I collect old consoles and pocket games( more like tabletop games ). I like to find the older 70s to mid 1980s systems, games, and accessories at yard sales to avoid the prices of say EBAY. The days of finding them in a yard sale are RARE these days.
My personal favorites are the VFD display Coleco Mini Arcades, which are worth good $$$ if good operating condition and battery panel is still there, and you dont open it to find 25 year old batteries in it that have exploded long ago eating the contacts.
Last one I picked up Donkey Kong I paid $5 for at yard sale 3 years ago and when opening battery panel there was VERY OLD "Toys R US" Brand Batteries in it that had Jeffrey the giraff on them and they didnt leak. I was amazed that such cheap batteries lasted 25 years without leaking.
Console Systems:
- Atari 2600, and 7800 ( never bothered with getting the 5200 because it was a failure ) and have about 300 games
- Intellevision ( 2 games Frogger & Pacman)
- Colecovision ( 4 games )
- Sega Master System ( 5 games )
- Sega Genesis ( 30 games )
- NES ( 50 games )
- SNES ( 20 games )
Handheld/Table Tops:
- Original Gameboy ( 2 games - Mario & Tetris )
- Coleco VFD Mini arcade tabletops { Pacman, Donkey kong, Ms Pac Man, Galaxian }
and runs on C batteries.
- Generic VFD 2-player arcade tabletops { Pac-Man 2, Galaxian 2 } runs on C batteries.
- Generic LED w/overlay arcade handheld { Space invaders } runs on 6 AA batteries 3 on each side.
- Home RUN 2 person tabletop with red LEDs that pattern in and out as ball ( 1980 ) runs on a 9V and like 4 or 6 AA batteries.
- Football LED with magnified bubble lenses that ran on 9V where you move your - 'dash' around other dashes to run across the field with football to score and intercept the other player.
- 1984/1985 LCD Pocket games {Donkey Kong, Mario Bros} with button cell batteries licensed through Nintendo.
- Radio Shack LCD Pocket Arcades ( late 80's early 90s ) Tandy etc Poker, Blackjack, Slots, Mars Invasion, Space Invaders generic might be called Alien Attack.
