Which systems/games/peripherals are difficult to collect for in your neck of the woods, either because the thrift employees are all keeping the good stuff for themselves or local yard sales are lame? You may vote for more than one category.
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Which systems/games/peripherals are difficult to collect for in your neck of the woods, either because the thrift employees are all keeping the good stuff for themselves or local yard sales are lame? You may vote for more than one category.
I haven't found any rare games around here in a long time, but when I did, it was usually NES games. I found "Chiller" at a second hand store. I found "Fire N Ice" at a video store, but sadly I no longer have the game, I think someone stole it, but at least I still have the box and manual.
I also found "Mighty Final Fight" at a video store years ago, but I traded it to a friend for another game.
In the Cincinnati area I can find plenty for every system listed except for the PCE and the 32x. In the past I have found a number of decent 32x games, but over the past year or so, all I ever see in the wild are the 3 or 4 most common games (Doom, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing, etc). As far as the PCE goes though, I think I've only seen maybe 15-20 games total over the past 5 years of game hunting in the wild. Fortunately I don't collect for that system.
I can find just about everything except TG-16 stuff. I have NEVER come across it in the wild, save for my local classic video game store, and what they have is sparse.
Where I live, Sega Saturn and TurboGrafx games seem pretty much impossible to find anywhere near me. Have to go into Vancouver, or Seattle for those :D
If I'm going for rare, I never look in the wild. I go straight to sites like Assembler. It's very easy to find rare stuff on communities like that, you just have to ask around.
In my case, that poll needs an "all of the above" option. :(
definitely TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine games since i've never seen one in any of the local shops, after that 3DO & Jaguar & Master System are tied as i've seen games for them a few times here & there a few times still rarely though.
Atari 7800. It's like trying to find a specific needle in a stack of needles.
In my area I'd say the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16. I've never seen one in the wild, nor have I seen a single game or accessory for it. The 32X, is pretty scarce too. Though some stuff does pop up from time to time. I'd include the Saturn and Sega CD as well, unless you are looking for the most common games and sports titles that is.
I've got to go with SMS and TG-16 for this, simply because those are the ones I haven't run across anything for.
In all my yard sale and flea market travels, I don't recall ever seeing a single TG-16 item. All of the others, I've seen at least once. The only place I've ever seen TG-16 stuff is in a dedicated gaming store like Play-N-Trade -- no one I knew had one BITD, though I certainly saw ads and reviews.
Any T-16 and Neo Geo stuff
God what I give just to see a Neo Geo AES at a thrift Store, just once.
Same with me, though I can find NES, SNES and Genesis stuff in my area. Everything else is never available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melf
The oldest machine I can find games for is the PS1, everything else is mostly PS2, XB1, PC, XB360, PSP, DS, Wii or PS3. If I ever do get "lucky" and find something for say, the Mega Drive, it's always sports titles. EDIT: Yeah, the rarist is the TG-16.