July 2008 Finds

[nintendan]

My finds for today:

Value Village
Breath of Fire 4 Official Prima Strategy Guide $0.99 cents
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams Official BradyGames Strategy Guide $0.99 cents

Pawn Store
Quake 4 (Xbox 360, complete) $15
Crackdown (Xbox 360, complete) $15
Project Gotham Racing (Xbox 360, complete) $15
Pathfinder: Unrated (DVD movie) $5

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9504/findsxg3.jpg

Dan

[darkhades]

Found a some nice N64 items at a Garage sale this morning. $35 for everything.

N64 system with all hookups, and 2 controllers.
3 memory cards
Mario Golf (CIB)
Twisted Edge Snowboarding (CIB)
Super Mario 64
Mario Kart 64
Zelda: OOT
Perfect Dark
Bass Master 64
Tony Hawk 2
Mortal Kombat Troligy
Goldeneye
Top Gear Rally 2
Killer Instinct Gold
Castlevania

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/darkhades27/Game%20finds/dp4.jpg

[modest9797]

Blockbuster Buy 1 Get 1 Free sale.

Picked up-
Rockstar Presents: Table Tennis
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Flatout 2
Mortal Kombat: Armagodaadads (Whatever, cant remember)
Rainbow Six: Critical Hour

and my favorite of the bunch RESIDENT EVIL 0!

[NayusDante]

After finding Hot Slots last week, which you can see here:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1396054&postcount=69
I didn't think I would find anything too cool anytime soon, but this find here isn't too bad:

http://www3.telus.net/krbrunn/images/finds/wonderswan.jpg

WonderSwan + Case + 5 games for the fine price of $9.99. I love the pink color of it, it looks so rad. I've always wanted a WonderSwan, so this was nice to see. Going to have to make heavy use of FAQs to play these games though, as I totally cannot read any japanese.

Wow.... Not very often that I see ANY import stuff outside flea-market game dealers. That's one amazing find!

[Kyle15]

My family and I went to Kentucky to visit Grandma this past week.
There was some great stuff that I was able to snag on the trip!

-Guilty Gear X [PS2] (complete) $12.99
-Naruto: Narutimett Portable [PSP Japanese] (complete) $29.99
-Virtua Fighter Kids [Saturn] (complete) $2.50
-Guilty Gear Isuka [PS2] (complete) $9.99
-Psychonauts [PS2] (complete) FREE with Guilty Gear Isuka at Blockbuster
-Fuuin no Kojirou Vol.1 (Japanese VHS OVA, complete, circa 1989) $6.99
-Dreamcast controller (loose, mint) $2.11

These are some great finds, but I think the best came from the peddler's mall in Louisville.
It is a nice condition Game Gear, and includes all of the manuals, Sonic, the car charger, and a beat-up carrying case.
The grand total for this find was only..........

$12.50! :D

I also bought Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Vol.1 at Best Buy today.
It came to 16-something with my coupon. :)
(I would have bought the special version, but the "soundtrack" turned out to be the single CD of the theme song.)

[calgon]

lemmings for snes - 3.50. Been dry here for a while...

[NES_Rules]

AMAZING day of garage sales yesterday.

For $5 (they wanted $10)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9742.jpg

$2 each:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9740.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9739.jpg
Quarterback 99 is like new and was $1. The Mario was $0.25 and Carrier was $0.50.

$2 total:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9741.jpg

$10 total:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9743.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9744.jpg
The PS1 games were marked $1 each, PC games were $0.50 each. They wouldn't take $5 for them all.

And the best part (best find of the year for me):
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9745.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9746.jpg
They were asking $15, but I got it for $10.

[cyberfluxor]

They were asking $15, but I got it for $10.

Wow. I would have just paid the $15 and ran with it. Was it at the same place as the other finds? If so I'd find it odd they wanted less for that large set than the other more common stuff.

[garagesaleking!!]

that tg16 stuff is sweet find,

i have never in my life ever seen any form of a turbografx system near me in the wild,

how common are they to find?

[Nate Nanjo]

I picked up the following at Toys R Us.
Picross 7.98
NFL Head Coach - $4.00
Gamecube 251 Memory Card $4.00
NHL 07 - $4.00
Raw Danger - $4.00
Hot Shots Tennis - $4.00

I also had a $5 off coupon, so I paid $25 and some change for all of it.

[garagesaleking!!]

is devils crush the best game in there?

[NES_Rules]

Wow. I would have just paid the $15 and ran with it. Was it at the same place as the other finds? If so I'd find it odd they wanted less for that large set than the other more common stuff.
I know $15 was an amazing price, I just have to see if I can do better. Since I don't have as much time as I'd like to play games, I get my fun from haggling with people. The TG16 stuff was all from one sale, everything else was from other sales.

that tg16 stuff is sweet find,

i have never in my life ever seen any form of a turbografx system near me in the wild,

how common are they to find?
The only other time I've seen TG stuff was a loose HuCard at the flea market for something like $20. So I guess they're pretty damn hard to find in the wild.
Almost everything I got is right around an R3, with a few closer to R6 and only one R1.

[Smashed Brother]

Recently picked up:

Pinball Hall of Fame - Williams Collection (PS2)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Xbox)
Legend of Zelda - Phantom Hourglass (DS)

All free, for the recent bday :)

[evil_genius]

Found 4 of these semi hard to find guides at a local game store. They're for sale if anybody is interested.
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/3741/p1010004vb3.jpg

[FOnewearl]

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Misc PC Game Manuals & Papers
Some Random Map (I think it goes to one of the Ultima games says Britannia at the bottom)
Lunar Silver Star Story Complete Map
Dino Crisis Demo Disc
Hogs of War (Disc Only)

Free

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Super Game Boy

Zelda Oracle of Seasons
Zelda Oracle of Ages

Mega Man X5 (Disc Only)
Lunar Silver Star Story Complete (Only the front part of the case with Making of & Soundtrack Discs)
Galerians (No Manual)
Parasite Eve II (Complete with Brady Games guide also)
Metal Gear Solid (Missing manual but came with Millenium guide also)

Mortal Kombat Deception (Disc Only)

Guides

Super Mario 64 (Brady Games)
Secret of Mana (Prima)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of The Seven Stars (Brady Games)
Official Mortal Kombat 3 Fighter's Kompanion (Brady Games)
Dino Crisis (Dimension Publishing)
Dark Cloud 2 (Prima)
.hack//Infection (Brady Games)
Dino Crisis 2 (Prima)
Mortal Kombat Super Book Collecto's Limited Edition (Brady Games)
Lunar Silver Story Complete (Working Designs?)

$20

Sorry about the first picture being worse then usual, I didn't notice this until I looked at the picture on my computer. All of this stuff came from one yardsale the first four items I grabbed on my way out as it was in a free box at the end of the drive way. This sale advertised "video games" and they started advertising this Friday & Saturday sale in the paper on Friday, instead of Thurday like most sales starting on a Friday do. I went around my town and found nothing at about 7 sales then got to this sale that was the next town over at about 8:30-8:45. I remember buying some newer & older video games at this same house I think back in 2005 including a bag with about a dozen NES games that was marked $3. Everything had prices and had a name on it one of which was a kid that was helping out with running the sale and another which was probably his brother. The total came up to $24 and I offered $20 which was taken. The most expensive IAP was Parasite Eve II with guide ($5) followed by Metal Gear Solid with Guide ($3), Parasite Eve II seemed rather expensive for a Playstation game at a yardsale nowadays but considering what it was and some of the other good stuff for cheap I also got it worked out well. The Super Game Boy was marked .50 others were a buck or two and the guides .50 for the older ones & $1 for newer. I had to do a double take when I walked up saw the box with guides first noticing the Lunar guide. Even though some of these guide are rather rough (the Secret of Mana guide is missing the back cover and probably a few of the last pages for example) I was still happy to find them at prices like these.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2258/yardsale71108agg7.th.jpg (http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yardsale71108agg7.jpg)

Clear GameBoy (Missing Battery Cover - $1.50

This was actually a Thursday sale that advertised video games, DVDs & VHS tapes. I was hoping it might even be a ton of stuff from an old rental store which it wasen't. I got to it when it started and they were still setting up the tables with nothing out yet about 5 minutes before starting time. The games were PS2, Xbox & GameCube. Not much and it was pretty bad IIRC every PS2 game was a sports game and Bloodrayne for the Xbox was probably the best out of all of the games, everything was marked $5 IIRC. I asked about old video games and the lady had the one middle school aged kid go in and ask about a SNES only to have him come back out to say that his brother sold it. The GameBoy was marked $5 I offered a dollar which was countered with $2 and they agree when I said countered back with $1.50.

Shadow of The Colossus (GH) (Complete) - $3
Neverwinter Nights (PC) (Complete?) - $1

Found these still around yesterday (Saturday) at a Friday & Saturday sale shortly after it started. I'm pretty sure that Neverwinter Nights is complete has it had a manual, map & 3 CDs and Shadow of The Colossus was in mint condition which is a nice change of pace for a disc game at a yardsale.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1184/yardsale71108bxc1.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yardsale71108bxc1.jpg)

Misc Mario Toys
Sonic The Hedghog 3 Tiger Handheld
Castlevania Symphony of The Night Tiger Handheld
GameBoy Advance (Artic) With Interact AC Adaptor
Crash Bandicoot The Huge Adventure (GBA)
Side Pocket (GB)
N64 GameShark

SNES Games

Aerobiz
Gradius III
Mortal Kombat II
Super Mario World
World Heroes 2

NES With RF & Power Adaptors with 3 1st party controllers

NES Games

Adventures of Dino-Riki
Batman
Breakthru
Deja Vu
Dick Tracy
Dr Mario
Faxanadu
Kung Fu
Legend of Zelda, The
Little Mermaid, The
Metroid
Monopoly
Mystery Quest
NES Play Action Football
Nintendo World Cup
North And South
Overlord
Remote Control
Rocketeer, The
Spider-Man Return of The Sinister Six
Spot The Video Game
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Pitfall
Tetris 2
Tiny Toon Adventures
Yoshi

$25

This stuff all came from a sale that advertised video games that started at 7:30 but I didn't make it to this sale until about 9 as I went around to a few sales around my town before heading out to this one. The Mario Toys & Handheld stuff was all sitting out they also had a few PS2 games & a GameCube with a few games that I passed on. I asked about older video games and they said that they had NES & SNES stuff and brought out all of the NES games along with about 25-30 SNES games and the N64 GameShark which was mixed in with the NES games. After I looked it over they asked me if I was interested in any of the games to which I said I would be interested in all of them and they ended up taking a few of the SNES games back that they decided that they still wanted after bringing them all out lol They took out Aladin, DKC 1 & 2 a double of Super Mario World and maybe a Mortal Kombat or two out so they ended up taking pretty much most of the games worth playing but nothing rare just a few rememberable games that were common for SNES games. The lady counted the games and said how about $35. I grabbed the 5 SNES games and offered $20 for those and all of the NES stuff which they agreed on. Everything actually came up to $26.50 but they said that $25 even would work and even considered it as if they were just giving me the NES as the lady said she didn't know if it worked and didn't feel right selling it as at first as they just brought out the games and when I asked about systems the lady was nice enough to go back in and round up the NES.

This sale was kind of funny as they asked the younger kid (probably about 12) about selling the games a few times as if they wouldn't sell it if he was interested in playing them still but he didn't mind seeing them go and didn't seem to care much for something as old as NES games anymore, it sounded like he had an N64 which he must still play sometimes as they didn't bring it out or offer to. Another guy that seemed like an older brother that was probably about 20 which came out when they brought out the Nintendo stuff said ?your selling the old Nintendo? as if he almost couldn't believe they were getting rid of it and mentioned something about Zelda as if he remembered how good it was and even said something at one point about how hard it is to find these games as if he was lightly trying to discourage them from selling the games. He was actually the one that pulled Aladdin aside as he said he liked it and remembered beating it and wanted to play it again.

Flea Market 7-13-08

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3170/fleamarket71308yd6.th.jpg (http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fleamarket71308yd6.jpg)

Tommy LaSorda Baseball (CIB) - $1 (IAP)

Sonic Spinball (CIB)
Starflight (Boxed)
Mystic Defender (CIB)

$3 (IAP was a buck each)

Pokemon Yellow Edition: Special Pikachu Edition - $3

IAP $5 took $3

Batman Returns (NES)
F-Zero
Tetris (GameBoy)
Sega 6 Button Arcade Stick

$7

Picked these four items out guy asked $10 countered with $7 which was taken.

2 Pictures of Curt Henning from back in the AWA, One of him and another of him with his dad (Larry "The Axe" Henning) - .50

Not video game related but an unusal and neat find for anyone that is a wrestling fan. I saw this in a box of junk and realized who it was. As I was looking at it the seller mentioned that it was Mr Perfect and it was rather obvious to me looking at him (and the AWA logo in the backround) that it was a picture(s) of him from back sometime in the 80s. I was just kind of just looking at it and not really thinking about buying it but when the guy said I could have it for .50 I didn't see why not.

[incubus421]

Not too bad of a week...even with not having the time to hunt at Garage sales, pawn shops, etc.

- Chocobo Racing (PS1) = $21.82 from ebay, not a bad price...it sometimes goes for lower on ebay, but I've been wanting this game for so long.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=170236404701

- Wii Sports = $7.64 (GameStop)

- Final Fantasy IV Advance (box and manual only; mint) = FREE from a friend

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Found some PC games at Goodwill today, although I don't have a windows machine to run them on right now... King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow and Sim City 2000 (Scholastic Clubs and Fairs Edition). Games appear to be CIB in jewel cases... and were $2.99 each.

[coreys429]

So....today was a very hot day to drive. I was driving down the river of Oregon for a find that was worthy. I saw it on craigslist, last week. The guy said make offer. I offered him $50 for the system. He took $40 when I got there because I needed gas money to get home. I guess your wondering what I have. Well, Magnavox Odyssey 1, with carry case, overlays, instructions, its a run 2 but still for $40 not bad. I will be posting pictures of it soon.

[Atari 5200]

A day of sequels...

Sega Smash Pack 2 for the PC
Shenmue 2
Pikimin 2

[darkhades]

Some finds today

Goodwill: (.99 cents each)

x2 Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Pin Bot (NES)
Soinc 2 & Tails (Gamegear)
Virtua Fighter animated (Gamegear)
Sonic Blast (Gamegear)
Power Rangers (Gamegear)
Super Columns (Gamegear)
Wing Commander IV (PS1)

Pawn Shop:

GTA IV (CIB, Xbox 360, $30)
Overloard (CIB, Xbox 360, $15)

Blockbuster

Mass Effect (New, Xbox 360, $29.99)

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/darkhades27/Game%20finds/dp5.jpg

[Simply Dave]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/SimplyDave/100_5858.jpg

Today's haul from the flea market and pawn shops:

Playstation 1 Long Box Games....all 4 games for $15.00

Tekken
Street Fighter Alpha Warriors Dreams
Road and Track Need For Speed
Descent


Nintendo 64 system with 11 games $30.00
Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes $7.50
Half-Life $7.50
Streets of Rage 3 Sega Genesis Complete $3.00!!
Earnest Evans Sega Genesis $3.00
Alex Kidd in Miracle World SMS $4.00
Golvellius SMS $4.00
Math Blaster Episode 1 Complete $4.00
Sonic & Knuckles Genesis $3.00
3 Atari 2600 controllers $5.00
Ogre Battle 64 N64 $20.00 (way more than I usually pay for a used game but I've wanted this one for awhile and the price isn't THAT unreasonable)
Fire Emblem Sacred Stones GBA Brand NEW x2 $14.99 each


And 2 games from Gamestop on my way home:

The World Ends With You
Etrian Odyssey 2

[Simply Dave]

Also, major props to the guy with the Turbo Grafx haul. That's a deal worth bragging about.

[NayusDante]

Is Golvellius any good? My local Play N Trade has a copy in great condition for $5...

[Simply Dave]

Yeah, actually it's one of the hidden gems on the SMS. For 5 bucks, I'd pick it up promptly.

[josekortez]

Damn, since I am too broke to hit up the garage sales right now, I'm going to live vicariously through NES_Rules!!! You gotta love a haggler. Man, that took balls.

I did find a mint copy of Pro Sports Fishing for Xbox for $5.99 today. Stupid Gamestop guy used credit from my Edge card, but the idiot failed to scan it so I could save the 59 cents!

Gosh, I hate Gamestop.

[Kuros]

Very little this weekend, so no pic:

Zelda: The Minish Cap - $5
Mega Man X3 - $4.50

[garagesaleking!!]

mega man x3, more than very little!

[Kuros]

mega man x3, more than very little!

By very little, I mean in terms of quantity.

[garagesaleking!!]

its just as good as 150 atari games

[Lostdwarf]

i found an x2 a few months back in the wild was amazed

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

My one purchase from the wild recently. Yesterday at a flea market I picked up Shining The Holy Ark for the Saturn, complete for $25. Not a great price, but it is a really nice copy. He has a couple games that I may go back for. Of course, he didn't get that Shining game in until his "Buy 2 get 1 free" sale was over.:mad:

JY

[DefaultGen]

.....

[Ryaan1234]

At the flea market:
http://ryaan1234.googlepages.com/finds71308-1.jpg
The NES games, Kabuki Quantum Fighter, City Connection, Rampage, and Bump N' Jump were $3 each. The ASCIIWare pad was $2, the PVC Sonic figure was $1 and all of the manuals were $5.

http://ryaan1234.googlepages.com/finds71308-2.jpg
(detail) pic of Sonic, isn't he adorawble?

http://ryaan1234.googlepages.com/finds71308-3.jpg
The SMS with 3 loose games: Miracle Warriors, Global Defence and Hang-On/whatever, and the hookups and controllers was $10. The boxed SMS games were all 3 for $5.

And finally:
http://ryaan1234.googlepages.com/finds71308-4.jpg
Futurama vol. 4 was $10 :)

[thegardentool]

I picked up Resident Evil 3: Nemesis for PS1 for $4 at a pawn shop. This month I think I've bought all worthwhile PS1 games the two pawnshops in my town will have for awhile.

[InsaneDavid]

I'm back with some finds finally. On Saturday I went to the San Jose flea market to say hi to Shorty and see what he had. He was a seller at my previous stomping grounds and upon telling him I was moving he revealed that his base of operations was in the same place I was moving too. I had a chance to go through some of his inventory and I'll have to say that over the past few years I really did just tap him out of stuff. Still, he gets some trade and resale volume here so things should change now and then. I did pick up a few things however, starting with NES games for $2.00 each.

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2008-07-14(01).jpg

NES - Gyromite (converter rich)
NES - Gyromite (converter rich)
NES - Gyromite (converter rich)
NES - Heavy Shreddin'

Yes, I went through what I could get to of his NES games and pulled out all the Famicom to NES converter rich cartridges I could find, all three of them being in Gyromites. Heavy Shreddin' was just a pickup for me. All the converter Gyromites will be up for sale, clean and complete. Try your hand at making a converter cartridge, crack open a Famicom cartridge and make your own custom NES conversion, choice is yours. No more talk about how I don't know how to identify these cartridges without opening them. ;) Truly is a beautiful sight...

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2008-07-14(02).jpg

Aside from that I grabbed five Atari 2600 cartridges for $1.00 each, either stuff I didn't have or interesting label variations.

VCS - Dragster
VCS - Riddle of the Sphinx
VCS - Sky Diver
VCS - Space Invaders (Sears picture label)
VCS - Space War (picture label)

http://www.classicplastic.net/digitalpress/finds/DP-Finds-2008-07-14(03).jpg

I'll probably head out to see what he has every couple weeks.

Spent the rest of the day out at Vasona Park, wonderful to see the 2 Spot out running after its complete overhaul - I really did miss it, and miss living here.

http://www.classicplastic.net/junk/vasona01.jpg

[Famidrive-16]

What does 'converter rich' mean?

[Porksta]

What does 'converter rich' mean?


There are a few NES games (Gyromite that I know of) that had converters inside the cartridge. The converters allow you to play Japanese games on US systems. Some Gyromite carts have them, you have to go by weight.

[RadiantSvgun]

There are a few NES games (Gyromite that I know of) that had converters inside the cartridge. The converters allow you to play Japanese games on US systems. Some Gyromite carts have them, you have to go by weight.

Each one I bought was converter poor.

[Steve W]

I've bought a few Genesis games here and there and a Tomy Pac-Man coin bank, without the coin door on the bottom naturally. An odd afternoon of thrifting here in Shreveport.

[InsaneDavid]

Some Gyromite carts have them, you have to go by weight.

No, that's not how you do it. :)

[Porksta]

Ah, the annual Carnival of Sales is now over. What a weekend. Not as great as last year, but scored a bunch of stuff, and for the first time ever, I ran out of money. Let's begin:

Left work on Wednesday afternoon, but not before buying this:

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Stack of Nintendo Powers, numbering from mid 70s to mid 80s, let me know if you want them. Also in the box was the two Zelda guides (also for sale) and a bunch of manuals for NES accessories. Price? Free with employee gift card.

After arriving in New York, I walked over to the local consignment shop and found these:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/COS006.jpg

I already mentioned how much I paid, so I just wanted to add a photo.

Friday I cruised around to some junk stores and early yard sales and found these:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/COS007.jpg

Magic cards: $3
Closer DVD: $1
Wild Hogs DVD - $1
Stabbing Westward CD - $2
Sports cards - $1 each, but the MJ card was $.75

Saturday was the day of the main sales and I found some good stuff:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/COS004.jpg

Harold and Kumar: $3
Fast and Furious: $3.50
40 Year Old Virgin: $2
Unbreakable: $5
Shaq Diesel CD (yeah, I know...) - $2
Megaman X, Darkkhen, and Dragon Warrior 3 - $7 (I finally have all four DW!!)

Found my way over a family friend's sale and scored the following:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/COS013.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/COS014.jpg

Both for $55. All works great. Anyone know what that GG Nuby Converter does? Plays SMS games or something?

Then came home Sunday and worked Monday, where I scored these:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/COS018.jpg

Starcraft Battle Chest (unopened)
Uniracers
Sparkster
Tin Star

Free with employee gift card (but you can always see the tags on the items). I was surprised to find Starcraft because someone other than me priced it, so I got a sweet price on it.

So that was my week in a nutshell. Only 360 days till the next one!

[Cornelius]

This is from a week or so ago. I still haven't had time to really sort everything or test it. I was hoping there would be some great gem hidden among all this, but probably the SMS 3D glasses are the best thing, and they are missing one 'arm' :cry:

http://home.comcast.net/~evanwink/images/games/Finds/finds107a.jpg
SMS games: Zillion, Reggie Jackson Baseball, Mono Poly x2, Double Dragon, ???, Space Harrier, King's Quest, Missile Defense 3-d, Shooting Gallery, Rocky, Time Soldiers, Alien Syndrome, Vigilante, Hang On/Safari Hunt, Ghostbusters, Zaxxon 3-d, Great Baseball, Thunder Blade

http://home.comcast.net/~evanwink/images/games/Finds/finds107b.jpg

I thought the SNES deserved its own pic. While testing another one the other day, the power connector came off in the plug, so I swapped this into that case.
http://home.comcast.net/~evanwink/images/games/Finds/finds107c.jpg

And then this was at a CD Warehouse the other day (along with a bunch more NES games, I only picked up SMB3 for 4 bucks):
http://home.comcast.net/~evanwink/images/games/Finds/finds108castlevania.jpg
I'm assuming it is just a bootleg, of which I know nothing, really. Anyone know anything about it/seen/have one? It works fine at least through to the Bat.

[DigitalSpace]

Anyone know what that GG Nuby Converter does? Plays SMS games or something?

Yep, it allows you to play SMS games. You can find some more information on it here (http://www.smstributes.co.uk/gethwinfo.asp?hardwareid=30).

[Kyle15]

You won't believe what happened to me today.

I went to the Kmart off of I-65, the one that is close to Birmingham.
They still had an original copy of Persona 3, which they apparently were never able to get rid of.
I happened to be in there a month ago, when I first saw it, and the lady working at the counter price checked it for me. It was $49.99, to which she complained, "That is too much for such an old game!".
She tried to give me a discount, but the computer would not let her.

Now, today was a different story. P3 was still there, and the same lady was too.
I asked her to check it's price again, mostly just to see if it was on sale yet.
Sadly, it still rung-up at $49.99. The worker then asked me, "how much are you looking to pay? I think fifty dollars is too much." So I replied, "well, I know you can't give it to me really cheap, but I can't really spend more than twenty today as I am kind of short on money this week."
She then said that that was okay. You will not believe what she did next: she went over to the game rack, pulled off a twenty dollar racing game, rang it up, and took 30% off of it. The computer said that it was now $13.99. Then, she goes and puts it back, and then puts P3 into a bag and says, "the total is $15.29".
I was shocked, and asked her if what she did was okay. She responded by saying that it definately was, seeing as Kmart is too expensive anyway.
I thanked her greatly, left, and almost fainted in the parking lot. @_@

[Smashed Brother]

You won't believe what happened to me today.

I went to the Kmart off of I-65, the one that is close to Birmingham.
They still had an original copy of Persona 3, which they apparently were never able to get rid of.
I happened to be in there a month ago, when I first saw it, and the lady working at the counter price checked it for me. It was $49.99, to which she complained, "That is too much for such an old game!".
She tried to give me a discount, but the computer would not let her.

Now, today was a different story. P3 was still there, and the same lady was too.
I asked her to check it's price again, mostly just to see if it was on sale yet.
Sadly, it still rung-up at $49.99. The worker then asked me, "how much are you looking to pay? I think fifty dollars is too much." So I replied, "well, I know you can't give it to me really cheap, but I can't really spend more than twenty today as I am kind of short on money this week."
She then said that that was okay. You will not believe what she did next: she went over to the game rack, pulled off a twenty dollar racing game, rang it up, and took 30% off of it. The computer said that it was now $13.99. Then, she goes and puts it back, and then puts P3 into a bag and says, "the total is $15.29".
I was shocked, and asked her if what she did was okay. She responded by saying that it definately was, seeing as Kmart is too expensive anyway.
I thanked her greatly, left, and almost fainted in the parking lot. @_@

Hmmm... my local K-Mart here in town has two of the original Persona 3 games left. I should try that!! :)

[NayusDante]

I think that a lot of these places that aren't game stores don't realize that prices go down over time. Kmart isn't going to reprice everything every few months, they probably assume everything will sell at what they originally price it. When something doesn't sell immediately, it never gets repriced. When the store gets more stock in, their systems probably receive the new price information.

[ScourDX]

Picked up

- Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (GCN) - $15
- Summon Night: Twin Age (DS) - $30
- Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles (DS) - $18

[Blitzwing256]

http://home.comcast.net/~evanwink/images/games/Finds/finds108castlevania.jpg
I'm assuming it is just a bootleg, of which I know nothing, really. Anyone know anything about it/seen/have one? It works fine at least through to the Bat.

yup just your run of the mill pirate, its pretty common for them to slap a famicom label on a us shell for those, still being casltvania i'm sure it'll net a few bucks from a fan. is there any title scren hacks or anything out of the oridinary ?

[Aussie2B]

I've made some pretty interesting purchases as of late. Online I purchased the soundtracks for Final Fantasy Tactics, Brave Fencer Musashi, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for $33 shipped. All official, of course. The seller gave me a nice deal because each has a minor flaw or two to its condition (Musashi being the worst as it's missing the outer slipcase and art book), but overall I think he overestimated the problems if anything so I'm pleased. They're not particularly uncommon, but they've also been on my soundtrack wish list for a long time. I was just waiting for the right price.

The fourth soundtrack in the photo, a sealed Nippon Ichi promo soundtrack for Blade Dancer, I surprisingly found at a thrift store for $2.99. Heck, I won't turn down any official video game soundtrack to a Japanese game at that price. They actually had a soundtrack for a Command & Conquer game too, but I'm not really interested. For the same price, I picked a bunch of good PC stuff:

Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis
System Shock
King's Quest V
King's Quest VI
The Quivering

They had King's Quest VII as well, but I already knew that one isn't worth squat. I was hoping the other two were worth something but apparently not. Oh well, they're still classic PC games, and my fiance showed some interest in them. I wish the games were more complete, but I'm not about to pass up even loose copies of Indiana Jones and System Shock at $2.99. :)

At the same thrift, I also found a storage box for NES games for $0.99. I already have one of these in NYC that I ended up getting in an NES lot purchase on eBay years ago. They only hold 18 games a piece, which isn't even a fraction of my collection, but they're awesome for keeping my favorites easily accessible.

And finally, at a different thrift, I picked up six boxed Channel F games at $1.99 each. Before this, I had never so much seen a Channel F system or game, probably not even in pictures, I think, but the boxes caught my eye. I really wish I knew about these too since it seems so mysterious to me that there would be two sets of the same three games. There's gotta be some story behind this. I noticed one set has "Gary" written on each box. Oh well, a more pressing concern is finding out how much they're worth. :P

http://www.inverteddungeon.com/triacesuperfan/finds_july14.jpg

[jeffg]

got some good stuff today too to go along with all that gamecube goodness from a few days ago:

Ninja Gaiden Sigma Collectors' Edition $24.29 at gamestop collector's dvd is still sealed

Shining Wisdom and Star Ocean 1 for PS1 both complete and mint. (traded Mario Party 4 for GC, zelda majora and zelda ocarina carts only for it)

Now I think my best find so far this week:

FACTORY SEALED METAL MARINES for snes. it has a few tears on the factory seal, but it is a legit factory seal as it is old stock from a video game store that has been around since early 90's.
I traded Rez ps2, might & magic genesis (from prev find for $5), and DKC 2 cart only for it.

[mailman187666]

I think that a lot of these places that aren't game stores don't realize that prices go down over time. Kmart isn't going to reprice everything every few months, they probably assume everything will sell at what they originally price it. When something doesn't sell immediately, it never gets repriced. When the store gets more stock in, their systems probably receive the new price information.

The Kmart I go to is always lowering prices on things. If it doesn't sell, it goes to te bargain bin. If it still doesn't sell over there, it goes on clearance. I've bought new PS3 games for $5-$10 there before. As well as a sealed Persona 3 (full price though). Depending on your area, Kmart is a good place to look for insanely cheap games (I've paid as little as a dollar for some).

[Videogamerdaryll]

Sunday..Local Town Flea Market

Dad went with us...He just picked up one book.
I picked up $1.00 each.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/MISC%20PICTURES%202/Railroad001.jpg

The market consisted of a lot of yard sale people from the area and the local big flea market vendors.
So there was a lot of vintage-old stuff....felt more lie a museum.
The coolest thing I saw was a Bionicle store display like you'd see in Toys R us..Big sealed Glass box with Lego Bionicle built items inside-display..$35.00

I'd had bought it if my Son was into Bionicle

Lots of Games...But the local big flea market vendors upped the prices on the NES carts from $3 to $5 each..They always do this trying to make more money on the locals.
you'd figure it to be the other way around,that they'd up them when they are at the big flea market.

One vendor had a nice selection of sealed 360/PS3 and Wii games for $15.00 and some sealed Limited Edition sets for PS2
I didn't bite as the 360/PS3 and Wii were older games and I'm not sure on the Limited Edition sets for PS2 prices..I don't want to buy things that I'll never play or take a kick in the behind on since they are cheaper on ebay.

One set was PS2 Getting Up,Limited Edition...sealed $15.00

Passed up an Intellivision system with some games,crushed boxes,misc stuff..$20.00
I can't give them away yet make $20.00 back..

[RadiantSvgun]

That getting up limited is like 9.99 brand new everywhere. Good thing you passed on it.

[willowmoon93]

PSX - Castlevania Symphony of the Night (black label), $2.99 Goodwill
NES - Super Mario Bros 2, $0.99 local video game store
Genesis - Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl (complete), same store

Not many things but good stuff nevertheless.

[coreys429]

Black Label Final Fantasy 7 $3, and Ocarina of Time $2.

[murdoc rose]

Wow. I would have just paid the $15 and ran with it. Was it at the same place as the other finds? If so I'd find it odd they wanted less for that large set than the other more common stuff.
would have so paid the 15 and ran

[Videogamerdaryll]

That getting up limited is like 9.99 brand new everywhere. Good thing you passed on it.


Thank you...

[murdoc rose]

lol almost forgot my finds, mainly junk for the video game side, 3 n64 commons i didn't have $1 each, nes tetris and vegas dreams for $2 each, gears of war guide 1$, and a com64 disk drive for a buck. The real find of the day was a 1929 white sewing machine for 10$

[Kevin H]

Picked up Suikoden for PS today for 2 bucks. Case is broke, and no manual, but decent for what I paid IMO.

[namzep]

These came in yesterday but I just got around to uploading the image this evening:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/new080715.jpg

[NayusDante]

They had King's Quest VII as well, but I already knew that one isn't worth squat.

I personally enjoyed VII a lot. Yeah, it's a bit more fluffy than the mythology and fairy tale themed 1-6, but it has its own charms. The "one click" interface is a definite detractor, but it makes up with atmosphere.

Oooga Booga Land > Tim Burton's stuff. At least IMO.

[Smashed Brother]

The Kmart I go to is always lowering prices on things. If it doesn't sell, it goes to te bargain bin. If it still doesn't sell over there, it goes on clearance. I've bought new PS3 games for $5-$10 there before. As well as a sealed Persona 3 (full price though). Depending on your area, Kmart is a good place to look for insanely cheap games (I've paid as little as a dollar for some).

Yeah, for sure. Just in the past two months, I've found:

Contact (DS) - $3
Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA) - $2
Ultimate Ghosts 'n' Goblins (PSP) - $2

Now, I'm just waiting for them to lower the price on those 'Persona 3' sets, as well as the load of 'FF VI' GBA games that are strewn about behind the glass case!

[Kitsune Sniper]

What's up? :P

I'm in Tennessee on vacation and this place just BLOWS, every single flea market I've visited is filled with people who think Super Mario Bros. is worth $30. Really disappointing. ;_;

All I've bought so far is a quartet of PS2 games at Gamestop:
Sega Genesis Collection "New", $9 - last copy and the case is beat up but the disc is mint
Technic Beat, $3
PsiOps, $4
Mobile Light Force 2, $3

No pictures, I forgot my camera cable.

I'm going to go haunt a couple of extra Gamestop stores tomorrow morning, see if they have any cheap PS2 or Gamecube stuff...

Oh, avoid the Knoxville Sears store in a mall. Their idea of clearance prices is a penny less than retail. Jesus. $20 for a Greatest Hits PS2 game in the bargain bin... >_<

[snes_collector]

More cheap GC stuff from GameStop:

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2- $3
Disney's PK Out of the Shadows- $3
R: Racing Evolution- $4
Robotech Battlecry- $5
XGRA- $3

All complete. I really wish GS would mark down the 1st party stuff this cheap, but I doubt it'll happen for awhile.

Some NES stuff from GoodWill:

Bases Loaded 3
Double Dribble
R.B.I. Baseball
Track & Field 2

Loose and .95 each

[98PaceCar]

Had an interesting find in a local used book store. I'd love to know how they got there, but they were only $25 for all 4 so snagged them.

http://www.mugzy.org/cm/albums/userpics/10003/ps2.jpg

[josekortez]

98Pacecar, what are those?

Anyway, I finally found some games at Goodwill and, true to what I said earlier in this thread, the guy ringing them up opened them to check to make sure the discs hadn't been stolen.

Final Fantasy IX (PS1, 4 discs & case, no manual) - $3.25
Tennis 2K2 (DC, complete) - $3.25

The odd thing is that there was a disc 2 from Final Fantasy VII sandwiched under the Final Fantasy IX disc 4. WTF?

Also, does anyone have an extra manual for Final Fantasy IX?

[NayusDante]

98Pacecar, what are those?

Read the covers. Those are PlayStation 2 developer documentation. Each book covers a different piece of hardware. EE is Emotion Engine, SPU2 is the sound processor, GS is probably Graphics System or something.

[SamuraiSmurfette]

Well, it's been an ok week I guess.
Contra complete for Genesis $2
Lufia for SNES $4
TG16 package with 6 games or so for $10 at a yard sale
but today...

...i found this...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/SamuraiSmurfette/Picture084.jpg

Sorry for the bad pic. My camera is ancient, and fails at pictures.
But yes, that says 8-bit. lol
I know this kind of stuff doesn't have alot of 'value'
but to me, I love these oddities more than their non-bootleg counterparts.

So in summary, it looks like a Megadrive, it plays Famicom games, outputs in PAL, and cost me a whopping 99 cents from a thrift. *head asplode*
Now, if I only knew what kind of controllers it uses. Genesis ones fit, but don't seem to work.

[coreys429]

I don't know how I find them but I found two proto or preview copies of Atari 2600 Games for $.50 each. Fant - Voyage and Astro - Smash. that is what its labeled on.

[Aussie2B]

The odd thing is that there was a disc 2 from Final Fantasy VII sandwiched under the Final Fantasy IX disc 4. WTF?

Well, that's a good find regardless, so it's your fortune that someone misplaced the disc. You'd be surprised how much people pay on eBay for even a single disc from FFVII. I had an extra disc 1 kicking around for years, and last summer I got about 25-30 bucks for it. Crazy but true.

[DigitalSpace]

I went to a CD/Game Exchange this evening and got these:

NES:
Wizards & Warriors (cart only) - $2.50
Ice Climber (cart only) - $1 (this is going to a friend)

N64:
Off-Road Challenge (cart only) - $2.50
Re-Volt (cart only) - $2.50

DS:
Two Intec 4-game cases - 25 cents each

[coreys429]

Well, that's a good find regardless, so it's your fortune that someone misplaced the disc. You'd be surprised how much people pay on eBay for even a single disc from FFVII. I had an extra disc 1 kicking around for years, and last summer I got about 25-30 bucks for it. Crazy but true.

A while back I paid $2 for disc 2 and 3, all I need is one to complete the set. Well the second one now.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Well, it's been an ok week I guess.
Lunar for SNES $4


What Lunar game came out on the SNES?

JY

[SamuraiSmurfette]

Wow. I must have been tired last night. LUFIA not Lunar >.<

[98PaceCar]

98Pacecar, what are those?


As mentioned above, they are the programming manuals for the PS2. A high level intro to the Emotion Engine, specific API documentation for the EE, API for the sound processor, and API for the graphics synthesizer.

A very strange thing to find in a normal bookstore.