Two Birds In One Sale

This past week has been a waiting game of sorts. I ordered my new NES motherboard on Tuesday and counted down the days until it's arrival. As Friday's mail came in there was still no sign of it and I was starting to get bummed. My wife had been talking trash about here ultimate supremacy in Dr. Mario and I was ready to show her up. When Saturday rolled around, I began to get a bit nervous about whether I would receive my Motherboard that day. If I did not, there would be no retro gaming going on in the Evans' household this weekend. So I gave into my fears, and Saturday morning I was up before the sun, getting ready to scope out what I hoped would be a good score.

Late Friday night I stumbled across a Craigslist post for a garage sale that claimed it would have numerous consoles and games for just about any system you can think of. I immediately knew that this was a definite must go to for the Videogame Voyager project. The sale was supposed to start at seven, yet as I drove by at five after seven, they were just setting up. I wanted to be the first person there, just in case there was another person out there like me. I wanted to have first pick of all the games and systems, but I didn't want to get in the sellers way. So I sat in the car and waited..... and waited......and then I waited some more. There finally came a point where I just said forget it, and got out of the car.

Walking up, my eyes immediately spotted the table I wanted. My eyes feasted on a table full of games and systems. Two Nintendo 64's, a X-Box, an original Playstation, and a box full of games were waiting for me to sort through all of them. The games were mostly junk, not anything worth my time. Due to that, I immediately turned my attention to the systems. By now the seller had put out a Sega Genesis and a Dreamcast. The Dreamcast even had an original box, unfortunately the system was oxidized yellow, and the controller wasn't even an original.

I then turned my attention to the Nintendo 64. The asking price was thirty bucks, which I was pretty certain was a little high for a yard sale. I quickly let him know, I could find one complete with two controllers for that price. Next my attention turned to the Sega, which he was asking twenty dollars for. I pondered my options for a bit before I came up with a solution. I wasn’t expecting a yes, but I offered him forty dollars for the Nintendo 64, the Genesis, and a handful of games that he had for the systems. After pondering for a moment, he accepted.

Sega Genesis

Nintendo 64

 As the days and time pass by I will be looking for games for these two systems.  The Nintendo 64 is pretty dear to me.  The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is the first video game that I can actually remember myself sitting through and beating it.  Ocarina of Time is a must have game for myself.  Other games I am sure to be on the lookout for are Mario Kart 64, Super Mario 64.  For the Genesis, I will be looking for a little game called Shadowrun.  If you are lucky enough to have played this title, you know how much fun it can be.


That's all for today chummers.  I hope you all enjoyed the read. Stay tuned for an NES update!