AMenard

Stereos can be easilly repaired, cars too. plenty of aftermarket for parts. Pets and trees are living things, not consumer goods. Old computers/consoles can also be repaired and keep running, this is why site like this exist. Media can also be transfered unto a newer medium. And, yes, having bought the damn thing I'm sure well entitled to enjoy it perpetually as long as I can keep it running even if I have to fix it and replace every part, including medium, to keep it running. No amount of playing devil's advocate will change that fact.

Next, we'll see this in the hospital maternity hall: John Doe, Born: xx/xx/xxxx "Launch Edition"

Well, I bought a domain name for my blog... More of a daily journal of sort for me to keep track of my progress in learning electronics and to post about my ongoing projects to be.

Generate radiation and buzz?

Received my Wii U yesterday. Great condition. Came with a big bag of lego thingy and the base to use them with... I feel a bit silly at 53 playing with little lego figurines and trucks...

Received FInal Fantasy VIII today. Not a scratch on the disc and case.

They're expensive though for what they bring. You can get both a snes and a genesis for the price of the TG-16 and games are also more costly.

I built my own audio/video furniture with space for six regular sized console system. Might as well use it for something...

Isn't that the description of the original xbox? :-)

A distinction without a difference really, a cop out even. But anyway it's alright... Time to move on.

I hope you didn't download those roms... :-) This would be a tad hypocritical considering that other thread and your pov on the subject, don't you think?

reason why I stick to rpg and puzzle games for the most part...

I don't really collect. I buy, use and trade/sell when I get tired. I buy again when I feel like playing again later on. I generally make a small profit over all and donate what doesn't sell instead of throwing it away. That being said, I'm a bit over the retro computing phase with a caveat. I mean, that I'm over the already built 8/16/32 bits computer from the well known brand. Instead I would like to build my own 8 and 16 bits computers, hence why I'm enrolling in a couple of electronics classes to refresh what I already know and learn what I'm missing. I recently bought a NES, SNES and Genesis and a couple of games. Also got a PS2, PS3 and a PS4, mostly for the RPGs and to watch BluRay. The Wii U, again I got for a couple of games that I want to play. But beside the 8/16bits and the PS4, I won't be keeping them for more than a year. I'm single with a good paying job. I don't have any real family to take care off beside my mother who lives with me (bi-generational house). I don't drink, smoke or do drugs. I don't like travelling all that much and I don't value cars as anything more than a convenient way to go from one place to the other. My mortgage and taxes are low since I'm about 50km from the major city and live in a small town. I have "hobby" money available to spend once the bills are paid.

I bought three online electronics courses on Udemy.

Just registered for it! At $12.99Cdn each, I also took two Arduino classes also.

With most system, loose is game only/disc in generic case, no case, no booklet. The missing slip case will bring its value down somewhat but It should fetch around ¾ of a CiB since it's a rare disc to own, IMHO.

Looks great! Will try it once it's finished.

Avaris... Sound like Avarice which is greed in french..

Found a Wii U for $125Cdn with 8 games for it, so that will take care of my Wii gaming needs. I also received my 80gig PS3 yesterday. Nice condition.

Now, go make the car go boom!

Won Assassin's Creed 1,2 & 3 on PS3 for $3 each shipped.

Seller accepted my $7.99Cdn shipped for Assassin Creed Syndicate (PS4) new/sealed.

That Vic20 was used in an industrial setting and was covered in old machine oil and grease.

Now if I could win the powerball I could afford a framemeister

Scart switches are expensive as hell, at least on ebay... You'll probably get better luck if you can find a friend willing to ship you one from europe.