Your best NES find

[DigitalSpace]

What is your most memorable NES find in the wild? Finding a rare game? Finding a game you wanted to own but couldn't find anywhere? Coming across a bunch of games in a thrift store/pawn shop/yard sale/etc. for next to nothing? Something else? Tell us about it! If you've got a story, share it, and if you've got pics, share them!

For me, I don't have an NES in my collection yet (although I want to own one someday) so my find isn't that impressive - it was a loose cart of Stack Up for $7.99 at a Game Crazy. A friend of mine had just bought a ROB off of ebay and was interested in getting the game. I was at that Game Crazy the day before and remembered that I saw Stack-Up there, so I told him about it and he told me to get it and he'd pay me back, so I went back the next day and bought it.

[Jibbajaba]

I have two finds that I consider to be especially good. The first was about 5 years ago, when I found a complete copy of Tengen Tetris at a local video store for like $3.99. They had no idea. I also found Qix there for like 2 bucks.

The second was when I found about 20 complete and near mint NES games at a thrift store. Mostly R3s and R4s, but also Namco Ms. Pac-Man, which is like an R7.

Chris

[Cirrus]

When I was in middle school there was a comic book store which has used NES games for trade. Basically, you traded in any two games for one game on their shelf. Doomed to fail, don't you think?

Anyway, I had seen previews/reviews of River City Ransom in Nintendo Power and always thought it sounded like the best game in the world. Saw it at the comic book store, traded in Mario/Duck Hunt, and Mario/Duck Hunt.

LOL

[leorange]

i guess if i've achieved any sort of notoriety in the classic gaming world, it's because many years ago, i found a box full of caltron 6 in 1s at a thrift store here in l.a.: 15 shrinkwrapped, 1 complete and 1 loose (they're all long gone by now). don't know if it was a video store, a game store, or hell, someone related to the caltron company that dumped them there, but i thought the $30 i paid for the box was fair.

and speaking of fair prices to pay, here's a written-on price that i've never thought of trying to wipe off... ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/gar.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/gar2.jpg

[sniperCCJVQ]

Karare Kid Sample (more demo than proto) in a trade for a Virtual Boy.

[Kroogah]

Solitaire boxed from a video rental place - $3
Cowboy Kid from Game Crazy - $3
Mega Man 6 from Game Crazy (same day) - $7
NES Top Loader from Game Crazy - a few PS2 games traded in

[fergojisan]

I found a loose Tengen Tetris in some kind of store (used games/camera equipment/cds) for $5.

Found 2 complete Stack-Ups at a flea market for $8 each.

[vintagegamecrazy]

My first great nes find ever was back in 1994 when I was in my church youth group and we were having a church garage sale to raise money for a youth trip I sold a ton of whatever and was looking around and found a few things I liked and what not then one of the girls I knew was selling nes games for 50 cents (in 1994) I bought two games and then sHE had a Aladdin deck enhancer, at the time neither one of us knew what it was (it came with dizzy) since she didn't know what it was she just gave it to me.

Six months ago I found a Xenophobe Prototype in Salvation Army for 1.99.

[Damon Plus]

Not that great, but games are harder to find here:

-Ikari Warriors (complete)
-Flinstontes (with box)
-Airwolf (with box)
-Super Off Road
-Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt

All for 3$

[whoisKeel]

I'm gonna have to travel way back for this one...back to when the nes was still in it's prime and snes wasn't even mentioned yet for a couple more years.

Metal Gear + Contra for $15 total at a yard sale (both complete!). Even today, it's a fair price, but these two babies where probably still $40-50 at the time.

I think even before that I bought about 5 or 6 (loose) games off my older cousin for $10 a pop (my parents must've helped me out or something, because there's no way I could've afforded $50 at that age). Games included gradius, metroid, castlevania, solomon's key, and I believe tennis and commando. edit: oh yeah, wizards and warriors was definitely in there.

So out of those two purchases, I got some of the best releases ever for the system (imo).


Sure, those games can be had for $1-3 now, but you just can't beat those bargains for back in the day.

[Damon Plus]

Just got a greater deal today LOL

-Jack Nicklaus Golf
-Isolated Warrior
-Parasol Stars
-Blues Brothers
-Faxanadu

All of them like new and complete, for free :)

[squirrelnut]

I got an nes with like 20 games and 2 controlers and a zapper for 20 bucks

[NESaholic]

Complete Rodland for 14 carts.
First i traded the cart for 14 carts and 2 months later he gave me the box and manual for free cause i helped him out getting some games,said he got it when he bought a box full of NES games.

[Nesmaster]

as ive said many times before, a complete action 52 for free.

other finds that made me happy:
a 2nd action 52 with box and manual (no inserts or comic) -$4
NES with maxi 15 for $10 from a garage sale
5 nes games for $1 from a garage sale
complete river city ransom and 12 other games for $25

im sure ive had more great finds, but im still waiting for the day to find flintstones 2 or DW4 in the wild (if ever :()

[imanerd0011]

Man... some of you guys have got some crazy deals! My best deals are pathetic in comparison, but here they are:

Tengen Tetris = $6 from EB a few months back
Mermaids of Atlantis = $4
Dragon Warrior 2 = $3
Trolls on Treasure Island (complete) = $4

Those are my best deals I got in the wild so far. I have scored some great deals on ebay, here they are:

Miracle Piano (complete) & NES with all hook ups+30 games = $90
Lot of 10 games all boxed for $12. One of the games was a complete Solitaire , and one was a boxed Panic Restaurant. I won this one last week. [/quote]

[-hellvin-]

http://videogamecollectors.com/gallery/Hellvin-s-Rooms-Of-Dooms/room_036_1

$5

[sirgeoph]

hot slots, loose, found in repair office at work

[Dire 51]

Add another Tengen Tetris to the list... found it at a video store for $5, resold it for $80.

[pseudonym]

i found most of wisdom tree's library, and a few color dreams' games sealed/complete in a pawnshop a few years ago. they even had copies of the pc version of exodus. i also got 10 yard fight, snake's revenge, nightshade, hoops, tmnt, bases loaded sealed.

i got them all for $7 each, $5 for the sports titles. they were sitting there for a long time judging by the dust on them and the people in charge were happy to get rid of them so they gave me a discount (they were $10 each, and $7 each for sports title regular prices).

more recently i found a stack of boxed/complete nes games at a local goodwill. i was shocked when i looked in the display case when i found all four dragon warrior games, several other rpgs, legend of zelda, dragon's lair, q-bert, and a few others. they were all either boxed or complete and $3 each.

i didn't have enough cash on me to get them all so i bought the dragon warriors, bards tale, final fantasy, and legend of zelda. i was so happy that i sold my doubles of these games for cheap.

[jerkov]

I think getting two loose Flintstones 2 carts on seperate occasions for $5 and $8 respectively may qualify as my best finds.

I also got a mint condition top-loader for $25 at a FuncoLand a few years back. It's been hooked up in my bedroom ever since. I don't think that's too shabby either.

[classicb]

Fire N' Ice w/box it's listed as an R6 on DP but more importantly it was the last game I needed to complete my Tecmo NES game collection. I found it at a record store that sells old games for 4.95. I was so excited I came straight home took a picture of the whole collection and posted it here on DP. Then went straight to playing it. :)

[FlufflePuff]

I've found 3 Flinstones 2 over the last two years. All of them were for 2.99. I traded one to a friend. Put one in my collection, and the third is awaiting a new home. Need to perform some minor label repair before selling it though. On the same night I found the 3rd Flinstones 2, I also found Pro Sport Hockey for 2.99 and won $100 at blackjack. Go me!

[dreamcaster]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/chriscubed/nescomplete.jpg

Mint condition, unused NES for $5.00 AU

I rank it as one of my best finds ever - not just for NES, but overall.

[cracked8ball]

My best find was probably the Star Force prototype at Gamestop for $1. I sold it a few years later which I regret. I've also found a complete Aladdin Deck Enhancer for $2.50, Maxi 15 for $4.95, and more recently Pro Sport Hockey for $2.

[DDCecil]

On my own, Action 52 for $7 back in 1995 or 96 at a local rental
store.

While working for my dad's store back in 1998, a man with one arm (a butcher!) and his family came into the store with 10 plastic bags FULL of loose NES games. Tengen Tetris, all 4 Dragon Warriors, and many others. Came to about 175-200 NES games. A week later he came back with Nintendo Powers 1-18 (all mint), Dragon Warrior 2 Tips Guide, and other rarities.

[Master Chu]

Got my DW3 loose at the pawn shop for $4.
Maxi 15 free from a friend when i bought a few common SNES's off of him.
And my baby...Caltron complete from a rental store sellout for $5.00. :D

Back in the day that was the only place i ever saw with a rental Power Pad...

[captain nintendo]

Just recently I found a Caltron 6 in 1 (loose) for 10 dollars. Its nice because I have a complete copy as well and now I dont even have to open it up and ruin the box to play :)

Once bought 100 nes games for 100 dollars plus sales tax :-P
Several hundred nes boxes and manuls for around 100 dollars :-P :-P


Hell thats all I can think of at the moment.


Edit : Oh yeah , factory sealed Maxi 15 HES , and a complete mint copy of a PAL Stadium Events. for 40 dollars

[Doonzmore]

Namco Pac Man (R7) complete at a garage sale for a buck and a loose copy of Wacky Races for 8 bucks at a game shop.

[Super Mario Fan]

All at a flea market:
A whole bunch of NES instruction manuals $1

Micro Machines (gold)
Kickle Cubicle
Little Nemo Dream Master
($10 for all of them)

Tengen Tetris, get this ......$5!!!!!

Box full of NES stuff
(2 systems, controllers, hook-ups, Genni hook-ups,
and games including DK3, Silent Service, and a bunch of other games(43 to be exact))
For a grand total of... $20


And at a church sale, I got a Power Pad for $1. It was in a pile of purses. :hmm:

[Ulticron]

I think my best find happened in 1996, Toy's R Us was trying to get rid of their NES inventory an the most expensive games were $9.99. I don't remember everything i bought that day but I do remember that was the day i snagged Star Tropics 1 & 2. Those games were a steal at $10! :D

[DeuZZ]

Probably my two m82's for 170 $ and a complete NES with box and everything for 20 $. And a complete NES for 2 $ .

[NintendoMan]

I think my best find happened in 1996, Toy's R Us was trying to get rid of their NES inventory an the most expensive games were $9.99. I don't remember everything i bought that day but I do remember that was the day i snagged Star Tropics 1 & 2. Those games were a steal at $10! :D

Ah, man, I remember those days! I was too damn busy buying SNES, PS1, and N64 games to even recognize the NES games. I was so stupid, that will never happen again when a new system is released and the current games are SLASHED in prices.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Me and a couple of my friends pick up numorus new NES games at a local mom and pops video chain for around 50 cents a peice. Included in that deal was Metal Gear, Castlevania, Robocop and Kung-Fu.

[cowmando6]

My best NES find was a MIB Brand New NES for $12.00.

[Damon Plus]

Just got a greater deal today LOL

-Jack Nicklaus Golf
-Isolated Warrior
-Parasol Stars
-Blues Brothers
-Faxanadu

All of them like new and complete, for free :)

The guy has found Donkey Kong JR. Math, so add that to the deal :D

[Biohazard]

My most memorable finds with NES stuff:

- about 12 games for 0.25 eurocents each, manuals for free!
- A NES with a few good titles including Zelda 2 for about 15 euros.

I think I didn't do too bad :)

[shawnbo42]

Hmm, let's see...so many places and buys over the years...A couple DO stand out though...Two separate occasions at Funcoland, Miracle Piano carts for 4 or 5 dollars with mint labels.
Also at Funcoland, Final Fantasy complete and very nice, $25
More recently at a Goodwill, 67 boxed titles, $2 apiece. Most notable of these was the following.
Pac-Mania
Crystal Mines (2 of these)
ALL 4 DW'S AND FF (all boxed, w/original wrappers & price tags, but they've been opened)
Panic Restaurant
Paperboy 2
Also, and the only reason I mention it is because I'd never seen it before, in the same lot, was Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego, but in a large box with the manual, and the encyclopedia (book and box are perfect).
That's about all I come up with at any rate.

[dougman999]

TMNT: tourneyment fighters -- $3.95
Duck Tales 2 -- $6.95

6 carts (including Stack up and a wrecking crew w/ famicom adapter) for 55 weeks subtime on GameTZ (roughly $20).

Couple of famicom pirates (4 in 1 w/ double dribble, contra (with it's own submenu of about 15 other choices), leff funace and pretty girl fighter and a 280 in 1 that i haven't been able to check out yet) for chrono cross psx (GH version).

[Bluteg]

I got my Flintstones R7 for $2.50 at a flea market and also I got a sealed Talespin for $2 because they thought it was a VHS tape.

[dojosky]

I've had so many but here's a few that I remember of ...

6 sealed brand new Tengen Tetris for Nintendo $25 for 6 of them (All Long Gone) stupid me :(

Dragon Warrior 2,3,4 all complete at a thrift store for $5 each ...

3 sealed color dinosaurs $2 each still have them somewhere need to find them !!

and few more will have to try and remember them LOL ...

[Qixmaster]

*141 Complete in box NES games for $150

*Mega man 2-6 Complete, Battletoads and double dragon complete, Contra Force Complete, Ducktales 2 complete, Paper Boy 2 complete - $5 each

*Myriad 6 in 1 box and manual only - $8
*Caltron 6 in 1 box only - $5

*74 Complete in box NES games for $130

*Sword Master complete - $9.10
*Blackjack complete - $12
*Fire n Ice complete - $12
*Tagin Dragon complete - $10
*DK jr. Math complete - $20

i've had many more, those are just off the top of my head

also i guess you could add in a Stadium Events Manual and complete in box Family Fun Fitness Pad for $211 bucks.... but that is kinda spendy, but pretty darn rare.

[Clay]

The only real good find I have had in the wild is a boxed Pro Sport Hockey for 4.00.

Clay

[StealthLurker]

Back in the 80s, during a vacation overseas my grandmother and I went to a nearby mall to get some games. Saw and played a doki doki panic cart at the store. I passed on it because I thought it was a cheap rip off of super mario bros 2. LOL



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[MattG/Snyper2099]

Back in 96 when video game rental places were clearing out their stock I bought these all complete down to origional baggies and reg cards. They were $10 each

Bubble bobble Part II
Fire n' Ice
Operation Secret Storm
Pac Mania
Both NES Star Wars games

Also found a loose Tengen Tetris for $5 at CD/Game exchange a few years ago. Later purches the instructions for $5 from some one else and the box for $5 from a third person.

Have found multiple loose titles of a lot of these for under $5:
Puzznic
Qix
Maxi 15
Color a Dinasaur
Micro Machines

Oh, and a sealed q-brt for $2.99 from a thrift store.

[Kejoriv]

Top Loader for $10

I also bought 20 complete games for $10 this past summer. :D

[Sothy]

picked up a bunch of sealed nes stuff at a store a couple years ago for 5 bux a pop.

NES OPEN
MAGIC DARTS
COMBAT
etc.

Sold it all on ebay because Id prefer to let some wacko spend insance money for sealed stuff and then use that money to buy a crapload of stuff to play.

[Daft Punk]

My best find would have to be when I got a suitcase full of boxed nes games for $1 each. When I was done going through them I ended up with 56 games . Some of the titles included dragon warrior 2 and final fantasy. I wish I never went and sold them all though.

[Speedy_NES]

I think my best find happened in 1996, Toy's R Us was trying to get rid of their NES inventory an the most expensive games were $9.99. I don't remember everything i bought that day but I do remember that was the day i snagged Star Tropics 1 & 2. Those games were a steal at $10! :D
I remember those two on Toys R Us shelves...bought them there for 6.99 each in 1997 or 1998...

As for my best NES finds...well:

600-700+ NEW/MINT NES manuals for 5 bucks (including loads of unlicensed manuals as well as 2 copies of each Panesian game manual ;))
Cheetahmen II & 6-in-1 Myriad both factory sealed for 15-20 bucks each back in 1997 or 1998
150+ NES boxes for less than 100 dollars
A bunch of boxes & manuals for several extremely rare games @ Funcoland for free.
A Famicom clone & carrying case with lots of Famicom games and converters (including a cartridge-sized Honey Bee "Family Adaptor" that I've never seen anywhere before...not the half-cartridge-sized Honey Bee "Family Converter") for an oldschool Gameboy with some games/accessories back in 1998

and lots of other decent deals for rare games....

I got all those manuals at a local rental back in 1996 or 1997...they were selling all their NES games and I had bought around 100+ there, so they knew me pretty well by then (I was a little kid ;)) so they sold those manuals for a mere 5 bucks...also got a couple hundred NES see-through cases there for hardly any $$ :) I just wish I had started collecting NES stuff a few months earlier, because according to the manuals, they must have had 6 panesian games for sale as well as a load of other extremely rare games, all for 3 bucks each. :( I wonder who got their hands on those ;)

-Speedy

[Tones]

flintstones2 loose 7e
Mr Gimmick boxed 30e :( ;)

[midmagic]

Wow! There's some really awesome finds here! Congrats to all!

My best couple NES finds:

Dragon Warrior 4 at a garage sale with directions and fold-out map/chart, $2

My most humorous find: Dumpster dove for a NES front loader...found the A/C adapter and RF cable also, plus a controller. No games though...and believe me, I made quite sure that dumpster didn't have any games in it! My girlfriend wouldn't come near me for a week! Oh, and get this...no blinking problems!

Hey maybe we should start another thread: Most humorous NES find!

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

Wacky Races for $8 at a local gaming store. Not THAT great, but I've been looking for the game for quite some time.

[s1lence]

I can remember a couple, probably because I havent focused on my NES collection.
I got a brand new NES top loader from kaybee toys for 25 bucks.

This last weekend I got a toaster nes with top gun 2, smb 1-3 , zapper and two pads for 10 bucks.

[Immutable]

A 50-in-1 Famicom pirate with a Honey Bee Adaptor for $3 (no duplicate games)

Also, Deluxe NES set with a complete ROB the Robot and Gyromite and Mach Rider. The boxes for the NES games were in tip top shape too.

[Parpunk]

accidentally stumbled across this old forum for the first time figured id share my best nes finds i have had in the last 3 years of my collecting....... Oh and i have to say the find with 15 caltrons sealed is absolutely amazing! Anyways heres my best NES Finds (o yea a few of them at the bottom areent nes but figured id post them because they were such a great deal

Best NES Deal i have ever got>>

Traded a guy a Ps2 System, Xbox, and a Gba SP

FOR:

Caltron 6 in 1 CIB (mint)
Secret Scout CIB (mint) Black
Bubble Bobble 2 CIB (mint)
Mario is Missing CIB (mint)
Solomons Key 2 CIB PAL (mint)
Sunday Funday CIB (mint)
All the Mega Mans CIB 1-6 (mint)
Little Samson CIB (mint)
Tengen Tetris CIB
Mermaids of Atlantis CIB (mint)
Panic Resteraunt CIB (mint)
Action 52 CIB
Dragon Warrior 4 with Box (mint)
Kirbys Adventure CIB
Kung Fu Heroes Sealed
Mig 29 sealed
Game Action Replay
Menace Beach CIB (black) (mint)
about 30 other cart only and complete games.
and some more boxes and manuals
Compliments of GAMETZ..^^

Traded A Genesis 3 Mini System and a couple Games
FOR:
Flintstones 2 With Box Mint (Gametz score)

Also found all these games CIB and mint for 6 bucks each at a game show in the last 2 months
Ms. Pacman Factory Sealed Namco
Adventure island 2 Factory Sealed
Bubble Bobble 2 Cart only for 6 bucks
and all the rest of them here in the pictures.
the pal games on right stack are noahs ark, dropzone, and de schlumpfe (smurfs)
Pic:
Game show finds
http://i85.photobucket.com/alb.../parpunk/6a5e441a.jpg

Other finds
Final Fight Guy Complete for 7 Bucks
Virtual Boy Demo System $5.00!!! Later sold for $230.00
Sega Nomad Factory Sealed $20.00
8 Factory sealed Gameboy Games for 10 bucks each. including final fantasy adventure, mega man 5, bionic commando and more.

Also some of my higlights this summer include marios time machine CIB and mint, in a box of of 25 other CIB games for $10.00 for the box. the rest of the games were decent ones. and fire n ice CIB for $9.00 mint. and many many cart only games.

So ive been doing alright for a 20 year old white boy lol. still need the panesians, SE, and myramid though :-(

[theshizzle3000]

I picked up Mermaids of Atlantis from Rhyno video games fofr free because of a buy 2, get one free deal.

[Kuros]

My best was on Ebay, a guy had 8 lots of 8 nintendo games each. I sniped every single auction and ended up paying around 35 bucks total for 64 nintendo games.

That gave me a huge boost to my NES collection.

[dgordon86]

I think all my finds have been excellent, from coast to coast.

the first find that brought me to this forum was a sealed Us copy of qix for the nes. I sold to bronty for 250.00...kinda regret. I did get for 2 dollars though :P


Another time I bought a lot of two nes systems, 40 games, instruc. guides. had DW 1-3, tengen tetris, and some really good titles.


My best most recent find was from someone on CL. He sold me over 50 instruction booklets, 25 good games (tyson's punch out metroid, smb 2, smb 3 etc), a nes, all for 60.

Or I found over 30 sealed nes games (pretty common stuff) from a video game store at 3 bucks a piece.

[Xexyz]

Nothing too special. My highlights are probably my complete copies of Metal Storm, Legacy of the Wizard, Rampart, and Pipe Dream, all of which I got for $5 a piece at a local flea market during the month of July this year.

[dylan0228]

I found 2 copies of Flintstones: Dinosaur Peak on E-bay. One came with the box & the other was cart only. Both of them for $10. I also found a mint copy of Earthbound at a flea market for $3. Those were 2 of the notable deals I remember.

[NES_Rules]

I'd have to say either a complete boxed NES that I got a garage sale for $25 with Tetris CIB. Or maybe 8 really great NES games, including Pac-Man and Kirby's Adventure for $10.

[mailman187666]

I got Chrono Trigger, Uniracers, and Breath of Fire for SNES for free. I know it aint nes but it was still a good deal.

[Mason P.]

well mine would be paying $10 for the prototype S.C.A.T. in Maui on my honeymoon. Man my wife is cool. The guy at the store couldn't decide if he wanted to sell it to me or keep it. I talked him into selling it to me :D .

[Slate]

I have a lot of awesome finds in the NES section.

The first would be around August 8th 2004. I bought 68 NES games and 3 SNES games for under $20. Some of the highlights are:

Adventure Island 3
Lolo
Lolo 2
Lolo 3
Maniac Mansion (I was talking about this one a lot the day before)
Megaman 2
Megaman 3
Megaman 4
Uninvited

(EDIT: A copy of Power Blade 2 was in this lot.)

All of them were in good condition too, With the exception of Dr. mario Wich had a suntan. (EDIT: Funny story is I later found a yellowed Top Loading NES that may have held this same copy of Dr. Mario for years.)

Here is another deal, Early may 2005:

Complete NES Power Set! EVERYTHING was included, including some plastic tray (What is it for?) And EVERYTHING was in pristine condition, The system still had the $159 price sticker from KMart on it. 5 Games included, counting the SMB/DH/WCTM cart.

Burgertime (Complete)
Challenge At Pebvble Beach? (Can't remember the name of it. Loose)
Donkey Kong Classics (Boxed)
Q* Bert (Complete, $35 price sticker is still on it)

Oh, I almost forgot to say what I paid for this! $10 for the lot! :)

Here is another great find, A couple months later:

NES System with box, 2 controlers and hookups. No manuals. (Core system - $4)

And here is a find earlier this year:

NES System With 10-15 games, Some complete and in beautiful condition:

Dynowarz (Complete)
NES Play Action Football (Complete and in beautiful condition)
Nintendo World Cup (Complete)
Punch-Out!! (Complete)
Super Mario Bros./Duck hunt (Loose, It's worthless to mention it :P )
Super Mario bros. 2 (Complete and in great condition)
Super Mario bros. 3 (Complete and in great condition)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Loose)
Tetris (Complete and in beautiful condition)

There were some other games included, But i can't remember them. Oh, I paid $9 for this lot.

Here is yet Another great find...

NES Rob the robot with all gyromite acc. And all in working order - $18 shipped off of ebay (EDIT: The seller ended the auction at a very bad time one May.)

Latest best find, find, In june this year:

I got about 63 games this time, 50 were NES, 8 were N64 and the rest were SNES. I paid $10 for the lot. All of them were loose or had a manual.

[aaron7]

Nearly my whole collection. There are some things I paid a bunch for, but most things were found in the wild!

My SMB2 store sign (double sided 3D Mario... thing is HUGE!), Caltron 6in1 at a flea market for a few bucks, tons of bootleg games from a friend in Brazil... etc etc.

[Retsudo]

I wouldnt say it's the greatest find in the world, but one day i went to EBGames and some guy trading in a bunch of complete games in near mint condition.
I grabbed Breakthru, Tiger Heli, and The Legend of Zelda.

[diskoboy]

3 years ago - A complete, boxed copy of Gyromite. My nephews opened it. Then they lost the gyros and the thing that spins them.

I didn't let them touch any of my games in my collection for a long while after that.

[Cambot]

Under the tree - Christmas 1987. A complete, mint-in-box NES with a complete, sealed Stinger.

Neither one are so complete, nowadays, but I still love 'em.

[TahoeMax]

Brand new NES toploader for $69.99. This was in...1999 or 2000, i think. Still have it sitting in my closet. Still brand new. Kind of upset me to see all the bootlegs that hit the scene a couple years ago...certainly hit the resale value of this one, but it's still a nice collectible to have.

Also got DWIII for NES for $10 on GameTZ many years ago.

[Damaramu]

Back in '97 I picked up a MIB top loader for $.99 + tax from an EB in Austin. :D

[TahoeMax]

you win :(

[kainemaxwell]

Picking up Krazy Kreatures at a GS for $299 a couple years back.

[Geddon_jt]

I found a complete in box Peek-A-Boo poker underneath a pile of Genesis games at a Flea market for $20. :)

[fergojisan]

Picking up Krazy Kreatures at a GS for $299 a couple years back.

I hope you forgot the decimal point. :hmm:

[Necrosaro420]

I got a complete Stack-Up for NES off ebay, BIN for $25, found a NTSC Little Samson at a fleamarket for $3

[vintagegamecrazy]

I found three boxed Nes Game Sounds at one time at some thrift shop once.

I found a Xenophobe Proto at salvation army for $2 a few years back.