I don't know if there's anyone out there who waits fo this each week, but in case there is, I'm sorry it's late this week. I haven't quite gotten use to 40 hour work weeks yet, so this was on the back burner until now.

Not a bad weekend, much better than I was expecting it to be actually. On Thursday, my sister called me to ask if I would house/dog-sit for her while she and her husband went away for the night. I didn't really want to, but I agreed because their fridge is always stocked full of beer. Although, there was nearly no food in the house...
Anyway, on Friday evening, I see a post on FreeCycle from a guy who is always posting good stuff that I never manage to get, this one entitled "Assorted Game Pads" I figured it was a bunch of dirty/broken Atari joysticks and paddles, but since I was at my sister's house, I was only a few minutes away, so I sent a reply and hoped for a response.
As Saturday came around, the plan my dad and I had made for garage saling went to shit. He was supposed to pick me up at 8:30 and then we'd head out for the sales. By the time 10:00 rolled around he still wasn't there, so I called him and he said that he didn't think I wanted to go. He finally arrived at 11:00 and our first stop was to pick up the "assorted game pads." Once I got there, the guy showed me the box of controllers, I was content with it and agreed to take them of his hands. But then he tells me he has a box of disks too, and asks if I was interested. Of course I told him I was and he pulls out a huge box full of old computer games. I glanced through them and chatted for a little bit, giving him the limited information I knew about them. So I walked out of there with:
Suncom Tac 3 joystick
Set of Atari paddles
2 Gemsticks
500XJ Epyx Joystick
Wico joystick
Playstation power cord and AV cable
RCA cable joiner
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Where in the world in is carmen sandiego Deluxe edition  (CIB)  Mac 6  3.5" floppy disks
Super Bowl Sunday (CIB) Commodore 64 5.25" floppy
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (CIB) Commodore 64 5.25" floppy
Invaders of the lost tomb/dark tower (CIB) C64  5.25" floppy
Kids on keys (CIB) C64/Atari 800 cartridge
Spitfire Ace (CIB) 5.25" floppy
Q*Bert (CIB) C64 cartridge
Gunship (CIB)C64 5.25" floppy
High Roller C64 (CIB? It's like a folder, kind of similar to a record jacket) 5.25" floppy)
The Bard's Tale (CIB? same as above) 2  5.25" floppies
Music Construction Set (Missing disk, same as above) 5.25" floppy?
Castle Wolfenstein (CIB) C64 5.25" floppy
Blue Max 2001 (CIB) C64/Atari 5.25" floppy
Battle Chess (CIB) C64/128 5.25" floppy
Club Casine (box, disk only) Mac 3.5" floppy
Kinder Comp (CIB) C64 cartridge
Geoworks Ensemble (CIB) PC 5 3.5" floppies
California Pro Golf (disk only) C64/128 5.25" floppy
Karateka 5.25" floppy only
L.A. Swat/Panther 5.25" floppy only
The rocky horror show 5.25" floppy only
The Hulk 5.25" floppy and paper sleeve only
Spider-Man 5.25" floppy and paper sleeve only
The fourth protocol 5.25" floppy and manuals only.
Final Fantasy IX  Online strategy guide
Few dozen copied game 5.25" disks
Dozens of 5.25" floppy files/programs, mostly copied stuff.
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Despite the fact that we only had a couple hours of saling time left and the scattered rain showers, the rest of the day didn't turn out too bad.

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Slim PS2 with hookups, DualShock, and Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast (no manual) for $10. The guy said make an offer so I just randomly said $10 thinking he would say "oh no that's not nearly enough", but amazingly he accepted. All I could think was "damn, should have said $5"

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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
LEGO Racers
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Sonic Mega Collection
Aquaman (This thing has a Gamestop, Pawn Shop, Game Crazy and garage sale price sticker on it, took 5 people for it to find a permanent home)
Starfox Adventures
All CIB and in excellent shape, paid $20 for them all. They had some PS2 games too, but they were beat up pretty badly, the kid must have like the PS2 more than the GC.


And in non-gaming finds, I got this stuff.
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All in all 75 .50 caliber muzzleloader bullets and a nice blaze orange sweatshirt
(not pictured) for $10. The bullets on the left are nearly identical to what I use now, so they'll be for hunting, the others are for target practice. I was really excited when I saw the sweatshirt because it was marked $0.75 and fit me perfectly, and it was the first thing on a rack of nice hunting clothing. Unfortunately, it was the only thing on the rack priced cheaply.  I was tempted to buy another pair of brush pants, but they weren't insulated and not that cheap ($15).


Also in the trash, I got a table-top air hockey table which I'll probably sell for a few bucks, and a 2 video cables from a pair of PC monitors and a power cord. I'll splice the VGA cables together, so I can use my LCD TV as a PC monitor.

On Saturday afternoon, my sister called to say they were staying an extra night, which meant I had to stay another night, but I planned on going to the flea market on my way home Sunday morning. But they ended up coming home at 11:00 that night, and they blocked me in the driveway, so I couldn't leave until they got up around 10:00 so by the time I got to the flea market it would have been around 11:00 which is really too late for good deals, so I didn't bother.
However, my dad did go and he picked me up a PlayStation Mad Catz MC2 steering wheel he got from the trash. The cable that connects the pedals to the steering wheel is cut though, so I need to find out which wires go to which pins so I can solder on a new plug.

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