For the laymen not at CGE: Weekend Finds 8/9-8/10

[AB Positive]

Well, two weeks ago I got the nice Intellivision bundle, and today I didn't do too badly.

For $22 at one yard sale:

Colecovision Super Action Controller (Kid: "Don't worry, it works with the Genesis")

Exile (Complete) Genesis

NES Games: (all loose in sleeve w/ manual):
RBI Baseball
Jaws
TMNT
Strider
Ice Hockey
Mission Impossible
Trojan
Ninja Gaiden
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Karate Kid
Jeopardy 25th Anniversary Edition
Legacy of the Wizard
Wrath of the Black Manta
Pro Wrestling
Tetris (x2)
A Boy and his Blob
Super Mario 3
Nobunaga's Ambition (!!!)
Kirby's Adventure (!!!)
Adventures of Dino-Riki
Super Mario 2
Mighty Bomb Jack
Rad Racer
Gun.Smoke
Rush 'n Attack
Metroid
Tiger-Heli
Game Genie w/manual & Code Update issue 2 vol. 1






I also got a couple of Batman LPs (one with a LP-sized comic built in), Who framed Roger Rabbit, and a Zelda: Majora's Mask demo VHS tape for $5 together.


-AG

[Shadysmurf]

Bonkers-Genises-Loose-$1.06 at Pawn Shop
Wizards of Wor-Genises-Loose-$1.70 at Pawn Shop

[udisi]

not a whole lot , but found a long box version of Discworld for PSX

[kainemaxwell]

Got Soul Caliber for DC through a trade. Kickass game!!

[hezeuschrist]

not a whole lot , but found a long box version of Discworld for PSX

arrgh! Nice find :)

[Gunstarhero]

Dang Adam, nice haul.

I got some piddly stuff:

2600 loose carts:
-Kool Aid Man
-Armor Ambush

Genesis Complete Carts
-After Burner II
-Fighting Masters
-Super Thunder Blade
-M1 Abrams Battle Tank

Also got SG-6 Fighting stick for Genesis, and some 6 button Stick for SNES too. $4 each, not bad. Wish I was at CGE.

[briskbc]

I got a couple of things this weekend.

Einhander sealed @ TRU - $9.99

An old hand held game from 1978 called UFO Master Blaster Station $2 (complete)

Srarcraft Broodwars $2

That's all.

[Lifebringeroftorv]

Found a new sealed Barker Bill's Trickshooting for the NES at the goodwill. Thats it.

Over and out.

[Viper_3000]

I went out early this morning and it actually paid off this time.

NES Top Loader w/Box manual plastic bags ect.

Games all have sleeves and manuals some boxed:

SMB2
SMB3
Wizardry
Legend of Zelda
Gyromite
Track and Field
Excitebike
Winter Games
Hogans Alley

Total for the Lot: $25.00 :D

Needless to say I'm extremely happy with my finds. (and with the stupid kid who sold it to me.)

[nildem]

Goodwill Thrift:

Atlantis (Atari 2600, cart only)
Cosmic Ark (Atari 2600, cart only)

$0.50 each


Thriftstore of the Blind:

Blue Print
Chopper Command
Circus Atari
Combat
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Grand Prix
Home Run
Lock 'N' Chase
Mountain King
Oink!
Phoenix
RealSports Football
Solar Fox (x2)
Space Fox
Street Racer
Swordquest: FireWorld
Vanguard
Video Olympics

All complete. $2.92 each.

[DDCecil]

Got a few imports:

PC Engine:

Burai II
Puyo Puyo CD
Super Schwartzchild 2
Ys Book 1+ 2 (Meaning I now have all the U.S. and Japanese versions of Ys for the TG-16/PCE!)

Saturn:

Yukyu no Kobako

Plus a few things coming in some trades.

[maxlords]

I scored some decent stuff today :)

Got: Boulder Dash, Defender II, and Castelian for NES all 3 for $10 Cdn

for $20 Cdn: Lost Vikings (SNES), EDF (SNES), Wall Street Kid (NES, boxed), Adventures of Dino Riki (NES, boxed), Guerilla War (NES, boxed), Shadow Dancer (Genesis, complete)

Teletainment Pong system (R7 in the DP guide!)

TV Fun Model 401 Pong system

Stack of NES manuals and a NES cart holder $1.00

Merlin game system w/Coleco power supply $1.00

2 NES Quick shot joysticks

Ninja Gaiden Shadow (GB game) $8

NES Max pad and NES controller

SNES mini system $5

[FABombjoy]

Garage sale stuffs:

Boxed Virtual Boy, mint, including all paperwork, baggies, etc.
Boxed VB AC adapter
Boxed Viewmaster InteractiveVision
Bambino Boxing VFD tabletop

$30 for the lot

Same place looked like a warehouse for 1-10 year old PC games. He also had a VIS set up, system and a bunch of titles for $40. I passed.

[WiseSalesman]

Einhander sealed @ TRU - $9.99

Holy crap! You lucky bastard!

[Pantechnicon]

Golly. Looks like a lot of us non-CGE lamers are lucking out. God must be making it up to us.

For my part, check out this find at the local Goodwill:

Playstation2 for $10. O_O

It was just the core – no power, AV or controls. No problem because all the PS1 stuff I had was forward compatible. So the big question was did it work? No way of knowing at Goodwill, so I played this angle to the manager who rang it up for $10.

So my mind was just reeling with giddiness as I sped home to test this puppy. I hooked up all the PS1 stuff and fired it up. Sho’nuff, it got power! Sho’nuff, the display and sound came on! Sho’…uh…hmm…it didn’t seem to be reading any discs.

So I got on the Web and started poking around. Disc read errors for the PS2 are well-known enough, and usually related to the lasers falling out of alignment. You can replace the whole laser system module in one drop ($75 new or $15 for an untested module on Ebay). Or if you want to DIY then you can re-align the lasers by adjusting some pots. All you need is an ESD-happy workspace, an oscilloscope and…

Whoa whoa whoa! Trying to get composite video out of an Atari 2600 (which i've done) is one thing, but laser alignment is way out of my league! Even if I could borrow an o-scope and my financial investment remained minimal, there’s still a good chance I would screw this up big time, and I’d really like this thing to work. I figured I’d call Sony and get an estimate. If the repair could be done for $100 or less it was still a deal.

So I called Sony’s U.S. support.center. I wanted to cut to the quick and try and get a repair estimate, but I had to go through the grind of giving a name, email, serial number etc. The nice young man on the other end asked me where I bought my PS2 and I said, “To be honest, I just got it at Goodwill for $10. So it’s probably out of warranty. But I know what the problem is and I just need an estimate for an out-of-warranty repair.”

Being the good customer service rep, the nice young man ran me through the troubleshooting steps I had already performed. Satisfied that I knew what I was talking about, he then uttered the following magic words:

“Well, based on the serial number you gave us, the warranty is still valid on this machine, so if you send it back to us we can fix it for no charge.”

So there it is. I’ve got an RMA number in hand and all I have to do is send the thing back. So even though I’m not physically there at CGE, I seem to be there in spirit, and am definitely getting the good deals. :D

Good luck to the rest of you as well!!

[sniperCCJVQ]

Find a Commodore 128, Commodore Printer, 1571 disk drive and 1702 monitor all in original box (except the 1702)

Everything have foam, papers and cables (again, except the 1702)

The whole kit was under the rain, so the computer and printer box got alot of water, but everything should be fine in couple of hours (they are in a drying session right now).

BTW, i saw Joe early this morning on the CGE Cam :D

[NESCollector75]

Not to much, all pawn shop finds:
all prices canadian!
SNES:
Double dragon V (cart only)-$5

SMS:
Afterburner (complete)-$2
Altered Beast (cart only)-$2
Kenseiden (cart and box)-$2
Zillion II (cart and box)-$2

Sega 32x
Starwars arcade (cart only)-$2

Sega saturn:
System with all hookups, 2 controllers and 6 games-$30

not the best but around me they haven't had anything in for over a month