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In the trash at the thrift store (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by bold_atlas@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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Bitter sweet because I'm pretty sure this means we lost real one. RIP

It's church thrift store run by elderly people and they get overwhelmed and will just toss anything on a whim. They practically give away the stuff they do sell.

The others that were piled up in the bottom of the box. Some of the discs had fallen out of the cases and sleeves but they all seemed fine except for one: Half-Life GOTY disc got a few tiny fatal cracks. A lot of software and bargain bin games have been excluded.

There were two discs that go with two joysticks I have. I have a sidewinder somewhere but couldn't bother looking for it for the pic.

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[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 140 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Jesus, someone wasn't paying attention. That Paper Mario OST goes for around $450 USD

Also, RIP(most likely)

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's a church thrift store, so your first sentence is like you're telling on the staff to the boss.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Took me a second reading to understand your tone. For a second I thought you were just being an asshole. Then I read it again, and went OOOOOOHHHHH.

So for anyone who just skims things, Tikiporch isn't being an asshole. They actually made a funny joke. Like Splinter did in the first TMNT movie. Except TikiPorch forgot to end with "HA HA HA!!! I MADE A FUNNY!!!!"

Also, I want pizza now. No reason.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 14 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure pizza doesn't need this subliminal advertising, it's amazing.

You've probably actually got the causality backwards: pizza ends up in art because it's amazing.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Shaggy's straight from the freezer slice has nothing to do with it, I assure you

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My beta deck MTG cards went to a thrift sale.

No idea where they went after.

No I’m not salty.

When I find my 500 bitcoin thumb drive in the landfill I’ll just buy them back…

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[–] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's my formative years in a box right there.

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 48 points 1 month ago (4 children)

our backs hurt

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Name something doesn't hurt. That would be surprising.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My heart no longer feels pain

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hello, fellow Xennial.

Willing to bet anyway

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's Alf! And he's back, in Pog form!

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

That's a paddlin'.....I mean a bingo

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[–] kboos1@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

My knee hurts

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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

CD keys will be a problem for some of those. Were they on the paper sleeve, inside the jewel case, on a sticker in the manual? Who knows? Every publisher seems to have picked a spot at random and losing them makes old PC game collections a minefield of unplayable* discs.

* Without cracks or No-CD patches. Obligatory reminder that piracy = games preservation.

[–] __hetz@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago

Games shared on the Archive frequently have a working CD key in their descriptions. If you've got a disc with no key, it's a perfect place to check first.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like if it was popular enough, a cracker exists. Complete with awesome 8 but tracker tune

[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some of the older ones wouldn't even need a crack, just a keygen or even a single printed key.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Check those hard drives for wallet.dat files before reformatting them....

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[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Seeing this reminds me that, when I moved out on my own back in the '00s my mom held onto EVERYTHING from my 80s-90s childhood and practically hermetically sealed it in my old room, except for things I'm actually nostalgic for.

Big box pc games and cartridges? Garbage. GI Joes and Star Wars figures and Legos? Sent to spoiled baby cousin. 500 lbs of worthless nonsport trading cards and water damaged comics? Just like you left them, honey!

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Just reading this makes me irrationally angry. I'm sorry for your loss.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Mom tossed out all my early 90s legos by mistake including all my older brother original 80s sets (including the train set).

I had two or three of the big pirate ships, the pirate castle with the soldiers and glow in the dark ghost, the space shuttle+launch pad, the marina with the red crane pieces that are super rare, the fucking awesome ice planet explorer dudes with the bright orange visors and antennas.

And...fuck me...this really hurts I had almost of the the undersea explorer series, the dudes with submarines and the shiny silver knives, coolest lego sets ever made.

I think this is why I dumpster dive. I'm still looking for them.

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[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

A lot of stuff happened after I left home. Ten years later came back to find my Mega Drive in a shed that had a rotted out floor and had sat in there for at least a decade of winters.

It still turns on.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You mean was in the trash and now with you, right? Right?

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Most likely that's the "sweet" in bittersweet.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

C&C Generals AND Half-Life? Whoever is nostalgia baiting with this is using some high quality bait.

[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I owned that same Starcraft copy with the protoss on it. I remember what mall I bought the expansion at too.

Multiplayer over a 56k modem.

It was a simpler time.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago (4 children)

There is nothing in this world at this moment that would make me happier than digging through that box, reading old ACTUAL paper game manuals, and falling back into my early 20s when gaming still felt magical.

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[–] randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's someone's personal collection right there.

[–] metermatic26@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Take the box, burn the store

EDIT: I actually skimmed over the fact that its run by the church, but someone apparently already took offense and downvoted me 🤣

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not your fault they didn't construct additional pylons.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rip. Probably some really valuable stuff in there. Take it all.

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[–] merci3@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

[–] Snowcano@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have spent an embarrassing amount of time playing Syd Meier’s Pirates in my day, and I regret nothing!

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I had that chassis on a dell xps 420 way back when. Interesting internal design.

some banger games there too

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[–] Dzheyk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Jeez, this looks nearly identical to my personal collection that I still own. The heck?

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

when was the last time that you checked that box in the back corner of the closet in the guest bedroom that your parents stay in?

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[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least Starcraft II with Wings of Liberty campaign is free to play now. SC2 is still going, new patches still coming out, although with a relatively small community.

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Wings of liberty ? But it just came out like... Oh

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