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My NES is back!

Well not my NES, my parents threw that out without telling me 13 years ago. I bought this one off eBay, it should be here any day now. I'm so excited, I've already bought a bunch of games ready to play, mostly ones I had as a kid but also a few I didn't. I was going to try and go for an NTSC NES but the shipping on importing one is killer and finding games boxed, complete and in good condition is hard enough without having to worry if the other person will ship internationally and package them well.

Speaking of eBay, most of the stuff I listed sold for a decent price. I'm gona put the SNES and Mega Drive up soon, maybe my PS2 games as well as some other bits and bats. The Wii definitely stays but I'm still not sure about the 60GB PS3.

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