It was the mid 2000's: You didn’t have any close friends yet, you had your own little man cave up in your room that smelled like straight teenage boy from wall to wall, and you are jamming "Crank That" (Soulja Boy) by Souljia Boy while picturing yourself dropping the best moves during recess. You’re also playing one of the greatest systems ever made, either GameCube or PlayStation 2. The golden years of gaming, in my book. There's nothing like beating the boss over and over again, trying to do it faster and faster.
Fast forward and it is now 2012: The Xbox 360 just dropped and all your friends want you to quit playing your old games and get live to play Zombies with them. So you turn in your old games for dirt-cheap, trying to make a dent on the price of the 360.
Now it is 2015: You joined a fraternity, and everyone plays the Nintendo 64 or just recently got back into GameCube. You sit in Centennial mall talking about old games “Yeah man let's go get this game or order it online, it was the best!” So one guy Google’s the price to the game you turned into GameStop for five dollars and you find out if only you kept these games...they could pay your rent.
1. Super Smash Bros Melee.
Super Smash Bros Melee one of the best games to ever come out in my book. I spent all summer playing this game with my friends back home in Fort Lame (Fort Wayne) until 2 a.m., it now goes on Amazon for $67.97.
2. Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Sunshine is where you play as Mario himself and go around and clean up the surrounding areas with your little water-gun type thing. I will be honest it wasn't my favorite game, but I must be the odd man out since it is going for $97.95 on Amazon.
3. Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion was so frustrating, it became the reason for some of my controllers breaking over the years. The fact that it is going for $89.01 is too high for me to smash another controller.
4. NBA Street Volume 2
Gamebreakers now go for $89.99
5. NFL Street
For only $92.99 you can see Peyton Manning truck people like never before.
6. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
For the 64 Tony Hawk is going for $501.01...how bad do you want to skate the rails?
7. Crash Banicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Banicoot, to be honest I never really played you, but everyone that has helped me put this list together said you were amazing. Maybe I will drop $52.58 to play you soon.
8. College Hoops 2K6
Making your team go back to back to back to back national championships and bringing in the number one overall recruit every year while slamming on your rivals game after game with PF #3 since they couldn't have real names. Thanks NCAA for killing the fun. College Hoops goes for $39.99.
BONUS
This one doesn't fit into the story at the start of this article, but it needs mentioned.
9. NCAA College Football 2014
I spent months playing this game last year as I turned Marshall University into an ACC powerhouse with head coach Matthew McConaughey leading the 'ship every single season.
