Warning: Contains Graphic Imagery

[Jehusephat]

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

[Steve W]

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.

[hellraiser]

Thats pretty sad....

[jammajup]

Ouch!

[badinsults]

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.

[portnoyd]

PROTIP: Keep your collections out of the basement if you have the ability to do so.

[Richter Belmount]

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XAyfV98Gis