Black Friday Finds

[esquire]

Well, I just got back from 5 1/2 hours of hell. Just kidding. Actually, it wasn't that bad this year. I got up at 4:30 am to head over to Meijer (sort of like Wal Mart with a grovery too) to pick up a $17 Apex DVD player. The sale was suppose to start at 5 am. I walked in at 5 am (it's a 24 hour store) and they were all sold out already and everyone was already lined up at the registers. The rest of the day was rather productive.

Best Buy
Progessive Scan DVD $17.99 after $20 MIR
Call of Duty (PC) $9.99
Mad Catz RetroCon (PS2) $9.99
Man on Fire WS DVD $9.99
Chappell Show Season 1 DVD $9.99

Target
Texas Hold 'Em Poker (GBA) $9.44
Metroid Classic NES (GBA) $13.44
007 Everything or Nothing (GC) $13.44
Megaman Zero 3 (GBA) $24.88
Seinfeld Season 1 & 2 DVD $27.99
Seinfeld Season 3 DVD $27.99
The Simpsons Season 4 DVD $17.99, however cashier didn't charge me for it.

Gamestop
Used Gameboy Advance $19.99
Used eReader $8.99
Excitebike (eR) $2.99
Donkey Kong (eR) $2.99
Super Mario Bros. 3 Series 1 (eR) $4.99
Super Mario Bros. 3 Series 2 (eR) $4.99

Toys 'R Us
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance (GC) $9.99
Golden Nugget Casino (GBA) $9.99
Space Invaders (GBA) $19.99
F-Zero Maximum Velocity (GBA) $14.99
GBA Power Station $2.49
GBA Hard Clamshell Case $0.99
GBA Ultimate Pack $4.99 - Carrying Bag, Clamshell Case, Light, AC Adaptor, Car Adaptor, 6 Game Cases, Protective Screen and Wing Grips.

EB Games
Call of Duty Expansion Pack (PC) $19.99
Bomberman Jetters (GC) $11.69

[shvnsth]

some stuff that was not on sale but good:
space channel 5 special edition $10
la pucelle tactics $30

and i bought about 12 games at gamestop.com, putting me over 500 games.
my 500th game was wave race blue storm

[Dobie]

Things were crazy this year. I went to Best Buy and Target first, Best Buy had a line circling the store, so I skipped the one item I wanted there, just because I didn't want to wait all day. Target had some decent deals. I picked up...

GBA
Zelda NES Classics

GCN
Viewtiful Joe (Non-PC version!)

DVD
Simpson's Season 4
Shrek 2

That's it for me as far as electronics goes. I wanted to maybe grab the Pearl White GBA SP at Circuit City, but it was gone by the time I got there. Most of what I ended up with was clothes. I went NUTS on that front. Eddie Bauer had some GREAT deals going.

[Mattiekrome]

Dropped by the local EB Games and got

Rampage (NES, complete)
Superspike Vball (NES, complete)
Pinbot (NES, complete)
Athletic World (NES, cart only)

All for $12.00 and change

Then went by the Toys R Us down the road and got

Perfect Dark (N64, Sealed)
NHL 99' (N64, Sealed)
Pokemon Snap (N64, Sealed)

All for a lil over $20.00

[kai123]

Picked up two copies of Chronicles of Riddick(xbox) for $10 each. One is for me and the other is for a friend. I am not a game hoarder. :)

[pookninja]

went to gamecrazy and got:champions of norrath for ps2(brand new)$12.99the 7th saga for snes(game and map)$14.49snowboard kids for n64(cart only)free!!

[MegaDrive20XX]

GameStop (buy 2 get one free)

N64:

Star Fox 64
Blast Corps (Hell yah it was free)
GoldenEye
Doom 64
Tony Hawk (free)
Star Wars Rogue Squadron
Controller Pak

total of $30.26

[pixelsnpolygons]

No sales for me. In fact, I have to BE at work in an hour... at which time I'll be the one pulling my hair out while bargain hunters hound me for cheap stuff.

*hates today*

[joshnickerson]

Actually, I went out at six this evening and found everything I intended to get! LOL

Adventure of Link NES Classics - $13.44
Aladdin SE - $12.44
Harvest Moon GC w/ stuffed cow - $19.99

I intend to give the cow to my cow-crazy mom for Xmas. :)

[spoon]

Picked up these at the buy two get one free form Gamestop

X:Box
Kingdom Under Fire
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters melee
Freedom Fighters

Game Cube:
Metal Gear Solid: the Twin Snakes
Wario Ware

Picked these up from the Eb buy two get one free

X:Box
Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter

Dreamcast
Confidential Mission
Monaco Grand Prix
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Coaster Works
Dynamite Cop!

[buttasuperb]

I haven't left the house today. LOL

But man the deals on the Seinfeld DVD's at Target are really tempting.

[Balloon Fight]

I've been stuck at home playing Viewtiful Joe all day (thanks pog for the recommendation. :) ) I may headover to Gamestop real quick to pick up some buy 2 get 1 free deals, but I'd rather sit at home and watch Friday Night Standup.

[izret101]

All i got was Rainbow Six 3 and a Live Starter Kit.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

The only thing I got today was a complete orge battle 64 and an n64 box someone was throwing away. X_x I noticed the N64 box when I was driving with my mother down to my sister house and I told her to pull over. After looking threw all the shit and broken boom boxes I was able to find the game.

[Muscelli]

i got

The brand new motorized disc doctor (one that came out like a week ago) free after rebates..

a wireless router for 3 dollars, and a dreamcast arcade stick at eb for 9 dollars..

i must say, thats damn fine for 12 dollars... would have cost me about 170 seperately :D

[potatobob]

My greatest find ever

Family Guy Seasons 1&2 DVD- $18

[youruglyclone]

datel mega memory cards that's about it almost splurged on the NEC projector from best buy did anyone get those phoenix xbox live communicator controllers?

[delafro]

I got the pearl white GBA at Circuit City... I don't want to talk about the registers there. So slow. Anyways, also picked up some $5 DVDs and $7.99 CDs. Then, over to Target for Dr. Mario and Link II for $13.99. Then, I slept for a very long time, got up, and got a Riddick from EB. Ugh, too much shopping.

[GrayFox]

Picked up
Castlevania GBA and Metroid Zero Mission GBA for $25 together.

[goatdan]

Well... Not much video game stuff although I did stop at GameStop for all of two minutes...

I got a vacuum at Best Buy for $49.99 (Still there at 5pm. Sweet! Our other one just died!)

I got Star Wars: KOTOR PC for my dad for $19.99 at Best Buy, and used 3 McDonald's things to get $3.00 back.

I got a raincheck (!!) for Simpsons Season 4 DVD set for whatever price that was at Target.

I got a copy of Nightcaster 2 for $6.48 new at the clearance section of Target.

[NE146]

Finds? Nah I just bought:

Metroid prime 2, Mario Tennis, Metal Gear Solid 3, Donkey Konga, GBA classics Castlevania, Taiko Drum Master, Paper Mario, Gradius V.

Alls for 20% off, w/ no tax. Not too bad for current "hot" games.

[Twitami]

Lol, progressive Scan DVD player $17.99 after rebate. I worked at Best Buy, and the last few years they have had the same DVD player promo: the Norcent or the Cyberhome. Want to know why they are $17.99? They have close to a 60% defect rate.

The concept of these things has always boggled me. Who would you give an $18.00 DVD player to for Christmas? If someone gave it to me, I woudl hit them in the heaqd with it. Especially when for about $50-$60.00 you can buy a Toshiba, Philips, or even a Sony on a good day. How is $18.00 a better deal when you have to replace it in 6 months?

Personally, if someone just only wanted to spend about $20.00 on a present, I would rather have a great DVD movie, and buy my own dvd player.
But, I rant....

Brian

[jenzyme]

Picked up some good stuff today:

EB:
Alpha Centauri
Arcanum
Operation Flashpoint
One Must Fall: Battlegrounds
Tron 2.0
Alice
Homeworld 2
Homeworld Cataclysm
Rainbow Six 3
Baldur's Gate 2
Half Life GOTY
Beyond Good and Evil
Icewind Dale
MDK 2
Freedom Force
Anachronox

All used on PC, $37.24

Gamestop:
Dragon Warrior VII (PSX)
R-Type 3 (SNES)
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (PS2)
Destiny of an Emperor (NES)
PS2 Component Cables (Monster brand)
Bandit Kings of China (NES)
Dudes with Tudes (NES)
Skull and Crossbones (NES)
Xevious 3D+G (PSX)

Total: $30.68

Another Gamestop:
GTA: San Andreas
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metroid Prime 2:

Total: 87.66

I spend too much money on this stuff.

[esquire]

Lol, progressive Scan DVD player $17.99 after rebate. I worked at Best Buy, and the last few years they have had the same DVD player promo: the Norcent or the Cyberhome. Want to know why they are $17.99? They have close to a 60% defect rate.

The concept of these things has always boggled me. Who would you give an $18.00 DVD player to for Christmas? If someone gave it to me, I woudl hit them in the heaqd with it. Especially when for about $50-$60.00 you can buy a Toshiba, Philips, or even a Sony on a good day. How is $18.00 a better deal when you have to replace it in 6 months?

Personally, if someone just only wanted to spend about $20.00 on a present, I would rather have a great DVD movie, and buy my own dvd player.
But, I rant....

Brian

Please don't threadjack, and BTW, it was not intended as a gift you arrogant assuming ass.

[Twitami]

Haha, a bit sensitive about that purchase eh? Sorry, didn't mean to offend you, was just ranting in general. Yours may have just been an extra DVD for the basement or something, but most of them sold are for gifts (In fact, a lot of the ones returned usually have bits of wrapping paper taped to them). Again, just ranting, no offense intended. But, fyi....you will probably not use it much, then in about 7 months you will decide to play a DVD on it. You will insert the movie, and the unit will make some noise for a while and then say "no disc". Or, it may just not open. The Norcent is BY FAR worse than the Cyberhome for this--if you bought one, take it back.

[Chunky]

Haha, a bit sensitive about that purchase eh? Sorry, didn't mean to offend you, was just ranting in general. Yours may have just been an extra DVD for the basement or something, but most of them sold are for gifts (In fact, a lot of the ones returned usually have bits of wrapping paper taped to them). Again, just ranting, no offense intended. But, fyi....you will probably not use it much, then in about 7 months you will decide to play a DVD on it. You will insert the movie, and the unit will make some noise for a while and then say "no disc". Or, it may just not open. The Norcent is BY FAR worse than the Cyberhome for this--if you bought one, take it back.

your thinking is nothing new, so shush already. cheap is cheap my apex 19.99 one is still going 2 years now, but i did buy it to *ahem* fix the bios on it....anyways. enough.

[vision89]

I went to GameCrazy for the buy 1 get one free special. I got Gunstar Heroes for the Genesis and Secret of Evermore for the SNES at $15 for both. Not the greatest deal in the world, but not too bad either.

[youruglyclone]

ending up swinging by BB to pick up a NEC projector for 600 needless to say I'm very happy with it..and to see san andreas in a 40+ display

[digtempest]

Metal Arms A Glitch in the System at C. City(a $9.99 price match from a B. Buy ad). But the cashier wouldn't give the 10% difference. The game had a C. City sticker price of $49.99. It rang up for $19.99. I didn't feel like fighting the cashier to save an extra $1.05.

[stuffedmonkey]

I got the gamecube bundle at eb:

The Platinum gamecube, 2 controllers mario kart double dash, animal crossing (free game - comes with memory card) all for 99$ - plus a gift certificate for 15$ off a game!

[dethink]

i sold my DS and took advantage of the EB GC deals... :D

i ended up with a metroid bundle, echoes, metal gear solid, NBA street 2, and f-zero, plus whatever the big memory card is now, and i still have $50 left over. :D

[snoopthree]

I didn't get anything in the way of games, but I did brave the waters of Fry's BF sale and got"

Sharp Mini DV camcorder $149.00
HP 3.1 Megapixel Digital Camera $49.00
Laptop Computer $499.00 (Which will have many emulators on it!)
Wireless router for notebook $15.00
Wireless card for $10.00

It's cool as it is all stuff we have needed and saved a bunch. I have to kive Kudos to them as well, while it was chaotic it was well run, and I was in line no more then 3 minutes to check out thanks to the 60! registers they had open. (To get the deals I was there about an hour before they opened, and about 250-300 in line at that point) :D

Evan

[TRM]

For $7 I got the following (all loose)

Freedom Force (NES)
Racket Attack (NES)
Super Gloveball (NES)
Mafat Conspiracy (NES)
Burai Fighter (NES)
Remote Control (NES)

[TheSmirk]

Nothing really, at an EBgames, I took advantage of their buy 2 used get one free and got

MK Trilogy (PSX)
Pro Pinball Big Race USA (PSX)
Gamecube Demo Disc 2 (GCN)

all three for about $6

[LiquidX01]

I got just a few things for myself.

Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack. (Xbox) $20

Found it cheap enough for me to actually buy it.

Outlaw Golf 2 (Xbox) $15

Ghost Recon 2 (Xbox) $50

Didn't get a deal on it, but I really wanted it.