I'm curious too. I've been given a number of consoles in all different condition(s). It's probably not worth it to buy cords to test them if only worth a few bucks. I have sold a couple on ebay and scrapped others that were tore up. If anyone knows of a buyer that will take them and pay according to condition I would be interested. I had an original Atari I sold which brought less than I thought, but have sold a Super Nintendo and games for big $$. Currently I've got a couple xbox 360 units sitting around that I need to do something with.