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It’s November, which means we’re well into the dry season for thrift stores and yard sales.
Spring cleaning has been over for a good long while, and the cold, rainy, snowy weather is keeping people indoors. That means fewer classic videogames (and everything else, for that matter) being sold off or donated.
Fortunately, I always have my burgeoning eBay addiction to keep me happy. Hence, the finds in this installment of Weekend Thrifting come from both thrift stores and the vast Interwebs. There are actually a lot of good deals out there, I’ve found, if one keeps an eye out for games that are listed with low Buy It Now prices and grabs them right as they appear.
Spring cleaning has been over for a good long while, and the cold, rainy, snowy weather is keeping people indoors. That means fewer classic videogames (and everything else, for that matter) being sold off or donated.
Fortunately, I always have my burgeoning eBay addiction to keep me happy. Hence, the finds in this installment of Weekend Thrifting come from both thrift stores and the vast Interwebs. There are actually a lot of good deals out there, I’ve found, if one keeps an eye out for games that are listed with low Buy It Now prices and grabs them right as they appear.
Mortal Kombat II, 32X
Actually, I didn’t buy this at all. A Game|Life reader who enjoys Weekend Thrifting works in a library, and found this in the donations pile. Since her library doesn’t lend out games for the Sega 32X — what a crappy library, I know — she sent it to me instead of selling it for a couple of bucks in the next book sale.
It’s usually tempting to open up sealed games, but man, it’s Mortal Kombat II for the 32X — I’m doing the world a favor by leaving it trapped in here.
This generous person is officially Game|Life’s Reader of the Year — for now. Hint, hint.
Photos: Chris Kohler/Wired.com
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- Weekend Thrifting: What Did Frogger Cost in 1983?
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- Weekend Thrifting: Robot-on-Robot Crime In the Jungle
- Weekend Thrifting: The People in Your Neverhood
- Weekend Thrifting: The Fruitless Odyssey
- Weekend Thrifting: The Perils of Vintage Piracy