Gamer\u2019s dad hits \u201cjackpot\u201d & finds rare gaming artifacts in $5 GameCube sale A Nintendo gamer\u2019s dad scored a massive steal at a yard sale by purchasing a GameCube collection for $5. The Nintendo GameCube boasted an impressive library of video games \u2013 including Pokemon Colosseum and Metroid Prime. Unfortunately, some of the console\u2019s titles have proven challenging to buy due to their rarity and price points. However, some Nintendo Switch owners hope the company remakes their favorite GameCube games for the device. The Switch has introduced more N64 and GameBoy titles to Online subscribers in the past few months. While it\u2019s hard for gamers to find certain GameCube items without breaking the bank, this dad found a bundle for next to nothing. Clueless dad purchases GameCube collection at yard sale A Reddit user revealed what \u201cjackpot\u201d video game bundle his dad scored at a yard sale in the gaming subreddit. The attached image shows the OP\u2019s father bought an entire box filled with GameCube games and the console for $5. And his dad almost passed on this huge deal. The collection included a Wavebird controller \u2013 considered a GameCube artifact. The Wavebird is a fairly rare wireless controller that can easily set players back $100 on eBay. The box also featured several GameCube games like Luigi\u2019s Mansion, Def Jam, and various Disney movie-based titles. \u201cBro tell me you\u2019re not in Wisconsin. My mom just had a garage sale, she has my GameCube, and I had every single one of those games,\u201d one worried user wrote. Ultimately, this gamer\u2019s mom did not sell his childhood GameCube collection and was \u201clegitimately relieved\u201d when they found out. \u201cI always feel that behind every find like this is an ignorant parent and their devastated son\/daughter. Makes me feel bad,\u201d another person remarked. Interested in other rare GameCube products? Check out our article to discover how one company acquired a GameCube prototype.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gamer\u2019s dad hits \u201cjackpot\u201d & finds rare gaming artifacts in $5 GameCube sale A Nintendo gamer\u2019s dad scored a massive steal at a yard sale by purchasing a GameCube collection for $5. The Nintendo GameCube boasted an impressive library of video games \u2013 including Pokemon Colosseum and Metroid Prime. Unfortunately, some of the console\u2019s titles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}