I Now Pronounce You Man and Gamer

Moving is really confusing. I don't know the area very well so I'm forced to stick with major roads. When I venture off the main roads I become dependent on the maps at the front of my phone book (yeah, I know it's weird).

 

We've been exploring the classic videogame shops thouh so that's been good. We've added 10 new games to the NES collection and I've discovered that the collection has practically outgrown a 5 shelf bookcase. We're still filling in the common areas of our collection so thankfully the games I'm buying are all under the $2 mark. I did pick up another 4 player game though (woohoo Championship Bowling!). Anyone up for a retro gaming party? No fancy cd based systems allowed

So my entire life has changed since I last posted anything. I am now 3,000 miles away from Georgia, I am totally jobless and more than a little nervous. The good news is that I have some sort of orientation for game testing at Nintendo on Thursday. It's not really what I want to do but at least it isn't retail. I just need someone to hire me so that I can prove my post-degree worth.

 

In other news, E3 is today. It's sad to say, but this new format has taken away some of the joy and anticipation from the event. I'm not nearly as excited as I have been in the past. Oh ESA, what have you done?

My husband and I were doing our weekly pawn shop checks (although we've pretty much exhausted that avenue. The ones that are left just turn all their old games over to flea market dealers :( ) and we stumbled upon this junky place on the crappy side of town named "Miller's Pawn". He had a decent bit of gaming stuff and about 30 or so NES games. I picked out 6 that I liked and told Jase that I'd be willing to pay $15-$18 for them. He went to the counter and offered the guy $15. The store owner actually said "Don't worry about that... how about you just give me $6 for them" (umm... Wha? The guy turned down money we were prepared to pay?)

 

The store owner then told us about something "special" he had in the back. Now, I rarely agree with pawn shop owners that they ever have something special. It's usually their way of ripping you off. Anyway, the guy went into the back and came out to the front with a giant NES Deluxe Set. Oh man that thing was pretty... The box looked almost new and the components were beautiful. ROB the Robot had some dust on him but he looked like he'd work. The guy said he wouldn't take less than $140 for it because "these things are going on ebay for $200". We left and ended up coming back for it but Jason talked him into throwing in the 25 NES games that he had left as part of that $140 price tag.

 

We used the doubles of the games he'd traded us at the flea market on Saturday and ended up getting some pretty rare NES games for a cheap price thanks to the trades. We picked up: Baseball Stars, Baseball Stars II, Battleship (w/ instructions), Star Wars (w/ instructions), Sesame Street 123, Sesame Street Hide and Speak and a few others for $25. All I had to do was trade the guy 4 NES games (One was Jaws, one was the Nintendo triple pack).

 

Awesome... I love collecting NES games.

I went to the flea market on Saturday (I think it has finally moved into the "weekly ritual" stage) and had a much better day than I have in the past. Jase and I were doing our normal "let's walk the aisles and pray" when we stopped by some dirty guy's booth since I saw a few electronics laying around (ie DVD players, old stereos etc). I looked down on the table and saw a Turbografx 16 AND an Atari Jaguar. The Jag was missing its RF unit and the T16 didn't have any of its cords. Each system did have a controller though and the T16 had the packin game Keith Courage. I asked the guy how much he wanted for both and he said $20. Now normally I'd balk at paying that price for anything but the cheapest T16 I've seen in a store is $60 and the Jag's normal price is around $40. I figured if they didn't work I'd just eat the loss.

 

I've managed to borrow a T16 AC adapter and I tested the system last night... it works! Hallelujah! The Jag doesn't but I'm going to try and see if I can figure out what is wrong with it. I really want that system to be operational.

 

Oh, and I picked up some more games.

 

Super Mario Brothers 2 (NES)

Jackal (NES)

Bad News Baseball (NES)

Days of Thunder (NES)

Tecmo Baseball (NES)

Tecmo Bowl (NES)

Double Dare (NES)

Captain Skyhawk (NES)

Marble Madness (NES)

8 Eyes (NES)

Went flea market shopping today. Picked up 11 games (yikes!)

 

Spy Hunter (NES)

Friday the 13th (NES)

Win, Lose, or Draw (NES)

Athletic World (NES)

Golgo 13 (NES)

Mike Tyson's Punchout (NES)

Super Jeopardy (NES) - 4 player game for the NES! YAY!

Super C (NES)

Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge (NES)

Stealth ATF (NES)

Star Wars Rebel Assault II (PSX)