Weekend Finds (th & 10th October!

[Cauterize]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

FINALLY!

A VIRTUAL BOY!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/cauterize4/09-10-04.jpg

oh yeah its made my day!

[AB Positive]

Congrats! Enjoy the VB, a wonderfus system!

-AG

[Goodwill Hunter]

Goodies from Goodwill this morning:

http://img5.exs.cx/img5/2950/SMS.jpg

Found the sports pad games complete for $1.99 each, and hurried over the hardware section. No console, but no problem...the controllers were in a big pile, obviously just dumped. RF and regular controllers .49 each, 3-D glasses and sports pads .99 each, they had 2 light guns as well, but at $1.99 each, I left 'em behind (they're at the Oklahoma St. GW for you Milwaukee boys, along with a few standard SMS sports titles).

Good start to the weekend!
Rich

[Cmosfm]

Pretty good weekend overall!

Sega Nomad - 5.00

Sega Genesis Model 3 with 2 Controllers and hook ups + Animaniacs - 5.00

Star Wars Trilogy VHS 1995 box set - 2.00

Mega Man X5 - PS & Star Fox 64 - 5.00

Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Mace & Triple Play 2000 - N64 - 5.00

Spawn: Armageddon - PS2 & Glover - N64 - 6.00

[josekortez]

I have to say this has been my best weekend this year:

Circuit City
Alter Echo (PS2) - $5

EB Games (PS1, all complete for $20 total)

Andretti Racing
Beyblade
Fighting Force
Formula 1
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (up for trade)
Omega Boost (up for trade)
Perfect Weapon
Rayman
Tomorrow Never Dies

I also got the Killzone PS2 demo, a Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater t-shirt, a Nintendo DS stylus pen, an Intec visor, and a shirt for a new game called Stolen for free there.

Yard Sale this morning - all of the following NES stuff for $7 total

Toaster NES with 2 controllers, RF switch, and power cord
Zapper light gun
8 cartridge holder
dust cover
1942 loose
Back to the Future 2 & 3 loose
Blades of Steel loose
Dr. Mario loose
Excitebike loose
Kings of the Beach loose
Rescue the Embassy Mission loose
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt with manual
Super Mario Bros. 3 with manual
Tetris (Nintendo version) loose x2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II loose
Yoshi's Cookie with manual

Yes, folks, it does pay to ask if they have any games at yard sales even if you don't see them! It also pays to haggle them down to 50 cents per NES game!:D

[jono]

Hey Cauterize, where did you get that VB from? I grabbed mine from a boot three years ago for a fiver with 2 boxed games :D Their a great little machine but a word of warning, don't play on it too long, it will give you a headache! LOL

[-hellvin-]

Well, today I decided to mix things up. Got tired of constantly thrifting so I finally tried out some garage sales and then went to a swap meet down the street. The day ended with a bang but first at the garage sales:

Only thing I found was at one house: Random Grab Bag of SNES/GB games.

SNES - F-Zero
SNES - NBA Showdown
SNES - Demolition Man
SNES - Desert Strike
SNES - PGA Tour Golf
SNES - Tecmo Superbowl
SNES - Firepower 2000
SNES - Super Mario Kart
SNES - Turtles IV
SNES - NBA Jam: TE
SNES - Megaman X
SNES - Super Punchout!!
SNES - Donkey Kong Country
SNES - Street Fighter II
SNES - Ken Griffey Jr Presents
SNES - Wolverine: Adamantium Rage
SNES - Super Tennis
SNES - Super Mario World
Game Gear - Chicago Syndicate
Game Gear - Desert Speedtrap
Game Gear - Poker Face Paul's Poker
GB - Mickey's Dangerous Chase
GB - Tetris
GB - Sports Illustrated Champ. Football & Baseball
GB - Dead Heat Scramble
GB - Mortal Kombat
GB - Super Mario Land 2

5 bucks for the two bags...nothing huge, but some good stuff.

Then I decided to go to a nearby swap meet and found something I was just thrilled with! The first booth I walk to a guy was showing something to a couple of girls which I ended up quickly buying for 20$:

Turbografx-16 System w/ hookups
1 Controller
Keith Courage In Alpha Zones (complete)
Legendary Axe II (complete)
Dragon Spirit (complete)
Bonk's Revenge (complete)
Sidearms (complete)
Deep Blue (complete)
Military Madness (complete)

Yahoo! I'm quite happy I have saturday's off so I can do a little more swap/garage sale hunting. Needless to say, I am pretty happy.

[kraboomba]

Today at yard sales I picked up:
TG16 with davis cup tennis, military madness, ninja spirit, tv sports basketball, and world class baseball.

all for $10

?what do I need for these to be complete, most of them have manual, case, and little plastic dust cover - is there anything else?

Nes games - 50 cents each all loose
Toxic Crusaders
Gilligan's Island
Lone Ranger
RoadBlasters
Dash Galaxy
Bug's Bunny's Crazy Castle
Bucky o Hare
Mach Rider
Clu Clu Land
Peter Pan and the Pirates

Snes games - $2 each all loose
Thomas the Tank Engine
Secret of Mana
Tetris Attack
Super Metroid
Ms. Pac-Man
The Great Circus Mystery starring Mickey Mouse
Toy Story

Genesis - $2 each
Decap attack (complete)
Ecco the Dolphin (complete)

Genesis system with hookups and random sports titles and sonic - $3

Odyssey 2 games - all for twenty - all complete except fot killer bees(cart only)
Attack of the Timelord
Baseball
blockout/breakdown
computer golf
computer intro
football
freedom fighters
k.c.'s krazy chase
las vegas blackjack
matchmaker/buzzword/logix
monkeyshines
pick axe pete
quest for the rings
speedway/spinout/crypto logic
take the money and run
thunderball

Intellivision complete with all hook ups - $3
with games - all complete
space battle
space armada
lock n chase
las vegas poker and blackjack

darth vader atari 2600 - 23 cents (all the change I had) - needed major cleaning (bird crap and mud dobbers inside) but works great

Pac man rug - $20
pac man garbage can - $7

non video game related:
box of 600 45 records - $20
assortment of 8 tracks and case - $2

I had a wonderful morning and I wish I had a digital camera to post some pics.

Lance

[Cauterize]

Hey Cauterize, where did you get that VB from? I grabbed mine from a boot three years ago for a fiver with 2 boxed games :D Their a great little machine but a word of warning, don't play on it too long, it will give you a headache! LOL

I got it from Gamestation in Leeds, the guys reserved it for me :)
it was marked up at £150, so i traded in:

4 Megadrives
2 NESs
2 SNESs
2 Master Systems

for it :) and to think i paid about £2 per each console i traded, i got the vb for approx £20-£25!!!!!

also more stuff i got :P a friend dropped these off for me...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/cauterize4/09-10-041.jpg

The PAL Bayou BIlly is spare so if you want it PM Me....

[thegreatescape]

So was the VB officially released in europe, or is that an import ?

Saturday was election day here, so after voting i went shopping and bough a traded in R: racing evolution for PS2 from EB for $19.95 AU. Ive wanted this game since it came out, but wasnt prepared to put down $80 AU on it..

Sucks that ill need a new ATM key card though (they invalidate them when you guess the wrong number too many times). :o

[Cauterize]

So was the VB officially released in europe, or is that an import ?

Saturday was election day here, so after voting i went shopping and bough a traded in R: racing evolution for PS2 from EB for $19.95 AU. Ive wanted this game since it came out, but wasnt prepared to put down $80 AU on it..

Sucks that ill need a new ATM key card though (they invalidate them when you guess the wrong number too many times). :o

Its import.. if it was relaesed in europe, i would have a room full of them by now :P :P LOL LOL

[pookninja]

bought:pac man fever for ps2(brand new at big lots)$14.98then at goodwill i gotbattle monsters for saturn(complete)$2.00fighting vipers for saturn(complete)$2.00double switch for sega cd(complete)$2.00primal rage for snes(cart only)$2.00

[Jibbajaba]

Genesis:
Sonic Spinball (boxed)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (boxed)
Battleship (w/ manual)

Doom II Official Stategy Guide
Phantasmagoria Official Player's Guide

Ninja Gaiden III (NES)

Chris

[Nez]

Yard Sale!


All for a dollar.

Super Street Fighter 2 (C)
Vectorman (C)
Midways Greatest Hits (C)
Madden 95 (C)
Sonic 2 (L)

[MarioAllStar2600]

Me and Tholly went to a local game store that had nes, snes, and modern. I picked up
- Bad Dudes Boxed (nes) $4
- Karate Kid Boxed (nes) $4
- How to beat Mario Brothers (book) $1
- Resident Evil Zero (gamecube) $15

Tony got 2 snes games.

[grimbal]

24 garage sales and no games. :angry:

So for the heck of it went to the local Salvation Army store and got the following:

SMS:
Afterburner - comp.
Black Belt - comp.
Rocky - boxed
Shinobi - comp.
Space Harrier - comp.

Genesis:
Berenstain Bears Camping Adv - comp.
Math Blaster Ep.1 - comp. - R6 :)
Pro QB - comp.
Richard Scarry's Busytown - cart

[Rogmeister]

One arrival in the mail today...Brute Force for XBox...counting shipping, it cost me about $7

[tholly]

SNES

Brutal Paws of Fury
Chavez

$8.29 combined for both

[Videogamerdaryll]

$40.00
Sega JVC X ' Eye.
In Box/Looks to have never been used...Came with what it's supposed to come with..(demos/paperwork)
And the guy threw in the Sega CD games shown but they were for his Sega CD/32 X set-up he was selling also.
I grabbed the Blue"The Justifier: Sega CD Gun though..He gave that to me for free.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2004_1009_175340AA.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2004_1009_184038AA.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2004_1009_184004AA.jpg


$40.00 (same seller)
Sega Dreamcast Sports Edition/Black.
The games are sealed though I'm pretty sure these are not the ones that come with it as from looking on the box.
But,I have the two games on the box sealed already.
This system is mint,no signs of use..I wrapped the cords with rubber bands since I will be using this system and tested it when I got home.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2004_1009_175624AA.jpg
I have one of these Mint/boxed in storage..So I can use this one..It's really nice looking.


$16.00 for all the SNES stuff.
3 Controllers
2 Ac adapters
AV wire
Super Punch-Out
Spider Nan/Maximum Carnage
Temco Super Bowl
Lion King
Pilot Wings
MLBPA Baseball
NES Kung Fu

$5.00 for all the Handhelds
Intellivision/Space Armada
3 Fishing games..One has fishing line on it..I thought it was the real thing at first.
Tandy Space Chaser

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/2004_1009_174846AA.jpg



Oh Yea..
I passed the X'Eye and Dreamcast systems up last week..
The guy wanted $160.00 for both..I knocked him down to $80.00 this week and got some extras.
As I paid the guy someone else tried to buy both..(sorry sold)


The Xbox Game is what I bought at Gamestop.

[GrayFox]

Goodies from Goodwill this morning:

http://img5.exs.cx/img5/2950/SMS.jpg

Found the sports pad games complete for $1.99 each, and hurried over the hardware section. No console, but no problem...the controllers were in a big pile, obviously just dumped. RF and regular controllers .49 each, 3-D glasses and sports pads .99 each, they had 2 light guns as well, but at $1.99 each, I left 'em behind (they're at the Oklahoma St. GW for you Milwaukee boys, along with a few standard SMS sports titles).

Good start to the weekend!
Rich

God damnit, I got there, and they had the Great sports titles and the guns, and that's it. Damn, I would've loved those 3D glasses and Space Harrier! Bastard ;-)

Oh yeah, nice pick ups though :P

Snagged a copy of Alundra PSX Case/No manual $.99

[-hellvin-]

Goodies from Goodwill this morning:

Damn....I need all three of those games!!! Nice find.

[stuffedmonkey]

Got for SNES:

Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally
and Stunt Race FX

Both for 8$ total.


also got a SNES mouse and plastic mousepad for 2$

[Kevin H]

All I got was X-men legends for Xbox for 25 dollars.

[jenzyme]

Yay, I finally get to post in one of these threads.

Super Nintendo Console w/ cords and 3 controllers
Super Mario All-Stars/Super Mario World
Donkey Kong Country
Vegas Stakes
ESPN National Hockey Night
Marvel Super Heroes - War of the Gems
NCAA Basketball
Batman Forever

Sega Genesis Console w/ cords and 2 controllers
Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic 2

Dreamcast stuff:
Tennis 2K2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Spec Ops II: Omega Squad
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
World Series Baseball 2K2
Tee Off

Price: Free. Yay for Gamestop not taking in older games.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Beyond good and evil for xbox for 10 bucks. and this off of ebay for 12 bucks shipped.

http://i15.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/90/f8/88_1_b.JPG

[dreamcaster]

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive) - cart. only, $2.00 AU

[MarioAllStar2600]

Talked to my dad tonight.
- TurboGrafx- 16
- 6 games complete
- Boxed controller

Everything is mint and boxed. $80 bucks.... I get home to it tommorow. :D

[unbroken]

3 sealed "sims 2" for PC at $6 each at the goodwill!!!!!!!!!!

ulitma exodus nes complete for $5

Phantasy star 3 geni complete for $5

[Cauterize]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/cauterize4/10-10-04.jpg

Items to note...

6 Dreamcast Games, 3 Sealed - £5
Mario The Juggler Game & Watch - 75p
Atari VCS with 5 Boxed Games - £3
PsOne + Hugo 2 - £5
Soul Calibur 2 Guide (Still sealed but i might open it... temptation) - £2
Gamecube Virtua Striker 3 - £2
PS2 Evolution Skateboarding - £2.50

[jono]

Not a lot today. Grabbed a NES and a N64 for £9 for trading in gamestation. I want one of those new mini PS2's for San Andreas.

Hey Cauterize, i did the same sort of deal you did for the VB. I took a NES, SNES, Atari Lynx, Dreamcast, a boxed master system 2 and about 20 games in various states on Friday morning. They gave me £138 credit in gamestation!!!! :D I grabbed one of those new crystal xbox's, Fable and Burnout 3.
Best of all I only paid £30 for the lot of them! HA, HA, HA LOL

My local gamestations don't allow you to trade 2 or more of the same machine though.

[ClubNinja]

I picked up this guy:

http://www.gis.net/~bertulli/egret/egret2.jpg

See the thread in the Arcade Alley forum for more:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43441

[potatobob]

I got

Katamari Damacy for $8-brand new
Klonoa Empitr of Dreams $10-brand new

[potatobob]

whoops

[VACRMH]

Hit the EB Games Sale :)

New -

May Payne 2
Legacy Of Kain Defiance
F-Zero GX
Call Of Duty
Midway Arcade Treasures

Used -

Red Faction

And a free Killzone Demo.

[Cauterize]

Hey Cauterize, i did the same sort of deal you did for the VB. I took a NES, SNES, Atari Lynx, Dreamcast, a boxed master system 2 and about 20 games in various states on Friday morning. They gave me £138 credit in gamestation!!!! :D I grabbed one of those new crystal xbox's, Fable and Burnout 3.
Best of all I only paid £30 for the lot of them! HA, HA, HA LOL

My local gamestations don't allow you to trade 2 or more of the same machine though.

Great isnt it... trade cheap stuff and get new expensive stuff back :P
try get mates with the guys in there... im known as Retro Boy to all the gamestation staff, i get discounts too and the kept that vb aside for me for 2 weeks!!!! i love them!

Got some more finds this afternoon so ill post a piccy later...

[PopfulMail]

josekortez


a Nintendo DS stylus pen


How did you come across one of these?

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Picked up the akuma controller at blockbuster for 24.99.

[potatobob]

My most educated buy of the week was Hulk Hands for $8.

[josekortez]

Popful, to be honest, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time on Friday night. When I was at an EB that I frequent, they had just received an unmarked box of promotional goodies, and the employees popped that sucker open and took what they wanted which included a weird Dragon Quest/Warrior crayon set with kanji letters on it, a beta copy of Guilty Gear: Isuka, an SNK decal, and an Aiai Super Monkey Ball doll. One of the smaller things left in the box included the DS stylus, so they just handed it to me after I asked if they had any leftovers. I thanked them and promptly left the store. (I think they wanted to empty the box of its contents before the manager came in the next morning.)

Oh, and yesterday, after I posted, I got an N64 with a gold controller and an Interact Sharkpad Pro along with a loose copy of Doom 64 at another yard sale for $4. Then, I returned a defective copy of Colin McRae Rally (PS1) to EB and bought a complete copy of The Weakest Link (PS1) for 3 dollars and some change.

[max 330 mega]

i got a 1960's pachinko machine for $40 dollars, and if anyone knows alot about these things and how to repair them, PLEASE pm me!!!!!!!

[PopfulMail]

jose - Good deal for you. I find it interesting that an EB store got a box w/ promo goodies such as the one's you listed. I've worked in numerous gaming stores for years, and can't recall ever seeing goodies like that coming through in a delivery. Anyway... Now I must figure out why out of all of the great finds listed in this thread, I'm most jealous of the guy who got a stylus?

[josekortez]

Mine is not to ask, Popful, only to collect promotional swag.

[mhsy2a]

Only got one thing this weekend:

SNES- Final Fantasy III, loose- FREE 8-)

[Famidrive-16]

Came back from the flea, and I found (all loose)

Atari Jaguar System with two controllers (one of them had a sticker of controls to a mech game attached) and all hookups.
Rayman (Jag)
Zool 2 (Jag)
Evolution Dino Dudes (Jag)
Claymates (SNES)
Aerogauge (N64)
Ogre Battle 64 (N64)

It's the first time I had ever seen anything Jaguar related there, and I didn't have one myself, so I figured i should start.

[grimbal]

Found my first R7 in the wild today. :D

Shien's Revenge complete in mint condition for $5
It even had the plastic bag that covers the cartridge when they're new.

Forgot to add it's for SNES.

[leorange]

at the flea...

2600:
beat 'em & eat 'em w/ box & instructions
bachelor party w/ damaged box
$5 each

nes:
adventure of link w/box, manual, styrofoam and dust sleeve
legend of zelda w the above and map/strategy guide
$5 each

the beatles "let it be" laserdisc-$3

[Mr.FoodMonster]

You guys make me so freaking angry. I didn't find jack over the summer other than 2 Sega CD games, and one DC game. Thats it. While I didn't go out every weekend at the crack of dawn, I did like 5 or so times and nothing. You guys are seriously lucky.

[GrayFox]

Killzone demo $.01
Star Fox SNES Loose $2.99

[charitycasegreg]

You guys make me so freaking angry. I didn't find jack over the summer other than 2 Sega CD games, and one DC game. Thats it. While I didn't go out every weekend at the crack of dawn, I did like 5 or so times and nothing. You guys are seriously lucky.

YOu gotta go a lot more then just 5 times to find things. SOmetimes you get lucky, sometimes you dont. REmember to always ask at garage sales if they have old video games, doing that helped me out BIG time a few times.

[-hellvin-]

You guys make me so freaking angry. I didn't find jack over the summer other than 2 Sega CD games, and one DC game. Thats it. While I didn't go out every weekend at the crack of dawn, I did like 5 or so times and nothing. You guys are seriously lucky.

YOu gotta go a lot more then just 5 times to find things. SOmetimes you get lucky, sometimes you dont. REmember to always ask at garage sales if they have old video games, doing that helped me out BIG time a few times.

Agreed. I hunt for games more often than I will ever play them. Usually go three times during the weekdays if possible and now on saturdays =D.

[NintendoMan]

This was a really slow weekend for me. I was pretty much broke this whole week. I need manage to pick up about 5 dvds, reserved a few games and the DS, as well as this morning I picked up Windwaker, FINALLY for $16.99 at Target. Hell of a deal.

[Jibbajaba]

You guys make me so freaking angry. I didn't find jack over the summer other than 2 Sega CD games, and one DC game. Thats it. While I didn't go out every weekend at the crack of dawn, I did like 5 or so times and nothing. You guys are seriously lucky.

YOu gotta go a lot more then just 5 times to find things. SOmetimes you get lucky, sometimes you dont. REmember to always ask at garage sales if they have old video games, doing that helped me out BIG time a few times.

Agreed. I hunt for games more often than I will ever play them. Usually go three times during the weekdays if possible and now on saturdays =D.

I agree also. And I would also say that I probably don't find somthing every one in five times that I enter a thrift store. You just have to be patient. I go a couple of times per week before or after work and I find something at least every other week. And I definitely spend more time hunting than playing, but I'd like to change that.

Chris

[BIGMIKE]

just out browsing on the ol mail route saturday. one flea market so i popped in and found one of those tomytronic pacman handhelds (almost purty new)with box and instructs.........for a buck ;)

[sirgeoph]

I got a Maxi-15 multi-game cart for the NES, a sealed copy of Bubble Bobble 2 (NES), and a sealed copy of Prince of Persia (NES), all through eBay.

[Habeeb Hamusta]

Nothin much this weekend.

SNES-Pocky and Rocky 2-$5
SNES-Act Raiser 2-$10
:(

[slip81]

Star Wars Trilogy VHS 1995 box set - 2.00

Do you mean the THX WS VHS box set that came in that big box with darth on it? If so, and if the tapes are in nice condition I'll give you $50 for it.

All I got this weekend was GTA, and GTA: London 1969 for PSX $11.00 and Gungrave Overdose PS2 14.00

[charitycasegreg]

Star Wars Trilogy VHS 1995 box set - 2.00

Do you mean the THX WS VHS box set that came in that big box with darth on it? If so, and if the tapes are in nice condition I'll give you $50 for it.

All I got this weekend was GTA, and GTA: London 1969 for PSX $11.00 and Gungrave Overdose PS2 14.00

He probably means the more common non wide screen box set. I too want the widescreen ones but they just go for too much on ebay.

[Nesmaster]

I got a Maxi-15 multi-game cart for the NES, a sealed copy of Bubble Bobble 2 (NES), and a sealed copy of Prince of Persia (NES), all through eBay.

y'know, you really shouldnt do that ;) . for a minute i thought you actually did get bubble bobble 2 sealed :P

anyways, dont remember if i posted or not, but i got skate or die 2, and some nes manuals.

[rhiohki]

Friday:

PAWN: Found a Complete and MINT Silent Hill for PSX (Couldn't believe the disc and manual was PRISTINE) - $2.00

YARD SALE: BRAND NEW in box Mario Paint for SNES - $2.00

Bout it this weekend......need to look up for sales in my area.

[tritium]

I got Flashback for the Genesis for $3.50 Complete. The manual was kinda damaged, but stil completely legible. The box and game were practically mint.

-Tritium

[Cmosfm]

Star Wars Trilogy VHS 1995 box set - 2.00

Do you mean the THX WS VHS box set that came in that big box with darth on it? If so, and if the tapes are in nice condition I'll give you $50 for it.


Haha! I wish, It was just the common box. Believe me, if it was the large box set...It would have been on eBay already. Even though I do plan on putting the one I did get on eBay. LOL I have it on DVD, I watched the originals this weekend and now I have no use for em.