Things people do with/to classic games and systems that really bothers you

[Genesaturn]

So...I just finished ranting on my blog, and figured...what the heck..lets see what gets everyone else upset. I will tell you what I mean...

I just picked up a crate of systems from a yard sale for $15. In the crate were 2 Model 1 Genesis systems, 2 Model 2's, a model 1 SCD, and a PS2. All were super dirty, but I figured they had them stored away and a little cleaning will do the job just fine. PS2 works fine. However none of the Genesis systems work. Not major..figured I could open them up and give a good work over..until I open them up and a horrid musty smell smacks me in the face. Obviously these been stored in a very damp basement prone to flooding. All the systems were rusty brown on the inside. This really ticks me off. Who would store ANY electronics in a damp musty basement? WHY!!!???? This ranks up there with the age old question of...What do people do with game cases and manuals after they buy games? It infuriates me to no end.

Anyways...what ya got?

[wiggyx]

The only thing that really annoys me is shitty paint jobs on old consoles. There's a SNES that's been on eBay for months with a really fucking terrible paint job that depicts Cammy's ass over an oh-so-1990's faux stone spray paint base. They guy even had the balls to sign his creation on the bottom as if he's some sort of well known artist. On too of that, he wants like a hundred bucks for the POS. too much of that sort of thing and really any severely amateur hack job mod.

[Space-Ace-13]

i guess mine is along the same lines. Just condition really. I hate going to a flea market or looking on craigslist/ebay and seeing a game in terrible condition. I hate seeing totally sun faded games from being left outside for so long, torn labels, or carts that look like theyve been buried and dug up or used as a dinner plate... it just doesnt make sense to me.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Just a little thing, but removing/losing the "expansion port" doors/covers on any system that had them (Genesis, Turbografx, SNES, etc.).

Always makes me sad inside to see one like that.

[treismac]

I'm not sitting in judgment on those who do this, but here goes: I dislike when collecting video games overrides actually playing them. I'll spare you my intended function of a video game rant, but I will say that slabbing a game doesn't sit well with me. I suppose on a very common game like Super Mario Bros. it doesn't bother me as much as much as when a Nintendo World Championships gets the Hans Solo carbonite treatment. Yet, even this tragedy is mitigated by virtue of the availability of NWC repros.

Video games are potential fun (ala potential energy), and sealing them away forever keeps this fun from ever happening. I'm a half-ass animist when it comes to video games. I like the idea of rescuing neglected games from garages where they are being buried and forgotten about in some box with a ton of other miscellaneous stuff. Slabbing them is like rescuing a butterfly and then dipping it in formaldehyde to seal it up. Let the butterfly fly and play the damn video game.

[treismac]

Just a little thing, but removing/losing the "expansion port" doors/covers on any system that had them (Genesis, Turbografx, SNES, etc.).

Always makes me sad inside to see one like that.

I hear you. I lent my N64 to a friend years ago and it was returned to me without the cover/flap on the front of the console. Still sort of irks me, but it took him forever to give it back to me, so I was just glad to get it back. My friend had a rather robust cocaine addiction so it was rather iffy if I would ever see the poor thing again.

[mailman187666]

Me: "Do you still have all your old games kicking around? I'll buy them from you"

Them: "No we threw them away years ago"

[xelement5x]

Custom paint jobs that look horrible really make me frustrated, especially if someone thinks it's worth a lot more because of their "AWESOME" work. One guy on CL had the gall to try and sell a "special edition" Gold Nintendo that had obviously just been spray painted.

Poorly treated stuff kind of irks me, but if it's not mine there's really not much I can say about it.

[Genesaturn]

Me: "Do you still have all your old games kicking around? I'll buy them from you"

Them: "No we threw them away years ago"

AHH!!! Those words are poison. Perfect example. Next to my parents business is a bulk wholesale shop owned by two old brothers. When I was little my dad would bring me in and let me pick out a new NES and eventually a Genesis game when I got into Sega. Last summer I was talking to one of the brothers wife who frequents our shop...and asked her..hey ...when I was little I used to get video games..what did they do with all them? Her response was "Those two idiot brothers locked a bunch of the stuff away in a storage unit and then had family go through it all and toss the stuff away"

I almost cried.

[kedawa]

Me: "Do you still have all your old games kicking around? I'll buy them from you"

Them: "No we threw them away years ago"

When I was growing up, my friend's sister had this stupid friend that threw away a perfectly good NES because the dog chewed up one of the cables. This was when NES consoles were still being sold new for $200. People are just as bad now with perfectly functional computers, but it actually works in my favour most of the time. There's nothing like finding a perfectly good PC on the curb because some dimwit can't re-install Windows.

Even worse than that, is the giant bins full of IBM Model 2 keyboards and classic Commodore computers I used to see wasting away and being crushed under their own weight at the computer recycler in Hamilton, Ontario. Of course, they had worthless Pentium era PCs all cleaned up and ready to sell. The retards that ran the place were just clueless about what any of it was worth. Some of the Amiga computers they had were, and still would be, worth hundreds of dollars on the open market, but anything that couldn't run Windows 95 was sold for scrap.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Also, stickers on consoles.

*shudder*

[Genesaturn]

Also, stickers on consoles.

*shudder*

I will agree on that one..not just consoles..but stickers in general, especially on the labels ...grrr...also coffee or pop stains...I mean come on people, did you play these or use them as coasters?

[sloan]

Two main things:

Goodwills that throw away classic games and consoles. Notice that you never see anything older than NES at Goodwill. There is a reason for that :angry:

People at a certain gaming site that take Atari VCS consoles and turn them into lamps, ruining consoles and game carts in the process. Additionally, proprietor of said website destroys hundreds of Atari game cartridges for homebrews :grrr:

[Tanooki]

In all the years it never has happened but during this summer I've picked up a pair of games that had water seeped into the cartridge housing yet leaving the outside label and all spotless. Both of them still work, mostly, the one with a battery well it rusted and now it doesn't hold a charge and that's Super Punchout, the other was Mega Man 5 of all things! It took about 30-45min on each of them when I got them using magic eraser, 91% alcohol, qtip, razor blade, and paper towels to get the boards and the crust around the little resistors and chips cleaned off. I was shocked how bad MM5 was but the SNES was even worse. I was so so please when I got MM5 to work, hadn't had a copy of it since my original I had to let go of sickeningly around 8 years ago as I refused to pay the big bucks on it (got this one for $20.)

Outside of that I've picked up some systems or games over time where some numbnuts went crazy with the marker, smoked or left it in the sun so the NES casing yellowed around lame surfer stickers on the case or whatever. You get the split cables put together with tape that makes you wonder too. And of course you get a game cartridge that has been cracked probably from being palmed standing up in your snes where the back half is split in places usually along the edge.

[Greg2600]

People who wrap the wires around controllers. Winds up usually screwing the wire up.

[Genesaturn]

People who wrap the wires around controllers. Winds up usually screwing the wire up.

I think there are a LOT of people guilty of that crime

[frogofdeath]

The already mentioned missing port covers. I mean, really, what the hell did you do with that GameCube broadband cover? And the expansion pak cover for your N64, was it really that hard to put the cover back on that one time you had to remove it!?

Also, maybe not "classic" but I really don't get why people dispose of cases for disc based media.

Lastly, I am guilty as charged for cord wrapping...

[skaar]

Encasing sealed games in plastic and referring to them as investments.

[RP2A03]

People who wrap the wires around controllers. Winds up usually screwing the wire up.

I do that all the time and have never had a cord fail.


And speaking of covers, what's up with all the missing battery covers?

[markusman64ds]

People who wrap the wires around controllers. Winds up usually screwing the wire up.

I have 8 bins of controllers stored like this. Doh.

[SNESMaster]

Same as treismac and the original post. I also hate it when people write their names on the cartridge. Why would you do that? As long as you put the game back on the shelf or in its case when you finish playing, you're not gonna lose it, and it's annoying to buy a game with "BOB JOHNSON" written across the label.

[Clownzilla]

Two main things:

Goodwills that throw away classic games and consoles. Notice that you never see anything older than NES at Goodwill. There is a reason for that :angry:



Hmm, come to think of it I have NEVER seen systems older than the NES at Goodwill. Wonder if a person could strike a deal where they call you for all the older stuff if you promise to haul it off no matter what it is? I guess you would have to be close to the manager because I can see all sorts of people trying to strike deals like this.

[Flam]

Also, stickers on consoles.

*shudder*


I'm guilty of this. But I like the way the stickers look on it.

[Flam]

I do that all the time and have never had a cord fail.

Man, ya'll need to stay away from my place.

I always wrap up my controllers. It easier and neater to store.

[Gunstar Hero]

I'm not sitting in judgment on those who do this, but here goes: I dislike when collecting video games overrides actually playing them. I'll spare you my intended function of a video game rant, but I will say that slabbing a game doesn't sit well with me. I suppose on a very common game like Super Mario Bros. it doesn't bother me as much as much as when a Nintendo World Championships gets the Hans Solo carbonite treatment. Yet, even this tragedy is mitigated by virtue of the availability of NWC repros.

Video games are potential fun (ala potential energy), and sealing them away forever keeps this fun from ever happening. I'm a half-ass animist when it comes to video games. I like the idea of rescuing neglected games from garages where they are being buried and forgotten about in some box with a ton of other miscellaneous stuff. Slabbing them is like rescuing a butterfly and then dipping it in formaldehyde to seal it up. Let the butterfly fly and play the damn video game.

I have to agree 100 percent. Not once have I gotten a game and not played the hell out of it. I don't mean mistreat it but I mean play it a considerable amount. I guess I'm more of an "enthusiast" than a collector. Honestly I have been looking all over for a cheap copy of earthbound that is playable NOT beautiful. I may even buy a repro because I don't care if it's authentic or good looking I just wanna play the damn game :)

[A.C. Sativa]

This ranks up there with the age old question of...What do people do with game cases and manuals after they buy games? It infuriates me to no end.

This drives me nuts, especially with newer games. Why the hell would you separate the disc from the case at all, unless you're playing it? It seems like when you go to a place like Gamestop these days more than half the used games are in those shitty store brand cases. Hate it. And I do wonder what people do with the manuals. All of my games are as complete as the day they were when I bought them, most of them even have the receipt from the purchase. Also hate people that write stuff on games, particularly cart games.

BTW, do you work at Oogie games? If so, I'm in your store all the time, bought my Wii there. Wish you had more XBox games, but I guess you're limited to what people bring you. You said on your blog that you're opening a store, where's it going to be located?

[yoshi64]

In addition to many of the things above, another one that drives me nuts is seeing people who swear by blowing into cartridges to get them to work. Yes while a good temporary fix, the moisture from your breath can actually do more damage in the long run and it won't get it anywhere as clean and good working as if taking the minute to clean it with a q-tip and alcohol (or whatever your preferred cleaning method is).

[Gameguy]

This;


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[Gamevet]

This drives me nuts, especially with newer games. Why the hell would you separate the disc from the case at all, unless you're playing it? It seems like when you go to a place like Gamestop these days more than half the used games are in those shitty store brand cases. Hate it. And I do wonder what people do with the manuals. All of my games are as complete as the day they were when I bought them, most of them even have the receipt from the purchase. Also hate people that write stuff on games, particularly cart games.



There's a pretty good chance that half of those were gutted by rental places like Blockbuster and then traded into places like Gamestop.

[Gamevet]

AHH!!! Those words are poison. Perfect example. Next to my parents business is a bulk wholesale shop owned by two old brothers. When I was little my dad would bring me in and let me pick out a new NES and eventually a Genesis game when I got into Sega. Last summer I was talking to one of the brothers wife who frequents our shop...and asked her..hey ...when I was little I used to get video games..what did they do with all them? Her response was "Those two idiot brothers locked a bunch of the stuff away in a storage unit and then had family go through it all and toss the stuff away"

I almost cried.

Everytime I hear the story about the Atari Consoles and games being crushed in the New Mexico desert, it almost infuriates me. You'd think the local officials would have rounded up the stuff and put it to good use, instead of asking Atari to dispose of it properly. :(

[Space-Ace-13]

This;


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I hate when I get a package of games from craigslist and they hide 2 gay guys in the box with the carts... so frustrating :mad:

[Jack7]

I also hate it when people write their names on the cartridge. Why would you do that? As long as you put the game back on the shelf or in its case when you finish playing, you're not gonna lose it, and it's annoying to buy a game with "BOB JOHNSON" written across the label.


This sooo much this

and old blockbuster stickers on n64 games that you cant take off, otherwise the whole front label will come off.

also im guilty of cord wrapping never had a problem what does irk me is when people grab the cord and let the controller spiral down and bungie, thats where shorts in the wires come from

[SparTonberry]

Same as treismac and the original post. I also hate it when people write their names on the cartridge. Why would you do that? As long as you put the game back on the shelf or in its case when you finish playing, you're not gonna lose it, and it's annoying to buy a game with "BOB JOHNSON" written across the label.

You heard of "PARENTS"?
Maybe they like to identify which belong to their kid's "FRIENDS"?

[mailman187666]

People who wrap the wires around controllers. Winds up usually screwing the wire up.

you can wrap wires around controllers without them getting screwed up. You just have to make sure you leave some slack in the cord where it hooks into the controller itself. You don't want it bending over, but standing straight out from it. Shouldn't be a problem at that point because there is no stress on the cable.

[AceAerosmith]

Also, maybe not "classic" but I really don't get why people dispose of cases for disc based media.

100% in agreement. Really, that DVD/CD case taking up too much room? Had to part with it and the manual to ease the clutter? Whatever, dipshits.


Encasing sealed games in plastic and referring to them as investments.

No game is an investment until you find a sucker dumb enough to pay you that price. i knew a guy who said he had a single baseball card in a safe deposit box that was worth over $14 K. I told him it was worthless until he found someone who would give him $14 K for it.

[Tanooki]

Agreed here too, I don't get nor appreciate much sealed let alone slabbed games, furthermore I consider VGA itself to be a borderline fraud enterprise trapping suckers into paying them into grading games. I think they're games, they should be used, just like people who have collected old coins, stamps, cards, comics and the rest. They unless you lucked into something that never hit 'the wild' are usually used and vary in condition, but they're are used. So where's the crime in not using a game eh?

I should probably clarify the VGA comment too. If you check their site they don't have a solid set of standards like coin, print(comic, book, etc), and sports card grading groups do. They have this nebulous list of things they look for, that's it. Worse yet, the standards are soft. Time and again I've seen NintendoAge members submit not like a score and resubmit (one or more) again until they get what they want. If grading is supposed to be a sign of trusting quality why have it set such a way being so loose and allowing stuff to keep going back in until someone gets a grade high enough they like. Smells fishy to me. And then getting more common people do it and don't save them, they take a $100 sealed title and flip it for a grand up on ebay which screws up the averages sealed or not.


...and cord rolling I've done on controllers since 85, not one has ever broken or stretched so I don't intend to stop. If you don't wrap it as tight as possible it's not going to hurt it.

[samspade]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/nes-lot-vga-Stadium-Events-Flintstone-Surp-Bonk-Panesian-Samson-Dk-Cheetahmen-2-/330785766758?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item4d045e3d66=

Here we go. One douchebag on ebay rolled up most of the things I hate all into one thing. We got VGA, overpriced BIN and the shipping is FREE. This dude can go suck a dick. 80,000 dollars.

[Aussie2B]

You heard of "PARENTS"?
Maybe they like to identify which belong to their kid's "FRIENDS"?

Yeah, I'm surprised that anyone would be confused by this practice. I don't know about these days, but back in the day of NES, SNES, and what have you, kids were frequently lending their games to friends. With so many games swapping around, it was understandable that kids or parents would want to identify what's theirs. Of course, that doesn't make it any less annoying for us buying these games used.

Anyway, I wouldn't say I'm "really bothered" by anything that people do to their games. I mean, people are entitled to do what they want with their own property. And I'm sure there are people who would take issue even with things I do. That said, there are still plenty of things that people do that I consider stupid and/or illogical. But if you want something that really bothers me, it would be the mentality behind people who treat their possessions like crap. Not because I'm so worried about the objects themselves but because I think people are spoiled and need to appreciate the things that they have. Even if you've lost interest in something, you can still respect the fact that somebody had to spend money on it, so why not keep it nice and sell or give it away to someone who hopefully would have interest in it? I also hate the idea of people being wasteful, so I don't like useable things getting thrown away. It's irresponsible to think landfills are these magical places that can accept an infinite amount of junk, which then just disappears. There's so much stuff that's constantly being manufactured, using up valuable resources, when it wouldn't need to be manufactured to such an extent if people stopped being so wasteful. Just look at the awful situation with plastic water bottles. So many go straight to landfills, which is bad enough when they could be recycled, but if more people used reusable bottles, a ton of them wouldn't need to be made in the first place. Now I'm really straying from the subject, though, so I'll leave it at that.

[Genesaturn]

I hate when I get a package of games from craigslist and they hide 2 gay guys in the box with the carts... so frustrating :mad:

ROFLMAO! Would it be any better if they had a sealed copy of something like Earthbound or Panzer Dragoon Saga stashed with them?

[Space-Ace-13]

ROFLMAO! Would it be any better if they had a sealed copy of something like Earthbound or Panzer Dragoon Saga stashed with them?

Well that depends, would I have to... :eek 2: keep the gay guys??

[wiggyx]

People who wrap the wires around controllers. Winds up usually screwing the wire up.



You can do this a "wrong" way and a "right" way. Loosely wrapping while not forcing the cord to twist when doing do won't cause any issues. It's the twisting not the wrapping that causes problems. Like many things in life, a little patience and a gentle hand will get the job done properly.

[BlastProcessing402]

Yeah, people throwing the stuff out really irks me. Then again, I'm a packrat, and it's really getting hard to move around here thanks to all this stuff.

Also hate when they write/draw on stuff. I went to buy a used Wii at GameStop, and the first one they brought out had a nunchuk that someone had used a magic marker to turn the stick red. I was like, "yeah, I don't think I want that". I actually wound up with another one where the protective film was still on the nunchuck, like brand new never used. Still should've looked more closely because the AV cord and doors to the GC ports had some idiot's name written there. Oh well, a little elbow grease and the eraser at the end of a pencil took care of that.

[Atarileaf]

Also, stickers on consoles.

*shudder*

I'd say half of the NES Toasters I've ever come across had this abomination done to them. Stupid kids.

[Atarileaf]

I hate when I get a package of games from craigslist and they hide 2 gay guys in the box with the carts... so frustrating :mad:

Yea I wouldn't want a gay guys package.

[BetaWolf47]

People who wrap the wires around controllers. Winds up usually screwing the wire up.
I do that, but I put my finger through the loop so that the wire goes around loosely. That said, I've only had one item fail on me before I started doing this: a PS2 multitap.

Also, can we not discuss these things? Every other post I read here makes me die a bit on the inside.

[Flam]

I also hate it when people write their names on the cartridge. Why would you do that? As long as you put the game back on the shelf or in its case when you finish playing, you're not gonna lose it, and it's annoying to buy a game with "BOB JOHNSON" written across the label.

I have a few NES games with my name (and some with my friends names) on them, but this is a bi-product of my mom writing my name on my games when I was young, just in case I took them over to a friends house we'd know who owned what. I don't see any reason for a grown person to do this. Maybe these names you see are from similar situations like mine.

[Collector_Gaming]

I have a few NES games with my name (and some with my friends names) on them, but this is a bi-product of my mom writing my name on my games when I was young, just in case I took them over to a friends house we'd know who owned what. I don't see any reason for a grown person to do this. Maybe these names you see are from similar situations like mine.

i actually have a tetris gameboy game i got back in high school off a kid that has a name written on the back of it... should really try to see about trying to get that removed since its on the back and all...

[Space-Ace-13]

I have a few NES games with my name (and some with my friends names) on them, but this is a bi-product of my mom writing my name on my games when I was young, just in case I took them over to a friends house we'd know who owned what. I don't see any reason for a grown person to do this. Maybe these names you see are from similar situations like mine.

Yeah, I would bet that just about every time you see a name on a game cart is was a kid's parents for the same reason. Rubbing alcohol usually takes that off thankfully

[NoDanaOnlyZool]

It bothers me when people don't play them. That is the main reason I don't collection CIB, that and it is more expensive lol. I play all of the games I buy.

[FrankSerpico]

Stupid hipsters who have consoles in display cases like they're a rare sculpture or something. I've seen this done with both a Dreamcast and some NES's. Either play the thing or sell it

[obesolete]

I will agree on that one..not just consoles..but stickers in general, especially on the labels ...grrr...also coffee or pop stains...I mean come on people, did you play these or use them as coasters?

Ugh! I'm still cleaning what I believe is coke out of my Dreamcast. Some "friend" was over and neglected to tell me that they spilled a drink all over it. I only noticed some time later when I went to play a game and was horrified that the interior was all sticky and brown.

I still don't know who did it.

[wiggyx]

I can't tell you how many times I've cleaned Coke/Pepsi/Dr. P/Sewer Water out of cartridges and systems. I love the sticky noise it makes when trying to pry a cart apart that has been glued together with soda pop :/

[WispFollower]

I remember even before I had any interest in collecting games, I was at a Funcoland and witnessed something which made me feel absolutely horrible. A guy who seemed much older than me was asking the clerk for any kind of strange item. The clerk showed him a power glove, and his reaction was along the lines of, "Oh this is perfect!!!" He then explained how he was going to cut off the wires and use it for a Halloween costume... I still get mad thinking about this, especially since I now own a power glove and really enjoy using it. I even beat some scores I had set with a regular controller. I suppose that leads me to my next point. I see a lot of people bashing old games or peripherals, because they can't seem to play it well or correctly. It isn't the controller/game's fault you lack the skills to succeed!

[kedawa]

I actually find it amusing that people write their names on stuff. I wonder if anybody has ever tried to collect games based purely on their original owner, like 'hey, I want to buy all of Joe Blow's old SNES games'. Maybe if it were someone famous...

[jammajup]

I can't tell you how many times I've cleaned Coke/Pepsi/Dr. P/Sewer Water out of cartridges and systems. I love the sticky noise it makes when trying to pry a cart apart that has been glued together with soda pop :/

Yeah i am familiar with coke and coffee in systems as i used to repair Atari St`s,Amiga`s and older consoles and computers for Tandy (Radio Shack),most of the time it just leads to a little corrosion which can be cleaned up and the affected joints can be re-soldered but i have seen keyboard membranes effected by cola and it is not nice.I have also seen coffee and nicotine stained Amiga`s which make you want to puke,seriously on one occasion one unit was so badly stained and smelly from misuse my team leader looked at it as i opened the box and said it was unacceptable to receive this unit for repair and the box was re-sealed and returned to the store / customer.

[wiggyx]

Yeah i am familiar with coke and coffee in systems as i used to repair Atari St`s,Amiga`s and older consoles and computers for Tandy (Radio Shack),most of the time it just leads to a little corrosion which can be cleaned up and the affected joints can be re-soldered but i have seen keyboard membranes effected by cola and it is not nice.I have also seen coffee and nicotine stained Amiga`s which make you want to puke,seriously on one occasion one unit was so badly stained and smelly from misuse my team leader looked at it as i opened the box and said it was unacceptable to receive this unit for repair and the box was re-sealed and returned to the store / customer.

Ewwwwwwww!


I hear ya though. I didn't have much experience with those sorts of contaminants, but I did work use game retail for about 7 years in the mid-90s to early 00s. I saw a lot of cockroach ridden consoles and systems that looked like they had been buried in someone's back yard for a few years. Not pleasant.

The Genesis 1 is the worst for infestations. The ports on the back aren't at all closed off. Just take a look at a Genesis 1's back side. You can damn near stick a finger in the holes where the AV/AC ports are, which means it's about as difficult for a cockroach to enter as you or I would have walking under the Eiffel Tower. I can remember one clear green N64 that had a small nest (like 4-5) LIVING inside when this woman brought it in. When I explained that we couldn't buy it for that reason, she acted like I was crazy. I'm pretty sure she was selling it for drug money. We had a lot of that in the neighborhood of this particular location. Still, it made for fun stories 10+ years later :)

[treismac]

In addition to many of the things above, another one that drives me nuts is seeing people who swear by blowing into cartridges to get them to work. Yes while a good temporary fix, the moisture from your breath can actually do more damage in the long run and it won't get it anywhere as clean and good working as if taking the minute to clean it with a q-tip and alcohol (or whatever your preferred cleaning method is).

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[wiggyx]

Yeah, but it does. Not that it's at all advisable.

[Schiggidyd]

I've found some nasty Nintendo stuff..

I just repaired a console which had cat hair INSIDE IT, it looked like a cat went inside the console to die. How does it get in there?

I found dead bugs inside an NES cart recently.. 2 different species.

Not to mention a drop of blood on the chip of another NES game, that one sorta creeped me out.

People just don't take good care of their stuff. I still have my childhood collection in my basement, and I never felt the need to claw at the labels or draw all over them!
Kids these days!

[sloan]

Stupid hipsters who have consoles in display cases like they're a rare sculpture or something. I've seen this done with both a Dreamcast and some NES's. Either play the thing or sell it

You shouldn't come to my house.

[BetaWolf47]

I've found some nasty Nintendo stuff..

I just repaired a console which had cat hair INSIDE IT, it looked like a cat went inside the console to die. How does it get in there?

I opened up my N64 a few years ago, and found some dog fur inside of it. The fur belonged to my first dog as a child, who had been dead for about 10 years. I don't know how it got there either, to be honest.

[c0ldb33r]

There's a SNES that's been on eBay for months with a really fucking terrible paint job that depicts Cammy's ass over an oh-so-1990's faux stone spray paint base. They guy even had the balls to sign his creation on the bottom as if he's some sort of well known artist. On too of that, he wants like a hundred bucks for the POS. too much of that sort of thing and really any severely amateur hack job mod.
Link? I searched eBay and found nothing

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

It annoys me when people intentionally break video games. There's a guy on Youtube who destroyed a copy of Colony Wars for the PS1. He said it was a terrible game.

http://youtu.be/NhZ5lul33tQ

[DigitalSpace]

When people take a perfectly working cartridge or controller and turn it into a belt buckle or some other stupid shit.

[BricatSegaFan]

When people take a perfectly working cartridge or controller and turn it into a belt buckle or some other stupid shit.

Damn hipsters

[Double Ugly]

Also, stickers on consoles.

*shudder*

I came here to say this, along with stickers on games. Makes me mad.

[tomcrew]

3 thing that just kick me to the kurb
1 price labels getting them of ruins the cart
2 consoles witch is just the base not wire that kills me and the worest of all
3 when some says its like new condion and get its it looks like its been hit by a nuke

[BricatSegaFan]

I hate it when idiots sell them on craigslist and say something like a ps2 is "vintage"

[The 1 2 P]

The biggest things that bother me are when people mod their systems and make bootlegs for it. But I should elaborate. I don't care if you want to mod your own system or make bootlegs to play. What bothers me is when I'm searching thru craigs list or Goodwill and I see a bunch of modded systems(this doesn't happen much in thrifts though but craigs list is littered with them) or bootlegs for sale. I realize that some people are actually looking for that stuff but I'm not one of them. And when I'm looking thru games at Goodwill or another thrift I would prefer that they were all legit software.

[BricatSegaFan]

The biggest things that bother me are when people mod their systems and make bootlegs for it. But I should elaborate. I don't care if you want to mod your own system or make bootlegs to play. What bothers me is when I'm searching thru craigs list or Goodwill and I see a bunch of modded systems(this doesn't happen much in thrifts though but craigs list is littered with them) or bootlegs for sale. I realize that some people are actually looking for that stuff but I'm not one of them. And when I'm looking thru games at Goodwill or another thrift I would prefer that they were all legit software.

That is entirely true. I've seen a lot of those ads. Ones that say "fully loaded XBOX" Play all those old school games you missed out on..... Meh

[kedawa]

The problem is that they're usually poorly modded by some shyster that sells bootlegs.
I'm fine with modded systems if the mod is done right using quality parts.

[SNESMaster]

Yeah, I'm surprised that anyone would be confused by this practice. I don't know about these days, but back in the day of NES, SNES, and what have you, kids were frequently lending their games to friends. With so many games swapping around, it was understandable that kids or parents would want to identify what's theirs. Of course, that doesn't make it any less annoying for us buying these games used.

Anyway, I wouldn't say I'm "really bothered" by anything that people do to their games. I mean, people are entitled to do what they want with their own property. And I'm sure there are people who would take issue even with things I do. That said, there are still plenty of things that people do that I consider stupid and/or illogical. But if you want something that really bothers me, it would be the mentality behind people who treat their possessions like crap. Not because I'm so worried about the objects themselves but because I think people are spoiled and need to appreciate the things that they have. Even if you've lost interest in something, you can still respect the fact that somebody had to spend money on it, so why not keep it nice and sell or give it away to someone who hopefully would have interest in it? I also hate the idea of people being wasteful, so I don't like useable things getting thrown away. It's irresponsible to think landfills are these magical places that can accept an infinite amount of junk, which then just disappears. There's so much stuff that's constantly being manufactured, using up valuable resources, when it wouldn't need to be manufactured to such an extent if people stopped being so wasteful. Just look at the awful situation with plastic water bottles. So many go straight to landfills, which is bad enough when they could be recycled, but if more people used reusable bottles, a ton of them wouldn't need to be made in the first place. Now I'm really straying from the subject, though, so I'll leave it at that.

Oh, I get it now. Sorry about that. I didn't realize people used to trade games that much.