I’m continuing to do inventory of my games for insurance purposes, but I’ve been really busy working and stuff, so I’m not done. These are most of my NES carts, give or take 10-15 or so that I just found in a box and I haven’t added yet.

Next up is my second largest cart collection: SNES MADNESS. To make it easy for those playing along at home: I have all the good ones. The end.

Also: if anyone’s interested, I keep track of my games by using Video Games Tracker Pro for Android (because I once had, like, five copies of Star Tropics 2).

Sometimes, you don’t find anything after spending a day searching for old games at thrift stores, so you buy the first game you see just to get rid of those game hunting blue balls… :/

Sidenote: I can’t believe that the game hunting thing that I posted this week got so many views and was featured on #Gaming!!

A short note regarding my game hunting style: I EXCLUSIVELY buy games/consoles from thrift stores, flea markets, and garage sales. I don’t purchase from stores that specialize in retro games (unless one of my consoles is broken or something), or buy them online because it’s much more fun to find games in “the wild” than to visit a nice, air conditioned specialty store, I guess??

So, yeah, I don’t have the largest collection, but I’ve been collecting for the last 15 years or so, and I’ve managed to adopt several hundred games and about 20 consoles from those sources alone. If anyone’s interested, I’ll write up a general Game Hunting FAQ or advice thing sometime in the near future, so stay tuned! :)

Game Hunting, 5/22/12!

Alright, so here’s what I found on a game hunt yesterday:

Final Fantasy VII, Playstation - $4
Original black label (not the Greatest Hits re-release), great condition, with manual and bonus smug satisfaction of being able to say “I found Final Fantasy VII for four bucks at a thrift store” included.

Parasite Eve, Playstation - $4
Great condition, manual included. I remember being too scared to play this when it came out, not because I was a kid, but because I’m a horrible pansy wiener baby, and I will not play anything with the remote chance of a jump scare in it. Like, remember the robot rooster thing that comes out of nowhere in the Spring Yard Zone stage in Sonic 1? For a long time, that thing always made me shriek and lose all my rings.

Twisted Metal 2 and Ridge Racer Revolution, Playstation - $2 each
Great condition, manuals included.

Fade to Black, PC - $2 
Great condition, manuals included. Yes, I’m aware of how shit this game is. I just got it because I’m compelled to collect anything related to Flashback (my favorite cinematic platformer).

Judge Dredd, Sega Genesis - $1.92
Pretty good shape, no manual. Had to, because I am the law.

Wrestlemania, NES - $4 (yes, it was the same price as FFVII and Parasite Eve)
Great condition, cart only. I wish I had taken a better picture because just look at that face he’s making. LOOK AT IT

Eternal Sonata, Xbox 360 - $3
Disc in great condition. Box, not so much. 

Pro Game Hunter Tip:
When hunting in a thrift store that looks like it was stocked during a category five hurricane, don’t forget to check in the books section. Employees who can’t be bothered to shelve things where they belong will sometimes stuff games in there. I once found Final Fantasy I, complete in box, for 99 cents in the paperback books section of a thrift store. There was no price on it, and the cashier didn’t know what it was, so she asked me where I found it. When I told her, she charged me 99 cents because that’s what they charged for paperbacks. God, I love thrift stores.

Party like it’s 1995.

Full Throttle & The Dig, Macintosh

Been working and saving up so I could buy my birthday present to myself: a trip to the Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas this summer so I can BUY ALL THE GAMES!!!

Room: BOOKED
Hype: GOTTEN

Lighten up, Vegas Stakes lady, DAMN.

I need this game in my life!!

WHY DO I HAVE THIS
At least it was only $2.50.

Deadly Towers, NES

PARTY PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE SAY YEAH

Taking inventory of my games, and… Man, the label art for Karnov is pretty great. Dinosaurs, crazy monkeys, a volcano, the MOON - who could ask for anything more?

I started a Pinterest board about classic gaming! Most of the stuff is niche as hell, but if you like retro consoles, point-and-click games, and absurdity in general, you might want to check it out. There’s not much right now, since I just started it yesterday, but there will surely be more gaming silliness to come…