August 2009 Finds

[ScourDX]

Happy August. Stuff I picked up today

Monster hunter Freedom United - $25
Kirby Superstar - $4
Captain Commando $2.50

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[Kevin H]

Picked up
PS3:
Lair 5 bucks
Timeshift 5 bucks
PS2
Trivia Pursuit 5 bucks

PS1 for 2, but its got something funky with the cd spinner.

[hellfire]

already posted this in july 2009 finds but whatever

I went to a garage sale, right off the bat I saw a boxed vectrex for 100$, then I saw 2 crates of all boxed atari games mostly sealed (all commons) THEN I SAW A FUCKING CRATE FILLED WITH BOXED NES GAMES! 5$ each. I asked the guy about everything, he was a collecter and he sells arcade boards for a living. He brought out a box with boxed snes games, (final fantasy 2 and 3, mario all stars, zelda)boxed master system games (phantasy star 1 2 and 3), boxed 3do games (some sealed). He had tons of phantasy star games, tons of good nes games (nothing super rare, boxed mega man but couldent get it.) He had a boxed sega master system glasses for 100$. I did get his email, he is saving a bunch of games for me including about 50 32x games he couldent find.

for 30$ I got
street fighter 2 turbo (3do) still in the shrink wrap
guardian war sealed perfect condition (3do)
contra super c cib
mega man x2 cib
pieces (atlus snes game) sealed perfect condition (motherfucking r7, theirs a cib one on amazon for 130$!)
super metroid cib
ps2 network adapter

I also got his email

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sorry for huge post

[InsaneDavid]

Craigslist pickup to start off the month for me. Enhanced Apple IIe, pair of 5.25" Unidisk drives, joystick, and a box of diskettes for $40.00. I've been on a wild Apple chase for quite some time so it's nice to finally have another one - been about 10 years actually. It's in really nice shape over all and works 100%. Also has a Mockingboard sound card inside.

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The box of diskettes is what made me pull the trigger on the package. Lots of good stuff here including many retail releases. Bunch of Ultima, early Electronic Arts stuff, Prince of Persia, boxed copy of Flight Simulator II, hardcover manual for Star Trek Kobayashi Alternative, lots of applications, bunch of MECC titles (Munchers series, Odell Lake, etc.). I haven't went through all the disks as I sort them yet but as of being a little more than half way through I've only come across one bad disk.

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Also my girlfriend painted a new ceramic quarter bowl for the cocktail table...

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Of course, based upon the theme of one of our favorite pinball machines...

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[Sonicwolf]

Craigslist pickup to start off the month for me. Enhanced Apple IIe, pair of 5.25" Unidisk drives, joystick, and a box of diskettes for $40.00. I've been on a wild Apple chase for quite some time so it's nice to finally have another one - been about 10 years actually. It's in really nice shape over all and works 100%. Also has a Mockingboard sound card inside.

The box of diskettes is what made me pull the trigger on the package. Lots of good stuff here including many retail releases. Bunch of Ultima, early Electronic Arts stuff, Prince of Persia, boxed copy of Flight Simulator II, hardcover manual for Star Trek Kobayashi Alternative, lots of applications, bunch of MECC titles (Munchers series, Odell Lake, etc.). I haven't went through all the disks as I sort them yet but as of being a little more than half way through I've only come across one bad disk.

I am insanely jealous. I love old computers and they are very hard to come by around here. I have yet to find even a Commodore 64 around. Great purchase.

Although, if I could choose any Apple II series computer, I would buy the Apple IIc. I love that one. So clean and stylish looking yet portable and compaptable wi... Im starting to sound like an Apple pitchman from the 80s.

[cyberfluxor]

Oh snap Dave, awesome starting haul for the month. :rocker:

[InsaneDavid]

Although, if I could choose any Apple II series computer, I would buy the Apple IIc. I love that one. So clean and stylish looking yet portable and compaptable wi... Im starting to sound like an Apple pitchman from the 80s.

I've been after a IIc myself, but I always come across them without the power supply and NEVER find the power supplies anywhere. While the Enhanced IIe is what I have history with, my modern practicality (and limited space) leans toward a IIc since it's easier to store. Funny thing is there's a IIgs that was up for sale locally a couple weeks ago, just the main computer and nothing else, for $15.00. Now that I have a couple Unidisk drives I'm thinking about contacting that guy and picking up the IIgs since I can get a keyboard and mouse for it free.

[Sonicwolf]

I've been after a IIc myself, but I always come across them without the power supply and NEVER find the power supplies anywhere. While the Enhanced IIe is what I have history with, my modern practicality (and limited space) leans toward a IIc since it's easier to store. Funny thing is there's a IIgs that was up for sale locally a couple weeks ago, just the main computer and nothing else, for $15.00. Now that I have a couple Unidisk drives I'm thinking about contacting that guy and picking up the IIgs since I can get a keyboard and mouse for it free.

Was the GS the one that was kind of like a mix of the Macintosh and the II series? It had the Macintosh color scheme with GUI capabilities?

[Cornelius]

Some of this was from yesterday, but I didn't feel like splitting it up, so it is all going in August.

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-Guides: .50 ea (KOTORII, Kingdom Hearts, FFXI, Zelda WW, Silent Hill 3, SH)
-PS1 games: 1.50 ea (Wipeout longbox all in nice shape, MM8, Oddworld, Bushido Blade) MGS VR was $3 at a different sale
-Katamari Damacy: 3 at same sale as the guides
-MTV Music Gen 2 & THPS4: free box at a sale
-Gen Cadash & Socket, Metroid, SMW: 5 for all. Socket is apparently a real winner ;)
-Syndicate for 3do: 2.99 at a thrift, nice shape
-crappy Acclaim wireless NES controllers: $2 and my second set (other set is boxed... not entirely sure why I bought these)
-Simon: .75
-Football 2 LED: $1 (1978) at the same sale as the N64 lot below.

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Probably overpaid a little bit for this, but I get a little giddy when I see so many good games in one lot. They were asking 75 and I offered 70 which was accepted. This was right at 8am when they opened, and I got a definite vibe from their pricing, etc, that they wouldn't have taken less. I'm always amazed when people bargain at all at 8am.

Game list: Conker's CIB, Perfect Dark CIB, MK64, SM64, The New Tetris, SSB, MP2, Zelda Ocarina, Starfox, Hey You Pikachu w/ mic, DK64. Also, memory expansion pak + jumper pak + puller deallie.

Edit to add a little (boring) tale: The sale with 4 games for $5 was pretty huge. They had advertised on CL that they had "Sega, Nintendo, Super nintendo, xbox, game cube games, etc" and opening at 9am. I got there at 8.30, and they didn't have much out and they said to come back, which I respect since even their signs said 9am. Clearly they had a ton of stuff in the garage area to bring out. Anyway, I hit a few sales and came back at 9. Only xbox and 360 games now, but tons of DVDs and other stuff, though I didn't find anything. I asked about the old games and they said they had to go get them from elsewhere once they were more set up, but they should be there this afternoon. I got naptime off today, so I buzzed down there and now the sale was indeed very big, with lots more stuff out. They had a loose gen2 and loose SNES2 and some games, mostly filthy. They didn't want to sell the systems without knowing if they work, so I picked out a few games. The woman said they had several of each system and will have them out tomorrow. Ugh. It is about 20 min. away, so don't know if I'll make it back to check or not. I probably should have gotten some of the "Indian Tacos" they were selling, cause I'm kinda hungry now. If they'd been making them outside, I probably would have, but I think they were just bringing them out from the kitchen, and I'd rather see what I'm getting.

[Tupin]

Nice find David, I've been looking for more classic computers around here, mainly a TI-99/4a. I plan on getting an external 3.5 inch floppy drive for my computer first, though.

[FOnewearl]

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Top Loader NES With Dog Bone Controller - $10

The one house at the street sale I was at last week mentioned an Atari they were going to be selling this week. I got to the sale about 15 minutes after it started and they were still setting up. It ended up being an NES, NES Top Loader & 28 games and the guy was still writing up the price as I was looking through the games which ended up being $130 for everything lol I asked him about parting out and I ended up taking the Top Loader which he offered for $10 and I agreed if he threw in the Dog Bone which he did.

Blaster Master Book & 1st Party 3 Button Genesis Controller - .50

Controller was .50, took .50 for both.

Contra
Duck Hunt
Gyromite
John Elway's Quarterback
Super Mario Bros. 2

$2

Found these fairly early (probably about 9) at an unadvertised sale, all games came with sleeves. No price offered $2.

Super Nintendo with 2 1st Party Controllers, 1st Party AC & RF Adapters

Games

Carrier Aces
Clayfighter
Dig & Spike
Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury Special
Magic Sword
Mortal Kombat
MTV's Beavis & Butt-Head
Super Mario Kart
Super Punch*Out!!
Super Street Fighter II
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Wicked 18 (Golf Game)

$10

Unadvertised sale I found near another sale probably shortly before 10. Was $10 for the system & $5 for the games took $10 for both.

SNES Controller (I'm pretty sure this is the version that came with a Mini SNES) - .10

SNES Games

Madden NFL '94
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Mortal Kombat
Paperboy 2
Pitfall - The Mayan Adventure
Scooby-Doo Mystery
Tetris Attack
Top Gear
Zoop

$3

Found the SNES controller out and marked .10 asked about old games and the one lady went down a few house and grabbed some SNES games they never play anymore, offered $3 which was taken. This copy of Zoop has some label damage on it that I remember as it's the same copy I remember seeing awhile ago that sat around at the pawn shop nearby for over a year.

Mario Kart Double Dash (Complete)
Mario Superstar Baseball (No Game)
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (Complete)

$5

Saw these pretty late in the day, probably about 11. $3 a game took $5 for both no problem with the MSB case thrown in.

Mario Teaches Typing (Mac) - .50

Was $1 offered .25 and agreed on .50.

[Videogamerdaryll]

BLOCK Sales,Garage Sales,Flea Markets(My 5 Dollar Day)

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Mystery Bin $20.00..
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In Bin
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SNES System in Box....$5.00...Yes $5.00......(because I bought $6 worth of toys for the kids/not shown)
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Super Scope $5.00
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$10.00
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TV Games $1.00 Each..(with batteries

In Bin
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2 For $5.00
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I buy and Sell,everything is usually for sale..

[Videogamerdaryll]

Oh Yea..I forgot about this>>

50 cent..Someone was Creative...

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[garagesaleking!!]

I still regret throwing away the apple IIg computer we had when i was a kid, back in 2002 we figured it was junk and threw it out. We had tons of games and all the acesoories for it.

Anyways went to a huge community sale with about 100 houses today, i was striking gold early and then by about 9:30 it was so busy that there was not a lot of good stuff left. I am too tired to take pics, but i will either later tonight or tomorrow.

[BetaWolf47]

Oh Yea..I forgot about this>>
50 cent..Someone was Creative...
For some reason, decayed yellow doesn't look so ugly anymore...

[jcalder8]

Picked up some games from Zellers over the last couple days:
All buy 1 get 1:

360: Fifa 3, Beautiful Katamari, FaceBreaker and Tiger Woods 09
DS: Final Fantasy 3, Lock's Quest, Izuna 2
PSP: God of War

Also picked up these from Value Village:

N64: Scooby Doo! Classic Creep Capers(loose) - $2
Duck Dodgers (box and cart) - $4
Hybrid Heaven (box and cart) - $4

[Ryaan1234]

well, Saturday wasn't quite as bad as Friday:
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Top Gun joystick, PS1 longbox game (empty... eh), and Spyro plush were $0.50 each. XCar (brand new & sealed) was $2.00

The lady brought me 6 SNES games: Rival Turf!, Jurassic Park, Wing Commander, Street Fighter II, Plok, and Claymates $5 for all 6.

The PS1 games were $1 each ( I don't know how I ended up with Mary Kate and Ashley >_>)

On the tech side of things, the digital photo frame keychain in the box was $1 and the flash drives were $2 for all three. One flash drive is 2GB and the other 2 are 1GB so not bad. I also got a 64kb SIM card with the flash drives (found them all in a box of junk) and I don't know what to do with it.

The photo frame has a 1 inch TFT lcd screen and 8MB of memory. Maybe I can mod/hack it somehow. It's definitely going to be recased in something else.

[GOLDEN KEYS]

hit up this indoor swap meet in phoenix for the first time today. admission was a dollar so i wanted to get my moneys worth...

all garbage. i expected a gigantic garage sale and nearly everything for sale was new. it was just a bunch of generic and off brand junk that a normal store wouldn't carry. ridiculous prices, too.

next i hit up a local game/book exchange store. they introduced a clearance section a few weeks back. there wasn't much when i first checked it out, though i did get a couple fifty cent sms games, a couple ten cent atari games, a one dollar saturn game, and a fifty cent intellivision game.

fast forward to today, two weeks later, and i see they've added a lot more... and about a hundred nes games(lots of doubles in there) for a buck each. i picked out fifteen nes games i didn't have(no sports titles), grabbed six atari games(fifty cents) and donkey kong for intellivision which was also fifty cents. i paid twenty bucks and change total.

[Deadman]

.....a one dollar saturn game...

I always pick up cheapo Saturn/Sega CD stuff, if for no other reason to get the case. Even a cracked case might have a decent back piece, insert, or whatever. What was this one and condition?

[Sonicwolf]

I wish Sega had used standard cd cases in North America. Those Sega CD style cases are death.

[Videogamerdaryll]

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For some reason, decayed yellow doesn't look so ugly anymore...


LOL

[smork]

I picked up this crazy little Dreamcast-labeled TV this weekend. Maybe it's not so crazy, but I like Dreamcast promo stuff so I had to snag it.

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[hellfire]

Oh Yea..I forgot about this>>

50 cent..Someone was Creative...

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Damn right they were creative, they created a monster :devilish:

[PentiumMMX]

I figured I might as well post my finds from last week here. It was a decent week early on; no really big finds, but still good enough.

- Yggdra Union (PSP. New): $20
- PSP USB Data \ Charge cable (PSP. New): $7
- Star Trek: Encounters (PS2. Used in very good shape): $4

Yggdra Union was my excuse to dust off my old PSP; it looked good from the back of the box and it wasn't too expensive, so I decided to try it. So far, I can safely say I made a good choice; the game is awesome so far.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Damn right they were creative, they created a monster :devilish:

ROFL

I want to try and clean it up..I'm curious to see if I can actually get it down to it's yellowed base color.
t's heavy,one of the old heavy models,I'm afraid what I might find when I open it though.:yipes:

[garagesaleking!!]

haha, maybe drugs inside.

[otoko]

Nothing too much yesterday.

(NES) Bee 52 (100% complete) 0.99$
(GEN) Ms. Pac-Man (Tengen) 0.99$
Sony Playstation (no controllers) model SCPH-5501 Free from a friend who has five or so Playstations.

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Curious, can anyone tell me why the box has a star punched into it? I looked on eBay and all boxed copies had the same star. Also is there anything special I could do with a Playstation model SCPH-5501?

[InsaneDavid]

Curious, can anyone tell me why the box has a star punched into it? I looked on eBay and all boxed copies had the same star.

A lot (maybe all) of Camerica NES games had the star punched into the box to show the gold / silver cartridge inside - sort of like the Zelda box.

[ErmangelnSeelen]

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Not a bad day really. The RE2 is the Dual Shock Edition and minty, although it's a double. In fact, I might end up selling/trading a lot of these off.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

I'm jealous of the Super Chase HQ. Very jealous. I can't find anything Chase HQ related close to me at all, and I've been looking for it too. I never can find the stuff I'm looking for, but I find other stuff that is just as good.

[ErmangelnSeelen]

Well, that's one of the games I'll be putting in my for sale thread if you decide you're interested. I literally don't have room for all of these haha.

[garagesaleking!!]

i like that dk, i am now offically quoted in a sig.

[misfits859]

$5 at local flea mall toady:

Sega Game Gear with Turbo Twins battery module and Gear to Gear cable in box, Evander Holyfield Boxing, Columns, G*Loc Air Battle, Super Monaco GP II and Montana Football. All games came with their manuals.

[Tupin]

Wal-Mart must have been clearing out the back room, had around 20 sealed GCN games in a clearance rack. All were Baten-Kaitos, Geist, or F-Zero GX.

Except for one. I picked up a sealed Beach Spikers Virtua Beach Volleyball.

Oh, and I went into Tuesday Morning because it's right next to Goodwill, and they had a bunch of XaviXPort bundles, but I passed on them. I'll have to look into them a little more, they seem interesting...

[garagesaleking!!]

Ok i have gotten around to posting my finds all from saturday. The ps2 i haggled down to $20, no games, but it does have the network adapter. there is a bag of goodies with it, 2-3 memory cards, a dvd remote, the manual, all the plugs, etc. also it came with a cool soft nerf controller.

The gamecube was at the first house i stopped at, it was marked $30 i got it for 25. The system came with a black and white colored nintendo brand memory card. The games other than the 4 pictured are mostly sports.

The ps2 music games were $12 for all 3.

The rock band acdc and call of duty were $10 each. I am excited about getting the acdc, i have been wanting it.

The 8 sims 2 games were $25 for all. haggled down from $5 each.

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The publsiher 2002 was $2.

the naruto dvd box was $5.

lastly 99% of the music cds were from one house. The box was marked 10 cents each. I got the whole box for $10. There are about 120 in the box. The same person was the selling the clapton box sets, the one was marked $1, and the other marked $2, lol, a steal. I picked up a few other cds here and there for an average of about 50 cents each.

The funniest thing is all this is from one community sale, and i bought it all before even 8:30. It was a pretty good week.

[Steve W]

Oh, and I went into Tuesday Morning because it's right next to Goodwill, and they had a bunch of XaviXPort bundles, but I passed on them. I'll have to look into them a little more, they seem interesting...
The Xavix Bowling bundle should be the first one you pick up. It's my favorite game for the system. It doesn't have the quality of motion sensing like the Wii does, though. It's got some sensors on the console and the cartridge has a few more on it, and it basically picks up on the reflective nature of the bowling ball. You can actually play the game with the boxing gloves that come with the Jackie Chan Boxing game, too. It's an interesting little system by a bunch of ex-Nintendo folks, from the middling days of the last generation. Plus, the peripherals like the bowling ball, boxing gloves, etc. all would look nice on a shelf in a game collection library.


Anyhoo, I went to a Movie Trading Company location today and bought a complete Alien Storm for the Genesis for $2.99, a Parker Brothers game for the Atari 2600 with the label peeled off for $1.99 (nearly always a Frogger cart, but it's always fun to find out what it is) and a Playstation ASCII Grip one-handed controller for $3.99. I bought this thing and while driving home it made me wonder why the Japanese would design a one-handed controller, and then I thought about all the T-and-A type games released in Japan... ewwwww. If I ever use this thing, I'll make sure to clean it off with Clorox antibacterial wipes.

[Therealqtip]

I got this playstation 1001 model from goodwill with box but in bad condition, does anyone know the going rate for 1001 model playstations?

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Picked up a couple things at a flea market before the torrential rains moved in today. I picked up loose discs of Blazing Heroes and Bust-a-move 2 for the Saturn for $5 each. The guy had quite the variety of stuff there, but his prices were high.

JY

[garagesaleking!!]

A few years ago the 1001 playstations saw a short spike in value when they became famous as audiophile quality level audio cd players. However today they are basically worth the same as a regular playstation one system. Maybe $20 if you are lucky. I have 2 myself, one is broken though unfortunately.

[Tupin]

The Xavix Bowling bundle should be the first one you pick up. It's my favorite game for the system. It doesn't have the quality of motion sensing like the Wii does, though. It's got some sensors on the console and the cartridge has a few more on it, and it basically picks up on the reflective nature of the bowling ball. You can actually play the game with the boxing gloves that come with the Jackie Chan Boxing game, too. It's an interesting little system by a bunch of ex-Nintendo folks, from the middling days of the last generation. Plus, the peripherals like the bowling ball, boxing gloves, etc. all would look nice on a shelf in a game collection library.


Anyhoo, I went to a Movie Trading Company location today and bought a complete Alien Storm for the Genesis for $2.99, a Parker Brothers game for the Atari 2600 with the label peeled off for $1.99 (nearly always a Frogger cart, but it's always fun to find out what it is) and a Playstation ASCII Grip one-handed controller for $3.99. I bought this thing and while driving home it made me wonder why the Japanese would design a one-handed controller, and then I thought about all the T-and-A type games released in Japan... ewwwww. If I ever use this thing, I'll make sure to clean it off with Clorox antibacterial wipes.

:above me:

All they had was a Baseball bundle, a Tennis Bundle, and a stand-alone Bass Fishing game. I'm probably going to get the Tennis one.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

a Playstation ASCII Grip one-handed controller for $3.99. I bought this thing and while driving home it made me wonder why the Japanese would design a one-handed controller, and then I thought about all the T-and-A type games released in Japan... ewwwww. If I ever use this thing, I'll make sure to clean it off with Clorox antibacterial wipes.

These were branded as RPG controllers, I guess they figured you could use one hand for the game so you had a free hand to browse a strategy guide or pop some pills to keep you awake as you play through an entire RPG. Something to that effect.

[Deadman]

I haven't posted these as finds so much, but I have been picking up any decent quality Xbox games that I find at Gamestop. I now have 300 games for the system, but complete, good condition, quality games are becoming extremely hard to find around here, as most have the generic label Gamestop boxes, or are missing manuals. Also, about half of my shops are now Xbox-free, having shipped all of their inventory to higher volume stores, which kind of sucks, but does help when I go to one of those high volume stores and see LOTS of nice stuff.

Lastly, since GS stopped taking in Xbox games a few months ago, the used prices have actually RISEN at places like Half Price Books, Play N Trade, and FX game exchange. Supply and demand? Who knows, so I'll still keep grabbin em while I can! Here are a few of the ones I've picked up in the past couple weeks:

Darkwatch
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Carmen Sandiego: Secret of the Stolen Drums
187 Ride or Die
RLH
Serious Sam II
Real World Golf (sealed - but still sold as Used)
and a few others. Nothing rare, but still some nice games.

[Lostdwarf]

ROFL

I want to try and clean it up..I'm curious to see if I can actually get it down to it's yellowed base color.
t's heavy,one of the old heavy models,I'm afraid what I might find when I open it though.:yipes:

darryl, ill pm you whats been going on and i apologize for not getting back to you, duesh move on my part.

my wife said to try a magic eraser (mr. clean) that should get it clean. hell it works on our walls when the kids drew on them.

[Pezcore343]

Found a few PC games at GoodWill tonight.

Doom 3 - $3.99
Hexen (no manual) - $3.99
Section Z (Capcom Classics for PC) - $2.99

[Steve W]

All they had was a Baseball bundle, a Tennis Bundle, and a stand-alone Bass Fishing game. I'm probably going to get the Tennis one.
The Tennis game is pretty good. I have a sister who would never play video games in a million years, but the Thanksgiving I bought the Xavix she and I played Tennis and Bowling until our arms ached.

I need to get that Bass Fishing game. I've got the Golf game I bought boxed in a thrift, so all I need are the Baseball game and the Jackie Chan J-Mat (and the Bass Fishing game) to complete the games library for it. There's other stuff available for it too, but they aren't really games as such. I guess Xavix is still plugging away, trying to make a go of their console with things like a weight scale and stuff. Too bad the Wii has totally eclipsed it.

I'm upset Xavix never did an RPG for it. It's a Japanese company, after all, and they love their role playing games.

[Tupin]

Yeah, I'll probably end up getting one very soon. I think I'll get the Tennis bundle and maybe the bass fishing game, as it seems to be the hardest to find other than the J-Mat, which is still commanding a high price tag. The games are so expensive because all of the processors and the CPU is in the cart itself, not the system.

An RPG would have been awesome, but not exactly the audience they were aiming for. The entire games list is on Wikipedia:

* Bowling
* Tennis
* Baseball
* Golf
* Power Boxing
* J-Mat
* Bass Fishing


Too bad on the East Coast/Midwest the only place to get them is Tuesday Morning. Fry's has them, but they are still selling them for $75.

[Kuros]

http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k413/Kuros2/finds080209.jpg

Metal Slug 7, Contra 4, The New Zealand Story Revolution - $11
Pokemon Game Boy Color - $10
Castlevania, San Fran Rush 2049 - $7
Sonic and Knuckles, Battletoads, Gunstar Heroes, TJ&E Funkotron and TMNT Tournament Fighters - $8
Xbox Component cables and a Xbox/GC/PS2 multi RF - $4

[hellfire]

Yeah, I'll probably end up getting one very soon. I think I'll get the Tennis bundle and maybe the bass fishing game, as it seems to be the hardest to find other than the J-Mat, which is still commanding a high price tag. The games are so expensive because all of the processors and the CPU is in the cart itself, not the system.

An RPG would have been awesome, but not exactly the audience they were aiming for. The entire games list is on Wikipedia:

* Bowling
* Tennis
* Baseball
* Golf
* Power Boxing
* J-Mat
* Bass Fishing


Too bad on the East Coast/Midwest the only place to get them is Tuesday Morning. Fry's has them, but they are still selling them for $75.

=O they have them at tuesday morning! I dident even know they sold anything their, I have one right by my house!

[Joe West]

the only thing i found was chase the chuckwagon for the atari 2600, not too bad of shape made a few calls sold it for $60.00....:cheers:

[Deadman]

Went to Play N Trade today and was told that their new sale is Buy 2 get one free on any Xbox, PS1, PS2, or Gamecube games. Picked up these:

Hitman Contracts (xbox)
Hitman II (xbox)
Soldier of Fortune II (xbox)

for just under $10, all complete and minty. Which puts me just over 300 games for the Xbox. :)

[NayusDante]

Yesterday, I got the long-awaited call from GameStop... Stopped by after work today to pick it up.

Before trimming:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/3786976026_0ddb9e41df.jpg

After trimming:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/3786167007_b5e483b57c_b.jpg

Free, because I asked nicely when I bought the game Limited Edition a few weeks back.

I only trimmed it because I wanted it to fit better. It looks more like a piece of art now, not a promotional poster with ESRB info and platform logos.

[orangest]

Goodwill today, all unopened, $.99 each:

2 PS2 .hack//Mutation demo discs
4 Final Fantasy IX Best Buy Exclusive CD-Roms
1 Bandai 2001 Anime Guide Interactive Catalog

Sorry again for bad picture.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/421112740_1461333122_397499522_1249.jpg

[Animerforever05]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/3786975481_70f8e73e49_b.jpg
all for 57$

[otoko]

Goodwill 10$ PS2.. Did not read PS2 disks initially but after readjusting the laser it now does. Still won't read DVD disks... Laser going bad?

[darkslime]

Goodwill 10$ PS2.. Did not read PS2 disks initially but after readjusting the laser it now does. Still won't read DVD disks... Laser going bad?probably DRE

[otoko]

probably DRE

I know it's DRE Darkslime... I'm wondering why it could be DREing. I'm going to play with it some more.

[RoyVegas]

Got my first arcade games today. $150 each off of Craigslist! Yey me!

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv33/royvegas/Misc/arcade006-1.jpg

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv33/royvegas/Misc/arcade005-1.jpg

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv33/royvegas/Misc/arcade002-1.jpg

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv33/royvegas/Misc/arcade003-1.jpg

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv33/royvegas/Misc/arcade001.jpg

[garagesaleking!!]

that king of fighters arcade setup looks sweet.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

This week, here's what I've found.

-Master System (with cords and controller). I splurged for 19.99 @ Goodwill Computer Works. I don't see many of these, and I wanted to get one in case I come across anything I want to play.
-King's Bounty .50 @ a garagesale
-Dragon's Lore $1. I'll pick up an old PC game from time to time provided it's a big box and looks mostly complete. Oh and it can only be $1 or $2.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3788127363_094632e5d8.jpg

[NayusDante]

Nice arcade cabs. I always liked that cabinet that KoF is in, and I'm pretty sure it's designed to be swapped.

[Baloo]

Awesome Power Stone arcade cabinet, what a great game. I've only seen one of those once, in an arcade, and it was the smaller kind. I hope you enjoy your purchase!

[RoyVegas]

Nice arcade cabs. I always liked that cabinet that KoF is in, and I'm pretty sure it's designed to be swapped.

I'm no expert but my understanding is that it's a Showcase 33 cabinet and it is designed to be swapped.

[NayusDante]

Some interesting things today...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3789355037_76aa0a6a32_b.jpg

Myst Boardgame - $4
-Always wondered about this one. It's complete, had to build both jigsaw puzzles to make sure >_<

Sim Mania Pack - $3
-Might sell this one, I already have the good ones, unless Sim Copter is really that great

Age of Empires III - $2

Gabriel Knight I - $2

Star Trek 25th Anniversary CD-ROM (Bundled Edition) - $1
-Includes reg card, star chart (copy protection), and promo insert

[garagesaleking!!]

how is aoe III, i bought it a while ago and have not had a chance to play yet, is it a lot different than aoe II?

[FamicomFreak]

Here are my finds of today....

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/DSC00730-1.jpg
N64 games for two bucks a piece

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/DSC00732-1.jpg
95 cents for each of these.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/DSC00733-1.jpg
Paid ten dollars for these games altogether.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/DSC00734.jpg
Sealed GBA games for three dollars each.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/DSC00737.jpg
two dollars each for these....

That's about it for now!

[NayusDante]

how is aoe III, i bought it a while ago and have not had a chance to play yet, is it a lot different than aoe II?

I haven't played it yet. I'm debating whether to eBay it or give it a try. I've never been into strategy games very much, but I liked the original AoE. I couldn't pass it up for $2.

[garagesaleking!!]

ya i picked mine up at a church sale for $1, i guess mine is the collectors edition. Its just not really a game you pick up and play, gotta be in the mood for it. It can be a ton of fun if you play lan though. We have 8 player lan matches up at college and its really funny, we have 4 people in rooms across from each going head to head.

[Lostdwarf]

not much of a find but i got this from my work. its the pre order box for the new final fantasy on the PSP

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii255/LostDwarfCards/IMG_7200-1.jpg

[Videogamerdaryll]

darryl, ill pm you whats been going on and i apologize for not getting back to you, duesh move on my part.

my wife said to try a magic eraser (mr. clean) that should get it clean. hell it works on our walls when the kids drew on them.


No Problem man.,and thank's for the cleaning info..

[Cornelius]

Yesterday I picked the Jedi Academy and D2 w/ LOD off CL for $20. Today I stopped by 4 thrifts, and finally GW had some stuff:
King's Quest VII - 2.99
The rest was all 4.99 ea.
King's Quest (VIII?) Mask of Eternity
RE3
MediEvil
Tenchu
TMNT Tournament Fighters
DKC
Super Mario All-Stars
FFIII

The King's Quest games, Tenchu, and TMNT are all going to be returned unless someone here wants them 'at cost'. Maybe the same with DKC and RE3 (missing Dino disc).

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww75/evanwink42/Finds/finds177.jpg

After GW I had an appointment w/ a guy off CL to pick up these beauties that play the expected sound when pressed:
http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww75/evanwink42/Finds/finds177a.jpg

He said they were given out at some event in Japan, and he got them a couple years ago. Anyone know if that is the case, or are they more commonly available? I've never come across them before. Anyway, they'll look nice in my 'someday' game room, maybe as part of a light fixture or something.

[Ryaan1234]

Meh. Meh. Meh.

I found the Pokemon Colosseum bonus disc at Salvation Army for $0.99. Salvation Army's become better than Goodwill recently, I've gotten a 2600 Vader for $4.99 a week ago and I've found some other neat stuff there.

[SEGA_Queen]

Went to a pawn shop in the next town over and found:

Disney's Hercules Action Game (Disc only) $4.95 - I've been looking for a loose copy of this game for a while, because I already had the case and manual for it.

Mister Mosquito (Complete) $4.95 - I picked this up because I'm a sucker for wacky Japanese games!

[Tupin]

A basketball game day today, I guess.

NBA Jam- $1
Slam Dunk (Japanese)- $5

Both for Game Gear. Figures the one time I want to buy a Game Gear from this place they don't have one.

[NayusDante]

I'd offer on that King's Quest VIII if I hadn't gotten a complete copy a few months ago. You could probably make a few bucks on it, but I don't think it goes for more than $10.

I was cleaning my desk and found a 128mb stick of SD RAM with a $0.50 sticker on it. Not sure when I found that, but it's in my retrogaming rig now.

[garagesaleking!!]

You should probably also return that final fantasy III, there is a goodwill located close to my house if its convenient for you. :wink 2: