How to blow up a PSOne

Today's Car Booting went pretty well. I was able to get two game items:

A PSOne console, and a GunCon45. The Guncon works fine - and with the Time Crisis I picked up a month or so ago, I can sell them together for mucho profits! Time Crisis didn't age very well either, it's damn ugly.

The PSOne didn't come with any cords - so I went and scurried through my cords to see if I could find a matching set. With all of my multi-inputs not working, I found out that my Laptop's input was the same, so I slapped that in.

Never do this!

After 5 seconds of testing that yes, it turns on, the PSOne started to smell of BURNING CHIP BOARDS. I unplugged it as quickly as possible, opening it up, it now has a nice char mark on the main board. Whoops.

I took it down to the local GameTraders [A store which for the most part sell exclusivly second hand games and console, as well as imported games], and got them to plug the console into a real power plug and AV cable. Thankfully, it still works. Only problem is that it still smells like burning plastic - I need to cover that up :) Plus I need to find cables for my own purposes - GT only sells them for stupidly high prices.

I got both together for 8 bucks. So even if the PSOne dies, it's still a good price for a GunCon.

I also picked up some other non-gaming stuff for keeps at the Car Boot Market - A bunch of DVDs. Poor guy was moving overseas and decided to offload his entire 300+ DVD collection. I picked up each of these [including box sets] for $5 each, a total of $55.

Those Family guy / American Dad box sets are still worth a good $20 on ebay each, so I'll watch the commentaries and sell them off anyway.

And lastly, and bare with me on this..

I found a Don Karnage - character from an old cartoon called Tailspin - plush doll. I bought it purely for selling purposes - and not some freaky furry-related stuff. You don't see much merchendise for the old Saturday Morning cartoons, even when they were around. And something which is considered 'obscure' now within the Disney Dome, you just never ever see. For a buck, you really can't go wrong, and I feel I can probably rake in a bit of cash from this thing. I've seen Sally Acorn Dolls [Character from an old Sonic Cartoon, released only in SEGA World Sydney] go for a ton of money, who knows how this will go.

Easter Weekend Haul, Part 2

Continuing on from those awesome Amiga pickups, I was also able to pick up some other awesome games and consoles.

While still in the country, I picked up 3 Playstaton games - DOOM, Time Crisis, and Medievil. I've been on a kick of trying to find some classic PSOne platform games, and I already have Medievil 2, so the original was a nice pick up. I don't have the gun for Time Crisis which is a shame, and DOOM is DOOM. The latter two are good games to pack in with consoles, so when the time comes, they'll be added in. I picked up all 3 games for a total of $5AU.

Secondly, I picked up a SEGA Master System 1 console, which tend to be buggers to find. This one came with a bunch of controllers - including the Arcade Stick, Moonwalker [hah] and Enduro Racer [boxed]. This one is also the Hang On version - where Hang On is built into the system, and is harder to find. These go for plenty since they're collectable. Bought it for $10AU.

Then I found some more Megadrive games - Splatterhouse 2, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, Super Hang On, and Crack Down. $10AU for the lot, she had a lot more on them, so that's not too bad - essentially games to throw in with other Megadrive consoles. Splatterhouse 2 is all over the place in pricing - between 10 to 40 bucks for the same kind of sell, may have to hold onto that.

After that I got back from that little holiday, I went out to the Sunday car boot sales. And I found even MORE Master Systems.

A Master System 1 & 2. The Master System came with a broken controller [which is fixable], and a single power cord - so I'll have to scrunge up some extra pads and cords from other places. The Master System is the older 'Snail game' variation, but still worth a fair bit. Alex Kidd Master System 2 - Still searching for the Sonic 1 variation. $10AU for the two.

After the weekend, I picked up a few Master System games from a Salvation Army - Agassi and Super Monaco GP II, nothing special, just filled games - $4AU total.

and lastly, found a nice copy of Donkey Kong Country 2 at another Solvos. $5.50AU

So now my spending total is up to $116.50. I've sold my PSOne console mentioned before for $40 to EBGames, so my selling total is that.

Selling: $116.50AU
Sold: $40.00AU
Profit: -$76.5AU