2017 - Yearly Finds Thread

[Cornelius]

I know we don't really post finds anymore, and/or we just don't get good scores anymore, but I got this for free from a neighborhood buy/sell facebook group and thought it was worth sharing.

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edit: never owned a 360 before, so I don't know what model this is or anything, but it clearly has a HDD and wireless adapter, and has a Gamestop remanufactured sticker, so I guess it is one of the crummy first ones. Not that I'm complaining for free! edit 2: a little checking and it looks like this is a Jasper. I gather these are more reliable (out of the fats, anyway), so I wonder why it needed refurbing.

[eskobar]

Last year was still good for me, I had the possibility to save some games (I usually resell my finds because of money constraints) for my collection that once was really impressive for yesterday and today's standards.

This year I hope I can still have some good finds, so far:

Nostalgia NDS NIB 14 usd
Final Fantasy CC Echoes of Time NIB 14usd
Zelda Phantom CIB 9 usd
Castlevania OoE NIB 14 usd
Blue Dragon Plus NDS NIB 14 usd
Lufia Curse of the Sinistrals NIB 14 usd
Fossil Fighters Champions NIB 9 usd
Zelda Links Awakening PC GB Cart Only 12 usd
Zelda Links Awakening DX GBC Cart Only 12 usd
Ridge Racer 64 Cart only 2 usd
Soul Hackers 3DS NIB 32 usd
Animal Crossing GC CIB 12 usd
Harvest Moon 2 GBC Cart Only 12 usd
FF Tactics PSP 1st Edition NIB 9 usd
Shining in the Darkness CB 8 usd



So far.

[celerystalker]

I know we don't really post finds anymore, and/or we just don't get good scores anymore, but I got this for free from a neighborhood buy/sell facebook group and thought it was worth sharing.

10171

edit: never owned a 360 before, so I don't know what model this is or anything, but it clearly has a HDD and wireless adapter, and has a Gamestop remanufactured sticker, so I guess it is one of the crummy first ones. Not that I'm complaining for free! edit 2: a little checking and it looks like this is a Jasper. I gather these are more reliable (out of the fats, anyway), so I wonder why it needed refurbing.

Free is always a sweet find. It could be a load of different issues with a 360 needing a refurb. I've seen quite a few with an ethernet port error in the later fat models, but who knows. Good get either way!

[Steve W]

I came across an indie game store I wasn't aware of before, and bought a loose copy of Challenge of Nexar for the Atari 2600 for $16.95. And it's really sad that it's been a month and a half since the beginning of the year and there's only two other posts of finds. It's also a bit disturbing that this thread hasn't been made a sticky, meaning that nobody's behind the wheel of this site anymore.

[eskobar]

It's easier for me to upload pictures to tweeter than in the forum, that's why I don't post too often here. The last 2 weeks:

50 usd lot:

CIB Ghostbusters Genesis
CIB Wardner Genesis
Box + Cart Mutant League Football Genesis
CIB Hellfire Genesis


NIB Devil Survivor 2 record breaker 3ds 25 usd
Zelda Spirit tracks cart only: 10 usd
Box + Cart Shadow Dancer genesis : 12 usd
Box + Cart Dick Tracy Genesis : 12 usd

[celerystalker]

Picked up a few cheapies, as I'm cleaning up on the stuff I'm interested in on PS3 and 360 while they're super cheap.

PS3:
Under Night: In-Birth (PS3)-$17

360:
Trials HD/Limbo/Splosion Man compilation disc-$5
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade-$18
Capcom Digital Collection-Free

Grabbing a lot of former download only games that got disc runs, as there are a lot of 2D games that are more my style. That Namco Museum, aside from having Baraduke, has Galaga Legions among other former Live Arcade/PSN exclusives. Enjoying Limbo so far.

[Zama]

The return of prized findings, and wondrous treasures continue into 2017! :D

I picked up a couple of goodies in the last few months, might start making room for extra space in the next couple of weeks ^_^

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/Zamioa/Treasure%20Trove%20Valley/DSC03268_zpsxubnainr.jpg

- Final Fantasy XV "Ultimate Collector's Edition" (Finally got it after being on the Waitlist for nearly a year :popcorn:)

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- Nintendo Switch (Picked up at Best Buy; I went to retrieve the system in the late afternoon, and one of the associates mentioned to me that it was good timing to stop in considering how crowded the store was during the early hours with a lot of angry people who could not get their hands on one since there were no more in stock at that time :deadhorse:

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- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild "Master Edition" w/ Zelda theme accessories (Got the Master Edition via Gamestop online during the early hours of the reveal before they vanished a few odd hours later; brought the accessories a day later after the game was released)

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- Nier: Automata "Black Box Edition" (This one was something I kept an eye out for when the game was first revealed a few years back; quite excited to finally have it :band:)

That's all for now! :)

[YoshiM]

I stopped at the local Family Video to rent a movie and came out with six DS games for a total of $42:

-Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4
-Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7
-Lego Batman
-Super Scribblenauts
-Pokemon Dungeon Explorers of Time
-Kirby Mass Attack

The kids love the Lego games plus I have the first Harry Potter Game and the Batman game, so there can be multiplayer action.

[Animerforever05]

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not pic 'cept remote my new 55 LG inch tv this was from January


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got this for this month

[Xexyz]

It's been years since I've contributed to this thread. Looks like it's slowed down from weekly to monthly and now yearly eh? Anyway, I've got "kind of" finds to contribute. A friend of mines friend (who's also my friend but not as close) decided to help out our friends financial situation by giving him his old video game collection stashed away in his mothers attic. My friend gave me first dibs, and since it was going to a good cause (struggling musician) I told him I didn't expect friend discounts.

We got to rummage through his old stuff this weekend which was kind of fun and back breaking. This guy had good taste in games, and even better he took real good care of his stuff. Still, some of the turbografx boxes suffered some crushing damage due to the way everything was stored. After all was said and done I walked away with these:

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Almost everything is in like new condition. Only Splatterhouse and Neutopia, which are just the boxes no games, have minor crush damage. Unfortunately his mother must have thrown out a fair bit of his game stuff at one point. His Sega Genesis collection was missing completely. His Turbografx-16 system had the CD docking station, but there was no CD unit to be found. All his NES games (about 30) were missing their boxes, and he never threw them away. There was a Dreamcast present but no games to be found. I passed on a lot of stuff, but I don't really need it. He did have Last Alert, Book of Ys I & II, Ys III, and Valis II all complete for the Turbo CD, but I really don't want to start collecting for another system

[eskobar]

The past 2 weeks:

Yakuza 3 CIB 9 usd
Goemons Great Adventure Cart only: 30 usd
Dragon warrior 3 GBC cart: 17 usd
Kings Field II (no manual): 10usd
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 DC CIB: 7 usd
Phantasy Star Online I & II GC CIB : 20usd
Mario Kart Super Circuit Cart: 7 usd
DC Mem Card Clear Blue: 5 usd
Advance Wars DoR CIB: 12 usd
Pokemon Crystal cart (dead battery): 15usd

Very sad to miss the launch of the switch and zelda botw ... I am eager to play BotW but I have to wait a few months, my priority right now is Mass Effect: Andromeda for PS4 8-)

[ScourDX]

Local store clearing out their WiiU and 3ds games for $9.99. So can't resist to pick these game up.

(Photobucket link screwup so I have to delete them)

[Animerforever05]

nice choice of 3ds/wii u games

[eskobar]

Spent 120 usd on this stuff:

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The price includes a NES and SNES (dirty but working) consoles :roll:

[YoshiM]

Recently got an original Xbox with box, two controllers and hook ups for $25 at Goodwill. When I got the system home, it had a Battlefield game in it. The system fired up and played just fine. Only problem was I couldn't get the dang tray open again.

I stopped by a local game store that did repairs and asked if they had any belts, which I recently read could be the cause of the problem. The clerk said they sprayed the belts with belt dressing. I tried that and holy cow....it worked!

If only I knew this a couple years ago-I would have never gotten rid of my Xbox collection.

[brandon913]

Had some pretty good finds at the thrift stores this weekend:

Playstation:
Space Jam- $1.89

Playstation 2:
Silpheed: The Lost Planet- $1.98
Lumines Plus- $1.89
Rise to Honor- $1.99
Hitman: Blood Money- $1.99
Final Fantasy XII: Collector's Edition- $2.99
New Memory Card 2-Pack- $4.98

Playstation 3:
The Walking Dead: Game of the Year Edition- $1.99
Red Dead Redemption- $1.99
Mortal Kombat- $1.99
Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition- $1.99

Gamecube:
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 Plus- $1.99
Nyko 8MB Memory Card- $0.98
Memory Manager Plus Software- $3.98

Wii:
Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil- $3.79
Sonic and the Secret Rings- $1.99

Strategy Guides:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas- $0.98
Dragon Age II: Collector's Edition- $3.98

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[jb143]

I haven't found anything worth mentioning in a while now but I did pick these Colecovision* games up at a Goodwill recently. The boxes aren't necessarily in the greatest condition but all are CIB.

*For some odd reason though, the cartridge for Congo Bongo is actually the C64 version.

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[brandon913]

Had another good weekend of finds-

Playstation:
The Game of Life- $2.98

Playstation 2:
Friends: The One With All the Trivia- $0.98
Slim PS2 (SCPH-77001)- Free

Playstation 3:
Call of Duty: Black Ops III- $1.89
Slim PS3 (CECH-2001B)- $10.00

X-Box:
Green Pelican Blade 2.4 wireless controller- $5.00

X-Box 360:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution- $1.89
Assassin's Creed:Revelations- $1.89
Borderlands (Platinum Hits)- $1.89
Assassin's Creed III- $1.89
Saint's Row: The Third- $1.89
Titanfall- $1.89
Batman: Arkham City- $1.89
Batman: Arkham Origins- $1.89
MotionSports: Play for Real- $1.89

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[Niku-Sama]

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I can finally cross something off on my collector goal 2016 list.

$250 Donkey Kong Cocktail
Everything works, no manual, needs edge veneer replacement (easy), need to replace brightness pot (broken leg), needs a through cleaning and a few minor dings knocked out, needs cabinet locks both sides.
I might go full restore on this thing and have the lower cab re-powdercoated or I might knock dents out and call it good....I donno yet.

i'll post more of the story and my other finds to date later, there hasn't been much this year and I am super exhausted right now

[Niku-Sama]

ok so heres the rest of my finds to date
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this is all my finds (and buys) for January and February 2017

I usually "find" a lot more than that but I didn't find much

the 2600 $free
OG xbox games about $3 a pop
all Wii u games were retail price or gifts for b day or xmas except ninja gaiden that was $7 new
pokemon moon was a gift
Dragon Quest Monsters 2 was $25 new
Space Marine for PS3 was $7 new with a promo bag I gave away
Both SNES's were ~$5
Laser Discs $3
Star wars book I cant remember
NEC LCD projector was $25 Shipped, 4% bulb life, bought for a LED conversion project
Dell 27" monitor was about $160
Naga Hex gaming mouse was $40 Amazon Warehouse Deals
Saw Blades and Wrenches were a gift
cords and controllers were about $3 a pop
Legend of Dragoon was $1, missing disc one and manual but it was in really nice shape
that KMOON box is a dash cam I got as a gift
PS4 Translucent controller from japan was a gift
MegaMan light up Pixel Pal was a gift from the wifey
that werid black square thing on the far left under the wrenches is a USB foot pedal used for transcription but I am gonna mod it to use it for PC games

I cant remember what else there is in that pic but it was either cheap or a gift.
this pic is mostly gifts, its been very dry around here I didn't find ANYTHING until late april (last week) and that was this...

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PACMAN!!! board game. $4 It feels complete but its taped shut (as goodwill does) but THANKFULLY they didn't just slap it on there its actually nice and flat with out any bubbles under the tape which I can appreciate so I can cut it and it wont be too.... whats the word....I cant think of the word so i'll say it wont be too fucked up looking.

and then Saturday I bought the cocktail table posted above

[Steve W]

Nice find with that Donkey Kong! And probably the most useful layout for an arcade game from that time, as a cocktail table. Even if you get bored with it in a couple years, it's still useful as a functional table. Can't say that with an upright cabinet. Besides, sitting at a cocktail table to play games seems a more authentic experience for machines of this age, at least to me. Congratulations!

[celerystalker]

Yeah, great buy Niku! It may be common, but it's one everybody wants. Great price, too! You can swap in other classic Nintendo pcbs like DK Jr, DK 3, etc.

[brandon913]

Had a pretty good haul this past weekend:

Xbox:
Flatout- $1.89
Midtown Madness 3- $0.99
IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 (New)- $3.98

Playstation 2:
Monster Jam- $2.79
Nicktoons: Unite- $1.89
Conflict Desert Storm II: Back to Bagdad- $1.89
The Golden Compass- $1.89
Dark Cloud 2- $1.89
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance- $3.97
Controller Extension- $1.89
Gameshark Multi-tap- 2.79
Spongebob Squarepants Controller- $2.49

SNES:
Monopoly- $2.79

Xbox 360:
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles Expansion- $1.89

Wii:
Pac-Man Party- $3.69
Wii Zapper- $1.89

PS3:
Grand Theft Auto V- $1.89
Wireless sensor bar for Cabela Rifle- $1.49

Saturn:
Super Pad 8- $1.49

Soundtrack:
Kingdom Hearts II- $0.99

Guide:
Minecraft Essentials Handbook- $0.99

[brandon913]

This weekends thrift store finds:

PlayStation:
Gameshark V. 2.1- $1.98
PS Arcade- $3.59

Xbox:
Dynasty Warriors 4- $1.79
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic- $1.79

Gamecube:
Mario Party 5- $3.49
Yu-Gi-Oh: The Falsebound Kingdom- $3.49
Indigo Official Controller- $3.00

PlayStation 3:
Guitar Hero World Tour- $1.79
Purple Afterglow Wired Controller- $0.89

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[jb143]

I go to thrift stores all the time and the only games I ever see are sports games and shovelware DS games.

I did find the Super Mario World Collector's Edition cartoon series on DVD this past weekend though. Not much to get exited about, but my 5 year old loves it and it's fun sharing some of my old childhood memories with him(even if that's the Mario series I remember least)

[Steve W]

I go to thrift stores all the time and the only games I ever see are sports games and shovelware DS games.

You and me both, buddy. But when I find DS games, the actual games have been stolen out of the cases. Every time.

I used to love going thrift store shopping. Flea markets on the weekends, too. But there's just no point, I get so discouraged now. There's nothing out there, most people have already tossed out or donated their old gaming goods or sold it on eBay. Retro game collecting has gone fairly mainstream, there's too many eyes looking over smaller and smaller scraps. It seems that retro gaming stores can't even stay in business, nobody's trading in old games, if they think they've got something valuable they sell in online. For a guy like me who doesn't buy games on the internet (there's no thrill of the hunt that way), it means coming up empty-handed every trip out. I would sometimes spend 12 hours criss-crossing the state hunting games, now it's not worth the price of gas to do so.

[brandon913]

I had some decent finds this past week. Got some things from the thrift stores I normally go to. I also hit up my first garage sale of the year and was not disappointed as I found four Wii games for a really good price. Then went to a local pawn shop that is going out of business and was advertising on craigslist cart only NES, Genesis and N64 and complete Xbox, Playstation 2, and Gamecube games for $1.00 and free sports games with purchase.

NES:
Side Pocket- $1.00
10-Yard Fight- $1.00
Anticipation- $1.00
Captain Skyhawk- $1.00
Othello w/instructions- $1.00

Genesis:
Super Battleship- $4.50
The Jungle Book- $3.50

Nintendo 64:
WWF War Zone- $1.00
Wipeout 64 w/box- $3.50

Sega Saturn:
College Slam- $2.00

Playstation 2:
Fantastic 4- $1.89
NBA Street Vol. 2- $2.79
NFL Street 3- $2.79
Mojo!: $1.00
ESPN NHL Hockey- Free
Tiger Woods PGA Tour '07- Free
MLB 07 The Show- Free
NASCAR 06: Total Team Control- Free

Xbox:
MTV Celebrity Deathmatch- $1.00
Legends of Wrestling- $1.00
Project Gotham Racing- $1.00
Second Sight- $1.00
Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey- $1.00
NHL 2002- Free
High Heat Major League Baseball 2004- Free

Gamecube:
X-men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse- $3.59
Madden 2005- Free

Wii:
Wii Play- $2.79
Wii Sports Resort- $2.00
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars- $2.00
Super Smash Bros. Brawl- $2.00
Mario Kart Wii- $2.00
Wii Sports- Free (was inside of wii play)

Xbox 360:
Battlefield 4- $2.79
Devil May Cry 4- $4.50
Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard- $0.98

Playstation 3:
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2- $3.99
"Fat" Nyko Intercooler (New)- $3.59

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[Zama]

With summer time around the corner, I want to share my recent buys from the past few weeks:

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- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

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- Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum

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- Fire Emblem Echos Limited Edition

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- Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge, and Vampire Savior

That's all for now! :guitar:

[eskobar]

Last month I went to Japan for 18 days and sadly most of my money was spent on food and drinks. It was a training program that was paid by the company I work for.

There was too much too see and not too much too spend, hahaha. I bought some stuff, but I wanted to buy hundreds of games and soundtracks LOL

[Niku-Sama]

you did good with what you got through

[eskobar]

you did good with what you got through

I'm happy with the stuff I bought, but all the items I wanted were a bit expensive and couldn't buy it. I hope to come back to Japan ASAP with a stash of cash :popcorn:

[Steve W]

I went flea market shopping today, all I picked up was a loose Gremlins with a peeling front label for the Atari 2600 for $15.

[brandon913]

I've been busy lately, so I haven't gotten around to posting. These are my thrift store finds for the last two weeks.

Playstation:
Jupiter Strike- $1.49

Playstation 2:
Catwoman- $1.49
Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams- $2.69
Def Jam: Vendetta- $2.98
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X- $1.79
GTA: Vice City- $1.49
Legends of Wrestling II- $1.49
Hot Shots Golf 3- $1.49
Transformers- $2.69
Scooby-Doo!: Night of 100 Frights- $2.69
Kramer Striker guitar dongle- $0.89
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus- $3.59
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain- $2.69
The Bard's Tale- $3.59

Xbox:
Burnout 2: Point of Impact Director's Cut- $2.69
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex- $2.69

Gamecube:
Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary- $1.49

Xbox 360:
Call of Duty 3- $1.79
Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged: Volume 1- $2.69
Dirt 2- $3.59
Skate 3- $3.59
"S" Controller- $1.98

Playstation 3:
Monopoly- $3.98

Nintendo 64:
Naki Yellow Controller- $1.98

Wii:
WWE '12- $3.59
WWE All-Stars- $3.59

Strategy Guide:
The Godfather: The Game- $1.79

Toys:
Disney Infinity 3.0: Spot- $0.89
Arms Sleeves- Free

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[Steve W]

At a GameXchange store in Shreveport, LA I found two boxed and complete Interphase games for the Intellivision, Sewer Sam and Blockade Runner for $4.95 each. Then I picked up Karate for the 2600 for $9.95 and Ace of Aces for the 7800 for $5.95. Since they have a "buy 3 retro games get 1 free" special running most of the time, one of the Interphase games was technically free.

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[Steve W]

I went to a game store called Game Mechanix in Monroe, LA a few days ago. I had a nice conversation with the owner (it's always great to meet a game store owner that knows anything about any era going back more than five years) about the Emerson Arcadia 2001 he had on the shelf but hadn't priced yet, and various things. On my way out I ended up buying this Radio Shack Astro Command for $29.99 ($10 off the sticker price!) and at a GameXchange in Ruston, LA I found these Intellivision games. The previous owner seems to have put them in nice plastic clamshells and printed out boxart for them. And yet, they were the same price as loose games.

By the way, that store Game Mechanix has some good stuff in it. I can't afford Happy Birthday for the Atari 2600 or the Donkey Kong Country Competition Cart for the SNES, but at least I know where I can get them from if I needed them.

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[Steve W]

Went to a GameXchange store in Alexandria, LA a couple of days ago, and was shocked that they had boxed Atari Jaguar games there. And more importantly, one that I didn't ever pick up back in the day, Pinball Fantasies. They were overpriced of course, but I never find boxed games in the wild (with the shrinkwrap still on them, peeled off at the top to get the cartridges out) but I couldn't resist. It was $29.99 (with the Babbage's original pricetag for $59.99 on it).

Their copy of Zero-5 was priced at $135. Glad I picked it up when it came out at its original price.

The one I bought is the one on the far left. I thought I'd post this pic rather than a lone box picture once I got home.

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[Niku-Sama]

My latest finds have been pretty lacking lately. Found a game cube with out controllers for $15 and a cat bed for $6

Seems that when i find something big one time then i won't find any thing else for months

[eskobar]

So far nothing very interesting...

Maybe a CIB Contra in good condition for 48 usd.

In more common finds:

The Legacy of the Wizard NES Cart Only: 5 usd
River City Ransom: 16 usd
Ps1 mem card emerald: 5 usd
Chrono trigger 1st print Ds CIB: 19 usd

etc ... 10342

[Steve W]

I found a loose Star Wars: The Arcade Game for the Atari 2600 for $1.95 on Saturday.

[Slate]

This Saturday I bought all of this at the same place.

N64 (All games are loose: )

Armorines
Paper Mario (Worn and it looks like someone tried to pry it open; also had rust flakes coming out when I shook it.)
Walalae Country Club

1 Purple Translucent Controller with a worn center stick.

1980s Computers:

Atari 600 XL (No hookups or controllers on first glance)

Texas Instruments TI99/4A System + TV Cable Switchbox, 2 Paddle Controllers & Instructions

Papers

Colecovision Manual (Poor shape)
Colecovision Send-In Card
Coleco ADAM Papers; Setup Manual, Envelope and Survey Card. Strangely, the envelope's sealed without anything in it. Did someone heat it with a hair dryer and reseal it?

Total paid for all: $2

- Austin

[Niku-Sama]

I got a ps2 controller and a 1940's Victor electric adding machine for $5

[Niku-Sama]

10394

after a long long time I found something substantial!

Labor day weekend the flea market is outside and free to browse and buy, as opposed to the other sunday fleas they have that cost $1 to get in.
Any way I noticed a guy with a TON of PC hardware and tucked in a corner was a Atari 800XL with 2 drives. I kept it in mind and continued on and then found, at a completely different seller a box of Atari PC carts, there were 12 of them and one 2600 game. so I bought it and then finished up the rest of the flea, came back to the 800XL and bought it from the guy who was REALLY into old PC gaming and he was getting rid of this as a spare, came with 2 drives, one a 1050 and another some Rana something or other later on that week I found a Genesis for cheap and 2 days ago I finally came across a component cable for the OG X-Box at a decent price and picked up another spare NES AC adapter.

Atari 800XL w/ Controllers, Hookups and 2 drives (bare drives no cables for them) $30
Atari PC games all loose:
Peanut Butter Panic
Movie Musical Madness
Ernie's Magic Shapes
Big Bird's Special Delivery
Frogger
Miner 2049er
Pole Position
Donkey Kong
Centipede
Pac-Man
Qix
Space Invaders : all plus 2600 Defender $15
Genesis Model 1 :$1 Loose
NES AC Adapter : $3
OG XBOX component cable : $3
Master System : $20 shipped

The master system was something I bought a while ago but was just recently able to get to since life has been hectic with family breaking them selves and having strokes and are unwilling to accept help but I bought it as "broken" from a computer hardware liquidator on ebay I buy some things from and it booted up just fine. has Hang On and Safari Hunt built in, cart and card slots work, my guess is they had no way to test so its "broken"

Side note:
the 800XL was assembled when I bought it, I took it apart to clean because it smelled like literal ass, i'm also in the process of reversing the yellowing, that's for another post

[Steve W]

Nice find, I rarely ever came across Atari computer stuff in my years of hunting.

I hit a flea market a little north of Lafayette, LA yesterday and bought these four Super Famicom games. I have no idea what they are, there was a shelf full of assorted games marked $4.99 each, so I picked these four. Maybe I'll post the pic in the Import thread, and hopefully somebody can identify them.

I also picked up the Up N' Down cartridge for the Colecovision at a GameXchange earlier in the week for $19.99.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/StevePW/recent_zpsechfo1cr.jpg (http://s414.photobucket.com/user/StevePW/media/recent_zpsechfo1cr.jpg.html)

[celerystalker]

I gave a rundown in your import post of your games. Love me some Itadaki Street 2!

[Niku-Sama]

My latest finds have been pretty lacking lately. Found a game cube with out controllers for $15 and a cat bed for $6

Seems that when i find something big one time then i won't find any thing else for months

so funny thing about this find in July...
I finally got around to opening the system up from the goodwill bag it was wrapped up in and it had a copy of Smash Bros in it, found this out minutes ago...

I just grabbed it because $15 for a gamecube with any cords is cheap any more, never expected to find a game in it

[YoshiM]

I swung by the local St. Vince De Paul thrift store to see if they had anything interesting. I walked out with a pink DS Lite, New Super Mario Bros, Namco Museum and Super Scribblenauts (all loose) for about $27. The DS works great and the carts are in great shape.

That now makes I think 4 DS systems that can be rotated amongst my kids during bouts of Mario Kart on top of the three systems my boys have. Now only one child has to sit out as they wait for someone to lose the race.

[Slate]

I'm surprised I didn't post this earlier; this took place before my last post from August 19th and I have no date for it but it was between April and July.

I bought:

1 White Dreamcast;
1 A/V Cable;
1 Controller;
1 Memory Card (not a VMU; )
102 Dalmations (complete; )
Sonic Adventure (complete; )
Toy Story 2 (complete.)

For $5. I sold the 3 games on eBay and bought Crazy Taxi 1 and 2 for about $15 each.

Later, in early August, I bought:

2 DS systems;
1 GBA SP (which I later broke by dropping on the floor, they're made of brittle plastic; )
a Gamecube (DOL-001, Indigo) with no controller;
Various games, mostly for the GBA and DS (including Pokemon Leafgreen)
1 Mario Plush
1 Mario Kart Lunch Box (for lack of a clearer term; it's not aluminum)

All for about $28. I sold most of that on eBay and made more than 3x my investment back on it.

- Austin

[Steve W]

Stopped off at a great little store called Found It Electronics and Video Games up in Watauga, TX this evening. Got this boxed Astrocade game, Pirate's Chase, for $5 and the Atari 400/800 cartridge K-razy Shoot-out for $15. Dammit, I love finding games for more obscure consoles. They had two other boxed Astrocade games, but I already had one of them and the other was an empty box, no cart inside. I've never come across Astrocade games outside of a game convention, and I rarely ever find Atari computer carts (especially third-party ones). I'm really happy.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/StevePW/stufffromtoday_zpsitpsukqb.jpg (http://s414.photobucket.com/user/StevePW/media/stufffromtoday_zpsitpsukqb.jpg.html)

[Cornelius]

Found the boxes at a thrift a couple months ago probably, no manual for Lufia (or game), but I think FFV has everything except the game, which I have a loose copy of. I think they were around $4 each. Tron 2.0 was $1.50 at a goodwill. I remember I nearly bought this game brand new when it came out, but decided to wait and then just sort of moved on. I've noticed it mentioned now and then and I've read some favorable reviews of it over the years.

https://i.imgur.com/kIZrPLB.jpg?1

[YoshiM]

My wife took me to some seasonal flea-market type event called "Maxwell Street Days". It takes up a County fair ground. It was basically your mix of antiques, hand made goods, rummage and collectables. I saw a video game store with a tent at this event, selling their wares. I think I saw them at MGC before.

Many of the games, systems and accessories I saw were "collector priced", even on items that were pretty beat up. There was an Intellivision with bad controllers and a handfull of commons for $50. The sun umbrella that was covering where the dealer sat fell when I was looking at the stuff, so I took that as a sign from Bira Bira to move on.

I got an original Xbox Type S controller for $5. That's it.

[Steve W]

My wife took me to some seasonal flea-market type event called "Maxwell Street Days". It takes up a County fair ground. It was basically your mix of antiques, hand made goods, rummage and collectables. I saw a video game store with a tent at this event, selling their wares. I think I saw them at MGC before.

Many of the games, systems and accessories I saw were "collector priced", even on items that were pretty beat up. There was an Intellivision with bad controllers and a handfull of commons for $50. The sun umbrella that was covering where the dealer sat fell when I was looking at the stuff, so I took that as a sign from Bira Bira to move on.

Yeah, you don't really see people selling old games at flea markets anymore, it's all resellers. Since the uptick in retro gaming awareness as of late, nobody is selling their old gaming stuff too much. I've stopped going to thrift stores altogether, and will only go to a flea market (on the rare occasion my boss will let me have a Saturday or Sunday off) maybe two or three times a year now. I only buy games at overpriced game stores nowadays.

Speaking of which, I picked up this TI -99/4A version of Miner 2049'er for $19.99 today. It looks odd because Texas Instruments made a revision to their computer in 1982 that essentially locked out any non-licensed cartridges from playing. So Tigervision made their games play through the side expansion port, hence the weird shape. I saw one of these in a convention in 2008 but the guy in front of me snagged it, and I've never come across another one. I'm glad I have one now.

I also ordered these little arcade cabs off Amazon for something like $22 to $30 each. The screen resolution is low, but they actually play. The fire buttons have a nice click to them and the joystick is a little tricky to use considering its size. I just wish companies would expand beyond Namco's early titles and go broader. How about a tiny Tron cabinet? I'd murder for one of those.
http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/StevePW/games1_zpsvusjjqew.jpg (http://s414.photobucket.com/user/StevePW/media/games1_zpsvusjjqew.jpg.html)

[YoshiM]

I had to officially, yet unofficially work today. My clients were closed but the company I work for doesn't give Friday after Thanksgiving off, so there's a chance I'd get a call.

I came into the city I work in and bummed a bit. Meandering through Goodwill I found amongst Leapfrog games a complete PokeMon Ultra (Alpha? Whatever) Sapphire for $2.99.

[ncman071]

had a little luck at the pawn shop today...picked up ssf2, nhl 94, sf2 ce for genesis...metroid other m for wii, metroid prime 2, mario strikers both for the cube and halo 3 essentials on the 360...all $2 each

[YoshiM]

Yeah, you don't really see people selling old games at flea markets anymore, it's all resellers. Since the uptick in retro gaming awareness as of late, nobody is selling their old gaming stuff too much. I've stopped going to thrift stores altogether, and will only go to a flea market (on the rare occasion my boss will let me have a Saturday or Sunday off) maybe two or three times a year now. I only buy games at overpriced game stores nowadays.

Speaking of which, I picked up this TI -99/4A version of Miner 2049'er for $19.99 today. It looks odd because Texas Instruments made a revision to their computer in 1982 that essentially locked out any non-licensed cartridges from playing. So Tigervision made their games play through the side expansion port, hence the weird shape. I saw one of these in a convention in 2008 but the guy in front of me snagged it, and I've never come across another one. I'm glad I have one now.

I also ordered these little arcade cabs off Amazon for something like $22 to $30 each. The screen resolution is low, but they actually play. The fire buttons have a nice click to them and the joystick is a little tricky to use considering its size. I just wish companies would expand beyond Namco's early titles and go broader. How about a tiny Tron cabinet? I'd murder for one of those.
http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp222/StevePW/games1_zpsvusjjqew.jpg (http://s414.photobucket.com/user/StevePW/media/games1_zpsvusjjqew.jpg.html)

What brand/model are those arcade cabs?

[Steve W]

They're made by a company called Super Impulse. They also manufacture tiny little functioning Mattel Football games as keychains too. Here's the Ms. Pac-Man cab.

https://www.amazon.com/Pac-Man-Classic-Arcade-Authentic-Joystick/dp/B076PRQH73?pd_rd_wg=v2Qic&pd_rd_r=6de43f07-8793-4292-b07b-56ba73460f25&pd_rd_w=BIdbg&ref_=pd_gw_simh&pf_rd_r=8JCR7VY3T8HQD3VE04WW&pf_rd_p=4c5acc25-f4b0-5ad7-9004-0f2549f94c2f

[Steve W]

I went to a couple of game stores today, bought Super Cobra for the Odyssey2 for $20 and a strange pirate cart for the Atari 2600 for $40, minus 20% since they were on sale. Then I went to a second store and bought Flipper Skipper for the Colecovision for $14.95.

I'm switching over from Photobucket (since they completely suck now) and going to a new photo service. If anybody knows how to download an entire Photobucket library without having to do it picture by picture, let me know.

https://image.ibb.co/kPWfUm/today.jpg (https://ibb.co/g2Aw26)

[Cornelius]

I'm digging the artwork on that pirate cart!

I did a little looking, and it seems as though Photobucket has removed the download album option. That was after clearing away about 10 ads overlaid on the page. Such a shitshow there now. I did find reference to downloading an album in the mobile ap, but no way am I going to install that potential cancer on my phone.

[jb143]

If anybody knows how to download an entire Photobucket library without having to do it picture by picture, let me know.


There are browser plugins that claim to do it. I haven't tried any yet, though.