July 2009 Finds

[FamicomFreak]

Ah didn't know about this thread! I knew there was one in this forum! Anyways here are my finds of the last two weeks.

I picked up this genesis/sega cd/32x combo for 12 bucks at my local thrift store. It caught my attention when they had it behind the counter(they always have consoles behind the counter) and I asked the cashier how much it was and she said 120.00 and I was like ohhhh okkk but then another cashier corrected her and said 12 dollars and I was like ok give it to me. I only got it because it had the sega cd add on and I have yet to acquire one but then it had a bunch of cables wrapped around it with tape so when I got home I took those out and to my surprise there was a 32x in it with all the necessary cables. I also got the games below for 95 cents each except for the gameboy games which were 2 dollars each. For some reason they charge more for portable games.
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I will add my finds from last Sunday here later today. So far I have had a good July. Thanks for looking!

[JanLazer]

Well, my biggest find so far was on wednesday..Haven't uploaded any pics yet, but:

1 Baby Daughter, Jade Lillith.

So right there, its a great month. :D

As for video game finds, during my returning of rentals yesterday while momma and baby were sleeping, I used up my $25 credit at Movie Gallery/VHQ for their "Any used game $29.99 is now $4.99" sale:

Last Remnant (360)
Assassin's Creed (360)
Two Worlds (360)
Infinite Undiscovery (360)
Star Wars: Force Unleashed (360)

All for $1.20 cash after using the $25 credit.

Then today I hit up a different one and snagged:

Tales of Vesperia (360)
Civilization Revolution (360)

For $10-something...I won't have much time to play games with two little ones running around, but at least I'll have something to fill what little spare time I've got. :D

[Baloo]

Ah didn't know about this thread! I knew there was one in this forum! Anyways here are my finds of the last two weeks.

I picked up this genesis/sega cd/32x combo for 12 bucks at my local thrift store. It caught my attention when they had it behind the counter(they always have consoles behind the counter) and I asked the cashier how much it was and she said 120.00 and I was like ohhhh okkk but then another cashier corrected her and said 12 dollars and I was like ok give it to me. I only got it because it had the sega cd add on and I have yet to acquire one but then it had a bunch of cables wrapped around it with tape so when I got home I took those out and to my surprise there was a 32x in it with all the necessary cables. I also got the games below for 95 cents each except for the gameboy games which were 2 dollars each. For some reason they charge more for portable games.

I will add my finds from last Sunday here later today. So far I have had a good July. Thanks for looking!

Nice find, I'm assuming the Genesis/32x/Sega CD worked? And it came with all the cables for everything for $12? Wow.

[RoyVegas]

Well, my biggest find so far was on wednesday..Haven't uploaded any pics yet, but:

1 Baby Daughter, Jade Lillith.

So right there, its a great month. :D

As for video game finds, during my returning of rentals yesterday while momma and baby were sleeping, I used up my $25 credit at Movie Gallery/VHQ for their "Any used game $29.99 is now $4.99" sale:

Last Remnant (360)
Assassin's Creed (360)
Two Worlds (360)
Infinite Undiscovery (360)
Star Wars: Force Unleashed (360)

All for $1.20 cash after using the $25 credit.

Then today I hit up a different one and snagged:

Tales of Vesperia (360)
Civilization Revolution (360)

For $10-something...I won't have much time to play games with two little ones running around, but at least I'll have something to fill what little spare time I've got. :D

Excellent find on a baby in the wild. I hear resale values are down though.

[FamicomFreak]

Nice find, I'm assuming the Genesis/32x/Sega CD worked? And it came with all the cables for everything for $12? Wow.

Yeah it worked perfectly. I was playing some Doom 32x just an hour ago and then played the games for the 32x cd which you need to have all the three things plugged in at the same time. That's 3 AC adapters!

[JanLazer]

Excellent find on a baby in the wild. I hear resale values are down though.

You're telling me. How come I can't find it listed in the ORG?

[Steve W]

Man, the stores I went to were packed. It seems that everybody's out thrift store shopping for some reason. Anyway, all I bought was a Virtual Boy controller for $2.99. Not a big deal by itself, but the hard to find AC power supply was attached to it. :) I checked all over but couldn't find anything else, like a console or games.

Because I didn't feel like standing in line for half an hour, I ended up passing on a Kingsford Match Me (http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Misc/KingsfordMatchMe.htm) game in a different thrift. I'll have to see if it's still there the next time I do the rounds.

[RoyVegas]

You're telling me. How come I can't find it listed in the ORG?


Thats because it has a rarity of 0 as production hasn't stopped. The supply outweighs the demand.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Today wasn't too bad a day. These either came from Goodwill's Computer Works, a community thrift, or a Play -N- Trade.

Misc Games
Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (SNES) $2.99
NBA Jam TE 32x $1.99 (I've had the 32x for a while, and this is my first game for it)
Mario Tennis $5 (Virtual Boy)
2600
Infiltrate .99
Word Zapper .99
Space Cavern .99
Genesis
Golden Axe II (R4) CIB $2.99
Dino Land (R6) Free
PS1 ($1 each CIB - all in excellent shape)
Syphon Filter 2
Syphon Filter 3
Tetris Plus
Legacy of Kain
Dino Crisis
Namco Museum 3

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So last month I found a Virtual Boy and posted a picture of it in the finds thread. I paid $6 for it and it had the AC power adapter and stand. Well after testing it with Mario Tennis today, I found it works great. So Mario Tennis and a VB mostly complete for $11 is a pretty good deal.

[misfits859]

Pawn shop find today:

Star Wars: Force Unleashed (360) $10
Zelda: Minish Cap (GBA) $5 cart only

[Baloo]

Man, the stores I went to were packed. It seems that everybody's out thrift store shopping for some reason. Anyway, all I bought was a Virtual Boy controller for $2.99. Not a big deal by itself, but the hard to find AC power supply was attached to it. :) I checked all over but couldn't find anything else, like a console or games.

Because I didn't feel like standing in line for half an hour, I ended up passing on a Kingsford Match Me (http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Misc/KingsfordMatchMe.htm) game in a different thrift. I'll have to see if it's still there the next time I do the rounds.

Those AC Adapters are EXTREMELY easy to find, they're the same one as the post-1995 SNES Adapters.

[gokugohandave]

It IS a snes adapter.

[joshnickerson]

Those AC Adapters are EXTREMELY easy to find, they're the same one as the post-1995 SNES Adapters.

Maybe the adapter itself, but the part that actually connects to the Virtual Boy in place of the battery case is another matter altogether...

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Those AC Adapters are EXTREMELY easy to find, they're the same one as the post-1995 SNES Adapters.

While the SNES adapter is easy to find, I'm sure he means the AC assembly which attaches to the controller. The way I understand, that part is hard to find. I found one on mine, but a lot of people aren't so lucky.

EDIT: Beat me by a minute JoshN

[InsaneDavid]

The vendor tables at California Extreme this year were really good. One vendor had boxes of manuals and schematics, miscellaneous pinball parts, control boards - the type of organized clutter you look for. He was selling MVS carts $5.00 each or three for $10.00 - some good titles too, but I don't have an MVS cab. (more about the show and vendors in my column in the next issue of RTM) Anyway, I thumbed through the manuals and there was some really nice stuff in the boxes and crates - people were leaving with good sized stacks under their arms. I asked how much the manuals were, "cheap" was the reply, so I grabbed a few. I could have taken a lot more (heck, there were a few old docs that were in beautiful shape) but then I'd run into the same problem of having a bunch of stuff I don't use. So I ended up just buying 5 books, either stuff I can use currently or things that I'd like to use in the future (Hint: machines I'd like to own). $10.00 was the price, all are complete and in good shape.

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Breakout
Circus Charlie
Galaxian (upright) Parts and Operating
Galaxian Trouble Shooting Logic Board Part II
Tetris

The bottom three are useful right now, the top two games I'd like to go after.

Stopped into a GameStop today and found this, Gallop Racer 2003 for $10.00...

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I'd say this is probably my favorite game in the series.

[hellfire]

today my aunt gave me a bunch of crap
all pc games
gta vice city
gothic 2
guild wars
medal of honor allied assault breakthrough expansion pack
half life
medal of honor allied assault
medal of honor spearhead expansion
roller coaster tycoon
mall tycoon

medal of honor spearhead and allied assault guidebooks
oh and yesterday my little brother got a wii fit
and I also got 2 copies of tony hawks pro skater (dreamcast, 99 cents each) and streets of rage 2 (genesis, 5$)

[ScourDX]

Stuff I picked up this week

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Final Fantasy IV - $7.50 total (it has buy 1 get one 50% off)
Mirror's Edge - $10
Locoroco 2 - $5
Super Robot Taisen - $25
KOF 95 GB - $2

[Sonicwolf]

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What a beautiful harvest gold Super Nintendo Entertainment System you've got there. LOL

I hate plastic yellowing. It is the bane of modern hobbyist' existance.

[Baloo]

Have they figured out a way to fix that yet? Like rubbing toothpaste or something to get rid of that nasty pee-yellow color? Mine hasn't started yellowing yet.

[Sonicwolf]

Have they figured out a way to fix that yet? Like rubbing toothpaste or something to get rid of that nasty pee-yellow color? Mine hasn't started yellowing yet.

I have heard that someone came up with a household chemical solution about that. Im just wondering what the next system to develope plastic yellowing will be. Im guessing PlayStation/one and Dreamcast in a few years. That would be horrifying.

[Pezcore343]

I have heard that someone came up with a household chemical solution about that. Im just wondering what the next system to develope plastic yellowing will be. Im guessing PlayStation/one and Dreamcast in a few years. That would be horrifying.

From what I've read, it's exclusive to the Super Nintendo. It has something to do with improper amounts of fire retardant chemicals being mixed into the plastic which react with the air. That's why only some systems yellow, and sometimes only parts of a single system.

[Sonicwolf]

From what I've read, it's exclusive to the Super Nintendo. It has something to do with improper amounts of fire retardant chemicals being mixed into the plastic which react with the air. That's why only some systems yellow, and sometimes only parts of a single system.

Have you ever seen an old Apple or Commodore Computer? Plastic yellows in general.

http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/c128/h/complete.jpg

THATS SUPPOSED TO BE OFF-WHITE/BEIGE!

[Therealqtip]

BF Bad Company from Gamecrazy. It really pisses me off when you ask for a used game because its not on the used shelf so they take it outta the drawers and they give you a rental case from HV, I don't care as much but I'm sure it pisses off alot of collectors or people that want their games mint. amirite?

[FamicomFreak]

Haha yeah my other SNES kicked the bucket so I'm using this temp one until I find a nice non yellow snes....awa! Anyways, I went to the flea market last Sunday and found some neat stuff including a 3DO console that didn't work at first but then it did after cleaning it a little bit.

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3DO for 20 bucks with Cyberia inside.

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Two guides for a buck a piece.

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Two dollars each for these. I wanted a Donkey Kong Land with working battery as I'm using the other one as my first battery changing project just in case something goes wrong.

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Super C for 5 bucks.

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Super Adventure Island for 5 bucks as well. I love the music in this game!

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These N64 games for 2 bucks a piece. I finally have a copy of Super Mario 64.

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Needed an extra controller so I got this for 2 bucks

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Then finally on the way home I stopped on play n trade and got these games for four bucks each. I had a blast playing Final Fight 2 after wards.

Well that's about it I hope you guys enjoyed the photos.

[Breetai]

He was selling MVS carts $5.00 each or three for $10.00 - some good titles too, but I don't have an MVS cab.I would've bought them all, even though I don't currently have a way to play MVS carts either. It's a good excuse to get an MVS system in one form or another.

[Breetai]

I have heard that someone came up with a household chemical solution about that. Im just wondering what the next system to develope plastic yellowing will be. Im guessing PlayStation/one and Dreamcast in a few years. That would be horrifying.I just game across a yellowed PS ONE today. It was sad...

[Atarileaf]

Have you ever seen an old Apple or Commodore Computer? Plastic yellows in general.

http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/c128/h/complete.jpg

THATS SUPPOSED TO BE OFF-WHITE/BEIGE!

I think I remember seeing that happen to Coco 2 and 3 computers too.

[NayusDante]

It's been linked before, but there's a site (http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/) dedicated to console yellowing. I'm pretty sure they have a few cleaning formula guide on there.

[misfits859]

Yard sale from this morning:

Zelda: Minish Cap (GBA) .25
Zelda: Four Swords (GBA) .25

Second Minish Cap in the past two days. Good stuff.

[InsaneDavid]

I would've bought them all, even though I don't currently have a way to play MVS carts either. It's a good excuse to get an MVS system in one form or another.

I was thinking of grabbing a few but none of my favorite titles were there so I thought it better to pass. The last thing I need is another arcade cabinet right now (space constraints) or more game stuff I can't use at the moment.

[sav127]

Stopped off at a Rummage Sale on my way back from the post office this morning. Nothing gaming related aside from 2 aftermarket ps1 controllers that I passed on, and this that I picked up. Woman was asking 10.00. I asked her if it still worked and she said she tested it last night night and was working great, then she offered it to all to me for $5.00 so I bought it.

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[FOnewearl]

Pac-Man World (Complete, Greatest Hits) - $1 [IAP]

Didn't have have much time to go yardsaling this week so I just went around town and didn't go to much more then a dozen sales and I actually found this as the only Playstation game I saw (shortly after 10) at the last sale I went to.

[SegaAges]

the hv sale is jumping my count up on some fun games:

NBA Street V3 (GCN) [game only]
I got this because I love the nba street series, and the gc version has nintendo characters as playable characters. plus, it is some homage to my first gc game, which was nba street. there was some deal with gamecube where you get 2 free games. i got mario party 4 and nba street when they did that.

Stuntman: Ignition (360) [complete]
I loved the ps2 version, and a complete version for 5 is too good to pass up since I loved the first one so much

Amped 3 (360) [game only]
I love the amped series. I am currently playing through 2, and saw 3 chillng there and could not pass it up

Phantasy Star Universe (360) [box and game]
I think I am down to 2 or 3 Sega games left on 360 now. This game goes for 15-20 normally everywhere I look, so 5 is an awesome price

Juiced 2 (360) [game only] no explanation. it was a racing game for 5. why not

Splinter Cell: Double Agent (360) [game only] I have been meaning to get a Splinter Cell game for 360.

Rainbow Six: Vegas (360) [box and game] I heard good things about the game, so why not

Before discount: $81
After discount: $35

I would say that is not a bad deal at all.

[garagesaleking!!]

nes systems also yellow pretty commonly from what ive seen.

[animesuperj]

Stopped by goodwill today. Only found one game, but it was a good find:

- Warsong (Genesis). -- $4
Almost passed this up, but then just decided to get it. Checked out the guide, and it's an R6. Glad I got it!

Also got the following for FREE! (my friend was moving and didn't want it):
Sega Saturn
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- Sega Saturn
- Two light guns
- Two controllers
- Area 51
- Blast Chamber
- Crusader No Remorse
- Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition
- Last Gladiators Digital Pinball
- Myst
- Street Fighter The Movie
- Worldwide Soccer

Playstation
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- Final Fantasy VIII
- Final Fantasy IX
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Legend of the Dragoon

Not a bad haul today for only $4. :)

[NayusDante]

I had a good day at the fleas today. My family was going to check out this flea we hadn't been to last week, but they were closing by the time we got home from church. I bugged them to go Saturday, so we went and it sucked. I got some tapes and vintage scifi books, but nothing game related. I saw Star Trek 25th Anniversary boxed with manual, reg cards, and 5.25" floppy. I would have picked it up, but I couldn't tell whose booth it was to go pay them, and it only had 5 disks. The 3.5" version is at least 7 disks... Funny observation - all the CDs and tapes I saw were either country or metal, not much inbetween O_o.

Since this one was rather small and there weren't many people there, we went to one of the bigger ones. Highlights of my day include several Rush albums and a good 2600 haul. Passed on a fat PS2 with network adaptor, asking $25. I thought about flipping it, but meh.


All of this was $35 after it was all said and done. After I passed on the PS2, I saw a 2600 sitting on a table, and asked about it. Then, I noticed a nice box of games behind it, including Dig Dug, Ms Pac Man, and some other more arcade-port looking carts. I offered the young guy $40 for everything, but he said he couldn't take it. He countered $50. I said I'd think about it, then went off to find vinyl. When I came back, an older guy had joined him. I look at the younger guy and offer $20 on just the games, which he had said $28 for before. The older guy sounded happy, and said I could get the system for another $20. I countered $35, and had a box of Atari to lug around. He kept the one stack of games that I saw before, about 7 or so, not a big deal.

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Atari 2600 Vader with 2 joysticks and one pair of paddles
AC is bad, system works with my 2600 Jr AC though
Not sure if I'll be selling my Jr or this Vader, still thinking about it
45 Atari 2600 game carts
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack for Intellivision (how'd that get in there?)

Games:
Asteroids
Berzerk
Blueprint
Breakout
California Games
Carnival
Casino
Centipede
Combat (2x)
Defender
Demons to Diamonds
Dolphin
Donkey Kong
Enduro
Frogs & Flies (no labels)
Galaxian
Golf
Grand Prix
Journey Escape
Kangaroo
Maze Craze
Missile Command (One picture, one text)
Night Driver
Pac-Man
Pitfall
Pong Sports (One with and one without labels)
RealSports Baseball
Skate Boardin'
Space Invaders
Spider Fighter
Stampede
SwordQuest EarthWorld
Target Fun
Towering Inferno
Venture
Video Olympics (One picture, one text)
Video Pinball (One with and one without labels)
Warlords
Word Zapper
Yars' Revenge

That's 30 different 2600 games that I didn't have before, and the doubles are either label variants or better condition than my carts.

Music:
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For a full list, check out my post in the Last CD thread, I'll be adding that later.

[cityside75]

Thought I spotted a great find at a local garage sale today:

Xenogears (Black Label) - 25 cents

Unfortunately, when I checked it out, disc 1 was missing. I checked all the other game cases and it wasn't in any of them. I asked the homeowner if he had the disc and he said no, but since it wasn't complete I could have it for free.

Too bad it wasn't complete, as it's in excellent condition and everything else is there. It looks like disc 1 sells for $20 or so alone on ebay, so I may just sell or trade this as-is if someone needs the case, instructions and disc 2.

Also got God of War II (loose) for $3 at the same sale.

[Game Freak]

A Couple things...

I went out to a bunch of thrift stores today, and scored a couple things. I got a promotional Star Fox 64 VHS, in EXCELLENT condition, a complete (mint?) copy of RC Pro Am, and a couple miscellaneous PS1 games, including NFL game day in the old school Playstation box, and "bazookatone" in an old "ridged" box. How much are each of these worth? I also got some sega master system game, hang on/safari hunt. I also saw at a thrift store an ROB with a missing battery cover and no attachments, and a power glove without the sensors. I have been dying for a power glove for years, and was completely bummed out when I couldnt find the sensors. I didnt buy these two items. How much are they worth? Would it be easy and cheap to find just the sensors?

The other PS1 games i got were:

Pitball
Tunnel B1
ONE
Forsaken
Ball Breakers
Bio Freaks

[gokugohandave]

Man where in New England did you find that ROB? Ive been looking for one for ever, just to have one would be sweet. Im going to NH next week maybe my finds will be better.

[Game Freak]

Man where in New England did you find that ROB? Ive been looking for one for ever, just to have one would be sweet. Im going to NH next week maybe my finds will be better.


hehe i doubt you wanted it though, it wasnt in the best shape, and it was $40...The seller was ridiculous, I'm suprised I walked out in one piece. Her rebuttal to her high prices was "eBay, craigslist"

[gokugohandave]

well just the unit in a non grotesque condition would be sweet, but for 40 bucks, maybe if it had a guarantee that it worked and looked excellent.

[Nate Nanjo]

I got Jack Bros for the VB Complete today, 28.88. A little more than what I like to pay, but I really don't have anything higher than an R4.

Picture:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Eizan731/Jbros.jpg

[Game Freak]

yeah and the power glove was 22, I informed her of the missing pieces, and she claims that she doesnt recall extra pieces "When her son had it"

EDIT - Oh, by the way, I recommend you visit Raynham Flea in Raynham, MA. there are 3 or 4 game sellers regularly (two of them with HUGE stocks) and I've seen everything from boxed Turbografx 16 to Sega Saturn. Its open sundays from i believe 9 to 8. It might be a bit of a drive from there. Check out their website!

[gokugohandave]

Im heading to Nashua so I dont know where that would be from there. I know im going to be by the Hollis flea though.

Oh jeez raynham looks like quite a drive, and the Hollis one is only open on sunday when im leaving.

[otoko]

I got Jack Bros for the VB Complete today, 28.88. A little more than what I like to pay, but I really don't have anything higher than an R4.

Picture:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Eizan731/Jbros.jpg

Where did you find a complete copy?

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Thought that I had posted this earlier, but apparently just previewed it and didn't save it.

A few weeks ago, I had picked up some promo and pre-order stuff from a woman at a flea market. When I went back today, she had some more stuff. I am convinced that she or someone she knows worked for EB Games. Today's haul was:

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Atelier Iris Eternal Mana Bonus soundtrack CD
Grandia II Music Selections (Sealed)
Castlevania Curse of Darkness Soundtrack Sampler (Sealed)
Threads of Fate Music Selection
Legend of Mana Music Selection
3DO Sampler Disc (Sealed)

Not pictured:
Demo for the PC game The Punisher (Sealed)
Jan 2000 Dreamcast Magazine demo disc

All of this for a grand total of $7.

The woman told me that she may have more out tomorrow. There were also some others that I didn't take, including some 'Not For Sale' N-Gage games. Might have picked them up, but I wasn't sure if they were worth anything. The titles are Rayman and some Tony Hawk game. Both had the game and case.

JY

[namzep]

My most recent arcade machines from trades:

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The PP2 works beautifully. The Astro Blaster needs some monitor work and a new glass top cut. Probably going to end up throwing a 48 in 1 in it.

[Sonicwolf]

My most recent arcade machines from trades:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/th_astroblaster1.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/?action=view&current=astroblaster1.jpg)
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/th_astroblaster2.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/?action=view&current=astroblaster2.jpg)
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/th_poleposition1.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/?action=view&current=poleposition1.jpg)
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/th_poleposition2.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/forums/?action=view&current=poleposition2.jpg)

Nice. I continue to look forward to the day in which I can get an arcade cab of my own.

[garagesaleking!!]

that is so awesome that you bought a falco album.

[NayusDante]

that is so awesome that you bought a falco album.

Yeah, I'm happy about those. Now I have one album (Emotional) on cassette, a 7" 45 of Rock Me Amadeus, and now the 12" 45. It's the strangest thing to find this stuff between The Commodores and Bread, but I'm not complaining.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

The PP2 works beautifully. The Astro Blaster needs some monitor work and a new glass top cut. Probably going to end up throwing a 48 in 1 in it.


I'm jealous. I wish that arcades were as easy to collect for as console games sometimes. But there are a lot of logistics involved in purchase, upkeep, and space. Oh well, ever since I've caught the arcade bug I've been clamoring for another machine. I need to be patient though. I have a very limited amount of space so I need to take my time with deciding what's next.

[garagesaleking!!]

Here are Todays and yesterdays finds, the saturn stuff was from from 2 weeks ago but i thought i would post pics:

http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww264/garagesaleking/DSCF4658.jpg
http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww264/garagesaleking/DSCF4659.jpg
http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww264/garagesaleking/DSCF4660.jpg
http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww264/garagesaleking/DSCF4662.jpg

I hit a streak of sp systems. I paid $30 for the 2 light blue ones, $20 for the bright blue one, with 3 games in the bag with it and they threw in the hey you pikachu with the mic and vru for free, and 10 for the other one with 4 games included with it. The cds were about $.50 each on average.

The n64 games were $1 each, i am pretty happy about starcraft!

Also the metallica and pink floyd albums were $1 each.

All the saturn stuff was from a rummage sale two weeks ago, i was the first buyer to get into the electonics room, it was all in a box under a table, there was an old guy running the room, he said how about $10 for the box. So yes, $10 for all of the saturn stuff, most of the games are in excellent shape.

[Sonicwolf]

Where do you live? Im going to take your awesome Saturn lot! :D

[MarioMania]

Nintendo DS - $40

6 DVD-RW's $9 (not pictured)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/MarioMania/NDS003.jpg

[Blitzwing256]

yeah and the power glove was 22, I informed her of the missing pieces, and she claims that she doesnt recall extra pieces "When her son had it"

EDIT - Oh, by the way, I recommend you visit Raynham Flea in Raynham, MA. there are 3 or 4 game sellers regularly (two of them with HUGE stocks) and I've seen everything from boxed Turbografx 16 to Sega Saturn. Its open sundays from i believe 9 to 8. It might be a bit of a drive from there. Check out their website!


I used to go to that fleamarket every weekend when I lived there, I got some AMAZING finds there, there was one dealer that had tons and tons of sealed nes games for 5$ (old store stock from when bradlees went out) the best gem I got there was MUSCLES for nes and zelda. as well as another dealer that had prototype and test shot transformers in a bin from hasbro.

[NCN]

Nothing major, but I did find a single DVD pickup today.

I hit Big Lots up this morning. During my browsing I found The Flintstones Season One set for the low, low sum of $3. Score.

[FamicomFreak]

Awesome stuff guys. I loved the saturn games and sps. btw are any of the sps with the + light?

[Atarileaf]

Saturn Find = WOW!

[Videogamerdaryll]

Flea Market..
Huge.had to be over 1000 people there easily.With people steadily coming in...I went late and had to park really far.took forever to get out of the place with traffic.
The problem I see is,hardly any sales..No one buying anything,carrying no bags etc..Why,because the vendors are NUTS..Prices so high on everything-Junk....
I don't know if for some reason that really old anteena TVs got rare or something but everyone was $30-50-$75..
I'd hear vendors give a price on things and laugh $50.00 for a beat up old DC radio with no plug wire.

Lots of games but so highly priced...A vendor couple I know had a nice selection of old game items..They were hoping to do some business with me as the selection was right up my alley..My dad and son were walking up ahead of me and the vendor couple saw them first,My dad overheard them say"shit Daryls not here"..
I walked up a few minutes later and started to ask price/given the tour selectiom..$40.00 for taped up over top,non tested master system.....$35.00 for 1 controller dirty SNES systems..$5-$10.00 on games..I didn't buy anything..I think they were quite pissed at me maybe hoping to make money with me,...maybe to even out the fees of the place as nothing was selling....I watched as other people asked and got the same prices.put the stuff back down quick....

After walking asle after Isle..I get a new air pump for $2.00
A long AC cord for basement $2.00
Two NES games $2.00 Each..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/MISC%20PICTURES%202/ATARIJAGUARGAMES002.jpg

Weird SUPER 190 in 1 multigame..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/MISC%20PICTURES%202/ATARIJAGUARGAMES003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/MISC%20PICTURES%202/ATARIJAGUARGAMES007.jpg

[garagesaleking!!]

i checked out the small flea market near me and found nothing, then went to another small one nearby and bought 4 cds for $10, eminem, kid rock, kanye west, and a wdve radio station cd.

So we were heading home and saw a random sign that said rocky flea market, i was like wtf, rockys is a restaurant that opened about a year ago, so we drive up and there was 1 vendor set up, we almost drived by but decided to stop. I looked and saw nothing and was ready to go, then i saw in a box of books what looked like dvd seasons. She had 4 seasons of star trek deep space nine. I had no idea what they are worth. She went in the restaurant and asked her husband how much he wanted, he said $4 each or all of them for $10? Weird math? so i bought them all and it turns out these are crazy expensive, going for $25-$35 a season on ebay. I am happy with the find!

[garagesaleking!!]

Awesome stuff guys. I loved the saturn games and sps. btw are any of the sps with the + light?

I have not checked them out that closely, so i could have 0,1,2,3,or 4 with the light, how do i actually check if they have it i forget how.

[Nesmaster]

Here's the bulk of what I've acquired in the last few weeks:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Nesmaster/P1010022.jpg

Games were between $.50 and $13 each, the cheapest being the sports games and Banjo Tooie topping the list at $13.

Zelda OoT, F-Zero X, Duke Nukem, and Starfox are all CIB with paperwork and plastic baggies, and are some of the best boxes I've ever seen. They look like the plastic was just removed and then the games were put away for years. Those 4 were $10 each. Razor is sealed and was roughly $6 shipped. Robotron was $6.50 CIB

The Gold N64 was $80, with 4 gold controllers, expansion pak and hookups. A little pricey, but I have always wanted one.

I paid $250 for the 3 Nintendo Power controllers, $200 for the M2000. $200 is chump change for an item you've been waiting roughly 9 years to own. :p Looks never used as promised, and not a mark, scuff, or scratch anywhere to be found.

Planet Earth BR was $30, Crash MoM $25, and Max Payne 2 $5

Not pictured: Very nice boxed N64 with 2 grey controllers, hookups and 7 of the above games. Yoshi's Story, Quest 64 (not pictured...oops!), Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye 64, Wipeout, Rainbow Six, and Wayne Gretzsky's 3D hockey. $30 plus shipping.

Loose N64 with 3 controllers hookups and the other 7 boxed games. $20 plus shipping.

Kirby's Adventure NES, complete and very mint with plastic baggie. $18 from Sparky on here. :)

Waiting on: Ms. Pacman Maze 64 CIB, paid $8.50 shipped? Dr Mario 64 loose, $10

[Malon_Forever]

^*Goes gaga over everything N64* :love:


Seeing the Saturn lot and the N64 lot, it makes me want to spend massive amounts of money :D .

[FamicomFreak]

Totally awesome stuff! That n64 looks so sexy!

[Ryaan1234]

That gold N64 is blinding me!!!

Eh.

Saturday we went to sales. My dad got a box of junk for $2. It included a six switch Atari 2600 covered in white paint splatter (wtf?) and missing the screws. Looks like someone tried to fix it. It's a pretty low serial number too. I got the Atari but I have no idea what to do with it.

On Saturday I went to the flea market. I found a boxed Timex Sinclair 1000 with Frogger, some financial programs, and the 16k RAM expansion for $10. I also got a boxed Where in Time Is Carmen San Diego? for NES for $3.

I also hit the flea market on Sunday and found 2 copies of Castlevania IV for $5 each. I'm keeping one and the other's going to eBay.

2 days and not much picture-worthy. The PS1 games (and the Uke!!!) I found on Friday were pretty cool though so I guess not a bad weekend.

[hellfire]

Here's the bulk of what I've acquired in the last few weeks:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Nesmaster/P1010022.jpg

Games were between $.50 and $13 each, the cheapest being the sports games and Banjo Tooie topping the list at $13.

Zelda OoT, F-Zero X, Duke Nukem, and Starfox are all CIB with paperwork and plastic baggies, and are some of the best boxes I've ever seen. They look like the plastic was just removed and then the games were put away for years. Those 4 were $10 each. Razor is sealed and was roughly $6 shipped. Robotron was $6.50 CIB

The Gold N64 was $80, with 4 gold controllers, expansion pak and hookups. A little pricey, but I have always wanted one.

I paid $250 for the 3 Nintendo Power controllers, $200 for the M2000. $200 is chump change for an item you've been waiting roughly 9 years to own. :p Looks never used as promised, and not a mark, scuff, or scratch anywhere to be found.

Planet Earth BR was $30, Crash MoM $25, and Max Payne 2 $5

Not pictured: Very nice boxed N64 with 2 grey controllers, hookups and 7 of the above games. Yoshi's Story, Quest 64 (not pictured...oops!), Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye 64, Wipeout, Rainbow Six, and Wayne Gretzsky's 3D hockey. $30 plus shipping.

Loose N64 with 3 controllers hookups and the other 7 boxed games. $20 plus shipping.

Kirby's Adventure NES, complete and very mint with plastic baggie. $18 from Sparky on here. :)

Waiting on: Ms. Pacman Maze 64 CIB, paid $8.50 shipped? Dr Mario 64 loose, $10

Very nice n64 finds! I wish I had the money to go on an n64 shopping spree (ive gone on one before)

[obesolete]

i just got back from my usual game centre with some treasures after a few months of NOTHING NEW coming in.

Kiwi Craze $6
Krazy Kreatures $5
pacmania $10
king's knight (on a whim had no idea what it was) $5
shockwave $3
Casino kid $5

[Dreadstar]

Myst (Saturn) complete 1.99 at GW.

[jeffg]

Craigslist Find today:
Atari Jaguar with hookups, 2 controllers
Complete Raiden
Complete Alien Vs Predator
Complete NBA Jam TE
Iron Soldier
Cybermorph

and Shining Force for Game Gear
$60 for everything

Discworld Longbox complete PS1 $19.99 at Movie Trading Company (had store credit from some left over junk box stuff so got it for free)

CIB Dreamcast Brand Fishing Controller $4.99 at PnT

[namzep]

A few new arcade items today:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/th_pitfightera.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/?action=view&current=pitfightera.jpg)
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/th_pitfighterb.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/?action=view&current=pitfighterb.jpg)
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/th_neogeo2.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/?action=view&current=neogeo2.jpg)
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/th_neogeo1.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/?action=view&current=neogeo1.jpg)
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/th_kof94.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/namzep69/arcade/?action=view&current=kof94.jpg)

All parts of trades. Absolutely no burn in on the Pit Fighter monitor. Not 100% sure if I'm going to consolize the Neo Geo board (it's one of the easier ones to do it with) or built a cab around it.

[PentiumMMX]

I had a damn good weekend; finding plenty of stuff I had been wanting for a while along with a few extras.

- Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64. Loose in near mint condition): $1
- Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64. Loose in near mint condition): $1
- Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis. Loose in near mint condition): $1
- Kirby's Adventure (NES. Loose in very good shape): $1
- Adventures of Lolo (NES. Loose in good shape): $1
- Sega Superstars Tennis \ Xbox Live Arcade bundle pack (Xbox 360. Complete in very good shape): $4
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX. Non-GH in very good shape): $35

Non-gaming items:
- Star Trek: Generations (DVD. Single-disc Widescreen edition, New): $6
- Stargate (VHS. Widescreen edition in very good shape): $1
- Belken Wireless Router (Loose w\ power adapter and 2 ethernet cables): $1
- VHS Cleaning Kit (New): $1

Passed up:
- Xbox (With 2 controllers; missing AV cable & power adapter): $50 (They wouldn't go down on the price even though it was missing the cables)
- Star Trek: Nemesis (DVD. 2-Disc Widescreen edition, New): $6 (Didn't have enough to buy it and Generations)

I had been wanting a copy of Lolo for years, and this is the first copy I've found of it anywhere. It may not be in as great of condition as that copy of Sonic 3D Blast, but it'll do for now. Also, I finally found a copy of SOTN at a reasonable price after years of searching.

[Giant]

After wasting an hour or two at a goodwill and some pawnshops, I headed to half price books. I went straight to the small console games section where there were three SNES cartridges in a stack. I pulled them down first noticing that they were clearanced and then the titles:
Soul Blazer $1
LOZ: Link to the Past $3
Killer Instinct $1.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/3737105986_7aab609600_m.jpg
Clearly they had only heard of zelda and didn't recognize the others. Didn't know that Soul Blazer was worth something until I got home. This zelda is going in my collection, its got a better back label than my current copy.

BTW: I talked to the manager at the goodwill used to find lots at and they are going to hold any broken systems and carts for me. SCORE

[Lostdwarf]

My only thing this weekend actually came from my work...

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t200/bionicledwarf/IMG_7049-1.jpg

Brand new 360 Les Paul wireless guitar $14.99 on clearance

[BetaWolf47]

Here are Todays and yesterdays finds, the saturn stuff was from from 2 weeks ago but i thought i would post pics:

What's the Saturn game with the missing manual?

[garagesaleking!!]

What's the Saturn game with the missing manual?

Cyberia i think it was.