lightening the load

[egypturnash]

I suspect most people reading this already have this sort of thing, but just in case... Does anyone want my library of video game stuff? I feel like I'm pretty much done with the things; the last time I played new ones was a mix between intense annoyance and vague amusement.

Two Sega Genesises, one with the 32X add-on. And a Sega Nomad (hand-held Genesis, eats batteries like crazy), and a modest library of games - Gunstar Heroes, Sonic Spinball, Sonic 1-3, Earthworm Jim, some other junk that came along with the Nomad when I bought it.

A Saturn, with NiGHTS and some awful sports games I got along with it. [ edit: I forgot that I tossed said awful sports games on my last move ]

A Dreamcast, with Bangai-o, Floigan Bros., Jet Grind Radio, Mars Matrix, MDK2, Rayman 2, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Soul Reaver, Spider-Man, and Super Magnetic Neo,

A pile of Playstation games: Ape Escape, Blaster Master: Blasting Again, Blasto, Boombots, Blood Omen, Brave Fencer Mushashi, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Chrono Cross, GTA2, Mega Man Legends, Mega Man X4, Metal Gear Solid, N₂O, Abe's Exoddus, One, Rayman, R-Type Delta, Sentinel Returns, Silhouette Mirage, Spyro (1, 2, and 3), Skullmonkeys (with the lenticular image CD case!), Threads of Fate, and Wild 9.

An N64 and games: Conker's Bad Fur Day, Mischief Makers, Sin & Punishment, Space Station Silicon Valley, Rocket: Robot On Wheels.

PS2 games: Beyond Good & Evil, Devil May Cry, Okage Shadow King, Skygunner, Sly Cooper, Primal, Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, Deus X, Blood Omen 2, Ape Escape 2, Soul Reaver 2, and Blood Omen/Soul Reaver 3: Defiance.

(I have a PS2 but it's taken up residence at prickvixen's place.)

A Gamecube with: Ikaruga, Wario World, Zelda: Wind Waker.

Also, the appropriate controllers and video/power cables, some controller extension cables, a three-way A/V switch, boxes to hook PS(2) controllers to the Dreamcast and Gamecube, memory cards for the things with fairly complete saves for most of these games, and a cute PS controller with autofire and a switch to map the left stick to the d-pad - handy for those games that try to be "old-school" and force you to use the d-pad.

Observant eyes will note that I have a lot of platform adventures and a lot of shootemups. I have the entire "Legacy of Kain" series, I have a lot of Treasure's games and next to none of Nintendo's. Also, 'Rocket' is the first game from the dev team that made the Sly Cooper games.

I might decide to keep Sin & Punishment because it was a birthday present with a certain amount of sentimental value. It's also, unfortunately, about the only really rare game in my collection.

If I can find all the parts, and you want it, I might throw in the Tower-O-Consoles shelf unit that I kept them on. It's a freestanding thing from Ikea that managed to comfortably hold pretty much all my systems at once. (The photo's from before the PS2 or Gamecube were out, and after I added a TV stand from the same line - I don't have that stand any more. I do have two side pieces for it to be free-standing.)

Everything is NTSC, and nothing except for Sin & Punishment is an import. My N64's been unscrewed so I could take out the simple physical anti-import lock-out mechanism to play S&P.

[ edit: I documented the Genesis collection, just for the hell of it.

Earthworm Jim 2, Eternal Champions, Gunstar Heroes, Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, James Pond 2 - Codename: Robocod, Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam Tournament Edition, Sonic The Hedgehog (2 and 3, not 1), Sonic Spinball (2 copies), Sonic & Knuckles, ToeJam & Earl, Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

And for the 32X: Doom, Motocross Championship, Virtua Fighter.

The beat-em-ups, NBA Jam, EWJ2, Robocod, and the spare Spinball came along with the Nomad and 32x.

This is 74 games. Yee. That feels like a lot, and like not very many. ]



This offer's mostly open to anyone in the San Francisco area who can drop by and pick the things up themselves; I really don't want to ship it unless you're willing to pay enough to make it worth the hassle. Price is up in the air, make an offer. If you're curious about what some of the games are, ask.

It's a package deal, partially because all the systems and their cables are in two boxes, and I'm not entirely sure the cables are in the same box as the machine. I do have all the cables in there, though.

Comments

Good God

[5th-earth.livejournal.com]

You've got some stuff in there I'd love to have. I'll make an opening offer of $500--I can pick up in person, and you can keep Sin & Punishment if you like. Might take the shelf unit too.

5thearth (at) comcast (period) net
AIM: Ex Parrot5

Re: Good God

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

o.O

Seriously? Five hundred bucks? Shit, I was expecting to be lucky to get a hundred for all this stuff, what with the short notice, and the terrible prices one gets selling them to used game stores!

If I don't get a better offer by the end of Saturday, it's yours - I don't really have the time to research what it's worth, and sell it off individually, right now. I'm in Sunnyvale, I'll give you the address and phone in e-mail. I posted this to Craigslist as well, so you might have a little competition.

Re: Good God

[5th-earth.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, TBH my initial offer in my head was $300. But then I thought, the Gamecube alone has a market value of $200, and the Dreamcast was worth that much back in its day, and PS2 games don't go for cheap either... Frankly I was worried you'd turn me down. I hope it's not uncouth to say I lower my offer if no one else bids that high... Say $300 for a base offer, and I'll bid up to $500. That sound okay?

Didn't think I'd be negotiating downwards... ;-)

Re: Good God

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

*research* Hmm, I was checking on used hardware prices at Gamestop, and the used consoles alone are about $185 total - never mind that they don't even have the 32X, Saturn, or Nomad! Add in $5/game on "average" and it's $510 worth of stuff. Probably a lot more, 'cause enough of these are still going to be found used for $20 or more that the price would wander up. $500 turns out to actually be a pretty good deal for all of this! I severely undersell myself all the time and really should try to quit doing that.

Since you said you don't have a PS2 to play the bulk of my collection on, I might swipe that back from the friend it's been loaned to; I'd said I was probably going to take it back when I moved and was debating passing it to her. I want to get rid of these things and fund a decent chunk of my move down to New Orleans...

Re: Good God

[5th-earth.livejournal.com]

Well, I did open my mouth, so if it's $500, so be it. ;)

Re: Good God

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Hee. I'll see you tomorrow or tonight, I suppose? I need the room to organize all my other boxes of stuff in the garage.

I e-mailed you the address and phone number, but just in case I mis-typed the TO: 950 E Evelyn Ave, Sunnyvale 94086; 408/737-7849.

Our net's been sporadicly horrible. And, annoyingly, the telephone has broken voice-mail - it'll take it, but we never get it. I'm keeping a telephone in earshot as I work on packing other stuff...

[grrrowly.livejournal.com]

Hehe, that's funny... I just sold almost all those Sega Genesis titles you listed today. xD

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

There's a few more, but I can't remember what they are and didn't feel like digging through the boxes!

[ted-boomerang.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say that Rocket: Robot on wheels was an awsome game and I'm glad that some people have played it.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

I think... yeah. I actually played it before Sucker Punch had a big hit with "Sly Cooper". Someone there likes raccoons.

[ted-boomerang.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen any humans in thier games (save the torsoless owner of the theme park) maybe they got a case of the furrays there

[ted-boomerang.livejournal.com]

also, I never got to play Sly cooper

He is wielding a giant penis

[frostbytepb.livejournal.com]

A hooked rod, due to the physiology of a raccoon's boned erection, and the curvature of it, is a raccoon phallic symbol.

Someone there really likes raccoons.

Re: He is wielding a giant penis

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

I had somehow managed never to think of that, despite being a nasty nasty person. And playing a raccoon on and off.

Re: He is wielding a giant penis

[frostbytepb.livejournal.com]

It's not an original thought. I picked it up from Tuxedo_Dolphin.

[mmsword.livejournal.com]

Mmm Gunstar Heroes. I love that game intensely. And your art style reminds me a lot of some of the stylings in NiGHTS. I loved that game as well. Its really the only reason to own a Saturn.

Saturn imports, mmkay?

[(Anonymous)]

mmsword
Thursday, 10:00 AM
July 21st, 2005
Mmm Gunstar Heroes. I love that game intensely. And your art style reminds me a lot of some of the stylings in NiGHTS. I loved that game as well. Its really the only reason to own a Saturn.

So untrue. To date there has been no other console with a better selection of arcade quality 2D shooters, many of which are found on no other console.

The only problem is that they're nearly all imports. For whatever reason Sega USA decided it was vitally important to release gay sports titles instead.

-David

[holohedron.livejournal.com]

I was never a PSX man. True, it had ports of Grandia and several other games, but the Saturn had Panzer Saga, Rayearth, Dark Savior, the little half-sequel to Grandia, and just generally trod all over the Sony in the action/shooter dept. I think of Saturn as the "sleeper hit" console, like a critically acclaimed indie film released at the same time as a summer blockbuster.

Of course all I do now is pirate SNES roms, so, what do I know? xp

[shizouka.livejournal.com]

What, No Rez for PS2?

[prickvixen.livejournal.com]

I was going to get it for her birthday, but couldn't find a copy that wasn't like $100 or something.

Rez

[chi-mangetsu.livejournal.com]

Not at all pushing the limits of "interesting" peripherals in gaming.

[prickvixen.livejournal.com]

So I guess you're giving me the PS2? Thank you. (I would ask for Okage, but if that guy's expecting to get it... it'll probably be very cheap by the time I'm going to want to play it again.)

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

I'm debating back and forth on that. See the exchange above.

[read-alicia.livejournal.com]

By the way, if you are ever hankering for a Genesis/Saturn/Dreamcast experience, you are more than welcome to borrow mine (and my software). They're festering in my closets and even postrodent could only play Rez so many times before returning it to me. I'm happy enough for someone to get some use out of them. And yes, I ship, since I figure you'll be back to Boston someday ^^

[Email is my LJ name without the underscore at gmail]