When cleaning you find interesting things . . .

[Gentlegamer]

This evening I am looking for the instructions to a universal remote in a drawer and I come across a plastic sleeve with the instructions for the Sony stereo system I received for Christmas in 1994 (which I still have and use).

I'm having a devilish time finding the universal remote instructions so I think perhaps I tucked them in the plastic sleeve, too. In the plastic sleeve I find additional instructions for my old Panasonic VCR. Behind that, I find the instruction manual and "quick start" poster for my Super Nintendo, in mint condition! These are the instructions for my SNES that I bought on launch day in 1991 and still have.

I had no idea I still had this stuff! It's amazing what you can find while cleaning.

[hellfire]

Ive trashed up my whole house about 7 times looking for my loose copy of nights into dreams for sega saturn, I still havent found it

[Tupin]

Ive trashed up my whole house about 7 times looking for my loose copy of nights into dreams for sega saturn, I still havent found it
Same thing for me with a copy of Super Mario Bros. 3, I know it's somewhere in my basement, but I can't find it.

[tom]

I had the same, when cleaning I found instructions for VCRs, also in plastic sleeves. One was for a JVC VCR i purchased in 1984 in Germany, which could not only play NTSC, but also record NTSC, which was very rare for 1984. That was my most expensive VCR ever costing approx DM 3000 at the time.

[FamicomFreak]

There was one time I found a NES manual looking for my tv remote manual. I coudn't believe I still had it!

[Sonicwolf]

I found all of my game manuals from my childhood (20 or 30 of them) all stashed in some basement shelf I was cleaning after a decade. I was pretty happy.

[Cobra Commander]

The other day, I was cleaning up an "unused" upstairs bedroom, and I found 2 2600's, Space Invaders, the box for Populous for SNES, the Ascii pad box for SNES, and a quick connect fold out poster for the NES.
Pretty cool haul I'd say.

[Push Upstairs]

One time I cleaned my room and found a copy of "Bio Force Ape".

True story.

[Giskard]

I was cleaning out my old closet at my parent's house and found a mint box complete 5200 I forgot I owned.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

This evening I am looking for the instructions to a universal remote in a drawer and I come across a plastic sleeve with the instructions for the Sony stereo system I received for Christmas in 1994 (which I still have and use).

I'm having a devilish time finding the universal remote instructions so I think perhaps I tucked them in the plastic sleeve, too. In the plastic sleeve I find additional instructions for my old Panasonic VCR. Behind that, I find the instruction manual and "quick start" poster for my Super Nintendo, in mint condition! These are the instructions for my SNES that I bought on launch day in 1991 and still have.

I had no idea I still had this stuff! It's amazing what you can find while cleaning.

Thank you for letting us all know that you haven't "cleaned your drawers" in almost 15 years.:o

One time I was cleaning my room and found the floor. And it turned out that the fuzzy stuff was carpet and not some science fair project gone bad.

Thank you, thank you. I will be here all week, and remember, there is a 2 drink minimum.

JY

[WhatsMyUsername]

Best i had was finding my old gameboy pocket and color that i thought were thrown out.

[TheGam3r]

My Brother Found Half My GBC/GBA Games I Thought i lost:

GBC:
-Pokemon Pinball
-Hamtaro:Ham-hams Unite

GBA:
-Yu-Gi-Oh:Eternal Duelist soul
-Wild thronberrys Chimp chase
-Rocket Power:Dream Scheme

I Thought I Lost these games forever

[cyberfluxor]

Yes, nothing like finding long lost goodies while hunting through your collection. Sometimes I find manuals, cables or games I didn't know I had while digging through drawers.

[Aussie2B]

I was so happy when I found my N64 box from my launch N64. I wasn't sure if I had kept it or not. Probably wouldn't be hard to get another, but I have sentimentality attached to that particular one.

For the last few months, I've been going nuts, though, because one of my Star Ocean 3 figures has gone missing. If somebody threw it out, I swear I'll kill them. o_O They're from Japan, and they're virtually impossible to find these days, which seems to be the case with most Japanese figures. If you don't nab 'em while they're new, you'll never get another chance, short of possibly getting Hong Kong bootlegs.

[mills]

When dreamTR cleans his house he finds R10's.

[tubeway]

When dreamTR cleans his house he finds R10's.

Nah, that's too easy.

He probably finds preserved body parts of Gunpei Yokoi.

[tubeway]

The other day, I was cleaning up an "unused" upstairs bedroom, and I found 2 2600's, Space Invaders, the box for Populous for SNES, the Ascii pad box for SNES, and a quick connect fold out poster for the NES.
Pretty cool haul I'd say.

I can beat that. One time I was cleaning my game room and I found a Joe Santulli in an unused corner.

Also, it is really a "haul" when it's just stuff you found in your own house? I'd ask Joe, but he escaped last week.

[hellfire]

One time I cleaned my room and found a copy of "Bio Force Ape".

True story.

Im with a website that finds unreleased games, we could raise some serious money to get it leaked

[Diatribal Deity]

Thank you for letting us all know that you haven't "cleaned your drawers" in almost 15 years.:o

One time I was cleaning my room and found the floor. And it turned out that the fuzzy stuff was carpet and not some science fair project gone bad.

Thank you, thank you. I will be here all week, and remember, there is a 2 drink minimum.

JY

When I was searching "my drawers" recently, I found an old joystick. I hear it may work again with a little love and care. A few people have told me if I get the right person to blow on it, it may show signs of life. Others have told me to keep moving it around to try and get a response.

I have a two drink maximum...as the hecklers seem to come out in force after that.

[leicamaster]

Ive trashed up my whole house about 7 times looking for my loose copy of nights into dreams for sega saturn, I still havent found it

I got four copies if you are still interested.

[DigitalSpace]

The last gaming item I found while cleaning was the Super NES mouse pad that came with Mario Paint. I hadn't seen it for years and thought that it was accidentally given or thrown away. Needless to say, I'm glad it wasn't. :)

[The 1 2 P]

He probably finds preserved body parts of Gunpei Yokoi.

I actually found a real dead body while cleaning my room looking for memory cards. But I didn't need it at the moment so I just shoved it back in my closet.

[ryborg]

One time I cleaned my room and found a copy of "Bio Force Ape".

True story.


When dreamTR cleans his house he finds R10's.

these are good posts.

I recently unearthed my factory sealed Sega Saturn Net Link Game Pack that I got at Toys R Us for a penny years and years ago.

[Teknik_SE-R]

my mom brought over an old box of star wars toys from my parents attic... what else was inside? the boxes and instructions for a bunch of games, particularly metroid II for game boy, my most memorable childhood game.

I kept all the games I had when i was a kid. Once I started collecting ten years later, I had always wished I kept the boxes. Then they just showed up one day. I never knew I could have such nostalgia for some printed paper and cardboard. I was a smart kid for keeping that crap.

I really should go over to my mom's house and look for my SNES box. Bet its there too.

[nate1749]

Wow, that means you've had a drawer that you hadn't checked in around 15 years???

[Teknik_SE-R]

guess so. I never fully moved out. just took my clothes and what not. stuff has been trickling in from the attic since. the kids go wild getting stuff from dad's old toy collection. Drives my wife nuts cuz all the junk I collected (pez, legos, gi joes, and all the other junk)

[Gentlegamer]

Wow, that means you've had a drawer that you hadn't checked in around 15 years???
No, it means I slid the SNES stuff in that particular plastic sleeve long ago and haven't looked in it since. From the outside, it looks like just the Sony stereo instructions. The sleeve itself has moved with me several times over the years.