February 2008 Finds

[Kitsune Sniper]

I got Street Hoops (GH, PS2) mint from GameTZ. The price? Postage.

Now, does the game suck? Who knows, but it's a free game so who cares. :p

[cyberfluxor]

Since I never seem to find games worth putting here, I like to post whatever random crap I sometimes find.
If you have some spare time make a "this week I found" post, otherwise listing a couple of games isn't too little either.


Now time to turn up the heat in this thread for finds.

I'd say EricDeLee has most beat thus far with Polor Rescue and Poll Position boxed with overlays. Great find either way though, always interesting to see what pops up.

[Dreadstar]

Today at a thrift store that I never go to:

Quickshot Python 2B joystick for SNES, 75 cents

And at my trusty Goodwill:

Mia Hamm Soccer 64, in box with instructions, 1.99

[RadiantSvgun]

In the mail

Vga Box for SNES, GC, N64
Generic Saturn and Psx light gun

total $18 shipped.

I got the vga box for my LCDTV, but the quality isn't that much different from S-video with the Snes. It could be the TV too, since it really doesn't like older game systems.

[thetoxicone]

A couple of goodwill finds

Boxed snes with smw and super mario all-star carts - $30 (I can usually turn around this same set-up for $50-$60), I plan on keeping the system box since I need one of those.

3 new Tancredo for President shirts - $1 each (I can't complain about 3 junk shirts that will be nice for whenever I need to do work around my place)

[BIGMIKE]

got the urge to splurge. while driving to and fro picked these up. the squaresoft cd is newey and it came in the test drive 4 case. wooooooooooo. psp game was dirt cheap. might have to buy one now. prolly trade material
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/BIGMIKE304/100_1651.jpg


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just a big kid at heart. found these with battery packs to boot for $2 that rhino is sweet. didn't find the remote tho. gonna have to try and get one somehow. it's like brand new. Jeep is real quick like..........fun fun fun
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/BIGMIKE304/100_1648.jpg
me and the kids are gonna have fun with this one
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/BIGMIKE304/100_1649.jpg
got this for a whole quarter............yeah man can u dig it???

[Kyle15]

I spotted a mint/complete copy of Home Alone 2 for the Genesis at a Pawn shop I had never been in. It was only $8, which sounds good for an R5.

If I bought it, would I be able to get much for it on eBay?

[cyberfluxor]

I spotted a mint/complete copy of Home Alone 2 for the Genesis at a Pawn shop I had never been in. It was only $8, which sounds good for an R5.

If I bought it, would I be able to get much for it on eBay?

Under $8 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Home-Alone-2-Lost-In-New-York-Sega-Genesis_W0QQitemZ360002747292QQihZ023QQcategoryZ62 053QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l12 47QQcmdZViewItem) with shipping.

[InsaneDavid]

Good day out at the flea market with the sellers in full swing this morning as the rains were going to move in during the afternoon. Cy didn't have anything at all so I moved along quickly through the first two rows until coming upon an Intellivision system with some boxed cartridges. I began looking at it when the guy I bought my Pole Position cabinet from came walking up and told me the seller wanted $20 for it. I looked it over, it was pretty dirty but in okay shape and although the games were commons they were mostly titles I didn't have. The seller said he had some joysticks and so forth in back so I said I'd pay him $20.00 which he agreed to. I boxed everything up and made my way to the back where he had a set of Atari 2600 paddles and a box of boxed Atari 2600 family Epyx 500XJ joysticks which he began pulling out as well. He just kept tossing them in, as well as a pair of classic Merlin electronic games (both with acid damage beyond repair so into the trash they went). On the way out of his space I found another 500XJ and he said to take it as well. The Intellivision system (not pictured, it's out in the shop) doesn't work, it has some output issues so I'm going to do a little work on it tonight but I'm starting to lean toward it being a lost cause.

VCS - Atari Paddle Controllers
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick (boxed)
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick (boxed)
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick (boxed)
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick (boxed)
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick (boxed)
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick (boxed)
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick (boxed)
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick
VCS - Epyx 500XJ Joystick

INTV - Armor Battle
INTV - Auto Racing (complete)
INTV - The Electric Company Word Fun
INTV - Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack
INTV - Las Vegas Roulette
INTV - NASL Soccer (complete)
INTV - NFL Football
INTV - NHL Hockey (complete)
INTV - PGA Golf (complete)
INTV - Sea Battle (complete)
INTV - Skiing (complete)
INTV - Tennis (complete)

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2008-02-19(01).jpg

The Epyx 500XJ controllers at totally virgin mint, even the loose ones. In all there are seven boxed and three loose. The boxed ones are 100% complete. The sticks are tight and loud, completely factory fresh. I'll be keeping a pair of the loose ones for myself but I will be selling the boxed ones in my Buying and Selling thread. If you're interested please PM me, the boxes have the usual shelf wear of something of this vintage but the joysticks are totally mint and unused. I'm going to quickly test each one tomorrow.

A couple $1.00 pickups from two different sellers. The Ocarina of Time cartridge was among a few loose N64 sports games at a seller that mainly has junk but on occasion the price is right - although I've gotten burned with nonworking stuff from him before, but never cartridges. As for the GBA SP charger, never know when you'll come across a loose GBA SP that needs one to complete it for resale or to retain.

N64 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
GBA - Gameboy Advance SP Charger

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2008-02-19(02).jpg

My used game buddy made good on his promise and brought out one of his 3DO cases. Lots of games and he said that someone had come through before me and bought a bunch of games - so he was very happy I asked him to bring the games out. No boxes but most of the jewel cases had the booklets and a few had booklets and inserts. Since my 3DO library is very lacking I picked up well known standard titles and a few other games I enjoy and know I will play. (I know I'm in the minority but I've always loved Quarantine) Disc condition is superb and there were a few Japanese titles as well. I'll probably pick up more next week weather permitting - I left behind copies of Slopestyle, Braindead 13, PaTaank, BC Racers, Gridders and Samurai Shodown (disc only) all of which I should have grabbed. He had a sealed Japanese copy of Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge that I left, any demand / value for it? I ended up buying 11 games @ my usual price of $2.00 each = $22.00. He said he'd bring more out next week...

3DO - Alone in the Dark
3DO - Burning Soldier
3DO - Crash 'N Burn
3DO - Dragon's Lair
3DO - Escape From Monster Manor
3DO - Out of This World
3DO - Putt-Putt Joins the Parade
3DO - Quarantine
3DO - Star Fighter
3DO - Supermodels Go Wild
3DO - Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger

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[DigitalSpace]

I went to another CD/Game Exchange this evening.

NES:
Commando (cart only) - $1
Batman Returns (cart only, R4) - $2.50
Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum (cart only) - $2.50
Dr. Chaos (cart only) - $2.50
Ice Climber (cart only) - $2.50
Quattro Sports (cart only) - $2.50 (This is my first Camerica cart)

Dreamcast:
First party controller (loose, white) - $1

[EricDeLee]

If you have some spare time make a "this week I found" post, otherwise listing a couple of games isn't too little either.



I'd say EricDeLee has most beat thus far with Polor Rescue and Poll Position boxed with overlays. Great find either way though, always interesting to see what pops up.

What are those generally going for? I don't have the manuals.... just the box/Game/overlays.

I tried out Polar Rescue and it was pretty cool. The submarine 'bings' are pretty nice. Overall it has a great effect. Can't wait to dive into it a bit more.

I think the Star Castle is another good one. :) I just don't have a real gage for these type of games with boxes and overlays

[RadiantSvgun]

I spotted a mint/complete copy of Home Alone 2 for the Genesis at a Pawn shop I had never been in. It was only $8, which sounds good for an R5.

If I bought it, would I be able to get much for it on eBay?

I'm surprised, I thought I had cleaned out most of the shops in our state.

[Kyle15]

Under $8 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Home-Alone-2-Lost-In-New-York-Sega-Genesis_W0QQitemZ360002747292QQihZ023QQcategoryZ62 053QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l12 47QQcmdZViewItem) with shipping.

Eh, I guess I'll pass.....


I'm surprised, I thought I had cleaned out most of the shops in our state.

What is the best place to find good used stuff here in Alabama?

[namzep]

My stuff from the last couple of days:

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http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/new0220d.jpg

Most of the stuff came from deals I worked with fellow DPers bangotango and Vectorman0. NY Times Crosswords and Time Crisis 4 were from Amazon deal's of the day.

[Cornelius]

Off Cragslist for 30 bucks. Pretty sure one of the vcs is a heavy sixer, I'll have to lookup to be sure, I guess. I figured out of a lot like this there might be something a bit more interesting (only saw the pictures of all this in 2-3 boxes). The "Concert Hall IV" is kinda cool. And I won't scoff at an intellivoice module, but given there are about 60 games, I wouldn't have expected 6 of them to be combat and 5 to be missile command. 2 or 3, sure, but not that many.


http://home.comcast.net/~evanwink/images/games/Finds/finds71.jpg

[cyberfluxor]

What are those generally going for? I don't have the manuals.... just the box/Game/overlays.

I tried out Polar Rescue and it was pretty cool. The submarine 'bings' are pretty nice. Overall it has a great effect. Can't wait to dive into it a bit more.

I think the Star Castle is another good one. :) I just don't have a real gage for these type of games with boxes and overlays
I have no clue but authentic Vetrex games are generally valuable, especially boxed with overlays. I've seen manuals on eBay and I'm sure with the Vetrex collectors on DP it wouldn't be too difficult to complete them. It's funny since you have a large chunk of the systems library to start with. :)

[Steve W]

Dang, all I've found in recent days was a boxed Pac-Man for the Sega Game Gear, the Majesco re-release. $2.99. I've passed on a bunch of other things here and there, though.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Spectacular day today.

I woke up late and left home around 7. I got to the flea market around 7:45, and started looking around.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/2008-02-20-booth1.jpg

At the first booth, I found a loose copy of Super Mario 3 inside a loose NES deck - but the cart had some hand cream on it, apparently a bottle which was with the deck came open while shipping or something. So I ended up with that crap on my fingers... the cart STILL smells like it, too, even after I cleaned it. Blargh. $3.

That same booth had a ton of CDs for $1 - all those Warcraft things were $1, and the Def Leppard set is sealed. I was curious about the other one so I grabbed it too.

I kept walking and stumbled upon a booth that had Sega CD games. They wanted $5 each, but I told her they were way out of my budget... she lowered the price to $4 but I told her I'd come back later and pick 'em up.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/2008-02-20-maximumaction.jpg

I found this thing for $2... which was a dumb buy considering I was getting the second half of Serious Sam Gold in a GameTZ trade today, but eh. :p

I kept walking and I turned around a corner... I was looking at a booth where I always find some cool CDs, and I spot a green label. "Cool, a PS1 GH game!" I think. So I walk there, and I see... this.

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http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/2008-02-20-omgwtfb.jpg

D:

I grab it and go to the seller, who has no idea what it is... My wallet is out, I was half expecting to pay $10 at least - but then she says it's $2! And that my friends made my day. I pay and scramble outta there before they change their mind. :D

I keep walking and to into a booth run by a guy that usually brings old games for sale. He's got tons of NES games, and a NES2 for $20. I left the system, I didn't have enough cash on me, but I bought all these games for $8 total:

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/2008-02-20-neslot2.jpg

I got to the end of the flea market and didn't find anything so I doubled back towards the booth with the Sega CD games. Before I got there, I noticed that a booth was finishing setting up, and they had some PC games out. I looked 'em over, and found this one, so I bought it for $2.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/2008-02-20-jackjack.jpg

I get to the Sega CD booth and I pick out these three games. All are in great condition.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/2008-02-20-segacds.jpg

I left behind Sol-Feace and Sherlock Holmes Volume 2. I wanted to take those too, but I could only afford these three.

So... yeah. That was my day.

[Cornelius]

Spectacular day today.

You know when a Kitsune find post starts like that something special is coming. Once more he fails to disappoint. \\^_^/ :cheers:

[xfrumx]

Spectacular day today.

So... yeah. That was my day.

Sweet a Flaming Lips DVD is it for sale?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Sweet a Flaming Lips DVD is it for sale?

Maybe. Who are they? Like I said, I was curious, the cover caught my attention. The guy also had a few other good CDs but they all had slashes or marks on the UPC (I didn't notice this and the Def Leppard also have marks, dammit!)

Maybe I should've grabbed that Madonna DVD set too. :P

[TheDomesticInstitution]

So went to Goodwill not expecting much, and up front I found (for the GC) Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition and 007: Nightfire for 2.99 each CIB. Pretty cool... and now I have 2 of the Zeldas. Then at Cash America I picked up 2 for $15 and got Killer 7 (GC) and Metal Dungeon (XBOX). I didn't realize it was "2 for $15" so I picked up Metal Dungeon really fast to avoid holding up the line. I had never heard of it, but understand it's pretty crappy after looking it up online. Oh well. But finding the Zelda game makes up for it.

[Daft Punk]

Picked up a few things


Indiana jones n64 loose $5
Namco 64 loose $8
Loose ps3 Rock band drums like new $20 @EB
Rock band SE for ps3 $retail at wal mart
pokemon video for gba sealed $5
Gunstar heroes for gba new $5
Aqua teen season 5 $20
South park season 10 $35
Dr mario gb $5
New hd-dvd drive for 360 w/ king kong for $60 ( are there drivers to use this on a pc? It works on my pc as a dvd drive and will play dvd's but not hd's.)

New halo 3 with helmet and stand $50


Found a few arcade cabs for $50

Simpsons multi player
Police trainer
Ms pac man

None of them worked . The simpsons one the screen blinks like a nes that needs cleaning. MS pac had the back of the monitor all yanked off and police trainer didnt do anything when turned on. They were pretty beat up also. I still almost got the simpsons but I dont have any more room in storage for another cab that don't work.

[jcalder8]

Spectacular day today.
So... yeah. That was my day.
Seriously can we just give Kitsune his own find thread so I can be proud of anything I find???:D

I bought 31 games for 34 bucks, 27 Intellivison complete, 3 loose N64 and a GB game. I was pretty proud of this but now... :embarrassed:

[Dreadstar]

Oh and I won an ebay auction today for a lot of 11 Saturn games and 4 Dreamcast games. The Saturn list includes Pandemonium (R5) and 3D Baseball (R6) and with shipping the whole shebang only cost a couple bucks more than the value on those two games. Can't wait til they get here.

Well, this lot showed up yesterday. Here's what I got for just over $25 shipped: (Sorry for the caps, it's a copy/paste and I'm too lazy to retype, heh)

Saturn:
PANDEMONIUM!
NBA LIVE 97
NHL POWERPLAY 96
THE NEED FOR SPEED
FIFA 98
NHL 97
AMOK
3D BASEBALL
VIRTUA FIGHTER 2 (nfr in cardboard sleeve)
VIRTUA COP (nfr in cardboard sleeve)
NIGHTS INTO DREAMS (SAMPLER) (showed up in a Daytona USA nfr sleeve)

Dreamcast:
SEGA BASS FISHING (no manual, scratched)
ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
AEROWINGS (no manual)
ECW HARDCORE REVOLUTION

Everything's in good shape for the most part. Had a couple cracked Saturn cases, no big shock there, and I think one or two were missing a manual. (That was last night, this is today at work, can't remember lol.) The DC games were a "free bonus" so I'm not too broken up about the fact that Bass Fishing won't load. Looks like it's scratched on the label side. Also Aerowings may be my new favorite game.

[ecresto]

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came in the mail from ebay . paid 14.00 shipped , no inst book

[animesuperj]

Don't have pics of any of this stuff yet, but thought I finally get around to posting my finds.

Tournament Arkanoid Cabinet - $180 shipped (well....delivered)
Atari Jaguar + 4 games [All CIB] - $85

Both were craigslist finds. I'm still waiting on the Jaguar to come in the mail, since my sister bought it for me in Virgina. The Arkanoid cab was a good find cause I loved that game growing up. Now I have my own cabinet!

I think it's time to not spend money, as MGC is coming up soon. I'll have to start saving for that so I can pick up some few remaining games I'm looking for. Hopefully pics coming soon, plus of the other random stuff I've picked up this month (just more excited about these two).

[wufners]

Off Cragslist for 30 bucks. Pretty sure one of the vcs is a heavy sixer, I'll have to lookup to be sure, I guess. I figured out of a lot like this there might be something a bit more interesting (only saw the pictures of all this in 2-3 boxes). The "Concert Hall IV" is kinda cool. And I won't scoff at an intellivoice module, but given there are about 60 games, I wouldn't have expected 6 of them to be combat and 5 to be missile command. 2 or 3, sure, but not that many.


http://home.comcast.net/~evanwink/images/games/Finds/finds71.jpg

Nice. I never have any luck with Craig's List. When it comes to the older stuff, everyone in my area wants $30-$60 just for a single 2600 and some copies of Combat, Pac-Man, etc.

And it does indeed look like you have a sixer on the bottom left there. Congrats.

[thegardentool]

Sweet a Flaming Lips DVD is it for sale?

ah looks like the show they did last summer at the Oklahoma City Zoo. I heard a lot of great things about that show but I was busy and couldn't make it. :-\ They also just did another show in OKC on News Years Eve but I didn't hear about it until it was too late.

[RickHarrisMaine]

Picked up Final Fantasy VII, greatest hits edition, complete, for $5.99, Parappa the Rapper, complete, for $3.99, and Resident Evil 3, with the Dino Crisis demo for $3.99, all at Goodwill.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Today I got the following for a grand total of 5.81.

2600- Warlords
2600- Defender
SMS- Super Monaco GP
GEN- Predator 2(complete)

and what made the first three worth buying for me(they were bundled at a thrift...odd package)

SMS- Golden Axe Warrior. All were loose carts, except Predator 2.

Not half bad.

[RadiantSvgun]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Shin-Richard/000_0407.jpg

More for the Turbo collection. I paid well under guide price for these.

[bangtango]

In the past week, I have had three different finds and two of them were "bundles" that I acquired locally.


1. NBA 2K2 for Gamecube (complete and like new): $4 at Movie Gallery



2. The following Sega Genesis game "bundle", all cartridge only: $12 total at a local second hand store

-NFL Football 94
-Prime Time NFL Football
-Bulls vs Lakers
-Bulls vs Blazers (2 copies)
-Lakers vs Celtics
-John Madden Football
-Madden 93
-Madden 96
-Madden 97
-Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
-RBI Baseball 94
-College Football 97
-College Football National Championship
-Bill Walsh College Football
-NHLPA 93
-NHL 94
-NBA Action 94
-NBA Action 95
-NHL All Star Hockey 95
-Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
-Tecmo Super Baseball
-NFL Quarterback Club 96


3. The following Turbografx 16 bundle: $45 locally

-Turbografx 16 system w/hookups
-One Turbo Stick joystick controller
-Pac Land: HuCard and case
-World Class Baseball: HuCard and manual
-Space Harrier: HuCard
-Blazing Lazers: complete
-Takin' It To The Hoop: complete
-Keith Courage in Alpha Zones: complete
-Official 5 player TurboTap/multi-tap


I don't want to start a whole new thread or make another post but I am curious if I got a good deal with the TG16 stuff. So if anybody wants to take a minute and quote/reply to tell me whether I overpaid for this stuff, got it at "market value" or actually scored a pretty good deal, please do so. I'm a first time Turbografx 16 owner, having never played the system in my life. This fell into my lap when an acquaintance offered it to me. I would have never went looking for a Turbo system otherwise. Keep in mind the AC cord is junk, so I have to use a Genesis 1 plug to play this. Games are as described above, some are complete but others aren't. BTW, I did not get any regular controllers. The lot only came with that TurboStick. The DP guide says it was all worth it but is that small bundle something most of you would pay $45 for or would you pass?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Dude, SWEET. Garou Densetsu 2. Is the PCE version any good?

Well, anyway - I shipped off the last of this week's auctions, and I decided to hit the flea market before going home. I found these items for 6.50 total:

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* The Chipmunks CD was fifty cents. Eh, it's the Chipmunks, how can I pass that up?
* Unreal Tournament 2003 box only - I bought a new copy at the flea market two years ago, but the box stank of smoke so I tossed it out. This one's a bit pushed in but looks fine otherwise, so I got it to complete my copy. I couldn't find two of the CDs in the box, so I left the manual and the only disc I found behind. Maybe someone will find the other CD and use it, I dunno.
* Ironstorm - seems complete, but it doesn't seem to have a manual, wtf...
* Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis (Mac version) is actually the SECOND copy of the game I've found this week! The other one was in an Apple bundle I'm selling over the weekend.
* UT 2004 SE has some Maya tutorials, which is why I got it.
* Acrobat 5 is the Educational version, so it's not worth more than a few bucks.

Then I went to my mail box and found two packages:

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/2008-02-21-freebies.jpg

Both of these are from GameTZ trades. I'm giving away tons of stuff over there, and I got these two things to cover part of the shipping costs.

One guy sent me that Daytona USA game for $3. It's pretty much mint, except for the case.

The other guy sent me Nitro Family (CIB), Mademan (DVD and manual) and Serious Sam Second Encounter (CD in case with manual and inserts). This pretty much cost me $7.50 total (the cost of shipping him a huge box with games!)

So yeah, not as good as yesterday's finds but still good. :D

[RadiantSvgun]

Dude, SWEET. Garou Densetsu 2. Is the PCE version any good?

Compared to the SNES and Genesis, its the closest thing to the MVS as you can get for a home port. I'm really surprised at how accurate it is. Goes to show what the good ol' duo is capable of.

[thetoxicone]

Only 4 games from Thursday from a local goodwill they were all marked 2.00 each but the checkout lady only charged me $2.00 total (I can't complain about .50 games)

Genesis:

Castle of Illusion (w/ manual)
Pagemaster (w/ box)

32x:

Star War Arcade (complete)
Virtua Racing Deluxe (w/ manual)

[InsaneDavid]

Spent the day out and about and picked up a few things. I went to a Gamestop where they had a large cache of GB and GBC games. Final Fantasy Legend ($4.99), Final Fantasy Legend II ($9.99) and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe ($9.99) were all tempting but I left them there. I almost grabbed SMB Deluxe before realizing how I'm not all that much a fan of the original Super Mario Bros. I enjoy it, don't get me wrong, but not enough to warrant having it be portable - even though the DX version was pretty damn cool when it was released. So I ended up picking up a pair of games.

GB - Tamagotchi (loose) ($1.99)
PS2 - Chulip (complete) ($9.99)

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2008-02-21(01).jpg

Honestly Tamagotchi was just so cheap and an oddity so I took it. Heck, I have Tamagotchi neckties. LOL As for Chulip, I've been looking for this game since when it was announced that it finally reached release. Unfortunately it's also a game that slipped my mind after not seeing it for so long. This was the first copy I've ever seen in person and although it was classified as "new" when obviously it was nowhere near such (nicks in the case plastic, a couple small smudges on the disc) for $9.99 I couldn't pass it up. I haven't played it myself but my girlfriend played it for a bit this evening when we got home, I figured it's a game we'd both enjoy.

I will say the girl at Gamestop that was watching me as I went through their GB / GBC case was nice enough but MAN did she annoy me. Every time we'd start taking back and forth she'd make some stupid comment. For instance she was going on and on about the Zelda series but had no idea where the series started when I commented that the open-endness and puzzle solving of the series had been there since day one. (I mean, that game is brutal when you think about it, you're dropped into a world with no guidance - not even a weapon at first - all you can do is explore and learn different ways to approach situations) Then she had to tell me about her original Game Boy and asked me if I had one, where I told her that I've had them all up until the micro, but I've been playing GB and GBC games on my GBA-SP and rediscovering lots of old titles because there are some great little games that I didn't have the time / money / interest for earlier. Then I make the comment about why it was stupid of Nintendo to not include GB / GBC support with the DS. The response? "Well, these games are like TEN YEARS old and the GBA games are more recent and there are a lot more of them." Um... okay... I'm gonna go look around.

Few non-game items I also got today during my travels. First up is a Psion 3a, one of my all time favorite palmtop computers from a few years back (favorite being the Psion 5 series). It's a little rough but I'm sure it's nothing a good cleaning won't fix. It works great and is the 1MB model (second largest of the 3a series) with the built in spell checker and thesaurus, connectivity software, card game and so forth. Only paid $16.00 for it, can't argue with that. From time to time a powerup will give me some glitches but turning it off and back on again fixes the problem. I think the battery terminals just need to be cleaned and the battery pack reseated.

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2008-02-21(02).jpg

Lastly, the Mitsuwa finally restocked the Express Liner railway toys. Okay, technically I guess you could call it gum but no one eats the disgusting gumball included in the box. I grabbed the steam locomotive and the blue shinkansen.

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2008-02-21(03).jpg

I'm a sucker for railroad stuff. LOL

[DigitalSpace]

SNES:
Super Scope infrared receiver (loose) - free

Given to me last night by a friend of mine. I have a Super Scope, but was unable to play it due to not having the receiver. Nice to finally have one.

[Blitzwing256]

3. The following Turbografx 16 bundle: $45 locally

-Turbografx 16 system w/hookups
-One Turbo Stick joystick controller
-Pac Land: HuCard and case
-World Class Baseball: HuCard and manual
-Space Harrier: HuCard
-Blazing Lazers: complete
-Takin' It To The Hoop: complete
-Keith Courage in Alpha Zones: complete
-Official 5 player TurboTap/multi-tap


I don't want to start a whole new thread or make another post but I am curious if I got a good deal with the TG16 stuff. So if anybody wants to take a minute and quote/reply to tell me whether I overpaid for this stuff, got it at "market value" or actually scored a pretty good deal, please do so. I'm a first time Turbografx 16 owner, having never played the system in my life. This fell into my lap when an acquaintance offered it to me. I would have never went looking for a Turbo system otherwise. Keep in mind the AC cord is junk, so I have to use a Genesis 1 plug to play this. Games are as described above, some are complete but others aren't. BTW, I did not get any regular controllers. The lot only came with that TurboStick. The DP guide says it was all worth it but is that small bundle something most of you would pay $45 for or would you pass?

you got an excellent deal all together, blazzing lazers though not outragously expensive is one of the must have games on the system and getting a working system for under 50$ online isn't the easiest find, so getting it with a few decent games (and I know you dig the sports stuff) makes it an excellent price, so enjoy it :-)
be sure to hunt down the tennis game for it btw it was pretty decent.

[carlcarlson]

I was running a little early to pick up my brother at the airport yesterday so I stopped at a Goodwill that was just off the highway. Boy was I surprised to see a CIB 80 gb Playstation 3 for $250 and a CIB Elite 360 for $300. I don't know anything about the PS3, nor do I want one yet, so it would have been to resell. I figured that was a good price, but didn't know for sure, so I passed. The 360, however, looked to be like new, with the sticker over the disc tray, everything packed away in their green bags, and the manuals still sealed up. So I bought it. When I was able to get it home I found that the warranty sticker was gone and the HD had been switched for a 20 gb one. So that sucks. I'm just going to resell it and hopefully make a bit.

I also picked up Fallout 2 in the jewel case. I could have sworn that this game fetched $20+ pretty recently, but when I looked it up it seems that there are sets of 1, 2, and tactics for like $15 new. Is this a recent rerelease or something?

[Cornelius]

I was running a little early to pick up my brother at the airport yesterday so I stopped at a Goodwill that was just off the highway. Boy was I surprised to see a CIB 80 gb Playstation 3 for $250 and a CIB Elite 360 for $300. I don't know anything about the PS3, nor do I want one yet, so it would have been to resell. I figured that was a good price, but didn't know for sure, so I passed. The 360, however, looked to be like new, with the sticker over the disc tray, everything packed away in their green bags, and the manuals still sealed up. So I bought it. When I was able to get it home I found that the warranty sticker was gone and the HD had been switched for a 20 gb one. So that sucks. I'm just going to resell it and hopefully make a bit.

I also picked up Fallout 2 in the jewel case. I could have sworn that this game fetched $20+ pretty recently, but when I looked it up it seems that there are sets of 1, 2, and tactics for like $15 new. Is this a recent rerelease or something?
That would have been a great deal on the ps3, at least around here. Plus you don't hear about them giving out like the 360, so buying used isn't that big of deal. I would have done just the opposite, because I don't know anything about 360 prices.

Are my goodwills the only ones that do silent auctions? It pretty much sucks, because anything 'new' goes in the glass case with a number by it and you have to bid on it in this binder. Stuff like musical instruments, laptops, bins of crap jewelry, etc go in there. It is sometimes funny the stuff they thing is worth something, though. No examples come to mind right now though. They do have a copy of Wii play w/ controller in there right now. The game was down in the bottom of the case where DVDs/games for regular sale are kept, I picked it out (along w/ xbox KOTOR and Wolfenstein), but no price sticker on it. It either fell or some unscrupulous person moved it. I'm sure I could have pushed and gotten it for the $5 ($2.50 after 50% off Toddler Thursday, don't ask me why), but I told the lady that it went with the controller and wii play box and put it back up there.

[carlcarlson]

That would have been a great deal on the ps3, at least around here. Plus you don't hear about them giving out like the 360, so buying used isn't that big of deal. I would have done just the opposite, because I don't know anything about 360 prices.

Are my goodwills the only ones that do silent auctions? It pretty much sucks, because anything 'new' goes in the glass case with a number by it and you have to bid on it in this binder. Stuff like musical instruments, laptops, bins of crap jewelry, etc go in there. It is sometimes funny the stuff they thing is worth something, though. No examples come to mind right now though. They do have a copy of Wii play w/ controller in there right now. The game was down in the bottom of the case where DVDs/games for regular sale are kept, I picked it out (along w/ xbox KOTOR and Wolfenstein), but no price sticker on it. It either fell or some unscrupulous person moved it. I'm sure I could have pushed and gotten it for the $5 ($2.50 after 50% off Toddler Thursday, don't ask me why), but I told the lady that it went with the controller and wii play box and put it back up there.

Yeah, I'm wishing now that I had done the opposite as well. It looks like the HDMI cable is gone as well. I just played the system for about an hour and it works fine, but it's basically a black Premium system with HDMI now. Ah well, I should still be able to get my money back plus some. If that Goodwill wasn't 2 hours away I would just return the 360 and get the PS3 (assuming it's still there).

As for the silent auctions, I've never seen a Goodwill that does that. This one has the glass case, but you just have to ask and someone will open it and you can buy whatever. The Goodwill here in my town doesn't even have that.

This GW that I got the 360 at is the best one I've seen for video games. They always have boxed Genesis games and usually NES, SNES, and Atari games as well. I can almost always find PC games mixed in with the CDs. In fact, yesterday they had Heroes of Might & Magic: Compendium. I didn't buy it because I don't know anything about it, but ebay is only showing one, and it sold for $70 BIN. They also had the original Baldur's Gate for PC with an expansion pack, but I could only find disc 4.

[Dreadstar]

I hit 6 or 8 different goodwills in central Ohio on a regular basis, and none of them do silent auctions that I know of. Only things in the glass cases are jewelry, things that might easily get pocketed, and the occasional perceived-to-be-high-dollar item.

Picked up a Fire (orange) N64 controller today for 4 bucks, mostly because it's the first one I've ever seen in person.

[xtremegamer]

My goodwill here has been getting some good items, I just passed on a cib Rock Band for PS3 for $79.99. Box was beat up and looked like a store return, didn't want to take the chance. Would have of if it was the 360 version.

[thetoxicone]

Are my goodwills the only ones that do silent auctions?

I hear you on the silent auctions, they do them over my way as well and they do put the weirdest crap that they think is worth money up for auction.

[Kevin H]

I hear you on the silent auctions, they do them over my way as well and they do put the weirdest crap that they think is worth money up for auction.

My goodwill doesn't do silent auctions, but the salvation army stores do around here.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I also picked up Fallout 2 in the jewel case. I could have sworn that this game fetched $20+ pretty recently, but when I looked it up it seems that there are sets of 1, 2, and tactics for like $15 new. Is this a recent rerelease or something?

For some reason the game just isn't that popular anymore. I can't even sell the Mac version for more than ten bucks.

[carlcarlson]

For some reason the game just isn't that popular anymore. I can't even sell the Mac version for more than ten bucks.

That's nuts, it's one of the best rpgs I've played, and definitely in the top 5 for pc exclusives. I'm guessing it's value will go up when Fallout 3 comes out, though I guess it doesn't really matter since I'm keeping it anyway.

Do you know anything about Heroes of Might & Magic Compendium? I'm not very knowledgable when it comes to selling PC games.

[Kitsune Sniper]

That's nuts, it's one of the best rpgs I've played, and definitely in the top 5 for pc exclusives. I'm guessing it's value will go up when Fallout 3 comes out, though I guess it doesn't really matter since I'm keeping it anyway.

Do you know anything about Heroes of Might & Magic Compendium? I'm not very knowledgable when it comes to selling PC games.

Again, not that popular. Might and Magic VI had a special edition with all five earlier games in it. I sold a loose copy of it and it didn't go for very much.

Stinkin retro compilations. ;p

[carlcarlson]

Again, not that popular. Might and Magic VI had a special edition with all five earlier games in it. I sold a loose copy of it and it didn't go for very much.

Stinkin retro compilations. ;p

That's what I figured when I saw it. I love me some rpg, but those games have never done it for me so it would have been to resell. I was surprised when the only one I could find on ebay went for $70, so I was second guessing. Was that just a freak auction?

[incubus421]

That's what I figured when I saw it. I love me some rpg, but those games have never done it for me so it would have been to resell. I was surprised when the only one I could find on ebay went for $70, so I was second guessing. Was that just a freak auction?

The reason why the M&M series of games can be found with high auction on ebay is because they are a series of games that are a bit harder to find...but no one has a desire to buy up these games. Sellers do not have much to base their prices on so they jack them up high thinking that they are a rarity to gamers.
I love the M&M and Heroes series and own most of both of them, but no way would I ever pay even $40+ for any game in either series.

[Xexyz]

Well I got another freebie this month (I never get freebies...):

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u160/Xexyz1337/IM000507.jpg

The Xbox and Controller S were the freebies. A buddy of mine has accumulated three Xbox's (all bought new) and decided he didn't need that many, so he gave me this sparsely played one. Less wear and tear is always good in my book. Anyway, I finally spent my $50 Gamestop gift card on Xbox games. All of them were "new", except Metal Slug 3. Gunvalkyrie & Neowave are still sealed.

The PSP game with the poor camera job is Monstger Kingdom: Jewel Summoner. I'm glad I found this new copy, as it seems to have disappeared pretty much everywhere. $38.95 unfortunately, but at least it's sealed.

NES game is Widget (R5) and was a mere $2. Not a bad game really considering the IP. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Widget some sort of Captain Planet-esque save the world from pollution type of show in Europe? Did it ever air in the States?

[InsaneDavid]

NES game is Widget (R5) and was a mere $2. Not a bad game really considering the IP. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Widget some sort of Captain Planet-esque save the world from pollution type of show in Europe? Did it ever air in the States?

Yeah it aired over here in syndication I believe, I remember always being bummed when it would be the only cartoon on Sunday morning at certain times. LOL

[josekortez]

Today I found some good stuff in my hometown:

K-Mart
Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (PS2) - $4.00 (was marked $14.99) B)
Valkryie Profile 2 (PS2) - $12.97 (up for trade)

Thrifts
Brunswick Bowling (PS1, disc & back insert) - $3
Ready 2 Rumble (PS1, disc & back insert) - $3

Anybody have the manuals for the above PS1 games?

TRU
American Civil War (360) - $9.90
FEAR (360) - $9.90
Harvest Moon Wonderful Life Special Edition (PS2) - $9.90 (up for trade)
Lost in Blue 2 (DS) - $9.90
Wi-Fi USB Connector (DS) - $8 (might be up for trade)

[Kitsune Sniper]

I only found two items today:

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/2008-02-23.jpg

Comix Zone is brand new and it cost me $2. I've heard that the game will not work on modern Windows systems... but all I wanted was the soundtrack. :)

Monopoly Party: I wandered to a booth and I saw this on the table. I hung around looking for anything else of value... another customer asked about a bunch of loose PS1 discs, and one of the booth's owners told him they were $3 a pop or two for $5. I approached the other booth owner, who heard the price and said "That's $3", so I grabbed it.

I vaguely remembered the game, and I come home to find it's worth $20 on eBay. Wow. My first Gamecube find in the wild.

[Vectorman0]

I seldom find any good deals in the wild compared to you guys, so I try to make up for it on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260214518219

[thegardentool]

Damn good condition Super Nintendo with RF Adapter and 1 controller for $21 at a pawn shop.

Breath of Fire $14.99 Game X Change
Sunsetriders $14.99 Vintage Stock
Secert of Evermore $14.99 Vintage Stock

[Dreadstar]

Picked up a copy of Super Mario Galaxy today at Goodwill for $14.99.

Also picked up some DC commons (sports titles) for .99 each.

[DigitalSpace]

Got this last night:

Sega Saturn console (loose w/no hookups)

Free from the friend that gave me the Super Scope receiver on Thursday.

[thetoxicone]

Picked up a bunch of stuff yesterday:

Toys R Us

Phoenix Wright (the first one) (x2) - $5 each (one for me and one for a friend if he doesn't already have it.
Lost in Blue 2 - $9.90

Lost used game store:
Knights of the Round (snes) - $9.99
Gunstar Heroes (genesis) - $7.99

Pawn Shop:

Legend of Zelda Nes Classics Gba - $10
Some bootleg 99 in one gba cartridge - $10 (tried to talk the guy down since it was a bootleg but it didn't work, at least it was a bunch of good nes games so I won't complain)

Shopko (they have been clearing out their older games now, they also had a bunch of cheap psp games but I don't have one):

Samurai Western (ps2) - $4
Incredible Hulk (xbox) - $3.50
Rise of the Kasai (ps2) - $3
NBA 06 (ps2) - $2
Corvette/Grabbed by the Ghoulies - $.49
Ford Racing/Project Gotham Racing - $.49
Corvette/Motocross Madness 3 (I believe thats the name) - $.49

[calgon]

some of you guys have amazing luck...

[Cornelius]

some of you guys have amazing luck...
It sure seems that way, but nobody posts about the numerous times that go to a few stores and come back empty handed. I'm guessing the folks with the more frequent posts here make a lot of trips. Well, everyone except Kitsune, who strikes gold every time he turns a corner.

[otaku]

I need to get out and shop more. At work I clearanced a bunch of stuff this week so I bought our last copy of ghosts and goblins for psp for 25 cents. :)

Also not sure if this is a great deal or not but I may be buying a brand new DC system with two extra controls, vmu, keyboard and 400 games (mostly backups) for $250 good deal?

[Dreadstar]

some of you guys have amazing luck...
Obi-Wan said it best:

"In my experience, there's no such thing as luck."

A lot of it is persistence/experience.

[cyberfluxor]

It sure seems that way, but nobody posts about the numerous times that go to a few stores and come back empty handed. I'm guessing the folks with the more frequent posts here make a lot of trips. Well, everyone except Kitsune, who strikes gold every time he turns a corner.

This is generally true.

Some of us happen to travel around looking for more than just games so it's a bonus when they're found. Up til not long ago I'd go out every few weeks (*caugh* payday) I go around this area stopping at over a dozen spots, sometimes with a couple of friends. We'll split stuff up according to what others really want but if it's a thrift store find, more than likely records, speakers, boomboxes, and various electronic goods are on the mind. Actually a friend picked up a reel-to-reel player at Guitar Center yesterday in addition to some JBL desk speakers for $5 each because otherwise they'd be in the trash (just weren't selling). But yes, generally good finds are from a collection of multiple places if not one good digging site.

Oh, and rarely do I use eBay and buy online as it's more for specialty stuff (ie. imports) that just don't show up around here often enough. There's another JPN bulk import of Saturn games on the way here now which I'm very anxious to get. :D
(obviously where I decided to spend my game $$$ this month)

[InsaneDavid]

It sure seems that way, but nobody posts about the numerous times that go to a few stores and come back empty handed.

Yup, or the frequent anal raping that we get over stuff like a copy of Pac-Man for the Atari 800XL. Hell, two weeks ago I almost got into a fist fight with an elderly couple at the flea market. I swear they were trying everything to instigate a big conflict after I politely told them that their black brick Game Boy wasn't worth $10.00 and had severe acid damage.

[Kitsune Sniper]

It sure seems that way, but nobody posts about the numerous times that go to a few stores and come back empty handed. I'm guessing the folks with the more frequent posts here make a lot of trips. Well, everyone except Kitsune, who strikes gold every time he turns a corner.

... Great, I -AM- the forum's little in-joke. :P

I'm jealous of people like thetoxicone - they live in areas where games like those are clearanced out at rock bottom prices. Down here local game shop owners buy the games and resell them at insane prices.

... Of course, I do that as well, but I only do it when I know there's profit to be had and at least I'm not a dick about it. I don't sell a game that has a 14.99 MSRP for $45 because it has three games in it (that was the case with Art of Fighting Anthology... freakin' local stores are run by scammers.) :P

[mills]

I need to get out and shop more. At work I clearanced a bunch of stuff this week so I bought our last copy of ghosts and goblins for psp for 25 cents. :)

Also not sure if this is a great deal or not but I may be buying a brand new DC system with two extra controls, vmu, keyboard and 400 games (mostly backups) for $250 good deal?

I'm not sure, new DC systems go for less than 100 dollars usually, and BACKUPS are not worth the CD they are printed on, don't pay for backups.

[darkhades]

Goodwill finds:

Space Quest III (complete) $2.99
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Players guide, $.99

The Superstore in my area had a tax free day on games, so I picked up a few titles.

Jeanne D'Arc $21.98
Capcom Classics Collection Remixed $14.98
Professor Layton $29.98

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/darkhades27/Game%20finds/find-8.jpg

[coreys429]

I found an Odyssey 300 at a garage sale for $.50

[thetoxicone]

I'm jealous of people like thetoxicone - they live in areas where games like those are clearanced out at rock bottom prices. Down here local game shop owners buy the games and resell them at insane prices.


Feel free to move to the midwest, I'm sure many of the cities here could handle a few more people. On the clearance items, I figure its a combination of less people here buying games and lazy employees that don't mark down prices thus allowing me the chance to keep my eye on cheapassgamer and going to those stores at my leisure.

Edit: I forgot to add also the fact that I'm willing to annoy employees and have them scan a bunch of stuff to check prices

[ScourDX]

Stuff I got over the weekend

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8896/cimg4458cj0.jpg

Rezel Cross & Princess Crown for $20 each
Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall for $10. The Daggerfall game comes with free Elder Scrolls: Arena. Score!

[Nate Nanjo]

I picked up Gradius 3 and 4 on PS2 for $5.

[DigitalSpace]

GBA:
Mario vs. Donkey Kong box - free

Given to me by another friend. It was somewhat crushed and beat up around the edges, but I got it back in decent shape. This makes Mario vs. DK the only boxed GBA game I own (everything else is either loose or complete).

[fairyland]

Slim PS2 with memory card and plugs. $10 (works)
GBA-SP with Brother Bear and plug $5 (works, but I am not sure if it's a bright SP or older dull one)
NES Little Mermaid in box, Zelda 1, Castlevania 1, Power Glove In Box, Sega CD's Tomcat Alley. All for $10 together.
GBC Azura Dreams $5
Syberia II $8
Ikaruga $15
Some PSX Card Game for $2 (budget line game)

Lots of records, cds (anime and normal) and DVDs as well, but I won't bore people with those details.

Had a great day shopping and getting bargains and rarities!

It seems if you want the good stuff, you need to hit the flea market early when people are still setting up!