To be honest, garage sales aren't a big thing here, and even then, most garage sales really are full of useless shit. You're generally unlikely to find games in them.

Germany's never really been console-land like that, which means the vast majority of used console titles are kiddy shit like Yu-Gi-Oh and whatever cartoon series was popular at the time. Most of the quality console titles are usually held by these asshole commercial resellers who charge fucking ridiculous prices for them.

remember that logo screen song? - SAGA -
good times

You bastard! :P

BTW welcome to GOG and make yourself comfortable. Dig the avatar and the login. :D

Cool stuff.

Never encountered any problems with my nes and games. I believe the rom on them like with zelda can go broke thus you can't save anymore but you still be able to play it.

heh, you know you love it
& thx

If you're willing to spend a few extra bucks, you can get the manuals for most of the games that Sega released in their "Megapacks". I bought each of the 5 packs when it was at about 2.50€, and I now see 55 manuals in the folder they install to.

http://www.allgame.com/

Search for whichever game you wish to play there, then look under the "controls" tab for the game. I've been surprised to see they have controls listed for quite a few games both new and old. It won't be the full detail of a manual, but it's handy.
Try also gameFAQs.com . Some of the walkthrough and guide authors will list controls and other handy info.

You could also try web searching for game guides, and highly popular old games often have small websites dedicated to them that may have useful info.

The game doesn't actually break; older systems have a battery in the cartridge that holds the save in memory so when it dies you can't save any more. The cartridge's battery can be replaced if you're willing to open the case and solder in a new one. It's also possible to mount a PC-style battery socket in the cartridge to make future changes solder-free but this will depend on how much room a particular system's cartridge has available since a socket is taller than just a bare battery.

The DS, 3DS and other newer systems avoid this problem by using flash memory (which doesn't need constant power).

i just searched why it was called Genesis in the US ...it seems the Megadrive name was already used ... nothing extraordinary.

But in the process I dug up a good ol' article. Time to share.

Edit : that site's header is sooo gog-friendly