Bitter sweet because I’m pretty sure this means we lost real one. RIP
It’s church thrift store run by elderly people and they get overwhelmed and will just toss anything on a whim. They practically give away the stuff they do sell.
The others that were piled up in the bottom of the box. Some of the discs had fallen out of the cases and sleeves but they all seemed fine except for one: Half-Life GOTY disc got a few tiny fatal cracks. A lot of software and bargain bin games have been excluded.
There were two discs that go with two joysticks I have. I have a sidewinder somewhere but couldn’t bother looking for it for the pic.
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You mean was in the trash and now with you, right? Right?
I went back yesterday and saw that some more games had been put some in their CD section. Recovered some discs that missing got several more games. Paid less than $5 (they charge a quarter per CD/DVD). So here’s the total haul:
Jesus, someone wasn’t paying attention. That Paper Mario OST goes for around $450 USD
Also, RIP(most likely)
It’s a church thrift store, so your first sentence is like you’re telling on the staff to the boss.
My beta deck MTG cards went to a thrift sale.
No idea where they went after.
No I’m not salty.
When I find my 500 bitcoin thumb drive in the landfill I’ll just buy them back…
Are you serious? There was also an original Metal Gear Solid soundtrack in it’s original cardboard case.
I only know about the Paper Mario one because I was looking for it a while back and got sticker shock. I’m not sure if the MGS soundtrack is worth anything (but I would bet that it is also pricey)
do a couple ebay searches to get an idea of what people are asking for them
Seeing this reminds me that, when I moved out on my own back in the '00s my mom held onto EVERYTHING from my 80s-90s childhood and practically hermetically sealed it in my old room, except for things I’m actually nostalgic for.
Big box pc games and cartridges? Garbage. GI Joes and Star Wars figures and Legos? Sent to spoiled baby cousin. 500 lbs of worthless nonsport trading cards and water damaged comics? Just like you left them, honey!
Rip. Probably some really valuable stuff in there. Take it all.
That’s my formative years in a box right there.
Formative years come with micro transactions and subscription paywalls now. Single player games that require internet. And games that shut down when the corporation deems it unprofitable.
Wow how it must suck to be a 20s kid.
our backs hurt
Name something doesn’t hurt. That would be surprising.
Wow a bunch of likely unusable junk.
all that stuff IS trash. abandonware websites have been around since the late 90s. preservation is a cool ideal. i mean, collecting cartridges from retro systems is a just hobby because there’s historical value in the games as physical objects and because you need the system to play them.
PC games? not so much, unless you’re considering them as a complete product with the box and instruction manual and all that. those CD’s aren’t even going to work on a modern computer; you’ll have to fiddle with dosbox or some emulator; so why not just have a digital copy?
this isn’t preservation–it’s mental illness justified with ideas of preservation; most of this haul are trash-worthy CD-R’s with official artwork and a case.
there’s historical value in the games as physical objects
I don’t understand; does this suddenly become untrue just because they are accessible by other means? Especially with what Sony’s been trying to pull as of late…
