August 2008 Finds

[Kitsune Sniper]

Here's my finds from the final two days of July. I figured I'd wait until now to post these. :P

Wednesday: Fresh off the bus, I went to the flea market and found these things:

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Warcraft III Battle Chest is complete and it ran me $5.
Star Wars Rebellion (PC), Warcraft II Expansion (DOS), Diablo II expansion, Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Disc Two (Disc 1 wasn't there) :( and Dead or Alive - Nude were $1 a pop and Jamiroquai: Emergency on Planet Earth was $3.

Sadly, this one seller had a boxful of comics at five for a buck, and I told him I'd come back later. When I came back someone had already bought the box. :(

Thursday:
Half asleep, I wandered to the flea market and found most of these CDs for $6 total! The two CDs at the bottom rang me $3 for both.

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The CDs are:
Weird Al Yankovic: Greatest Hits Volume 1
Air: Pocket Symphony
MSDN Library, Visual Studio 6 Edition
Warcraft II
Starcraft: Brood War
Guy Spy in something or other
Windows 98 SE Upgrade CD key (no CD, for trade)
Windows ME Install CD key (no CD, for trade)
Office 2000 Pro (Not OEM / no license CDs, but are legit, for trade)
Afterlife (Sealed)
Barbie Detective 1 and 2 (What?)

The two CDs at the bottom of the second picture are magazine CDs. One includes a full version of Hidden and Dangerous Deluxe, and the other includes full versions of Descent, Star Control II, Red Baron, Zork 1-3, Battlecruiser 3000 AD and Betrayal at Krondor.

... And those Barbie games? I got them for MobyGames. My thirteen year old niece looked at the games I bought today and asked me what was wrong with me. I told her "Don't judge me." She looked at me funny for a while. :P

[garagesaleking!!]

i bought strangers wrath about a month ago at a garage sale, but never sat down andplayed it, i need to pull it out and try. It sucks it does not play on a 360, so ive been to lazy to hook my xbox up. is there a way to make it work on a 360?

[natinh0]

Hey guys, got some gaming goods over the week:
The most part comes from Yards and Flea since it is where the best prices and sometimes rare finds can be found(shame on you MERCADO LIVRE!)

Bought this sms stuff from someone who doesn´t know even for what system works!SCORE!
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff143/natinh0/Imagem044.jpg
A pretty good Light Gun pack but the point of the haul is without question, Vigilante,heard about all over my childhood and just now, after a decade i own mine although very common here in Brazil.
Paid 15R$ for the loot, just keep in mind that the averange price by sms cart goes around 5- 7,50 R$.
Got this 2 PS2 games for 9,5R$, well, pretty shitty games though.
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff143/natinh0/Imagem054.jpg

Back on Fleas again!

Being a huge fan of the arcade hit of this classic, i couldn´t hold myself and paid full price on this one, been hunting down for a long time.Didn´t play it yet but seems a very downgraded version.
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff143/natinh0/Imagem057.jpg
5R$

Finally some SS finds!
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff143/natinh0/Imagem052.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff143/natinh0/Imagem053.jpg
10R$ each, loose until i hit zonesega and printed the covers, look great!

Neo-Geo controller for some Samurai 2 slice and kill
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff143/natinh0/Imagem055.jpg
Really a STEAL, 20R$, and even works completelly great, no clean needed!
Snes stuff
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff143/natinh0/Imagem048.jpg

And finally, the best loot:
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff143/natinh0/Imagem045.jpg
Megaman 3 just kick ass!

See ya!

[carlcarlson]

Well I broke down and got a Wii. Actually I got two of them but one of them was more of a "find" then the other. I got:

system
2 remote/nunchuck combos
2 steering wheels
2 guns (one official, one Nyko pistol)
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles
Mario Galaxy
Mario Kart
No More Heroes
Smash Brothers Brawl
CSI something or other
TopSpin3
NCAA football 09
wii sports
Link's Crossbow training

Everything is complete and was bought new less than three months ago. $475 and it was mine. I don't know how long I'll keep it, but the half hour I've spent so far with it has been pretty fun.

[natinh0]

Hey Carl, cant figure out the reason of 2 wiis!Okay, got 2 SS here but is an old system and very prone to fail but Wii? What is the matter?Very good price or collector oddness?

[Ryaan1234]

Friday garage sales have brought a nice triple score on some DVD sets:
http://ryaan1234.googlepages.com/finds-8108.jpg
Items are:
Gamecube Wavebird Controller & Receiver
Gamecube Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
CSI Season 5
DS9 Season 5
Futurama Vol. 3

I got all of it for $45. I think that's pretty good :)

[Tommy]

NES with SMB1,2,3 and zelda and zelda 2 with all hookups and controllers for 45.00 dollars. ;)

[carlcarlson]

Hey Carl, cant figure out the reason of 2 wiis!Okay, got 2 SS here but is an old system and very prone to fail but Wii? What is the matter?Very good price or collector oddness?

Actually, I have three now. I just won another one on ebay about 5 minutes ago. See the way I collect is I buy low and sell high until I make enough to pay for the stuff I keep. So I just bought three Wii bundles at a low price and after I sell some of the stuff I should end up with a system and about six games for about $150. I'll just keep doing that until I even out. This method is a LOT easier with older systems, but it works fine with new stuff too, it just takes longer. That's how I got my 360 and DS collections, both of which now a pretty decent size.

[AB Positive]

wow... I was happy with this:

INTV I boxed
INTV II loose (in rough shape)

over 60 complete games, let's name some notables:

Qbert
Sewer Sam
Mattel Backgammon
Frogger
Star Wars: ESB
Pinball
Zaxxon
Happy Trails
Motocross
Action Network Space Battle
Action Network Sea Battle
Intellivoice w/ Space Spartans, B-17 Bomber, Bomb Squad
AD&D Treasures of Tarmin
Buzz Bombers


and the DOS versions of Starflight 1 and 2 complete, and Kings Quest IV complete

$65 total

if anyone's curious on this stuff let me know, otherwise the INTV and KQ4 goes up on my eBay store... Starflight is my game, though :D

[titanzguard]

wow... I was happy with this:

INTV I boxed
INTV II loose (in rough shape)

over 60 complete games, let's name some notables:

Qbert
Sewer Sam
Mattel Backgammon
Frogger
Star Wars: ESB
Pinball
Zaxxon
Happy Trails
Motocross
Action Network Space Battle
Action Network Sea Battle
Intellivoice w/ Space Spartans, B-17 Bomber, Bomb Squad
AD&D Treasures of Tarmin
Buzz Bombers


and the DOS versions of Starflight 1 and 2 complete, and Kings Quest IV complete

$65 total

if anyone's curious on this stuff let me know, otherwise the INTV and KQ4 goes up on my eBay store... Starflight is my game, though :D

I just bought an INTV at a yard sale for $10 and an INTV II off ebay or I would have taken one or the other.

[PentiumMMX]

My latest "find" (If you can call it that):

- Gamecube (Platinum. Used w\ 1 official controller. All mint): $30
- Gamecube Broadband Adapter (Used): Free (My sister let me have it)

(I've been looking for another Gamecube to play PSO online with. Also, I finally have one in the color I wanted)

[Kitsune Sniper]

I feel like laughing like Ted Kord used to right about now.

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Ahem.

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All of that ran me $28. ALL OF THAT. That's Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Escape From Monkey Island, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, and Final Fantasy VII. I'm selling MS Office, FFVII and Win2K, not so sure about Monkey Island 4 yet. But that copy of Jedi Outcast? I'm keeping it and selling my boxless copy. :D

The best part about this was that one of the guys at the flea market I uh, compete against? He arrived a few minutes after I paid for all this crap. And I'm pretty sure he wasn't happy when he saw what I had in my bag.

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

[98redM6]

The best part about this was that one of the guys at the flea market I uh, compete against? He arrived a few minutes after I paid for all this crap. And I'm pretty sure he wasn't happy when he saw what I had in my bag.

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

He was probably like "no guey, pinche thundercat." Quoted from Munra se cae.

I noticed you pick up a lot of MS stuff. How much you selling that copy of MS 2K Professional?

[Kitsune Sniper]

He was probably like "no guey, pinche thundercat." Quoted from Munra se cae.

I noticed you pick up a lot of MS stuff. How much you selling that copy of MS 2K Professional?

Actually the guy's Asian American - he doesn't speak Spanish very well, as far as I can tell. I haven't really talked to him very much, but he doesn't seem like a bad guy, he's just... the competition. ;)

He mostly goes for electronic stuff anyway, and rarely goes for the software. He doesn't gamble on stuff as often as I do.

As for the cost of that Win2K? No idea. I'll post it on eBay tomorrow evening.

[garagesaleking!!]

how do you find so much software stuff? how does it work with registration keys being used already, or being missing?

[dao2]

how do you find so much software stuff? how does it work with registration keys being used already, or being missing?

u can reuse the registration keys ;p it's only been recently that keys are one time use things and that's still pretty much only with games :|

[Kitsune Sniper]

u can reuse the registration keys ;p it's only been recently that keys are one time use things and that's still pretty much only with games :|

It depends, this software is pre-forced activation; and besides, even if it's used you can call M$ and ask them to activate it for free, all you have to do is prove that you own a legit copy by following the instructions shown on your screen. I've done this with my US English copy of XP Pro twice over the past four years - by calling Microsoft Mexico. ;)

As for how I find this stuff, I don't know. I just DO. I'm lucky like that.

[Rogmeister]

Today I picked up the PS2 edition of The Simpsons Game...

[TheRealist50]

Bought Faxanadu boxed, with inserts and manual, all in perfect condition from Value Village for 3.99, pretty happy about that, my first boxed nes game and its in amazing shape.

[thetoxicone]

Only one game found today but the game I found was one I've wanted for awhile now

Ogre Battle 64 (loose) - $3

[FOnewearl]

All of this stuff is actually old finds not from this weekend

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4889/miscgamestuffkg3.th.jpg (http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miscgamestuffkg3.jpg)

Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2, The (PC) - .50?

I bought a generic portable system soft case about 2 to 3 years ago at a yardsale it was marked a buck I think I offered .50 maybe .25. I never noticed until this past winter that it had Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 hidden away inside!

Defender

This is from the Atari 2600 bundle I bought at a yardsale about 2 months ago.

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1374526&postcount=347

I found Defender in the back of the car about a month afterwards and keep forgetting to add it in one of my yardsale pictures. All of the 2600 games were in a shoe box and Defender somehow fell out.

SNES Console Only and Broken
Donkey Kong Country
F-Zero
Maximum Carnage
Star Fox
Super Mario World

Free

Friend let me have this stuff a few days ago. He couldn't get the SNES to work so I told him to bring it down to my house and I'd have a look at it so he brought down just the system since he knew I had all of the cords and he also brought down all of the games he had with it. I tried it out and it did the same thing for me (just a black screen when you turn it on) so he said I could have it since it's broken and he has no use for the games.

Non Find BS

First sale I went to today (Saturday) advertised a SNES & GameBoy games. I got to the sale only 2-3 minutes before it started as it said no early sales. SNES looked like it had all of the cords and included a Super GameBoy & a SNES Advantage and was marked $50[!]. Beside it was a box with about 20-25 regular GameBoy games each marked $5 but little to nothing that I needed. I would have grabbed a few if they were cheaper since they all had cases and a good chunk of them had manuals. I picked up Star Wars & Empire Strikes Back which were the only decent games I didn't own. I went up and offered $5 for both which was countered with a simple no so I put them back. This easily sets a record for me on the highest IAP I've seen on individual GameBoy games & on a SNES at a yardsale.

[Nitrosport]

I found a few things at the flea market today.

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The Arcadia was $12, the loose genesis games were $1 each, and the complete ones were $2 each. The virtualboy head unit was $5 and the genesis was $5. All of the ps1 games were $2 each and the nes games were mostly $2 each but there were a few that were $3.

Nes games:

Bomberman
Zelda II
Crystalis
Life force
jackal
Journey to the promised land

Genesis games:

Streets of Rage 2 (complete)
Ecco tides of time (complete)
Maximum carnage (complete)
championship pool
world cup usa 94
tecmo super nba basketball

Snes:

Dragons lair

PS1:

Darkstalkers
tenchu stealth assassins
bushido blade
resident evil director's cut

[darkhades]

My Garage sale finds this morning

Stack of Nintendo Power & EGM magizines - $1 or all. All of them are in really nice condition especially the Nintendo powers, they all have the posters and inserts still intact. Also I collect Nintendo Power and Iam missing alot from the N64 days which most of these are from.

Nintendo power issues # 27, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104.
EGM issues #53, 54, 1994 and 1996 Video Game Buyers Guides.

PS1 games - $1 for both

Command & Conquer Red Alert Retaliation
Gunship

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[namzep]

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Technically picked up the last day of July but I was lazy getting the picture up. Pretty pumped about the Disney Sports Football as that is my first find in the wild of any of the games from that line (found at Gamestop for $10 - my edge discount).

[jeffg]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/jeff_in_edon/100_0467.jpg

Not a bad day at the flea market
CMT Karaoke Revolution Complete $3
Dreamcast GAmes $1 each all Complete
Mutant League Hockey and Football all CIB and mint $10 for the pair

and for the non-video game stuff Grimlock original Transformer $1, pretty good shape, no weapons, joints a little loose from playing but pretty good shape.

[Nesmaster]

Stopped by Rogers, 2/$40 was ON. Grabbed:

GTA IV PS3
BF: BC PS3
Lego Indy 360
Condemned 2 360
Geometry Wars: Galaxies Wii - $7.99

I really shouldn't be buying any more, but at least I limited myself to things that I will eventually play.

[Blitzwing256]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/jeff_in_edon/100_0467.jpg

Not a bad day at the flea market
CMT Karaoke Revolution Complete $3
Dreamcast GAmes $1 each all Complete
Mutant League Hockey and Football all CIB and mint $10 for the pair

and for the non-video game stuff Grimlock original Transformer $1, pretty good shape, no weapons, joints a little loose from playing but pretty good shape.

(tries to find a way to word it so it doesn't sound dirty....)
does grimlock have a red or blue crotch section?

[jeffg]

red, if you want it, make me a cash or trade offer?

[RadiantSvgun]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Shin-Richard/100_0216.jpg

Booya!

[norkusa]

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Nothing too exciting at the flea market this week but I managed to find a few good things:

Daggerfall PC strategy guide (picked up the game complete last month) - $1.50
Bruswick Circuit Pro Bowling - $4
Fatal Frame II - $12
Einhander (no manual) - $3
Baseball Stars w/ instructions - $2

[TheRealist50]

I went up to Value Village today, they had tons of games but again...no systems. I picked up 9 Colecovision games, the price on the tags say 5.99 but The manager gave em to me for like 3 bucks a piece since I bought almost all of em, pretty good (by the way, I wasn't going to take them for 5.99, I negotiated the price down to 3.00)

They all come with manuals except for one, BC's Quest for Tires.

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/4056/dsc00349gt9.jpg

BC's Quest for Tires
BC's Quest for Tires 2: Grog's Revenge
Carnival
Destructor
Space Panic
Subroc
Turbo
Venture
Zaxxon

[titanzguard]

Finds at a local yard sale today...

Gameboy advance Platinum silver in box.
Its a bit scratched but overall 8/10 condition
Asking $5, offered $3 - SOLD!

Powerjoy classic TV game - In box with extra controller, AC adapter and 84 in 1 game
Asking $2, offered $1 - SOLD!
This is the 2nd one of these I have picked up. The other one was a find at a goodwill about a month or so ago.

Metal Gear Solid - PS1 - Original, not greatest hits
Asking $1 - SOLD!

Frogger - PS1
The Lost World Jurassic Park - PS1
Both complete
Asking $1 ea, offered $1 for both - SOLD!


Deal from yesterday...

Working XBOX system w/2 controllers and all hookups
Asking $9 - SOLD!
Brought it home and it works great!

[garagesaleking!!]

really funny, im on vacation and visiting my sister in nj, we live in pa. i was taking a random drive to find this berlin farmers market. I could not beleve what i saw on the way there. Next Level Video games, the owners are dp members right? and they had a tournament this weekend. thats so weird.

[NES_Rules]

I went up and offered $5 for both which was countered with a simple no so I put them back.
I absolutely hate sellers like that. They put an arbitrary price on something and now it's suddenly worth that much and they won't take any less for it. I say, good for them, they can keep their overpriced junk (not saying those games are junk, just stuff people try to sell in general) forever.

[cyberfluxor]

Only game purchase lately was Unreal Tournament III: Collectors Edition for the PC new at GameStop in Richmond for $20. Gave it a run a few days ago and it's alright. Thus far I prefer the 2k4 more but we'll see as time goes. The sniper riffle gives me lots of head shots. :evil:

[Kitsune Sniper]

Only game purchase lately was Unreal Tournament III: Collectors Edition for the PC new at GameStop in Richmond for $20. Gave it a run a few days ago and it's alright. Thus far I prefer the 2k4 more but we'll see as time goes. The sniper riffle gives me lots of head shots. :evil:

I want that, but there's no copies where I live. I'm sad. :(

[VACRMH]

The day I say "No more games, I don't need anymore!"...I find 3 cheap new games.

Zack and Wiki
Geometry Wars DS
Genji PS3

Total Damage: $21

[NES_Rules]

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$5 for everything.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9809.jpg
$2 for it all.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9804.jpg
$2 for it all.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9801.jpg
Trouballs was $1, I offered $1 for the other, we settled on $1.50.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9808.jpg
$1 each.

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Free

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http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/Mike_2_0_0_6/Game%20Collection/2008%20Scores/DSCN9813.jpg
$10 for it all.

[jeffg]

some more finds today
Gameboy
Castlevania Legends $2.98 from 1/2 price books

Phantasy Star Online I & II for Gamecube complete $4.99
Phantasy Star Online III gamecube complete $14.99

Mars Matrix DC complete $9.99
Toe Jam & Earl for Genesis with case $14.99

all from Vintage Stock/Movie Trading Company

[Lostdwarf]

cries in jealousy =*(



http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Shin-Richard/100_0216.jpg

Booya!

[briskbc]

Today was the first day I was able to make it out to the garage sales in over a month. I picked up:

Silent Hill - GH - $2

Genesis lot - $20
2 systems
4 controllers
all hook ups
multi tap

Monopoly - Complete
Aladdin - Complete
Sonic 2 - Complete
PGA Golf Tour - Complete
World Series Baseball - Complete
Sonic 3D Blast - cart
Sword of Vermillion - cart
Super Hydlide - cart
Star Control - cart
Toe Jam & Earl Funkatron - cart
Shadowrun - cart
Columns - cart
Space Harrier II - cart
Sonic - cart
NHL 95 - cart

[Kyle15]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Shin-Richard/100_0216.jpg

Booya!

*Stares in amazement once again* @_@

I assume you got all of that at Play-Asia right?
Also, have you tried Megami no Etsubou yet?

[DigitalSpace]

Here's my first day haul from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo (http://www.retrogamingexpo.com) (games that are missing prices were part of a bundle deal)

NES:
Lunar Pool (cart only) - $1
RoboCop (cart only) - $1
Bart vs. The World (cart only) - $2
Palamedes (boxed, R5) - $2
Battletoads (cart only) - $3
Gauntlet (cart only, unlicensed) - $3
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (cart only) - $3
Skate or Die 2 (cart only) - $3
Silk Worm (cart only)
Adventures of Lolo (cart only) - $5

Genesis:
OutRunners (cart only)
Dino Land (cart only, R6) - $2
Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (cart only)
Gadget Twins (cart only) - $2

SNES:
Aero The Acro-Bat 2 (cart only, R6) - $5

PlayStation:
Centipede (complete) - $4
G Darius (disc only) - $2

PS2:
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars 2002 (complete) - $2
Two black first party controllers - $5 for both

Game Gear:
Halley Wars (cart only)
Jurassic Park (cart only)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (cart only, R5)
Mortal Kombat II (cart only)

GBC:
Billy Bob's Huntin'-n-Fishin' (cart only) - $1
Tomb Raider (cart only)
Pac-Man (cart only but non-working) - free

e-reader:
Balloon Fight-e (new) - $1

Other:
Nintendo Power Diddy Kong Racing promo VHS tape (w/ box and insert)

I also got a couple video game toys (a rolling Pac-Man, and Mario riding a shell) a ToeJam & Earl poster, and some NES and SNES promo posters.

Thanks to y-bot, Recycled Gamer, Corey, Josh (Qixmaster), John (swlovinist), Rick Weis, and Ground Kontrol for the deals! :D

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Hit the flea market this morning and grabbed a few games. Picked up 4 complete sports games for the Saturn for $1 each. Yeah, yeah, but I needed them to complete the collection. I also picked up a few NES carts for $1 each. They were Paperboy, Toki, and Jeopardy Junior Edition.

Not game related, but I picked up a two pack of DVDs of Japanese monster movies. The 4 movies all star Gamera. I also got 3 English language anime VHS tapes for a quarter each. One is from the Garzey's Wing series and the other 2 are from the Esca Flowne series. Yeah, I had never heard of either of them either, but for a quarter, I said, "Why not?"

JY

[-_-Nintendo-_-]

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Prices are in AUD ;)
I won the Super Pang, Mansell and NBA T:E for $30 off Ebay.
Found some non-bootleg GBA games, all complete for $19 each.
A couple of bootleg Mega Drive games for $5 each.
Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast for $10
A Secret of Mana cart for only $15.

[Atari 5200]

Found one of the coolest things yet...Donkey Kong POG. I used to love POG!

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Also found my first GBA bootlegs. Licensedn by Nintendo.

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Pkmn quartz I think was made by a spanish speaking guy, so it has some funny spanish lines in there. Also funny is that instead of game boy at the top of the sticker it says "GAME MEN". I little weird, but funny.

And Finally...

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[namzep]

I picked up Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations (DS) new from Walmart for $20. For some reason, lately all I've seen in the line of games is Apollo Justice. So, I now have all three Phoenix Wright games.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Pkmn quartz I think was made by a spanish speaking guy, so it has some funny spanish lines in there. Also funny is that instead of game boy at the top of the sticker it says "GAME MEN". I little weird, but funny.

A lot of the bootleg carts are actually fan-made hacks which the pirates steal and burn onto carts. Sucks, but what can ya do.

Anyway, yesterday's finds:

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The PS Elements is going to eBay; the other thing? I bought it because you can never have too few PC fans in a city that routinely reaches 110 degrees by noon.

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All of that? $5! I misunderstood the guy selling the stuff, he'd told me that everything was fifty cents but then told me everything was $2 a pop. I hadn't seen the little sign in the box with CDs... after some discussing he took $5 for everything. Awesome. It's almost as if the heat makes everyone unwilling to argue with me. :D

Edit:
Oh yeah, I forgot! I got Half-Life for the PS2, near mint, for three bucks! :D

[MarkMan]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2727011925_faf6a21dc5_b.jpg

[RadiantSvgun]

*Stares in amazement once again* @_@

I assume you got all of that at Play-Asia right?
Also, have you tried Megami no Etsubou yet?

Only Megami No Etsubou came from Play-asia. Its very hard.

[Goodwill Hunter]

This weekend was bare consoles at the rummage sales:

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6162/barese7.jpg

The Genesis/SegaCD combo was $3.00...no wires/controllers and nothing else game related at the sale.

The SNES and Super Metroid were $5.00 at another sale, again, bare and no other game stuff in sight.

The NES GBA SP with 4 games was $15, no charger, but it charged with an adapter I previously found at Goodwill, and plays great.

And the 2 next-gen titles are the last gasp of the Blockbuster $14.99 and under BOGO sale.

An odd, but not too bad, weekend.

Rich

[FOnewearl]

I absolutely hate sellers like that. They put an arbitrary price on something and now it's suddenly worth that much and they won't take any less for it. I say, good for them, they can keep their overpriced junk (not saying those games are junk, just stuff people try to sell in general) forever.

When the lady said "no" I actually reacted by telling her "I won't pay that much" (refering to the IAP). What I really should have done (as politely as possible) is ask her if she would change her mind if they were still sitting on the stuff at noon but hindsight is 20/20 as they say. This was only a few blocks away from my house I could have easily walked back to the sale if I went back, but knowing my luck and the way the prices and mood were at this sale they probably would just pack anything left at about 11:30 if they feared that I'd be coming back to try and nag them to drop the price :D I feel the same way about people that have high prices on stuff that ain't moving at a yardsale that they won't budge on.

Flea Market 8-3-08

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1874/fleamarket8308cu9.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fleamarket8308cu9.jpg)

Duke Nukem Time To Kill Complete (PSX) - $1

$1 was the IAP which I paid.

Ric Flair: To Be The Man Hardback Cover - $2

IAP was $5 offered $2 which was taken. Looks like it was bought at a library sale but still well worth it IMO not really knowing anything about the value of used books.

SNES model 2 With AV Cord, 1st party controller & 3rd party controller
Donkey Kong Country
Killer Instinct
Street Fighter II
Sonic Blast (CIB)

$10

Was looking at the SNES stuff and the seller said he was asking $15. He also said that he wanted $30 for a Playstation he had with about 5 games, & $30 for a model 1 Genesis with about 15 games all common or shit sandwich. I pointed out that the SNES didn't have a power adaptor and offered $10 for it along with Sonic Blast out of the Genesis stuff which was taken after thinking it over for a few seconds.

Mr Bones (Complete)
Saturn Bomberman (Complete)
Spot Goes To Hollywood (Complete)
Three Dirty Dwarfs (Complete)
Bug Too (Disc Only)

$8

IAP on the Saturn games was $2 each, I offered $6 which was counter with $8. I actually bought them from the same guy I got the SNES stuff from but I didn't notice them till after I bought the SNES since they were a little ways down on a different table away from his other video game stuff. He said that they were his son's so he wouldn't bend too much on the price. It didn't really bother me though as I only really see Saturn stuff 1-3 times a year and it's usually all crap or mega common (think one of the 3 free games that used to come with a Saturn) so seeing something like Saturn Bomberan and some other worthwhile Saturn stuff cheap in the wild in my neck of the woods is definitely a nice change of pace.

[Kyle15]

Only Megami No Etsubou came from Play-asia. Its very hard.

Where did you get Zelda at?

[snes_collector]

IAP

What exactly does this mean? I see it in every one of your post and I have no idea what it is.

[Kitsune Sniper]

What exactly does this mean? I see it in every one of your post and I have no idea what it is.

Judging from the context of his posts, I believe it means "Initial Asking Price".

[RadiantSvgun]

Where did you get Zelda at?

Everything else came from Ckendal!

[InsaneDavid]

Everything else came from Ckendal!

Also the main source of my Famicom Disk System games, always top notch condition!

[evil_genius]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2727011925_faf6a21dc5_b.jpg

Very cool

[Kyle15]

Everything else came from Ckendal!

I should have known.
He's good at getting that stuff!

Anyway, how much was it?

[DigitalSpace]

Here's my second day haul from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo:

Neo-Geo Pocket Color:
Camouflage Blue system w/Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999 and Pac-Man (both cart only) - $7.50

Metal Slug: 1st Mission (cart only) and Metal Slug: 2nd Mission (w/cart case) - $8 for both

The NGPC is missing its battery cover, but that's no big deal to me.

NES:
Maniac Mansion (cart only) - $2.50
Star Force (cart only) - $3
Stinger (cart only) - $2.50
Contra manual - 50 cents
Super C manual - 50 cents

Genesis:
Dragon's Revenge (complete)
Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (complete)

PlayStation:
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: 3rd Edition (complete) - $1

Dreamcast:
Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (complete)

Game Boy:
Balloon Kid (cart only)

Game Gear:
Batman Returns (cart only) - 75 cents

Pac-Man Tomy Pocket Game (loose) - $2

Thanks to y-bot, Recycled Gamer, Corey, Josh (Qixmaster), Gerald, and Game Trader for today's deals! :D

[Porksta]

Circuit City sale:

Oz Season 3 - $16.99
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 1 - $16.99

No tax weekend!

[garagesaleking!!]

maybe iap means i am poor?

[thetoxicone]

No tax weekend!

We have no tax up here in Fairbanks and I surprisingly find it kind of annoying since I like collecting change and cashing it for special purchases and all I ever get now is a penny here or there so it adds up really slowly.

Anyway on the buying side nothing much to report

Final Fantasy Chronicles (ps1, complete) - $4.99

[coreys429]

I didn't buy much at the show....until recycledgamer sold me an auction he did for $120. All I have to say is I will make the list and post it soon, all to those who went, lets get together more often. It was fun.

[snes_collector]

Judging from the context of his posts, I believe it means "Initial Asking Price".

Thank you.

[YoshiM]

Even though this auction technically finished in July I got the items on Saturday, so we'll just count it as August.

I won an eBay auction for 20 issues of Video Games and Computer Entertainment magazines for $40. It included all of 1989 and most of 1990. All were in pretty decent shape except the first three issues (which I already had) and January 1990 (the cover is pretty beat). I was able to fill in some serious holes and even replace a few issues that were on the battered side.

Ever since I had thoughtless stored my game magazine collection in a colander that was a shed years ago (and thus got water damage), I've been working to rebuild that collection ever since. This completes a grail for me as I have now reacquired every VG&CE issue I used to have.

[FOnewearl]

What exactly does this mean? I see it in every one of your post and I have no idea what it is.


Judging from the context of his posts, I believe it means "Initial Asking Price".

Kitsune's right, I guess it's not as widely known as I was thinking it was as somebody also asked me what IAP stood for at CAG recently.

[GnawRadar]

Just picked up Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaros' Treasure for Wii from Toys R Us for $8.50, not necessarily a find in the wild but still a good deal nonetheless.

[evg2000]

Just got back from the NWCGE, I got some great stuff:
http://www.evg2000.com/finds/nwcge2008/finds1.jpg
http://www.evg2000.com/finds/nwcge2008/finds2.jpg
http://www.evg2000.com/finds/nwcge2008/finds3.jpg
http://www.evg2000.com/finds/nwcge2008/finds4.jpg

later,
Charles

[InsaneDavid]

Nice pickups evg2000! Especially Super Dimension Century Orguss and the Twin Famicom. If you don't mind, how much did the Twin Famicom set you back? Also dig the Bosconian marquee, horribly underrated game.

[evg2000]

Nice pickups evg2000! If you don't mind, how much did the Twin Famicom set you back?

$60 for the twin (with new belt, the controllers need a little work though), and $10 for SMB 1/2 disk

Super Dimension Century Orguss - free
Bosconia marquee $1
On the first day I picked up a few marquees for $4 each , the end of the show I picked up the rest for $1 each.

[jcalder8]

$60 for the twin (with new belt, the controllers need a little work though), and $10 for SMB 1/2 disk
60? Damn good deal there.

[Aussie2B]

I got some decent finds at my closest thrift store, which I sadly usually leave empty-handed:

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

First thing I spotted was the Master System games. Really common stuff, I know, but for $0.59 a piece I can't complain. It's too bad they don't have the manuals, though. It kind of frustrates me buying them because it was almost exactly one year ago when I found my first Master System games in the wild and I bought a nice Genesis lot on eBay with a converter so I could play them. To make a long story short, the thief told me lie after lie, and I never got the package or my money back. Now I'm too bitter and stubborn to spend even more money on eBay for it, so I probably won't be playing the games until I find a really cheap converter or Master System in the wild.

Moving on, I picked up WarCraft II and its Next 350 Levels expansion disc for $2.99 and StarCraft for another $2.99. Not exactly valuable but desirable enough to be decent sale fodder. I was surprised at how much I got for a similar set last summer.

The coolest item from that thrift was definitely the Mario Quiz Cards, though, which set me back $1.99. It's not really a trivia game, just an educational tool, but I love the Mario-themed art on each card. I pulled out a couple so you guys can see. Most of the card packs are still sealed.

I picked up Parappa the Rapper at the same thrift I got the aforementioned Intellivision games. It's a great find for me because I've really been wanting to add it to my collection. Just a couple months ago my boyfriend was playing UmJammer Lammy and asked if we had it and was disappointed when I said no. :P It's missing the fold-out instructions, but $2.99 still seems like a great deal to me considering how much I see even loose discs selling for on eBay.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I picked up Parappa the Rapper at the same thrift I got the aforementioned Intellivision games. It's a great find for me because I've really been wanting to add it to my collection. Just a couple months ago my boyfriend was playing UmJammer Lammy and asked if we had it and was disappointed when I said no. :P It's missing the fold-out instructions, but $2.99 still seems like a great deal to me considering how much I see even loose discs selling for on eBay.

Jesus, you too? I finally managed to pick up a copy of Parappa back in June, and I paid $5 for it. I thought it was complete but when I got home I realized that it only had the cover art, and no manual! What is wrong with these people?! Argh!

Also, if you're not planning on selling or trading away that copy of Starcraft, I believe that you can use the CD key on the back to download the game AND the expansion for free from Blizzard. ;)

[titanzguard]

I dont know about all of you but this weekend was a terrible weekend for deals. Also, no one seemed to want to haggle. Actually the first time no one at a flea wanted to haggle this year... Maybe it was the hot weather?

The only interesting story I have is an older guy, prob mid 60's, with a 2600 and 4 games asking $25. I asked him if he would take $15 for the Atari. He replied - "The what?" I said "Atari." He said "Where is it?" I said, trying not to laugh, "On the ground in a box." I then proceeded to pick it up and show him. He then replied "No. I am gonna have to ask for $25. These things are pretty rare anymore." I decided to pass on it for 2 reasons...The first being he had to have me find it and then he had to look at the price sticker before deciding and I already have a 4 switch model at home.

I did however buy a Gameboy Color - Lime green. She was asking $10. I offered her $8 and she replied "No." I walked away and came back 10 minute later and told her I was back and I guess I would have to give her $10. She asked if I wanted any games and I replied "No." Lol, she was asking $10 per game for Gameboy original and color games. A bit steep for me.