What Are Your THREE Greatest Finds in the Wild?

[orrimarrko]

OK - eBay does NOT count, as it's technically not "the wild".

I'm talking game stores, thrift stores, garage sales, friends, whatever else...

Here's mine (although they have all been sold - sniff, sniff):

1. NES console test cartridge (perfect label) $3.00

2. MINT, complete Q*Bert's Qubes for 2600 (so choice) $2.99

3. StarFox Super Weekend Competition cart for SNES (really good condition) $9.99

Try to limit them to three, unless you just have a couple of more amazing finds that warrant a story.

Carry on...

Steve

[Querjek]

Well, mine aren't that great, but they're still pretty good.

1. Turbografx 16 with Turbografx CD, case, 4 complete CD games, 12 complete card games, and 1 card-only game----$40

2. FFVI and FFIV (American releases, cart only)----$2.99 apiece

3. Don't have a 3rd that is non-eBay. But if I could... well, let's just say "CD-i with 35 games, 2 of which were in-store demo copies, for only $25".

[Achika]

1. complete Mickey Mouse Game & Watch (the juggling circus one) $15

2. Super Cross Force (coleco) $2

3. Many of the Fox Atari 2600 games including Porky's, Crypts of Chaos, Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes given to me by a friend a few years ago.

[Sega Hitman]

1.) Loose Tooth Protectors--$10

2.) Vectrex w/ 5 or 6 games (as well as 10 very common 2600 games)--$15

3.) Box of old PC games which included Maniac Mansion (sold for $71 on ebay), and 5 Ultima games (sold for between $25-$50)---$15

And since half the state of Michigan visits the DP board, I just thought I'd mention that #1 and #3 there were found at everybody's favorite trash pit, Dixieland Flea Market. Just thought I'd rub it in, since I haven't heard positive things about Dixieland from other members here.

-Hitman-

[omnedon]

Supergrafx with games

Boxed Jag with controllers and games

Saturn with Virtua Cop 2 and 2 third party guns

[hydr0x]

- Mega Drive Six Pack PAL which was only available in germany as pack-in in a very limited amount for 3.00 (lose as there is no boxed version)

- Anticipation NES PAL mint for 0.67 (the pal version usually goes for 40+ bucks)

- a whole bunch of Dreamcast games for 5.00 each, Saturn/32X for 1.00 each incl. Shenmue 2 and a lot other rares all in perfect shape

not the best finds but it's very very hard to find ANYTHING in the wild in germany :(

[sniperCCJVQ]

- A2600 Mr Do Castle (in a A2600 - Vic20 kit for 20$).

- WWF Superstars upright (clean and almost complete) $150 CND.

- NES Tester Controller (From the World Class Service Center Setup, for FREE)

Might not count but a A2600 kit with 56 games (all commun) ~ $9.

[Ze_ro]

Perhaps not all that impressive, but:

1) Jaguar Catbox, bought brand new for $60 (CDN) or so when it came out. I still have the "box" it came in and manuals and all... although I seem to have lost the terminator that came with it.

2) Vectrex with Hyperchase, $40 (What was more impressive was the fact that I got it from a booth in a flea market that notoriously overprices everything... Genesis sports games for $25 and all). Aside from a missing rubber foot, a rather abused controller, and the standard buzzing, it's in very good condition.

3) SNES Chrono Trigger, $10 from a local pawn shop

--Zero

[DDCecil]

Snatcher, Lunar2: EB, Lucienne's Quest, Dragon Force, and Albert Odyssey (Jan. 31, 2005) - $4 each

Channel F System w/ Blackjack (2002) - 2.50

4 Lufia 2s (back in 1998) and 2 Valkyrie Profiles (back in late 2003- $20 each

[Goodwill Hunter]

2600 Tooth Protectors....79 cents loose and like-new at Goodwill

APF-M1000 console and Imagination Machine, complete with all cables, power supplies, U-connector and Basic cart....$9.99 in a big bag, also at Goodwill.

Sears 2600 in-store demo unit....$95.00 from a guy at a flea who had kept it in his basement for 20 years for his kids to play with, no other game stuff in his stall.

Rich

[Goodwill Hunter]

damn double post...please delete.

[leorange]

off the top of my head...

-a box filled with 17 caltron 6 in 1s: 15 shrinkwrapped, 1 complete, 1 loose. $30 at a thrift.

-atari stunt cycle: $2 at a goodwill surplus shed. traded away when i found a tele-games stunt cycle for $5 at a flea.

-sonic adventure: limited edition. $10 at an independent cd/dvd/game store.

kinda OT honorable mention: fisher price pxl-2000 camera-$20 at a flea.

[eolsen]

-Atari Video Cube loose $1
-Realm(SNES) R7 free from friend
-Dragon Warrior(NES) complete and in excelent condition 2.99

[Drexel923]

-2 copies of SNES Exertainment MountainBike Rally loose - $10

-Genesis Lethal Enforcers complete with a complete 2nd player pink gun - $15

-Genesis Splatterhouse 2 loose - $5

[Retsudo]

Dont know if this is considered in the wild but....

Got a mint Sega Cd in the box with Genny and 8 games(including Snatcher)for $10.00 from a customer at EB :D

Got a Mint complete copy of Metal Slug 1 us version for the NeoGeo(for free I might add) from a friend who was closing his video store and moving back to his country :D

Bought a copy of Streetfighter collection 2 sealed from a friend for $12.00

[TheRedEye]

a box filled with 17 caltron 6 in 1s: 15 shrinkwrapped, 1 complete, 1 loose. $30 at a thrift.

Hey, you're the guy I bought mine from! I bought a shrinked and the loose one from you. Ended up selling the loose at a CGE, matter of fact.

[Achika]

And since half the state of Michigan visits the DP board, I just thought I'd mention that #1 and #3 there were found at everybody's favorite trash pit, Dixieland Flea Market. Just thought I'd rub it in, since I haven't heard positive things about Dixieland from other members here.

-Hitman-

:D That's where I found the complete Mickey Mouse Game & Watch. How do you like them apples? :P ;)

[norkusa]

#3: Found a totally mint Atari "heavy sixer" at a garage sale for $7. Ended up selling it on ebay for $685

#2: A new and unused Virtual Boy store demo display+Red Alarm demo cart for $75 off a .forsale newsgroup post. Yeah, I got it off the net but I did some hardcore searching for it, so it felt like a find in the wild.

#1: Peek-A-Boo Poker & Hot Slots (both complete) from a local video store for $5 each

[Flack]

Atari 2600, complete: $1.48, Goodwill.

Amiga 500, hundreds of disks: $20, local.

Shinobi Arcade Cabinet: $100, Auction.

[intro9]

Well I can name my top two and give my tie for 3rd.

1st: Atari 5200 Keystone Kaper Prototype (confirmed now, Yay!)

2nd: NES Tester Controller (World Class Service Center Setup)

3rd: about 6 Top Loaders for no more than $15 a peice, several for $5 a peice.

That's in the last 6 months, so that's decent!

Frank

[hydr0x]

Got a Mint complete copy of Metal Slug 1 us version for the NeoGeo(for free I might add) from a friend who was closing his video store and moving back to his country :D

HOLY CRAP!!! I'd kill for a "deal" like that...

[Ze_ro]

Got a Mint complete copy of Metal Slug 1 us version for the NeoGeo(for free I might add) from a friend who was closing his video store and moving back to his country :D

You win.

--Zero

[AB Positive]

lesse...

1) Virtua Boy w/ 4 games, FF II, FF III (both SNES were loose) - $50

2) An atari/coleco bundle w/ 2 R7 games and many others - $50 (sold remainder on eBay in two bundles, one for $95, one for $110)

3) will probably be on tuesday, details to come :D

-AG

[Darth Vader]

1. Motorodeo NTSC w/manual - $3
2. Atari 2600 setup w/50 games (all boxed, including system and mint) - $50
3. My contact who supplied me with 95% of my SNES, NES and Genesis games I own. :D

Danny

[portnoyd]

off the top of my head...

-a box filled with 17 caltron 6 in 1s: 15 shrinkwrapped, 1 complete, 1 loose. $30 at a thrift.

ORANGEST! I, too, got my sealed Caltron from you. I actually think you supplied a majority of the Caltron out in circulation, if not all the sealed ones... hehe.

My top 5:

- Sealed 2600 Glib for $2 at a thrift

- loose Game Action Replay for $5

- and the big load of about 100 sealed games + from my local Funco. 4 sealed original Zelda 2s, one sealed Skate or Die, about 30-50 sealed contras, 20 sealed QBerts, 5 sealed Friday the 13ths, 5 sealed Athletic Worlds, 10 Xeviouses, 20 Magmaxes, and 20 Gyrusses. Cost me $700, but quite the amount of theoritcal pants shitting when I walked into the store that day.

http://www.schwillz.com/sealedlove.jpg

dave

[Retsudo]

Got a Mint complete copy of Metal Slug 1 us version for the NeoGeo(for free I might add) from a friend who was closing his video store and moving back to his country :D

HOLY CRAP!!! I'd kill for a "deal" like that...

Yeah I know. I didnt know the vaule of it when I got it. He just gave it to me with about 60 or so nes games. Sold the nes games though. And the funny thing is, It was never rented out from the store because nobody had a NeoGeo. Also, I never played it. And I dont plan to sell it any time soon. 8-)

[Classicgamesdepot]

(1) Ran into a Genesis collection (all games mint complete) bout 120 games including all the Phantasy Stars, Shining 1+2, toejam, Uncharted Waters New horizons, you name it, plus guides for all the major rpgs (including the pricey ps4 guide) etc.

paid about 110 for all

(2) A factory sealed box of 6 new Genesis warsongs

(30$)

(3) Just lately actually, ran into a collection of TG16 games (about 32) bout 10 good sega cd games (Ram cart, Final fight CD, etc.) Some good 3do games, etc. (handpicked 100+ games out of a collection at 2.50 a piece plus I got free mint complete 3do, Sega CD, and turbo grafx units

My hope for #4 is a prototype in the wild,,,hope that actually happens some day

[Classicgamesdepot]

Oh and dave.. I've never been so jealous in my life... what a hell of a find..congrats

[Mr-E_MaN]

My greatest finds, in no paticular order:

70 boxed/complete NES games: $45
Complete Action 52 NES: $3
Complete Earthbound (SNES): $7

[goatdan]

Were those NES games recent? A few local GameStops got in a bunch of new/sealed NES and Geni games within the last two years that I was floored by. Not nearly that much, but I picked up some nice stuff there...

My top three wild finds would be:

- Ms. Pac-Man upright w/ socketed EEPROM - Free
- Star Fox Competition Cart - $5.00, mint
- Bad Dudes upright (supposedly "non-working" apparently needed to be "plugged in") - $5.00

My top eBay find was:

- SNES Dev system, Geni Dev system, two more Geni's (regular), Saturn, PSX and SNES along with a bunch of controllers and Chrono Trigger for the SNES, mint... $50.00 shipped

8-)

I love the thrill of the hunt!

[hu6800]

OK - eBay does NOT count, as it's technically not "the wild".

I'm talking game stores, thrift stores, garage sales, friends, whatever else...

Here's mine (although they have all been sold - sniff, sniff):

1. NES console test cartridge (perfect label) $3.00

2. MINT, complete Q*Bert's Qubes for 2600 (so choice) $2.99

3. StarFox Super Weekend Competition cart for SNES (really good condition) $9.99

Try to limit them to three, unless you just have a couple of more amazing finds that warrant a story.

Carry on...

Steve



HAHAHAH

I traded a japanese exchange student a stock first gen playstation and 5 games for a PCEngine LT with carts !


Stephen.

[Kroogah]

3 Atari 2600 systems + 74 cartridges = $10 at a garage sale

Genesis Gaiares complete = $2.50 at local game store

TG16 Splatterhouse, Space Harrier, Ninja Spirit, Bonk's Revenge = $5 each at flea market

[dreamcaster]

Hmm, I don't think I have many really great finds (compared to others here):

1. Sega Saturn (boxed, instructions, all packaging, warranty cards, styrofoam wrapping) - $26 AUD, which is about $20 US at the moment.

2. Sega Mega Drive II/Mega CD II combo - boxed, complete (included pack-in game, Road Avenger, $50 AUD or about $40 US at the moment.

3. Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) - new, $24.95 AUD (or about $20 US).

Plus there are all my free finds:

1. Sega Game Gear with 4 games.

2. Atari 2600 Jr. with 7 games.

3. Sega Master System II with 5 games.

4. Tech Romancer and Sonic Adventure 2 for Dreamcast.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Bath Bubble Babes..(sealed,but I opened it)$10-20 I forget

Virtual Boy Display Unit ($70.00 Flea Market)

PS display unit..(Gamestore Garbage)

2 Sealed Stack Ups..($20.00 each)


http://www.imagemagician.org/images/cokegirl/AESxFleaxsmall.jpg

This for $100.00 (flea market)

That's just some of it..

[briskbc]

In no particular order.

- Atari 2600 and 40 games for $10
- Sega CD Snatcher mint complete for $7
- Colecovision and 10 games $4

[maxlords]

1. 60 arcade machines, jukeboxes, and pinball machies (plus 50+ boxes of parts, arts, and PCBs) $550.00

2. Sega Nomad (working, loose) $3.00

3. Snatcher (mint complete Sega CD) FREE

I have more I'm sure, but those are the best I can think of at 3am!

[leorange]

it's pretty funny thinking that i could have somehow affected the caltron rarity curve all by myself. nice to know so many ended up in the right hands... ;)

i also found a shrinkwrapped and a loose caltron, seperate from that big find, at the same flea market years apart. the shrinkwrapped one was one of the first nes games i bought once i started collecting for nes. that one set me back a whole $5. i only wish i had panesian magnetism like that...

all you people out there with myriads, you're welcome. LOL i've yet to come close to seeing one of those...

oh, and all i have left is one complete copy in my own collection. the big find happened years and years ago and have all since been sold/traded away...

[Zubiac666]

1.) Ryuuko No Ken 2/Art of fighting 2(complete) for SFC
I just remember I paid (convertet into Schillings*) bout 10 schillings.
I've found it once I was in Bangkock(sp?). I haven't seen a copy(on ebay etc) since. :D x 5000

*former austrian currency

2.) Dezeamnon 3D (complete;mint) for N64
A few weeks ago I typed "dezeamon " in ebay.de-search and bingo there it was. I paid 35 euros but it' worth it cause it's very hard to find nowadays.

3.) Tee-V golf thingy (new) for SNES
5 euros shipped. I get it in a few days.I think that's some kind of controller for PGA golf game.anyways....I never saw one before.

[Speedy]

Some people here had real nice finds @_@ , to bad here in holland we are mostly not that lucky. My finds in the wild in 15 months collecting;

1) Sega Saturn with 17 games and Sega lightgun + Lunar II Eternal Blue for the SegaCD + Commodore C128, all this for free. Counterpart of the deal was that i had to transport this all by myself by train (The package's where large and the C128 psu's where heavy!!)
2) Playstation display with light (dunno how you guys name it, see link :) -> *click* (http://members.home.nl/terpelle/pics/DCP_3347%20(Small).JPG) ) Got that one for free to from a gameshop, real cool. Also transported this 1.20 meter item by train (i must be crazy :P )
3) Super Metroid in the large box with strategy guide for 20 euro's near mint state, maybe not such an impressive item but i like the game and the big box looks very cool.

[Red Warrior]

I haven't gotten a whole lot in the wild other than NES, SNES, and Genesis games, so I'm afraid I don't have 3 good finds. But I do have two... I dunno if one of them counts tho.

#1) Tetris by Tengen cart at Gamestop for $5. Not incredible I know, but it was kinda cool to find.

#2) Brand new never opened Top Loading NES for $40. This would be a little cooler if it wasn't for the fact that I bought it at KB Toys 10 years ago. Heh... I guess I was one of those few people who actually bought the thing when it was released.

[Vroomfunkel]

Hmm .... my "in the wild" finds are not especially impressive. I got Night Trap and Corpse Killer for the PAL CD 32X for £3 each in Gamestation, worth £50 and £25 respectively. I nearly choked when I saw them, because I couldn't believe they didn't know how much they were worth!

Picked up mint complete Illusion of Time and Legend of Mana for £2 each in a charity shop.

After that I don't really know what my next best is, cause there's not much else that's much good. Just a mass of 'fairly good' deals, but nothing astounding.

Vroomfunkel

[TRM]

#1 ) I found a loose copy of Tooth Protectors for the 2600 in a lot of 12 Atari games that I bought from a friend for $10. Not too bad. I later traded this to a member of this board, since I don't collect Atari.

#2 ) A loose copy of Tengen Tetris for $7 at Babbages. Not too impressive, though I was a bit surprised when I saw it lying in the bin.

#3 ) Complete copies of Mermaids of Atlantis, Krazy Kreatures, and Venice Beach Volleyball for around $15 at Babbages. Once again, not too impressive, but very nice indeed.

[Sanriostar]

2 Sw'ed Gameline Modems: $20 each
loose Boing! $1
loose CV Q*Bert's Qubes $5

[orrimarrko]

These are some great (and enviable) responses!

I love hearing about what others find out there - it gives me hope (and the opportunity to live vicariously through some of you) [scary!]

Still, VideoGameDaryll and Portnoyd - you both never cease to amaze me with your luck. I've spoken with both of you several times, and the finds continue to impress!

[Kejoriv]

1) I bought 2 atari 2600 systems, colecovision, and intellevision and a little over 100 games for $50 at a flea market

2) I bought a nes toploader for $10 at a yard sale

3) 34 Nes games. Many uncommons for $20 at a yard sale

I couldnt believe all of those finds. I havent had a good find in a while though :(

[Duncan]

1) Just last week: loose Crash 'n the Boys Street Challenge for NES (an R5!) for $4. Very good game, by the way, if you haven't played it.

2) Quite some time ago: John Madden '92 Championship Edition (the limited rental-only edition), thrown in free with a couple other Genesis games because it counts as an "old sports game". I sold it a while back, though...sorry.

3) Last summer: Working Lynx 2 in decent shape, with California Games, for $3 at the flea market. (And that price includes a loose Genesis copy of Mortal Kombat 3 as well!)

And I'm still waiting on a friend at work to give me a figure on her husband's 2600 with (she says) around 30 games. If it's reasonable (say, under or around $100) I'll probably jump.

[Duncan]

2) Playstation display with light (dunno how you guys name it, see link :) -> *click* (http://members.home.nl/terpelle/pics/DCP_3347%20(Small).JPG) ) Got that one for free to from a gameshop, real cool. Also transported this 1.20 meter item by train (i must be crazy :P )

I used to know a guy who had one of those. Very cool. I personally would call it a "light-box" display, since that's what it sorta looks like.

And yes, you are crazy. But aren't we all? :roll:

[Achika]

Ack! Reading all these responses reminded me of the other things I have in my room that I didn't list (at school you see)

1. Mickey Mouse G&W complete (circus juggling one) $15
2. Playstation Neon sign (free)
3. Game Boy Advanced and Game Boy E Reader counter top displays (free)

[Oobgarm]

1. My awesome storage shelves (http://www.dustincarter.com/roomdoom/all.jpg) - $25

2. Lunar, Lunar II and Vay for Sega CD - $10 (Later sold for $100)

3. Radiant Silvergun(mint), Dragon Force, and X-men/Street Fighter for Saturn - $75

[NintendoMan]

I have found some AWESOME finds on ebay really cheap BIN, I mean sometimes if the seller would have listed it right could have made about $200-400 more, but since this is only for the wild I am saying:
Brand new sealed SNES super mario RPG - $5

Dreamcast Demo setup stand at a local Babbage's - $25

New + Sealed Original Rob w/new SMB 1-2
The whole lot cost me $35

[nesman85]

i never seem to have any luck in the wild. i've only got one noteworthy find that comes to mind, but its for a bunch of games. i found out that a friend of mine was the son of a famous video game journalist, of course i asked about prototypes because i was really into collecting them at the time. after a couple of months he dug out some boxes of games and told me that he had 2 nes protos. i finally talked him into selling them to me after many months. i go over to his house to pick up the protos and he tells me "they're somewhere in that box" and it's a huge box of production nes games but i wasn't at all interested in them because i was so excited about the protos. i start digging through it and about 10 minutes later i've got 16 nes prototypes in a pile next to me. i can't remember the last time i was this excited as i kept pulling them out of the box. then he goes and gets some more boxes of snes, genesis, and gameboy games. i dug through those boxes and found a few protos for each of those systems. i left with every proto that i found there. it costed me a lot, but i got to meet this video game journalist and i thought that was almost as cool as the find itself. :)

[YoshiM]

Hmmm....about the best finds I had found:

1. Bubble Bath Babes, Hot Slots, and Peek a Boo Poker all complete: $15 total (video store-3 for $15)
2. Myriad 5 in 1 (or was it 6 in 1) and Action 52 with some other cart with boxes: $15 total (video store 3 for $15)
3. Tengen Tetris cart only: $3 (Goodwill)

[Reverend JagDiesel]

I feel so inadequate reading some of those posts! But here's my top 3 in no particular order:
1. Swordquest Waterworld & Tank Command $.49 each (new Goodwill store grand opening)
2. Game Gear w/ TV tuner $5 (yard sale)
3. a large box of Intv games, all boxed w/ instructions & overlays.. and a boxed Intv music keyboard for: free (did some cleanup/moving work at a game shop)

[atariboy]

1. Swordquest: WaterWorld At flea market for $2 (Mint Condition) :P

2. NES Top loader for $5. Didn't work so sent it in to nintendo with $10 and they fixed it. (Savers Thrift Store)

3. Shenmue 2 for dreamcast (European Release) for $5. (Salvation Army)

I thought those were pretty good finds.

[Ruffie]

1. RCA Studio II w/3 near mint cartriges (game, box, instructions, even one catalog) - $5

2. A second Vectrex hidden under a table at a flea market with some old TVs - $45

3. 4 Fairchild Channel F games in a bin of 8-trak tapes (they are roughly the same size and shape) - $8

There are more, of course, but these 3 stand out.

Ruffie

[TonK]

Nightmare in the Dark AES Conversion - $80

Chrono Trigger Complete - $.10, yes .10

Sonic Adventure LE - FREE

[Balloon Fight]

Well since ive really only started to actually collect games in the past year, i only have a few:

Dragon Warrior 3- $2
Various NES rares including many Color Dreams carts, AVE carts, and Race America- $2 apiece

Tie- SMS with hookups, gun, Double Dragon, and Hang-on/Safari Hunt- $1 / Telegames Atari VSC- $3

[ApolloBoy]

1. Atari Lynx I with 3 games. 2 Atari 810 disk drives, an Atari 410 tape drive, an Atari 1030 modem, an Atari light pen, and various Atari 8-bit computer carts (for FREE!)
2. Golden Axe Warrior for $4 (complete, mint condition)
3. Atari 2600 Jr with 22 games for $5

[hu6800]

1. 60 arcade machines, jukeboxes, and pinball machies (plus 50+ boxes of parts, arts, and PCBs) $550.00

2. Sega Nomad (working, loose) $3.00

3. Snatcher (mint complete Sega CD) FREE

I have more I'm sure, but those are the best I can think of at 3am!

Dude ,, common you know that controller was nice...

The most fucked up thing ive ever seen,,,
was when maxlords covered my entire living room floor with shrinkwrapped
SCD's , Neo Carts, Saturn imports, PCFX cd's and much more.
i wish i had taken a picture of that,,AND HE HAD DOUBLES! christ that was alot.

[josekortez]

It was hard to narrow it down to 3 things...

1) Gauntlet Legends (DC) new for .99 at K-Mart
2) Phantasy Star Online new (DC) for .99 at Sears
3) small SNES and NES toaster with controllers and AVs sans AC adapters for $6.00 total - "parasited" at Gamestop

3 best freebies I acquired at my retail jobs:

1) Broken kiosk Dreamcast system
2) PlayStation light-up marquis
3) N64 light-up marquis with GameCube slide

I should have never let that Halo stand-up go into the trash. Stupid immature fanboyism! <josekortez slaps self> Never again!

[anagrama]

Nothing truly otherworldly, but I've stumbled across a couple of nice bundles in the past:

1) 'Limited Edition' Gamegear/TV Tuner/Columns package, mint & boxed with powerpack, battery pack, screen magnifier and 16 boxed & complete games - £3

2) Woody six-switch VCS with 4 sticks, 2 paddles & 20 loose carts - £2

3) 7 3rd Party Dreamcast fishing rods for £1 each at Poundland. I put them all on eBay with a BIN of £10 and sold them all in 48 hours :D I also got 2 3rd Party N64 rumble packs, 4 3rd Party Saturn pads and a 6-button Megadrive pad at the same time, all for £1 each.

[Damon Plus]

- Mega Drive Six Pack PAL which was only available in germany as pack-in in a very limited amount for 3.00 (lose as there is no boxed version)

- Anticipation NES PAL mint for 0.67 (the pal version usually goes for 40+ bucks)

- a whole bunch of Dreamcast games for 5.00 each, Saturn/32X for 1.00 each incl. Shenmue 2 and a lot other rares all in perfect shape

not the best finds but it's very very hard to find ANYTHING in the wild in germany :(

And Spain!! :D

[Bighab]

1. 3 factory sealed Shining Force CD's for $35
2. FF2 and Secret of Mana carts at a bi-way store for $7 each
3.Complete Pirates Gold and warsong for $8 each.

[The Collector]

#3-My Top-Loader for $20 at local music store
#2-Chrono Trigger(snes) & Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 (DC) $10 for both at local pawn shop
#1- My grandaddy find.....Color Bar Generator mint with original instructions and original plain cardboard box at my local Goodwill store.......$0.50. But I weighed out my options and decided that it wasn't much of a "game" (which it isnt) But since it came up as a 10 on the scale, off to the auction block it went...for $348 :D .
That cash financed my minty Duo and new DC. It was worth it to me. :D

[l_lamb]

1. Final Fantasy Tactics (non-GH) sealed - $2.99 at Goodwill in Austin last year on my birthday. Mixed with the audio CD's.

2. Mythicon Star Fox for 2600 - free at Salvation Army. The guy at the counter saw the stains on the label and told me not to worry about paying. Works fine.

3. Sega Master System with 3D glasses/adapter, 12 complete games, 2 controllers, and all cables - $9.99 at Savers. It was in perfect shape for not being boxed; still had the protective plastic cover on the shiny part of the console and controllers. It's in better shape than the one that I've owned since 1986.

[bobdrywalls]

newest best find in the wild would be my phillips CD-I 910 system, 23 games including link, hotel mario, and cartoon carnival, light gun, wireless controller, hookups, and system has the expansion in the back. $100 through the local newspaper.

[NintendoMan]

off the top of my head...

-a box filled with 17 caltron 6 in 1s: 15 shrinkwrapped, 1 complete, 1 loose. $30 at a thrift.

ORANGEST! I, too, got my sealed Caltron from you. I actually think you supplied a majority of the Caltron out in circulation, if not all the sealed ones... hehe.

My top 5:

- Sealed 2600 Glib for $2 at a thrift

- loose Game Action Replay for $5


I'm drooling just looking at that stack! (Except for the gyrusses and magmaxes) Did you sell these on ebay? I saw the same seller selling alot of these 2 games, I did bid on some but lost all I think 3-4 times. :D

- and the big load of about 100 sealed games + from my local Funco. 4 sealed original Zelda 2s, one sealed Skate or Die, about 30-50 sealed contras, 20 sealed QBerts, 5 sealed Friday the 13ths, 5 sealed Athletic Worlds, 10 Xeviouses, 20 Magmaxes, and 20 Gyrusses. Cost me $700, but quite the amount of theoritcal pants shitting when I walked into the store that day.

http://www.schwillz.com/sealedlove.jpg

dave

[vision89]

1) A box with the complete Atari 2600 Avalon Hill collection all unopened, along with about 25 other unopened Atari 2600 games for $100
2)Dracula X for the snes $20
3)Atari video game brain unopen $5, Atari trackball unopen $5, got them both at the same time

[Dire 51]

Hmmm...

1) Loose 2600 Q*Bert's Qubes with a bunch of commons, all of which I bought for $8 in '98
2) CIB Tengen Tetris from a video store that was closing down for $6 in '98.
3) Gradius II (box, no manual), Holy Diver (CIB) and a Honeybee converter for $20 from a local game store in '94
4) Alien Soldier (Japanese CIB) for $40 from a visitor to the OPCFG in '00.
5) Megapanel (Mega Drive - CIB) free in '99.

The first two I no longer have - Q'sQs went to a good home (to a RR member, actually), and Tetris I traded in for about $80 in store credit at a local game store.

[Crush Crawfish]

Let's See.. My 3 greatest finds would be

3. Mega Man X2 $30 (Very dirty too... I know it's not that rare but I wanted this so bad and when I found it I was practically bursting with joy!)

2. Tengen Tetris $6

1. NES Qix Sealed $9

I know it's nothing spectacular, but these were great finds for me!

[ClubNinja]

I'm sure I'll forget a few things here, but...

TurboExpress + TV Tuner for $40 at the flea market (tuner has since been traded for a box of games.)

Complete NES Game Action Replay for $4 at the same flea (was traded for my MVS motherboard.)

Kiwi Kraze NES prototype for free at EB (hurray to buy one get one free sales and dumb luck.)

[ianoid]

Off the head of my top:

1)One of a kind Rabbit Transit Atari Lab Loaner CARTRIDGE (Marco, I still want it back!)

2)Almost complete Colecovision collection including undiscovered unreleased title Number Bumper and Motocross/Tomarc, with all 5 Coleco Tabletops and a load of other goodies (including a bunch of rare TI titles and much more): $650

3)Here it gets tough. $7 Turbo Express? Complete in box Telstar Arcade ($9)? Boxed Vectrex with complete light pen and a couple complete titles ($40)? 22 complete in box Vectrex games (all commons, with repeats) ($3 apiece)? There are so many that make my month or year...

ian, hunter/collector

[orrimarrko]

Off the head of my top:

1)One of a kind Rabbit Transit Atari Lab Loaner CARTRIDGE (Marco, I still want it back!)

2)Almost complete Colecovision collection including undiscovered unreleased title Number Bumper and Motocross/Tomarc, with all 5 Coleco Tabletops and a load of other goodies (including a bunch of rare TI titles and much more): $650

3)Here it gets tough. $7 Turbo Express? Complete in box Telstar Arcade ($9)? Boxed Vectrex with complete light pen and a couple complete titles ($40)? 22 complete in box Vectrex games (all commons, with repeats) ($3 apiece)? There are so many that make my month or year...

ian, hunter/collector

Oh yes Ian, you are indeed evil...

[Qixmaster]

3. 147 boxed, complete, mint NES games for 160 bucks, some tough to find complete games (widget, wacky races, magician,just to name a few)

2. Mario Bros. Arcade Cabinet that "didn't work" but actually needed the color adjusted - $75 bucks (lady has a looping cabinet for 200 bucks, but i didn't pick it up... yet)

1. Huge Box of Mint BOXES, some good finds in the box; Chrono Trigger SNES box, Dragon Warrior 4 Box, Mega Man 4 Box, Super Buster Brothers SNES box, Super Turrican 2 SNES Box, John Maddan Rental Exclusive Genesis Box, Mighty Final Fight Box... gawd i can't even remember, but there were well over 75 good boxes - $5.00

I know i have others and probably better ones, these just popped in my head while here at school

[armezj]

jeez...y'all got some great stuff...i can't even compair, but here's mine:

1. Sealed Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for 5 bucks at a swap meet.

2. 40 Nes games with 3 sealed games were left in a box outside of an evicted neighbor's home...sealed games were Gyruss, Yoshi Cookie, and Mike Tyson's Punchout.

3. Unopened Genesis 3 system at Value Village for 25 bucks. I didn't even know they had made one of these at the time...I was trippin.