well these days i did get a few titles for my collection, nothing too grand, but this find is a must share with you guys. about 2 weeks ago i fixed an xbox 360 for a client the usual RROD, guy was happy with my services, he talked about me, but since they know i make repro games with useless carts/damaged/sports, one of his friend came to me with a broken snes and 5 games with there labels ripped of completely. the guy tells me "i cant do anything with this lot, nothing works and no one wants to buy it. will you buy it?" i say. "since the snes is cracked and the games has no label on them ill give you 20$ for the lot." the guy was happy and said "sold!" and he leaves me his ps3 for a clean up "there was a dog in the ps3" anyways. since my curiosity is always strong towards the unknown, i said bah for once i can't wait to actually find out whats wrong with this lot. i open the snes, board was good, controller port good, the connector pin, i have no idea what muck there was on it, i had to let it soak in my cleaner overnight to remove the rust and the muck, plug it in, works flawlessly, only downfall is the broken shell. while it was soaking i checked the games, i was shocked with the first one i open, board cracked so 2 pin did not connect to the board, i said, okay let try transferring the mask rom on another board, since it has a sram on it "sram on cart is always worth to find out what the game is, after soldering the rom on a new board, turns out the game is harvest moon, i kid you not, i looked at the other 4 games and yelled, AND WHAT ARE YOU 4 MY PRETTIES?!? cart number 2, was covered in the same muck that the snes was covered in, after cleaning, turns out, the game is castlevania 4, maybe common but i didn't have it in my collection. i was so pumped (who can blame me) i jumped on cart 3, turns out to be ninja gaiden trilogy, you guys can actually imagine how i felt at this point, cart 4 turns out to be sunset riders, and i turned towards the last cart, i open the cart, cleaned it, plug it, power on, my jaw dropped. i saw Enix, so in awe i stared at my screen. then it showed me E.V.O the search of eden, i laughed so hard, i actually scared my wife she thought i went insane. so with my curiosity satisfied, i worked the the clients ps3, every 2 mins i looked at the stack of 5 games with a grand smile. the next day, the guy came over, i showed him what i did on his machine, then asked me how much i charged him, i told him, yesterday you made my day, today i make yours, go play its on the house, the guy was happy and shocked, tho he was curious, what were the games, i told him, the look in his eyes were shocked, he told me"im happy just to know my brothers games are still working, if your happy with what i sold you, im happy with my ps3" we shook hands, and thanked each other, then he left. my wife told me after, mmmmmm so the games he sold you are good? i turned to her and just smiled (for the information of ppl, i dont show emotion in my face, but when i do it mean its to the max, to the point my wife told me we were having a child i was happy tho my face didnt change) anyways she looked at me and said, woaw okay that answers my question. so i just wanted to share this story with you, wiggy was also curious of the whole story lol, so instead i just shared it with you guys at the same time.
