January 2011 finds

[Collector_Gaming]

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more goodwill finds!
Game Genie for the Gameboy 2 bucks

PS1 very good condition imo only thing wrong with it is i couldn't find the video/audio cable :( so i got them to knock it down from 10 to 8 bucks now to find one of those cables

[InsaneDavid]

Okay, a couple weeks ago I saw a craigslist ad for 55 issues of Nintendo Power for $15.00. There wasn't a picture or any real specifics, only that they were older issues. The post date was pretty old but I figured what the hell and e-mailed the seller but never heard back. After a week I figured they already sold and forgot about it.

Then the seller contacted me and said he still had them and was checking if I was still interested. We set up a meeting earlier in the week for Saturday afternoon and earlier today I picked the magazines up.

I figure if anything I'm looking to fill the gaps in the issues I have. Over the years of reading some of my issues simply fell apart and degraded into trash, so I'm always looking for replacements. Additionally I would cut things out of them from time to time and of course attempt to remove the posters.

As for the issues I picked up today, the newest issue is #60, so they're all within the era I'm interested in. I would say condition varies from very good to on the way to the trash. Five or so of the issues are missing a lot of pages so those went into my girlfriend's scrapbooking pile. A handful of the earlier issues are missing their covers, which is common since many of my issues from around then suffer the same condition. Worst case of the issues I kept might be missing the first page and the last page, but that's like one or two issues. About half of the issues have maybe one or two things cut out of them, usually game titles from the listings near the back - I guess they were cut out to be glued onto a wishlist or something similar. All the classified information columns are in tact though, something I would cut out of a lot of my issues. LOL A few posters were spared and pretty much all of the bundle in guides (merchandise catalog, SMB2 Inside Out, Dragon Warrior guide, Classified Information directory, etc.) are in place and perfect. There were a couple duplicate issues but they were in the junk pile, and a pair of the 4-Player Extra guide... isn't this like the most common NP issue ever? LOL

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All in all, I'd say I came away with 45+ issues that I need to catalog and compare with what I already have to see what I'm keeping. I don't think I'll replace any of mine, just keep the matching issues out of this lot as counterparts if they are in better shape.

What I was psyched to find among the lot are the first six issues, all in really nice condition and complete with the exception of a tiny title cutout here or there near the end of a couple of the later issues.

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Woohoo, the first four of these are new additions since years ago my subscription began with the Ninja Gaiden issue. I really can't beat $15.00 for everything. :) That Track & Field II cover is still my all time favorite NP cover.

[Blitzwing256]

nice find david, comes pretty close to my deal of 1-200 for 50$, then a week later a friend giving me effectively the same issues and about 200 gamepros vgcd and egms for free. I love old gaming magazines.

[DigitalSpace]

Purchased yesterday:

NES:
Galaga: Demons of Death (cart only)

SNES:
F1 Pole Position (complete)

$2.50 each.

[Xexyz]

Really nice find InsaneDavid. I have a question for you too. How often do you reply to craigslist postings where the seller never bothers to contact you back? I've quickly learned to hate craigslist because 3 out of the 4 times I reply to a posting the seller never responds back, and the listing still sits there for weeks...

[ScourDX]

My weekend Find

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Ape Escape 3 PS2 - $1.97
Need for Speed Pro Street PS2 - $1.97
Saturn & Sega CD games - $20 for all

Title includes

Night Trap
Time Gal
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
Virtua Cop
Virtua Fighter
Virtua Fighter 2
Eternal Champion
Nights into the Dream
Daytona USA
Cobra Command
Sewer Sharks
Megarace
Rise of the Dragon

[InsaneDavid]

Really nice find InsaneDavid. I have a question for you too. How often do you reply to craigslist postings where the seller never bothers to contact you back? I've quickly learned to hate craigslist because 3 out of the 4 times I reply to a posting the seller never responds back, and the listing still sits there for weeks...

Quite a bit, people are usually just lazy. I'm trying to conserve some cash right now so I haven't been on craigslist too often but it's a common occurrence.

[yoshilime53]

DX

I responded to that guy insanedavid, and he never got back to me. Now i know who they went to....XD

[Deadman]

Lots of great finds this month - love the magazine find and the Sega CD/Saturn lots. Very nice.

I haven't found a whole lot, but in my few trips I've picked up:

Xbox (all complete)
Armed and Dangerous - $5
Big Bumpin' - $1
Commandos 2: Men of Courage - $5
Tao Feng - $5
Tiger Woods 2005 - $1
NCAA College Basketball 2K3 - $1
NCAA Football 2004 - $1
NBA Inside Drive 2003 - $1

Other Items:
Myrtan Wars (PSP) - $8 (ended up returning it because it was badly scratched)
MGS3: Snake Eater (PS2) new and sealed $7
PvP - Book One by Image Comics - $1

I need a really good find - I'm getting depressed...

[Atarileaf]

Been a good last few days. Picked up this puppy CIB today for $3.99 at Value Village and it's absolutely MINT.

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[InsaneDavid]

DX

I responded to that guy insanedavid, and he never got back to me. Now i know who they went to....XD

LOL I actually first contacted the seller back on 12/29/10 and I think the posting was already about to expire. I didn't hear back until 1/4/11 and he wanted the exchange on 1/8/11. So the whole thing came as a surprise that it went so smooth, especially that the designated pick up location was like 5 minutes away from me.

Nice pickup on that Gunstar Heroes, Atarileaf.

[Gooch3008]

CIB 1080 snowboarding - $.95

oddly, the copy of goldeneye and the n64 expansion pak were in a ziploc bag together and had a price tag stapled through it that said $1.95 gonna trade it in.

I couldnt resist buying this copy of the transformers movie on VHS. I don't know why I bought it, I just had to.

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[Nintendo Gamer]

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[Videogamerdaryll]

Nice Finds..


All I've found lately is Snow. :| .Snow on top of Snow and Snow in colors such as yellow....

My wife popped by a small high school flea market yesterday and picked me up..
2 SNES controllers..2 for $5.00
2 NES,SNES,GEN Multi Power Supplies new in box .2 for $10.00

[Cornelius]

Dang, nice Gunstar Heroes!

Went to 3 thrifts on Sunday and these were all I found, and all were at the first/closest, so it felt like a big waste afterwards.
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Silent Thunder is sealed and was 2.80
Nox for some reason I thought was worth a bit, oops. Guess it'll go in the collection. Is it a good game, at least? it was 1.80
The 1943 handheld is pretty cool to find new in its package for 3.80. Has a Kaybee price sticker hand written at 9.99. Also, Kaybee recommends Panasonic Alkaline batteries!
Also got a couple new Canon printer inks I thought I needed, but don't. Le sigh.

And then this came today...
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28.98 from a seller on Amazon. I've been watching the used page at amazon for weeks (months) since a lot of people had been getting this game there from Amazon Warehouse Deals for pretty cheap, but never saw them get below about $55. This showed up the other day listed in Like New condition (nothing else stated). I rushed to get it and was afraid I'd be too late, but checked out just fine. Came today and while it isn't *really* like new, it is pretty damn good and I can't complain.

Delivery was attempted on my Pier Solar, but my carrier was still not back yet at 5.50 when I went to the PO, so I'll have to go again tomorrow.

[Steve W]

I need a really good find - I'm getting depressed...
I haven't found anything good in a while, so don't feel like you're alone. On December 31st I went thrifting and found pretty much most stores had lines of cars at the donation areas, since everybody wants to get in that last tax deduction before the year's out. I had hoped that would result in some nice stuff in the stores, but I still haven't found anything. Maybe all the indie stores have started putting anything they think might be valuable on eBay, so the good stuff isn't hitting the shelves.

[orangest]

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The last few days at the thrifts...

PS2 Shadow Hearts-Covenant-$5.99
Dreamcast ECW Anarchy Rulz, Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits 2-$2.00 each
PS1 Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge-$2.00
Tron 2.0 PC Game; little bit of wear on the edges but still sealed-$4.00

[MarioMania]

Last month I got only 3 things

Boombox(Tape Deck Dosn't work) $8 Ego Thrift
Roll Suit Case $8 Eco Thrift - Not Pictured
AM/FM Dual Tape Deck $20 CD dosen't work

Last Monday

The Simpsons Season 10 DVD $8.62 with Tax

Today(Monday)

Logitech Wireless PS2 Controller $5 at Gamestop traded stuff in

Eternal Champions CD + Back Insert $3 shipped from Smashed Brother

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[Atarileaf]

I picked up Solar Storm and Shark Attack manuals for a buck each

Nes 3d world runner, infiltrator, CIB Genesis Atomic Runner and CIB Genesis Star Trek Echoes of the Past were $2 each

The best thing today was a loose Super Dodge Ball for the NES for $5 :D

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[Ryaan1234]

Okay lot sale again this morning....

In what was literally a box of VCRs and crappy DVD players I spied something with the Nakamichi logo and nearly had a heart attack as I reached for it. I WISH it was a cassette deck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvSgfFNptuQ) but it ended up being a Nakamichi "Stasis" stereo receiver, model TA-4A. The TA 4A brings a solid $200+ on eBay so I'm very happy.

Other than that I grabbed a HUGE Sound Blaster box for some older card. When I opened it I almost had another heart attack as it was full of early 90s PC game boxes. I opened the boxes and they were all empty :(. I did snag the box/papers for Full Throttle for my game.

Anyways, that's it. I think it's been an eventful morning for me anyway.

[Deadman]

Today I returned the ever-crappy Kinectimals (a Christmas present to the family from friends) to Movie Trading Company and got this stuff in its place:

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Mutant League Football (Genesis) - box and cart, missing manual (dangit)
Q*Bert (Atari 5200) - box, insert, and mint cart, but missing manual (dangit)
Mario Bros. (Atari 5200) - loose
Pac-Man (Game Gear) - loose

I got back some cash as well, and I'm much happier with these games than Kinectimals...

[Vinnysdad]

Havent been to the thrift stores in months and I was bored today and decided to give it a try. Passed up a SNES arcade stick, some common PS1 games, and bought these.
Panasonic 3DO controller-$2
Goldstar 3DO controller-$2

Nothing special.

[Tupin]

Got Chrono Trigger on the DS today for $10 during a sale.

[Deadman]

Quick trip to Half Price books tonight turned up these:

Thrillville off the rails (Wii) - $3
Lego Indiana Jones (Wii) - $3

Had a $5 coupon, so they cost me $1.08 after tax! :)

[orangest]

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Goodwill today:

NES Adventure Island 2 and 3-$5.99 each
PS2 Final Fantasy XI Online (game only)-$7.99
PS1 Area 51-$4.99
Syphon Filter 2 Survival Kit-$3.99.

The SF Survival Kit is still sealed except for a couple of small tears in the shrinkwrap. Anyone have any information/background about it?

[SEGA_Queen]

Today was a good day! First, I went to toy/collectibles shop and found two Tales of the Abyss One Coin Grande figures for $7.99 each. I got Jade Curtis and Tear Grants. I'm quite impressed by the detail of the figures.

Then I went to my favorite game shop to trade in a bag full of the games and DVDs I never played/watched anymore. I ended up getting 80 bucks cash for it all, which paid for the TotA figures. I also bought a used copy of Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for $20. And I still have $40.00 left for future frivolous purchases!

[Kitsune Sniper]

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CDs were $1 each unless otherwise noted:

V/A - Fantastic Four Soundtrack (new)
Skye - Mind How You Go (new)
Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band - Hoodoo Man Blues
Oni (PC game) - $2
V/A - Nightmarish Melodies (this contains Yakety Yak... how is that a nightmarish song?)
Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard? (Promo version - I already own this, but the CD is busted... hello replacement!)
Carlos Gardel - 20 Temas (brand new)
Ultimate Band game soundtrack (brand new - already own it, this is going to the trade pile) - $1.50
Sixpence None The Richer - The Best Of
Office 2000 Standard - $1.50

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Sherlock Holmes DVD in a horrible "recyclable" DVD case - $1
Jumping Flash ridged cardboard longbox (very damaged case, MINT disc) - $2!

Now for a story: I got to the booth where I usually buy CDs from and as I was picking out stuff, some guy approaches him and tells hm he wants to buy every CD he has. The owner wants $60, he counters with $40. They keep going on and on until they reach an agreement and I'm barred from picking out any more CDs. :( I managed to get the Office 2000 CD at least, but dammit. I got there ten minutes too late. >_<

On the other hand, I did get a deal from that same guy on thirteen brand new copies of "Command and Conquer Saga", which bundles Command and Conquer The First Decade + Command and Conquer 3. I paid $60 for all copies... and there's a "collectible" copy on Amazon for $50. The lowest this sells for on eBay is $25. Um, yay. :D

[Ryaan1234]

I had an nice PC game haul today
(Cough*PreparetobejealousKitsuneSniper*cough)

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Had another mini heart attack today at the lot sale when I saw these stuck in a box of worn out 45s and cassettes of terrible music nobody wants. I was charged $1 a piece for them. QuickBooks Pro 2001 was bought for resale, it has all the papers and everything needed to use it (The last QuickBooks software I has was '04 I think... Sold it for $25 and it was the Home Business version, and before you say anything I've found that the old versions of this software do, in fact, sell.). The "Flash of doom" is on "Great Naval Battles Vol. 4" by SSI (on CD) and King's Quest V is on 5.25". All other games (including the Lucasarts Classic Adventures) are on 3.5".

I'm very happy, I got a lot of PC gaming goodness this morning.

[NayusDante]

Holy crap, so the LucasArts Classic Adventures compilation WAS released in a box??? I ordered mine direct from the Company Store back in the day, and all I got was the 7 floppies and the manual shrinkwrapped to a piece of cardboard...

[Gooch3008]

First stop a local free thrift shop I volunteer at:
Nexagon - Free
Quake Wars - Free (mint)
Space Siege - Free (mint)
Dragon Seeds - Free (mint)
Next stop, a thrift store I don't visit often enough:
Unreal (mint, half manual missing) - $1
Myst 3: Exile - $1 (mint)
Journeyman Project 2 - $1 (mint)
Journeyman Project 3 - $1 (mint)
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine - 1$ (mint)
Thief The Dark project - $1 (mint)
They had LOTS of complete systems on display, i almost bought a complete gamecube for $15, but left it for the next guy on the hunt. (they had 2 at this price)
I was looking at their selection and theres a green plastic wrapped- package with that tag there "NES $9.00" so of course i tell the lady i want it. I realize aas she is taking it out of the display case that its a frickin SNES! with 2 controllers and power/av. SOLD!

I have been having incredible luck after taking a month or so off of collecting games!

traded some games for $30 in store credit and got Duke Nukem 3D CIB, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, Double Dragon and Destination Earthstar (cart only)

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[Big Papa Husker]

I found a boxed copy of Breath of Fire for SNES for $15. It has the manual, but is missing the map. I also found a copy of Intelligent Qube for $2. The manual looks to have been dropped in a sink or something and is all warped and stuck together. :|

[The 1 2 P]

This was in my mailbox today:

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I thought it was another work project until I saw the note. It was one of those contest were you have to download a free registration gamerpic(which takes about 8 seconds) and then either download eligible content(which I never do because thats not free) or play multiplayer in eligible games. For this contest it must have been playing either Halo Reach or Modern Warfare 2.

They're suppose to send you an email confirmation when you win stuff but I never got one so I was quite pleasantly surprised when I received my mail today.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Not much today.

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$6 total.

[misfits859]

Finally, although I've never looked for it specifically, I finally found a Tengen copy of Tetris in the wild at Half Price Books. Weird that it was priced at $1.98 and a Tengen Ms. Pac Man was right next to it priced at $19.99.

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[fahlim003]

Excellent find misfits859. It's hard to imagine a mis-price occurred but perhaps that's what happened and fate smiled upon you today.

[jrokshady]

Just got lucky down at the Retro game store. Scored a mint complete copy of Parasite Eve 2 for $20.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I only got a couple of brand new CDs today: Phat Strat's Classical Masquerade and Electric String Quartet. They're a Las Vegas-based female Electric Violin quartet. The first CD is just a bunch of classical tunes like Canon and Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. The latter... contains cover versions of Baba O'Riley and Live and Let Die, to name a few. o_O

$2.

Oh yeah and some new Dr. Scholl's insoles for my shoes. $2. :p

[Cornelius]

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Yesterday from SA I grabbed the Genesis High Seas Havoc, Mac Escape from Monkey Island, and the PC Bioshock/Oblivion pack (new). Total = $4.80.

The rest was from another thrift and was a total of $15.66.
The Game Boy game is F-1 Pole Position, which seems to be pretty hard to find. Can't find any reference, but I doubt it is actually worth much. Guide says R4, but there aren't any completed listings on ebay at all, so seems R4 is maybe low. I don't know much about GB collecting, though. Anyone actually know?
Picked up the Original Baldur's Gate Big Box complete because I just couldn't stand to see it continue to rot on the shelves there, getting beat up more and more. And it was like 2.40 - 25%. I already have my original beat up set from when it came out and another in very nice shape, so I guess I'll see if anyone wants to buy this one. The box is beat up and the discs scratched (because of that stupid sleeve they came in), but the other stuff looks untouched.

[BydoEmpire]

Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band - Hoodoo Man BluesA true classic - hard, heavy and funky. Somebody done hoodoo'd the hoodoo man!

[wingzrow]

For the 4th time i've gotten a conker's bad fur day for $5.00 or less in my area. Payed $4.00 yesterday, very odd but i'm not complaining.

[InsaneDavid]

Alright, finally acquired something that I've wanted for a LONG time. I'm really not in a position to be spending money right now but a bunch of things fell into place and I bit the bullet.

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I finally bought a pair of Adidas Adicolor BL4 Stan Smith II TRON sneakers from 2006. Was from an eBay auction, in good shape, minimal wear, and most importantly my size (11.5). When these hit the market I was broke on my ass and never had a chance to go after a pair even when they were being marked down. Not anymore. :)

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Left shoe, left side: TRON rezzing up his lightcycle.
Left shoe, right side: pair of recognizers, including the one Flynn reconstructed.
Right shoe, left side: CLU's game tank.
Right shoe, right side: Sark going up against an arcade patron in their lightcycles.

Awesome, right? That's not all though, there's an image of a conscript's face on the sole of each shoe...

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TRON on the tongue of each shoe...

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The MCP is on the insoles...

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And a little embossed TRON near the front of each...

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All in all, they cleaned up really nice (there was a little wear where it looked like something was spilled on one of the sneakers) and I can't wait to wear them at California Extreme 2011.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I only got a couple of brand new CDs today: Phat Strat's Classical Masquerade and Electric String Quartet. They're a Las Vegas-based female Electric Violin quartet. The first CD is just a bunch of classical tunes like Canon and Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. The latter... contains cover versions of Baba O'Riley and Live and Let Die, to name a few.

Went to check them out and should that be Phat Strad? If so, they remind me of Bond. I have a number of Bond's CDs, but unfortunately they haven't done anything new for a few years. Check them out.

JY

[Kitsune Sniper]

Went to check them out and should that be Phat Strad? If so, they remind me of Bond. I have a number of Bond's CDs, but unfortunately they haven't done anything new for a few years. Check them out.

JY

STRAD. That's it. Not Strat. Sorry. I haven't opened them (these are brand new) so I'm not sure what to expect...

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

STRAD. That's it. Not Strat. Sorry. I haven't opened them (these are brand new) so I'm not sure what to expect...

They have some videos for both Phat Strad and Bond on YouTube.

JY

[8bitmusic]

Well, holy balls! I hit the Sega motherload at one thrift store--

Sega Saturn - $8.80
Sega Genesis (Sonic 2 edition) System, CIB with all the plastic and such - $22
Sega Gamegear + Tom & Jerry The Movie game - $5
Sega Mastersystem Controller - $0.80

[theclaw]

Super Bombliss CIB for Super Famicom, from ebay. 99c plus shipping.

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The SNES tetris imports are underrated. :)

[NayusDante]

One of my friends had tickets for Star Trek Live (Google it, odd little show), and there were some vendors at the theater. Amongst the stands selling bootleg DVDs (the cool bootlegs, as in out-of-print stuff and concerts), there were the usual guys selling comics, models, and random stuff. Found this for $4, something I've been wanting for quite a while. It's that Final Fantasy V sequel OVA. I used to ogle the copy at Suncoast when I was a kid, not wanting to spend $30 on it. Looks like it's in pretty good shape, with the slipcase and all. This is the dubbed version

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[PentiumMMX]

Well, I did have a good finds this past week...but it's been rendered moot by something happening within hours of purchase.

- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (PSP. Used in near mint condition; missing oversized box and soundtrack CD): $15

After passing it up last year, shortly after getting my PSP, I finally found another copy of it (My urge to find a copy going up after I got hooked on Persona 3 FES) and sold off the copy of Phantom Brave I got as the free game during Gamestop's B2G1 sale back in December to knock down the price a little bit. Convenietly, I come home after buying it to find my cat had knocked my PSP off my desk; breaking it's battery door completely and messing up the Square button worse than it already was (It was already pretty worn down from plaing the original Prinny, but it really didn't need a good 4 foot fall with a rough landing onto a wooden floor).

So, not only did I finally find a copy of Persona and my copy of Prinny 2 arrived earlier in the week, but my stupid cat had to go and kill my PSP before I got a chance to play either one.

[Blanka789]

Nice find on the Final Fantasy Anime, it's pretty entertaining.

[Kitsune Sniper]

They have some videos for both Phat Strad and Bond on YouTube.

JY

I opened them and listened to both last night... I uh... didn't like them very much. I mean, they're OKAY, but... not my thing. Oh yeah, Hendrix on Cello is trippy, and not in a good way. :P

Anyway, I only bought one thing today: The Virgin Suicides film score by Air, brand new, for $2. There was one booth that had several comic book TPBs I'm missing but the damn booth owner never showed up so I went home. :(

[Big Papa Husker]

Today I found my biggest find in a long time. I found a complete boxed copy of Chubby Cherub for NES. The box is a little beat up, but considering the game is 25 years old it looks pretty good.

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[PentiumMMX]

Well, my issue involving a PSP has been fixed as of lunchtime.

- Sony PSP (3000 model. New): $125

I was able to take in my old PSP in for a little bit of money toward a replacement (Turning a profit even after what was subtracted for a refurbish fee; seeing as I only paid $20 for the previous one), and stacked with a coupon for $5 off any purchase, I was able to get my replacement. It's all pretty and sparkly, and lets me get back to playing Disgaea 2 among other games.

[Collector_Gaming]

MEGA LOT!

Scooped up the rest of a former gaming collectors collection paid 225 dollars. yea i know big money but look at what i got out of it

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About 112 NES games

The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario 3 (With recent Strategy Guide made for the GBA re release)
Blades of Steel
Ikari Warriors
Jaws
Top Gun
Fazanadu
Super Sprint
Overlord
World GP
Rescue the Embassy Mission
RBI Baseball 3
Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing
Time Lord
Kung Fu
Racket Attack
Silent Service
Demon Sword
Kings of the Beach
Jeopardy Junior Edition
Super Glove Ball
Jack Nicholas Golf
Ninja Gaiden 2
Metroid (Original Release with the 8bit graphic and not the re release with hand drawn image of samus shooting at you)
Tetris
RBI Baseball
Solstice
Batman
Burger Time
Godzilla
Vindicators
Werewolf
Who Framed Roger Rabbit(with instruction manual)
Star Voyager
Spy Hunter
Seicross
Tiger Heli
Xevious
Platoon
Mario/Duck Hunt
John Elway Quarter Back Club
Double Dribble
All Star Basketball
Ice Hockey
Castlevania 2 Simons Quest
Dragon Warrior
Dr.Mario
Adventure Island
Star Tropics
Q-Bert
3d- World Runner
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures
Rambo
Monopoly
The Legend of Kage
Magic Darts
Fighting Golf
Narc
Ice Hockey
Baseball Stars
Captain Skyhawk
Championship Bowling
10 Yard Fight
Jackal
Airwolf
RC Pro Am
Rampage
Gauntlet
Marble Madness
Festers Quest
World Class Track Meet
Willow
Operation Wolf
NES Play Action Football
NES Open Golf
Wrecking Crew
Ice Hockey
Heavy Shreddin
Hoops
Hunt for the Red October
Defender 2
Xexyz
Flying Warriors
Major League Baseball
Wrath of the Black Manta
NBA Basketball
Mach Rider
Iron Sword Wizards and Warriors 2
Infiltrator
Excite Bike
Blaster Master
Gradius
Road Blasters
Gyruss
Ring King
Venice Beach Volley Ball
T and C Surf Design
Urban Champion
Baseball
Little League Baseball
Deathbots
Days of Thunder
Ultimate Basketball
Target Renegade
Lunar Pool
10 Yard Fight
Duck Hunt
Double Strike
Mission Impossible
Roger Clemens MVP Baseball
Taboo the Sixth Sense
Bases Loaded
Adventures of Tom Sawyer

and wait theres more to this lot!

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SNES GAMES:
Disney's Goof Troop
Monopoly
Mario Paint (No mouse)(with ORIGINAL strategy guide)
Killer Instinct -
Clue -
WWF Raw
WWF Super Wrestlemania
WWF Royal Rumble
Bill Laimbeer's Combat basketball
Game Genie
NHLPA Hockey 93
Mortal Kombat-
Brawl Brothers
Clay Fighter
F-Zero
Star Trek the Next Generation
Pilotwings
Super Game boy

PS1 GAMES:
Micro Machines V3
Castlevania Symphony of the Night (Rental Case)
Bio Freaks
ESPN Extreme Games
2 Extreme
Road Rash
Jet Moto 2
Grand Theft Auto
Metal Gear Solid
Crash Bandicoot
Blood Omen:Legacy of Kain
Parrappa the Rapper (Missing Cover and some scratches)
Jumping Flash (Rental Case)
Time Crisis (Disc Only)

PS2 GAMES:
Beyond Good and Evil
Maximo Army of Zen(with strategy guide)
Killer 7
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty (No case)
Twisted Metal Black (with online disc)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (No Case)
Onimusha
Socom U.S. Navy Seals (With Headset)
Legends of Wrestling 2
Silent Hill 4: The Room (In a blockbuster video case)
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
Tekken Tag Tournament
Medal of Honer: Front line
Silpheed: The Lost Planet
Tenchu Wrath of Heaven
Red Faction
Smugglers Run
Dynasty Warriors 2
Dynasty Warriors 3(No Case)
Katamari Damacy
Parappa the Rapper 2
Star Wars Battlefront
Odin Sphere
Sky Gunner
Capcom Classics Collection Vol.1
Activision Anthology
Micro Machines V4
Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec
Mark of Kri
Frequency
Nascar 2001
Risk- Global Domination
WWF Smackdown Just Bring It
Need for Speed 2 Hot Pursuit
Ace Combat 4
Micro Machines
Mad Maestro

GENESIS GAMES:
Contra Hard Corps
Pit Fighter
Jungle Strike
X-Men
Micro Machines

and a N64 Game Shark

and i got in the deal a First Gen Sega Genesis (missing a Power Adapter Cable)

[Goodwill Hunter]

Nice find on the CIB Chubby Cherub! Where did you find it and how much was it?

I spent the last few days in West Lafayette, IN visiting Purdue University with my daughter…can you brag on your kids in a brag post? She was awarded a Trustee’s Scholarship and invited to a Scholar’s Day at the School…great kid. Anyway, while she and her mom took a nap between sessions, I checked out the local thrifts and used game stores…didn’t find anything great, but definitely enough to make the trip worthwhile:

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At a few local used stores, the rarer stuff was priced accordingly, but I found some good hole fillers between $1.99 and .99…happiest about the 3 additions to my game gear collection. Then a nice mix of stuff from Goodwill….an original Gameboy in nice shape, $3.99…a mini RC MarioKart Yoshi, $4.99…a mini toy Mac desktop with an LCD screen that shows an astronomy report in progress, $1.99…a boxed MegaMan figure from BigLots, $1.99…and a sealed 2600 Yar’s Revenge, $2.99. Boiler Up!

Rich

[HyperDuel]

All for $20. Gaiaries is complete in box minus the poster.

Cybernator
Operation Logic Bomb
Darius Twin

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[buzz_n64]

Thrift store finds on 1/16/2011

NES games $2.99 each
NINJA GAIDEN II
NINJA GAIDEN III
CONTRA
SUPER C
WWF WRESTLEMANIA

[NessFreaK]

I found a copy of Blonde Justice (3DO) at a local pawn shop mixed with some CD's... man its awful >.>

[Steve W]

After finding almost nothing today, I did finally come across these PS1 games. The discs are all there and pretty close to mint, but the cases are damaged, especially Parasite Eve. That case has to go. The back side has chunks missing.

The Genesis looking plug-and-play is some kind of Sonic game which I haven't tried yet since I had to charge up some AA batteries. The handheld is by Tiger Electronics, and has a sort of Astrosmash theme, shooting asteroids before they hit the ground. The LEDs light up little graphics behind the background, and it has voice samples (that were almost inaudible since the batteries that came with it were nearly dead).
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[Xexyz]

Here's what I've gotten in the month of January so far.

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Okay these aren't really finds, just various import Mega Drive games I bought on ebay. Prices averaged around $12.00 each.

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These were left over sealed GBA games at a local Micro Game that I decided to pick up. MMBN 5 was $10.99, MMBN6 was $12.99, and Shining Force was from eBay to replace my cart only copy.

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Now for a little story. These eight Gameboy games, which are Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Taz-Mania, Fortified Zone, Pokemon Gold, Tetris, Tetris Plus, Tetris Attack, and Solomon's Club, are the keepers from a Gameboy lot on craigslist I picked up this weekend. The lot was for 16 games, a Gameboy Camera, a GBC, and a GBA SP with charger all in a 3rd party case for $30. I have no need for an extra GBA SP, a GBC with no working sound, the camera, and the carrying case. The other 8 games were either doubles I already had (Super Mario Land 2, Donkey Kong Land 2, Animaniacs), or crap I had no interest in (Pit-Fighter, Toy Story, Asteroids, Star Wars, Wings of Fury). So I went to a local Game Craze store, and traded these items in. Interestingly, they gave me $30 even worth of in store credit. So with that, and an extra $20 thrown on top, I splurged on this little puppy:

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The top flap has a few bends in it, and there's a crease on the left edge of the front cover, but other than that the box is in pretty nice shape. Still, I pretty much spent $50 on a complete copy of Tengen Tetris, just with 8 decent Gameboy games for free along with it. Not nearly as cool as misfits859 $1.98 Tengen Tetris find, but it is complete.

$50-$60 is usually the going rate for a complete Tengen Tetris AUCTION on ebay right?

[portnoyd]

In that condition, $50 is a worthy spend.

[Zama]

This lovely game came in a while ago ^_^

(Front and Centered)

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[Videogamerdaryll]

..Small Flea Market..

Making piles at a vendors table)

$25.00 for the SNES lot..

$10.00 for the V Smile Lot(for my Son=mostly the games as I have a V smile hooked up for him-but this one came with a good selection of games.

$10.00 for the Intellevision System-nice..Vic 20 VicModem,& Vic 20 Cassette deck..

Sports gifts for inlaws $6.00

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Passed...
Lunar 2 PS(missing discs)

Misc 360 Games...Marked higher then in Gamestop used..

Xbox 360 $125.00(said to be working 06 model...(vendor has no clue on this stuff)

A friend-game seller spent $130.00 on a game-system lot at the same flea....I didn't get to see the stuff but he told me of the find..


.........................as asked on another forum..

Who's on the ball..
Don Mattingly..
$3.00


There was another ball in display with Dave Cone on it....The guy wanted more for them-but I talked him down as soon as he walked up as my dad bought yankees stuff from him a few minutes before..
... he had yankees coins..a set in a bag,said they cost $39.99 online that he wanted $25.00..we passed,then he came over with a pile of yankees stuff coins included and another coin asked $10.00 si my dad bought that stuff..
My dads is a yankees fan but the stuff is for someone else..
I got the one ball for $3.00 ..and the vendor was on the edge with price..So I didn't push for the two though I should have...I didn't want him to say no to 3 bucks..

I don't like being hit HIGH on things just because a vendor thinks I want something bad..


I cleaned the case up..,the balls mint inside...and it looks sooo good on my shelf ..

[Kitsune Sniper]

Since the site was down yesterday, I didn't get to post these:

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CDs: $1 each:
The Brand New Heavies: Brother Sister (already had this, but the other copy was bad)
Fatboy Slim: Halfway between the giltter and the stars & On the floor at the boutique
Violent Femmes: Why do birds sing?
Grateful Dead: The Best Of / Skeletons from the closet
The Clash: Sandinista (2 CD)
The Big Easy V/A Soundtrack
Deadicated (V/A tribute to the Grateful Dead)
The Ultimate Dr. John (compilation)
Christopher Franke: The London Concert

Panic Sega CD - $4
The booth had a few other Sega CD games, most notably Robo Aleste, but that was all messed up. They also had Surgical Strike, but I left it behind. I might get it next time I go there.

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$4 total. This lot includes:
Michael Moorcock's Corum: The Bull with The Spear #1-4 (First Comics)
RoboCop Movie Adaptation (collects all three issues)
Axel Pressbutton #1-4 (Eclipse Comics)
Seduction of the Innocent #1-3 (no idea who made these)

A sample of the artwork in Robocop...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12145986/Comics/2011/robohaters.jpg


From today:
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WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Criterion Collection)
Civil War 2 Generals (CD in case) - $2
Pinnacle Studio Deluxe 8 (new, with capture card) - $10

All of that is going to eBay. Hopefully the Pinnacle thing will be enough to get a NEW capture card...

[Steve W]

I don't know about you other guys who look through audio CDs at thrift stores, but have you noticed an abundance of '90s alternative CDs clogging stores lately? Or is that just in my area? I came across hundreds of them yesterday for some reason, at almost every store I went to.

[weirdguy]

Walmart is clearing out some games at 1$ in Canada and I got:

Wii
Monsters VS Aliens
Blastworks
Monster Hunter 3 (x2)

NDS
Magical Starsign
Blue Dragon Plus
Elite Beat Agent
Beat City
Scribblenauts
Space Invaders Extreme 2

PSP
DJ Max Fever

Xbox 360
Konami Classics Vol 2 (x2)
Star Trek Legacy
Devil May Cry 4 (x2)
Prince of Persia
Tom Clancy Hawx
Farcry 2
Quake Wars
X-Men - the official game

PS2
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Zombie Ninja Pro-Am

PC
Supreme Commander 2 (x2)
Dawn of War 2
Lego Indiana Jones
Fallout 3 GOTY

Paid about 25$ + taxes.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I don't know about you other guys who look through audio CDs at thrift stores, but have you noticed an abundance of '90s alternative CDs clogging stores lately? Or is that just in my area? I came across hundreds of them yesterday for some reason, at almost every store I went to.... Now that you mention it... yes.

Most of the people I buy stuff from get their stuff from places like Salvation Army and Goodwill. I suppose it's caused by all those 90's kids getting rid of their collection.


Paid about 25$ + taxes.

WOW, get as many copies of Fallout 3 as you can and sell 'em online. You'll make $15-25 easy on each copy.

[weirdguy]

I got the last copy of each... They're for me anyway :) But I hope to recoup the whole amount by selling one of the Monster Hunter bundle that came with a classic wii controller.

[SEGA_Queen]

Walmart is clearing out some games at 1$ in Canada

I found out about the sale late last night. However, my local Wal-Mart had nothing. I went through the electronics department twice and found no indication that the sale was going on. Oh well, there wasn't anything I desperately wanted anyway.

[weirdguy]

I found out about the sale late last night. However, my local Wal-Mart had nothing. I went through the electronics department twice and found no indication that the sale was going on. Oh well, there wasn't anything I desperately wanted anyway.

I was surprised that I found so much stuff ! I bought 2-3 for trade but the rest is going into my collection (they had like 10s of Supreme Commander 2).

They were still adjusting price at 6PM...

[SEGA_Queen]

I was surprised that I found so much stuff ! I bought 2-3 for trade but the rest is going into my collection (they had like 10s of Supreme Commander 2).

They were still adjusting price at 6PM...

I might go back on Thursday to see if they have anything. But, I have a feeling that I have already missed out on the sale.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I might go back on Thursday to see if they have anything. But, I have a feeling that I have already missed out on the sale.

Walmart is very YMMV when it comes to clearance sales. My local one had copies of Elite Beat Agents for $5, and the game was still $30 up in Tennessee where my sisters live.

[Ryaan1234]

I don't know about you other guys who look through audio CDs at thrift stores, but have you noticed an abundance of '90s alternative CDs clogging stores lately? Or is that just in my area? I came across hundreds of them yesterday for some reason, at almost every store I went to.

Oooh I'm looking for They Might Be Giants Factory Showroom and Lincoln if you happen to see them... >_>

Err.. don't look at me. I see mostly Christian rock, country, and crappy 90s bands here in Waco on vinyl/CD/cassette.

[Goodwill Hunter]

I don't know about you other guys who look through audio CDs at thrift stores, but have you noticed an abundance of '90s alternative CDs clogging stores lately? Or is that just in my area? I came across hundreds of them yesterday for some reason, at almost every store I went to.

Lots of Chumbawamba CDs lately...and tons of tube TVs...seems like a lot of people got flatscreens for Christmas and are now donating their old TVs. Saw a perfectly fine 32" CRT TV for $9.99 the other day, but no takers...very heavy, shiny buggy whips.

Rich

[orangest]

Over the weekend...

GameCube Fifa 07 Soccer for $5.99 and PC Resident Evil 2 Platinum for $1.99 at Goodwill.

Saturn The Game of Life II DX at a hole in the wall thrift, funnily enough next to the Goodwill where I found these (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1764955&highlight=saturn#post1764955).

[NayusDante]

I don't know about you other guys who look through audio CDs at thrift stores, but have you noticed an abundance of '90s alternative CDs clogging stores lately? Or is that just in my area? I came across hundreds of them yesterday for some reason, at almost every store I went to.

90s, yes. Alternative, oh how I wish. I'm tired of flipping through the Backstreet Boys. I used to find quite a bit of neat stuff, but that seemed to cut off completely last Fall.