Weekend Finds 9/18-9/20

[maxlords]

Ok, I'll start:

Passed up a boxed original Genesis cause the lady wanted $15 and the box had some damage. Not worth it. But at the next sale:

$2 each:
Galaxian handheld Coleco mini-arcade unit :)
Pac-Man handheld Coleco mini-arcade unit :)

Yay! I've never found these in the wild before! Both are a bit dirty, and neither has perfect stickers (the marquee stickers on both are torn too :() But they seem like they'll work (haven't tested em yet)! Did I do good?

[Delgrace]

Hell yes that's good, or at least I reckon. Where'd you get em from? Garage sale?

I haven't gotten anything yet. Hit the local pawn, quite a few Saturn games, but all commons I don't really need. Still, I'll probably head back there on Monday or something, see if there's anything I might even POSSIBLY want before they move the merchandise to the next store.

[hikura]

I came across a sega master system that i could have brought for 16 dollars.No box but all orginial parts.Does work but with no games.I did not know if i should brought it or not.Should i?

[AB Positive]

Nothing yet, but I got this guy's number that has two boxes full of C64 stuff (no monitor tho :( ) that he'd be willing to sell. Wish me luck!

-AG

[evilmess]

I'm excited, I bid on and won a Nintendo Super Famicom

console
1 controller
power adapter
AV cables
and Super Mario World

$42.00 + $16.00 S&H

Considering the price of an SFC power adapter then that alone makes this a good deal IMO.

It should be here this week :D

http://ebay2.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_d99b1dbc5917fab05c14f75acd23c770/i-1.JPG

And a friend of a friend is bringing me Yuu Yuu Hakusho from Japan CIB for $10.00

[hydr0x]

mh evilmess, i think thats pretty expensive for a sfc...

only went to one flea today, just the normal overprices snes crap, the only other thing was a psx with 100!!! bootlegs :o

i'm going to buy something on monday though, a huge lot of game mags to finally complete some of my collections :)

[Shadysmurf]

Surfed 2 Fleamarkers and a Couple of yard sales did'nt see anyhting but a few loose sports game.. then I seen a Very Horriblly Overpriced Gamegear No Ac Adaptor 5 games: 2 sonics Itchy and Scratchy Mickey Mouse, and somehting else for $65.00 LOL LOL .. so then I went to Cash Converters Pawn Shop and picked up Zombies ate my Neighbors and Two Crude Dudes Loose on Genises for $4.99 Total

[Zubiac666]

BMX XXX (gamecube) Euro 15.-
good god....what a crap game
but am I going wrong when I say that it is unique cause it's (i think) the only console-game which contains real(digitized) boobs?
BTW: I mean ,exept pirated and some weird japanese games for PS,PS2,Super Famicom and genesis.

also looking forward for a boxed "Probotector"(in US=Contra) for NES

[Classicgamesdepot]

Nothing too great today, Rarely find as much stuff at the swap meets as I used to but,

boxed chrono trigger 6 bux

Dragon warrior 2 , 2.50

some sweet anime dvds at 6 bux each

that's about it

[Bratwurst]

Flea finds

SNES
Final Fight Guy*

Genesis
Risk, boxed*

NES
Dragon Spirit
Gremlins 2
RC Pro-Am
Narc

2600
Eggomania*
Tomcat simulator*
Cruise Missile*

*for trade

[maxlords]

Hell yes that's good, or at least I reckon. Where'd you get em from? Garage sale?

Yep. :)

[Querjek]

NES Powerpad: $1

[jonjandran]

Game Gear -- Shining Force --- loose --- $5.00
NES ---- Bubble Bobble --- loose --- $5.00
N64 ---- Super Smash Bros ----- loose ----$10.00

And I passed up a mint in the box never used. Adam Colecovision . It had the printer , cords everything , never used . $50.00
I don't have room for it. The box was HUGE !!!!!

[DDCecil]

Gaiares (Genesis)
Secret of Mana (SNES) - FINAL FRICKIN' LY!
Spakster (SNES)
Typing of the Dead w/ Keyboard (DC)
Challenge of the Dragon (NES)
Casino Kid 2 (NES)
Mermaids of Atlantis (NES)

[Querjek]

Gaiares (Genesis)
Secret of Mana (SNES) - FINAL FRICKIN' LY!
Spakster (SNES)
Typing of the Dead w/ Keyboard (DC)
Challenge of the Dragon (NES)
Casino Kid 2 (NES)
Mermaids of Atlantis (NES)
Prices? I had to pay $15 for my Mana in a flea market in Vegas (Right before CGE, actually). I'm curious as to what you got yours for.

[DDCecil]

I traded 4 games that I got for about $5 a piece towards Mana (Paper Mario, Last Blade 2, Heroes of Might and Magic, and Evilzone). I could of sold them all and got more, but I needed Mana NOW!

[Lady Jaye]

@Maxlords: If you can't make your tabletop games work after putting in new C batteries, try to nudge them tight with a piece of paper. i learned the hard way that C batteries are slightly smaller now than they were 20 years ago. For example, I need to do the paper nudge trick for both my tabletop DK Jr. and my Entex Defender, while I don't need to with my Scramble tabletop.

[Chunky]

went to the flea market, lady had a box of about 20 2600/7800 games, nothing worth anything, but a ton of controllers. i said $30 for the box, she shit. no i want $6 for the games. ok then how about the controllers. NO i only sell them when i have ataris to sell with them. i just shrugged and left.

across the street, 100 feet away is a garage sale:

$50 total:

atari 7800, complete, 8 controllers, 52 games.
sega pico, complete, 6 games(things)
nes 10 games
genesis 13 games
virtual boy with tennis.

screw you flea market that smells like piss.

[Vroomfunkel]

It's been really dry around here for ages. Several reasons. First of all, the only game shop in town that stocks anything older than PS1 has been downsizing their retro section. AND some guy who has started working there collects Saturn, so anything vaguely interesting disappears before it even hits the shelf :( I nearly convinced him to buy Metal Slug off me, but he decided he needed the money for his holiday instead. Hmph!

However... I picked up :

Mighty Hits (Saturn PAL) for £5 BIN on ebay (first ebay bargain I've had for quite a while!)

Twinkle Star Sprites in a trade with a Japanese contact. I am loving that game already! Played it for an hour or so with my flatmate this morning when it arrived. He was an instant convert!

There's this charity shop that I drop into now and again, but I don't really go that often because they never have any games. Well I went in this week, and lo and behold, a few Megadrive games on the counter, all complete, all £2 ($3) each. Sadly, only Aladdin, some sports game and Sylvester and Tweety. "Got any more of these?" I asked. "Oh, you should have come in a few days ago" said the old lady, "We had a pile this high!" (indicates head height).

Damn it!! I don't want to think what I might have missed! I might go back for Sylvester and Tweety, but I'm pretty skint and I'm not sure that it's a particularly great game.

Vroomfunkel

[maxlords]

Twinkle Star Sprites in a trade with a Japanese contact. I am loving that game already! Played it for an hour or so with my flatmate this morning when it arrived. He was an instant convert!

Saturn or DC one? I'm hunting the DC version right now..have the Saturn one! :)

[Masco73]

NES System w/ 20 games , power glove and camerica supersonic joystick(wireless controller).

All for $25

[scooterb23]

Flicky for Genesis, loose, $4

Woopty doo...

[Delgrace]

Passed up the markets today.

Nothing for me this weekend, but it's holidays over here in Aus. I'm gonna have a look around on Monday or something.

[Balloon Fight]

I just won 24 *old* Nintendo Power magazines for 10 bucks on ebay.

Tomorrow im heading to the flea market. Hope to find something at least half as good as the Final Fight guy that Bratwurst found.

[Slipdeath]

bubble bobble(nes)- $3.00
fighting vipers(saturn)-$2.00
R-zone x.p.g.(sealed)-$12.00

[InfernalCheese]

Shanghai (SMS)
Hang-On & Astro Warrior (SMS)
Granada (Gen)
Wing Commander Phophecy (PC)
Super Mario/Duck Hunt (NES)
DC Webrowser Disk
Nintendo Zapper

All for a whoping grand total of $5 8-)

[Duncan]

Flicky for Genesis, loose, $4

Woopty doo...

I picked up a complete Flicky (box and instruction sheet) a while back for the usual $10 at my local game store. Fun game.

Meantime, my Sega CD tray-loader unit is on the way from the 'Bay...it was a combo deal (including another Genesis and some controllers, which I'll trade away) for around 50 bucks after shipping. So I grabbed Ecco and Spider-Man vs. Kingpin for $5 a piece (complete) to give me something to test with when it arrives.

And I'll probably be heading to the flea market tomorrow...we've also got some "monster super sale" event thing going on in the area touting new games (PS1, PS2, Xbox, GC) from $6 to $10 each. It's six bucks to get in, but if I can find a couple of deals there, it'll be worth it.

Also, I saw a loose Joe Montana Football for SMS at the game store yesterday -- I'll probably go back and pick that one up now that I've thought about it. Duh... :P

Duncan :D

[Vroomfunkel]

@ Maxlords..

It is the Saturn version of Twinkle Star Sprites. I hear that the DC version is just a straight Neo Geo / Arcade port, whereas the Saturn version has a bunch of little extras - like more characters, and added features on the graphics.

In so far as gameplay is concerned, a friend of mine has a copy of the DC version, and I have played it and I can't see much difference, if any.

Vroomfunkel

[ubersaurus]

Went to game crazy friday and picked up
Genesis Ristar-3 bucks
Game Boy R-Type-5 bucks

and yesterday, before heading into Cedar Point, we stopped into a toys-r-us and I found a brand new copy of game boy color Mr. Driller for 15 bucks :-D

[Slipdeath]

more finds-
doom and virtua fighter(complete 32x) $8
Complete Genesis 3 w/ complete light crusader, and another light crusader loose- $10

[kainemaxwell]

Dexdrive- $5
Defender II for NES- $2.99

[AWinnerIsYou]

Just a loose F-15 City War for NES with a bad label that i'm gonna sacrifice to use its shell for my Stakk'm proto :D

[RetroYoungen]

I had some GOOD finds yesterday. Nothing extremely rare or special, but some fun stuff.

Playstation:
Spyro
Spyro 2
Spyro 3
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider 2
Tony Hawk 2
102 Dalmations
San Francisco RUSH
Monopoly
Monsters Inc.
Rugrats

Genesis:
Earthworm Jim
Mario Lemieux Hockey
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
MMPR: The Movie
Sonic 3
Sonic Classics
Quackshot (an R5!)
Sports Talk Baseball
Road Rash II
Bill Walsh College Football
NBA Live 96
Justice League Task Force (double)

A used Playstation with two controllers and two memory cards and a Genesis 2 with two controllers and all hook-ups for both. Guess how much it all cost:

NOTHING.

I helped my sister, my brother-in-law and my nephew move and they wanted to get rid of all their older games, and they know how I love them so. So they just gave it all to me. 21 new games, 1 double, and doubles of 2 systems and an RF hook-up for my PS-X. How happy I be... :D

[Duncan]

Told you I'd go to the flea market, and I did. The established video game booth had all kinds of stuff, including a Saturn bundle (with Daytona USA) for $20 or a loose Game Gear (no game) for $15.

Thinking this was mildly on the high side, I decided to think about it and kept looking. Not too much later, I come upon a table with all kinds of random electronic matter. I pick through it and come upon a box with some Genesis games, mostly sports stuff -- and an Atari Lynx, the later style with the "Flip" button.

Grabbing that and a copy of Mortal Kombat 3 (the only good game in the pile), I inquired about the price for both items.

"Three dollars," I was told. And three dollars is what I paid. :D

Then I realized that the thing still had a copy of California Games stuck in it... :)

Next, I headed over to my usual video game store. Though he didn't have any Lynx games, he did have the original car adapter for $4.95. Along with that, I picked up a copy of Joe Montana Football (loose) for $2.95.

A very good day, I think.

Duncan :D

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Did I find amazing things at OKGE? Sure, but I just didn't buy any! My BIG lucky find for this week was one day after OKGE.

15" TFT flatscreen monitor with NTSC S-Video, RCA-connector baseband, coax and VGA video inputs.
http://home.ipa.net/~egreen/new-scrn.jpg
$150 + a full tank of gas and a 7 hour round trip (would've been 4 if not for the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department's desire to line every freaking inch of highway with orange barrels).

It makes games look real purdy. And Sam Jackson too.

[Keir]

Yesterday was my first time flea shopping in about 2 months and I lucked out. :D

Complete (and mostly mint) SNES games for $5 each:
Breath of Fire
Breath of Fire II
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Lord of the Rings
Lufia
Secret of Mana
Ultima: The Black Gate
Ultima: The False Prophet

I actually left some good ones behind because I didn't feel like spending any more money, but then I went to another booth and got a big Genesis/32X lot for $25. :roll:

I also passed on this neat looking 12" Mario beverage cooler thing because they wanted $10 for it.

[Keir]

I also got Loom for Amiga for $0.25 at a Salvation Army. :)