June 2012 Finds

[FamicomFreak]

Lets start the month right!!

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[The 1 2 P]

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Crysis(PC) manual and case $1
Assassins Creed: Revelations(360) $9.99
Killzone 3(PS3) $14.98 x2
Mega Memory Card(PS1) $3
The Heroic Trio vhs movie $1
Cheats & Codes 2011 1 cent

I picked up AC at Besy Buy. I couldn't decide which variation of Killzone 3 I wanted so I bought them both. I'll probably keep the one with the outdated Socom 4 beta. Interesting enough, the PS1 memory card(which also had a regular memory card included in the box) holds up to 360 blocks of memory. This is the second instance of something from the PS1 referencing the 360 but thats because of the number and not Microsoft's future system...unless Sony could see into the future. Crysis didn't have a disc in it but because I have been playing Crysis on my 360 lately I decided to get the manual and case anyway, mainly for the manual. Plus, it's not like I was going to play it on my PC anyway. After seeing there was no disc inside the cashier decided to only charge me a buck.

[Collector_Gaming]

my first decent round of finds for this year finally.

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First off stopped at this place called "Junktiques" basically a store that a local picker setup in burlington vermont.

He had an atari game case full of 2600 games and a very nice looking atari 2600 and some manuals sitting next to it.

Bought Battlezone and galaxian for 5 bucks together.
Also found the Atari 2600 manual (probably for the one sitting there. a 4 switch model) and a booklet talking about the different games you could buy for the system.. I think its a pack in because the games listed I believe are all original release games. Maybe someone can confirm for me. Paid 2 bucks for the pair.
Also an item i am gonna have to get another time that I found there..... A vectrex console. 60 bucks i didn't ask to see if i can turn it on to see if it turns on. No games around to test it with sadly.

Goodwill I bought the Nintendo Power Stategy Guide for Ninja Gaiden II. The spine part of the cover has been ripped off but other then that great condition... 99 cents.
Also found a copy Parasite Eve for the PS1. 3 dollars.
Not bad haul if I do say so myself. Nothing really worth anything (except i see parasite eve is going for 15 bucks right now on ebay but whatever).

[camarotuner]

Lets start the month right!!

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Bootleg GBC games?

[Cornelius]

my first decent round of finds for this year finally.

First off stopped at this place called "Junktiques" basically a store that a local picker setup in burlington vermont.

He had an atari game case full of 2600 games and a very nice looking atari 2600 and some manuals sitting next to it.

Bought Battlezone and galaxian for 5 bucks together.
Also found the Atari 2600 manual (probably for the one sitting there. a 4 switch model) and a booklet talking about the different games you could buy for the system.. I think its a pack in because the games listed I believe are all original release games. Maybe someone can confirm for me. Paid 2 bucks for the pair.
Also an item i am gonna have to get another time that I found there..... A vectrex console. 60 bucks i didn't ask to see if i can turn it on to see if it turns on. No games around to test it with sadly.

That's a good price for a Vectrex. It has a built-in game (Minestorm) so you should be able to test it out fine with that (other than the cart slot, obviously).

[Collector_Gaming]

That's a good price for a Vectrex. It has a built-in game (Minestorm) so you should be able to test it out fine with that (other than the cart slot, obviously).

alright thanks man! :vamp:

[FamicomFreak]

Bootleg GBC games?

Yeah that's right ^_^

[Jaruff]

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Crysis(PC) manual and case $1
Assassins Creed: Revelations(360) $9.99
Killzone 3(PS3) $14.98 x2
Mega Memory Card(PS1) $3
The Heroic Trio vhs movie $1
Cheats & Codes 2011 1 cent

I picked up AC at Besy Buy. I couldn't decide which variation of Killzone 3 I wanted so I bought them both. I'll probably keep the one with the outdated Socom 4 beta. Interesting enough, the PS1 memory card(which also had a regular memory card included in the box) holds up to 360 blocks of memory. This is the second instance of something from the PS1 referencing the 360 but thats because of the number and not Microsoft's future system...unless Sony could see into the future. Crysis didn't have a disc in it but because I have been playing Crysis on my 360 lately I decided to get the manual and case anyway, mainly for the manual. Plus, it's not like I was going to play it on my PC anyway. After seeing there was no disc inside the cashier decided to only charge me a buck.

My local Best Buy and Target stores are crap. KZ3 was $29.99 and I remember seeing AC for the same price (or maybe a bit less).

I just laughed when I saw "pre-owned" copies of DNF priced at $24.99 at BB. I envy your local retailers.



Anyway, flea market today sucked. Didn't bother stopping at any yard sales because most of them were one single table of clothes. However, I did buy:

Splinter Cell: Conviction 360 - $10 (been wanting to play this and it's not a terrible price)
Sega Genesis Model 2 w/ two controllers & Sonic 2 boxed - $20
Mortal Kombat Genesis boxed - $2
Yamaha drum machine - $2 (easy resell on eBay for $30 or so)
Controller lot: SMS Light Gun, 2 three-button Genesis controllers, and a 3DO Goldstar controller - $10

Passed up on a US Robotics 56k fax modem NIB for $5. Offered $1 but since it was a "box computer thing", they needed at least $5. They didn't even know what it was until the man looked at it. Probably could have got it for $3 but those things aren't as easy to sell anymore and the prices have went down a great deal.

[jeffg]

so $6.50 for everything in this first picture:

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All this cost me $20 after trading in some Wii, PS3 games at local game store

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[joshnickerson]

After a somewhat disappointing visit to the dirt mall (though I did manage to pick up one of these cool things for five bucks),
http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tomy/CosmicClash.htm

I decided to stop at a church rummage sale on a whim.
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$25 for the lot.
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$1 each. Spot the game that nearly caused me to crap my pants upon finding.

[camarotuner]

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$1 each. Spot the game that nearly caused me to crap my pants upon finding.[/QUOTE]

Street fighter 2 turbo? Hell yeah you get to PLAY AS THE BOSSES!!!!

[joshnickerson]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/joshnickerson/dpblog/findsJune2012_C.jpg
$1 each. Spot the game that nearly caused me to crap my pants upon finding.

Street fighter 2 turbo? Hell yeah you get to PLAY AS THE BOSSES!!!![/QUOTE]

Naw man, I'm talkin' about Super Double Dragon! It's like the original Double Dragon, but with worse controls and slowdown! BAD-ICAL!

[The 1 2 P]

My local Best Buy and Target stores are crap. KZ3 was $29.99 and I remember seeing AC for the same price (or maybe a bit less).

I just laughed when I saw "pre-owned" copies of DNF priced at $24.99 at BB. I envy your local retailers.


Killzone 3 was on clearance at Target. And Best Buy's @Gamer magazine had a $20 off coupon for Assassins Creed: Revelation(for 360 or PS3) so I waited for it to go on sale last week(marked down from $39.99 to $29.99) and used it for maximum savings. Those coupons in that magazine have also made it possible for me to get brand new copies of Splinter Cell: Conviction, Mass Effect 2, Rage and Bulletstorm all for $5 each after using the $15 off coupons when those games got marked down to $20. Whats even better is the fact that the coupons count as cash so although I only paid $10 for AC: Revelations it counted towards my rewards zone and gamers club points as if I paid the full $30 for it.

I would suggest you subscribe or atleast look at the latest issue of @Gamer magazine in all Best Buy stores every month. Some months it's a bust but the $15 I paid for my subscription has already paid itself back several times over. And if you want another Best Buy deal, all stores that still have the collectors edition of Assassins Creed: Brotherhood have been marked down to $29.99. I was able to find PS3 copies in pretty much every store but only one had 360 copies left. And that edition was originally $99.99 when it released.

[Jaruff]

Killzone 3 was on clearance at Target. And Best Buy's @Gamer magazine had a $20 off coupon for Assassins Creed: Revelation(for 360 or PS3) so I waited for it to go on sale last week(marked down from $39.99 to $29.99) and used it for maximum savings. Those coupons in that magazine have also made it possible for me to get brand new copies of Splinter Cell: Conviction, Mass Effect 2, Rage and Bulletstorm all for $5 each after using the $15 off coupons when those games got marked down to $20. Whats even better is the fact that the coupons count as cash so although I only paid $10 for AC: Revelations it counted towards my rewards zone and gamers club points as if I paid the full $30 for it.

I would suggest you subscribe or atleast look at the latest issue of @Gamer magazine in all Best Buy stores every month. Some months it's a bust but the $15 I paid for my subscription has already paid itself back several times over. And if you want another Best Buy deal, all stores that still have the collectors edition of Assassins Creed: Brotherhood have been marked down to $29.99. I was able to find PS3 copies in pretty much every store but only one had 360 copies left. And that edition was originally $99.99 when it released.

Yea, my local target had KZ3 for $29.99. Two copies, neither on clearance. The only under-10 games I saw were some guitar titles.

I saw the placeholder for ACB at BB but the only "collector's editions" they had on the floor were two copies of Prototype 2. I don't know whether they sold a lot in a short amount of time or were too lazy to restock the shelves. Will have to check out that magazine though.

[Tokimemofan]

I blew it, passed up Panzer General longbox for $5 but got Viewtiful Joe and Metroid Prime 2 for $1 each. Guess which one is worth >$1, yep the one I left behind. Worse is that I knew better...

[Steve W]

I hit several flea markets today, all I ended up getting was Thorn EMI's Jumbo Jet Pilot for the Atari 400/800, loose, for $3.

[Flashback2012]

Hit up a thrift store this morning with the housemates. I saw a pair of Xbox consoles behind the counter and a beat up N64 with power supply and missing covers for expansion slots but didn't pick any of them up. I actually ran into my cousin and his parents there. :D

The nice thing about the trip was I noticed a GS location that I wasn't aware of previously. I ended up trekking back to that part of town later in the day but didn't find anything worthwhile at that store. At another location I snagged the DS games Zenses: Ocean for $3 and Mystery Case Files: Millionheir for $5.

Not really finds per se but I picked up Windy X Windam on DS from Amazon for $5 and Shepherd's Crossing on PSP for $4. :)

[garagesaleking!!]

Nice little garage sale score.

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[Cornelius]

From Thursday, Friday, and Saturday garage sales
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Couple more 'bookshelf games', though these aren't worth anything :\ $1 each
Wii was $5, so figured it was broken, turns out it is a korean one and is bricked with the 003 error. Looks like there is a fix for this, but might be more trouble than it is worth for me. Had the bootleg Kart game in it.
The Atari is in amazing condition, so I couldn't leave it behind - $14
The water basketball game is pretty cool; my aunt and uncle used to get us one of these every year for xmas. It was $1, and apparently people collect these now.
The LCD game I got thrown in with the VCS and water game at the same sale.
The Wii game and "pokemon Collection 100 in 1" were $5 or so. The GB boot is pretty cool. It has a bunch of actually different games. Stuff like Pokemon G, S, Y, R, B, Mario Land, CV Adventure, Burai Fighter, Dr. Mario, Klax, etc. And then there are a bunch of pong clones and repeats that are just level selects for Mario Land (Egyptian Mario) and Castlevania 4 (lvl 4 of Adventure).

[Enmity]

From Thursday, Friday, and Saturday garage sales
http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww75/evanwink42/Finds/5E8ED98C-orig.jpg

Couple more 'bookshelf games', though these aren't worth anything :\ $1 each
Wii was $5, so figured it was broken, turns out it is a korean one and is bricked with the 003 error. Looks like there is a fix for this, but might be more trouble than it is worth for me. Had the bootleg Kart game in it.
The Atari is in amazing condition, so I couldn't leave it behind - $14
The water basketball game is pretty cool; my aunt and uncle used to get us one of these every year for xmas. It was $1, and apparently people collect these now.
The LCD game I got thrown in with the VCS and water game at the same sale.
The Wii game and "pokemon Collection 100 in 1" were $5 or so. The GB boot is pretty cool. It has a bunch of actually different games. Stuff like Pokemon G, S, Y, R, B, Mario Land, CV Adventure, Burai Fighter, Dr. Mario, Klax, etc. And then there are a bunch of pong clones and repeats that are just level selects for Mario Land (Egyptian Mario) and Castlevania 4 (lvl 4 of Adventure).

If you decide not to try and fix the wii I might be willing to take it off your hands.

[JSoup]

Ran a local convention this past weekend and ended up getting a few things.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/jelly_soup/100_0507.jpg

Harvest Moon 2 GBC was a gift from a friend, the box of PC games I got for $30. Yes, I probably way over paid for most of them, but it was part of a charity auction. Good cause and all that.

[theclaw]

Various random finds. Didn't feel up to calculating tax or discounts.

$10 - OnLive game console, seems CIB
$3 - electric pencil sharpener. doesn't allow multiple size unfortunately but it'll save on batteries.
$2 - Lock On Modern Air Combat Gold, seems CIB
$1.50 - Batman 60s movie DVD
$3 - Halo 2 Xbox cib
$5 - The Saboteur 360 cib
$13 - Game Gear with carrying case, manuals, battery packs, etc. Need to test first. Even if not working it could be trade fodder.


$30 total -
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century DVD complete series
Shinobi III gen cart
Batman Returns gen cart
Dragon's Fury gen cart
Dragon's Revenge gen cart
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Never Ending Tomorrow ps2 cib
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 ps3 cib

[DigitalSpace]

Got a complete copy of Contra: Shattered Soldier (PS2) yesterday for $4:

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5632/image06042012233826b.jpg

[Kitsune Sniper]

Ran a local convention this past weekend and ended up getting a few things.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/jelly_soup/100_0507.jpg

Harvest Moon 2 GBC was a gift from a friend, the box of PC games I got for $30. Yes, I probably way over paid for most of them, but it was part of a charity auction. Good cause and all that.

Actually, the Starcraft stuff will more than pay for the contents of the box itself. If Duke 3D is the version with Duke Nukem 1 and 2, that's worth around $10 shipped. And if my eyes don't deceive me, I see a copy of System Shock 2 there. That's 40 bucks at least.

You did very good.

[FamicomFreak]

I got some stuff today! ARRR!!


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[Jaruff]

Yea, I concur. That's a nice PC lot, quality wise and price wise just from what I can make out.

[theclaw]

Yeah looks good to me. Some PC games of value I think.

As for the stuff from my own last post...
These games tested so far work well. Batman movie too.

Game Gear powers up then crashes. :( Really don't have space anyway, I've decided to post that GG stuff in the sales topic like I was suggesting I would.

Not sure if I'll keep the onlive console either. I'm still thinking about that after having tested the unit. Turns out it was open box new! But thanks to Steam there isn't much purpose for me.

[JSoup]

Actually, the Starcraft stuff will more than pay for the contents of the box itself. If Duke 3D is the version with Duke Nukem 1 and 2, that's worth around $10 shipped. And if my eyes don't deceive me, I see a copy of System Shock 2 there. That's 40 bucks at least.

You did very good.

Oh. Well. Everything worked out then. :D

A proper inventory of the PC game box:

Pool of Radiance: Runins of Myth Drannor
Lords of the Realm II (two copies)
Comand & Conquer: Yori's Revenge
Heretic
StarCraft: Brood War (three copies)
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft
Starcraft (two copies)
EverQuest: The Scars of Velious
Aztech's Armory: Campaigns of Warcraft II
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
Decent to Undermountain
Terminal Velocity
Insurrection: Campaigns for StarCraft
Decent I and II
Battlecruiser 3000AD
Stonekeeper
Hexen II
Stellar Forces: Over 50 Add-On Levels for StarCraft
System Shock 2
Duke Nukem 3D (contains Duke Nukem 3D & Duke Xtreme)
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna
Star Wars: Tie Fighter Collector's CD ROM (seems to be a compilation of Tie Fighter games)
StarTrek: Starfleet Command
Get Medieval (two copies)
Demon Gate Mega Collection (a collection of 6000 some odd levels for Doom I, II & ultimate, the cover is one of those old shifting illusion things, made me jump when I moved it)
Iron Helix
Hexen
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
Duke: Nuclear Winter
Necrodome
Battle Beast
Dune 2000
Hardwar
Mechwarrior 2: Expansion Pack
Dark Reign: The Future of War
D!Zone Gold (disk, however, says D!Zone 2, looks to be an expansion pack for Doom I & 2)
DUKE it out in D.C.
Front Page Sports: Baseball Pro '98
Mechwarrior 2

Additionally, a friend owed me a little money, which he paid back with this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/jelly_soup/stuff1.jpg

[aaron7]

Nice find on the PC game lot! If you want to part with any shoot me a PM and I'll check my collection to see what I need :p

Someone dropped this off at my shop for recycling (offer free electronics recycling = free stuff all day long lol) and it'll be my newest DOS box.

Love how ugly this thing is!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/aaron7/20120502_140907.jpg

[Enmity]

That thing looks clean.


Nice find on the PC game lot! If you want to part with any shoot me a PM and I'll check my collection to see what I need :p

Someone dropped this off at my shop for recycling (offer free electronics recycling = free stuff all day long lol) and it'll be my newest DOS box.

Love how ugly this thing is!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/aaron7/20120502_140907.jpg

[FamicomFreak]

What a gorgeous machine!!! Congrats!! I got some DOS games myself :p


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Also fixed my game boy ^_^
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[Kitsune Sniper]

Insurrection: Campaigns for StarCraft
System Shock 2
Duke Nukem 3D (contains Duke Nukem 3D & Duke Xtreme)
StarTrek: Starfleet Command
Duke: Nuclear Winter
DUKE it out in D.C.

All of that is worth quite a bit. The other Aztech New Media stuff is usually just a bunch of levels from the internet but these are all full expansions.

So, on to my finds - I finally have something decent to show.

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House of the Dead 2 (PC CD, Activision Value Publishing budget version)
Tetris Collection for Windows 95 (shareware CD)
Guy & Allen / Peyote Brothers
$4 for that

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-06-06b.jpg
Funky Squad (Aussie TV DVD series, brand new)
Spirits Among Us: Our Battle Is Not Against Flesh And Blood (... a Christian horror movie. I shit you not.)
$2 total

Not pictured: Office 2007 Home Student Edition ($3), Office 2000 Standard Upgrade ($1), Office 97 Professional Academic ($1).

[BetaWolf47]

I decided to stop at a church rummage sale on a whim.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b235/joshnickerson/dpblog/findsJune2012_B.jpg
$25 for the lot.

Nice Earthbound find, but unwind that cord on the Superpad 64. I'm curious to see whether that's the Pro (with turbo) or not. The Pro is considered rare, and worth a good $25.

[SparTonberry]

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/dp-2012-06-06a.jpg
House of the Dead 2 (PC CD, Activision Value Publishing budget version)
Tetris Collection for Windows 95 (shareware CD)
Guy & Allen / Peyote Brothers
$4 for that

How you can you put 40 versions of Tetris on a disc?
It's Tetris! :D

[Kitsune Sniper]

How you can you put 40 versions of Tetris on a disc?
It's Tetris! :D

These are shareware programs - there's lots of cool Tetris variants out there. I hope to write about them sometime in the future.

[Collector_Gaming]

How you can you put 40 versions of Tetris on a disc?
It's Tetris! :D

using different images and shapes as the blocks

I am sure theres a japanese hentai version where the blocks are boobs or something for crying out loud!

[Porksta]

Busy day, busy day...

Thrift #1
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/DSC01722.jpg
Everything for $15.56 after tax.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/Porksta/DSC01721.jpg
Everything for $23.52 after tax.

Goodwill
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Top two CDs were $6.28 after tax, bottom CD was from a record store, about $3 after store credit.

[camarotuner]

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu277/camarotuner13/Photo445.jpg

This one was given to me by a coworker. Really big box with the cart that's dead mint, the manual, a sleeve, and an encyclopedia? Never seen one of these before. Anyone have an idea on value?

[InsaneDavid]

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu277/camarotuner13/Photo445.jpg

This one was given to me by a coworker. Really big box with the cart that's dead mint, the manual, a sleeve, and an encyclopedia? Never seen one of these before. Anyone have an idea on value?

Every copy came like that and they're easier to find than you might imagine. I think it has more to do with the type of game and that the box is sturdy and meant to be reused for storage. It's certainly WAY more common to come across than an Arkanoid, Stack Up or standalone ROB + Gyromite box.

That copy isn't complete however since there should also be a fold out Konami / Ultra poster advertising their current and upcoming releases.

[joshnickerson]

unwind that cord on the Superpad 64. I'm curious to see whether that's the Pro (with turbo) or not. The Pro is considered rare, and worth a good $25.

Just checked it, no turbo. It doesn't even have the Superpad branding on it, unless it was a sticker that someone just tore off.

[Cornelius]

I wasn't sure this morning if I'd even head out to garage sales, but the kids were getting crazy and I found an ad on CL for a sale w/ a DS for 30 and a DSi XL for 50, plus about 50 DS games for $5 each. I got the kids going and we were out the door pretty quick. Had to drive maybe 15 or 20 minutes and got there 8.05-8.10 (started at 8 on the ad). Well, there were about 5 games left. I asked and the woman said there had already been 2 guys there duking it out over all the stuff. One guy was using a scanner and claimed he was checking his store's inventory to see what he already had on the shelves. I thought that was pretty funny. Anyway, I was pretty bummed but picked up DS Lego Batman as marked for $4. Not sure if she changed the price after the first guys left, or what.

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I hit some more sales in that neighborhood and the surrounding area, but with little hope figuring I'd likely already been beat to anything good. I did find some stuff though.
-PS2 games were $2 each or $5 for 8. MM Ann. is sealed
-Zip 750 was $2 (hope it works, I have a broken one already)
-Needed a clock w/ big numbers, so that one will work great for $1
-The mugs were actually one of my last stops, and they were unmarked but the guy said $1 each and I took them. They are too big to really be useful (I have similar ones from an Octoberfest), but how could I leave them behind?

And at one of the sales I saw this:
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I just started to dig in the bin to see about prices on games and such when the woman said her husband didn't want to deal with it, so the whole bin could go for $30. I saw a couple decent games and decided to pay her before she changed her mind.

Here's the hardware:
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There's an odd PS2/USB controller and a couple mult-memory cards for PS2.

And the games:
http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww75/evanwink42/Finds/F79D25AC-orig.jpg
Trivial Pursuit and Hot Shots are sealed. I checked SH and the RE games and they are all complete and in excellent condition; shiny and new looking. Someone sure likes sports games, though. Sheesh!

[SEGA_Queen]

I discovered a new thrift store today, and picked up the following PS1 games:

Final Fantasy Origins (Complete) - $5.99

Final Fantasy Tactics (Complete) - $5.99

Final Fantasy Anthology (Missing Music CD) - $7.99

Crash Team Racing (Complete) - $2.00 (Found at a different thrift than the FF games.)

I'm planning to flip these titles, so I can put more money in my PS3 fund.

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w361/SEGA_Queen/My%20Finds/PS1Lot.jpg


Earlier in the week, I visited my local Toys R Us Express store to see if they had any Sonic figures in. Although I didn't find what I was looking for, I did find out that they are clearing out their stock of single pack Pokemon figures. So I grabbed two for $3.98 each.

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w361/SEGA_Queen/My%20Finds/PKMNBWFigures.jpg

[FamicomFreak]

Got some finds today!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/Finds421PokemonRedMarioTennisandDiddyKongRacing.jp g

[old_skoolin_jim]

It's certainly WAY more common to come across than an Arkanoid, Stack Up or standalone ROB + Gyromite box.


How rare has arkanoid become over the years? I managed to score the cart & controller for a total of like, $3 or $4 at the local flea market back in the late 90s... it was pretty uncommon back then (especially the controller), but what could someone expect it to go for these days? Inquiriing minds want to know... :D

[SparTonberry]

I'd guess much of Arkanoid's value comes from if it includes a working paddle (and more for the box/manual)
Pretty sure the store near me that wants $40 for a loose cart is nuts. (maybe $5 at most would be a fair loose price? Or has it suddenly become more valuable than I thought?)

[DigitalSpace]

I paid about $3.50 for my cart only copy of Arkanoid. Loose carts tend to go for five to ten bucks around here.

Got a boxed copy of Exile for the Genesis for $5:

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/9093/image06072012214300b.jpg

(According to the sticker on the cart, this copy was once available for rental at a store called "Video Games Plus" in Ocean City, WA.)

[Jaruff]

A local town sponsored a "50 mile long" community yard sale today. It sucked ass. Poorly put together and one of the four official stops only had three vendors selling children's clothes.

Waste of time. Did get a sealed copy of this Friends Trivia PS2 game for $1. Also found a Leapster unit with three games for $2. Oh, and a digital converter box with remote for $5. That was it. No electronics, no really nice items, just a bunch of clothes and trinkets. Probably the worst outing I've had in a year.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I hit a little flea market on the way home from work this morning. They hold it the 2nd Sat of the month during the summer. The last few times that I have been there I haven't found anything. Today started out the same way. I hit one booth that had a bunch of new action figures. They were from Jurassic Park, but for $1 each I would have still bought some for my grandson. Unfortunately, as I was walking up they were loading them all in a bag for the woman who had just bought them.

I then wound up going to another few booths, seeming to always follow the same guy who just happened to be looking for video games. We hit one booth and he began digging in a box of PS1 and N64 games that were listed at $1 each. Since I didn't want to climb on top of him, I walked to the other side of the booth to see what else they had. There I found a cardboard box that was almost closed that said, 'Sega system $20'. I looked inside and found a model 2 Genesis with model 2 Sega CD, 2 light guns, (1 blue, 1 orange), manual, power supplies, controllers, and RF adapter. For games it came with loose copies of Lion King and World Series Baseball, a boxed copy of T2 The Arcade Game, and complete copies of Alien 3, Terminator 2 Judgement Day, and Mortal Kombat. For the Sega CD it had disc & manual copies of Sewer Shark and Lethal Enforcers.

All in all I felt it was a good deal for $20 and since the other guy was busy with the junk $1 PS1 stuff, I got the deal!

[Jaruff]

I hit a little flea market on the way home from work this morning. They hold it the 2nd Sat of the month during the summer. The last few times that I have been there I haven't found anything. Today started out the same way. I hit one booth that had a bunch of new action figures. They were from Jurassic Park, but for $1 each I would have still bought some for my grandson. Unfortunately, as I was walking up they were loading them all in a bag for the woman who had just bought them.

I then wound up going to another few booths, seeming to always follow the same guy who just happened to be looking for video games. We hit one booth and he began digging in a box of PS1 and N64 games that were listed at $1 each. Since I didn't want to climb on top of him, I walked to the other side of the booth to see what else they had. There I found a cardboard box that was almost closed that said, 'Sega system $20'. I looked inside and found a model 2 Genesis with model 2 Sega CD, 2 light guns, (1 blue, 1 orange), manual, power supplies, controllers, and RF adapter. For games it came with loose copies of Lion King and World Series Baseball, a boxed copy of T2 The Arcade Game, and complete copies of Alien 3, Terminator 2 Judgement Day, and Mortal Kombat. For the Sega CD it had disc & manual copies of Sewer Shark and Lethal Enforcers.

All in all I felt it was a good deal for $20 and since the other guy was busy with the junk $1 PS1 stuff, I got the deal!

You got an excellent deal. That orange light gun is highly desired. If you were to sell the two as a set, you could easily get $50+.

[Flashback2012]

Stopped by the post office this morning and found a pair of packages waiting for me. I picked up some titles from some fellow forum members here.

One package had Kidou Gekidan Haro Ichiza Haro no Puyo Puyo for GBA (Gundam + Puyo Puyo = win)

The other package contained Shinobi and Mario/Sonic London 2012 Olympic games for 3DS and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded for DS.

Stopped by my old GS store to check on a pre-order and found PictoImage CIB for DS for $5. :)

I was wanting to go to the flea market this weekend but other plans were already in place and we're down a car for the time being because my housemate hit a deer on the highway earlier in the week. @_@

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

You got an excellent deal. That orange light gun is highly desired. If you were to sell the two as a set, you could easily get $50+.

Don't think so in this case. The orange gun appears to be a cheap 3rd party thing. There are no manufacturers marks anywhere on it. The blue one is the Konami Justifier, though.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Flea Market near Digital Press...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012%20PICTURE%20ALBUM/FLEAMARKETBYDIGITALPRESS109.jpg

Visions of nothingness at the flea market..We spent more time climbing on the tank then anything..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012%20PICTURE%20ALBUM/FLEAMARKETBYDIGITALPRESS015.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012%20PICTURE%20ALBUM/th_FLEAMARKETBYDIGITALPRESS025.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012%20PICTURE%20ALBUM/FLEAMARKETBYDIGITALPRESS025.jpg)




Ran into a vendor I know for over 15 years..

Chicago CD set (for me) $10.00
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012%20PICTURE%20ALBUM/FLEAMARKETBYDIGITALPRESS107.jpg

Board games
Baby carrier
Wires.
Train set
Glue Gun
Car Vac.
$4.00
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012%20PICTURE%20ALBUM/FLEAMARKETBYDIGITALPRESS131.jpg
Passed up a Gamecube with a broken power supply and ketch-up laden gamestop controller.
and a bin filled witha banged up Playstation,Genesis system..,and Genesis Sports Games.


Then we went to the mall-Food Court..
Wound up buying Ghost Recon..I hardly ever buy new games but I break my azz enough to buy 1 new game a year.

[joshnickerson]

Board games
Baby carrier
Wires.
Train set
Glue Gun
Car Vac.
$4.00
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2012%20PICTURE%20ALBUM/FLEAMARKETBYDIGITALPRESS131.jpg


Nice deal, the baby carrier came with a baby. You hardly ever see them packaged together anymore.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Don't think so in this case. The orange gun appears to be a cheap 3rd party thing. There are no manufacturers marks anywhere on it. The blue one is the Konami Justifier, though.

It could be the American Laser Gun one.

[markusman64ds]

5282

I went to some yard sales today. I got:

An old phone for $3
A Power Rangers gift set for $2
A MuchMusic CD for 50 cents
and on the way home I picked up the new Nintendo Power.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

It could be the American Laser Gun one.

Beats me. Either way, I am happy with the deal since it gives me a backup system and a few more games that I didn't already have.

[Gameguy]

Don't think so in this case. The orange gun appears to be a cheap 3rd party thing. There are no manufacturers marks anywhere on it. The blue one is the Konami Justifier, though.

It could be the American Laser Gun one.
Does it look like the one pictured below?
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?20514-WTB-Game-Gun-(by-American-Laser-Games)-for-the-Sega-CD

I don't know about value but I believe that gun is even rarer than the pink Konami gun. There weren't really too many light guns made for the Genesis, I'm not sure what else it could be.


I went out for yard sales earlier but didn't find anything. At one sale there was a Game Gear with games but nothing looked interesting so I didn't bother asking a price. At another place that advertised a sale nothing was set up outside at all, this was at around 10:30am so I'm not sure what their deal was. Maybe everything was inside but I didn't feel like stopping to ask. Not much else as it looked like it would rain, though I don't think it did. I just went back home and stayed in all afternoon.

[The 1 2 P]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1446.jpg

9 Masters of The Universe Adventure Books $3

These were 3 for $1 at Goodwill and I figured I'd grab them all since you don't see these often. They are from back in the day when the series first aired.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1443.jpg

Transformers, Gobots and Wheeled Warriors books $1.50
Halo: Ghost of Onyx paperback $1.50
Underworld novel 50 cents
Ayumi Hamasaki: Off My Day book 50 cents

More of the adventure books and the final Underworld novel I needed. I just finished reading the novel for the second movie last month and now I have all three and all of them were found at various Goodwill's. A few highlights:

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1445.jpg

I don't think that many people remember the Wheeled Warriors cartoon series from the 80's. It was one of my favorite series and I had most of the toys. Finding stuff related to the show in the wild is pretty rare so this was a pleasant surprise. The Ayumi Hamasaki picture book was sitting on a table in front of the cd racks but I couldn't find any cds of her's there. Actually, I just kind of guessed it belonged to a cd because I didn't know she was a singer. Theres nothing in the book that suggest it because it just shows her at various photo shoots. But the name seemed familiar. But I couldn't find any cds of hers with the title of that book during my online search so I still have no idea where it came from.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1449.jpg

Dragon Age II(360) $5
Resistance 3(PS3) $10
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon limited edition music soundtrack cd 1 cents
Shenmue(DC) $5
Private Idol(SAT) $17

Dragon Age II, Resistance 3 and the Ace Combat soundtrack were all from Best Buy. More good deals for reward zone and gamers club members. Shenmue was from Goodwill. I've noticed that some Goodwill's are starting to charge extra when games have more than one disc. This is yet another policy I hope doesn't spread to all their stores because that would make alot of PS1 rpg's $6-$9 each instead of $3 or $4.

[Tokimemofan]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1446.jpg

9 Masters of The Universe Adventure Books $3

These were 3 for $1 at Goodwill and I figured I'd grab them all since you don't see these often. They are from back in the day when the series first aired.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1443.jpg

Transformers, Gobots and Wheeled Warriors books $1.50
Halo: Ghost of Onyx paperback $1.50
Underworld novel 50 cents
Ayumi Hamasaki: Off My Day book 50 cents

More of the adventure books and the final Underworld novel I needed. I just finished reading the novel for the second movie last month and now I have all three and all of them were found at various Goodwill's. A few highlights:

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1445.jpg

I don't think that many people remember the Wheeled Warriors cartoon series from the 80's. It was one of my favorite series and I had most of the toys. Finding stuff related to the show in the wild is pretty rare so this was a pleasant surprise. The Ayumi Hamasaki picture book was sitting on a table in front of the cd racks but I couldn't find any cds of her's there. Actually, I just kind of guessed it belonged to a cd because I didn't know she was a singer. Theres nothing in the book that suggest it because it just shows her at various photo shoots. But the name seemed familiar. But I couldn't find any cds of hers with the title of that book during my online search so I still have no idea where it came from.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr306/THE-1-2-P/GEDC1449.jpg

Dragon Age II(360) $5
Resistance 3(PS3) $10
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon limited edition music soundtrack cd 1 cents
Shenmue(DC) $5
Private Idol(SAT) $17

Dragon Age II, Resistance 3 and the Ace Combat soundtrack were all from Best Buy. More good deals for reward zone and gamers club members. Shenmue was from Goodwill. I've noticed that some Goodwill's are starting to charge extra when games have more than one disc. This is yet another policy I hope doesn't spread to all their stores because that would make alot of PS1 rpg's $6-$9 each instead of $3 or $4.

At least your Goodwill still has games, there are only a few in Los Angeles county that actually sell games.

[Cornelius]

I remember wheeled warriors. I didn't see it a lot, but always loved it when I did and wanted to watch more. It must have been on at a bad time for me or something.

[Jaruff]

Does it look like the one pictured below?
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?20514-WTB-Game-Gun-(by-American-Laser-Games)-for-the-Sega-CD

I don't know about value but I believe that gun is even rarer than the pink Konami gun. There weren't really too many light guns made for the Genesis, I'm not sure what else it could be.


I went out for yard sales earlier but didn't find anything. At one sale there was a Game Gear with games but nothing looked interesting so I didn't bother asking a price. At another place that advertised a sale nothing was set up outside at all, this was at around 10:30am so I'm not sure what their deal was. Maybe everything was inside but I didn't feel like stopping to ask. Not much else as it looked like it would rain, though I don't think it did. I just went back home and stayed in all afternoon.

Oh wow, I completely forgot about that one. Easiest way to tell would be to check the connector. Orange/pink Konami used the RJ11 and that beauty used DB9.


@The 1 2 P - One of the places I go to when I'm visiting family does that. They're like "well this has several discs so you pay more" and I just give them this blank stare. The 80 year-old cashier doesn't even know what it is but because it has more than one disc, it's automatically worth more money. Thrift store logic.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Oh wow, I completely forgot about that one. Easiest way to tell would be to check the connector. Orange/pink Konami used the RJ11 and that beauty used DB9.


@The 1 2 P - One of the places I go to when I'm visiting family does that. They're like "well this has several discs so you pay more" and I just give them this blank stare. The 80 year-old cashier doesn't even know what it is but because it has more than one disc, it's automatically worth more money. Thrift store logic.

I rarely buy multidisc games because of this.

"This has ten CDs!"
"IT'S THE SAME FUCKING GAME."

[buzz_n64]

Swap Meet finds today-

Gamecube with broadband adapter $5
Atari 2600 Jr. $6
Final Fantasy XI Vana'diel Clock $1
Mortal Kombat Trilogy (N64) $5

[ownerizer]

Swap Meet finds today-

Gamecube with broadband adapter $5

This was a good deal. I just sold a GameCube Broadband Adapter for $40 on eBay.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Here are a couple pictures of the orange gun that I picked up. As you can see, there are no manufacturer's markings. It has the DB9 as opposed to the RJ45. The paper on it is leftover from a GameStop price sticker calling it a pink Justifier.

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll314/JYakapucci/1224.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll314/JYakapucci/1221.jpg

[SpaceHarrier]

Ayumi Hamasaki: Off My Day book 50 cents

The Ayumi Hamasaki picture book was sitting on a table in front of the cd racks but I couldn't find any cds of her's there. Actually, I just kind of guessed it belonged to a cd because I didn't know she was a singer. Theres nothing in the book that suggest it because it just shows her at various photo shoots. But the name seemed familiar. But I couldn't find any cds of hers with the title of that book during my online search so I still have no idea where it came from.


It came packed with her 2006 cd titled: (miss)understood. I thought I had this photobook, but mine is 'On My Way' which came with the CD/DVD combo version of the same album.


Also, cool finds on the Master of the Universe books. I swear I had the one with the snake and He-Man when I was a kid..

[The 1 2 P]

It came packed with her 2006 cd titled: (miss)understood. I thought I had this photobook, but mine is 'On My Way' which came with the CD/DVD combo version of the same album.

Thank you. I had looked thru tons of her merchandise and even discovered that she has her own PS2 game but I couldn't find anything on where that book came from. Now I'm going to try and grab a copy of that cd.

[Tupin]

I rarely buy multidisc games because of this.

"This has ten CDs!"
"IT'S THE SAME FUCKING GAME."
The Goodwills around me are pretty easy to deal with when it comes to this. I just explain that it's one game and you need all of the discs to play it. The worst thing that happens is that they call for the manager and ask. They seem to "get" it.

[The 1 2 P]

Around here they have already been charging more for dvd seasons because of this. I mean, I don't mind a flat $5 or $10 for a used dvd season set. Thats usually how it works but some places already use the "per disc" policy for dvds. One Goodwill had the Daria complete season dvd set but it wasn't marked. I asked them how much they were going to charge and they said $24. When I asked why she told me that they charge $3 per dvd and since it had 8 disc it came up to $24. I told her I'd pass and just walked off. And I'm hoping that they don't start doing that to video games the next time I find a copy of Final Fantasy 8 or Legend of Dragoon because that would make them $12 each instead of the usual $3 or $4.

[Kitsune Sniper]

The Goodwills around me are pretty easy to deal with when it comes to this. I just explain that it's one game and you need all of the discs to play it. The worst thing that happens is that they call for the manager and ask. They seem to "get" it.

Yeah well, Mexican flea market sellers are fucking assholes. They don't care, they just want more money.

Assholes.

I HATE MEXICANS. And yes I hate myself too. Ha.

[Tokimemofan]

Yesterday:
$1 Keith Courage in Alpha Zones (card only)
Today:
$5 Bushido Blade (complete)
$5 The Legend of Zelda ~Link's Awakening~
$2 Presumably broken and really ugly loose Xbox 360 Elite (I can't even find Broken PS1s at that price most of the time)

[ownerizer]

I bought an Ace Combat 6 flight stick, one of the hat buttons sticks and the guide button is missing, but I only paid $10 for it, so hopefully I can triple that out of it for parts.

[jacob4546]

I very rarely post on here, as I am not an active collector anymore but....


...I was at value village and picked up a cart only copy Rescue Ranger 2 for the NES. 5 bucks, the label has a little tear on the front :( but still I knew that was a good pickup.

It is gonna be up for sale soon

[xelement5x]

Here are a couple pictures of the orange gun that I picked up. As you can see, there are no manufacturer's markings. It has the DB9 as opposed to the RJ45. The paper on it is leftover from a GameStop price sticker calling it a pink Justifier.

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll314/JYakapucci/1224.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll314/JYakapucci/1221.jpg

That looks like the correct one, mine is just like that and uses a DB9 connector, not the RJ11 one. I've never seen a orange Justifer with an RJ11 plug, I can't imagine American Laser Games would do that since they sold this direct, and they'd have no reason to sell only the 2nd player gun. *_*

There are orange guns like this that were also used for the 3DO, but they are wired differently I believe so it wouldn't work with the Genesis. The fact that they were bundled together in this find means you probably have the real deal. I feel bad for whoever had it before though, because the only way you can do 2 players is with the pink gun that has the RJ11 jack.

[garagesaleking!!]

I picked up an nes rock n roller controller at a goodwill on the way home from visiting my sister. Its in the original box. It is for sure something you dont see every day. I never had even of heard of it before.