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

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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 179 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

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

Also, RIP(most likely)

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 87 points 5 days 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 26 points 5 days 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 35 points 5 days ago (2 children)

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 19 points 5 days 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 8 points 5 days ago

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

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 9 points 5 days 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 102 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 60 points 5 days ago (4 children)

our backs hurt

[–] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

But at least we had fun

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My heart no longer feels pain

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hello, fellow Xennial.

Willing to bet anyway

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Formative years come with micro transactions and subscription paywalls now. Single player games that require internet. And games that shut down when the corporation deems it unprofitable.

Wow how it must suck to be a 20s kid.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 42 points 5 days 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 13 points 5 days ago

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

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 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.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

I share your lego trauma.

Mine didnt throw away my lego, they just dumped them all into one box.. then threw away the boxes and the manuals, which.. to me at least, was worse. I'd have prefered if the legos had been thrown away in addition to the boxes and manuals.

and they did it while i was a kid and still actively playing with them.

I cant even remember what lego sets I had anymore, outside of like.. one big set. So I cant even search for manuals online.

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[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days 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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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 62 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 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.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

All the games that had a case or a sleeve/insert had the codes on them. I know some of them won't work if they've been registered before.

[–] __hetz@sh.itjust.works 33 points 5 days 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 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 51 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 25 points 5 days 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.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Heck yeah! I still read my game manuals. Its enjoyable and teaches you some secrets. And the backstorues are fun. Its like reading album liner notes. Yet another art gone forever.

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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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 10 points 5 days 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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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 32 points 5 days ago

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

[–] merci3@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 11 points 5 days ago

This person has gaming taste quite similar to mine

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Thats awful!!!

[–] metermatic26@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

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[–] randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 5 days ago

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

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

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

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Didn't SC2 come out like a couple years ago?

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

It came out in July 2010, so almost exactly 2 years ago.

[–] Dzheyk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago (11 children)

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

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[–] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

I remember buying Battlefield 2142 when it came out and owning it for years without ever playing it because I didn't realise it needed internet to even start up the game.

We didn't get internet in the house until years later.

[–] Snowcano@startrek.website 10 points 5 days 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 11 points 5 days 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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[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 11 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I've never found any cool retro tech at a thrift store 🥲. Nice score

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[–] Ursapharm@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

This made me sad. Hope bro is okay

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