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dormin
09/06/09

In reply to The Triumphant Return Of My Sega Nomad
We get these in at my Movie Trading Company every 6 months or so, and someone always buys them immediately. One of them didn't even work correctly and someone bought it straight away.

We once got a nomad and moonwalker in from the same person, and before we could sticker them someone nearby had called dibs on both.
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Protector one
09/06/09

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It was released in '99?? As in, a year before PS2? Crazy!
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Krigo's EDGE
09/06/09

@Protector one:
It was actually released in 1995. Sega was always ahead of Nintendo in the handheld wars with technology but never in popularity.

Which was quite a shame.
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dormin
09/06/09

@Protector one:
I think that's just when he first bought his.
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Protector one
09/06/09

@dormin: Ah yes of course, my mistake. I blame last night's alcohol.
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Witzbold
09/06/09

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You know why that thing was called the "Nomad"?

Because it wandered from owner to owner.
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Aidan_
09/05/09

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Wow. Thank you, Fahey. Thank you for making me feel so much better about the weird and awkward family situation betwixt me and and my girlfriend's previous family (involving a still very-involved ex-husband and their two kids).

At least nobody is shoving video game consoles down their pants.
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MrBionic
09/05/09

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I never had a Nomad, but I did have a Lynx, and man, I'd love to have a lynx again.
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NaruThai
09/05/09

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Your family is so effed up. 1st you tell us a story about Turtles in Time and then let slip your sister is a lesbian...now a harmless nomad story tells us you slept with your sister's sons mother......o.0

What next? Your uncle who you used to play Mario Kart with you had a sex change?
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LucasReis
09/05/09

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I still have my Nomad. I bought it when I went to New York in 1996. I will never sell it because it´s rare as fuck. Unfortunately it doesn´t work, but I never really tried to fix it. Maybe it does work but I don´t really have a power adaptor that works properly with it (it never came with one and I bought some cheap-o third party adaptors because it was all I had available).

The nomad is cool because you can plug it in your TV and plug a second controller, it instantly becomes a Genesis (minus 32x+Sega CD compatibility) but even Sonic&Knuckles is playable. I never played it with batteries, though, I used to take it to a lot of places and plug it into the wall. It eats batteries like hell, indeed.
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Invisible-Echidna
09/05/09

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I still have a Sega GameGear with a couple of games like Sonic, Dr. Mario, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, etc. Yeah, it's pretty ballin'. I think I'll go game up some Ecco on it right now.
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Cyrian
09/05/09

@Invisible-Echidna:
You sure you meant to say Dr. Mario...?
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Invisible-Echidna
09/05/09

@Cyrian: Actually, no. I think I got it confused with the Dr. Robotnik game. I remember always mixing those two up.
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tommyscomics
09/05/09

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Mike, that story is ummmm.... really fucked up. Wow. I thought you were normal
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dowingba
09/05/09

@tommyscomics: What ever gave you the idea that Fahey was normal?
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jpoppyz
09/05/09

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This reminds me of a situation I was in recently. Back when I got my gamecube, I decided to let my grandma have my NES(toploader NES2 may I add) as well as 25+ really awesome games with numberous controllers, lightguns, and other peripherials, because she has my little cousins and kids she babysits over and figured it'd be fun entertainment for them. Anyhow, this summer I decided I wanted to relive my childhood(that NES was the same NES I grew up on, my dad got it for my sister and I when i was only 3 years old and my sister was 7), and I really wanted to go back and play my favorite NES games(Zelda, super mario bros. 3, rollergames, chip and dale rescue rangers, and a few others). I asked my grandma and it turns out she gave it to one of my cousins. While I was very upset, I remembered we were having a family gathering and figured it'd good time to ask my cousin about my wonderful top-loader NES. I asked him, and it turned out he traded into a local gamestore for like $70 with all the games, controllers, and everything. My heart was shattered, the very NES I grew up on and the reason I'm a gamer today was gone forever. Hell, even my dad was upset, for he used to play video games with me all the time as a kid.

Moral of the story: never give video game consoles to family members for extended periods of time. They WILL be lost or sold
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daytown
09/05/09

@jpoppyz: heartbreaking. i still remember the time my dad tossed my 2600. i'd just bought like 20 games at a garage sale for a buck or two and was psyched to get my yars' revenge on, only to find that my 2600 had been pitched in a dumpster earlier in the week.
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dowingba
09/05/09

@jpoppyz: I once lent my uncle my SNES with a whole ton of games, including a Superscope with Superscope 6 and Battle Clash (the best gun-game ever btw). Never saw it again. Still pisses me off to this day.

You're right. Never lend game consoles to family. Ever.
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BlueToast
09/05/09

My godfather gave me what, I'm pretty sure, was a BRAND NEW Sega Master-system in 1999. It was Perfect, and it came with every accessory imaginable. Extra controllers, lightgun, 3D goggles, tons of games (3D ones as well). It worked perfectly, first try, every try.

I took really good care of it. I loved it. More than my genesis, more than my NES, more than the PSX I eventually got.

When I moved, I let my younger brother use it. It didn't last til the end of the year. And, YES, I'm still a little bitter about it.
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Paradox me
09/05/09

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Sounds a lot like my situation with the NES and SNES. I originally got them a long, long time ago from my aunt, who said my cousin no longer needed them. Fast forward to a few years ago, that cousin had babiz and I thought, "That kid could probably get more use out of these."

How foolish I was. Now I need to devise a plot to get them back, or spend moneys on eBay. But, if I got the systems back from my aunt, that money saved could go towards one of the many games I plan on buying!

Ah, how awkward it'll be: Hey, I'm 20 years old, can I get those video games back from your 7 year old?
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jetRink
09/05/09

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Oh, many, many years ago
When I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow
Who was pretty as can be
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her
And soon the two were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother
'Cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matter...
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mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
09/05/09

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The Nomad was probably the COOLEST waste of money I ever engaged in. The battery life was terrible, but it had a rechargeable battery pack that you could purchase, and portable Phantasy Star IV is still the greatest Sega experience I've ever had besides the first time I played NiGHTS.

Healing, indeed, Mike. Healing, indeed. Just stay away from Mick and Mack. They're anything BUT healing.
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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
09/05/09

@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: I guess you really enjoy PSP with Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Collection then
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gunluva is prepared to drop.
09/05/09

@ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness:

Or PicoDrive loaded up with tons of totally legal ROMs.
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mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
09/05/09

@ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness: It's...just not the same. Actually running a PSIV cart on a portable system was too much awesome for one Camry station wagon's back seat to handle.
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freakout
09/05/09

@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: Are Are Are Are you READY? (cue awesome them music)

Which was, BTW, the only awesome thing about that game...
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WhiteMåge
09/05/09

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I'm confused.

You don't want a Sega Nomad from ebay. You have one you could, rather easily, get back.

So...you pay almost 100 bucks for one? one that is equally as second-hand as one from ebay...?

Hell, if you weren't inexplicably afraid of ebay, there's one ther right now for 170 dollars buy it now and it comes with 70 games.
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ionicc
09/05/09

@WhiteMage: And he doessn't state the one he got at the convention was new, so it must be used...who knows who could of licked it before these "retro game store" guys found it at a yard sale? But he's afraid to buy on on ebay?
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barrelrolled
09/05/09

@ionicc: Once I ordered a few Dreamcast controllers from an eBay store and they were filthy, covered in dirt and the like. I had to spend an hour or so picking dirt out of the crevices. At least when I buy used equipment from GameStop, it all looks clean.

You can never know what kind of disgusting situations used game equipment has been through, but at least when you buy these things in person, the seller attempts to give the illusion of cleanliness, any way.
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daytown
09/05/09

@WhiteMage: laf. it's probably mike's nomad. he'll tell his nephew to stop trying to steal the nomad, to which his nephew will reply, "yeah, mom sold it on e-bay for about $170 the other week."
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WhiteMåge
09/05/09

@daytown: oh lord I hope so, that would be great
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Mike Fahey
09/06/09

@WhiteMage: If I could have had the one i lost back easily, I would have it. There's a very complicated personal story behind why I cannot ge the system back.
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Mike Fahey
09/06/09

@WhiteMage: The whole point of this was the joy of walking into a store, or in this case a booth at a convention, and seeing one for sale. That isn't a normal occurance, and its much more personal and fulfilling that simply searching a website.
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daytown
09/06/09

@Mike Fahey: nod. i collect usagi yojimbo comics, and for years i was very close to having a complete collection. i could very easily have bought my missing issues online, but having a complete collection could not compare to the rush of going to a new comic store and searching through the back issue bin in the faint hope of finding one of the illusive missing back issues. even though they were extreme rarities, the days when i actually found a missing back issue were absolutly joyous.

eventually, life became too busy to dedicate much time to comic collecting and i finished my collection via the tubes. still, i came pretty darn close...

let's dub this "the collector's paradox," wherein the joy of having a desired object is in conflict with the joy of searching for said desired object.
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WhiteMåge
09/06/09

@Mike Fahey: Your whole "I just ended up telling him to stop trying" thing kinda...doesn't imply that at all, but whatever. You could've gotten a magnificent deal on ebay, is all im saying.
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spiderweb1986
09/05/09

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Did the Animaniacs game come with it?

I've never played that one, but I used to love the Tiny Toon Adventures games. If it's anything like that, that's even more brownie points.
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