this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2026

970 points (98.8% liked)

RetroGaming

29575 readers

169 users here now

Vintage gaming community.

Rules:

Be kind.
No spam, AI slop, or soliciting for money.
No racism or other bigotry allowed.
Obviously nothing illegal.

If you see these please report them.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

Xylinna@lemmy.world

Tenthrow@lemmy.world

gts@lemmy.world

970

In the trash at the thrift store (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by bold_atlas@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

148 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Bitter sweet because I'm pretty sure this means we lost real one. RIP

It's church thrift store run by elderly people and they get overwhelmed and will just toss anything on a whim. They practically give away the stuff they do sell.

The others that were piled up in the bottom of the box. Some of the discs had fallen out of the cases and sleeves but they all seemed fine except for one: Half-Life GOTY disc got a few tiny fatal cracks. A lot of software and bargain bin games have been excluded.

There were two discs that go with two joysticks I have. I have a sidewinder somewhere but couldn't bother looking for it for the pic.

top 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 185 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Jesus, someone wasn't paying attention. That Paper Mario OST goes for around $450 USD

Also, RIP(most likely)

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 91 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It's a church thrift store, so your first sentence is like you're telling on the staff to the boss.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Took me a second reading to understand your tone. For a second I thought you were just being an asshole. Then I read it again, and went OOOOOOHHHHH.

So for anyone who just skims things, Tikiporch isn't being an asshole. They actually made a funny joke. Like Splinter did in the first TMNT movie. Except TikiPorch forgot to end with "HA HA HA!!! I MADE A FUNNY!!!!"

Also, I want pizza now. No reason.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 19 points 2 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure pizza doesn't need this subliminal advertising, it's amazing.

You've probably actually got the causality backwards: pizza ends up in art because it's amazing.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

Shaggy's straight from the freezer slice has nothing to do with it, I assure you

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My beta deck MTG cards went to a thrift sale.

No idea where they went after.

No I’m not salty.

When I find my 500 bitcoin thumb drive in the landfill I’ll just buy them back…

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 103 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's my formative years in a box right there.

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 60 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

our backs hurt

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Name something doesn't hurt. That would be surprising.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My heart no longer feels pain

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hello, fellow Xennial.

Willing to bet anyway

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's Alf! And he's back, in Pog form!

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

That's a paddlin'.....I mean a bingo

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] kboos1@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

My knee hurts

load more comments (2 replies)

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

CD keys will be a problem for some of those. Were they on the paper sleeve, inside the jewel case, on a sticker in the manual? Who knows? Every publisher seems to have picked a spot at random and losing them makes old PC game collections a minefield of unplayable* discs.

* Without cracks or No-CD patches. Obligatory reminder that piracy = games preservation.

[–] __hetz@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago

Games shared on the Archive frequently have a working CD key in their descriptions. If you've got a disc with no key, it's a perfect place to check first.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like if it was popular enough, a cracker exists. Complete with awesome 8 but tracker tune

[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some of the older ones wouldn't even need a crack, just a keygen or even a single printed key.

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments (4 replies)

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Check those hard drives for wallet.dat files before reformatting them....

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Seeing this reminds me that, when I moved out on my own back in the '00s my mom held onto EVERYTHING from my 80s-90s childhood and practically hermetically sealed it in my old room, except for things I'm actually nostalgic for.

Big box pc games and cartridges? Garbage. GI Joes and Star Wars figures and Legos? Sent to spoiled baby cousin. 500 lbs of worthless nonsport trading cards and water damaged comics? Just like you left them, honey!

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Just reading this makes me irrationally angry. I'm sorry for your loss.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Mom tossed out all my early 90s legos by mistake including all my older brother original 80s sets (including the train set).

I had two or three of the big pirate ships, the pirate castle with the soldiers and glow in the dark ghost, the space shuttle+launch pad, the marina with the red crane pieces that are super rare, the fucking awesome ice planet explorer dudes with the bright orange visors and antennas.

And...fuck me...this really hurts I had almost of the the undersea explorer series, the dudes with submarines and the shiny silver knives, coolest lego sets ever made.

I think this is why I dumpster dive. I'm still looking for them.

load more comments (4 replies)

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean was in the trash and now with you, right? Right?

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

Most likely that's the "sweet" in bittersweet.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

C&C Generals AND Half-Life? Whoever is nostalgia baiting with this is using some high quality bait.

[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I owned that same Starcraft copy with the protoss on it. I remember what mall I bought the expansion at too.

Multiplayer over a 56k modem.

It was a simpler time.

load more comments (3 replies)

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

There is nothing in this world at this moment that would make me happier than digging through that box, reading old ACTUAL paper game manuals, and falling back into my early 20s when gaming still felt magical.

load more comments (4 replies)

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Rip. Probably some really valuable stuff in there. Take it all.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, that's someone's personal collection right there.

[–] metermatic26@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Take the box, burn the store

EDIT: I actually skimmed over the fact that its run by the church, but someone apparently already took offense and downvoted me 🤣

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's not your fault they didn't construct additional pylons.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] merci3@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I've never found any cool retro tech at a thrift store 🥲. Nice score

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Thrift stores won't even set them out anymore. They go straight to ebay.

Look for the ones that are run by a church or charity. They're less greedy and profit motivated. They get tons of retro professional music equipment from churches updating their media stuff.

load more comments (4 replies)

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago

This person has gaming taste quite similar to mine

[–] Dzheyk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Jeez, this looks nearly identical to my personal collection that I still own. The heck?

load more comments (11 replies)

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I had that chassis on a dell xps 420 way back when. Interesting internal design.

some banger games there too

load more comments (4 replies)

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Wings of liberty ? But it just came out like... Oh

[–] Snowcano@startrek.website 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have spent an embarrassing amount of time playing Syd Meier’s Pirates in my day, and I regret nothing!

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

At least Starcraft II with Wings of Liberty campaign is free to play now. SC2 is still going, new patches still coming out, although with a relatively small community.

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] SteelAnt@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

See some absolute gems in there ngl

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

This has got to be nostalgia bait 😭

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

is that Sim Gooner?

man I loved that game.

load more comments (2 replies)

load more comments