What crazy good deals have you found?

[jahvybe]

One of the reasons I am a retro game collector is basically because I don't have a lot of money and it can be an inexpensive hobby if you look for stuff at thrift stores and garage sales like I do. I know it can be expensive too, but I am all about gaming on a budget.

So last Saterday I went to my local Goodwill and in the glass case was a Xbox 360 with a sign on it that said: "Won't play games". With a price tag of $39.99. I have fixed a couple of regular xbox's and so I figured it was worth the risk. I could at least make my money back from parts if it couldn't be fixed. So I bought it, took home, fired it up and............ it works perfectly. I have been playing it everyday since with no problems.

Everyone I know that I tell about it can't believe it. A Xbox 360 for 40 bucks? Yes it is true. I would never have bought a 360 otherwise. I couldn't afford it.

Anyways, what super sweet deals have you found?

[PallarAndersVisa]

I found Snatchers for Sega CD, near perfect condition for $8. sold it on ebay for around$70

[Policenaut]

I got Radiant Silvergun for $17.

[ClassicGameTrader]

Taromaru on Saturn for $50, Panzer Saga $50

[joedick]

Probably my favorite was responding to a local ad that was offering a complete in box NES Deluxe set, 30ish NES games and a power glove for 80 dollars. Not bad, I thought and made arrangements to complete the deal the next day.

When I got there, the seller brought out the goods, and mentioned he found an extra item, and just threw it into the package. My heart jumped when I realized that throwaway was a boxed copy of Stack Up, complete with the plastic tray and all parts!

[Dreadstar]

I picked up a gold zelda and mike tyson's punchout nes for $5 total.

[cyberfluxor]

To name a few off my head:
Crazy Climber (VCS) - $1 (loose)
Sonic Adventure L.E. (DC) - $2 (missing back insert)
Spider-Man: Web of Fire (32x) - $1 (loose)
Psychic Force (PS) - $1 (complete)
Dragon Warrior III (NES) - $2 (complete)
Phantasy Star II & III (Genesis) - $1 each (both lacking manuals)
No Escape (SNES) - $2 (complete)


There are a lot of awesome deals people find on here.

[dylan0228]

I bought 2 copies of Flintstones: Dinosaur Peak (1 cart only & 1 boxed) for $5.00 apiece. Sold the box for $150, 1 cart for $150 & the other for $203.

[otaku]

hmm well I sold some games for more than I paid:

PDS for saturn I paid 150 or so but sold it for over 300 and made$$$
Radiant silvergun same deal paid 100 bucks total for my copy and sold for double that.

Countless situations like this but never any really solid cheap buys just lucky sales

[thetoxicone]

Found Flintstones 2 nes for $5 at a closing rental places, found ncaa bb 2k3 for gamecube for $10 from the same place (sold it on ebay last march and got almost $80 for it). A store near me was clearancing out there copies of Resident Evil Code Veronica X for gamecube for $3.50 each, seen below is a picture of the 12 copies I got (13 if you count the one I kept). Sold each for $25-$35

[Kitsune Sniper]

Let's see...

A Genny / Sega CD dev system (bought for $10, sold for $500)
A Bandai Pippin prerelease system w/floppy and memory card (bought for $8, sold for $500)
A CIB Miracle Piano Teaching System (NES) (bought for $15, sold for $250, I think)

Of all the stuff I buy and sell, I've kept:

Final Fantasy VII ($5)
several semi-rare or uncommon PC games ($1-5 each)
My famiclone bootlegs

I'm in it for the money, but I love finding rare and strange stuff. :)

[Sailorneorune]

Shining Force CD - $5
Lunar 2 - $15 for one, $35 for another. both complete.
Panzer Dragoon Saga - $50 + Shining Force CD :)

[Streetball 21]

It's not a big find but a few years ago I found Ogre Battle 64 (loose) for $5 at a pawn shop.

[ScourDX]

Tactics Ogre PSX - $10
Sonic Adventure LE (Complete) - $8
Policenaut PSX - $2
Bust-a-groove PSX - $5

[InsaneDavid]

Double post, see below.

[InsaneDavid]

Some top finds I can recall off the top of my head for the past couple years, all at the local flea market...

JVC X'Eye system ($2.00)
JVC X'Eye branded RF box ($1.00)
JVC X'Eye branded power supply ($1.00)
JVC X'Eye branded controller ($1.00)
Boxed and complete Colecovision ($20.00)
TurboGrafx-16 system, two controllers, TurboTap, 15 games - 9 complete ($5.00)
Japanese Sega Pico system, 9 complete games, fishing and keyboard accessories ($10.00)
Genesis 1 + Sega CD 2, Virtual Boy system + Virtual Boy Wario Land ($10.00)
NES - Caesars Palace prototype (FREE)
VCS - Artillery Duel/Spike's Peak ($0.50)
PS2 - Guitar Hero II boxed complete ($30.00)

[jcalder8]

My best:

Vulture Attack for the 2600 paid 1.50 worth about 150
FF VII $5
Tengen Tetris $25

[PallarAndersVisa]

I also bought back (yes, bought back from someone who stole it from me years ago) my Toploader and about 25 games, 2 controllers for 50 bucks.

[DigitalSpace]

A few that come to mind:

-Earthbound for SNES, cart only for $4. Later on, I got the strategy guide that was packaged with the game for 49 cents at Goodwill.
-TMNT Tournament Fighters for NES (R6), cart only for $1.99 at Goodwill.
-Star Wars Jedi Outcast: Jedi Knight II for Gamecube, complete and minty, for $4.99 at Goodwill.
-Castlevania: Bloodlines for Genesis, cart only for $1.99 at GameCrazy.
-Contra Hard Corps for Genesis, cart only for $1.99 at another GameCrazy.
-Herzog Zwei for Genesis, cart only for $2.50.
-Joshua & The Battle of Jericho for Genesis (R7), cart only for 63 cents at GameStop.
-Intelligent Qube for PlayStation, disc only for $1.

[Blitzwing256]

Nes peek-a-boo-poker complete for 5.00 (rental store ditching all its pre-psx games)
tengen tetris section z prototype and cheetah men 2 all at ebgames the same day.
shining force 3 sealed for 20$
sotn saturn capcom collection 1, shitty dbz game shitty sailor moon game ,ultraman and dead or alive imports all new sealed for 5$ at the very same ebgames when the saturn was dying (hate the system but love sotn)
ogre battle complete free with the purchase of a snes from a friend for 20$ (think I got ff2 and uniracers from him as well)

I think those are my best ones overall :-)

[The 1 2 P]

Thats easy. A working 3DO FZ-1 at a flea market for the grand sum of...$1.00. Not only did it work but it had the launch game Crash and Burn inside of it.

[JustRob]

My best score was an APF MP-1000 and 7 boxed games I found for $5 at a community yard sale in Palatka, FL.

Worst part is...my fucking mother threw it out when I moved out.

[The 1 2 P]

My best score was an APF MP-1000 and 7 boxed games I found for $5 at a community yard sale in Palatka, FL.

Worst part is...my fucking mother threw it out when I moved out.

Why do parents do that? I remember years ago when we moved to another house my mom threw out my entire baseball card and comic book collections:(. I never got into baseball cards again after that, but I eventually started collecting comics again.

[Niku-Sama]

wow alot of your guy's "excellent finds" kinda suck and are still alot of money.

mine would probally be.
Boxed complete 2600 4 switch w/ extra power brick and 4 common games $15
Rental Virtual boy in hard plastic case all items accounted for + rental instructions $1
Boxed nintendo challenge set (with playes guide sticker) $15
Atari 2600 heavy sixer w/ power brick only and 60 games for $10
Complete Dragon Quest Series for Famicom ~$15 including taxes and customs fees

that last one was part of my robbing japan of some of their harder to find things, like a twin famicom and other stuff, but i bought alot of common games, i probally spent about $500 in games and consoles over there, thats alot of money but to buy it all here probally woulda cost me $2k+

oh and if you have a chance, i asked this before i went over there, YES ITS WORTH IT TO BRING YOUR EXTRAS! there are import stores in japan that are liiking for NES decks and Atari stuff along with the other usual stuff found here

[InsaneDavid]

wow alot of your guy's "excellent finds" kinda suck and are still alot of money.

Boxed complete 2600 4 switch w/ extra power brick and 4 common games $15


Those two things contradict themselves. I've been buried under VCS consoles for years, I'm just now beginning to climb out as I sell them off after AV modding them.

[Niku-Sama]

Those two things contradict themselves. I've been buried under VCS consoles for years, I'm just now beginning to climb out as I sell them off after AV modding them.

how do they contradict them selves? its complete

[jeffg]

Aerofighters SNES complete $4 at Goodwill sold for $208
Zelda Test Cart for the old nes test centers $2.50 at flea market sold for $300
Earthbound complete $5
Harvest Moon snes with box $5
Breath of Fire 1, 2, Lufia, FF 2, FF 3, DKC 1-3, Super Mario World, Super Mario All-stars, Final Fight 1-3, and about 20 other games for $5 each at the same video rental store as Earthbound and harvest moon
FF VII 3 times I have found this at flea markets for $5 each
Dragon Force $5 at pawn shop
Shining Force III, Dragon Force, Saturn System $20 off craigslist
Color a Dinosaur with box for nes $1 at video rental store
Pro Sport Hockey with box for nes $1 at video rental store
Warcraft II battlechest complete $1
X-com UFO defense old pc floppy version complete $1
N64 games at video rental store all boxed $5 each: all mario party games, paper mario, ogre battle 64, worms armageddon, about 25 of them in all.
50 boxed atari 2600 games for $1 each, nothing super
Dk Jr Math complete in box for nes $12

That is all I can think of off the top of my head

[bcks007]

Nice deal for earthbound.

My best pick up on ebay was a used, but mint copy of Nocturne on the ps2, for $35. Took a chance on a low feedback seller, and nobody else bid. :)

[jcalder8]

wow alot of your guy's "excellent finds" kinda suck and are still alot of money.
I'm just curious who you are talking about because it didn't seem like there were any bad deals listed.

[cosmicpsycho]

my best find so far has probably been a complete copy of suikoden 2 for $2.00.

[Kyle15]

My best find ever has to be the Earthbound cart I bought at Gamecrazy.
It was a 3 games for $10 deal, so I got it for a little under $5! :D

[mailman187666]

Chase the Chuckwagon 2600 - $5
Swordquest Waterworld 2600 - $15
Persona: Revelations PS1 - $3.50
Breath of Fire 3 PS1 - $3.50
Tomba PS1 - $1.00
Saturn 3D controller and Nights - free
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Limited edition new - $40 (3 copies)
Digital Devil Saga delux set: $40 new

[ugly_monster]

Once I found a case of 11 sealed The Mutant Virus games for NES on ebay for $33 shipped, sold them for $30 shipped each

[Niku-Sama]

I'm just curious who you are talking about because it didn't seem like there were any bad deals listed.

no but they werent a super great deal on page one where some people listed piticular items for $50 or more, it may have been good but not super great.

i also think davids tired of atari so hes gonna bash it. it kinda depnds on where you are theres hardly any of that type of stuff here any more so to find a complete boxed 2600 for $15 is really good considering it wasnt a silver box. most of my atari stuff now has copme from shopgoodwill.com usually can sneak a good deal quite often there but nothing to brag about.
i'm up to 6 different types of atari consoles

[YoshiM]

Off the top of my head...

All three Panasean NES games, complete for $7 a piece (sold on eBay for a good amount)
Myriad 6 cart complete: $7 (sold in an email auction)
Action 52 NES cart complete: $7
Tengen Tetris (loose): $2
Phantasy Star (complete): 25 cents
Keio Flying Squadron (complete) and Shining Force III (complete): maybe a $1 each? They were part of a lot that included a complete boxed Saturn and a loose Sega CD with a bunch of complete complete games for $30.
Boxed C64-C with floppy drive, monitor, fast load cart and a ton of disks (all hardware works): $15
Game Informer Mags of various months and varying conditions: 10 cents a piece

[cyberfluxor]

FF VII $5
Found FF7 today for $5 and passed on it. Disc #2 had too many scuffs and didn't want to deal with it.

jeffg:
I wouldn't be able to sell a CIB Aerofighters.

[InsaneDavid]

i also think davids tired of atari so hes gonna bash it.

ROFL Read, my boy (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111567). You were who was bashing other peoples finds for not being crazy amazing and then listed a non crazy amazing find right after that. This is called contradictary.

[tkusina]

Just some of my latest:

Snow Brothers- $3
Breath of Fire 3 (PSX) - $5
Sega Saturn System - $3 - Near Mint, hardly played. battery still had the little slip under it.
Blast lacrosse - $2.92 - just last week

My friend used to be the manager at salvation Army so he would set aside all the the new video game stuff in the back. I would go in there weekly and have first dibs before he set it out on the floor.

I used to get stuff dirt cheap. one time i wen in there and picked up:

(2) Dreamcasts - complete
Sega Saturn complete - with 4 controllers
Sega Racing Wheel
3 SNES systems
1 NES system
2 genesis
Sega Gamegear
NEO GEO Pocket
about 30 games including Super Metorid, Super Marios AS, DK Country 1-3, FF2, FF3, Secret of Mana, Lufia, Mega Man X2, Wizard Of OZ, Brigandine, Way of the Samurai 2, Romance of the 3 Kingdoms VII, etc....

Plus a bunch of other stuff. i had like 6 boxes i took home.

My price: $12.99

[evil_genius]

I have had some PRETTY nice finds in my day, boy let me tell you. I once paid 5 DOLLARS, 5 DOLLARS for Final Fantasy VII beat that!

[FOnewearl]

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Asked about video games at a yardsale a few years ago that I only saw a copy of Warcraft 3 at and the girl said they had a Nintendo that they never use and brought out this NES & SNES stuff which I got for $10.

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Dragon Force (No Manual) - .99 at Salvation Army

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Only thing worth mentioning in this picture is the sealed Street Fighter II for the SNES I found the 3 sealed games at a yardsale and offered $4 for all 3 of them.

[Niku-Sama]

ROFL Read, my boy (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111567). You were who was bashing other peoples finds for not being crazy amazing and then listed a non crazy amazing find right after that. This is called contradictary.

that the f*ck does the patch contest have to do with any thing?

i never said any of the earlier posts are bad and EXCUSE me for not living in an area where theres old consoles flying out of ever crack in the wall. i do realize the prices we pay for things does deal with the local economy + whats available but when your paying upwards of $50 for a loose game even if its some holy grail thing its not super great.

$50 is still alot of money for a game, i dont think i have bought any one older game item used for more than $50.

super great is mailmans chuck wagon for $5 or jeffg's Aerofighters for $4 or your jvc junk for a freakin buck.

[Damaramu]

Back on topic here:

MINT Virtual Boy w/box and 6 games: FREE

MIB NES Toploader: $.99

MINT Suikoden II: FREE

Sega Saturn w/ 2 controllers, connections (tv, power), 3rd party light gun, and a stack of 10-15 loose games: FREE

Non functional (ye olde blinking problem, which I fixed) NES, 2 controllers, zapper, connections and about 20 games: FREE

[gepeto]

I was 2 blocks from a yard sale that started at 8.00am they was there all day. I decide to go at the end of the day and ask you have any old games. He pulls out a box of nes and genesis games with an old nes on top and says I will take 15 for the box. He said it is missing the cables I really wasn't expecting anything so I said fine.

Drove around the week end. On tuesday i start digging through the box and what do i find a complete sega cdx mint and working. 7 sega cd games at the bottom of the box. I had been looking for 1 for years . Lesson of the day never let that happen again at least check the yard sale out.

I almost cried when I thought about how I almost missed out someone could have easily picked that up.

I picked up a xcom ufo defense for 10.00 at a pawn.

I won a turbo duo and military madness 2 years ago super bowl sunday for 152.00. AT the time they were going for 300-400 The auction ended when the game ended every one was distracted. I was very happy.


I got a valkrye profile for 30.00 buy it now.

Few years ago I got
dalkstalkers
street fighter zero 3
king of the fighters
world heroes perfect
marvel super heroes vs streetfighter
xmen vs streetfighter
and a fatal fury game for the gameboy All complete with 4meg carts for 75.00 buy it now

[otoko]

Here's what I recall

Barn sale
Sega CDX (loose) 5$
Atari Lynx (2nd model) 5$

Goodwill
Pac-Mania (NES Tengen loose great condition) $0.49
Ms. Pac-man (NES Tengen loose) $0.49
Super Metroid complete for $0.99
Lords of Thunder (Sega CD complete and mint) $0.99

Other
Ronald Mcdonald Treasure Land Adventure $free
I got over 25 non-sports loose Saturn titles for 2$
I also got over 100 genesis/snes/atari 2600 games for free
I got 10 non-sports sega CD games for under a dollar a piece.

These are what I can remember.

[mb7241]

Just recently, I picked up a factory-sealed Super Mario Bros. for $200... About a week later, this happened:

Holy. Crap. (http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-MARIO-BROS-NINTENDO-NES-FACTORY-SEALED-ORIGINAL_W0QQitemZ290165200938QQihZ019QQcategoryZ6 2053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

[Artican]

Back in '03, I bought a Super Famicom in the "broken" pile at my local Hard-Off, (back in Japan). It had all the wires and a controller as well. Paid 500 yen for it (~$5), got a game for it, hooked it up and it worked perfectly.

[Fuzzball24]

N64, nice controller, hookups (hell, S-Video cables) and everything else intact for $10.

Yeah, that was my best find. :|

[mnbren05]

N64 Cool Blue (see thru) with Mario Kart and 2 controllers FREE
3 copies of Conker's Bad Fur Day $10 (made $104 after is was all said and done selling them)
2 copies of Yoshi's Story -$15
Kirby and the Crystal Shard N64 $6
Roller Coaster Tycoon Xbox- $9
Star Craft 64 complete boxed, instructions, and a memory card $15

[MarioMania]

Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Xbox

[DJ Daishi]

NeoGeo AES (complete and mint) for $40

[SamuraiSmurfette]

Back from 2004: minty and complete :D

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/SamuraiSmurfette/snatched.jpg

Okay, so the clever ones will catch the 'employee discount' and call foul....but in fact, this was NOT my store! (and from the days pre-edge card!) I've kept this reciept to this day due to its epicness. The other items on the list are all also SegaCD games, too!

[RadiantSvgun]

complete Snes with all extras and mario all stars+world= $45
Sega Saturn model complete with pack-ins for $19.99
Secret of Mana mint and near complete- 5.00
SNES bomberman import multi-tap (the one that looks like bomberman's head)- 5.00
Soldier blade- 10.00
Chavez II SNES- 3.00
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel- 3.00
Nights into dreams with 3d controller new- 19.99
Shining force II and Beyond Oasis- 10.00 total
Mario paint complete- 14.99
Castlevania SOTN black label- 9.99 new at wal-mart dump bin (years ago)
Various Street Fighter controllers- 4.99

[smork]

I just picked up a Nintendo 64 for $20. There was a pile of them at Hard Off for that.

Wait, what's this? Oh, that little attachment?

<smork looks closer>

Oh shit, that's a 64+ 64DD unit for $20! Same price as the unit with no 64DD.

Yeah, that got bought. Works, too. :cool:

[TOE-NEE]

I just bought a Playstation 3 Debugging Station Test console for $500.00

[jahvybe]

I thought my xbox 360 for 40 bucks was sweet. I think smork just won.

[mailman187666]

I'm still waiting to find a PS1 Valkyrie Profile for $5-$10. That would be nice.

[ShinobiMan]

I'd have to say the best deal I ever got was a Sega CDX in the box mint with all the trimmings... $10 at a pawn shop! It was a steal I tells yah!

Plus most of my Sega Master System collection was acquired at $5 dollars a game from unsuspecting department store clerks. I can't tell you how many BRAND NEW SEALED SMS games I got because I convinced the salesman that they were obsolete and that the store shouldn't even be selling them. ROFL

[ssjlance]

All cartridge based games are loose unless noted as otherwise:

Earthbound - $3 at a Flea Market
Virtual Boy - $10 at GoodWill
Mike Tyson's Punchout Complete/Near Mint - $5 at another Flea Market
Vectrex w/ 3 Games - $40 at semi-local Play 'N Trade
Mars Matrix - $7 at Level Up (local game store)
Alundra - $3 at thrift store, complete with map and everything.
Atari 7800 w/ approximately 42 games - $10 at Level Up
Final Fantasy VII (Greatest Hits) - Traded for Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen
Gunstar Heroes Game Gear CIB - $11 on eBay
Neutopia - Free. Won it in a bet against my father. He said I couldn't beat the boss he was stuck on in Zelda: Minish Cap on my first try. I could.
Neutopia - $3 at Level Up
Approximately 15 CIB US SMS Games - $20 at Thrift Store
Panic Restaurant - Around $1.67. Bought in a lot of about 15 NES games.
Odyssey2 w/ 6 Games - $10 at Level Up
Super Smash Bros. - Free. Brother left it in my room for over a month and said I could keep it.
Super Mario All-Stars - $0.50 at GoodWill

Not sure how "crazy good" the Gunstar Heroes on Game Gear is, but I'm proud of it and it's one of my favorite games.

[-hellvin-]

NES - Stadium Events for 5 at a pawn shop
NES - NTF2 Test Cart for 1.99 at Value Village
2600 - Quadrun for 5 bucks at a yard sale pawn store
2600 - Swordquest Waterworld for 1.99 at a Bookmans
Intellivision - Diner Complete for 1.99 at a comic/used game store
Saturn - Guardian Heroes Complete for 9.99 at Gamecrazy

300+ Genesis boxes for 80 bucks
2000+ SNES Boxes for 120 bucks

The huge amount of boxes was from a closing video game store out in Arcadia in AZ. I still have MANY of them today that I've been too lazy to sell. I've made complete games out of almost all the genesis ones, and I haven't started filling the SNES ones at all, I've only pulled what I've wanted to keep. Out of the 3 lots of snes ones I sold a few years back, I made nearly 1k off them, selling at 300+ a lot. It's probably been one of my most worthwhile investments, hehe.

[NCN]

I've never had a "crazy good find", but I've had two particular thrift store finds that made me happy:

1) Link: Faces of Evil (CD-i) for $3.48
2) Genny Model 2 with a Sega CD attached for $4.99

I'm still looking for that one day that nets me a big steal. Until then....

[colicub]

Hmmmm........there's been a couple of awesome finds in the past.....
(all PAL)
SMS
- Outrun 3D - £2.99 (twice!)
Saturn
- Guardian Heroes, Discworld, Keio 2, Tetris Plus, Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (plus some others) - £1 each
2600
- about 30 unboxed games - free
PSX
- Wing Commander 3 & 4, Metal Slug X, Broken Sword, Dino Crisis, Vandal Hearts, Monster Rancher, Breath of Fire 3 & 4, Bomberman, Bomberman World, Namco Museum 2 & 4, Final Fantasy Anthology - again, £2.99 each, BOGOF
- MINT complete Castlevania: SOTN - £20
Mega Drive
- Zero The Kamikaze Squirrel, Shining Force, King's Bounty, Shining In The Darkness (US), Rock N Roll Racing - £2.99 each, but on a Buy One Get One Free deal
- Unboxed Action 52, £0.50
Game Boy
- Console, Link's Awakening, Empire Strikes Back, Arcade Hits 3, all MINT boxed - £10
- pirate "Pokemon Diamond" (random crappy platformer hack) and some pirate multicart - FREE!
Dreamcast
- complete mint Shenmue & Shenmue 2 - £2.99 BOGOF
- Street Fighter 3: Third Impact, Rez - £10 each
N64
- boxed mint Goemon & Goemon 2, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis - £2.99 BOGOF
GAMECUBE
- Pokemon Box standalone - £11.79
- Killer7, Animal Crossing, Star Fox Assault, Mario Tennis, Mario Golf - £5 each
N-GAGE
- Sonic N, SEALED Rayman - £0.01 each
Jaguar
- Console, Jag CD, about 8 games (boxed and unboxed, including unboxed AvP) - £42.99

Boxed complete Sega Pico for £2.20 (first thing I ever bought on eBay!) and a Steelbook Unreal Tournament 3 for the original XBOX for £2.79. There's some good PS2 bargains I've had as well, but I've already taken up too much space!

[RetroYoungen]

Kinda sad when compared to some of the finds in here, but I picked up two Game Boy Pocket units (each with a game in the back of them: Star Wars and I can't remember the other game) for a grand total of four bucks at Goodwill. They were each marked at four, but they rang up as two bucks apiece.

[otoko]

Lords of Thunder For Sega CD (complete and minty) $0.99
Super Metroid (complete) $0.99

[evil_genius]

I gotta bunch of NES stuff on eBay for $55 once. Complete and mint Deluxe Set with robot and about 20 complete and mint games (good ones), game genie, wireless controllers new, some magazines. I sold one of the games for 65 (Castlevania) and kept the rest of the stuff. I was shocked the game went for that much too, but it was real mint, I think a member from these boards bought it.

[Press_Start]

Good deals from the information super highway:

Turbo Grafx 16 complete with cords and controllers w/ CD attachment and carrying case. $60

Another from Craigslist:
23 Turbografx 16 and CD games, highlights include:
Splatterhouse
Devil Crush
Alien Crush
Legendary Axe 1 and 2
Y's III
Valis II
Sidearms
Bonk's Revenge
Ninja Spirit
$65 (roughly less than $3 per game)

[miaandjohnrule]

My best is my NES Final Fantasy prototype for $5.

[Smashed Brother]

Here's some junk that I've picked up over the years...

From the local Mega Media Exchange:

Mint SMS with 3 controllers, 2 light guns and all the requisite hook-ups, along with about 20 CIB games (including Phantasy Star, which is why I bought it)--$60.00

Guardian Heroes mint--$7.99
Herc's Adventures PSX mint--$7.99
Bust A Move 3000 GC--$11.99
Mega Bomberman complete--$2.99
Lunar 2 PSX complete--$12.99

[NES_Rules]

The first thing that comes to mind is a lot of 20 SNES and PS1 games (all CIB) that I paid $100 for. Included was Chrono Trigger, FF7, FF3, and more goodies.

[The 1 2 P]

5 factory sealed copies of Castlevania: Syphony of the Night at Sears for 99 cents each. This sale happened about a year before they closed down.

[cityside75]

A few that I can think of off the top of my head:

Sega Saturn (Loose, no accessories) - Free, sitting out for the garbage. I found it while out jogging and had to run a couple miles back with it in hand. Had Rise of the Robots 2 inside of it.

Pilotwings & F-Zero (SNES - New/sealed, non-GH) - Found these at a garage sale marked at $5 each, I offered her $6 for both and the deal was done. Her son was jealous that I still had an SNES at home.

JVC X'Eye (Complete, no box) - While picking up a 3do bundle that I won on ebay, the seller asked if I wanted to see some other things he had for sale...I offered him $30-$35 for the X'eye set and we had a deal.

2 Xboxes - While at a swapmeet I traded two sealed N-gage games (that I had paid $3 each for) for 2 Xboxes that needed work. I was able to use parts from each to cobble together a working xbox that I modded and is now our upstairs media center. Speaking of which...

Various sealed Ngage games - $3 each & new Ngage QD for $49.99. It's still my primary cell phone, but it doesn't play games anymore for some reason, but the sealed games seem to be attracting increased interest by collectors.

NES (With 2 controllers) - $8 at my local Half Price Books. It doesn't even blink with clean games.

Starcraft 64 x2, Paper Mario 64, Super Smash Bros, Mario Party, Dr. Mario 64 - Picked these up for $3.99 each at a Gamecrazy during one of their earlier classic plastic sales.

Intv System 3 and 15 loose games - $5 at a garage sale.

Finally, it may not be the absolute greatest deal but I'm still very proud of it:

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (Arcade) - Had some easily fixable problems with some buttons but otherwise in really good shape, $250 at a local auction. Found a Jamma compatible 1066-in-1 set on Craigslist for $180 (normally about $300) and was able to keep the UMK3 board in the cabinet for swapping - so 1067 game arcade for $430 total.

[The 1 2 P]

Today Goodwill was good to me:

Blast Lacrosse PS1 $3
Castlevania: SOTN PS1 $3
Medeveil PS1 $3
Sammy Sosa Softball Slam PS1 $3
Metal Gear Solid PS1 $5