May 2008 Finds

[ScourDX]

Nice pickup with MP3. I tried to find a copy but everywhere was sold out around me :(

Where do you live? Richmond is where I got mine from.

[jcalder8]

Where do you live? Richmond is where I got mine from.
I live in Victoria. I called all the stores around me and they were all sold out, one guy said that he bought the last copy that morning :(

[ice1605]

Went to a garage sale today (no exam today, AP Chem FTW), found this, completely unexpected.

NTSC-J PS1 - $10
All of the games are NTSC-J, I translated the titles into Romaji, if there is a different name, I don't know it (this is my first Playstation), sorry.
25 cents each:
Bushido Blade 2
Eagaitsu (Ehrgeiz)
Power League
Pachinko Suteeshon: Monsutaahausu Supesharu (Pachinko Station: Monster House Special)
Rabu Geemuu Waiwai Tenisu (Love Game: ?(Waiwai) Tennis)
V Rarii (V Rally)
Motoreesaa 2 (Moto Racer 2)
Minna no GOLF (Everyone's Golf)
Akuchyaa Gorufu (Actua Golf)

[NES_Rules]

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Absolutely Complete Green Hose Game & Watch - Manual, Styrofoam, warnings, even the little stickers to seal the battery compartment to keep babies from eating them - it's all there and in excellent shape.
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DK Jamz - DKC Soundtrack - CIB
Mario Kart 64
Driver 2 - case, manual, Disc 2
Splinter Cell - case, manual
GTA: VC - case only
Ape Escape Demo - CIB
Playstation Magazine Demo Issue #68
Metal Gear Sold disc 1
Mortal Kombat 4 GH box, manual
Syphon Filter 2 disc #1
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 box, manual
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 box, manual
WWF Warzone box, manual
Itchy & Scratchy Comics #3
Simpsons Comics $25
Simpsons Illustrated Summer '91
Beavis & Butthead Comic - Special Summer Fun Issue
Grand total: $5.

[Amnion-Chorion]

Got a few things in the mail today:

Adventures of Darwin (PS2, CIB)
Animal Crossing (DS, CIB)
Fallout (PC, CIB)

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Stopped at a church bazaar today. I usually find something while I am there. Today I picked up a few things:

2 Quiz Wiz systems
Book 1 - General Knowledge (2)
Book 6 - Famous People
Book 9 - Team NFL
Book 14 - Computers & Games
Book 30 - Monster Mania
Book 32 - Nintendo Trivia
Book 40 - Box Office Hits
Book 44 - Soap Operas
Book 45 - Music Videos - No question book

NES Toaster w/RF and AC adapters
Square controller
Dogbone controller
NES Max Controller
Gray Zapper

Gameboy Advance case

Shenmue Discs 1, 3, and Passport for DC

Namco Museum Vol 1 disc only for PS1

Gran Turismo 3 A-spec disc and box only for PS2

Mad Catz N64 controller

9 of the clear/white plastic cart boxes embossed in red with 'Nintendo 64'

I also grabbed 9 VHS tapes for the grandkids.

All of this for a grand total of $30.

JY

[thetoxicone]

Went to K-mart and bought a few clearance titles:

MLB Power Pros (PS2) - $5
Underground Pool (DS) - $3
Monster Bomber (DS) - $3

so total came to $11.77 and I ended up paying with the only money I had on me (a $20 bill) and when I got home and checked my wallet it turned out the clerk gave me 2-$5 dollar bills and 3-$1 bills for the paper portion of my change. So I guess it all ended up costed my $6.77 instead of $11.77 since I got an extra $5 back with my change.

[coreys429]

Today's Finds: Driver 2 for PS1: $3, $10 for a misc. box of video game stuff including: Dreamcast with 5 controllers, a fishing controller, Pelican Phaser Gun, Playstation 1 with a controller, and memory card, 3 PS2 controllers, misc. Av cords, and a Mulitap. Then yesterday I traded Mario All Stars for SNES for Donkey Kong 2, Bionic Commando, and Excitebike.

[namzep]

I had to get out and buy a new cellphone charger ($30 for a new one for a phone that is less than 6 months old, talk about some major bullshit). Anyway, stopped by my local Hastings and picked up a couple of used games from their buy 1 get one for a penny sale:

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[DigitalSpace]

Here's what I got this afternoon:

NES:
Code Name Viper (cart only) - $2.50
Laser Invasion (cart only, R5) - $2.50

PlayStation:
Star Wars Demolition (complete) - $2.50
This puts me at 80 PlayStation games. :)

Dreamcast:
Metropolis Street Racer (complete) - $2.50

Game Boy Color:
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey (cart only) - $3.74

SNES Controller (first party, loose) - $2.99

The Ultimate Game Trivia Book Volume 1 - free
From the makers of PSW Magazine. Features 501 gaming facts.

[incubus421]

passed on some ridiculous priced systems today:
Genesis with 10 games ($75)
beat up NES ($40)
N64 with rugreats game ($35)

I did manage to get away with a few decent items today at garage sales though:
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- Mario ball = free
- Wii sports mini-game = free
- bag of assorted pokemon cards = $.25
- the four cart games = $10.00 (ms.pac man, battletoads, tiny toons, monopoly

[Atarian75]

Went out to search the rummage sales this morning. Thought it was gonna be a bust, but I managed to make one find.

Sega Saturn system w/ 2 controllers and no hookups

Madden 97 (complete)
Madden 98 (complete) I actually didn't have this one yet
NHL 97 (complete)
Virtua Cop 2 (complete)

1 crappy third party PSX controller

Resident Evil 2 (complete)
Metal Gear Solid (complete)

$5 for everything.

-Atarian75

[jeffg]

Not a bad morning today:

Pikmin 2 complete $8.95
Platinum Wavebird $10
New Tetris N64 cart only $2
Starfox 64 cart only $2
Donkey Kong Country 2 cart only $4

Marvel vs Capcom 2 for DC disc only $2 (scratched up and freezes after selecting characters :(

Then my good find
All PS1 games with cases and front covers for manuals but no manual guts, (ex-rentals), $10 each
Intelligent Qube
Tactics Ogre
Ogre Battle
Castlevania SOTN
Final Fantasy Tactics Black Label
Tales of Destiny II
Legend of Mana
Dragon Warrior VII
Breath of Fire IV

hopefully going to meet up for a trade Gran Turismo 5 and Call of Duty 3 for SNES with about 13 games (metal warriors, super punchout, rock & roll racing, bust A move are the best ones)

[Kitsune Sniper]

Not a bad morning today:

Pikmin 2 complete $8.95
Platinum Wavebird $10
New Tetris N64 cart only $2
Starfox 64 cart only $2
Donkey Kong Country 2 cart only $4

Marvel vs Capcom 2 for DC disc only $2 (scratched up and freezes after selecting characters :(

Then my good find
All PS1 games with cases and front covers for manuals but no manual guts, (ex-rentals), $10 each
Intelligent Qube
Tactics Ogre
Ogre Battle
Castlevania SOTN
Final Fantasy Tactics Black Label
Tales of Destiny II
Legend of Mana
Dragon Warrior VII
Breath of Fire IV

hopefully going to meet up for a trade Gran Turismo 5 and Call of Duty 3 for SNES with about 13 games (metal warriors, super punchout, rock & roll racing, bust A move are the best ones)

Jeff, I have a spare SOTN manual if you want to trade for it. It's the original version, not GH. :)

[FOnewearl]

Only went to about a dozen sales this weekend. First sale I went to had "Sega Game With Games" advertised. I probably got to the sale about 5 minutes after it started and when I asked about games they mentioned the Sega being sold which somebody must have bought well before the sale started as it was long gone.

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NES (Lid Broken Off)
AC Adaptor
1st Party Controller
Ice Hockey
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 2 (hair stuck to it yummy!)
Tetris

$2

I asked about video games at a sale and they had this NES stuff, it wasen't actually put out for sale but it was under a bench which had abunch of books they were selling. The girl said she didn't think it worked hence the reason why it wasen't put out with a price but they wanted to get rid of it when I asked. I offered $2 for it. I'm just glad that this NES is missing the RF Adaptor (instead of power) as it seems as if most NES systems I find at yardsales are missing the power adaptor or even have some makeshift power adaptor that acts up if it does work with an NES.

I forgot to take a picture of it but I also got a Sonic The Hedgehog plush at one sale marked $1 offered .25 which was taken.

I also left my name and number with a guy that said he had a NES. One thing that kind of scared me is that he asked me how much I'd be willing to pay for it without telling me anything about it. I said I don't know and it would depend on how many games it had with it which he said it had about 25 games.

[KeyserSoze61]

Picked up a few things at the flea market today:

As my brother put it, I got an AFG: Another fucking Genesis. I now have a High Def Graphics oldtimer model 1, a model 2 heavyweight with a 32x and CD, a model 3 featherweight, and a Nomad...
Spent $10 on this misc. box (replaced a few loose carts with complete ones... (Road Rash 2, SOR2, Street Fighters, etc.)
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Then I picked up:
Complete copies of Eric the Unready and Loom for $3 total (Are these worth anything? They are as mint and complete as I've ever seen anything. Even if they're not worth much, they are nice additions to my collection)
Starship Titanic for $1
Bioshock and Gears of War game guides for $5 total
10 CR2032s for $5
and a USB numeric keypad for $8 when I'm doing Econometrics HW on my laptop.
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Overall, not a bad day. Passed on a few beat up Colecovisions and overpriced Commodore 64 stuff.

[namzep]

A few pickups today:

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The Gamecube & PS2 game were from a member on this forum. The four Genesis & one NES game (all complete) were found at two of the resale shops around town. I paid almost $30 for the five of them, which is definitely too high, but I never find anything good around here so I have to jump on it when I get the chance. I also picked up 50 issues of PSM for $12.50. Quite possibly the best day I've ever had locally.

[Press_Start]

Saw an ad for Albert Odyssey (complete) selling for $20 along with a few other games. When I got there, they were sold out. :(

On my way back, I stopped by Kmart going on a gut feeling (NOT GAS!). I immediately went to the electronics section and my gut was right.

Tales of the Abyss PS2 (new) $4.99
Tales of Phantasia GBA (new) $4.99
Final Fantasy V Advanced (new) $4.99

Feeling like I was on a streak, I stopped by usual hunting grounds and found a Genesis collection just came in and bought these from him for 2.99 each.

Ghostbusters Genesis (cart only)
Vectorman 2 Genesis (cart only)
Ranger X Genesis (complete)
Spiderman Genesis (complete)
Tiny Toons Adventure Buster's Hidden Treasure (complete)

All in all, what started out poor, ended up quite decent. Be sure check all local Kmarts for games they have on sale.

[Kuros]

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Not all that much today, barely anything gaming related, however, some good deals otherwise.

Ihome 2go player - $15

The place where I got this from smelled of weed. XD
Still a great deal though, these retail for 60-70 bucks.

Xbox 360 HD-DVD player - $12 + tax

On clearance from Kmart

Clayfighter Sculptors Cut - $6

More than what I would pay otherwise, however, this is a tough game to find for the N64, so I sucked it up and paid the price.

[willowmoon93]

Some decent finds today:

Some Commodore 64 games, complete in box, $1 each (thrift store)

* 50 Mission Crush (SSI)
* Destroyer (EPYX)
* Empire (Interstel)
* Kampfgruppe (SSI)
* Ocean Ranger (Activision)
* Ogre (Origin)
* Reach for the Stars (SSG)
* Red Storm Rising (Micro Prose)
* Shiloh - Grant's Trial in the West (SSI)
* Starflight (Electronic Arts)
* Sub Battle Simulator (EPYX)

The rest are garage sale finds, all complete:

PSX- Final Fantasy Tactics $2
- Castlevania Symphony of the Night (GH) $3
- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter $8
- Crash Bash $1
PS2- Gran Turismo 4 $2

Definitely a good day for me.

[NES_Rules]

10 CR2032s for $5


In case you haven't found out already those batteries suck. I bought some a while back, same packaging as what you've got. Popped them in some VMUs and they lasted about a day of non-use before they were dead. My dad put one is his watch, it lasted about 5 minutes.

[thetoxicone]

found an nes and 11 games for $5, only decent title was Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Glad to find the system though since my wife has been looking for one to send to one of her friends stationed in korea since he asked my wife to find one with tecmo super bowl for him since he knew I was big into games. I had an extra tecmo super bowl but I hadn't found a cheap extra nes for months and was about ready to buy a cheap clone to send his way.

[weirdguy]

Then I picked up:
Complete copies of Eric the Unready and Loom for $3 total (Are these worth anything? They are as mint and complete as I've ever seen anything. Even if they're not worth much, they are nice additions to my collection)

A sealed Loom once sold for over 600$ on ebay. I sold a complete one like yours for around 80$ last year.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Old Legend Entertainment games are also worth quite a bit. I've sold copies of 'em for $20 at least... I've never sold a copy of Eric The Unready, though.

[KeyserSoze61]

Cool, good to hear that about the adventure games; Eric the Unready is one of my all time favorite PC games, so that is staying put. I may be tempted to sell Loom to a more appreciative collector though.

As far as the CR2032s go, I guess I should have figured. I bought some from the same woman last year, and they were short lived...I figured I would try these as they were a different brand.

[nintendan]

Here are games for the Arcadia 2001 (or Leisure-Vision in Canada)...

Baseball (complete), R2 - $5
Capture (complete), R3 - $5
Cat Trax (complete), R2 - $5
Hobo (complete), R? - ??$$??
Ocean Battle (complete), R5 - $10
R2D Tank (complete), RUMOR MILL - ??$$??
Red Clash (complete), R7 - $35
Robot Killer (complete), R? - ??$$??
Route 16 (complete), RUMOR MILL - ??$$??
Soccer (complete), R5 - $5
Space Attack (complete), R2 - $5
Space Vultures (complete), R5 - $10
Spiders (complete), R8 - $35
Super Gobbler (complete), R? - ??$$??
Turtles/Turpin (complete), R? - ??$$??

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[thetoxicone]

Couple rental store purchases (both complete and in surprising great condition since they are previous rentals):

Manhunt 2 PS2 - 9.99
Blood will tell PS2 - 9.99

and on a side note I checked the tecmo bowl that came with my nes purchase from the morning and it was the version with Eric Dickerson and not Albert Bentley so that makes me happy since I only had the version with Bentley and wanted the Dickerson version.

[Atari 5200]

Picked up ANOTHER outlaw golf 9 more holes as well as the prequel. Also picked up the only porno game for the xbox and a demo cd for playstation that has "best buy" on it as well as a boxing game for playstation. Everything $1 except the porn.
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[RadiantSvgun]

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River City Ransom- $1.00

This is going up in my for sale thread. Its going to be part of lot #2.

[WSUCougars]

Some decent finds today:

Some Commodore 64 games, complete in box, $1 each (thrift store)

* Kampfgruppe (SSI)
* Shiloh - Grant's Trial in the West (SSI)


^ Nice find. These 2 SSI strategy titles are a LOT of fun (if you have a C64 to play them on). Spent many hours with these way back when!

[snes_collector]

DKC 2(loose)
Super Mario World(loose)
SMB/Duck Hunt(loose w/ slip cover)
NES controller
SMB 3 manual
Yoshi's Island players guide

-$5 for the lot

[Porksta]

Picked up ANOTHER outlaw golf 9 more holes as well as the prequel. Also picked up the only porno game for the xbox and a demo cd for playstation that has "best buy" on it as well as a boxing game for playstation. Everything $1 except the porn.

So how much did you buy The Guy Game for?

[DKTheArcadeRat]

So how much did you buy The Guy Game for?

Aren't Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude and the Playboy game available for Xbox as well?

[Atari 5200]

Aren't Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude and the Playboy game available for Xbox as well?

What I said was an exaggeration.

[Porksta]

What I said was an exaggeration.


8) :)

[BydoEmpire]

Went back to College Park Video's closing sale yesterday and got a few more $5 carts. They're all in generic "video store" boxes with the game box cut out and stuck inside the label. No instructions unless otherwise noted.

MegaMan 4 (nes)
MegaMan 5 (nes)
Donkey Kong Classics (nes)
Kirby's Dream Course (snes, instructions)
Illusion of Gaia (snes, instructions and map)

Megaman 5 is going for $20+ loose, so I thought they were a pretty good deal.

[phreakindee]

O_O oops

[namzep]

Um, wrong thread. You want May 2009, not 2008.