My Saturn & NiGHTS Story: Surprise, Frustration and Victory

[Cambot]

Upon reading about the upcoming Wii NiGHTS game, I became interested in the franchise, having heard good things about the original back in the day, but never owning a Sega Saturn.

Recently, I found a Saturn at a thrift for $8.00 (as pictured here). (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/sstrn2ji4.jpg) Problem was, it came without the AV cord or any controllers. I got the S-video cord for $4.99 from one site, and since I was tracking down NiGHTS into Dreams, I thought I had better order a 3D controller to go with it. I found the game listed "used: no box, no instructions" at www.squaredealonline.com (http://www.squaredealonline.com) for $14.99 and a 3D Saturn controller for $9.99. I bought it figuring that was pretty fair for a game in such high demand at the moment, with complete copies going for upwards of $40.00 elsewhere. And really, I wasn't trying to "collect" the game, but I really just wanted to play it. I also got Panzer Dragoon which was listed "no box, no instructions" as well.

Well, my package finally arrived and I was surprised to see Nights came in it's original box complete with the original 3D pad in addition to the extra one I ordered. Panzer Dragoon also came compete, and everything was in excellent condition!

So now it was time to test the Saturn with my new controller. So, for some reason, I grabbed one of the other Saturn games I'd been collecting over the past year or so, Mr. Bones and went through the date/time menus to see if the drive would fire up. It went to the CD player interface screen and said "the disc drive empty"...

...nothing

All it did was click 4 times and never spun. So I took a screwdriver, turned the thing over and noticed a sticker there from Sega saying the unit had been refurbished. I took out the screws, removed the power cable from the disc drive, and lifted it out. I blew out some dust away, spun it manually a few times and put everything back together. Again, I tried it out, only this time with the NiGHTS disc. Went through the menus and again to the player screen, "START APPLICATION"

"Sonic Team!" Been working fine ever since.

Here's everything. Not pictured is the other identical controller.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5655/dsc0005ro1.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0005ro1.jpg)

[jonjandran]

Wrong forum maybe ??

[Cambot]

Mods may feel free to move this, but this also doubles as a 'finds' thread is there's a story to go along with your find.

[jonjandran]

Mods may feel free to move this, but this also doubles as a 'finds' thread is there's a story to go along with your find.

But the finds thread is the sticky on the top of the page. The rest of the forum is to find out what items are worth :)

[Atari 5200]

Ha! Both of us have the same printer. And I tried to keep the plastic on too!

Anyway cool story and I hope you like Nights as much as I did!

[Cornelius]

But the finds thread is the sticky on the top of the page. The rest of the forum is to find out what items are worth :)
Aw, c'mon man, this is the perfect use of this forum. If there is something out of the ordinary or a good story to go with a find, a new thread is perfectly warranted.

To cambot: very cool that you got complete stuff when you didn't expect to. I wonder if that would happen again if someone were to order the same stuff from that site... hmmmmm.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Aw, c'mon man, this is the perfect use of this forum. If there is something out of the ordinary or a good story to go with a find, a new thread is perfectly warranted.

To cambot: very cool that you got complete stuff when you didn't expect to. I wonder if that would happen again if someone were to order the same stuff from that site... hmmmmm.

I was browsing that site to see if they had cheap DC games.

$15 for sports games? No thanks. :P

[Cambot]

Yeah, it seems that:

GAME = $14.99 at that site.

[jonjandran]

Aw, c'mon man, this is the perfect use of this forum. If there is something out of the ordinary or a good story to go with a find, a new thread is perfectly warranted.
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What about the other 50 people who posted finds in the "Finds" thread stickied at the top of the forum?

50 posts about finds in this forum would clutter it up. Thats why it's a "What's it Worth" Forum with a "Finds" thread.

If we all play by the rules it just works out better :)

[Cornelius]

What about the other 50 people who posted finds in the "Finds" thread stickied at the top of the forum?

50 posts about finds in this forum would clutter it up. Thats why it's a "What's it Worth" Forum with a "Finds" thread.

If we all play by the rules it just works out better :)
I'm one of those other 50 people, but I didn't have anything out of the ordinary, or a (good) story to tell for any of mine. Anyway, I'll leave it be since clearly this debate belongs over in the stickied thread in classic gaming... where it pretty much was already debated. :cheers:

[jonjandran]

I'm one of those other 50 people, but I didn't have anything out of the ordinary, or a (good) story to tell for any of mine. Anyway, I'll leave it be since clearly this debate belongs over in the stickied thread in classic gaming... where it pretty much was already debated. :cheers:

But arguing gets the thread bumped to the top doesn't it :p

[Cambot]

Alright, I might be wrong, but I think I remember seeing a mod say 'interesting finds worthy of discussion' can come here with their own thread; otherwise, put them in the monthly finds thread.

But as I said, a mod may feel free to move this. This isn't the discussion I intended, anyways.

[mailman187666]

how is this to keep this thread in the right direction:

good job on the good luck there man. I'd say IF you were to sell all that stuff, you could probably make a quick $20 profit if not more. You got a good deal. Just trying to put the thread in the right direction.