I work in recycling and every once in awhile I stumble onto devices worth saving from processing, like these that just need a clean or minor repair, 3DS needed top screen replaced but works great. PSP and GBC’s just needed a clean. This’s what I’ve saved from distraction so far
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Sorry, got distracted, saved from what? 😉
They all look so good!
This is so cool. Is there anything better than FREE VIDEO GAMES!
Don’t you hate it when a perfectly fine console gets distracted?
Modding aside, I wish the PSP got more attention besides Syphon Filter. Damn that game needed sequels!
Edit- They made TWO Syphons and Resistance as well as a God of War. As with any good thing, it’s never enough.
Nice finds! I want a PSP and an original GB for my collection.
That could be a pretty good side hustle, considering all of them are no longer in production
Someone posted in a local reddit channel about doing an electronics recycling collection I asked if I could come and pick through it for vintage pc and gaming hardware they said “No for privacy reasons all hardware is destroyed” now I know the truth, they just wanted it all for themselves.
I accidentally threw out my fire emblem limited edition 3DS. I hipe its in a better place rn 😔
That satisfying 😇
Thank you for doing this! Nothing sillier than *recycling* perfectly good items that could still be *repurposed* or *reused*.
Who saved who from distraction, Mr Redditor?
People threw away perfectly good consoles
I’ve been looking for a N3DS for a while, keeping my eye out for when the price is right & you find one in the bin…FML
You gotta mod/homebrew those gems dude, I owe the psp for showing me Monster Hunter for the first time
I was literally just thinking this morning as I passed a sorting facility abt what kind of things waste sorters must find & wondering if they are allowed to salvage them.
The PSP was the rage when i was in high school, i remember giving a kid my lunch money so i could play. As an adult i barely even have time anymore. I do play board games on uvizio with my family every Sunday, it’s like a tradition
I’ve repurposed about 60 computers and 15 printers out of the e-waste in my career. Fixed a PS3 I found on the curb for zero cost, too.
People, and especially businesses, throw out tons of good stuff.
I pulled a brand new long high quality HDMI cable out of the e-waste once. Still had the plastic caps on it. At the time it was $200 to buy it.
I’ve convinced my company to let me fix these kinds of devices as a cost saving Measure. I now have 40 spare PS4s and I’ve repaired over 100
Used to have a purple GBC like the one on the bottom left. Unfortunately left it in the airline seat when I travelled on holiday with Pokemon red. Was sad until the end of the holiday when my parents went out and bought me a GBA along with Pokemon crystal.
I had that same translucent purple game boy color when I was a kid! This brought back so many memories!
Why on earth did console company’s stop doing coloured and clear consoles. The game boy crystal still looks good even now.
I see, that is an L.
That clear Gameboy is the same one that I have
I know of a guy who got fired from a recycling plant here in Brazil because he stole a huge box of “trash” that was actually a pristine Atari 2600 with four controllers, all cables and like 20 games. Very sad to think that so many consoles roll through these belts every day.
You saved them from distraction, now what’s gonna save you from distraction?
Who the fuck DARES to throw away a GAME BOY COLOR in TRANSPARENT PURPLE?!
The best color that has ever existed!
I worked at best buy for a while, we would regularly get stuff from customers to recycle and it would all get tossed into a big bin in the warehouse. One day I came in and saw this OG classic brick Gameboy sitting in there. I pulled it out. It looked really nice. I asked about it and they said the customer said the screen was broken. I popped in some batteries, turned it on, screen was black. I hit the contrast dial. Bingo.
Someone had recycled a *flawless* Gameboy. It had it’s port covers, the battery cover, and the original game that came packaged with it.
I asked the manager if I could take it. *Hard no*. Taking stuff from the recycling bin is a fireable offense. They get write-offs for this stuff so I would be taking money from them.
I talked to the warehouse sup. I was like dude I honestly cannot let this thing be recycled. Supervisor very agreeably told me he’s not watching the bin and won’t be looking through it at any point.
I took it home and still have it some 10 years later. People really will recycle anything