I hit the reset button for $8.00

[cheshire191]

I was at a local silent auction house not to long ago. They have pretty much anything and everything there from old shoes to H-O slot cars. In the back of the room is an area where they occasionally have old video game stuff. A NES here, and a Atari there, once in a while an XBOX will come in and go for 30 or 40 bucks.

On this particular day, there were more than a few boxes of stuff there, one of them caught my eye for a few reason. First, it was full of sega genesis items. A few systems, a boat load of controllers, and a handful of games. And second, the current bid was $2.00 so I bid 8 bucks. A week or so goes by and I completely forgot about it. Until we head over at the end of the month to pick everything up. Well, needless to say, judging by the title of the story, I got the box.

I was into NES and SNES when I was growing up, but never really got into Sega systems until I was older and then it was the Saturn that tickled my fancy. I've been looking to get back into retro gaming for a while and figured $8.00 was a great way to start.

I think I got a pretty good deal for $8.00. Here's what I got:

1 - Sega Genesis V1
2 - Sega Genesis V2
1 - Sega Game Gear

19 - Genesis Games
Listed Below

5 - Game Gear Games
Listed Below

15 - Controllers (8 - 3 button, 4 - 6 button, 1- Genistick, 2 - Saturn controllers)
4 - Power Adapters

To too bad a haul for 8 bucks. If you notice, there were zero A/V cables or RF switches included. After a few hours on the web and writing a few tutorials of my own on what I did when modding, I had an A/V cable for the Genesis V1 and added RCA jacks to one of the V2's.

I was instantly back into retro gaming and completely loving it. I know there were no treasure chest finds in this small box of someone else's 'junk' but with a little bit of work, I was able to get all three systems working and I am enjoying every minute of it.

--EDIT--
Here is the list of games I got.

WB = (Complete with Box/Manuals)

Genesis:
MK III - WB
Last Battle - WB
College Football 96 - WB
Lion King - WB
PGA Tour II - WB
PGA Tour III - WB
NHL Allstars 95 - WB
NHLPA Hockey 93 - WB
LaRussa Baseball 95 - WB
Altered Beast - WB
Bulls Vs. Blazers
Triple Play 96
NHL 95
Madden 95
Paperboy
NBA Jam
Sub Terrania
MK II (2 copies)

Game Gear:
PacMan
Power Rangers the Movie
Talespin
Sonic 2 (2 copies)