Retro Gaming Hacks

Find Classic Games for Cheap

Save lots of money in your quest for retro gaming goodness.

Retro game collecting is fun, but it can get pretty expensive. That’s especially the case now that “traditional” sources for game buys—flea markets, thrift stores, and game stores—are starting to dry up. Sometimes it seems like eBay is the only option. And sometimes this is true. But that shouldn’t keep you from going out on a summer Saturday and hitting the garage sale circuit. You can’t make finds if you’re not out there looking!

But just being out there isn’t enough. If you want to get the best deals you’ve got to strategize. Yes, you can buy retro games and save money, whether on eBay or in real life. And with the strategies in this hack—which I am presenting to you at great personal risk—you may very well emerge with a trunk full of games and a wallet still reasonably full of cash.

eBay and Other Online Shopping

You might think that your only option for buying retro games online is the auction site eBay (http://www.ebay.com), but that’s not true. In fact, there are plenty of other options. They don’t offer the same sort of protection that buying on eBay will get you—but you can recoup that risk in better deals. For more specific information, as well as general eBay buying tips, check out [Hack #1] .

One important thing to keep in mind is that when you’re buying online, you are buying from a potentially global marketplace. Some games that are obscenely rare in this country are very easy to ...