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I know a guy who just goes hunting in latin america for old copies of games which have become rare and he makes decent side cash doing this

bozhark 4y ago
This is the kind of person that would be hella fun to make a mockumentary about. Like, make all the scenes in the US sepia filtered, then make the Latin country’s clear filtered kind of jokes.
- jamal-kumar 4y ago
  Hahaha yeah I've seen some interesting things out this way, like a 1980s IBM computer still running some dBASE II app in an auto parts store for it's inventory on a green phosphor screen, which I'd love to do some videos about
Kaze404 4y ago
I recently got into game collecting and this is fun indeed. Managed to get myself a copy of Silent Hill 3 for the PS2, which isn't exactly a rare game but it's up there for sure.
- jamal-kumar 4y ago
  It's like 100+ on ebay, it's kind of rare now. Classic tho. Harder and harder to find working playstation 2 consoles as well. Those games genuinely freaked the shit out of us. When I was a teenager there was this abandoned Catholic girls school in our neighborhood which we used to go exploring in dodging the security guard and etc. It had this huge hole in the gym floor completely filled with desks JUST LIKE IN THE GAME so that was a lot of fun to bring friends who had played silent hill to come and check out.
  - Kaze404 4y ago
    That sounds terrifying lol. I loved these games as a kid as well but couldn't play it because of how scary they were. It wasn't until I became a young adult that I was able to actually experience them, as well as horror movies. As for the console I also got extremely lucky and managed to snag one with no mod chip or any other alterations whatsoever. Now that we have software exploits for the PS2 through FreeMcboot it seemed like the best bet from a collection standpoint.
    - jamal-kumar 4y ago
      Oh yeah I think these games, running from security guards/police and other crazy as hell experiences in my youth broke my amygdala or something. I regularly get into the most messed up, near-death situations and laugh them off cause at least it's not like I have pyramid head coming after me. For some reason I've noticed that in Nicaragua families really like watching horror flicks together, it's like part of the culture there for some reason. I was watching the silent hill movie with one and they actually didn't know it was originally a video game. Pyramid head sounds like a fun halloween costume for next year, a friend of mine went as a nurse from that last time. Can do it with some cardboard boxes I think.

bozhark 4y ago

This is the kind of person that would be hella fun to make a mockumentary about. Like, make all the scenes in the US sepia filtered, then make the Latin country’s clear filtered kind of jokes.

jamal-kumar 4y ago
Hahaha yeah I've seen some interesting things out this way, like a 1980s IBM computer still running some dBASE II app in an auto parts store for it's inventory on a green phosphor screen, which I'd love to do some videos about

Kaze404 4y ago

I recently got into game collecting and this is fun indeed. Managed to get myself a copy of Silent Hill 3 for the PS2, which isn't exactly a rare game but it's up there for sure.

jamal-kumar 4y ago
It's like 100+ on ebay, it's kind of rare now. Classic tho. Harder and harder to find working playstation 2 consoles as well. Those games genuinely freaked the shit out of us. When I was a teenager there was this abandoned Catholic girls school in our neighborhood which we used to go exploring in dodging the security guard and etc. It had this huge hole in the gym floor completely filled with desks JUST LIKE IN THE GAME so that was a lot of fun to bring friends who had played silent hill to come and check out.
- Kaze404 4y ago
  That sounds terrifying lol. I loved these games as a kid as well but couldn't play it because of how scary they were. It wasn't until I became a young adult that I was able to actually experience them, as well as horror movies. As for the console I also got extremely lucky and managed to snag one with no mod chip or any other alterations whatsoever. Now that we have software exploits for the PS2 through FreeMcboot it seemed like the best bet from a collection standpoint.
  - jamal-kumar 4y ago
    Oh yeah I think these games, running from security guards/police and other crazy as hell experiences in my youth broke my amygdala or something. I regularly get into the most messed up, near-death situations and laugh them off cause at least it's not like I have pyramid head coming after me. For some reason I've noticed that in Nicaragua families really like watching horror flicks together, it's like part of the culture there for some reason. I was watching the silent hill movie with one and they actually didn't know it was originally a video game. Pyramid head sounds like a fun halloween costume for next year, a friend of mine went as a nurse from that last time. Can do it with some cardboard boxes I think.