UK games collector raided by police after purchasing £10,000 worth of hardware, including old dev kits, disposed of by Sega

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Some time after listing parts of the find for sale online, UK police then raided Khan’s property, alleging that the Sega dev kits had been stolen.YouTube channel Gamers Nexus travelled to the UK to investigate, sharing an hour-long documentary on the case. Related articles Only 50 floppy disks of this prototype Japanese visual novel were ever produced, and one just got destroyed in transit: ‘Today, an important piece of history has been lost forever’ One of the biggest ROM sites around calls it quits as RAM prices surge and donations plateau: ‘I have been paying more than $6,000 out of pocket every month’ ‘They can never kill emulation’: Players vexed as Nintendo continues its siege on Switch em