Ebi's Gaming Blog: January 2015

I've been hanging onto my old consoles since I got them way back when and I've been telling myself it was for nostalgia. These were my childhood and a part of me didn't want to let them go. Now that the first two rounds are complete, I realized I never needed them in the first place. The memories of playing the games and the fun I had playing solo and with friends is better than having the consoles and games themselves. Having them just sit around is only serving one purpose: taking up space.

A second thing I learned is that because I had good taste in games and took care of my stuff, even when I was young, they're worth a lot of dough today! When I started eBay pricing them, I was amazed at the value they came up to. The original Mega Man for the NES was my top game so far coming in at $61, but even some of the ones I figured were common, like Link to the Past, went for over $50.

Anyways, I titled this post round two and it's actually a bit late because most of the second round, the Super Nintendo games, have already sold. Tomorrow, when I get my next batch of monthly free listings, I'm going to list the last 3 games (Donkey Kong Country trilogy) and the console itself online and it will be complete. I didn't list the DKC games with the rest because I wanted to play through them again. After playing some of the first game and all the way through the second, I decided it was enough and I'm ready to sell.

I do have to say, this round began bringing up some hard feelings. This includes my copy of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past which, if you've seen my other posts, was a very special game to me growing up. However, I've decided to part with the original because I also have the GBA version (with Four Swords) which I plan on keeping. So any time I want to play this classic (in a non Minecraft sense) I can fire up my DS (which I'm also keeping) and relive the original.


DKC 3 Time (flash+disposable camera=bad photo)

Back when the third Donkey Kong Country game came out, Nintendo Power had one of their contests to send in a photo showing your fastest completion time. I played my thumbs off and pulled in a time of 3h37m to 103% complete. I must have made duplicate prints on the photos because I still have a copy. Anyways, I send this in and my name is in one of the issues of Nintendo Power. I know I've got the issue of NP somewhere out in the shed, but that box is still buried. When I run across it, I'll take a snapshot of it as well. It wasn't until my name was published in this list, however, that I realized 103% wasn't "complete", that 105% was. I've since beaten it to that amount by using a code to turn off the checkpoint barrels in the levels (meaning you have to complete an entire level in one shot).

Once I'm through pruning down my games, my Nintendo Power and Strategy Guide collection is next to go. I was a long time subscriber of that magazine from the end of the NES era through the Wii and still have every single one. The oldest of which are in page protectors to keep them clean even... I'm weird, I know.

So, for posterity, here is my complete collection from the Super Nintendo.

Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie's Double Trouble
Mega Man X
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Vegas Stakes
Super Mario All-Stars
Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario World
F-Zero
SimCity
SimCity 2000
Monopoly
The Magical Quest: staring Mickey Mouse

Next round: the Nintendo 64.

After over 25 years of gaming, I've finally decided to part with my old consoles. It is definitely not an easy decision to make as these games represent much of my childhood, but something that I need to do. I'm not going to get rid of 100% of everything, but the vast majority of it will be sold, especially the oldest generations.

To start things off, I dug out my original Nintendo Entertainment System and fired it up. After sitting in storage for nearly 18 years, the console fired up like it was nothing and worked just fine. In fact, all the games I put in worked good and those with memory still had the old save information. I did have to either blow our or re-insert all of them a few times, but they worked in the end.

It was a lot of fun playing these oldest games of mine again. Lots of memories. Everything is currently up on eBay right now so wish me luck.

For memory's sake, I laid everything out and took photos to remember what I once had. Here is the first phase of my collection sell-off: the NES.