The things I go through for a hundred quid…
I’ve just traded-in all my old consoles to Gamestation in preparation for the Wii; I’ve only used the GameCube for the past few years, and I’ve bought a lot of the old games for the GBA and DS.
I had a devil of a job last night untangling all the wires and digging out all the bits and pieces dotted around here and there; I was knackered by the end of it. Then I had to lug them across town. Still, at least I got some money out of it; it’s more than I had when there were just sitting around gathering dust…
For the lazy among you, I got £112.20 (excluding the GameCube – I got the GameBoy attachment for it but forgot the cover for the expansion port, and they won’t take it without the cover; I’ve found it, though, and I’ll take it back in when I go for the Wii).
For those of you that like details, here’s the receipt and a list of what I don’t have anymore…
- N64 console, cables, and controller
- 1 x Official N64 controller
- 1 x Third-party N64 controller
- SNES console, cables, and controller
- 1 x Third-party SNES controller
- MegaDrive II console, cables, and controller
- 1 x Official MegaDrive controller
- Pokemon Stadium 2 (Boxed with manual)
- Pokemon Stadium (Boxed with manual and Transfer Pack)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Boxed with manual)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Boxed with manual)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Boxed with manual)
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Boxed with manual)
- Batman Forever (Boxed with manual)
- Doctor Robotnick's Mean Bean Machine (Boxed with manual)
- Sonic & Knuckles (which doesn't appear to be on the list - I'm going to have to Have Words with them...)
- 15 x Unboxed N64 games with pristine manuals:
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Banjo-Tooie
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Donkey Kong 64
- Lylat Wars
- Mario Kart 64
- Perfect Dark
- Pokemon Snap
- Star Wars: Battle for Naboo
- Star Wars Episode I Racer
- Super Mario 64
- Super Smash Brothers
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- The Word Is Not Enough
- 13 x Unboxed SNES games:
- Cool Spot
- Donkey Kong Country
- Donkey Kong Country 2
- Lemmings
- Mario is Missing
- Sim City
- Starwing
- Super Mario Allstars
- Super Mario Kart
- Super Mario World
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- 1 x N64 Transfer Pack
- 1 x N64 Rumble Pack
06 Dec 2006 20:48
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[Skip to the latest comment]Seth
Oh, you poor thing, it must have taken you all of what, an hour maybe to collect that stuff together, and you only got £112.20 for your work. Do you know what minimum wage is?
06 Dec 2006, 20:56
Actually it was at least 2 hours – the cables were very tangled, and there are a lot of non-console trailing cables, too. Plus, they’ve become more and more inaccessible over time since I haven’t been using them; I had to work around a lot of crap because it wouldn’t have been worth moving it just to put it all back again…
06 Dec 2006, 21:01
Then there was the hour I was in the shop while they tested them; although that wasn’t at all difficult…
06 Dec 2006, 21:04
£25 for a SNES!! I’m getting mine down from the loft this xmas then =)
06 Dec 2006, 22:52
I know; I was pleasantly surprised. It’s just a shame they all weren’t that good…
06 Dec 2006, 23:44
You can still play all those old SNES games and whatever else on your PC – various emulators and hundreds if not thousands of games themselves are available if you look around on Google. So technically you’ve made over a hundred quid and you’ve still got the ability to play all the cool old games that you sold… seems like a good deal to me!
07 Dec 2006, 12:36
True, but I would never do such a thing because of its questionable legality, even more so now that I don’t actually have the games anymore…
Anyway, the point still stands that I’d already legitimately replaced a majority of the better games with ports to later consoles.
07 Dec 2006, 12:40
You got 10p for a MegaDrive joypad? Is that it?
07 Dec 2006, 14:56
Apparently, but before I had no 10p and wasn’t using it…
07 Dec 2006, 17:08
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