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Went out hunting games with niceguy1283 again, with the initial goal of picking up a Genesis 2 and a Sega 32X for the hell of it. We started at the usual place, Half Price Books.
Bought a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog (NFR) and Streets of Rage while we were there killing time, both complete. Six bucks each. Found a Super Mario Advance strategy guide for
two dollars also. From there we headed off towards the next stop, one of the Gamers locations in town.
Did some scrounging through some boxes of random new crap they had just bought in from customers. Found a couple Atari 2600 games for a buck each, Sneak'n Peek, and
Ms. Pac-Man. Just for the hell of it I bought Dreamcast Web Browser 2.0, useless, but dirt cheap.
Onward to the second Gamers store location we frequent, found a 32X and a Genesis 2 here for 45 bucks total, not the cheapest in the world, but things are drying up around
here lately. Also found copies of Mega Bomberman and TMNT Tournament Fighters on Genesis for 5 bucks each. Shadow Squadron for 32X for 2 dollars, Final Fantasy Legend II
for 7 dollars.
As we headed out of Omaha and back across the river to our home ground, we stopped at another local shop we like. Found a complete copy of Parasite Eve for 15 dollars, sadly the
cheapest I've managed to find it locally. I got a few things from Nick in a trade, Power Stone (JPN) for Dreamcast, Paperboy for Game By with manual, Fist of the North Star and
Robocop on NES, Legend of the Mystical Ninja on SNES, Star Wars Arcade for 32X and a 6 button Genesis controller.
After getting home and disconnecting my old Genesis 1 and hooking up the Genesis 2, I discovered the console wouldn't stay powered on without jiggling the power cord. I tore it down
and cleaned out the dust bunnies that had moved in over the years. After inspecting the power socket I discovered two of the three solder points on the socket had been cracked.
After getting a bit irritated at the "guaranteed to work" policy Gamers has,and not wanting to drive all the way back over there, I dug out the soldering iron and re-soldered the
connections and reassembled the console. Plugged it in and it works like a champ now.
Couple days later I was out running errands and made quick stops at CD Tradepost and a local comic book store, picked up Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, and Contra Shattered Soldier
for the PS2 and a strat guide for Xenosaga Episode 1.
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Nurse, solder! STAT!
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All better!
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Stuff from Nick:
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