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    This classic gaming collection was destroyed by flooding in Australia. These pictures were difficult for me to look at; I may have even shed a tear or two. He's lucky that things weren't worse for him, but he's obviously broken up about it or he wouldn't have bothered to document the aftermath.

    http://kotaku.com/5735493/vintage-ga...yline=true&s=i

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    Damn. That's unbelievably tragic. I wonder how much can be salvaged? Maybe dismantle some of those Turbo/PC Engine controllers and rinse in rubbing alcohol to get the gunk out of them and let them dry for a good while. Those Sanyo X68000 computers are toast, but some of the less complicated hardware like controllers and such might be recoverable.

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    Thats pretty sad....
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    Ouch!

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    Pretty much every part of Australia has been affected by floods during the past two months. It is pretty nuts. A city just south of where I live (Queanbeyan) was completely cut off for a couple of days in December, but it was pretty insignificant compared to the Queensland floods. It's going to take years to clean up, and that's even if the rain stop (the La Nina is expected to last until April, so it probably won't be the last of the rain). I'm not looking forward to the inevitable rise in food prices this is going to bring.
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    PROTIP: Keep your collections out of the basement if you have the ability to do so.

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    Some of those items may still "have life". However, they must be cleaned as much as possible. But I feel that some of it may still be "ok".

    Still, after something like that... that sucks.

    Imagine to see a copy of Air Raid on the floor...with box...damaged. Many would have a coronary.
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    shit... all those cool systems! And those Games & Watches! This is really terrible.

    And let's not forget that people have DIED in this flooding. Horrible.
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    The link isn't loading up the page for some reason

    Edit: It's finally working now but it's really painful to look at, besides the corpses piling up nearby T_T
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    Quote Originally Posted by fishsandwich View Post
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    And let's not forget that people have DIED in this flooding. Horrible.
    This. Who gives a shit about some fucking video games if you're still alive? Jesus Christ.
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    Wow, just goes to show how temporary our interests and existences are.

    Back in 2003 our neighborhood in Philadelphia was flooded, basements had 2-3 feet of water in them, though I kept my stored collection off the floor the lower boxes were submerged. Amazingly everything still functions perfectly, now granted we weren't inundated with mud.
    Water literally poured out of my SNES console and carts. I just unpackaged everything, dumped the water out, wiped the outsides with dry towels, then laid everything out on towels. For what it was worth I laid manuals out so that the pages were "fanned" open a little so pages didn't stick together. Midway through the day, I rotated everything and shook out any water that puddled up inside a cart or console.

    After waiting a couple days to be sure everything was as dry as possible, I was surprised and pleased to find that everything still worked.

    Clearly this guy in Australia has a bit more severe situation to deal with. Thankfully he and his family are apparently safe.

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    Hopefully, his collection was insured. For that amount of rare stuff.....

    Goodbye PC Engine shuttle....


    Im hoping this collector, his family and friends are all safe, thats what really matters. Im sure a tragedy like this will make you re-think...is collecting worth it? I know Id be having a second guess....

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    Yeah, if I had a collection like that it would be insured. That being said, I think most of that can be saved. As long as there was no electrical current running though them there's a fair chance they can be saved.

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    Also, keep your collection on the second floor of the house.

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    honestly, the way these floods hit our Aussie brothers, i really dont think a 2nd floor would matter.....

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    Just, tragic.

    Would have been sadder if the guy died, too. But least he lived. No collection is safe from nature and it's disasters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by portnoyd View Post
    PROTIP: Keep your collections out of the basement if you have the ability to do so.
    There were a lot of houses that were up to the second floor in water.

    Plus, in the scheme of things, I highly doubt that insurance is going to cover the loss of video games. The amount of claims would be so high there is no way that insurance can pay everything back without bankrupting themselves.
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