June 2014 Finds

[Flashback2012]

I figured someone else would have gotten this party started but oh well. :)

Took a trip up to the flea market for the first time in a while. I hit all of the usual spots in there for games, a couple of guys consider me a regular and almost always have something for me to look at. My first stop I ended up trading the guy a few of my doubles for a couple of 3DS games (Mario Tennis Open, Starfox 64 3D) and some Xbox 360 titles (Dreamcast Collection, Konami Classics V1, and Namco Museum Virtual Arcade).

The second place I hit up was a guy who runs a booth there and owns a mom 'n pop shop closer to my house. He had a B2G1F going on and I ended up with the following SNES games: GP-1 Part II, Vegas Stakes, and Scooby-Doo Mystery all complete. :)

I hit up a couple of Gamestops on the way back to the house but walked out empty handed at both locations. :|

[Cornelius]

oops, double post.

[Cornelius]

My first find in a looong time. But then, I haven't actually looked in a long time, either. So it just goes to show that you have to try to have a chance. These were $2.99 each at a Unique. I was shocked to find them on a shelf with other games (PS2 sports, mostly). They normally put stuff like this in the glass case right along with all cartridge games. At first I was afraid they wouldn't sell them to me because they weren't priced, but they were just rung up like a PS2 game (DVD I guess). Pearl has no manual, but the rest do. Haven't tried Platinum's CN code yet.

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[MASTERWEEDO]

Picked up a NES for $5. has 2 controllers,ac and rf hookups, 5 dust covers & 1 hard case.

[Dashopepper]

Saw a Craigslist add for a working Turbografx 16 and 7 games $160. The picture showed a TG16 with no back cover and the games were in cases but stacked so all you could see was Vigilante, but I caught a corner of what appeared to be a Keith Courage and a gun flash that looked like Turrican. Anyhow got pretty lucky that everything was in great shape, the back cover was there, and some games were complete with cardboard boxes. Very good games too, only repeat for me is Keith Courage. Went from pretty slim pickings to a respectable selection of TG16 games with this one.

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turrican, vigilante, splatterhouse, keith courage, blood wolf, sidearms, alien crush


I haven't found anything on Craigslist for quite some time and was even complaining recently how it was impossible to find anything good on there.

[ig88vsbobafett]

Found these at a yard sale :) she said her dad worked on ratchet and clank , nes game to show size

[Enmity]

Found these at a yard sale :) she said her dad worked on ratchet and clank , nes game to show size

Those are freaking awesome, I'd buy those in a heart beat!

[orangest]

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Some cool import finds at a neighborhood thrift for $2 each: Rockman Irregular Hunter X, Me and My Katamari and Piposaru Academia 2.

[Steve W]

At a flea market in Greenwood, Louisiana I picked up a baggie with a top loader NES for $25. It didn't have the dogbone controller in it, but then I've already got one of those someplace in storage. Haven't tried it out yet, I really need to clean the thing off first. I also don't have any games to test it with since I'm on vacation.

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[Zama]

Some great stuff that I picked recently:

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- Ys: Memories of Celceta Silver Anniversary Edition ($49.99)
- Ys I & II Chronicles Premium Edition ($19.99)
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin ($19.99)
- NBA 2K2 ($3)
- NCAA College Basketball 2K3 ($3)

The Ys games and Persona 2 were picked up at Gamestop as they are currently doing some clearing out of the remaining PSP games. The sport games were bought at the flea market where a seller was having a big blowout sale; I'm glad I grabbed the games before the area became extra toasty :onfire:

[SEGA_Queen]

Here are my purchases from February to June:


Sonic The Hedgehog Nendoroid (New)

Sonic Adventure 2 Birthday Pack (Used, Complete)

I picked these up back in February, so I don't remember exactly what I paid for them. I do know that it was a bit more than the going rates online, but I wanted to support my local indie shops.

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Mario & Luigi Dream Team 3DS XL System (Used) - $135

I had recently did a little "spring cleaning" of my game collection and had money to burn. I found this sitting in a local pawn shop, so I asked to look at it. It had everything included, except the SD card. The AC adapter was still sealed as well. Even better, after I got it home and set up my NNID, I discovered that I could still download the Mario & Luigi game for free from the eshop! Later, I picked up a 16 GB SD card on sale for $9.99.

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Of course, I can't have a 3DS without some games for it as well!

Bravely Default (Used, Complete) - $34.99

Kingdom Hearts 3D (Used, Complete) - $19.99

Sonic Lost World (New) - $19.99

Tales of the Abyss (New) - $19.99

Pokemon Y (New) - $19.99

Okamiden (New) - $22.49

Radiant Historia (Used, Complete) - $26.99

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Oh, and two more things that I forgot to take pictures of:

Gold Wii Classic Controller Pro (Used) - $13.49

Rayman DS (Used, Complete) - $2.65

[orangest]

- NCAA College Basketball 2K3 ($3)

Niiice.

[orangest]

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If anyone's looking for some shrinkwrapped PS2 and GameCube PAL and Japanese Chicken Little and Narnia games, with a little POTC thrown in, the Redondo Beach Goodwill has you covered.

Their international flavor does not limit itself to modern gaming either...

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[Tokimemofan]

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If anyone's looking for some shrinkwrapped PS2 and GameCube PAL and Japanese Chicken Little and Narnia games, with a little POTC thrown in, the Redondo Beach Goodwill has you covered.

Their international flavor does not limit itself to modern gaming either...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/IMG_20140617_113523866_zpsaqp6gy4x.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/orangest/media/IMG_20140617_113523866_zpsaqp6gy4x.jpg.html)
Japanese and pal for both systems? WTF?

[Tupin]

I found a Coleco tabletop Frogger at Savers for $5. No battery door, compartment is corroded. Turning it on shows a glitchy screen, need to fix power connection.

Anyone got a spare battery cover?

[Flashback2012]

I found a Coleco tabletop Frogger at Savers for $5. No battery door, compartment is corroded. Turning it on shows a glitchy screen, need to fix power connection.

Anyone got a spare battery cover?

If it can't be fixed than it can be served as a display fixture for your game collection. :)

We were out of town this past weekend but I didn't find anything. I did contact a person on another forum I frequent who lived in the town we were visiting and I bought his barely used PS Vita 3G from him for $140 as an early birthday present to myself. It's the older model that has the OLED screen instead of the newer Vita Slim style that's packed in with Borderlands. Hoping I can scare something up tomorrow but I'll have a toddler in tow so that'll slow my searching down considerably.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Pearl has no manual, but the rest do.

If you need a Pearl manual, give me a yell.

JY

[camarotuner]

If you need a Pearl manual, give me a yell.

JY

Insert obvious joke here. ;)

[Steve W]

Hit several flea markets and sales today, found nothing. I was told that the "Game Hunters", those dickslappers, had wiped out most everything they found weeks ago. So that was a waste of time. I did go a little out of my way and go to a newly opened GameXchange store and picked up Wabbit! (Atari 2600), Laser Gates (Atari 2600), and The Heist (Colecovision) all loose for $1.95, buy 2 get 1 free. That town already has a small overpriced game store, and with a GameStop and a GameXchange I can see that little one dying out. Although they've expanded into tabletop/card battle style gaming, that might keep them going. At least I'll know where I can get boxed NES RPGs for a small fortune at in the immediate future.

[Flashback2012]

I didn't get to do much wandering around today. I did stop by the Gamestop next to my bank and found of fishing games for the Wii for about $8 and some change. They were Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream and Fishing Master. They also had some sort of PlayStation appreciation day going on and I got a couple of PS4 lanyards. I was considering heading up to the flea market tomorrow but I think those plans got nixed. :|

[Kitsune Sniper]

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If anyone's looking for some shrinkwrapped PS2 and GameCube PAL and Japanese Chicken Little and Narnia games, with a little POTC thrown in, the Redondo Beach Goodwill has you covered.

Their international flavor does not limit itself to modern gaming either...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/IMG_20140617_113523866_zpsaqp6gy4x.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/orangest/media/IMG_20140617_113523866_zpsaqp6gy4x.jpg.html)

Huh.

Something like that popped up here a few years back - some Japanese Disney games for PC showed up one day at a booth. I didn't pick them up, they were standard mini-games collections. It makes me wonder if someone who worked at Disney in California had a bunch of copies that ended up being donated to Goodwill.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Insert obvious joke here. ;)

Hopefully, I am not sounding too stupid but the joke isn't obvious to me.

[BIGMIKE]

Easter Bunny's Big Day ps1 $3 looked weird so I took a chance on it. great condition

[recorderdude]

Thanks to some ebay sales I was able to splurge a bit and get my mitts on a 3DS and some 3DS games.

3DS XL (Blue) + 4GB SD + Kirby Triple Deluxe Loose - $110, Craigslist

Crush 3D CiB - $5, gamestop

Kid Icarus Uprising CiB - $22.50, eBay

Shinobi NEW - $5.10, eBay

Bravely Default CiB - $22.82, eBay

on the retro side -

Bimini Run (Genesis) - $3

Kaboom (SNES) - $4

Bubsy (SNES) - $5


Also got Shantae Risky's Revenge and 3D Classics on eShop, but no deals on those, just wanted to play 'em.

Trying to calm down my collecting for a bit while I sell off all my doubles and unwanteds. I have enough variety in 3DS games to keep me occupied and hundreds of retro carts so I can hold out for awhile.

[Flashback2012]

I found a nice set of Official Nintendo brand Wii Component cables at GameStop today for $12. :)

I hit up a couple of other locations and picked up a couple of cheap titles like Enchanted Arms on PS3 and Deca Sports on Wii.

[ncman071]

its been quite a while since my last post on this thread...but i've gone a little game crazy over the course of this year....managed to pick up a genesis and 32x with 2 controllers...now i have about 50 genesis games and 8 32x games...just got blackthorne for the snes as well as 1943 for NES...Metro light for the 360...honestly i can't really begin to tell how much stuff i've picked up for mostly good prices.....i've gotten a ton of 360 games...been picking up those under 10 games like crazy...i think i've got all the major ones i've wanted...i now have 160 360 games...rediculous...also have beefed up by original xbox collection to about 70 games with the most recent purchases being...the GTA double pack....ncaa football 08, madden 08, panzer dragoon orta..among others.

anyway, i'm gonna try to post here monthly just to help myself keep up with what i'm getting every month

[Dashopepper]

Got some nice deals at a local thrift store. I had to do a double take when I saw some pretty nice PS1 games some of which are sealed.7537
Megaman x4, Tales of Destiny II, Parasite Eve II all sealed for $20 each and Valkyrie Profile complete but opened for $15.

[Steve W]

I had to do a double take when I saw some pretty nice PS1 games some of which are sealed.

Heh, I've done that before. I'm so used to seeing crappy sports games that I'll end up doing a triple take at them since my brain can't comprehend what I'm seeing. Usually they aren't as good as the games you found, though. Congrats!

[recorderdude]

Got one more 3DS game for a pretty good deal that I actually wanted for awhile...

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon CiB - $23 - eBay

EDIT: and one more that I normally wouldn't be interested in but was too cheap to say no:

Steel Diver Cart Only - $1 -eBay (with free shipping)

[Flashback2012]

Probably my last find for June 2014. I ventured up to the flea markets and found a Donkey Kong Country Returns on Wii for $12. :)

[GamerTheGreek]

Helped out at a local game store today for a little bit ( repairing some N64 controllers he had in the back room ). Ended up with these for free. Very nice of him to do that since Im always there and always helping out on random things.

Playstation sign is pretty cool and lights up. and the N64 box is a box only with the foam inside.

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