December 2008 Finds

[bunnybum]

This video is private.

And, as we all know, private means PORN!:villagepeople:

[Atari 5200]

A rainy day at the flee
Brings joy and glee

Harvest Moon 64 - $8

Sega Games - $1.00

Sonic 3
Ecco
Captain Silver

And...A video the has several video game "secrets" for nes games.

[Daft Punk]

All this was gifts from the GF

Wii system
Wii fit
Wii play
Mario kart w/Wheel
Extra Wii Wheel
Call of duty World at war 360
Playstation boxer shorts

Then I bought a bit of stuff at radio shack

Wireless sensor bar for wii $7
Extra battery covers $.50
4 extra jackets and straps $3
Xbox 360 wired controller for windows or 360 $10


From work

Some xbox 360 magazine demos $free
Bloody roar extreme for xbox $10


From Chase the chuckwagon

Scene it? Movies for 360 Sealed for $20 shipped

from ebay

carbon fiber 360 faceplate sealed $1 shipped
2 nfl 360 faceplates sealed $1.00 shipped for both

Got this lot for $45 shipped

Pokemon Got Ya T-Shirt (XL)
N64 Is Here T-Shirt (XL)
Donkey Kong 64 T-Shirt (Large)
Gameboy Color T-Shirt (XL)
Gamecube T-Shirt (XL)
Black Nintendo Logo Jacket (XL)
Supercross 64 T-Shirt (XL)
Nintendo Sports T-Shirt (XL)
Perfect Dark Martine Glass
Nintendo Water Bottle
Nintendo Consumer Service Week 93 Plastic Mug
Conker's Bad Fur Day Plastic Mug
Nintendo Stanley Cup Hockey Puck
Game Boy Advance Rubber Replica
2 Burger King Beanies
Plush Flying Mario
2 small Gamecube Notebooks
Nintendo 64 mesh bag
Gameboy Advance Notebook
3 Nintendo folders
2 Nintendo Image CDs
3 Stickers
2 Gamecube Keychains
2 red Pens
Starfox Motion Pen
Super Mario World Pencil
Super Nintendo Sword Letter Opener
Mature Keychain
2 Nintendo 64 Dogtags
Exhibitor ID Badge
3 small pins (Nintendo Power, Nintendo 2001 & Nintendo Difference).
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[Daft Punk]

More ebay
Got this lot for $20.87 shipped

White Nintendo 64 long sleeve polo style shirt (large)
White Nintendo 64 T-Shirt (XL) with some stains around collar
Purple Nintendo Button Down (XL),
White Blockbuster/Nintendo Polo Style (Large),
Grey Columbia Fleece Vest (XL),
Blue Team Nintendo T-Shirt (XL),
Metroid Prime T-Shirt (XL),
Perfect Dark Black Boxers (XL),
Grey Gamecube T-Shirt (XL),
Black Gameboy Advance Launch 2001 T-Shirt (Large),
Green Donkey Kong The Beast is Back fleece pullover (large),
White Got Ya Pokemon T-Shirt (XL),
White/Orange Nintendo Powerfest 94 T-Shirt (XL)
Grey Gameboy Color T-Shirt (XL)

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[Daft Punk]

Continued from above

This lot for $67.98

Purple Team Nintendo T-Shirt (XL)

Green Gameboy Advance T-Shirt (Large)

White Nintendo 64 Polo Shirt (XL) (Several small stains)

Purple Nintendo Difference Button Down Shirt (XL)

Black Perfect Dark Windbreaker Jacket (XL)

Black Nintendo Messenger Bag

Gamecube Baseball Hat

Black Excitebike 64 Baseball Hat

Red Mario Hat

Red Donkey Kong Nylon Lunch Bag

3 Ring Binder from 1995

Nintendo Pocket Folder

Gameboy Color Folder

Gameboy Advance Notebook

Gamecube small Notebook

Black Yoshi Beanie

Yellow Yoshi Beanie

Donkey Kong Video Tape

Nintendo Street Team Boston Video Tape

Mario Golf Ball

Nintendo Water Bottle

Game Boy Advance Glass

Nintendo Mug

Illusion of Gaia Notepad

4 Sheets Pokemon Stickers

Nintendo Mints (half gone)

Gameboy Advance Key Chain

2 Gamecube Key Chains

2 Red Nintendo Pens

Super Mario World Pencil

Starfox Motion Pen

Gameboy Color Keychain

Princess Ring

3 Nintendo 64 Dog Tags

Pokemon Dog Tag

Nintendo Power Pin

Nintendo Pin.

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$10.50
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More ebay :)

NBA 2K8 (Xbox 360) $6.25
College Hoops 2K7 (Xbox 360) $5.27
Xbox 360 missing controller w/ 20 gig drive but has no video $60 shipped
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xbox 360 core with RROD $20 shipped
oem 360 wireless controller $25 shipped
ps2 XL hockey jersey has a Huge 02 for the number on back and a "PlayStation 2" for the name on reverse. $35 shipped
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[TheRealist50]

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Pictured:

Sega Genesis with 2 controllers, hookups, arcade stick and Menacer gun + game
Games: Road Rash 2, Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Jewel Master, PGA Golf 2, Taz Mania, Aladdin, Hard Drivin, Mortal Kombat, Cool Spot, George Foreman's KO Boxing, Mario Lemiux Hockey

Nintendo 64 with 2 controllers, hookups, expansion pack, memory card and rumble attachment, Resident Evil and N64 sports bag
Games: Crusin USA, Zelda MM, Zelda OoT, Perfect Dark, Excite Bike 64, Army Men Sarge's Heroes, SM64, NFL Blitz and Resident Evil 2

$15 for the whole lot

$15 for all that? that's awesome. I can't find Resident Evil 2 anywhere for less then $15. Cheapest I found was $20 and most expensive was $50.

[otoko]

Lookie what I found outside Circuit City today~

Xbox 360 Kiosk

It's missing the Television, 360 unit, 360 Power supply, av cords, and controllers. Otherwise it's complete.

The fans need replacing (they're pretty standard) but it seems to be in good condition.

Took me two hours to put it back together. (That's my 360 in there because I thought it would be fun to see one in there..)

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It had two keys with it and a screw bit.. Made it extremely easy putting it back together.

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I am not really interested in keeping it.. so if anyone wants to PM me about it... I'm willing to sell. I might post it up on eBay if I get the time.

I also found this outside too. The side art seems to be peeling a tiny bit.. I think it's not a problem though.

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I've already made use of this in my room!

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[The 1 2 P]

Nice find Otoko. It always amazes me that some states(like yours) will get to the point where they will throw these out with the trash. But in other states(like mine) this would have been sold as soon as the liquidation sale started. Or at the very least an employee would have taken it. In Maryland you will NEVER see one of those kiosk thrown out from a store.

[NayusDante]

Yeah, the closest I've come is getting some promo signs when GameStop got a double-shipment. Heck, I've seen Microsoft reps in the stores, chewing out the employees for taking home in-store displays BEFORE they're supposed to go up!


M$:"Where's the Aerosmith sign?!?!"

GS:"It's at Bill's house."

M$:"IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AT BILL'S HOUSE!!!"

GS:"Well, Bill doesn't work again until tomorrow."

M$:"I don't care. You're putting it up today, it NEEDS to be up by 4. And so does all that stuff that YOU took home!"

GS:"...you guys suck..."

[Kuros]

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Sunday's stuff:

Hatris, Wordtris, Tetris Blast and Ballon Kidd for the GB - $10
NES RF adapter = $.50
Silent Hill GH = $3
Equinox = $5
Escape from Monster Manor - $5
Linksys Wireless USB Adapter with Speed Boost = $7
USB Floppy Drive - $3

[Kitsune Sniper]

I didn't go to the flea market today, instead I had to go pick up some photos that my sister wanted developed. On the way back, I got on the wrong bus, which left me a few blocks away from where I was trying to go... but I walked next to a second-hand store that's been in town for a little while, and they had NES games for a cheap price (for Mexico, anyway.)

They had around 20 NES games, but I only picked up The Jetsons - Cogswell's Caper, loose, almost mint (it has some top label damage). I may go back for Mega Man 2 later. :)

[DigitalSpace]

Purchased yesterday:

NES:
Ultima: Exodus (cart only) - $1

I already had a copy, but this one's in better shape.

And while they aren't game-related, I might as well mention that I got several promo posters for The Spirit for free.

[Damaramu]

If I'm not mistaken, this girl was just killed in a traffic accident back in November.
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[Daft Punk]

Wow yeah I checked it out she did.

Crystal LeAnne VERNOR Born in Renton, Washington on December 15, 1970. She was in a fatal scooter accident on November 12, 2008.

[Sabz5150]

Bossman brought in a couple of boxes he found in his attic. Has a complete Sega Saturn, NES (front load), model 1 Genesis and N64. Also some original Atari 2600 joysticks and a big pile of power adapters and controllers for other systems I have yet to sort through. There are a few Genesis sports games (Madden 9x) and Virtua Cop for the Saturn.

100 for the boxes is the deal we struck. Comes outta my paycheck in 10 dollar tax-free increments. Can't go wrong with that :)

[darkslime]

At Hollywood video for $3.99 each I got:
Mario superstar baseball
Wario world
Yakuza
Godzilla unleashed
God of war

[Streetball 21]

Not really a find but...

I purchased Contra III Alien Wars from the Wii VC-800 points

Also, just bought Call of Duty 5: World at War from Circuit City for $39.99 (price match from Target)

Oops forgot to add the X-Mas gifts-

Mario sleep shorts
Mario baseball cap (made in the 80's) from Gamestop
Mario Galaxy Christmas stocking

[jeffg]

some finds from the last few days:

Pikmin 2 no manual $4.95
Jurassic Park OPeration Genesis for Xbox no manual $4.95

Then traded these 2 games for
Uncharted Waters New Horizons Complete with manuals, map, box, etc, all mint condition
Missile Command 3D for Jaguar

More Finds
Mutant League Hockey complete $1.99
Shenmue DC factory sealed but tears in factory seal $5
Grandia II DC complete $5
Bomberman Party Edition PS1 complete $5
Parasite Eve complete less demo disc $5
Space Megaforce cart only $5
Final Fight 2 cart only $5
Silent Hill PS1 disc only Non-GH version $5
Dragon Warrior I & II for GBC $5
Dragon Warrior III for GBC $5
Guardian Heroes Complete $40

Blockbuster B1G1 $27 plus tax for all 6
Mass Effect
Lord of the Rings Xbox 360
Geometry Wars Wii
Octomania Wii
NBA Street Homecourt
Virtua Fighter 5

[Famidrive-16]

Wow yeah I checked it out she did.

Crystal LeAnne VERNOR Born in Renton, Washington on December 15, 1970. She was in a fatal scooter accident on November 12, 2008.

NOA employee then? Explains a lot...

[Sabz5150]

Today's haul:

Battlezone (VCS)
Casino (VCS)
Warlords (VCS)
Hangman (VCS)
Yar's Revenge (VCS)
Seaquest (VCS)
Video Olympics (VCS)
Crossbow (VCS)
Game Genie (GEN)
Freeloader (GCN)
DS TT (NDS)

[Saabmeister]

On a whim I stopped at a Saver's I've never been to and found The Legend Of Zelda Collectors Edition for the Gamecube for $10.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Today's finds:

Games:
Ico (PS2) sealed
Tecmo Super Bowl (NES), loose
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (NES), loose

Software:
Windows ME Upgrade, new in box

CDs:
Music from Doug 1991-1993 (promo CD... there's no info about this on the internet!)
Ramones Mania

Books:
Compute!'s guide to Nintendo Games - $1
Fog City Diner Cookbook - $2

[Kuros]

Software:
Windows ME Upgrade, new in box


Why? Seriously... why?

[Kitsune Sniper]

Why? Seriously... why?

Easy $35-$50 on eBay, that's why. :P

[Kuros]

Easy $35-$50 on eBay, that's why. :P

Really, didn't know.

Hardcore software collectors I suppose.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Really, didn't know.

Hardcore software collectors I suppose.

Not really. Just people that actually USE the software. Crazy, I know!

[bunnybum]

Not really. Just people that actually USE the software. Crazy, I know!

That's exactly the reason I have 8 sealed Windows 98 packages lying in the closet. During a financial drought you can always flip old Microsoft wares.

[Kitsune Sniper]

That's exactly the reason I have 8 sealed Windows 98 packages lying in the closet. During a financial drought you can always flip old Microsoft wares.

Windows 98 SEs are worth money. But the original... not so much.

[bunnybum]

That's what I meant :) I actually have a laptop in the game room running 98SE, mainly because that's the only OS it has enough juice to run :-/

[Kuros]

Not really. Just people that actually USE the software. Crazy, I know!

But why would anyone use Millenium Edition?

Crazies, that's who.

[Kitsune Sniper]

But why would anyone use Millenium Edition?

Crazies, that's who.

Masochists? :P

[otoko]

Buzz Zing!

[PentiumMMX]

Here's my last finds of the year:

From Game-X-Change:
- Bomberman Hero (N64. Loose): $10
- Snake's Revenge (NES. Loose): $5
- Mega Man X (Super NES. Loose): $10 (The first time I've seen it for a decent price)

Non-gamings finds and Christmas gifts:
- Led Zeppelin IV (CD. New): $15
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Complete Collection (DVD box set. New): $45
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories -- Volume 2 (New): Christmas Gift from my parents
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (DVD. New): Christmas gift from my parents
- Shirts that are two sizes too small: Christmas gifts from my grandma
- A popcorn tin: Christmas gift from my Grandma (I least I like popcorn)
- $40 in cash: Christmas gifts from my Mom's side of the family
- $25 Best Buy gift card: Christmas gift from my aunt and uncle

One of the better Christmases in years, though it still can't hold a candle to 2001, when I got my Game Boy Color.

[jahvybe]

Picked up this master system lot at goodwill last night. Everything was in a bag with a model 2 genesis. All for $18.99 with my club goodwill discount.

F-16 Fighting Falcon - complete
Ghost House - no manual
Transbot - loose inside ghost house case
Vigilante - complete
Action Fighter - no manual
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Hang-On & Astro Warrior - no manual
After Burner - no manual
Choplifter - no manual
Zillion II - no manual
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3-D glasses w/ reciever
Rambo - loose
Penguin Land - loose
Missile Defense 3-D - complete
Hang-On & Safari Hunt - no manual
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2 light guns & 2 controllers
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[klausien]

Just scored cart only versions of the Xonox Atari 2600 games Robin Hood and Sir Lancelot for $1 each at a Play 'N Trade. The guide lists them as $45 each cart only, but I'd imagine they are worth less currently. Regardless, what a nice way to finish out the year!

[Tupin]

Probably my last finds of 2008.

Baseball (NES)
Krusty's Fun House (NES)
NFL (NES)
Ice Hockey (NES)

I also got Space Jockey for the 2600 for free. Also got a "mystery" M Network game with no label, which turned out to be Kool-Aid Man, for free too. :cheers:

[Daft Punk]

Hit about 10 thrifts and not a good/cheap game in sight.

but I did score some game t shirts from goodwill .

4 DDR shirts 2 are different
1 tomb raider shirt ( The new one)
1 madden 05 ping golf shirt

They had a used ea sports shirts but I already have a couple of those.

[darkslime]

I got 5 guides for the orange box for 5 cents total at best buy.

[yoshilime53]

I got 5 guides for the orange box for 5 cents total at best buy.




?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!?!?!??!!??!?!!?!?whaaaa?! how?

[Daft Punk]

?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!?!?!??!!??!?!!?!?whaaaa?! how?

they were .1 cent guides . You have to usually ask an associate for some sort of blowout list.There was a discussion about this on the board somewhere but I don't remember.

[darkslime]

they were .1 cent guides . You have to usually ask an associate for some sort of blowout list.There was a discussion about this on the board somewhere but I don't remember.
DON'T EVER ASK THE EMPLOYEES or they will become aware of it. Look at the list of penny guides on the thread on CAG.

Penny guides are amazing. I have made a few hundred dollars off of them in the past year. I have also been banned permanently from shopping at 2 circuit citys and one best buy though. >_>

[VACRMH]

For Christmas:

Yggdra Union - PSP
Operation Darkness - 360
Dokapon Kingdom - Wii

Pac-Man Ornament

With Giftcards:

No More Heroes - Wii
Call of Duty: World at War - 360
Puzzle Quest - DS

At Bestbuy -

Platypus - PSP
Red Ninja - PS2

(Bogo, so $2.50 each :D)

[8bitCaged]

I have also been banned permanently from shopping at 2 circuit citys and one best buy though. >_>
So your the one that put circuit city out of business :shameful:
Can they ban you for just shopping? did they have a limit on that item at the time? sue for all there money you will become a millionaire in the negative :king:

[darkslime]

So your the one that put circuit city out of business :shameful:
Can they ban you for just shopping? did they have a limit on that item at the time? sue for all there money you will become a millionaire in the negative :king: Well, I was the first one on CAG to find out that CC had penny guides, and my friend and I got over 300 in two months.

When I went to take advantage of a game sale where they give me a $10 gc, they said I was on the banned customers list and refused to sell it to me.

They also refused to sell my friend gears 2 when he went to get it there for the extra weapon or w/e.

[The 1 2 P]

Can they ban you for just shopping?

Yes. A few years ago Best Buy was clearancing a bunch of factory sealed dvd promos that were initially given away with a video game purchase. They were marked down to a penny a piece and I tried to buy ten of them for the dvd cases and they refused to sell them to me. I asked to speak to a manager and he said they couldn't sell them to me because I might sell them online. So later that day I called and spoke to the store manager who told me pretty much the same thing and that his employees handled the situation well. Needless to say I have never shopped at that Besy Buy again but I have stolen a few things from there as a form of....karma for them:angel:

[Vectorman0]

...Needless to say I have never shopped at that Besy Buy again but I have stolen a few things from there as a form of....karma for them:angel:

Dude, what the hell?

[c0ldb33r]

Can they ban you for just shopping?
They can ban you for any reason, or for no reason at all - doesn't matter. It's their store.

[josekortez]

Yes. A few years ago Best Buy was clearancing a bunch of factory sealed dvd promos that were initially given away with a video game purchase. They were marked down to a penny a piece and I tried to buy ten of them for the dvd cases and they refused to sell them to me. I asked to speak to a manager and he said they couldn't sell them to me because I might sell them online. So later that day I called and spoke to the store manager who told me pretty much the same thing and that his employees handled the situation well. Needless to say I have never shopped at that Besy Buy again but I have stolen a few things from there as a form of....karma for them:angel:

I can't comment on the stealing, but I will say I stopped buying penny guides years ago because the damn things get too heavy when you have too many of them stacked up. I need to unload some of the ones I have soon.

But yes, they're not supposed to sell them to customers. Years ago, when I worked for FYE, one of my responsibilities was to destroy penny guides by shredding them and spray painting the remains to make sure they were destroyed. As a gamer, it felt like I was committing murder every time I did it...not that I know what that feels like.

[InsaneDavid]

Needless to say I have never shopped at that Besy Buy again but I have stolen a few things from there as a form of....karma for them:angel:

Yeah, I do hope it's a form of karma, that comes back to bite you on the ass.

[Tupin]

Man, can't really cash in on the Circuit City closing thing, the one that was within five minutes of driving distance closed when they were doing GOOD. :?

The only other one here is right near a Best Buy, and I only go to Circuit City when I want stuff that Best Buy doesn't carry anymore.

[darkslime]

I can't comment on the stealing, but I will say I stopped buying penny guides years ago because the damn things get too heavy when you have too many of them stacked up. I need to unload some of the ones I have soon.

But yes, they're not supposed to sell them to customers. Years ago, when I worked for FYE, one of my responsibilities was to destroy penny guides by shredding them and spray painting the remains to make sure they were destroyed. As a gamer, it felt like I was committing murder every time I did it...not that I know what that feels like. Mine go in and out pretty quickly, because here we have Bookman's, which will buy them for $1-5 in store credit each.
I still have 17 Madden 08 guides in the garage though. No one wants them now that 09 has come out.

[Cornelius]

I was getting pretty bummed reading about some of the nice end-of-the-year finds, and me finding squat lately. Then yesterday I found a fat PS2 w/ hookups and a network adapter on it for $16 after tax at Goodwill. Not bad at all, and turns out it reads everything fine, though the tray does need a tug in order to stay open. So I was satisfied with that... at least I'd found something.

Then this morning my 2-yr old son was driving me nuts, so we had to Go. Nothing at Savers, so Salvation Army was next. I'd just been thinking how it has been forever since I'd seen any good Target stuff their (I've gotten several Wii items there in the past... Target returns, damage, etc.). First thing I see is a Wiimote, then the Blu-Ray Iron Man, and well, eventually found all of this in the glass case (it was a mess and took a while for the very nice woman to dig stuff out for me). I probably missed some good stuff (piles of new cables and cords), but with a 2-yr old sometimes you have to cut things short.

Talking to the woman it turns out they actually had 2 Wii systems yesterday that they were 'testing' in the back, and she said they tested Rock Band, too, so that's good. They ended up selling the Wiis for 250!!!

Grand total spent: $121.53. Here's hoping everything works; I'll get to test it out later this afternoon.

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The hard to see thing (sorry for the blurry pic) is The Dark Knight special Target edition DVD set (comes in a cool mask shaped case). The Gen games are complete and were 1.99 ea.

[jcalder8]

I was getting pretty bummed reading about some of the nice end-of-the-year finds, and me finding squat lately. Then yesterday I found a fat PS2 w/ hookups and a network adapter on it for $16 after tax at Goodwill. Not bad at all, and turns out it reads everything fine, though the tray does need a tug in order to stay open. So I was satisfied with that... at least I'd found something.

Then this morning my 2-yr old son was driving me nuts, so we had to Go. Nothing at Savers, so Salvation Army was next. I'd just been thinking how it has been forever since I'd seen any good Target stuff their (I've gotten several Wii items there in the past... Target returns, damage, etc.). First thing I see is a Wiimote, then the Blu-Ray Iron Man, and well, eventually found all of this in the glass case (it was a mess and took a while for the very nice woman to dig stuff out for me). I probably missed some good stuff (piles of new cables and cords), but with a 2-yr old sometimes you have to cut things short.

Talking to the woman it turns out they actually had 2 Wii systems yesterday that they were 'testing' in the back, and she said they tested Rock Band, too, so that's good. They ended up selling the Wiis for 250!!!

Grand total spent: $121.53. Here's hoping everything works; I'll get to test it out later this afternoon.

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The hard to see thing (sorry for the blurry pic) is The Dark Knight special Target edition DVD set (comes in a cool mask shaped case). The Gen games are complete and were 1.99 ea.
I wish I could find a store that did that around here. You got some great prices on that stuff.

[DigitalSpace]

Here's what I got at a CD/Game Exchange this afternoon:

NES:
RoadBlasters (cart only) - $1
Circus Caper (cart only) - $2.50
Ghostbusters II (cart only) - $2.50

SNES:
The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (cart only) - $4

Dreamcast:
Expendable (complete) - $2.50
Urban Chaos (complete) - $2.50
House of the Dead 2 (no manual) - $5

Probably overpaid for a couple things, but overall, not a bad way to end the year.

[Steve W]

All I've found recently was an odd light gun. It's shaped like the Sega Master System light gun, but it's lighter in weight and a strange dark blue-green color instead of it's usual black. It doesn't have any identification on it other than 'Made in Japan', and the strangest part... on the end of the cord isn't a standard 9-pin plug, it has what looks like a power plug on it. It looks like a Genesis power tip on the end of the cable, which I've never seen as a plug for a peripheral before. Strange. Only paid $1.99 for it, and got it just to find out what the heck it is.

[bangtango]

My latest finds:


-Boxing: Legends of the Ring (box and cart) for Sega Genesis: $1.99 at Goodwill

-Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (cart only) for Sega Genesis: $2 at Salvation Army

-Excalibur "Double Play" Handheld Baseball game (boxed): $2 at Goodwill

-First party Sega Genesis 3 button controller: $1.99 at Goodwill

-Third party Sega Genesis 6 button controller: $1.99 at Goodwill

-NFL QB Club 2002 (case and disc) for Gamecube: $1 at a local game store

-ESPN NFL Football 2K4 (complete, disc is well worn) for XBox: $0.50 at a local game store but I'll have to pay $2 to get the disc buffed

-NFL QB Club '96 (complete) for Sega Genesis: $1 at a local game store

-Evander Holyfield Boxing (complete) for Sega Genesis: $1 at a local game store

-F1 Race (cart only) for Gameboy: $1 at a local game store

[Joe West]

Don't see how you guys do it................the only thing i find is over priced stuff.....

[SEGA_Queen]

Well, here are my last finds for 2008:

Magical Starsign (DS) - Was labeled $19.99. However, when I went to pay, the clerk told me that all the clearance games were 50% off during their post Christmas sale, so it only cost me ten bucks.:D

Prima's Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire Strategy Guide - $1.99 at Value Village

[Tupin]

Don't see how you guys do it................the only thing i find is over priced stuff.....
It all depends on where you live.

[jcalder8]

Don't see how you guys do it................the only thing i find is over priced stuff.....
A lot of it comes down to the amount of time you spend looking for stuff.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Don't see how you guys do it................the only thing i find is over priced stuff.....

People keep trying to hawk $10-20 NES games at me.

All it takes is a little luck.

[otoko]

People keep trying to hawk $10-20 NES games at me.

All it takes is a little luck.

A little Luck? It defiantly take much more than that!

[garagesaleking!!]

lol my goodwills would never sell that wii stuff, it would all get scammed out of the back room.

[titanzguard]

I live in the Pittsburgh area and agree with the post above. None of that stuff would ever hit the floor. Someone in the back would either buy it up instantly or take it themselves.

[The 1 2 P]

I live in the Pittsburgh area and agree with the post above. None of that stuff would ever hit the floor. Someone in the back would either buy it up instantly or take it themselves.

Same here. However, I have found atleast a fair amount of good stuff that made it to the sales floor. Like the $6 Sega Nomad I found at Goodwill. It takes a lot of patience and alittle luck for finds like that, but it does happen occasionally.

[TheRealist50]

Don't see how you guys do it................the only thing i find is over priced stuff.....

I said this when I first started to seriously go after games and hunting for them. I found nothing but overpriced junk. Then out of the blue I hit the jackpot...running into nothing but pure awesomeness. Keep going back to your goodwill or pawn shop once a week and eventually you will find something, they get new stuff everyday. I hit up my pawn shop on Monday...nothing...went back Tuesday just cause I was bored and I found Banjo-Tooie and Turok 3 for $10 total. They didn't have these the day before.


my finds for this past week weren't so exciting. Picked up:

Kiwi Kraze (NES)
Bionic Commando (NES)
18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker (DC) for 10 dollars.

Banjo-Tooie (N64)
Turok 3 (N64) 10 bucks total.

5 NES games for 10 bucks.

Also traded Resident Evil 3 Nemesis for the PS1 to my friend for Mystery Quest (NES) Darkwing Duck (NES) and Micro Machines (NES)

[adler_0]

I just picked up some interesting stuff from a local flea market. I got an atari 1200xl with a disk drive and lots of atari magazines, manuals, and 5.25 floppy disks. Apparently there are games on the floppy disks but I have no idea how to load them or anything. All the disks labels are hand-written so maybe there is something cool. I also got a "tele-games" console and the following NES games. Everything for $90.

NES games:
back to the future
dash galaxy in the alien asylum
raid on bungeling bay
robocop
iron tank
karate champ w/instructions
robowarrior
rescue: the embassy mission
a boy and his blob
trojan
othello
infiltator
rocket ranger
gyromite
ring king w/instructions
xevious
720 w/instructions
3-d worldrunner w/instructions
adventures of dino-riki
heavy shriddin'
chessmaster
the legend of kage
mtv remote control
gun.smoke