... there was Head On by Sega/Gremlin. Released in 1979, this was the first "pick up the dots" game of it's kind. This arcade classic deserves a definitive bow as an inspirational precursor to the most famous maze-chase game ever, Pac-Man.
I've been keeping an ear to the ground lately, in hopes of finding my first arcade cabinet for a nice price. When I began looking, there were to be three stipulations:
1. The game must be something that can be played many times over without the boredom strike of...say, "Video Poker."
2. The game must be completely original and without modification.
3. The game must be a favorite from my past.
And so it is here.
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Released when I was only 3, but lasting the years, Head On was one game that held my attention any time we visited certain pizza joints in the 80's (along with Kung Fu & Joust). Sure, it is played on a B&W screen and has a very simple game play concept, but - like Pong before it and Tetris following - simplicity is its magnetism.
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She'll need some cleaning, minor repair work, and a new coin feed lock; but I can honestly say that the $150 price tag left absolutely no regret.
Yes, I know. Here I go again. I jumped on another Craigslist seller's post and was smiling all the way through. Admittedly, I didn't know what all games where included when I headed down to buy the lot due to bad cell phone pics. But can you guess the moment that the shaking and excitement started...?
So, listing description:
Older teen in a smaller town south of here posted a CL listing for 45 NES games for $40. I will say that many were in dire need of some 409 and a rag, and I have not tested them all yet, but here is what the lot contained.
Notables:
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest [Oval Seal]
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Donkey Kong Classics [Oval Seal] - $7 on VGPC
G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor - $14 on VGPC GO JOE!
Metal Storm (some label damaged) - $17.50 on VGPC
Metroid [3 Screw w/Oval Seal] (x2) - $7 on VGPC
Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six (minor label peeling) - $7 on VGPC
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project - $10 on VGPC
AND FINALLY............
R.C. Pro-AM II - $35+ on VGPC . Sometimes selling for much more, and in great condition after cleaning. The total asking price was barely more than the single most valuable game!
Remaining games (and many were duplicates therefore trade bait. Check my FS/T list):
10-Yard Fight [3 Screw], Adventures of Dino Riki, The, Astyanax, Base Wars: Cyber Stadium Series, Bases Loaded II: The Second Season, Bigfoot, Blaster Master [Oval Seal], Captain Skyhawk, Casino Kid, City Connection [Round Seal], Golf [3 Screw w/Round Seal], Karate Kid, The [Round Seal], Kung Fu [3 Screw w/Round Seal], Laser Invasion, Legend of Zelda, The [Classic Series] (ripped label), Life Force, Mickey Mousecapade [Round Seal] (x2), Millipede [Round Seal], Pinball [3 Screw w/Round Seal], R.C. Pro-AM, Rad Racer II, RoboCop, Seicross, Short Order/Egg-Splode!, Silent Service, Silkworm, Stealth ATF, Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt [Seal of Quality] (x2), Tecmo World Wrestling, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tetris 2, Tetris [Nintendo], Ultimate Stuntman, The.
Yeah. this was seriously worth it.
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I had a great collecting day on Saturday. I added 4 consoles(mentioned below) and over 50 games to the collection and the prices were outstanding. I was able to trade a single Virtual Boy game plus a minimal $ for a CIB Nintendo 64 system, buy multiple hockey games for different systems for $0.50 each, added two original Playstations (7001 & 9001) for a total of $4, and added an Atari Flashback console to my collection for free - Thanks RM.
So now I'm curious what I should offer/consider reasonable for an original Sega Saturn system CIB that I found for sale today. It is somewhat difficult to trust eBay or VGPC when most sales are with games and acc. or without box.
And inquiry #2 would be what everyone's favorite Saturn games are, if I am going to try it out. Tell me all about it/them. I enjoy all the stories.
I heard someone complain about how we don't talk anymore, so let's discuss a bit.
I got lucky on this one. The listing had been up on Craigslist for a few hours before I noticed it, but I was able to act quickly so jumped and ran to the guy's apartment to pick it up. Well, okay I drove there. But my feet didn't stop moving the whole time!
So here it is, a Virtual Boy lot. Everything is CIB, including having all the original plastic bags that the parts were wrapped in. The lot includes the Virtual Boy console with Mario's Tennis (some super glue needed to fix a usual problem with the stand's hinge, hence the rubber bands in the pic), AC Adapter Set, and the five boxed games are:
Red Alarm
Teleroboxer
Panic Bomber
Wario Land
Vertical Force!
Total price for the great lot, $50
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First off, when I decided to jump back into game collecting, I decided that I was not about to waste my time on sites that were not run solely by the collectors themselves. And I wanted a site that would allow a very simplified yet user-friendly way to track my collection. RFGeneration was recommended by some trusted collectors, and is definitely worthy of adulation.
So here comes my recommendation for the site.
Design a location map of members that choose to be involved, so that we can link up outside of the website. I would be interested to hear everyone's opinion and get a discussion started.
Monitoring Craigslist has almost become an addiction for some, and I may be part of that group, but every once in a while a deal comes along that is so amazing - so difficult to fathom, that it just reaffirms your love for the site. Like when I find "defective" laptops for cheap that only needed something as simple as a new RAM chip or power adapter, or just to default the BIOS. And I enjoy being able to build a PC for someone that doesn't have one. Okay, I'm getting away from myself here.
So, when I opened up the page yesterday and found this lot, I was ecstatic. If you read my Sweet 16 favorite games on my profile (most are from years gone by), you will notice Kenseiden from the Sega Master System is on the list. A friend of mine had the only SMS in the neighborhood back then, and that game alone sparked my Sega bug. And since I had decided to get back into game collecting a few months ago, and toss my sports card collection aside for more... playable pastures, I still had quite a few Sega products to re-acquire. Through the years I had owned the Genesis console three different times, and this makes a fourth.
So here it is. A Genesis 2 console (cables not shown), SMS Power Base converter, two controllers, 6 Button Arcade Stick, Game Genie, 9 SMS games (2 loose), 14 Mega Drive games (all loose), 8 Genesis games (3 loose), and rare Phantasy Star IV Strategy Guide. In one fell swoop I found all 4 Phantasy Star games, 4 Wonder Boy's, and Kenseiden. And the price for everything you see (except my cordless phone) - $15.00. Long live Craigslist.
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