Got Earthbound and alot more for 25 cents

[FxMercenary]

Ok, the following is a 100% True story, none of it is made up.

I moved into the neighborhood 5 years ago, into my grandmother's old house, she moved up to ohio to be closer to old friends and her home town. I didnt grow up in the neighborhood, but visited alot when she lived here, so I know all of the neighbors, they are all still living here, most of them in their 60s ant 70s now.

About a year ago, my next door neighbor's husband passed away from cancer after a grueling 20 years of housebound due to various sickness. I never knew it until recently, but to pass the time, he played nintendo games. Given he was older, his tastes were more in depth.

Last month, she decided to have a garage sale, her garage is massive, and at the time she had the sale, she only went through about 10% of the stuff she had.

A few weeks ago, I made a post about how I had stumbled onto a copy of Earthbound for .25 cents, this was the place I got it, but little did I know, it was just the tip of the iceberg...

I knew what Earthbound was worth, so I felt a little guilty about it, even though I had absolutely no plans on selling it, so I befriended her a little in the "Tech Support" kind of way, helping her hook things up to her TV, setting up her HD, VCR, DVD player and other odds and ends, a couple weeks later she mentioned that there might be more of that "old video game crap" her husband used to play and said she would do some digging in the garage. What she found... was astonishing... A pile of RPGs for the NES, SNES, and N64.

The following is the list, total cost, 25 cents, and being neighborly.

-SNES-
Earthbound w/guide
Chrono Trigger Boxed complete w/strat
Secret of Mana Boxed Complete w/strat
Act Raiser
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
FF Mystic Quest
E.V.O. Search for Eden
Populous
Brain Lord
7th Saga
Ultraman
Lufia II Rise of the sinstrals
Sim City
Secret of Evermore
Breath of Fire
Illusion of Gaia
Wanderers from YS III
Mystical Ninja
Zelda: A Link to the Past
Super Mario World
Super Mario All-Stars
Battletoads / Double Dragon
Aladdin
Samurai Shodown

-NES-
Zelda
Zelda II
Super Mario / Duck Hunt
Mario 2
Mario 3
Dragon Warrior
Dragon Warrior IV
Dragon Spirit
Rad Racer II
Star Wars
Star Tropics
Vegas Dream
Othello
Maniac Mansion
Friday the 13th
Jaws
Gauntlet II
Mega MAn 3
Solstice
Dr. Mario
Silent Service
Wizards and Warriors III

-N64-
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Mario 64
Mario Kart 64

An N64 3 Rumble Packs, Memory Packs, Controllers, SNES controllers, NES Controllers etc, and a massive collection of Nintendo Power Magazines and Strategy guides that are in mint condition.

In fact, Everything is spotless, no dirt, gunk, not even scratches on the game stickers, its amazing.

Theres more to the list, but I mixed them into what I have and would have to look more.

The bizarre thing is, the day before I bought earthbound, I had a dream that I found it at a garage sale. I would have never of walked over there either, but my mother needed help loading a dresser she bought from her into my dad's truck to take home. All that and this was on a sunday afternoon after some of those games were sitting out in the open for sale for 2 days.

I cant believe my luck, I never get lucky EVER! I just thought I would share this incredible story with you guys.

Keep on hunting and asking around, you would be amazed at where games are just laying around.

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[Matt-El]

Excellent tale, good chap.


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But seriously, that is a very great find. It's hard to find stuff and it's cool that you kinda payed that back via helping out.

[retroguy]

I nominate this for the LORE forum. Do I hear a second?

[pseudonym]

Excellent find, I didn't have time to congratulate you last time. KevinCal's tirades in the older thread were pretty funny too.

[kafa111]

O_O
wow...
good karma i guess?
but verrrrrrry nice find

[Baloo]

wow...
good karma i guess?


Hahahaha!

Anyway, this was a nice story. Goes to show that good deeds never go unrewarded. Look at what it got you in the end!

Being nice never hurt anybody, and it gives you a nice feeling inside too.

[skaar]

I swear I've heard this story before.

This isn't some weird time warp thing?

[Gameguy]

I swear I've heard this story before.

This isn't some weird time warp thing?
I remember it too, I'm sure it was mentioned before. I think this is the first time I've seen any pictures of it though, either way I still like hearing about this find whenever it's mentioned.

[Nz17]

I nominate this for the LORE forum. Do I hear a second?

I second the nomination!

[Edmond Dantes]

Dude, you are awesome. I would've given my firstborn child, my left leg, and my man-parts for all that crap.

*still regrets selling his own boxed complete Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger*

[jonebone]

Sweet ass find, congrats! Possibly the best I've seen this year.

[Animaniac]

Great find and an awesome story.

[cityside75]

I remember it too, I'm sure it was mentioned before. I think this is the first time I've seen any pictures of it though, either way I still like hearing about this find whenever it's mentioned.

I remember it too, or one just like it. Didn't it evolve into a debate about whether it was "right" to take all of that stuff knowing what it was valued at?

[PapaStu]

Finds thread! Not Classic Discussions thread!

**PUNT**

[Gameguy]

I remember it too, or one just like it. Didn't it evolve into a debate about whether it was "right" to take all of that stuff knowing what it was valued at?
That's how I remember it. I looked up the threads so I'll post them below, I thought there was just one but there were two other threads devoted to this find.

http://digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121689
http://digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124524

[weirdguy]

So I was not alone having a deja vu moment ! Good to know I'm not crazy.

Why do you bring that up again ? Is it just because of the Earthbound discussion that have been happening lately ?

[cityside75]

That's how I remember it. I looked up the threads so I'll post them below, I thought there was just one but there were two other threads devoted to this find.

http://digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121689
http://digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124524

Hmm...same story back in 2008. That's..........odd.

[Superman]

I was almost certain I had heard the story before and when I saw the pictures, that removed any doubt about it.

Luckily, this story is 100% true and none of it is made up! FX is probably just still really excited about his find, or maybe in the excitement, he forgot he had already posted it (twice).

[Dark_Sol]

The dude has a brain fart indeed.

[Ninjamohawk]

and now those two threads have been deleted. surely by the original poster.

Well if it's true, be proud of yourself. Neighborly generosity is a increasingly rare thing. Helping people around you is fantastic. Good read. Should be in the lore forum.

[Nz17]

That's how I remember it. I looked up the threads so I'll post them below, I thought there was just one but there were two other threads devoted to this find.

Nomination... retracted! :mad:

[Baloo]

and now those two threads have been deleted. surely by the original poster.

Well if it's true, be proud of yourself. Neighborly generosity is a increasingly rare thing. Helping people around you is fantastic. Good read. Should be in the lore forum.

They weren't deleted. They're still there. Perhaps you can't see them yet?

[Gameguy]

I think he just reposted it because of those Earthbound threads/posts that MyTurnToPlay posted, anything to rub in the fact that other people could still find the game cheap. If that's the case I approve of the reposting. LOL

[Ninjamohawk]

They weren't deleted. They're still there. Perhaps you can't see them yet?

This is embarrassing: I just updated to Firefox 4 and it had me logged out. :P Yeah now I can see them.

Way to rub it in, FX!