That weekly weekend find thread (for 27-29 sept)

[Charlesaway]

Stopped into the Salvation army on the way back from work today. Almost didn't see them, but they had 3 genesis games tucked in behind the VHS tapes. All were 99 cents CDN.

I passed on NHLPA '93, but I did pick up:

Roger Clemens MVP Baseball; and
The Death and Return of Superman.

Both boxed. :) I'm really pleased with the superman one!

[Raccoon Lad]

I don't think I'll go hunting this weekend, but since I didn't post last week, here's what I got:
Fantasy Zone, GameGear
Genesis Arcade Power Stick (I'm re-wiring the Arcade power stick to be 100% Master System AND genesis compatible)

[Raedon]

I picked up Banjo-Tooie finally today.. cart only $8.00
omm.. I got Camerica/codeblasters NES Bignose finally resterday for 2.99 Software Etc.
more to come I'm sure

[ashbourn]

I saw a PICO boxed with 2 game for $30 what do u think should I go back and get it

[omnedon]

Got a working ColecoVision (needs switch repair - easy), one controller for it. Two original Atari 2600 joysticks, one Quickshot wizard NES pad, one Turbo Expansion for a ColecoVision, and a good condition SNES Nintendo brand strategy guide, all in a box, for $10CDN.
:D

Also got Capcom's Section Z for the NES, in a stackable NES cart rack for $3.00CDN total.

I am the king of Cheap!! 8)

[thekeepr]

Went to a local pawn and found these games for $5 each.....

Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Secret of Mana (SNES)
Syphon Filter 2 (PS)
Vampire Hunter (PS)
Metal of Honor Underground (PS)
Dino Crisis 2 (PS)

Got some good stuff I think....The Keeper :P

[WiseSalesman]

"Vampire Hunter"? What's that?

[Dobie]

Some stuff I picked up on the way home from work today:

NES ($3 each)

Dynowarz (man this game sucks!)
Image Fight
Rad Racer II
Immortal
Shadowgate

Atari 2600 ($1 each)

Brain Games w/ manual (too bad I don't have the keyboard controllers)
Atlantis

Some fun stuff in there!

[congobongo]

Got a working ColecoVision (needs switch repair - easy), one controller for it. Two original Atari 2600 joysticks, one Quickshot wizard NES pad, one Turbo Expansion for a ColecoVision, and a good condition SNES Nintendo brand strategy guide, all in a box, for $10CDN.

Damn Omnedon what city do you live in. There ain't none o that sheet to be found in Toronto.

[Goodwill Hunter]

Got a bunch of SNES boxes (complete with manuals and inner boxes) for free at my local Funco...highlights include Super Mario RPG, Super mario Kart, Super Bomberman 2 and Super Bomberman in the large Party Pack/Multi-Tap Box (Bought the Hudson Soft multi-tap for $5 right after I got the boxes).

Complete Genesis Mutant League Football for .99

Shrinked SWARM! for the VIC-20 for .99 (for trade, anyone?)

16 boxed complete INTV games in 2 taped together bricks of 8 each, marked $4 each (half price day today, so $4 for all, .25 each!) Highlights include: Truckin', Safecracker, Nova Blast, Tropical Trouble, The Dreadnaught Factor, Beauty & The Beast and Utopia among others. Other than a few tape marks, they're all in great shape.

And the topper, an Atari Video Pinball console, loose, for $2.50 (Marked $5, at the same thrift as the INTV games, same half-price day).

I may not bother to go rummaging tomorrw!
Rich

[Charlesaway]

Just picked up Zelda 2 and Bionic Commando for NES for .99 each.

[Kid Ice]

Finally, the kid has something to report. I haven't been on a hunt in a while, I've mostly been getting stuff over ebay. Today I found:

ROB ($5)
I have one of these already which I thought was complete, but this one came with a different piece; it's a little box that looks like a spinner for the gyro. Weird.

Big box 0' Intellivision stuff ($25)
A bunch of boxed Intellivision games, I'm delaying the pleasure of going through them until later. Probably 40 games, a system (INTV2), and a boxed voice synthesis thingamabob.

I saw a lot of Atari stuff today too, but it was all common. I saw 4 or 5 systems though, that's pretty unusual.

the kid

[DDCecil]

Just picked up:

Bomberman Generations - GC - 19.99
E-Card Reader - 35.00

[Charlesaway]

On my last trip out today, I picked up my first 3D0 game, Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge, for 2 bucks.

Good price on the e-card reader. They seem to be retailing for about 10 CDN more than that here (around the 65 to 70 CDN mark)

[maxlords]

Wow...I actually found something this weekend. Hit a yard sale and foound a whole bag of Commodore VIC 20 carts, including two boxed complete ones, a Datacasette player for the Vic 20, and several joysticks (one in the box!). Also got an unidentified datacasette.

The casettes I got:

Jupiter Lander
Gorf
Radar Ratrace
Sargon II Chess
Clowns
Vic Avenger (boxed complete)
Pinball Spectacular (boxed complete)

And I got one other cart that I can't find ANY info anywhere about. It's a double-ender two video game cartridge for the Vic 20 with Tomarc the Barbarian on one side and Motocross Racer on the other side. It's made by Xonox, the same guys who made the double ender Atari 2600 carts, but I can't find anything about the Vic 20 cart. Anyone know anything about this one, like what it's worth, etc? Is it rare? I've got pics of all the stuff, and it's all for trade/sale if anyone wants to make me an offer! Let me know at maxlords@hotmail.com

[ARCZero]

Last weekend my only real find was an Atari 2600 in box, 4 switcher, good condition for $6.50

This weekend has turned out better so far:
1. A bunch of loose NES games for $2-$3 each - highlight Final Fantasy. Many of the carts are unlicensed ones in weird casing. :)
2. Tetris (Nintendo Version) NES and Nigel Mansell's racing game NES boxed - $3 each
3. An Atari branded calculator new in box for $7 at the Goodwill

[ashbourn]

No good finds after being out all day but i taked to a guy that said he had a load of old vid game and all i had to do was go pick them up he happy

[Tick]

At the flea market today I found:

Defender II
Mappyland
Q-Bert
Destiny of an Emperor
and Space Shuttle Project

All for the NES and all $3 each. Not that great of a deal and none of them are really rare, but if every find was awesome, the thrill of finding good deals would wear off quick. Also, I talked a guy into selling me a lot of about 10 or so NES dust sleeves for $1. Oh yeah, and then there was the guy who was selling 2600 commons for $4 each. I told him I'd buy several if he would sell them for $1 each (still not that great of a deal) and he said no. What an idiot! $4 for E.T.!!!! :lol:

[mattpfeil]

Well, no real treasure today or anything, but at walmart i picked up a 100bucks worth of games

SNK vs Capcom Pro $30 CDN
Tonka Space Station $10 CDN
Worms Wolrd party $15 CDN
Breakout $10 CDN
and that Bnjo Kazooie boxset dealy $40CDn

anyways, not a bad assortment of games for a hunsky

Next Week- Mega Man X6/ Spyro Boxset

Might as well buy this crap while i still can

[mattpfeil]

in that last one, i meant Crash Bandicoot..i dont know why i said banjo..anyways

[Dobie]

Oh yeah, and then there was the guy who was selling 2600 commons for $4 each. I told him I'd buy several if he would sell them for $1 each (still not that great of a deal) and he said no. What an idiot! $4 for E.T.!!!! :lol:

I know what you mean. There was a lady in my neighborhood this weekend selling some old NES games for $60 for the lot (about 10 games). I was interested in a couple, but she wouldn't sell them--she only wanted to sell the lot as a whole. There was nothing in there really worth it, Duck Tales was probably the rarest game in there. But she pointed to that very same Duck Tales and told me "this game alone is worth the lot--I bought it for $59."

$59!?? Yeah. 15 years ago!!! GRRRRR. :x Needless to say, those games are still there.

[omnedon]

Needless to say, those games are still there.


You know what I do when that happens? I had business cards made on my computer, essentially saying "Old School Gamer" repairs, purchasing etc. Then I tell them, that if they don't sell it at their garage sale or whatever, to give me a call, and we'll talk price.

Has it worked? Not yet. I've only been at it a month. I think some of these people who want big $$$ for crap, have got their ego's tied into it too.

Got a huge box of busted parts and RF switches, and a busted PSX today..all free..Treasure to me and my soldering iron!

[scooterb23]

Not much today, but I'm very happy!!

All for 2600
Slots
Front Line
Star Trek
Artillery Duel / ChuckNorris Super Kicks double ender

total $10

and a small Coleco catalog that has promos, but no mock ups screens for Cosmic Avenger, Lady Bug, a bunch of games that were released and Turbo for the 2600...thought it was cool, and for 25 cents, the price was right.

[briskbc]

I picked up something really cool. It's a Pac Man light switch cover plate. It's from 1980 and has copyright info on the back. Only cost $3.50 :D

[NvrMore]

Not much for me in terms of adding to my collection but I picked up a few things.

Wonder Boy in Monster Land (complete) 50p

and I wasn't sure about this lot..

2 * NES consoles with all hookups
4 * NES Controllers
1 * NES Gun

Games (cart only):

Gauntlet II
Metal Gear
Super Spike V'Ball
Rescue: The Embassy Mission
Mega Man 2
Wrath of the Black Manta
Burai Fighters
2 * Dr Mario
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. / Duckhunt
Super Mario Bros. 3
Castlevania
Double Dragon III
Turbo Racing
Probotector
Gremlins 2
Crackout
The Flintstones: The rescue of Dino and Hoppy
Shadow Warriors (Complete with box and book)
Isolated Warrior (Complete with box and book)

..but all together it only cost £5 for the lot, which isn't bad.. I should be able to make my money back after I've had a look at the games.

[Charlesaway]

NvrMore:

I think thats an awesome deal. I would have paid close to that for Gauntlet 2, Metal Gear and Mega Man. Plus now you have trade bait :)

Made a trip to the Stitsville flea market, the largest indoor/outdoor flea market in Canda (or so they say) I stupidly passed by the 2 rarer Ultima games, and when I changed my mind, they were gone. They wanted $7 each and wouldnt budge. Oh well.

But I did pick up:

Paperboy, Pipe Dream, Adventure Island 2, and Star Voyager for $15 CDN. Thats about $10 US.

[stonecutter]

I got

Packy & Marlon SNES $7.00 Cdn
Contra NES
Super Sprint NES
9 Atari 2600 games for $20.00 Cdn
and..... a Nintendo Virtual Boy store demo unit with a cool base and stand for free. In it was WarioLand ( the label also said "not for resale", and something to the effect of " Retail Demo " . Very cool

[sir_lavey]

For master sytem:
Golvellius
Cyborg Hunter
Dynamite Dux
Agassi Tennis
Dick Tracy
Ghouls'n ghost
$15.00 the lot

For Megadrive:
Road Rash 2
Super Turrican
A soccer game
Micro Machine 2
$5.00 the lot

And that's all for this week !

Sylvain

[autobotracing]

got some stuff free over the weekend



3 genny system only

1 nes box only

1 n64 original box {not system}

1 master system sysem only

intelivison 2 system

c64 tape deck in box

vic 20 paddle controllers in the box


stuff i paid for

nes system only $2


im ready for this weekend im going to bring home a huge lot of stuff

[Masco73]

I got 12 snes & 2 n64 games for $10

I also picked up for the gameboy

original tetris w 4 extra cases for $1
gold pokemon $1
tamagotchi $1
gb adv. golden sun $5
somethingaccesorry called the brain boy $1

Anyone know what the brain boy thing is.

[buttasuperb]

didnt get anything this weekend, but im probably gonna pick up unreal tournament 2003 either today or tomorrow.

[dodsworth]

The week end I picked up
10 vic 20 carts
Threshold
Jawbreaker
star trek
garden wars
robot panic
star battle
spill n fills
in the chips
money wars
cosmic jail break

side pocket for the famicom

snes system with
joe and mac
tennis
batman
mario world

pokemon staduim 2 for the n64
all for 25 Cdn

[bigdaddychester]

For $15, I picked up a sega game gear w/ mortal kombat 2, sonic 2, and streets of rage 2.
After I paid the woman, she asked if she could have a ride to a certain part of town which is notorious for drugs and other "illicit" activities. I told her I was going the other way and then I got outta there quick :shock: :shock: