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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The batteries in my Zelda and Zelda II carts are still holding on, 38 years and counting! #RetroGaming

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Playing Dino Crisis on Dreamcast. I’m never getting out of the save room. #RetroGaming

A screen displaying the words “you’re extinct!”

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Latest Facebook Marketplace pickups. I’m up to 48 games for the Turbografx, so I will have to pick a couple of real bangers for #49 and 50! #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Picked up a couple of bangers on Facebook Marketplace today. #GameCollecting #RetroGaming

Two Dreamcast games in their jewel cases.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And what would a payday be without a Facebook Marketplace score? #GameCollecting #RetroGaming

A copy of Skies of Arcadia for the Sega Dreamcast.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My brother took me on a tour of his local game stores and pawn shops and I think I did pretty well for myself. #GameCollecting #RetroGaming

A number of SNES, NES, and N64 games laid out on a table.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We almost missed this store on our way through Mount Morris, NY, but I sure am glad we stopped for a visit! #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

A Dreamcast game and a Turbografx game both in jewel cases.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Pennsylvania pickups from a weekend trip to Lancaster. #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

A turbografx 16 game, three NES games and two SNES games.

Three Skylanders figures, a SNES game, a Nintendo game sleeve and two NES games.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A massive haul today. See if you can spot the repros. #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

24 NES games, 7 n64 games, a Nintendo 64 console with two controllers, a NES zapper and an NES console.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A birthday banger of a pickup from Good Time Games! #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

The title screen of the Snow Brothers video game on a TV.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I took my family to Toronto yesterday for the Noah Kahan concert, and while they were off doing that I visited A&C games and knocked two SNES games off my wishlist, then hit up Video Games Plus and grabbed Kung Fu Heroes. #GameCollecting #RetroGaming

The exterior of Video Games Plus in Toronto.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I know it was in reruns for decades, but it cracks me up that this video game washed ashore 23 years after the show went off the air. #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

A person holds up a copy of the Gilligan’s Island NES game.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Picked up the TV Sports Trifecta at Good Time Games! #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Some grabs from Peter’s Market Games at the farmer’s market today. That Super Bonk escaped my grasp last year but the buyer traded it back in recently and I had a second chance to buy it.

A Super Nintendo game and two NES games.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A mighty haul from the Hock Shop in Collingwood today. 25% off sticker price! #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

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Strawberry Station 🍓✨ @strawberrystation.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

COMPETITION TIME! Win a RARE Strawberry Station cassette and stickers to celebrate ISSHO-NI!!!'s launch! 🥰 To enter, LIKE AND REPOST this video on your platform - one entry for EVERY platform! Competition closes Fri. June 12th - winners announced later in June. linktr.ee/strawberrystation 🩷🍓✨

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Inputting passwords the way we used to do it! #RetroGaming

The password screen for the Neutopia video game featuring numbers and letters.

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Another FB marketplace score - worth the drive to Brantford to pick these up! #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

Nine NES game cartridges in a plastic tote.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Did I preorder the NeoGeo AES+ Ultimate edition? You bet your sweet bippy I did! #RetroGaming #GameCollecting #IrresponsibleFinancialDecisions

The NeoGeo AES+ Ultimate edition box set.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Easter weekend pickups from Good Time Games. Looking to complete the black box set! #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

My latest pickup from Good Time Games. Time to start blazing that sky! #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Struck a must-have game off my want list today thanks to Facebook Marketplace. #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

A person holds a copy of GEX for the Playstation.

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Went to a local games and comics expo just down the street from my house and picked up a couple of games. And how could I resist getting a Tiger Electronics R-Zone!? #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Value Village still comes through every now and then. #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Plugging some holes in my PS1 collection via Facebook Marketplace. #Retrogaming #GameCollecting

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A couple of weekend Facebook Marketplace pickups. #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Weekend pickups from Sunflower Thrift and Collectibles. #RetroGaming #GameCollecting

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Brandon Sweet @brandonsweet.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

All in all not a bad vacation! Now, to find room on my shelves! #GameCollecting #RetroGaming

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