Atari Jaguar Dumpster Diving
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:07 pm
Yes, here is the story, and it's true, I swear to you. Ask Jagchris, I had given up on the Jaguar after having to sell my last collection, so there was absolutely no plans for me to EVER buy anything Jaguar ever again. I was just very bitter between that and the demise of Jaguar Sector II.
Fast forward to this afternoon. While thrifting, I finished my Blizzard and walked out to the Dumpster to throw the cup away. The Dumpsters here are chained closed, so you can't open them to keep people from Diving, however, right next to the dumpster on the ground I see an Atari jaguar Cybermorph cart and what looks like a system rental case corner sticking out from under the actual dumpster. This intrigued me, so I picked up the cart and pulled the case, which has a Jaguar label on it and it's heavy. Open it up and sure enough, there's a Jaguar inside with an off brand AC Adapter, a NES TV Adapter and one controller! I usually wouldn't do this, but I got down on my hands and knees and there were three other carts under the dumpster I could find. So I got Cybermorph, Evolution Dino Dudes, Val D'Isere Skiing and Snowboarding and Checkered Flag. All loose, but the Cybermorph Overlay is actually on the controller. Needless to say, if you get caught doing this here, they will ban you from the store so my Woman and I ran like Hell, jumped in the car and were away. Only thing that makes me sad is that I wonder if there were more carts underneath the dumpster and how many made it into it? Just sad. I also took some pics of the system and case after I cleaned it up a bit...there was some nasty bit of sticky runny stuff all over the case...GROSS! Needless to say, I guess I am back to the Jaguar again!
Fast forward to this afternoon. While thrifting, I finished my Blizzard and walked out to the Dumpster to throw the cup away. The Dumpsters here are chained closed, so you can't open them to keep people from Diving, however, right next to the dumpster on the ground I see an Atari jaguar Cybermorph cart and what looks like a system rental case corner sticking out from under the actual dumpster. This intrigued me, so I picked up the cart and pulled the case, which has a Jaguar label on it and it's heavy. Open it up and sure enough, there's a Jaguar inside with an off brand AC Adapter, a NES TV Adapter and one controller! I usually wouldn't do this, but I got down on my hands and knees and there were three other carts under the dumpster I could find. So I got Cybermorph, Evolution Dino Dudes, Val D'Isere Skiing and Snowboarding and Checkered Flag. All loose, but the Cybermorph Overlay is actually on the controller. Needless to say, if you get caught doing this here, they will ban you from the store so my Woman and I ran like Hell, jumped in the car and were away. Only thing that makes me sad is that I wonder if there were more carts underneath the dumpster and how many made it into it? Just sad. I also took some pics of the system and case after I cleaned it up a bit...there was some nasty bit of sticky runny stuff all over the case...GROSS! Needless to say, I guess I am back to the Jaguar again!