Weekend Finds 10/02 - 10/03

[Goodwill Hunter]

Just got back from a quick rummage run...

Astro Command - $3.00 A 4-color VFD tabletop from Radio Shack that plays like Scramble without the mountains. Mint and complete...kinda loud though.

Virtual Boy, with Mario Tennis and Galactic Pinball - $10.00 No boxes and very dusty, but it works...may finally try that headset conversion.

Good Luck All,
Rich

[potatobob]

PS2 contoller w/hookups -$1
Sealed The Hunt Begins (PC)-$1
Handheld Classis Football- $1

[Algol]

Namco Museum Vol. 3-PS1-$1
Monopoly-PS1-$1

[thegreatescape]

Went to a garage sale a couple of streets over and got:

Mega Drive 2 with Power cable and RFU
2 6-button Controllers (1 original, 1 3rd party)

And the following games, only a couple missing manuals:
-Lotus 2
-Rugby World Cup 95
-Madden 95
-FIFA International Soccer
-Super Baseball 2020
-NBA Jam T.E.
-Mortal Kombat 3
-Brian Lara Cricket
-Sampras Tennis 96
-Bubsy
-Haunting
-Olympic Gold
-NBA SHowdown

And some NES manuals: Flintstones (rescue of dino), Super Offroad, RBI Baseball, and Snake Rattle and Roll. If anyone in Aus. needs any of them PM me or something ( im not much of a NES person).

All for $40 AU+having to carry it home in the sun (20 minute walk). I probably overpaid a little bit, but it gets me closer to 100 MD games (89 now) and i didnt have a 1st party joypad either, so a winner is me.

[Simply Dave]

At a estate auction for $6.00:

NES System with 1 controller, zapper gun, all hook-ups, 3 games (Super Mario 2, 10 Yard Fight, Pro Wrestling

-and-

Atari 2600 system with 2 regular controllers, 2 paddle controllers, all hook-ups, 8 games (Pitfall, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Super Breakout, Video Pinball, Street Racer, Pac-Man, Combat)

At a local Goodwill:

Marble Madness (NES, complete) $1.00
Spy Hunter (NES, complete) $1.00

At the local flea market:

Magic Carpet (PS1, long box, complete) $1.00
Metal Gear Solid (Gameboy, factory sealed :-P ) $14.00
Pokemon Colosseum Bonus Disc (Gamecube, complete) $8.00

My local flea market guy was trying to give me a deal on PS1 versions of Intelligent Cube and Bubble Bobble (60 bucks for the pair) but I passed.

[vintagegamecrazy]

I hit about 4 to 5 garage sales as well as Goodwill and Salvation. Right as I was about to finish I found a Garage sale and bought a Snes, one controller, all the hookups and mohawk and headphone jack (finally found it) and King of the Monsters for $15, picked up Mario Land 2 for G Boy for $5 not bad overall.

[Nez]

Bonks Adventure (TG16)
Klonoa (PS) god I paid too much though
Dragons Lair (3DO)

[Crush Crawfish]

Did quite well at the ol' garage sales today:

GBA wario land 4- $5
GBA Rayman Advance- $5
GB Mouse Trap Hotel- $3
GBC- Super Mario Bros. DX- $5

Genesis Model 3 with all hookups, 1 controller, instructions and box, and Bass Tournament '96 complete- $10

Then, I got all this:

PS1
Jersey devil (Complete)
NCAA Final Four 2000 (Complete)
Tirple play 98 (No manual)
NHL Faceoff 98

DC
Power Stone 2 (Complete) :D

for free! The woman said she didn't think anyone would want them,a nd she was just going to throw them out!! Look for that Power Stone 2 on ebay in the future.

[tritium]

Not really a find, buying it used from an online shop, but I'm really excited about it.


SegaCD type 2, and Rise of the Dragon, and Sonic CD

-Tritium

[slip81]

It got a mint complete copy of Ogre Battle Limited Edition for PSX at a local EB for $33.00

[BIGMIKE]

loosies

nes
mega man 3
bubble bobble

snes
super mario kart
mortal kombat 3
might and magic III

$12.70 -_-

[GrayFox]

Meh, nothing spectacular

SF2: Champion Edition Gen (Box only) and World Series Baseball Gen (Box Only) --- $.49

P.T.O. II Saturn CIB - $7.99
Darius Gaiden CIB - $4.99

[potatobob]

i got more stuff from a closing salvation army store. everything was $1. the game and handheld were from a yardsale and were $1 too.




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[VACRMH]

Pokemon Red - Complete
Katamari Damacy - New
Might And Magic Millennium Edition (Getting rid of this one)
And I preordered King Of Fighters MI, mainly for the hat ;)

[Gapporin]

Went to the pawn shop today and found:

Master System Light Gun - $5

Incidentially, I also got my first taste of yellowed SNES. Blech.

[delafro]

Flea market trip today.

PSOne, w/2 PSOne controllers- $10
B.O.B. SNES complete- $3
Clu Clu Land loose- $5
Fester's Quest NES Complete- $7
Steel Empire Genesis Complete- $6

Actually a pretty dull trip. No surprises or awesome deals. Well, just have to keep collectin' away.

[Porkchop]

My housing development had a comunity yard sale this morning so I hit over 10 yards sales close to home. I did not find any video game stuff until about the 10th sale where I found a complete Atari 2600 6 switch system with about 20 games. There were no games I did not already have but not bad for $5 :) The lady said someone had told her she might as well throw it in the trash because no one would want such an old system. Another Atari saved from the dump.

I also picked up a VHS Movie call Arcade. Anyone know anything about it I had never heard of it?

[Sniderman]

Ah, Bira Bira himself smiled upon me today. Found a Coleco tabletop Frogger in an old toy bin at a forgotten flea market. Missing battery cover, dirty as hell, and marked "not working." Bought it, took it home, took it apart and cleaned all of the parts, and resoldered the loose wire that had come off the on/off switch. :roll: Works like new and - other than the missing cover - looks like new.


Cost me $4. :D

[pookninja]

got from gamecrazy yesterday:guilty gear x2 reload(brand new)$20.00then went to blockbusters today and gotblack and brusied(complete)for ps2:$6.9918 wheeler american trucker for gamecube(game and case only)$4.99and in the mail i got from ebaybimini run(game and case only)task force harrier ex(game and case only)tactical fighter jap import for saturn(complete and minty)

[drivefast1690]

Genesis AV cable so i can play my games again:)

[Goodwill Hunter]

I also picked up a VHS Movie call Arcade. Anyone know anything about it I had never heard of it?

If it's the one with the chrome skull on it, it's one of the worst movies ever made. Very early use of computer graphics, and as near as I can tell, someone was able to render a chrome skull, and said, "Hey, this would be cool in a movie!" And five minutes later, the script was finished. If you spend time watching it, you will feel chronologically raped at the end.

Enjoy!
Rich

[neuropolitique]

Got $40 from my parents for watching the house while they're gone. What should I do with it? Oh yeah! Buy video games!

Metro:
Mac 5.25" Floppy Drive $0.99
Pixter Plus $6.99 - Thought I'd give it a whirl
72 Hockey Cards from '75 $2.99

Goodwill:
7800
Desert Falcon - Box - jacked up cart
Dig Dug - Box
Donkey Kong - Box
Pole Posistion II - Free! - found it in the Dig Dug box

2600
Kung-Fu Master - Box
Super Baseball - Box

Web Browser - Dreamcast - sealed
Pilot Wings - SNES

For some reason the cleark charged me $2.52 for 5 items, then $0.01 for 2 others. I have no idea which is which, but I ain't arguing.

Another Goodwill:
Shadow of the Beast - Genesis

Yet another Goodwill:
NES
1943
Little Mermaid
Bad News Baseball
Shooting Range
Raid on Bungeling Bay
Toki
Mickey Mousecapade

$3.03 each

Last Chance:
Silicon Graphics Workstation - $12.95 O_O

Ended the day by hitting a few retail shops
Game Swap:
NES
RoboWarrior
Rocketeer
Seicross
Rampart
Super Pitfall
Vindicators

Spell Checker - GB - $14.99

Paid $5 each for the NES games on a buy two get one, so I paid $20 for the 6 games. The Spell Chacker? Eh, I wanted it. Leave me alone!

EB
Tried the buy it there, trade it there plan. Worked ok.
Mario's Time Machine - SNES
Castelvania - NES
Qix - NES
King's Field - PlaySation Longbox

Should have been $15.97, I paid 12.68 and got a $0.53 credit. Not a huge deal, but OK

[evilmess]

Holy crap I found a Gold Game Boy Light today!
Now thats something I had always hoped to find in the wild!
Console only with a little wear and tear but it works great!

And I added another complete shmup to my genesis collection, Bio-Hazard Battle.

[Half Cab Leroy]

Didn't get a chance to go to any yard sales today, but I did get Donkey Konga for $50 at EB.

[racecar]

i brought a BROKEN gamecube(platinum) for $20 ,it come with 1 platinum controller, but missing the power cord .. panning to picked up a neO-geo game pakage on monday !!

[sporkster]

Well I TRIED to buy Donkey Konga today but I failed. I wen't into Best Buy went over picked up what I thought was donkey konga took it up to the cashier rang up $32 I pay them without even giving it a thought. It didn't dawn on me till I was at home that I didnt pay enough for it. Open up the box and low and behold I only bought a spare pair of bongos D' OH :frustrated: x_x

EDIT: Okay I went back returned the bongos and got the whole thing. Great game although I wish you could unlock more signs

[-hellvin-]

Saturn Asciiware Arcade Stick - 6.99

YAHOO!

[Videogamerdaryll]

I typed a whole thing out about my finds...and my computer glitched so I lost it.. :angry:

Oh Well..

Spent $80.00 Total..(Flea Market)

The 5200 I found in the garbage next door today..

Virtual Boy Complete ..$5.00
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[dreamcaster]

Ultima IV (Master System) - complete with map, $4.00 AU
Super Monaco GP (Mega Drive) - boxed, $4.00 AU

[Gunstar_Hero UK]

Just some common PSX games for me today.. The only interesting one is "Ehrgeix".. The Sqauresoft beat um up with cloud from FF7.. Its PAL.. In nice condition.. PM if your intrested..

[Cauterize]

well it seems that car boot sales/flea markets are drying up due to cold, wet weather and it being so dark in the morning...

still managed to find a few things, ill post pictures later as i have a massive console bundle collect :P ull be amazed!!! thats if i can get a lift there X_x

well i got this morning

Gameboy Colour with
Gameboy Gallery
Hudson Hawk
Pokemon Blue
Pokemon Yellow (Spare, willin to trade...)
Balloon Kid!
£5

SNES Games Super Wrestle Mania & Super Smash Tv
£2

Playstation Games Alien Trilogy, Pandemonium & International Track & Field
£3

Namco Jog Controller (I think thats the name, the one with the jog wheel for ridge racer 4..)
£1.50

Megadrive Games Ms. Pacman & Pinocchio
£3

Pictures later... im too tired and of to bed!

[Querjek]

From a rental store getting rid of classic games:
Kirby Super Star - $1.95 (for sale) (SNES)
Rocky and Bulwinkle - $1.95 (SNES)
Marble Madness - $1.95 (GB)

[9c1lt1]

A large haul for me this weekend.
Original Gameboy $2
SNES/N64 game holder $1

8 N64 games for $7 nothing cool except Mario Golf

63 NES games for $50.
Included Mega Man, Contra, and Super C.
:D

[GrayFox]

Just snagged a new Akuma Street Fighter controller for about $13.

[AFGiant]

Ok, here's my rundown.
Garage sale listed vdeogames, as well as other stuff I was interested in. When I got there, I saw a box of computer games. Half way decent stuff, but I didn't feel like buying any of it. Got to the main table. Small stack of SNES ranging from $1-3 each, complete boxed DC with 1 controller for $20, boxed GBC for $25, some boxed GBA games for $10 each. Oh, and some kind of action replay for 5. Don't really know.

Well, I ended up buying SNES Earthworm Jim and its manual for $3, and I got a complete boxed Golden Sun: The Lost Age for $7. Well, on my way home, I looked in the box to see that it was actually just plain old Golden Sun in the box :(
I took it back and the lady refunded my money, and she had just put out a box of old comic books. I went through those and got 8 for $1 :P

The thing is, though, is that she said there was a bunch more videogame stuff in the back, but her sons hadn't gone through it and she couldn't sell it. She proceeded to point to 4 or 5 LARGE boxes @_@ Even by asking a little more, she wouldn't budge :roll: Oh well. She said come back next year O_O

I could see in the top of the boxes...there was some good stuff in there...

[max 330 mega]

my finds:

BEAUTIFUL atari heavy sixer (sears telegames :D )
dragons fury mint genesis
19 semi-hard to find nes games that im too lazy to type, but highlights were boxed conflict, loose kid klown, and loose adventure island 3
import sealed pen pen tricelon for DC 4.99!
(im a big fan of that game so it made me happy)
good finds for me and my friend (habeeb hamusta got boxed chaves 2 $8 AND final fight guy loose $7 @_@ )
and my copy of mega man x3 sealed for saturn , and modded neogeo with 2 old style controllers and samurai spirits 1 and 2 arrived friday!
thanks the dreaming eye and FAbombjoy!!!

[jerkov]

Hit up a few EB's to take advantage of the last day of the "buy one, get one free sale." Sadly, mostly common stuff, but I bought a few games that I wanted. I spent about $18 on this stuff:

Double Dragon (NES) w/ manual
James Bond Jr. (NES) loose
Warrior of Rome (Genesis) boxed
Super Punch Out (SNES) boxed
Super Ghouls N Ghosts (SNES) complete
Sid Meier's Civilization (SNES) complete

I also picked up Type O Negative's October Rust for 5.99 out of their used CD section.

The vast majority of SNES, NES, and Genesis games are 5.99 and less, but I notice that there are still a few titles that EB refuses to discount. Kid Icarus is still $15 or $20, and one EB had a nice, boxed Breath of Fire 2 behind the counter, but they were charging $30 for it. It would've been a nice pick up for 5.99 combined with the sale.....

[whoisKeel]

lifeforce (nes, loose) $3
super punch-out (loose,snes) $5
rocket knight adventures (complete, gen) $4

last weekend
gradius III and zombies ate my neighbors (both loose, snes $3 a piece)

commons, i know, but excellent games :)

[Habeeb Hamusta]

DAMN. Complete Virtual Boy for 5 bux! @_@

[Kevin H]

A beta player. (yes I do still have some tapes)- 2.00
A Virtual Boy- 1.50
Mario Kart Double Dash- 20.00
5000 blank 5 1/2" floppy disks- 2 bucks *I'll use them for my commodore*



All at a auction

[jwl]

At the flea market:
Brand new official Gamecube component cable $10 Cdn
an official famicom game by Hudson that I don't Know what it is $1 Cdn

And I got Waverace Blue Storm for $9.77, and Donkey Konga and an extra bongo from Superstore.

[charitycasegreg]

Ok, here's my rundown.
Garage sale listed vdeogames, as well as other stuff I was interested in. When I got there, I saw a box of computer games. Half way decent stuff, but I didn't feel like buying any of it. Got to the main table. Small stack of SNES ranging from $1-3 each, complete boxed DC with 1 controller for $20, boxed GBC for $25, some boxed GBA games for $10 each. Oh, and some kind of action replay for 5. Don't really know.

Well, I ended up buying SNES Earthworm Jim and its manual for $3, and I got a complete boxed Golden Sun: The Lost Age for $7. Well, on my way home, I looked in the box to see that it was actually just plain old Golden Sun in the box :(
I took it back and the lady refunded my money, and she had just put out a box of old comic books. I went through those and got 8 for $1 :P

The thing is, though, is that she said there was a bunch more videogame stuff in the back, but her sons hadn't gone through it and she couldn't sell it. She proceeded to point to 4 or 5 LARGE boxes @_@ Even by asking a little more, she wouldn't budge :roll: Oh well. She said come back next year O_O

I could see in the top of the boxes...there was some good stuff in there...

Did you get the phone number? ARe you gonna go back tomorrow and ask the kids about it? Better hurry before someone beats you to it!

[Cmosfm]

For ONCE the flea markets weren't a bust, my find may actually make me start going a little more!

Fairchild Channel F - System 2 (Rarity of 7) - Near Mint, boxed, complete (even includes warranty cards) + a shoebox of Intellivision games (most with instructions and overlays, Intv games include...

Burgertime (1 loose and 1 sealed copy)
Subhunt (sealed)
Carnival
Donkey Kong
Demon Attack
NBA Basketball
Tennis
Night Stalker (Sears & Mattel Labels)
AD&D
Tron Deadly Disks
Space Battles
Horse Racing
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack
Bomb Squad
Lock N Chase
Sea Battle
Frog Bog
MLB Baseball

All that for 5.00! Also had a bunch of other random manuals, an INTV system manual, and a few handheld manuals

:D

Spider-Man: Return Of The Sinister Six - 2.00 NES
Kings Knight - 2.00 NES

And about 15 Records for 1.00 each, random stuff, great things that I never find at the markets.

So yeah, maybe this has rejuvenated my spirit in hunting.

[Aussie2B]

On Saturday my Japanese versions of Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time and Star Ocean 3: Director's Cut that I bought on eBay arrived. As I was sort of expecting, they were the Asian versions... :( Not as good of a deal as it would have been had they been the Japanese releases, but still not bad. They're in really nice condition, and I'm happy to finally have the Director's Cut. Since I collect EVERYTHING tri-Ace, I would have wanted the Asian versions eventually, so I see it as just getting it out of the way. I can put off the Japanese Director's Cut, and hopefully it'll go down in price (the Japanese still pay a fair amount for it). Actually, a good number of my PSX imports are Asian, so I don't know why it bothers me so much. o_O

[RockyRaccoon]

I got at Grandview Fleamarket in Derry N.H.-

N64 Console
2 N64 Controllers
N64 RFU Unit
WCW - World Tour

15 bucks. and works, too.

Not Bad. I don'nt have one...and..thats the kinda price to pay I guess when ya want one. :).

[josekortez]

This weekend, I got:

EB Games

Colin McRae Rally (PS1, complete) - $1.79
Knockout Kings (PS1, complete) - $1.79

Yard Sale

Chameleon Twist (N64, loose) - $2
Robotron 64 (N64, boxed) - $2
Head-mounted Space Invaders VR game (boxed, interesting) - $3

When I got home on Saturday, I got a review envelope in the mail that contained Def Jam: Fight for New York (PS2), Rocky Legends (XB), NHL 2005 (XB), and the new Jimmy Neutron and Power Rangers games (PS2) in it. @_@