Flea Market Woes

[RetroRich]

I guess this will teach me to check games thoroughly before i jump on them. Ended up buying a lot of 7 genesis/nes/ps1 games for $10

got boxed Ecco, Eternal Champions, and Lion King

Loose, Dragon Warrior, Faxanadu

Black label Final Fantasy VIII


i get home, and find out the the 3 genesis games have missing copper pegs on the rom chip on the bottom of the cartridges. I haven't tested the games yet, but i assume that means these games are pretty much dead.

then i open up the final fantasy, and realize it is missing Disk 1.

FML

although i did manage to get paper mario for $10, As well as a black label final fantasy 9 for $6. So i'm happy with those.

[cityside75]

Your Genesis games will work fine. It's actually pretty common to see Genesis games missing some contacts. I assume it was done to save money and they were going unused anyway.

[Sunnyvale]

Like cityside75 said, your genny carts are ok. As for checking discs, yeah, you gotta.

[Sundowner]

I bought Ghen War for saturn at a flea market and the disc was horribly scratched up. For whatever reason the case had the hinges gone so they taped it close and I didn't want to make a big fuss over 5 dollars. It's a good thing the saturn is great at reading damaged discs.but yea, flea markets arn't as trustworthy as second hand shops. Got to inspect before you get home

[Crocket]

I've had that happen to me too though not with games but with video tapes and records. So yeah check the insides first because I had learn the hard way too.

[Bratwurst]

Went to a flea market this past Saturday, I have been going to this place for years.

Megaman 2, $12.50
Super Mario Bros. $7
Any other NES commons, $5-$6 a piece
Mario 64, Goldeneye 64, $20 each

Everything was in really bad shape. Megaman 2 had about half the label ripped off, and every vendor looked at me hard like I was going to try and steal something. I didn't get anything. Fleas are no good for me anymore, but I go about once a year to remind myself of this.