Weekend Finds 5/30-6/1

[maxlords]

SCOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!

Got my first find of the weekend today! Went down to the liquidatioon store cause they get new stock in on Fridays. Look around and see taht wonderful cardboard black of the SNES boxes, so I have to go see. All this stuff is salvage from stores across the country...usually it's all very nice too. So I flip thru....Lethal Weapon....Earthworm Jim 2...Super Streetfighter....Final Fantasy 3.....WAIT......FINAL FANTASY III???? And all these games are boxed complete (no shrink sadly)! So I open it up and lo and behold it's a complete mint FFIII with map and poster! GASP!!!! For....a whopping $15.00 Cdn!!! JOY!!!


Then, this evening, my neighbor (who's moving to the apartment below) came over with a Nuby case full of GB games and stuff and wanted to know if it was worth anything. Sadly, everything he had was common, so he said that I could either have his stack of games or he'd throw it all away. Naturally, I took thie stuff and got:

GB system (original, very nice)
GB Link cable
GB Nuby carry case
GB Power adaptor (has short tho)
Tetris x 2
Dr. Mario
Super Mario Land
Kirby's Dream Land
Dexterity
TMNT Fall of the Foot Clan

I was quite happy :)


And now...more stuff on Sunday (there was lots o rain Saturday so everyone was selling today instead:

NES Zapper + RF + SMB/Duck Hunt + 2600 paddle set $.50 total

PSX/N64 Steering wheel/pedal set $1.00

Yay!

[hezeuschrist]

Hahaha, I still have the box, instructions, and map for my FF3, but no game! heh, I gotta find a cart sometime.

Yesterday I scored Star Ocean Second Story new-sealed for $20. Went back to that EB that had Castlevania Chronicles still new for $20, but they had sold it by then, argh!

Having to wait weeks to get paid really sucks when you find such awesome deals.

[AB Positive]

I'm going to go on a swing of yard sales tomorrow, and hopefully the nearby flea will be up. Wish me luck on actually finding something this time around.

-AG

[chadtower]

What flea is that?

[Gamereviewgod]

2 original model PS Ones/one controller/most hookups/Activision Classics: $10 for all

Saturn w/ controller/ Virtua Fighter: $7

E-bay here I come...

[bargora]

I'm too lazy to find the midweek thread (or was there one this week?), so here's where I proclaim that I got Pocket Fighter (Playstation) for $20. Being a big fan of SPFIIT (wha?), I'd have picked this up long ago if I hadn't been drunk or stupid or something. SO CUUUUTE!!!!

[icbrkr]

Another great weekend! This week I came home with a bunch of stuff. The local Salvation Army actually had a bunch of games at varying prices - the girl behind the counter gave them to me at $2 ea :) Plus, I got a 3DO, with controller, and 13 new in box games for $59! Here's the total list:

NES:

Mega Man 4
TMNT
TMNT Arcade
Tiger Heli
Ultima
Super Off Road
Bubble Bobble
River City Ransom
Duck Tales

and I picked up Legendary Wing at another store new for $4

SMS:

Spy Vs Spy (complete) for $2

3DO:

Syndicate
Fifa Soccer
Shockwave
Twisted - The Game Show
Battle Chess
Myst
Soccer Kid
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Guardian War
The Daedalus Encounter
Jurassic Park Interactive
It's a Bird's Life
Madden Football

and of course, the 3DO.

Brian

[Mr-E_MaN]

Today I found the motherload for my SMS collection. It was all the games that I was going to get off of ebay too so it saved me a bundle.
All the games were $4.99 Canadian.
California Games
Double Dragon
Enduro Racer
Wonder Boy

With this find I have now doubled my SMS collection!!!

I am going out to some garage sales tomorrow morning so I will probably get more stuff but I just wanted to share this little bit since it is so exciting for me!

[ClubNinja]

So far, I picked up two lovely Genesis carts on the cheap:

Ultimate Qix
Warrior of Rome II

[Rogmeister]

I've gotten a few things this week...not much but something...

Namco GunCon for PSX
Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James (PSX)
Choplifter III for Super Nintendo

I have just one more game coming in the mail and it could arrive tomorrow...that would be Klonoa for PSX

Added note: I did wind up getting Klonoa today...

[scooterb23]

No finds...just some good old fashioned retail shopping...
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PC - Tiger Woods 2003 - $20
GBA - Baseball Advance - $10
GBA - WarioWare - $30

that's it so far...

[l_lamb]

I'm on a trip to Austin this weekend and found a few things so far:

1) Super Pro Action Football for Intellivision (loose): 99 cents.
2) Final Fantasy Tactics (non GH) Sealed: $2.99 at Goodwill. It even had a layer of clear box tape over it to protect the shrinkwrap, but had never been opened.
3) Boxed Aquarius computer with 2 controls and Memory Expander $10.00 with a free Atari 800 boxed.

I'm doing some more searching tomorrow.

[ubersaurus]

So far I've picked up the following

1 Saturn multitap-for 10 player madness in bomberman, and because, well, I need one.

3 Colecovision games-Venture, Pitstop, and Smurfs
1 Odyssey 2 game-Bowling! Basketball!

Not too shabby, all things considered that I wasn't really looking.

[syzygy]

Just a few small finds__on a low budget at the moment.

Game boy--$1.00
n64 cruis'n usa--.50
n64 super smash bros--.50
mad catz steering wheel_no pedal for n64--$2.99.

funny how that worked out. I found cruis'n usa at a yard sale and then 30 minutes I found the steering wheel at a thrift store.

[dave2236]

I finally have something to post on the weekend finds.

Sega Menacer in box, no styrofoam........ $.75
B/W Gameboy w/ mario 2 six golden coins ....... $.25

[hamburgler]

Found a Mint never been opened sealed copy of harvest moon 64 for n64 for a $1.00

Found Sonic 3 for genisis for a $1.00

and a collector's edition of Zelda:Majora's mask for free.

That's about it.

[Quintracker]

Picked up a snes with all cords and box for $5. Oddly enough, the box is for the smaller model, but I got the regular snes :/

[AB Positive]

for $10 at one sale:

all loose SNES:
Mega Man X
Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3
Street Fighter 2
Jurassic Park


and for another $10
Pico (power goes through but nothing happens, argh)
and 6 Pico games in box with instructions.


if anyone feels up to fixing a pico or wants some games, let me know and I will trade :)

-AG

[norkusa]

PS2:
Red Faction II
Hot Shots Golf 3 (I love this game!)
Hitman 2
...$35 for all 3 complete from pawn shop

Wall Street Kid (NES) and Street Racer (2600) both complete for $0.99 each at Goodwill. This is the first time in at least 3 years I've seen a complete 2600 game in the wild.

Not really a find, but from ebay I got a Nintendo Power Fest 1990 program and a Nintendo Pocket Power magazine from The Wizard movie premiere.

[Videogamerdaryll]

All I found today Video Game related was a Namco Guncon for $2.00


Edit..
Tonight I went to BlockBuster.......25% off
I got a Brand new sealed Mechassault..game with a free game rental sticker on the front of the case...for $15.00....

And Ialso bought 007 Nightfire for $29.00.(XBox)..no sticker on the disc..

[Tom61]

Gah, I wasn't planning on going out to garage sales or auctions (auctions mainly) until I got some more room/got more organised. And what happens? My neighbor has a garage sale.

I ended up with:
1 Genesis 2
2 Sega brand 3 button controllers (one with a ratty cord)
1 Sega brand 6 button controller (what is the 'mode' button for?)
1 Sega RF modulator (has all the pins, mod this cable into RGB if need be)
1 4.5Volt Power supply by Sony :hmm:
NBA Jam, beat up plastic box, no instrunctions, messy label
Fifa Soccer '95, beat up plastic box(clear plastic ripped off the bottom half), no instrunctions

$5 for all.

This is my fourth Genesis system, and second Genesis 2. :roll: Not too much volume taken up, but still.

[bobdrywalls]

everyone who got a cheap or free original gameboy and they are up up for sale or trade, what do you want for them?

[scooterb23]

Nice flea market finds...all loose carts

NES - Palamedes - $5
NES - Rampage - $5
NES - Super Cars - $3
Coleco - Super Action Baseball - $2.50
2600 - Ghostbusters - $2.50
2600 - Mountain King - $5
5200 - River Raid - $2.50
5200 - H.E.R.O. - $2.50

[RetroYoungen]

All of my stuff was at retail at a classic game store 4Jays in Antioch CA. Here's my buys for the weekend (I'm broke now).

Game Gear
Car power adapter
X-Men
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Just under $50. A felt a little bit gypped, but that's the price you pay, I guess.

[Ed Oscuro]

Wow, that's crazy. I just got two games in the mail from 4Jays, Shinobi and Golden Axe Warrior, both SMS games. $20 for both of em.

Don't think I'm gonna buy from them again, their stuff wasn't in terribly great condition and "complete" gives more wiggle room than I'd like.

[church]

Prices in CDN funds.

Picked up Pocket Fighter, Lucky Luke and Speedball 2100 for the psx. I don't have anything to play them on but for 3$ each I couldn't pass them up. Also got a nes with all hooksups, 2 controllers, light gun, hard shell 10 game holder and 6 games for 15$. Games are SMB 2, TMNT with instructions, Rampage with instructions, To the earth with instructions, Dr.Mario and SMB/Duck hunt with instructions. They all came in plastic sleeves so bonus for that.

[TisLord]

TMNT Hyperstone heist $3
Radio Shack TV Scoreboard with gun .25 cents
Castlevania bloodlines $3


Box of Misc Sega and Nintendo parts/ controllers $1

[Achika]

I had to work most of the weekend, but I might swing out tomorrow to some garage sales, pending good weather.

But, at work I snagged:

GBA E-Reader Display
GBA Display

Less GBA's but I can always replace those later.

Plus
Gamecube vol. 9 Retail Demo
Paper GB SP that sounds when you open it up.
More AC cards (only need 20 for the complete set)

[Ed Oscuro]

I've got a bunch of trippy stuff going down right now, here's the rundown:

One guy sold me the following for $90:
Nomad system
Super Metroid (complete with the shrinkwrap around the box...and the Nintendo guide, perfect condition)
Phantasy Star IV, complete

I also contacted him back about getting the following things:
Suikoden (PSX, "infamous cover art" according to him, huh? ;)
Phantasy Star 2 - complete
Panzer Dragoon Orta - complete, saturn
For THAT haul, he wanted $80.

I feel a bit uneasy about that all since it's at such low prices, but he said he's a college student. I just find it hard to believe that the guy wanted only as much as he charged...remember that these are HIS prices after I said, "You tell me what you want!" and I didn't haggle a cent off the prices; in fact I added $5 to that Nomad+SM+PSIV combo. Anyways...I'll wait until the stuff gets shippped.

Next bit. Waiting for a response from folks who've got a ton of PCBs I want, for the moment, I'm getting Daimakaimura and Shadow Dancer (system 18 rocks, man!)--Japanese versions both. Again, quite reasonable pricing.

Some guy tells me he's got "Famicom Zelda" complete, with the wrapper again, for $55. CART VERSION. I bet he means Super Famicom, but $55 is again not a bad price (I would've paid $45 elsewhere, except they ran out long ago).

Anything else? Well, yes, I'm looking forward to my next paycheck, I've got some stuff that's actually new to get.

But that was the interesting bit.

[AB Positive]

Some more stuff:

Quattro Adventure (4-games, unlicensed, gold cart... what is this?)
Pyramid (AVE unlicensed)
Krazy Kreatures (AVE unlicensed)
Adventures of Lolo
Play Action Football

and a bare N64
N64 with just AC adapter
bare SNES
bare Gensis 1

....and although bare, it's a DEMO KIOSK Dreamcast, apparently from Japan. It won't play american discs.

is any of this stuff rare/valuable? I'm not displeased since I got them all for free

-AG

[hezeuschrist]

Picked up a snes with all cords and box for $5. Oddly enough, the box is for the smaller model, but I got the regular snes :/

I'll take that box off yer hands for the shipping costs of it =P

[wcmiker]

Super Metroid |SNES| Strategy Guide $10
10 Star Fox Adventures Guides |GC| $.01 each at K-Mart
Street Fighter Collection 2 complete |PSX| $5
Grandia complete |PSX| $3
Samurai Shodown: Warrior's Rage complete |PSX| $5
Kirby Tilt and Tumble complete |GBC| $1

[sniperCCJVQ]

Quattro Adventure (4-games, unlicensed, gold cart... what is this?)

The Quattro Serie was made by Camerica, they are very uncommun but not rare.

[brandver3]

Under the advise of Tips & Tricks 100th issue, I picked up Wild Woody. I would have had a Sega -CD to play it on, but no.

"Hey Steve. this guy wants to buy the Sega-CD"
"Well I'm not selling it yet, I haven't checked the price on >) e-bay >) " >:( >:( >:(

This is the guy that jacked up Final FIght 3 $10 once I said I wanted it. Bastard

[Ed Oscuro]

....and although bare, it's a DEMO KIOSK Dreamcast, apparently from Japan. It won't play american discs.

Would you be willing to part with that machine? I could give you a nice profit on it (and yes, I have no idea what it's worth whatsoever, I'm going out on a limb when I think $100+)

[Quintracker]

Picked up a snes with all cords and box for $5. Oddly enough, the box is for the smaller model, but I got the regular snes :/

I'll take that box off yer hands for the shipping costs of it =P

Nah, I think I'll just pick up a model 2 sometime ;)

[hezeuschrist]

Heh, rats.

Actraiser (complete) - $8
Alundra (complete) - $18

[Ikari Warrior]

I finally saw a bunch of complete games this weekend, but it was all stuff I had the carts of or didn't really want, but it was cool though.
Picked up:
SNES:
Blazeon
Kendo Rage (complete)
Gunforce
Adventures of Batman and Robin
NES:
Twin Cobra
Bubble Bobble
Adventure Island 3
Afterburner
Vindicators

PSX:
Crash Bandicoot
FF7
Fighting Force
Hot Shots Golf
Oddworld Abe's Exodus
(all are non-GH, hard to find around here, all the CB's I've seen within 50 miles were GH)

Saw lots of cool stuff this weekend... :-D

[AB Positive]

Well, got a gameless TG-16 that I'm not fully sure is working, but turned on and gave a white screen when hooked up. It's encouraging.

Also, I got this joystick, it looks like it has a Genesis/Atari type attachment at the end, with suction cups underneath. It has two large red buttons labeled "A" and "B" on each side, I assume for left/right handed players. It says Ultimate Superstick and is by Beeshu Inc. Anyone know where -that- comes from or goes to?

EDIT: SMS Joystick!!!! I'm trying this bad boy out right now! YEah!

...wow. Fantasy Zone is one of the greatest games ever. And this joystick helps a lot. DAMN I'm happy to find it!




-AG

[ARCZero]

I didn't pick up anything too valuable this weekend (a few common games here and there), but I did score a neat find. I found three computer / video game oriented magazines from 1980. They feature systems such as the Intellivision + computer module, APF + computer module, Atari 2600, Odyssey 2, and really obscure computers I have never heard of. There are a lot of nice pictures between them. On the conver of one of the magazines is a basketball game barely better graphics-wise than the A2600 version with the caption "Those wild new super graphics and computer games!". There's also a really funny article about what computers will be doing in 2000, such as driving our cars. The magazines are VideoPlay, Mechanix Illustrated Personal Computers, and Popular Electronicx.

- ARCZero

[zmeston]

Picked up the following goodies for $2 at my gated community's yearly flea-market fundraiser:

Genesis 2
Genesis 3
NES Advantage
Sega Genistick
Sega Megafire
1 NES controller, 2 Genesis controllers

The Genistick and Megafire look like first-party peripherals from Sega themselves, as opposed to third-party -- can anyone confirm/deny this?

-- Z.

[orrimarrko]

Thought this week was going to be a complete loss, but...

Today I picked up:

MINT (cart only) NES Adventure of Rocky & Bullwinkle

SNES UN Squadron (cart only)

Sega 32X (Sealed MINT) Night Trap

N64 StarCraft 64 (Complete)

and the kicker (even though I know JACK about it)...

A MINT condition original TI-99/4A (silver) with original working cables, 2 joysticks (although I think they were not originals - I have nothing to compare them to) and approximately 30 games/carts. Half came with instruction manuals in outstanding condition. There are some duplicates, but I still need to go through them.

Price...$40

I coudn't resist. Even though I could care less about the system and games, it was just so cool!! O_O

[Fumunda12]

I found a store in Hudson Wisc on sat night who was having a 50% off sale on everything. so i drove from Elk River MN to there and picked up the following
3do games
Daedelous encounter $5
Dragons lair $5
Strahl $2.50
night trap $10
all 3do games mint and in cases
sega saturn system $17
Blazing heros $15 complete
Burning Rangers $10 complete
Dark Savior $10 complete
Ghostbusters complete SMS $2.50
Rystan SMS complete $2.50
Cart only Wonder boy & space harrier $2.50 each
PSOne with screen $50
and earlier that day bought a Master system with 2 controllers and 5 complete games one being Phantasy Star for $5

[FrankLee]

I got Xmen, zombies ate my neibhors, quackshot, Splatterhouse 3 from the Pawnshop and my neibhor sold me his master system and about 8 games a good weekend