A new recruit into the world of retro game collecting has begun his transition into the culture by stocking up on trash with no value, Goodwill employees have confirmed.

Paul Johnson got into the hobby last week after seeing the same picture of a wall of retro games shared on Facebook for the 145th time.

Deciding to try his hand at collecting Nintendo, the new hobbyist began his search on eBay, however the prices horrified him.

“I can’t believe how expensive some of the games are,” he told Aimbot Media. “These prices are ridiculous!”

After reading Reddit’s r/gamecollecting subreddit, his next plan of attack was to head to Goodwill and find the hidden bargains as everyone else on the sub seemed to do.

“Everyone on Reddit seems to find games worth hundreds of dollars for insanely cheap prices, so I will do the same. I wouldn’t be surprised if I found a boxed copy of Stadium Events for a few dollars to be honest.”

Asking the Goodwill employee where the retro section was, Johnson was pointed to a small section filled with cables and a few PS2 games.

While disappointed once again, Johnson saw the bright side this time and decided to purchase most of the stock, thinking it may be worth something someday.

“Someday this copy of NHL 2004 may be worth something, so it’s worth holding on to,” he said cheerily.

After another few trips to other Goodwills in the area, he had amassed a total of 9 garbage bags filled with random power cables and PS2 games.

At the time of press, Johnson’s wife was not too pleased with her husband moving the sewing machine out of the spare room to set up a gaming room.

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