So I registered at ebay. I never thought I’d do that. But I was browsing around today, as I sometimes do, and I came across a complete SNES (hookups and everything, two controllers) with four games. There were no bids on the item, so I read the description. Blah, blah, blah, four games, three titles I’m so not interested that I can’t even remember them, then… I saw it.
The Legend of Zelda.
I have been saying for months, MONTHS, how badly I’d love to have my Super Nintendo back with the Legend of Zelda. I loved that game! Rather than bidding, I used the Buy It Now feature.
I probably just totally screwed myself. I can definitely see me becoming an ebay junkie which sucks, but I couldn’t help myself. I need that game. I came so close to beating it before I lost the use my SNES. I feel like me and ol’ Link have some unfinished business.
I’m so excited!
You’ve got me on the edge of my seat: how much did you pay for it??
I bought a SNES during my final semester of Grad School, strictly to play Zelda. Bad Idea. (It very nearly became my penultimate semester instead…) We moved away before I finished the game. A few months later I had a weekend marathon while my wife was out of town (why, what do YOU do when your spouse is away?) and the unit overheated and died. So, I still haven’t finished the darned game.
I while back I saw Zelda-whatever-it-is on the N64. Sheesh, waaaay tooo complicated for the likes of me. These damn kids and their 3D graphics…
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I could never finish LoZ. I got so far, near the end, and then I discovered Secret of Mana (and my cousin kept erasing my games when he came over, so I stopped letting him play on my SNES) and Breath of Fire I and II (I beat the first one twice).
What got me about Zelda was how very awkward it was to maneuver-you had to worry about falling off all the time, you could only have 999 credits, and stuff. It was a pain in the ass and I gave it up.
…so has it really come down to having to screw yourself? 
I paid $42.95 plus s&h. I could have just bid, uhh, whatever the minimum bid was and then waited around for the next 6 days, but I couldn’t do that. I’ll send out my cashier’s check tomorrow, certified, overnight mail.
And yes, poohpah, my SO has a rash (poison ivy, or something) so I can’t even touch him. 