I love the Roller Coaster Tycoon series. I love collecting rare games.
So it's natural that I've been on the hunt for an Xbox copy of Roller Coaster Tycoon for the last year and a half.
Whenever I go to a place that sells used games, I'm looking for a copy. The game had such a limited printing, it's near impossible to find.
The copies I have seen on eBay (which are few and far between) are always being sold by someone with bad to no feedback, so no dice there. I once saw a copy on Amazon Marketplace, but it was $90, and I'm not paying $90 for an Xbox game.
So the search continued.
Until I walked into the EB in Hot Springs Arkansas. I was on vacation. Just got back.
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I walked into the EB and as I always do, I head for the used game section to see if I can find any rare gems in the pile.
Nothing in the PS2 section, so I head to the Xbox section.
And there it is.
Roller Coaster Tycoon...
For Xbox...
Right in front of me...
I bust into a smile. My search was over. I lean down to pick it up and it happens...
This little girl, no more than four years old, come literally out of fucking nowhere and grabs it. My fingers were one inch away. And this little girl comes out of nowhere and grabs it.
I freeze in disbelief. I'm on my knees just sitting there, my arm still stretched out and my mouth wide open.
I turn around and she's mocking me. She's literally laughing at me while hugging the game in her arms like she knew I've spent the last year and a half looking for it.
It's like God sent some sort of angel down to punish me for something. Because she literally came from nowhere and grabbed it.
She continued to laugh as she walked toward her mom. I stood up and started to massage my knuckles. I had six options at this point:
1. Wait until her mom isn't looking and just grab the game
2. Offer the mom double the price for the game
3. Steal it from her as she is leaving the store and just run to my car
4. Explain myself and ask her nicely for the game
5. Wait around and see if they actually buy it
6. Admit defeat
I decide to go with option number 5 and then move onto another option if need be.
I'm eyeing this little brat the whole time she is in the store. She still shoots a mocking glare over at me every once in a while.
Finally she hands her mom the game. This was it. Her mom looks at it for a while and then tells her to put it back on the shelf.
I do a Tiger Woods fist pump in the middle of the store and grab it as soon as she puts it down. I look at her and say "owned".
I pay for it and leave.
Score.
At least I thought. The front of the box looks like someone just randomly stabbed it with a knife and the back looks like some spilled water on it. There is no manual, the disc is scratched to hell, and the whole thing smells like piss.
I'm hoping the piss smell and the water damage aren't connected.
But I have it...
So it's natural that I've been on the hunt for an Xbox copy of Roller Coaster Tycoon for the last year and a half.
Whenever I go to a place that sells used games, I'm looking for a copy. The game had such a limited printing, it's near impossible to find.
The copies I have seen on eBay (which are few and far between) are always being sold by someone with bad to no feedback, so no dice there. I once saw a copy on Amazon Marketplace, but it was $90, and I'm not paying $90 for an Xbox game.
So the search continued.
Until I walked into the EB in Hot Springs Arkansas. I was on vacation. Just got back.
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I walked into the EB and as I always do, I head for the used game section to see if I can find any rare gems in the pile.
Nothing in the PS2 section, so I head to the Xbox section.
And there it is.
Roller Coaster Tycoon...
For Xbox...
Right in front of me...
I bust into a smile. My search was over. I lean down to pick it up and it happens...
This little girl, no more than four years old, come literally out of fucking nowhere and grabs it. My fingers were one inch away. And this little girl comes out of nowhere and grabs it.
I freeze in disbelief. I'm on my knees just sitting there, my arm still stretched out and my mouth wide open.
I turn around and she's mocking me. She's literally laughing at me while hugging the game in her arms like she knew I've spent the last year and a half looking for it.
It's like God sent some sort of angel down to punish me for something. Because she literally came from nowhere and grabbed it.
She continued to laugh as she walked toward her mom. I stood up and started to massage my knuckles. I had six options at this point:
1. Wait until her mom isn't looking and just grab the game
2. Offer the mom double the price for the game
3. Steal it from her as she is leaving the store and just run to my car
4. Explain myself and ask her nicely for the game
5. Wait around and see if they actually buy it
6. Admit defeat
I decide to go with option number 5 and then move onto another option if need be.
I'm eyeing this little brat the whole time she is in the store. She still shoots a mocking glare over at me every once in a while.
Finally she hands her mom the game. This was it. Her mom looks at it for a while and then tells her to put it back on the shelf.
I do a Tiger Woods fist pump in the middle of the store and grab it as soon as she puts it down. I look at her and say "owned".
I pay for it and leave.
Score.
At least I thought. The front of the box looks like someone just randomly stabbed it with a knife and the back looks like some spilled water on it. There is no manual, the disc is scratched to hell, and the whole thing smells like piss.
I'm hoping the piss smell and the water damage aren't connected.
But I have it...
Last edited by Fancy_Pollux (2006-08-08 15:41:19)