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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I semi-sorta regret selling my Gizmondo, but really, anything it can do, the PSP can do better. Plus I've heard the system has been melting in users' hands due to its rubberized shell. It felt great in your hands back in 2008! Maybe not so much now.

I kinda wish I still had my Atari 7800, too. Not a great system, but Rikki and Vikki suggests that it could have been pushed a lot harder than what we actually got.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Not a console, but I had a stack of old Gamecube games I traded into Gamestop to put towards a game that I just had to have on day one. Can't actually remember the name of it now. Granted I think a good chunk of those were shovelware titles, but I still regret trading them in given that I managed to hang on to most of my other old consoles and games over the years. Thankfully most of my old stuff just got shoved into the back of a closet and was waiting when I inevitably got nostalgic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

A few years ago I had to sell my 2DS and my full Pokemon game collection, including a living dex on Alpha Sapphire, to make rent. I tried calling the store back to see if they had the Alpha Sapphire cartridge a month later, but they said it was against policy to allow me to run the games to see what was saved on each cartridge. Losing that one made me really sad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

My biggest regret was selling my original Game Boy to buy some HotWheels set. I got bored of it and always regretted selling the Game Boy. I recall some pressure from my parents about bad eyesight or something. I learned my lesson: never listen to my parents.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i actually regret getting rid of my wii u. it had a solid library of games and i sold it to gamestop to buy overwatch and a couple other games during a steam sale. only years later did i learn that the wii u is probably the best console for playing the entire nintendo catalogue. rip.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Man, that sucks. I recently bought one and I'm having a blast playing on it! It really is the best console to play the nintendo catalogue, it can also play a few DS games lol.

Maybe, one day you can repurchase one ;) I would say that now is the best moment as hacking it is super easy and prices are not that inflated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I sold my Day 1 PS Vita a long time ago and I'm still pretty sad about that, it's not the same mind you.

But I have managed to hold onto pretty much every other game console I've ever owned.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

My brother and I sold our original NES and all of the games, just to buy Donkey Kong Country for our SNES. We got a VHS tape in the mail with a behind the scenes look at the making of the game and previews, and it convinced us to be stupid.

Granted its a great game and I still have it, but it wasn't worth dumping our NES classics for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

One of my old friends dad sold the atari jaguar. With multiple controllers and a pretty full game library. Pretty sure it was worth a pretty penny then too but he didn't think twice about it. Would probably fetch over a grand now for the collection.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I still have a bunch of my original consoles: NES, Genesis, Dreamcast. The only I don't still have are my PS1 (original, not the tiny One), N64, and Gamecube. PS upgraded to a PS2, and to be honest I never really played the N64 much. But the GC just kind of fell by the wayside and got lost. It had such amazingly unique games, but just was overlooked (even by me at the time) because it just didn't match up graphically and didn't really have the 1st or 3rd party support it needed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I still have all mine. But I never play them. I mess with emulators though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm still holding on to my commodore 64. I'm taking that thing to my grave

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have never sold a console. I have frustratingly lost a few handhelds, which sucks.

I slightly regret not keeping a large CRT, but honestly those things are stupidly heavy and made of glass. I did score some small CRTs at flea markets awhile back, which is more than enough for the novelty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I slightly regret selling my Wii U to get a Switch but I think there's still time to backpedal on that one without it being a huge loss.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I regret getting rid of my Wii, only because that’s the one I’m missing to complete my Nintendo home console collection. I had initially sold it because the Wii U played Wii games, but it would be nice to have it back for a complete set.

[–] Borgzilla 2 points 2 years ago

I ain't getting rid of my PSX.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yes and no. I had a modded Sega Saturn with a ram cartridge that I traded in to afford a Dreamcast when it came out. I love the Dreamcast so it wasn't a bad trade, but I do wish I still had the Saturn too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have the same regret, I gave my N64 to a family friend in the late 90s. However, I later bouught a replacement N64 with two new-in-box gold controllers so I can still get my GoldenEye fix.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I had curated perfect-to-me PS1 and PS2 game collections, and had the later, smaller versions of both systems. Both whole collections fit in a bread box, but I gave both away to save space. I cannot believe how much I regret that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My mom sent my Wii to family in the Dominican Republic, that was at the peak of Brawl... child me was never so upset.

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