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Summer Game Hunts
With respect to game collecting, this summer has been pretty fruitful so far. I’ve had no yard sale luck yet, but the classifieds and thrift stores have been good to me, and I’ve also found a few games online for … Continue reading
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Someone Else’s Spring Cleaning
Sometimes it’s a matter of luck when you’re coasting through classifieds ads and happen to see one that’s brand new. Nobody’s looked at it yet and your eyes are the first to take in the goods to be had. This … Continue reading
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Mishmash – My Favourite Kinds of Game Potatoes
The classifieds have been right up my alley lately. I’ve found more games I was looking for in the last few weeks than I have all summer long and it has been such a welcome thing finding things again! I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 eyes, aidyn chronicles, astyanax, bugs bunny, buster's hidden treasure, classifieds, dark sword of chaos, donkey kong, game boy, game boy advance, game collecting, game gear, game store, gba, lady sia, N64, n64 rpg, nes, ninja gaiden, ninja gaiden ii, nintendo, nintendo 64, nintendo entertainment system, operation wolf, operation wolf master system incompatibility, rabbit rampage, retro games, sega master system, shining force, sms, snes, starcraft 64, super nintendo, sword of hajya, tiny toon adventures, tri formation, zillion ii
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A Wild SNES Appears
The last month or so, I’ve been trying to focus on local classifieds ads for retro game hunting. In part, this is because many of my local stores have left me feeling disappointed or have gotten so greedy that I … Continue reading
The Most Ninfundo You’ll Ever Have
Even though the snow keeps on coming out here in these parts, it seems that people are finally getting into Spring Cleaning Mode and are dusting the cobwebs off of all their old games to sell or purge. As you … Continue reading
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The Springtime Shuffle
I can honestly say that this has been one of the slowest winters for game collecting I’ve ever experienced. With the exception of a few things wiggling into my possession by chance, I’ve mostly been shopping online or at game … Continue reading
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Nintendo Goodies
It has been some time since I’ve been able to find anything even remotely interesting at a thrift store, but that all changed the other day. After coming up empty for months, I found a few NES games huddled together … Continue reading
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Classifieds: It’s Raining Atari
I’d have to say that my boyfriend and I have been pretty lucky when meeting up with people from online classifieds ads. Sure, we’ve run into the occasional smooth-talking reseller, but we’ve always had our wits about us. I’ve mentioned … Continue reading
Sega and Playstation walk into a bar…
After many prayers and fist-shakes, the gods of the classifieds ads have finally given me their blessing again. Along with scouring the poorly-worded posts of people parting with their beloved games, I’ve also had some luck with finding a few … Continue reading
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Ninfundo (I have a feeling I’ve used this title before…)
Older games from Nintendo are definitely some of my favourites, and it seems that whenever I think I’ve found all that I could ever want to play for those systems, I find out about something new and exciting. That’s what … Continue reading
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