Weekend Finds 5/15 – 5/16

[Goodwill Hunter]

I'm running our neighborhood rummage sale this weekend (a great scam by the way...not much work, I get to pick the weekend that works best for me, the ads don't cost me a dime, and an ad featuring 40 houses brings in a helluva lot more customers than a single-house sale!), and a little pre-rummage, insider information shopping netted me my first rummage finds of the year...

Gameboy Color Mario Golf $2.00

N64 set-up with 4 Nintendo brand controllers, the expansion RAM pack and 12 cart-only games including Mario Party 1 & 2, Pokemon Stadium 1 & 2, Super Smash Bros. Donkey Kong 64, Super Mario 64, Paper Mario, Toy Story 2 and Clayfighter Sculptor's Cut!....all for $25.00

A like-new 13" cable-ready color TV with remote for $15.00. It will be perfect for use with the 2600 demo console I'm displaying at next weekend's Midwest Gaming Classic in WI.

And the frosting (or Foster's ;) ) on the cake is a big 4-color Foster's Lager neon (about 3-1/2 feet wide) in the shape of a boomerang...$50.00.

Not a bad start to the Wisconsin rummage season!

Rich

[Simply Dave]

Atari 2600 Heavy Sixer $2.00
Adventure Island-NES-loose $1.00
Winter Games-NES-loose $1.00

Disney's Haunted Mansion board game- $1.00

A slow day at the yard sales.

[Querjek]

Well, yesterday was the big Ham Radio fest' in Dayton, Ohio... I'm not a fan of ham radios, but my dad, his friend, and I Have been going for the last 3 years now as it's like a giant electronics flea market. Last year, I had some incredible finds (For me, anyways: 12 TG16 games, 4 TGCD games, a TG16 with multitap and 2 controllers, and a TGCD system for $40). THis year wasn't as good, but still great in my mind:

Open return platinum GCN controller: $5 (Works perfectly with only 1 small scuff on the back that I can easily get out)
Open return GCN-to-GBA cable: $3
Nintendo 64 Superpad (Sealed): $3
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES, cart-only): $3
ActRaiser (SNES, cart-only): $3 (FOR TRADE)
N64 controller extension: $0.99
N64 "UltraRacer" controller (Sealed): $3.99
Odyssey I system, with 2 controllers, "1" cart, and TV hookup: $10
And what I thought was the best find...

Commodore moniter, model 1702: $25

EDIT: Forgot about Herzog Zwei, cart-only with a worn label for $4.

[Simply Dave]

NES System (system only) $1.00
Aladdin-Genesis-complete- 50 cents
Sonic Spinball-complete- 50 cents
Nightmare VCR board game -25 cents

A few more yard sale finds.

[GrandAmChandler]

Not much this weekend, but! I did get the following:

Alpiner - TI99-4A - Complete
Music Maker -TI99-4A -Complete
Personal Record Keeping -TI99-4A - Complete
Video Games 1 - TI99-4A - Complete
Teach yourself Extended BASIC - TI99-4A - Complete

All $1 each!

[Cmosfm]

Meh, no time to shop makes Chris a sad boy. Anyways, I stopped at ONE yard sale on my way to work (and it made me 15 mins late) but oh well...

NES with original hook ups, 1 controller, 1 zapper

Vegas Dreams
Monopoly
SMB 3
Wheel Of Fortune Jr. Edition
Classic Concentration
Dr. Mario
Super Jeopardy
Marble Madness
SMB/DH - 3 copies. O_O

Sonic Spinball - Genny - Loose

10.00 for all. I have everything except Vegas Dreams though, but I figured for 10.00 I can eBay the rest of something. It all needs cleaning too...system needs it badley. They tried to give me a TV too, it was an older TV, looked like it worked...but I have enough junk at home and didn't feel like lugging it with me. Seemed liek she just wanted to give her crap away, I coulda prolly got the NES for 5.00 if I wanted but I was too lazy to haggle

[norkusa]

I found a bunch of great crap throughout the week, so I'm just going to list it all:

GOODWILL
Dragon Warrior II
Spy Hunter
Castlevania III
Adventure Island
Pro Wrestling
World Class Track Meet...all $0.99 each
NES System w/ 2 controllers + hook-up's - $3.99

SALVATION ARMY
Iron Storm & P.T.O. II (Saturn) - $2.99 each
Resident Evil:CV Strategy Guide - $0.25
The Fart Book Part II - $0.25 :P

MISC THRIFT
Castlevania for PC - $5
Blast Lacrosse (psx) - $3

PAWNS
Tactics Ogre - $7!!!!
MegaMan IV (Gameboy) - $4
Crue Ball - $2

GameTZ TRADES
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
MVP Baseball 2004 (PS2)
Klonoa 2
Rez
SMS 3D Glasses (boxed)

I think thats about it. Everything besides Tactics Ogre and the GameTZ trades are for trade if anyone is interested.

[Crush Crawfish]

I did much better at garage sales today than in awhile. It took awhile, and I was almost ready to give up for the day, but then I found two garage sales right across from each other where I got:

Nes system with 2 contollers and with these games:
Tetris
Baseball Stars
John Elway Quarterback
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Galaga
Kung Fu
Final Fantasy
All boxed and complete(except for Kung Fu which is missing the instructions) for a total of $13 :D
This is the 4th NES I own, I'm gonna sell it on ebay with some doubles.


I also got:

Shadow LCD game from Mcdonalds- .50
Donkey Kong Jr. game & watch- Free! 8-)
The lady told me it runs out of batteries so fast that I'd spend alot more on batteries than the game! So she just said take it!

A very nice GBA carrying Case- $3 It's very big and looks like you can fit a lot of games in it.

All in all, a great day!

[AB Positive]

Lesse...

BOUGHT FROM A FRIEND
Platinum GBA in-box with all docs, afterburner mod
small GBA carrying case
large GBA carrying case
WormCam
gamer's condition Metroid II

$40


Yard Sales -
mario, yoshi, and bowser beanie plushies - $1.00 all together
Lazer tag kit complete-in-box - 50 cents


sorta slow, but apparently that Lazer Tag kit fetches upwards of $40 on eBay. not too awful :D


-AG

[charitycasegreg]

No good garage sale finds, but found a garbage pile at my friends neighbors house. I got mad at my skateboard so I ran to the persons garbage and smashed something she had in the bag. I noticed a book sticking out after I ripped the hole, I had the book, How to Win at Nintendo games 2. SO I opend the bag and found "How to win at nintendo sports games", "ultimate guide to nintendo volume 3" or something. Then I thought maybe Ill find a nintendo, so I opened up the rest of the bags, got no nintendo, but got a bunch of TMNT toys, tons of warhammer stuff (to sell to my friend), a boxed dungeons and dragon game thing, and a videogames magazine. Im going to ask the person on monday if they have any old video game stuff or more TMNT stuff.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Spent $40.00 total..

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[BIGMIKE]

stopped at the 'will today. passed on a few things and hopin they are there next time i visit

only picked up combat cars for genny. pretty much brand spankin new with box and instr. for $3.50
passed on Haunting with polterguy and marble madness ( gennies ) tho... :angry:

but on a good note i got a fz-1 3do with sampler, elmo game, crash and burn, and brand new controller in box.......for free :-P

[Jibbajaba]

Went to the local thrift store today and got Tecmo Super Bowl for NES complete and in great condition for $1.00. Also picked up Bomberman GB and Game and Watch Gallery I both for GB at gamestop.

[Darth Sensei]

I got a Phillips CDI with 7 boxed games at a garage sale for $25.

Yay Me!

D

[Masco73]

I love neigborhood garage sales!
It was a N64 kind of day.

These are listed how I found them at each sale and what I paid.


N64 with memory exp and 2 controllers with 10 loose games $15

N64 w/ memory exp & 2 controllers & 9 boxed and complete games for $25

11 loose n64 games for $2 each

Here are the titles of all the n64 games I got:
Goldeneye (x3)
Waveracer (x2)
Banjo Kazooie
Donkey Kong 64
Mario 64(x2) 1 boxed
Star wars RS (x2)
Star wars racer
Pokemon snap
Cruisin world
Mario Kart 64
Army men sarges heroes
Power Rangers Rescue
Madden 99
\Bottom of the 9th
All star baseball 2000
NFL qb club 99 (x2) 1 boxed
Waialae golf(x2) 1 boxed
Glover (boxed)
Diddy kong racing(boxed)
nhl 99(boxed)
nascar racing(boxed)
yoshi's story(boxed)
world driver(boxed)


GBA white system w/ 3 games(tony hawk 2(GBC), super mario deluxe(GBC) and Tony Hawk 4 (GBA). $18 for all. (It is a little scratched but I thought it was a good price.

For PC I got the following for $3 each complete w/hint books:
Medievil total war: viking exp
Stonghold

Finally, 4 issues of tips and tricks for 50 cents each.

They are issues 104,106,109 and 111. I finally got to read Joe's articles in the flesh. Great job Joe!! I got to see our own weberdan and maxlords rooms of doom!! Before you yell at me for not buying the magazine Joe, let me say I just can't bring myself to spend $5 an issue or to subscribe. I would rather put it towards more games.

All in All I would say it was a great day. I went to about 50-60 sales and spent about $200 total. Got a ton of Ebaying stuff and got quite a bit of gaming goodness. I hope next week is as good. I don't know if I can afford it if it is. :D :D
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[charitycasegreg]

I love neigborhood garage sales!
It was a N64 kind of day.

These are listed how I found them at each sale and what I paid.


N64 with memory exp and 2 controllers with 10 loose games $15

N64 w/ memory exp & 2 controllers & 9 boxed and complete games for $25

11 loose n64 games for $2 each

Here are the titles of all the n64 games I got:
Goldeneye (x3)
Waveracer (x2)
Banjo Kazooie
Donkey Kong 64
Mario 64(x2) 1 boxed
Star wars RS (x2)
Star wars racer
Pokemon snap
Cruisin world
Mario Kart 64
Army men sarges heroes
Power Rangers Rescue
Madden 99
\Bottom of the 9th
All star baseball 2000
NFL qb club 99 (x2) 1 boxed
Waialae golf(x2) 1 boxed
Glover (boxed)
Diddy kong racing(boxed)
nhl 99(boxed)
nascar racing(boxed)
yoshi's story(boxed)
world driver(boxed)


GBA white system w/ 3 games(tony hawk 2(GBC), super mario deluxe(GBC) and Tony Hawk 4 (GBA). $18 for all. (It is a little scratched but I thought it was a good price.

For PC I got the following for $3 each complete w/hint books:
Medievil total war: viking exp
Stonghold

Finally, 4 issues of tips and tricks for 50 cents each.

They are issues 104,106,109 and 111. I finally got to read Joe's articles in the flesh. Great job Joe!! I got to see our own weberdan and maxlords rooms of doom!! Before you yell at me for not buying the magazine Joe, let me say I just can't bring myself to spend $5 an issue or to subscribe. I would rather put it towards more games.

All in All I would say it was a great day. I went to about 50-60 sales and spent about $200 total. Got a ton of Ebaying stuff and got quite a bit of gaming goodness. I hope next week is as good. I don't know if I can afford it if it is. :D :D
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50-60 sales and thats all you got? still some good prices though!

[charitycasegreg]

sorry double post, would have been a long one.

[Algol]

Today's finds:

SNES:

Super Bomberman
Kirby's Avalanche
Wario's Woods
Batman Forever
Jurassic Park 2

All loose. .75 each

I also found a working Macintosh Classic computer for free. 8-)

[crashdummycow01]

today my aunt gave me a Nintendo Power Pad for the NES for free

[Masco73]

50-60 sales and thats all you got? still some good prices though!

I don't know where you go to garage sales, but I thought I did pretty well. Classic games are all but dried up around here because more and more people are looking for them. I Mostlyfind only NES and newer. I have gone to some neigborhood sales and only walked away with a few loose games. Most normal weeks I don't find anything.

[BIGMIKE]

might have to pick up this turbo grafx i just came across with some games. 40 for the system and dunno on the games. would like to get a package deal.

and picked up Life Force for the Nes with instructions. been wanting that one for awhile now.........yeah me $3

[charitycasegreg]

50-60 sales and thats all you got? still some good prices though!

I don't know where you go to garage sales, but I thought I did pretty well. Classic games are all but dried up around here because more and more people are looking for them. I Mostlyfind only NES and newer. I have gone to some neigborhood sales and only walked away with a few loose games. Most normal weeks I don't find anything.

Actually not many good garage sales around here either, I would just expect that you would have got a lot more going to taht many garage sales. A lot of kids see a nes at a garage sale and go sweet, i remember that, and buy it leaving me sad...

[-hellvin-]

Goodwill:
Sega Master System w/ Rambo, two controllers, all hookups - 13

Intellivision
Pitfall!
Utopia
Major League Baseball
Star Strike
B17 Bomber

All complete, although one game is missing overlays

Book Store:

Genesis
Gauntlet IV
Golden Axe

NES
Batman
Ultima: Exodus
Dragon Spirit
Shatterhand
Crystalis
Wizardry

All complete

[Crush Crawfish]

Book Store:

Genesis
Gauntlet IV
Golden Axe

NES
Batman
Ultima: Exodus
Dragon Spirit
Shatterhand
Crystalis
Wizardry


Whoa! What the hell kinda book store has nes and genesis games? That's my kinda book store! LOL

[NEOFREAK9189]

I got

sonic 1 for genesis
sonic and knuckles for genesis
contra legecy of war for psx1

[charitycasegreg]

The mission was to go to the flea market and be back in time for my parents to go to church. WE passed about 8 garage sales but we had no time to go to them. Anyways story first. At the flea market a "black" guy was selling nes games for 5 bucks, none were worth more then 3. He had a lot of ps1 games too but I saw none that I knew were worth money, they may have had rare ones. Then I found a game genie, only game related item at the table, marked .50, got it for .25. Then the guy with the games, he was selling a box of nes, and a box of genesis, wanted $30 each box. I offered 45 total but he said 55. I didnt have that much. I offered 25 for the nes stuff but he said he couldnt go lower then $30. So I stood there going eh.... then stared into the box looking at the games, looked over at the genesis box saw nothing good so I was sticking to the nes box. I offered 28 bucks. He said he didnt have any singles, SO I said, how bout throw this resident evil game in to? He said deal. Heres what I got:

Game Genie
Nes system, 2 controllers, orange zapper, adapters and 21 games all sleeved:
Paperboy w/ instructions
Excitebike w/ instructions
Goal w/ instructions
Winter Games w/ instructions
Techmo BAseball w/ instructions
Baseball w/ instructions
Skate or Die
Maniac Mansion w/ instructions and mint buletin board
Mario/duckhunt w/ instructions
The Black Bass
Jaws
Lee Travinos Fighting Golf w/ instructions
Jack Nicolus Golf w/ instructions
TMNT 2
Blades of Steel w/ instructions
Friday the 13th
Kings of the beach
RBI BAseball
Pinball w/ instructions
Airwolf w/ instructions
Golf w/ instructions
PC resident evil complete
All for $30 bucks

Why couldnt people keep their boxes for the games? x_x

[crashdummycow01]

today i found a security guard ....

in my town a gamestop just opened next to the super walmart..

there are like 10 stores all connected together that connect to the super walmart..

i figured i'd drive around back and see if i could see the Gamestop dumpster...figured it could possibly be open... maybe have something in it..

so i drove around behind all the stores and i turned a corner and saw where alot of trash has been bundled up and so i figured the road was blocked so i started turning around to leave, and a security guard drove up about 15 yards away. So then i looked guilty of trying to do something back there, which i guess in a way i was..

I was just glad the security guard didnt drive over there say something.

[-hellvin-]

Book Store:

Genesis
Gauntlet IV
Golden Axe

NES
Batman
Ultima: Exodus
Dragon Spirit
Shatterhand
Crystalis
Wizardry


Whoa! What the hell kinda book store has nes and genesis games? That's my kinda book store! LOL

www.bookmans.com

It's about a 40 mile drive to the Mesa store for me. One time me and my friend Nez took about a 100 something mile trip down to Tucson to check out three of the other stores and I've seen them carry HORDES, I mean 100+ megadrives games, Neo Geo Aes and MVS games, Vectrex boxed games, Turbografx stuff. Pretty much the best place to check out if you're looking for slightly harder to find games for certain systems. They are kind of expensive though.

[charitycasegreg]

Book Store:

Genesis
Gauntlet IV
Golden Axe

NES
Batman
Ultima: Exodus
Dragon Spirit
Shatterhand
Crystalis
Wizardry

All complete

How much were they? Waht conditon?

[MatthewH168]

Yesterday I found 5 complete games for the Atari 5200 at a flea market.

1. Jungle Hunt
2. Kangaroo
3. Robotron
4. Q-Bert
5. Vanguard

$10.00 Total

I dont have a 5200 system yet, but figured I would pick the games up anyway.

[Sega Hitman]

I only managed to spend a few hours this week going to garage sales, but I got:

PC Mega Man 1-looks complete $.50
PC King's Quest 2-looks complete $1
Loose RCA Studio II $2
5 complete RCA games $2 each (the commons pretty much)

Nothing spectacular. Do those RCA games actually go for what they book for in the guide? That'd be nice if they did, but somehow i doubt it.

-Hitman-

[autobotracing]

I went to the flea and got



mario rpg $10
metroid [yellow label] $2.50
maniac mansion $2.50



went to goodwill


Three dirty dwarves {saturn]$3

[TheScaryOne]

I love neigborhood garage sales!


I hear ya. My neighbors across the street always have about 100-200 PS1/PS2 games, some of them new, all for 10 dollars. 8-)

Anyways I got some games for my birthday!
Dragon Ball Z Budokai(PS2)
Final Fantasy X(PS2)
SSX 3(GC) We got a great deal on this one. Wal-Mart didn't find a price tag, so they sold it to her for 20. 8-)
Super Smash Bros. Melee(GC)

And today we visited some family friends, and they had a huge stack of X-Box games. Some of them had some X-Box live things that gave you two months free. They are fairly old(They have grandkids who play the games), and since the will neve get Live, I asked if I could have the cards. I now have like 6 months extra of Live.

[KirbyStar27]

Snes
Pocky and Rocky 2 -$2 
Legends of Boxing (boxed) -$1
Demolition Man (complete) -$1

DC controller (complete) -$1

[sisko]

Went to the self-proclaimed "World's Largest Garage Sale" this weekend. Not sure if this claim was true, but after 9 hours, we still hadn't hit all of them. After that, we hit the thrifts/EB/Gamestops in the area as well. We ended up spending around $245. I don't remember the breakdown, but this is what we ended up getting:

Nintendo

Rob, loose with no battery cover
Broken console
Controller
Zapper
Adventures of Lolo
SMB 3
Tetris
SMB/DH
Zelda 2
MLB
Kung Fu
Galaga
WWF Wrestlemania
Bart vs. Space Mutants
Magmax

Super Ninendo

Clayfighter Tournament Edition - complete
Big Hurt Baseball
Olympic Summer Games
Super Return of the Jedi
NFL Quarterback Club
Wheel of Fortune Deluxe
Madden 97
Math Blaster Episode 1
Zelda 3
Ms. Pac-man
Foreman For Real
Stargate
Sports Illustrated Championship Football and Baseball
NFL Stanley Cup
Super Empire Strikes Back
Super Gameboy
Official Game Caddy

Saturn

3 game pack in set - complete

Dreamcast

System with hookups and 1 controller
Web Browser
South Park Chef's Love Shack
WWF Attitude
ChuChu Rocket
Power Stone 2
Floigan Brothers
Marver vs. Capcom (All Stars Version)
Starlancer
Sega Bass Fishing 2
Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Striker Pro 2000
Dreampad Controller - new in box

N64

System with hookups and 1 controller
System with hookups and 1 limited green controller and expansion pack
Super Mario 64 - complete
Forsaken 64 - complete
Mario Party - complete
World Driver Championship - complete
Star Wars Episode 1 Racer - complete
Diddy Kong Racing
Top Gear Overdrive - complete
Starfox
Monopoly - complete
Banjo Kazooie - complete
War Gods - complete
Dr. Mario 64 - complete
Castlevania
Namcomuseum 64 - complete
Majora's Mask Collector's Edition - complete
San Francisco Rush 2049 - complete
Waialea Country Club - complete
Ocarina of Time
Official N64 Carrying Bag
N64 Arcade Stick - new in box (this one cost $3!!! got it at gamestop)

Genesis

Genesis 2 box in good condition
Mortal Kombat 2
Greatest Heavyweights
Mutant League Football
NBA Jam TE
Family Feud
Clayfighter
Tecmo Superbowl
Shadowrun
Starfight
Frogger
Sports Talk Baseball
College Football National Championship
Side Pocket
Monopoly
Phantasy Star II
Elemental Master
Cosmic Spacehead

Gameboy

Solar Striker
Excitebike-e - new

Misc.

Dynosound Retro Game Keeper - new in box
Donkey Kong: Legend of the Crystal Coconut VHS
Word Yahtzee
4-foot antique wooden level with metal trim - very pretty :)
16 books

[-hellvin-]

Book Store:

Genesis
Gauntlet IV
Golden Axe

NES
Batman
Ultima: Exodus
Dragon Spirit
Shatterhand
Crystalis
Wizardry

All complete

How much were they? Waht conditon?

Gauntlet IV - 8
Golden Axe - 6
Both with box + manual, perfect mint condition, look awesome

NES
Batman - 6, Good condition
Ultima Exodus - 8, no manual, horrible box
Dragon Spirit - 8, rental copy, photocopied manual, but great box
Shatterhand - 8 ok box, complete
Crystalis - 8 perfect box, top of manual messed up a bit
Wizardry -12 mint

Payed quite more than I usually do for gen/nes games but every once in a while I like to just go to a place I know sells games and get what I want rather than search around for the best deal.

[christianscott27]

rain put a stop to my sunday flea market run so i just had the usual saturday flea. i've been going to this place for so long and so faithfuly that once in a while it pays off, sorta. the couple who run the flea market are these sorta sanford and son characters, making matters worse the woman "runs" a video game booth inside the building, which she never opens. she's too lazy to open her booth and too clueless to ebay so she just hoards up all the games and systems she can grab. drives me nuts to see her storage area just towering with untouched games but what can i do, its her flea. so i'm out on the trying to find some games when her husband, this crazy ol half blind fat daddy type motions me over to a table. "hey, hey this guys got some a your thing here". it was a huge vaccum cleaner box full of games and systems, snes, genesis, sms, nes, game gear, sega cd and probably more. it was packed so tight with cased games i couldnt even get to the bottom of it. then they give me the hustle "i want $125 for the whole lot" and then "if you dont buy it off him i will". doesnt matter to me, i never bring more than $40 with me anyways. so the lot owner starts peeling off twenties to the guy, i just grabbed the three best things i could see near the top and threw a twenty of my own in. "you can have those two things but i'm keeping this, its for an xbox"

so i walked off with a model 1 lynx (cali games inside) and SNES chrono trigger.."xbox" item - a neo geo memorey card :o

all weekend i've been bothered by what else was in that box that i could have had, i know i saw lots of rpg stuff and there had to me neo stuff in there, ah well off it went to his wifes storage space, like the warehouse at the end of raiders of the lost ark.

[ubersaurus]

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: $20
Mister Mosquito: $15

And some schwag...
Mario Sunshine Plushie
Dr. Robotnik plushie
Famicom keychain

[DigitalSpace]

EDIT: Keep scrolling, nothing to see here...

[PapaStu]

I got a couple of 3DO games, for 3 bucks apiece . One was a Golf one, and the others name I cant remember at the moment.

[NoahsMyBro]

NES Bee-52. Silver cart, with a toggle switch on the back. Unlicensed. $5