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I spent the first ten years of MtG as a hardcore player... many thousands of dollars spent. Sold off all the big stuff (Unlimited set, Arabian set, etc.) in 2003 for $2750. Still have a few things worth something that I'm probably going to sell soon.

Yeah, we have a place here like that... when they opened I went in and was excited to see a big stack of Atari carts. Picked up like three R3-4's I didn't have... then looked at the back and realized they wanted about $20 total. Put them back. I'm fine with a retail shop charging a little more -- clearly they have lots of overhead eBay sellers don't, and there's the convenience and lack of shipping cost. But more than $5 each for R4s and under is ridiculous. The guy here who has the most carts sells R1-3's at 3/$5, which I think is a good deal. He sometimes is a little high on rarer stuff, but not too bad.

Do you know what all cups exist that you don't have? A quick Google didn't turn up a list, much to my surprise.

Typing of the Dead. House of the Dead 2 is awesome, but making it so that you have to type to shoot turned it into one of my favorite games of all time. 90% of the time I've spent playing Dreamcast games has been this one, probably.

BINs don't bother me... if they're ridiculous, they don't get bought. As someone said, look at completed auctions and you'll find out what the actual value of things is. And I think eBay is a pretty good way of determining the "retail price" of items that are no longer actually in stores, as it's essentially a perfect market environment -- almost everything is available, and people pay what they're willing to pay for those items. (Note that when I say "perfect" I mean as an economy, not that eBay itself is perfect -- clearly its policies have become increasingly stupid over time.)

I like my Generation NEX... it works well, and the Famicom slot and wireless controllers are nice. It's not perfect, of course, but it fits my needs fine.

For some reason I was under the impression that there were other NTSC Mangias (carts, at least) out there that were accepted as legit... is Marco's really the only one?

Beach-Head (C64) 20 minutes Beach-Head 2 (C64) 30 minutes Impossible Mission 2 (C64) 90 minutes Good to see you and the stats back, cvga!

Ok. Glad the wall hasn't been harmed in the process.

Did I miss a post where you explain why you're selling so much stuff lately? Have you only got smaller walls now?

The shoe holder for controllers is a clever idea! I have all my consoles set up on a Metro rack and there are wire baskets hanging on the fronts of the shelves to hold controllers.

I don't remember those, strangely... I was obsessed with Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man and always wanted any merchandise I could find. Made my parents buy me tons of the sticker packs, the cereal, the not-so-great ice cream bars, the lunchbox (which I still have... it holds my pencil collection, including the Pac/Ms. Pac pencils the machine at my school sold), anything. But I don't remember the vitamins.

Went out at lunch... was supposed to be a yard sale in the convention center parking lot today, but there wasn't. So I went to a nearby thrift instead... picked up Beany Bopper for $1.91 and Star Control for the Genesis CIB for $4.94.

Considering SMB3 is about $7-9 on eBay and Super C is $8-12 and you got all that other stuff... yep, good deal.

Yeah, I was thinking Star Wars collectors have probably snapped up what ones are out there.

Sorry, I've apparently lost the ability to read! Anybody else?

I didn't realize those existed! Anybody here already have one or both?

Wow, a bunch of good stuff in that lot... besides the black Demon Attack, there's QfQR, all those Telegames, sealed Kung-Fu Master, Skate Boardin' and Titlematch... $34 was a total steal.

Hey, cvga, if you're out there and just need someone to take over compiling the stats, please let us know!

I used to have a Tron... sold it to someone here several years ago.

Lotsa good stuff! So those Dr. Boys... they really only play a built-in game? Does the joystick port on the bottom let you control the game if you plug a stick into it?

Sorry, I haven't got the magic to accomplish that.

I've always liked Steeplechase too. I've got one or two spare if anyone's looking.

Smatchmo, those Kraft controllers are cool, but be careful -- it's easy to break them there at that point where the stick is really narrow. I accidentally set a chair on one once and snapped it right off!

C64: Space Taxi 30 mins Mr. Robot 30 mins Beamrider 15 mins psquare, Volleyball has always been my very favorite of the games on Video Olympics!