August 2011 Finds

[Kyle15]

Those look like more than "crappy label" NES games, if you catch my drift. Have you tried any yet?

[portnoyd]

You apparently didn't get catch his.

[burn_654]

I have that Coltrane album. I actually really really dig it. You should like it if you like either Monk or Coltrane or jazz...word is that the recordings of them playing together got lost for years and years...these recordings were found and restored not too long ago afaik.

My recent finds:
Atari 7800, just the console - $5.
Not sure if it works but an adapter's on the way. Worth it even for parts.

Custom Robo Arena (DS) - $5.

Atari 7800 Asteroids and Food Fight - $2 each.

[Sunnyvale]

Wow, I want some crappy-labeled NES carts! I did have a couple decent finds today:
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/Picture150.jpg
Not bad for $25.
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/Picture151.jpg
$3 for Quickbooks and $1 for the SNES tele-center. Plus a stack of classic rock LP's @ .25 each.

[Kitsune Sniper]

How is the Coltrane CD?No idea, I haven't ripped it yet.


I managed to pick up a bunch of beat-up NES carts with crappy labels.Who'd you kill to get all that? :P

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2011-08-25.jpg
I got this yesterday, but didn't think of posting it.
Spooky Tunes (V/A CD with songs and sound effects, was brand new) - $1
Stunt Monkey - Kid Tested, Mother Approved - $1
Bigass Antec fan (basically new) - $5ish from GameTZ

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2011-08-26.jpg
Vegas Passport (new) - $1
Stunt Monkey - For The Ear - $1
Digital Image Suite 9 - $2
John Schooley and his One Man Band - $1
Retrogamer 50 Great Retro Games CD from 2004 (features freeware and shareware remakes of arcade games) - $1

[snes_collector]

Walked into a thrift yesterday and saw this:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/P8080920.jpg

Inside- 60 Lightspan games, all complete and only one double

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/P8080921.jpg


Pretty neat, probably end up trading them

[Zama]

Today I received a lovely gift from a good friend in the UK:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/Zamioa/37c5a41f.jpg

- Xenoblade Chronicles w/ Red Classic Controller Pro (Brand New)

Can't wait to play this on my "region-free" wii :angel:

[The 1 2 P]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC0779.jpg

The Sims 3 strategy guide x2 1 cent each
Mass Effect 2 strategy guide x2 1 cent each
Red Steel 2 strategy guide 1 cent
Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection(Psp) 97 cents

More penny guides from Best Buy. It's so amusing seeing how amazed the cashiers get when thye ring me up. One of these days I'm going to have to make a video out of it. The Aeon Flux Psp collection was on clearance and was priced nicely to complement my recent $20 Psp system find a couple weeks ago.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC0782.jpg

Xenosaga(Ps2) $2
Xenosage II(PS2) $2
Xenosaga III(PS2) $2
.Hack//Infection(PS2) $2
.Hack//Mutation(PS2) $2
Final Fantasy X-2(PS2) $2

Not being an rpg fan by any stretch of the imagination, I kind of just winged it when I picked these up. I didn't know if any(besides the FF game) were popular or in demand but I remembered seeing several PS2 rpg lots on ebay over the last few years that went for hundreds of dollars. After looking these up it appears that some of them are indeed worth some decent money. Now I just need to decide rather to sell them seperately or grouped together.

[PapaStu]

Walked into a thrift yesterday and saw this:



Inside- 60 Lightspan games, all complete and only one double




Pretty neat, probably end up trading them


Let me know what you've got! The box is from the later Plato releases. I don't have many of those. (Plato bought Lightspan before they killed that division, those games aren't as common).

[Kyle15]

You apparently didn't get catch his.

I did. Why do you think I asked if he tried any of them yet? Guess a winking smiley would have helped. ;)

[BeaglePuss]

I did. Why do you think I asked if he tried any of them yet? Guess a winking smiley would have helped. ;)

I have tested each and they all fire right up. I likely overpaid for the lot by a hair, but it was the largest prototype collection I've come across locally. I just had to pull the trigger. Needless to say, I'll be taking some time off from big ticket items.

Included in the lot were copies of both War on Wheels and Mini-Putt, two games I didn't ever expect to acquire. There are a number of other good titles in there, but that's it for unreleased stuff.

This brings my total NES prototype collection in and around 120 or so games. I'm really pleased with the purchase, and it's a perfect ending to a wonderful summer break.

[Kyle15]

Great score, especially with those unreleased games! I have yet to find anything like that around here. :/

[Xexyz]

Out of curiosity, what publisher was planning on localizing Mini-Putt?

[Dreadstar]

Scored a stack of loose SNES carts at Goodwill today:

DK Country 2 Diddy's Kong Quest
Legend of Zelda Link to the Past
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
Ms Pacman
Power Rangers Zeo Battle Racers
Super Mario All Stars
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Tetris & Dr Mario
Ultimate Mortal Kombat
WWF Super Wrestlemania

79 cents each

[ownerizer]

Scored a stack of loose SNES carts at Goodwill today:

DK Country 2 Diddy's Kong Quest
Legend of Zelda Link to the Past
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
Ms Pacman
Power Rangers Zeo Battle Racers
Super Mario All Stars
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Tetris & Dr Mario
Ultimate Mortal Kombat
WWF Super Wrestlemania

79 cents each

That's damned good.

[ownerizer]

I didn't do much today, picked up:

SNES:
Carrier Aces - cart and box only

PS1:
Primal Rage - Longbox, missing manual

PS2:
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - CIB

Paid $4 ea, might have overpaid for Carrier Aces, but it was more sentimental value, me and a good childhood friend (who is now in the Coast Guard), used to have sleepovers and play this game for hours at a time.

[SparTonberry]

Out of curiosity, what publisher was planning on localizing Mini-Putt?
According to this site (http://nesworld.com/mirror/nr.htm), it was JVC.

[BeaglePuss]

According to this site (http://nesworld.com/mirror/nr.htm), it was JVC.

Correct. The Label reads:
JVC Musical Industries INC
Mini Putt

[FOnewearl]

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/466/82611.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/82611.jpg/)

Sega 3 Button Stick, Pac-Man Glass - .75
Everything Else - 25

.25 & .50 were the asking price for the first 2 items, the Pac-Man glass has the same picture on the other side. The rest of the stuff was from an advertised sale early on (mentioned PS2, DS & Wii) came up to 31.50 but took my offer of 25. Anything that isn't cart only is complete.

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/2605/82711.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/82711.jpg/)

5

The guide book was out and marked .50, asked about video games and everything else was brought out offered 5 for it all. Sonic is complete, Sonic 2 & Little Mermaid boxed and the last 2 cases only.

[Sunnyvale]

Today's yard sales scores for a total of $40.
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/Picture165.jpg

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/Picture166.jpg

If anyone knows what that TMNT vehicle is, let me know please. It says "Eat Green Snow" on the liscence plate.

[theclaw]

Today's yard sales scores for a total of $40.
http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n629/ConneticutLeatherCompany/Picture165.jpg



Nice find! My lone Master System control pad is dead. :(



Xenosaga(Ps2) $2
Xenosage II(PS2) $2
Xenosaga III(PS2) $2
.Hack//Infection(PS2) $2
.Hack//Mutation(PS2) $2
Final Fantasy X-2(PS2) $2

Not being an rpg fan by any stretch of the imagination, I kind of just winged it when I picked these up. I didn't know if any(besides the FF game) were popular or in demand but I remembered seeing several PS2 rpg lots on ebay over the last few years that went for hundreds of dollars. After looking these up it appears that some of them are indeed worth some decent money. Now I just need to decide rather to sell them seperately or grouped together.

Good to hear that. Kind of stuff I'm after. Got only part 2 and 3 of those .Hack games. While Xenosaga III is missing just its box/manual...

[Sunnyvale]

I've got a few extra now. If you need one, PM me. If not, please excuse this shameless salesmanship :)

[Tupin]

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x28/TUPPYLUVER95/DSCN0916.jpg

Some great finds at my local Vintage Stock-owned store. Disc only games! They are good ones too. All Gamecube games were $0.99 each.

F-Zero GX
Sonic Riders
Dr. Muto
Starfox Adventures
Sonic Mega Collection
Metroid Prime

Also one PS1 game, Battle Blade Toshiden, for $3.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x28/TUPPYLUVER95/DSCN0917.jpg

Adventures of Dino Riki was $5 and from the store above. Blue Stinger and POD were from another store and were $5 and $8, respectively.

[ownerizer]

great finds at my local Vintage Stock-owned store. Disc only games! They are good ones too. All Gamecube games were $0.99 each.


Movie Trading Company?

[Tupin]

Movie Trading Company?
Nope, they call their St. Louis area stores Bam! for some reason. They opened up in what used to be a two floor Borders.

[ownerizer]

I picked up

Pirates! Gold - $1
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy - $2
Office 2004: For Mac - $3

[ownerizer]

Walked into a thrift yesterday and saw this:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/P8080920.jpg

Inside- 60 Lightspan games, all complete and only one double

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/tbsJordan/P8080921.jpg


Pretty neat, probably end up trading them


These are cool. From what I've gathered, they weren't available to the public, only to schools as they are all educational games. If you don't mind me asking, what did you give for the "set"?

[orangest]

Last couple of days...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/497d6f2d.jpg

Netsu Chu! Pro Yakyuu 2003-$2.10 at a Salvation Army.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/052336ed.jpg

Sealed Super Mario Sunshine-$7.99 at Goodwill.

[Smashed Brother]

Received today:

Triggerheart Exelica (DC) - $50

I'm slowly stockpiling DC shooters, but goddamn are they expensive!!

[Steve W]

I found a lot of game stuff today, but not much that I wanted to collect. I did find some Atari stuff, though. $3 each, except Dragonstomper, which the guy gave me for free. Considering how hot it's been and the life expectancy of magnetic media, there's no chance it still works, but I've got my Stella Gets A New Brain CD so it doesn't matter. He did have a couple other Supercharger cassettes, but they were two I already have, Mindmaster and Phaser Patrol. No Supercharger to go with it, sadly. I was just stoked to find three CommaVid games! Hell, I was happy that any of the stalls out there were open considering the crippling heat.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/StevePW/Commavid.jpg

[SEGA_Queen]

I went into downtown Vancouver & Richmond, BC for my birthday. I picked some nice (and cheap) presents for myself!

My first stop was Bookoff in Vancouver. They had an excellent sale going on: buy $50 worth of used merchandise and get half off the total! Although the game section was picked through, I still found some decent import titles:

Tales of VS (Used, CIB) - I’ve only messed around with tutorial mode so far. The game feels like a mix of Super Smash Bros. and Final Fantasy Dissidia.

Chou Gekijouban Keroro Gunsou 3: Tenkuu Daibouken de Arimasu! (Used, CIB)
It’s a platform game w/ puzzle elements. Actually, it’s a lot like the two Klonoa games for the GBA. Well, at least Sgt. Keroro’s game play is. The different playable characters each have their own game play styles, so it keeps things interesting.

Inuyasha: Sengoku Otogi Kassen Limited Edition (Used, CIB)
It includes the game, a fan book, and a special limited edition trading card.

Tales of Phantasia SFC Strategy Guide - I got this to meet the $50 minimum total needed to get the sale discount.

The grand total for everything above was $27.00.

The places I went browsing through in Richmond were all busts. I saw some neat things, but they were either overpriced, or waaay out of my budget range. For example, I saw a copy of Taiko no Tatsujin Portable DX for the PSP, but the price was $88.00!

Anyway, my last stop was an independent game shop, where I picked up the following guides for $3.00 total:

Valkyrie Profile Strategy Guide (Used)

Ape Escape Strategy Guide (Used)

[Deadman]

Hell, I was happy that any of the stalls out there were open considering the crippling heat.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/StevePW/Commavid.jpg

I can't believe that you went out in this crap to go game shopping, and I am also jealous of this find. I love finding 2600 stuff in the wild, but haven't in a long, long time. Nice haul.

[The 1 2 P]

Good to hear that. Kind of stuff I'm after. Got only part 2 and 3 of those .Hack games. While Xenosaga III is missing just its box/manual...

Xenosaga III is the most expensive game from that lot. Your disc only copy is probably still worth $10 because complete copies are going for $30 and up. As for . Hack, the ones I have aren't the real money games unfortunately. Those would be the later ones.

[Jaruff]

I'm in the process of moving (again) but went to the thrift store today and coup.

All of this stuff for $69 and change.

NES Games: $17 for all
SNES: $33.95
Newton: $12.99
Driver 2: $1

http://i52.tinypic.com/28vq0l1.jpg

Some SNES Mario games, Donkey Kong, and Mega Man 2 with the manual are notables. I bought those lots to sell as I don't collect Nintendo. Should help me get that new graphics card I want.

I wanted the Newton. Minus the box, I think I have a complete Newton. Pretty damn hard to find (let alone the original manuals, Mac floppies, and other stuff). Might sell it but it would look real nice in my vintage computer collection.

[Collector_Gaming]

Got these saturday
but i been so busy over these past days with the hurricane thing that i didn't take the time to post this. So here we go

got this at the local good wills

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd158/car_show_fan/carshows2/GoodwillFinds2.jpg

Good find for me cause Resident Evil 2 for the N64 was the only game i actually rented multiple times just to beat cause i was enjoying it so much back when it was out.
1.99 for RE2
2.99 for Atlantis
i know don't make sense but whatever still within my spending range so i was like whatever

[Steve W]

All I found today was another Speak N' Spell. Was a bit of a let down today, although I bypassed a few stores that have rarely had anything in the past but I get the feeling I should have hit today.

[Deadman]

All I found today was another Speak N' Spell. Was a bit of a let down today, although I bypassed a few stores that have rarely had anything in the past but I get the feeling I should have hit today.

I actually took a lunch break from work today - just to get out and see the world - and hit 4 stores, including Salvation Army and Entertainmart. I came home with only one thing - a Beyblade stadium, brand new for $1.93 at a thrift store. My kids love Beyblades, so they'll enjoy this. Made me feel like I didn't waste an hour of my day, too.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I actually took a lunch break from work today - just to get out and see the world - and hit 4 stores, including Salvation Army and Entertainmart. I came home with only one thing - a Beyblade stadium, brand new for $1.93 at a thrift store. My kids love Beyblades, so they'll enjoy this. Made me feel like I didn't waste an hour of my day, too.

And it'll spare your bathtub. (http://worldbeyblade.org/Thread-Beyblades-Bathtub)

[ownerizer]

Bought a complete Dreamcast with one Sega brand controller and two Sega brand VMUs for $8. That was about my highlight.

[ownerizer]

All I found today was another Speak N' Spell. Was a bit of a let down today, although I bypassed a few stores that have rarely had anything in the past but I get the feeling I should have hit today.

I thought Speak N' Spells did okay on eBay because alot of music nerds buy them to circuit bend 'em.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Instruments-Speak-and-Spell-Excellent-Condition-/170686307217?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27bdb25b91#ht_500wt_1112

[weirdguy]

I thought Speak N' Spells did okay on eBay because alot of music nerds buy them to circuit bend 'em.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Texas-Instruments-Speak-and-Spell-Excellent-Condition-/170686307217?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27bdb25b91#ht_500wt_1112

People with a lot of free time bend them too. I did one and I am for from being a music nerd :)

[Dreadstar]

Added another Nerf N-Strike Maverick to the dart gun arsenal today, 2.99 at goodwill.

[MarioMania]

Star Wars Trilogy DVD $9
Star Wars Trilogy VHS $3
Gameshark Pro V3.0 - Playstation $11.99 ebay(I forgot to put in it..so no pic)
Super 12 in 1 Game Gear/Bare Knuckle 2 Mega Drive (Asian version) $8
Soul Calibur 4 T-Shirt XL - $5
Grim Reaper Shirt from a friend back east (also not pictured)
PS2 Network Adapter + Start Up Disc - Traded 2 SNES Games
Mr Deeds/Star Wars Trilogy Bonus Material - $3 Eco Thrift
The Story of Star Wars $2
Madonna Tapes - Free

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