Holy Grail of gaming found tonight

[shawnbo42]

So, I talked to a guy I do business with the other day, and in the course of conversation, it comes up that I collect video games for home consoles. He says to me he has thousands of games in the basement. "Thousands?" say I.

"Thousands." he replies.

So I tell him I will call this weekend, and get together with him to see what he really has.
Long and short of it, I call him tonight, and he's home.

I roll on over there after work, I happened to be in the area. I get there, he takes me down into the basement, and the first thing I see is a Coca-Cola case (that you'd keep 20 oz. bottles in) full of longbox PSX games, maybe 25 or so with a bunch of SNES boxed games, and a couple Saturn games in there.

As we are going into the basement, he tells me the story of a small game store we used to have around here years ago, that ended up going out of business. When it did, he bought ALL the inventory. Store shelves, stock, fixtures, etc.

So, after spotting the one box, he opens the closet. (I wish I had pics to show you all). Those same Coke cases, stacked floor to ceiling, double-stacked to the wall, LOADED with games. There is, by what I saw, nothing newer than those longbox PSX and the Saturn games. I would estimate maybe 4000 games or so. I could be wrong.

I saw (just at a glance) Playstation, imports, Saturn, NES, SNES, 2600, Jaguar, 32x, Sega CD, just to name (I am sure) a few. Most everything is boxed, some are still sealed. I haven't brought it home yet, it's going to take a bit, but I will be hitting some folks up for ID's on the import stuff (I know next-to nothing about import titles).

My current collection is around 1100 games, and I think I will have at least doubled my collection by the time this is all said and done.

Stay tuned, there (almost definitely) will be some stuff for sale, as I am positive there HAS to be dupes in there.

Now, if there's a boxed Stadium Events in there.....I will post pics at some point (it'll be a while, don't hang on the edge of your seat)

[Kyle15]

I'm ready for some pictures! This sounds ridiculously EPIC.

[ryborg]

I haven't brought it home yet

My current collection is around 1100 games, and I think I will have at least doubled my collection by the time this is all said and done.

I don't get it. Your story has some plot holes. It goes from "guy owns a ton of games" to "I haven't brought it home yet." Did you buy them all/some? If so, did you buy them just to resell? Are the games even for sale by the guy? Is he the kind of person who understands the value of this stuff, or is he just some dude who happened to fall backwards into buying up the stock of a failing business?

Regardless, it sounds pretty great, so get some pics!

[PapaStu]

Why this sure looks like a finds thread (though a little pre-mature, but we get the ider).

**whoosh to What's it Worth**

[ScottK]

I thought you were gonna say the guy sold you a NWC 1990 for like $1.

[Vinnysdad]

If you get this stuff for dirt cheap be prepared to be called an a-hole and a bunch of other names because you somehow ripped off this poor guy. Usually happens when people score insane deals.

[jcalder8]

Wait, so did you buy it or not?

[shawnbo42]

Already prepared for that, thanks. About the move, yeah, I guess that makes sense. Should've thought of that myself. As far as the "plot holes", yes, I did buy the stuff, but between working on two houses, work 6 days a week, 3 kids, and life in general, it's going to take a little time to get it all home and sorted out. So, as time permits, I will post pics, it'll just be a little while is all.

And, no I didn't buy just to re-sell, I bought to complimemt my collection, and probably sell what I already have.

To the last comment, who knows, maybe there is a NWC in there? Guess we'll have to wait and see.

[dbiersdorf]

You bought it all without knowing what it contains? What if 75% of it turns out to be common crap? Hope you didn't spend too much.

[DreamTR]

I'd love to know who has cash lying around for 2,000-4,000 games and how much the guy accepted for all of it...that still has to be a pretty penny.

[Famidrive-16]

4000 copies of Glover

[hellfire]

4000 copies of Glover

Dont be hating on glover, I grew up with glover and I used to fill up rubber gloves with air and draw eyes on them.

[walrusmonger]

Dont be hating on glover, I grew up with glover and I used to fill up rubber gloves with air and draw eyes on them.

he's not hating on glover, glover is worth less than $3 so if you dropped hundreds or thousands of dollars on someone's collection, finding tons of copies of a worthless game would be horrible.

[hellfire]

he's not hating on glover, glover is worth less than $3 so if you dropped hundreds or thousands of dollars on someone's collection, finding tons of copies of a worthless game would be horrible.

What if they were sealed copys of glover?

[Joe West]

No----4000 copies of Glover......mistake 4000 Duck Hunt

[Letiumtide]

I'm really curious as to how much you actually paid for all of this.

[Cornelius]

So, what was the Holy Grail?

[hellfire]

No----4000 copies of Glover......mistake 4000 Duck Hunt

that would be awsome, their are so many uses for duck hunt, coasters, dartboards, dominos, gifts for people you hate, scrap metal/plastic, nintendo ds game holder, a canvas, a door mat, a stress toy, you could hide weed in it, or you could make a necklace out of it, or you could smash it up into little pieces and make a puzzle out of it, or you could use it as a cat toy if the gun is included, or you could use it as a firestarter, the possabilities are endless

[Kitsune Sniper]

that would be awsome, their are so many uses for duck hunt, coasters, dartboards, dominos, gifts for people you hate, scrap metal/plastic, nintendo ds game holder, a canvas, a door mat, a stress toy, you could hide weed in it, or you could make a necklace out of it, or you could smash it up into little pieces and make a puzzle out of it, or you could use it as a cat toy if the gun is included, or you could use it as a firestarter, the possabilities are endless

SMB1 repro carts!

[LuxKiller65]

Where are the 4000 sealed Stadium Events?