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it's not the most reliable or efficient method... but garage sales can sometimes yield INCREDIBLE deals.
my brother is a fellow grown-up nintendo fanboy... sometimes for kicks we run around on saturday mornings and look for garage sale signs. you can usually hit 5-6 an hour in a good suburban area. most sales will yield nothing but crap or people convinced their crappy current-generation titles are worth 20 bucks, but sometimes you really get a bargain. oftentimes the best deals are given by parents who come across their departed college student's game collection while they're away and figure it's only worth a few bucks.
As a sample, I've run across...
perfect condition NES power glove (rare large size) - $5
NES power pad w/5 games - $3
15 quality SNES games - $10
5 consoles (SegaCD, Genesis, Atari 2600, NES, 3DO) w/30 or so games - $40
granted, there is no guarantee that this stuff will work perfectly... but the prices and the thrill of the hunt make it worth it. if you're into old school gaming and enjoy blitzkrieging through garage sales on a saturday morning w/a pal... it's a good way to collect.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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