battle
Night Stalker
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
Tron Deadly Discs
Skiing
Donkey Kong
Mousetrap – Only 1 Overlay
Space Armada
Space Hawk
Astrosmash
Burgertime
NBA Basketball
Boxing
Tennis
Auto Racing – No Manual, No Overlays
NFL Football
NHL Hockey
NASL Soccer
Boxing
Loose Overlays:
Burgertime x2
Astrosmash x2
Skiing x2
Baseball
Bowling
Extra Manuals:
Auto Racing
Major League Baseball
Donkey Kong
Bowling
Auto Racing
Burgertime
Skiing
Astrosmash
Space Armada
Nintendo NES -- Make offers on all or pieces
NES Action Set, Complete S/N N28166730
Cart Only (Plastic cases):
Tecmo Bowl
Dragon Spirit
Rygar
Deadly Towers
Monopoly
Teenage Mutant ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Ice Hockey
Rad Racer
10 Yard Fight
Super Dodge Ball
Kung Fu
Super Sprint (Tengen)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Gauntlet (Tengen)
Marble Madness
Super Mario Bros
Boxed Games:
Tiger Heli
Duck Tales
Bionic Commando
Rolling Thunder (Tengen)
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
The Legend of Kage
Jack Nicklaus Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf
Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition
Tetris
Golf
F-15 Strike Eagle
Bad Dudes
Iron Sword: Wizards and Warriors II
The Legend of Zelda (Gold)
Punch-Out!!
The Adventure of Link (Gold)
Super Mario Bros 3 (Box only)
Game Genie w/ Manual
Controllers:
NES Advantage x2
Quickshot Joystick
Quickshot gamepad
NES Max gamepad
Zapper, Grey
Zapper, Orange
Powerpad
Quickshot XII Joystick, Boxed
NES Advantage, Boxed
NES Fourscore, Boxed
Also a handfull of plastic cart cases.
New stuff added 03 FEB 08:
PS One car adapter -- Sealed -- $6
Pokemon Pikachu 2 GS, silver -- Sealed, packaging beat up -- $20
2x Wico The Boss joysicks -- Boxed, boxes beat up & no inserts -- $15 each
Genesis 3 -- Complete...never used other than to test it today...the controller seems to be wired wrong internally, but worked with another 6 button controller -- $20
SNES 2 -- console, power supply, 1 controller...console never used -- $30
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Oh yeah, THAT's why I don't start topics on this board.
1) I don't have the time to read every topic
2) The overly kind way that duplicates get pointed out.
I apologize for not making the connection. I did skim the front page of topics to try and ensure that I didn't post a duplicate. I probably should have posted my apology for the dupe in advance instead of erasing it.
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http://news.com.com/1606-2-6174194.html?tag=st.rb
Game collector is archiving the bestHenry Lowood, curator for the history of science and technology collections at Stanford University libraries, is in charge of a major project involving the archiving of 25,000-plus video games. Hear how the project started and where it goes from here. CNET News.com's Miriam Olsson reports.
I found this interesting. It might be worth getting a hold of this guy and offering some help and/or pointing him towards some of the great resources that are out there.
Henry Lowood is also going to be hosting a couple of roundtables at the Game Developer's Conference this year about preserving old games.
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2. IBM PCjr. How this managed to avoid the list is anyone's guess. It was a dumbed down toy retailing at a business computer price.Oh geez...how can you put that on the list? It was a full blown 8086 with better graphics than most other PCs at the time and a lot of innovations. It didn't sell very well because of the price, but it was a good machine. And the upgrade scheme was simply brilliant! We had a half dozen of those sidecars on ours for all sorts of added goodies.
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I haven't done any thrifting on a regular basis in years as part of my money and space saving strategy, but I will pop in to them when I happen to be nearby and in the mood to waste 20 minutes. I still don't normally have any luck to speak of.
Today, however, I had a minor score worth sharing. I was actually on my way back from checking out a Barnes and Noble since their board games clearance is down to $1 now. I struck out there naturally, but stopped at a Goodwill on the way home. I found a boxed Intellivision (no inner material, just bubble wrap) that is in nice condition (box has some tape and old price tags on it, but is sound otherwise) for $3.25 and about 10 complete games in really good condition for .99 each. I've been wanting to replace my loose systems with boxed ones for a while so it's a step in the right general direction and the games are in better condition than what I have (and a couple are even new for me.)
It means more stuff for the things to go pile, but that's ok too.
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Here is a Hauppauge winTV-GO PCI card for pretty cheap. They have a bunch of other cards for good prices as well. I just picked one of the WinTV-GO cards up last week and will probably be building a system with it this weekend.
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GameStop to Offer Classic Consoles and Games
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The Exchange in the Pittsburgh area is pretty good actually. Down where I'm at now, we have quite a few good places for classic games and I haven't explored all of them yet.
The Gamestop thing is bad for collectors. It will mean fewer things out on Craigslist, yard sales, and flea markets. It will also further normalize prices in an upwards direction.