Where do you buy you older systems?

[mjkerpan]

There's a little retro games store in a nearby town. It sells consoles at games at reasonable (player-oriented) prices and is the world's most awesome hole in the wall. I need to make another trip there soon.

[lalilulelo]

u guys are lucky with lots of choices for getting back previous gens console. I envy u guys.

[Depressor]

On Ebay. And some - in our local discount stores.

[DefaultGen]

Luckily I got all my consoles from Ebay before the retro game boom. In high school I used to buy and sell lots on Ebay or flea markets to get money (and build my collection). I used to spend $20 on an NES, refurb it and sell it for $50, but while browsing consoles I'd snipe a cheap TG16 or Odyssey^2 lot if I could just to expand my horizons. I still have a stack of a few of the crappiest NESs left from those days

[mazeroth1]

There are a lot of retro gaming stores popping up all over the place. I have four within 25 mins of my house. I am glad I got a bunch of stuff before it all became popular to have again. Prices are going up for all of these again.

[landamo]

Yard Sales, Flea Markets, Thrift Shops, and the occasional retro store or ebay search for the stuff that's a bit harder to find out in the wild.

[Hekuta]

Ebay, game over or flea markets are a good bet.

[TheWez1981]

I buy my retrogames at www.retrogamingfun.be

I'm Belgian, it's a Belgian shop located not far away from my home.

It has decent prices, especially because I have a 15% discount, because I helped him style the front page of the website shop

[RoboBlue]

I got an snes, psx, genesis and nes with cables at a garage sale for 30 bucks recently.  The nes was brand new, even;  It's a shame the guy took it out of the box.

[nxy]

It depends. If I'm at a garage sale & the price is right, I'll certainly buy them there, but for the most part, I use a local game store for my system purchases. He's been in business for a decade and I've been going to his store since he opened. His prices are pretty close to eBay and they offer the same guarantee.

[sikcris]

There's a few nice retro game stores in Chicago I frequent although they can be pricey.

[zaneiken]

Living in a PAL region and collecting NTSC means I mostly have to rely on eBay, Yahoo! Auctions Japan, and forum trading sections.  Once in a while I'll manage to score something locally.