GAMECRAZY SALE!! All classic games 3 for $15!

[Valis]

From my post on the Gaming Age forum...

I wanted to figure out how much I saved so I tallied it up. What a KICK ASS SALE! Here's my haul...

101 Games
Total Price pre-sale: $1775
Total Price after-sale: $505

PS1:
Mega Man Legends 2 $20
Black Bass/Blue Marlin $15
Little Mermaid 2 $20
Ace Combat 3 $20
Bass Landing $25
Bass Landing $25 (I didn't ask for two copies but it looks like I got 'em.)
Armored Core Master of Arena $25
Bomberman World $25
Runabout 2 $20
Marvel vs. Capcom $20
Backyard Soccer $15
Barbie Race 'n Ride $15
Point Blank $30
Dexters Lab: Mandarks Lab? $15
Dora the Explorer $15
MediEvil $15

N64
Starcraft 64 $35
Duck Dodgers $25
Space Invaders $15
Tom & Jerry $30 (why so much?)
Cruis'n Exotica $25
Cruis'n World $15
Rush 2 $25
Paper Mario $25
Turok 3 $15
Gauntlet Legends $25
Ogre Battle 64 $30
Mario Golf $15
Hercules $25
Scooby Doo $25
Snowboard Kids $20

SNES
Kirby's Avalanche $10
Kirby's Dreamland 3 $25
Kirby's Dream Course $15
Earthworm Jim 2 $10
Shanghai II $15

GB/GBC (65 games):
Centipede $15
Magical Tetris Challenge $20
Bomberman GB $15
Top Gear Pocket 2 $15
Perfect Dark $20
Pinball Thrillride $10
Mario Tennis $20
Game & Watch Gallery 2 $20
Game & Watch Gallery 3 $20
Harvest Moon $20
Crazy Castle 2 $15
Crazy Castle 3 $15
Yar's Revenge $10
Dragon Warrior Monsters $15
Dragon Warrior III $15
Super Mario Brothers Deluxe $15
Kirby's Dreamland $10
Kirby's Dreamland 2 $15
Elevator Action $15
Castlevania Adventure $15
Ninja Boy 2 $15
Mario Golf $20
Dragon Warrior I & II $15
Deer Hunter $10
Grand Theft Auto $20
Catrap $10
Kirby Tilt & Tumble $20
Pokemon Pinball $20
Missle Command $15
Titus Fox $15
Nicktoons Racing $20
Pocket Bomberman $15
Zelda Ages $15
Zelda Seasons $15
Pro Darts $10
World Bowling $10
Tetris DX $20
Gex 3 $15
DivaStarz $20
Mega Man $15
Mega Man 2 $15
Mega Man Extreme 2 $15
Croc 2 $15
Paperboy $15
Wild Thornberrys $20 (don't even know wtf this is)
Bomberman Max Champion $15
Conker's Pocket Tales $15
Donkey Kong Land $10
Donkey Kong Land 2 $15
Donkey Kong Land 3 $15
Austin Powers Underground Lair $10
Austin Powers Oh Behave $10
Yogi Bear Great Balloon Blast $20
Alien vs. Predator $15
Wave Race $10
Cruis'n Exotica $20
Warioland $15
Warioland 2 $20
Warioland 3 $20
Chase HQ $10
Bubble Ghost $10
Kirby's Pinball Land $15
Zelda DX $15
4-in1 Funpak v2 $20
Disney's Atlantis $20

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I also want to note that if you live near the Game Crazy in Old Bridge NJ, they still have lots of great N64 titles available.

[jasonlotp]

For $45 I picked up 9 N64 games 8-) :
Mario Tennis
Super Smash Bros.
Goemon
Mortal Kombat: Sub Zero
Paper Mario
Aidyn Chronicles
NFL Blitz: Special Edition
Banjo Tooie
Bomberman Hero

:D

[klausien]

I went to 2 stores. For $30 I got:

N64:
Stunt Racer 64
Kirby 64
Hydro Thunder

NES:
Kirby's Adventure
Final Fantasy

GBC:
Metal Gear Solid

Over $130 worth of stuff for $30. Fantastic.

I also got:

Genesis:
Mega Turrican - $2 (finally)

SNES:
The Peacekeepers - $3

SMS Control Pad - $3

[grimbal]

Our store hasn't been around too long so their stock wasn't much but I did get the following for $45

NES
Dragon Warrior IV

SNES
Super Metroid
Dragonball Z Final Bout - :hmm: Pirate from the looks of it. The original price was $40.

PS1
Luner 2 - All 4 discs, case, and manual

N64
Aidyn Chronicles
Kirby 64
LoZ Majora's Mask - with hologram front
Paper Mario
Super Smash Brothers

[Chunky]

picked up 15 n64 games, everything was pretty much picked through.

Guy told me that upon opening 3 people walked in with lists in hand. no one picked up any GB games, there were TONS of everything left.

almost everything good was gone, didn't bother going to the other one.

[MegaDrive20XX]

picked up 15 n64 games, everything was pretty much picked through.

Guy told me that upon opening 3 people walked in with lists in hand. no one picked up any GB games, there were TONS of everything left.

almost everything good was gone, didn't bother going to the other one.

Lemme guess, they were from Cheapassgamer forum? I've seen too many of those vultures last year when Circuit City had their $5 sale

[AlexKidd]

I'll be there tomorrow.I have one really close and they've had a copy of herzog zwei for genesis I've wanted for the longest time. I'll be getting that for $5 off and two free nes games.

[wcmiker]

$30:
Paper Mario (N64)
Super Smash Brothers (N64)
Sonic Adventure 2 (DC)
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Yoshi's Island (SNES)
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES)

My Gamecrazy still has a lot of pretty good games (nothing super rare though), I might go back some other time.

[Mythik]

I got:

SNES:

Zelda (Picked up for my bro -- I already haev a copy)
Super Metroid

N64:
Zelda: Majora's Mask
Kirby 64
Snowboard Kids 2
Paper Mario

over $150 originally...only $30 :D

[-hellvin-]

Well, I'm back from the 2nd trip, and I did allright but nothing amazing. Here's what I picked up:

SNES

Nosferatu

Genesis

Battletech
Hook
Math Blaster Episode 1

Dreamcast

Charge N Blast
Heavy Metal Geomatrix
Iron Aces
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Midway Greatest Arcade Hits Vol 1

So, picked up some good titles but mostly everywhere had been picked through by employees beforehand.

[Nez]

Not a bad sale

DC
South Park Rally
102 Dalmatians
Heavey Metal
Super Runabout SF edditoin
Espn NBA 2 NIGHT

PSX
Chrono Cross

N64
Bust a Move 2

GB
Super Mario Land 3 Wario Land
Wario Land 2
Wario Land 3
Wario Blast
Kirby's Dream Land
Game And Watch Gallery

[esquire]

I scored 18 games for $90.

GB
Kirby's Dreamland
Adventure Island II
Warioland II

GBC
Warioland 3
Rayman
Lufia The Legend Returns

N64
Quest 64
Shadowgate 64

Dreamcast
Soldier of Fortune
Outtrigger
Vanishing Point
POD Speedzone
Sega GT
Star Wars Episode I Racer
NFL QB Club 2001
Super Magnetic Neo
Spec Ops Omega Squad
Nightmare Creatures II

Gonna go back tomorrow and pick up some more N64 games. I also snagged a used copy of Dual Hearts for the PS2 for $15.

[Goodwill Hunter]

My haul from GameCrazy today...

http://img242.echo.cx/img242/1640/gc4ts.jpg

A good mix of harder-to-find titles...even picked up a Neo-geo pocket game (Match of the Millenium), and a N64 expansion pack as part of the sale!

Still a ton of good games left at the stores I hit, too bad this sale is the start of GC getting out of the classics market.

Rich

[-^Cro§Bow^-]

Had my wife hit one store today and she got a few things, but I need to go back to that store tomorrow. However, after work I hit the second store in our area and from those two trips got the following for about $100 even.

N64 stuff:
http://members.cox.net/crossbow777/images/temp_pics/gc_d1_haul1.jpg

and the rest:

http://members.cox.net/crossbow777/images/temp_pics/gc_d1_haul2.jpg

Not too bad. Now to hit the other store at lunch tomorrow. Far as I can tell, there was plenty there and I could have grabbed Zeldas and the like on the N64 side. But since I have the Zelda collection for my GCN I didn't see the need. Didn't see any Paper Mario's though..would have liked to have found that or any Genesis games I needed.

Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

[-hellvin-]

Strangely enough, I was at one of the stores today and they were selling an atari 2600, intellivision II, and colecovision all bundled with games for a freaking 100$ each. I thought it was really weird they took these in as trade....anyone else ever see em carry something from that generation?

[InsaneDavid]

Talked to the manager at a local GC and he told me that they are going to be phasing out everything older than current gen. They don't have the space or the warehouse room to keep older games that don't really sell that well. He was under the impression that they would still keep special order lists for certain games, but that they are going the Gamestop route. This makes me cry inside.

Naa, it's because they don't want to train their employees on how to sell older games when 80% of your job there is to "make used sales on the older stuff." You either have the product knowledge or you don't, also the trade value is WAY too low on most carts.


Watch out for clueless Gamecrazy employees. When Gamecrazy was having a B2G1 on older games a while ago, one the clerk at the first store I went to told me all three games had to be on the same system, and then I found out at another store that it wasn't a requirement after all.

Point proven.


Store Manager told me that they will still carry retro, but the stock will be much lower. "Stores average 1500 PSX games and sell about 5 a month..."

1500 PSX games? The manager ACTUALLY said that?! More like 200 or the distribution center calls back a bunch of them to try to keep the PSX stock level to one 4 foot run. Besides, maybe if the employees would LISTEN and learn how to use the disc buffer CORRECTLY all the PS1 games wouldn't be scratched to hell. :angry:


Sorry, but the short amount of time I spent as a manager in two stores for them ate up so much of my soul I feel the need to vent a bit. :/ Good deals are good deals just the same and I'll probably stop in today sometime, couldn't hurt.

[MegaDrive20XX]

I got

Paper Mario N64 (originally $29.99)
Mario Party 3 N64 (originally $34.99)
Streets of Rage 2 Genesis ($7.99)


$15 total...man this is legal theft...but I love it :evil:

[boatofcar]

I spent about $200 total at 2 GC's, got some great games! Here are some highlights.

PSX:
Myst
Final Fantasy Origins
Final Fantasy Tactics

DC:
Skies of Arcadia
SNK vs. Capcom 3

N64:
Mario Kart 64
Mario Tennis
Mario Golf
Mario Party 1
Paperboy 64 (anoybody ever actually played this?)

GB/GBC:
Zelda DX
Zelda Oracle of Seasons
Paperboy
Kirby's Dream Land
Dragon Warrior 1&2

[boatofcar]

Forgot to add that my Final Fantasy Tactics was complete. I asked the guy behind the counter if any PSX/DC games still had packaging and he brought out the case and instructions for FF Tactics. Never hurts to ask!

[kainemaxwell]

I can't get to my gamecrazy... :(

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

I obtained:

Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Yoshi's Cookie
Game & Watch Gallery 3
Mario Party 3
Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Guardian's Crusade
Pandemonium 2
R-Type Delta
Psychic Force 2012
Fur Fighters

Maybe I'll visit another location...

[gamegirl79]

Paperboy 64 (anoybody ever actually played this?)

Yeah, it's not too bad. I like it. The graphics leave a bit to be desired, or maybe they just seem odd to me, I'm not sure. It's quite a bit different than the NES version of Paperboy. You can do stunts on your bike, etc.

I haven't seen one in the wild in forever... :)

[briguy578]

well, I just got back from the second gamecrazy near me. I got:

Playstation:

Lunar: Silver Star story complete [loose, ironically]
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete [complete]
Final Fantasy Anthology [complete]

Super NES:

Super Mario RPG
Secret of Evermore
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest

NES:

Final Fantasy

N64:

Legend of Zelda: Majora's mask [gold cart]
Mario Kart 64

Funny story: I got there on thursday and the guy told me the manager hadn't come in that day to unlock the cabinet. So he took my name and I reserved some of the games I got.

Went back this morning, manager STILL hadn't came in. Reserved Lunar 2 and left.

Came back this afternoon, STILL NO MANAGER!! I was getting angry. Finally I called the store at 3pm and the manager had come in, and I went in to get my games.

Guy said to me as I was checking out "You know, we have Lunar 1 back here as well" so I swapped Zelda 64 [grey cart] for it.

[Rikimaru]

http://members.cox.net/crossbow777/images/temp_pics/gc_d1_haul1.jpg
Had my wife hit one store today and she got a few things, but I need to go back to that store tomorrow. However, after work I hit the second store in our area and from those two trips got the following for about $100 even.

N64 stuff:


and the rest:



Not too bad. Now to hit the other store at lunch tomorrow. Far as I can tell, there was plenty there and I could have grabbed Zeldas and the like on the N64 side. But since I have the Zelda collection for my GCN I didn't see the need. Didn't see any Paper Mario's though..would have liked to have found that or any Genesis games I needed.

Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

Holy Crap. Once I saw the grime on that Yoshi's Story, and that you had that Oklahoma gamers convention in your avatar, I knew it had to be the same Gamecrazy in Broken Arrow! Holy Crap that's weird. I live like 4 and a half miles away from that one in Bixby. Weird. I picked up these on Thur. after work:

N64
Beetle Adventure Racing
Paper Mario
Mario Tennis
Mario Party 3
Mario Kart 64
Super Smash Bros.
Bust a Move 99
Castlevania
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
Harvest Moon 64
Starcraft 64
Goemons Great Adventure

SNES
Castlevania IV
Super Mario Kart

Gameboy (Misc.)
Game & Watch Gallery 3
Game & Watch Gallery 2
Lufia: TLR
Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Kirby's Dream Land
Final Fantasy Legend

It's always strange to see something local being broadcast on the web and you don't realize it till your staring at the picture of the place. Someone else once posted some pics of my local Vintage Stock before they remodeled it and it freaked me out! (It sucks now that they remodeled it, it's not very gamer-like (Read: cozy) Got more of a Sears type thing going on where you can actually see the floor and everything is ever so neatly arranged; but blah, give me the cramped, claustrophobic spaces of the old anytime then this new Techno green colored corporate exective bologna.)

Anyway LOL

[Mythik]

Went to another one today, and back to the one I went to yesterday.

Picked up:

NES:

Bomberman
Lolo 2
Baseball Stars II

SNES:

Kirby Superstar(!!)
Aero the Acrobat 2 (r6 :) -- Sticker residue on the bottom of label though :[)
Illusion of Gaia (one of my fav. SNES RPG's)
Contra III

N64:

The New Tetris
Mario Party 3


They had a Wing Commander III for PSX in the longbox version (I know because I saw it), so I asked the person for it...I saw him and the other person (Which Im pretty sure was the manager) walk over to it, pick it up, shover it under the desk, walk back to me, and tell me they didn't have it. :angry:

[gepeto]

Hi Itssss a Madhouse out there
I go to my local one and collectors or sellers are already there Lucky for me the employees are on my payroll:)

I picked up
mario party 1,2,3
banjo tooie
kirby shared
The raiden project( was complete before district mgr through the case and inst out
2 oficial n64 rumble packs
turok 3
carmegedden
mario golf
mario tennis
guantlet legend
hercules the legendary journey
Blitz special ed
international track & Field 2000
earthworm jim 3d
elmo number journey 3
battle tank global assault

I/m on the hunt Just missed a mint condition preowned Halo xbox for 129.00 at another eb store they was bringing it to the counter

[AlexKidd]

I went there a bit late and the Herzog Zwei and Dragon Warrior II I wanted were already bought by the employees. I did get some decent stuff though.

genesis:
shining in the darkness
crusader of centy
gauntlet IV

n64:
mario kart 64
zelda:majora's mask

snes:
Might and Magic III

NES:
little nemo
burgertime
pac-man
tecmo bowl


I'll be going back tomorrow because there are still a good amount of game boy and 64 games I havn't looked at yet.Hopefully I'll find a paper mario or a doom 64.

[Crush Crawfish]

Bah, I still haven't gotten a chance to go yet....I will tommorow, for sure though. Hopefully my stores haven't been completely ravaged. :/

[intvsama]

I popped in to the local GC yesterday and today and picked these up -

Genesis
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II (CIB)
Virtua Fighter 2

Playstation
Diablo (2 player edition) (CIB)
Grand Theft Auto: Director's Cut (CIB)
Magic: The Gathering Battlemage (no manual)
Xenogears (no manual)

Nintendo 64
Dr Mario 64
Goldeneye 007
Mario 64
New Tetris
Paper Mario
Perfect Dark
Super Smash Bros

Super Nintendo
Kirby's Avalanche
Legend of Zelda: LttP
Mega Man X3
Super Mario Kart
Super Punch-Out

NES
Arkista's Ring
Bubble Bobble
Donkey Kong 3
Duck Tales 2
Krazy Kreatues
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Micro Machines
Pac-Man (Namco cart)
Pac-Mania
Popeye
Puzzle
Puzzle
Rainbow Islands
Ren & Steempy Buckaroos
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Shockwave
Sqoon
Tetris 2
Tiny Toon Adventures 2

Dreamcast
Alone in the Dark (CIB)
Dead or Alive 2 (CIB)
Sonic Adventure 2 (CIB)
Star Wars Ep. 1 Racer (CIB)

[poopnes]

Went back for the last time and got:

Ridge Racer 64
Command & Conquer (N64)
Super Mario Kart

There's still tons of great 64 & PSX games. Though I'm done for now. I've spent way to much money in the last week. This will last me for quite a while.

[esquire]

The same store I went to yesterday was holding a mint used Kessen III for me, so I went back and couldn't help myself. Round 2 saw me get the follwowing:

N64
Asteroids Hyper 64
Gauntlet Legends
Cruis'n Exotica
Cruis'n World
Cruis'n USA

Genesis
Gunstar Heroes
Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble
Taz in Escape from Mars
Roar of the Beast

GB/GBC
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 Tara's Adventure
The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening

Also scored some loose Genny games that were under $5 a piece: WWF Raw, Eternal Champions, MK3, Jeopardy!, Prime Time NFL Football. I needed these to replace label damaged copies that I already had.

[ubersaurus]

Utilizing this deal, I got the following:

N64:
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (for a friend)

GBC:
Mega Man Xtreme

Genesis
Shining Force

DC:
Bust a Move 4
Starlancer

[Kroogah]

Final Fantasy 3 (SNES)
Parappa the Rapper (PSX)
Tomba! (PSX)

Geez, I've wanted Tomba for almost 7 years, and I finally found it at a price I can agree with. Unfortunately, the PSX games were disc-only. So if anyone has the cases, cough 'em up.

[retroman]

wish i had one near me...Maryland really only has Gamestop and EBGames...and a few Power Gamers around

[Anthony1]

I popped in to the local GC yesterday and today and picked these up -

Genesis
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II (CIB)
Virtua Fighter 2

Playstation
Diablo (2 player edition) (CIB)
Grand Theft Auto: Director's Cut (CIB)
Magic: The Gathering Battlemage (no manual)
Xenogears (no manual)

Nintendo 64
Dr Mario 64
Goldeneye 007
Mario 64
New Tetris
Paper Mario
Perfect Dark
Super Smash Bros

Super Nintendo
Kirby's Avalanche
Legend of Zelda: LttP
Mega Man X3
Super Mario Kart
Super Punch-Out

NES
Arkista's Ring
Bubble Bobble
Donkey Kong 3
Duck Tales 2
Krazy Kreatues
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Micro Machines
Pac-Man (Namco cart)
Pac-Mania
Popeye
Puzzle
Puzzle
Rainbow Islands
Ren & Steempy Buckaroos
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Shockwave
Sqoon
Tetris 2
Tiny Toon Adventures 2

Dreamcast
Alone in the Dark (CIB)
Dead or Alive 2 (CIB)
Sonic Adventure 2 (CIB)
Star Wars Ep. 1 Racer (CIB)



Damn you!!!!


You found a Mega Man X3 you lucky dog!!!!

[InsaneDavid]

I had to exchange a bad Fear Effect disc 1 so I figured I'd look around, there were plenty of games but nothing super amazing although I really wasn't looking all that hard since I was in a bit of a hurry. However I did find a few games I didn't mind picking up.

Crystalis (NES)
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (PSX - with case, no booklet)
Phantasy Star IV (Genesis)

Really if you're into N64 games (loose of course) then this is your sale.

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

I hit another location and found:

Beyond Oasis
Shinobi 3
Castlevania Bloodlines
Super Ghouls & Ghosts
SimAnt
Killer Instinct Gold
Pipe Dream
Pinball Dreams
Light Crusader
Phantom Fighter
Nightshade
Criticom
Wing Commander 3

[poopnes]

Really if you're into N64 games (loose of course) then this is your sale.

Don't forget GB/C. There's some really good buys for it too. Most of the good games are normally $20+.

[vintagegamecrazy]

The employees at my GC rock, they told me about the sale a week ago and let me hold everything I wanted, I only wish I had more money at the time.

I got.

Snes Paladdin's Quest
I finally found a copy of this in the wild, this game rocks.

N64
Zelda: Majora's Mask Gold
Super Mario Kart 64

Genesis
Phantasy Star III Complete

Saturn
Duke Nukem 3D

and get this
someone traded in a Xenogears greatest hits and tried to sell the guide with it and they couldn't buy it so the customer left the guide there. The manager said he'd give it to the person who bought the game, My sixth game was Xenogears and I got a free guide with it. Turned out to be a great day. I also put a bunch more Gameboy games on hold for next week when I get my next paycheck.

[RJ]

InsaneDavid said:
Really if you're into N64 games (loose of course) then this is your sale.


poopnes said:
Don't forget GB/C. There's some really good buys for it too. Most of the good games are normally $20+.

No sh-t, the only games I dont want- those carts were all over the place! Sweet sale, anyway.

1st stop, Woodbury- all PS (actual price)
Vagrant Story ($20)
Hot Shots Golf 2 ($13)
G-Police ($5)
Upon checkout, the girl said "You just saved, like, a TON of money!" She was pretty cute though. She said she didnt play many games- yet wore a MegaMan T-shirt.

2nd stop, Maplewood-
Armored Core: Project Phantasma ($35!!!)
RC Stunt Copter ($13? very fun(ny) game)
Tempest X ($13, didnt know its nearly same on Jag)
Omega Boost ($8?)
Soviet Strike ($8)
Nuclear Strike ($8)
RE: Dead Aim (PS2- $20, not on sale but wanting it awhile)

3rd stop, Roseville- couldnt find what I wanted, plus I thought I'd spent enough by then. Clerk said RPGs were gone the 1st day (Thurs).

BTW, despite horror stories I've seen/heard, ALL stores were very helpful, businesslike, & friendly!

Hey, if anyone grabs a Gunfighter: LoJJ (PS), I'll pay cost +decent S/H. Shoot me a PM!

[WizDawg]

I picked up :

1942 GBC
Super Mario Brothers Deluxe GBC
Super Bomberman SNES

I've rediscovered why SMB is a great game.
I never played SMBD before and I'm loving it. The challenge part reminds me of DK vs. Mario.

[GrayFox]

I did solid.

Loose Majora's Mask
CIB Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike DC (What pissed me off tho, the front and back of the manual are in good condition, but seperated from the rest of the manual. I was pisssed, but atleast it looks good.)
CIB Dynamite Cop DC
CIB Sonic Adventure 2 (i couldn't pass up another 5 buck copy) DC
CIB Sega Smash Pack Volume 1 DC
CIB Virtua On DC

[Postermen]

Last night I figured I would check out the one GC I hadn't been to yet. As I was leaving, I saw stacks of SNES games behind the counter, one with FFIII. I asked the guy for it and he goes to pick it up ,revealing FFII so I ask for that too, revealing Chrono Trigger. He said they weren't in the system yet but would have them for me in the morning. When I got there this morning I was expecting them to be gone. While the guy was looking for them, I spotted a complete Mario RPG. I also got Uncharted Waters New Horizon and N64 Smash Bros. All for $32.48!! So keep checking as it seems some stores are getting more stock.

[shvnsth]

CASTLEVANIA DRACULA X COMPLETE

bet you can't fuck with that. as a single game, that will go down as one of the top 5 finds at gamecrazy for this sale.

what else i got:
super bomberman 2
ace combat 2
conkers pocket tales
operation c (contra)

dude, ask your gamecrazy if they keep a binder with a list of all their inventory in it. if they do, it has everything behind the counter and in the back, thats how i got the CASTLEVANIA DRACULA X COMPLETE. good luck

[slip81]

I went this morning and the place had already been picked clean, but I did manage to score the following

N64
Kirby 64
Mario Golf
Mario Kart 64

$80 worth of games for $15.74, not bad :)

[esquire]

Round 3: Went to two more Gamecrazy's today. This is just hilarious. I've just about scored an instant N64 collection, at least all the good games.

NES
Baseball Stars

Genesis
Gunstar Heroes (2nd copy)
The Adventures of Batman & Robin

GB/GBC
Rampart
Bomberman Max Red Challenger
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble
Mario Golf
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
Quest Fantasy Challenge
Metroit II Return of Samus
Donkey Kong Land II
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey
Kirby's Pinball Land
Dragon Warrior I & II

N64
Aidyn Chronicles The First Mage
Paper Mario (finally!)
Mario Party
Mario Party 2
Mario Party 3
Mario Tennis
Mario Golf
Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards
Super Smash Bros.
Bomberman Hero
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Space Invaders
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness
Duck Dodgers
Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers
Aerofighters Assault
Destruction Derby
Carmageddon 64

I'm still looking for a Starcraft. I also think I'll pick up the San Francisco Rush series. One thing I haven't seen too much of is Megaman for either the GB or N64.

[vultar]

Went looking for RPGs here's what I came back with.

SNES: Paladin's Quest, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Mario Kart, Lagoon

Genesis: Landstalker, Columns 3, Shadowrun

Gameboy Color: Dragon Warrior Monsters

Saturn: Panzer Dragoon

PSX: Romance of the 3 Kingdoms 4 (too bad they toss the boxes, but the instructions were there.)

N64: Starfox 64, Aidyn Chronicles, Shadowgate 64, Bust-A-Move 2, Tetrisphere

On a side note I also found a copy of Earthbound and Tecmo Secret of the Stars for 5 bucks a piece at the local swapmeet, so all around today was a pretty good day for finding stuff.

[Big Papa Husker]

You lucky bastards and your Game Crazys. There isnt even a Gamerush in my city. BRING THEM HERE!

[gepeto]

What a Day 5 game crazys. Tons of driving I'm loving it. Competition is fierce.

The cacth
n64
fighter destiny 2
clayfighter sculpture cut
paper mario
space invader
san francicso rus 2049
destruction derby 64
hydro thunder
Ms pacman maze madness
banjo kazooie
cruisin erotica
donald duck going quackers
duck dogers

genesis
phelios

gameboy
zelda oracle ages
zelda oracles season
rtype dx
super mario 6 gold coins
space invaders
crystalis

snes
lord of the rings vol 1

Psx disc only tomba 2 and golf have that ulgy sticker on them.

striker 1945
threads of fate
area 51
discworld
peter jacobs golden tee golf
inuyashi
tomba 1&2

complete
Fighter maker
alundra 2 no inst
xmen mutant academy

Dreamcast
sonic adventure 2
metropolitan street racer
dragon ball z final bout

Saturn
Shining the holy ark

[-hellvin-]

Phew.....I hit up the last few gamecrazy's I had in town and struck some gold. Got quite a few great games:

Gamecrazy 1

SNES - Dr. Mario / Tetris
N64 - Castlevania: Legacy Of Darkness
Dreamcast - Tom Clancy's Rouge Spear (complete)

Gamecrazy 2

SNES - Super Bomberman
N64 - Kirby: Krystal Shards
N64 - Super Smash Bros.

Gamecrazy 3

This one was defenitely worth the entire trip:

N64 - Ogre Battle 64
SNES - Shadowrun
SNES - Final Fantasy III (yay!)

Was talking to the guy there and asked if he had any snes rpgs in the back and he grabbed an ffIII for me. He wasn't even aware the sale had started till I told him it had and he said he had to go pick up about 20 games from another location since they started the sale early.

So, I enjoyed this sale immensly and got some great games, but now it's time to let my wallet take a breather.

[GrayFox]

I swear, I will never get FF3 for cheap.

I can only find it for 50+, and its been like this for years for me.

Why can't I get it!?

[o2william]

This sale inspired me to finally hunt up a GameCrazy in my area. I picked up:

GB Game & Watch Gallery
GBC Magical Drop
GBC Deja Vu 1 & II
Genesis Ultimate Qix (I've been looking for this one...)
Genesis Shadow Dancer
N64 Zelda: Majora's Mask
SNES Tetris Attack
NES Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

Three R5's, not bad. :) Carmen Sandiego was only $3.

[Dahne]

Oh man people. I have just worked the hardest anybody ever has in history to get Virtual Hydlide, Sword of the Berserk, and Parappa the Rapper.
I found the nearest GameCrazy easily enough. I took a SamTrans bus there, wandered around a bit, and found it. Got my games (sans cases, bah). Then the hard part.
See, I don't know the SamTrans bus scheduale real well. I waited at the stop for at least half an hour, then came to the conclusion that it was late enough that it'd stopped running.
Long story short, I just walked around five miles, at night, most of it while more or less completely lost and all with no idea of whether or not I'd actually reach my destination. But hell, I got me Parappa the Rapper. :)

[Fuyukaze]

I finaly got to go today and honestly, I was initialy disapointed. As all the games I had gone to get were gone, I ended up picking between games that while good would have been passed on for other more choice offerings. I did end up getting 9 games though.

PS1
Fighter Maker (Complete)
Point Blank 3 (complete)

DC
Sonic Adventure 2 (complete)

NES
Ghengis Kahn (ok, I would have never passed on this one)
Gurilla War

SNES
Actraiser 2
7th Saga

GBC
Lufia
Bomberman

While I didnt get the games I originaly wanted, these were the best that I would have wanted. I still wish I could find a copy of Lufia 1 and 2 for a reasonable price. Somehow, I doubt I ever will.

[Qixmaster]

alright, just finished up my gamecrazy runs.

ended up with a pile of n64 games

-shadowgate 64
-top gear hyper bike
-command and conquer
-rugrats scavanger hunt
-mortal kombat 4
-excite bike 64
-007 world is not enough
-space invaders
-elmos adventure in letterland
-blitz SE
-zelda majora's mask NOT FOR RESALE :D
-tony hawk 2
-pokemon stadium 2
-polaris snocross

and for the NES
Ms. Pac-Man (namco)

-Josh

[esquire]

I finaly got to go today and honestly, I was initialy disapointed. As all the games I had gone to get were gone, I ended up picking between games that while good would have been passed on for other more choice offerings. I did end up getting 9 games though.

PS1
Fighter Maker (Complete)
Point Blank 3 (complete)

DC
Sonic Adventure 2 (complete)

NES
Ghengis Kahn (ok, I would have never passed on this one)
Gurilla War

SNES
Actraiser 2
7th Saga

GBC
Lufia
Bomberman

While I didnt get the games I originaly wanted, these were the best that I would have wanted. I still wish I could find a copy of Lufia 1 and 2 for a reasonable price. Somehow, I doubt I ever will.

What were the games you wanted? If you don't want 7th Saga, I'll trade it for a game you want, although I doubt I'll be able to find Lufia 1 or 2.

[Big Papa Husker]

How many people have found: "Not for Resale" games there?

[gepeto]

a ken griffey baseball cart I picked up had not for resale on it. There was a guy in front of me today that bought 700.00 worth of games all good ones. He must be a seller. Yesterday he brought 900.00 worth at the another location. stuff like 3 paper marios 5 pokeman stadium 2 tons of gameboy games. Soon there wont be any good ones left I wonder when you buy like that will you be left holding the bag. I guess a 5.00 you can somehow break even. Ex I didn't like pokeman stadium 2 but somehow the rare value is 20.00
Too each his own I guess.

[legov8]

I just went and got the following:
Cruis'n World (14.99)
Monopoly (24.99)
Stunt Racer (29.99)
Being it 70 dollars without the sale, I got it for 15 and I'm happy.

[Sothy]

SNES
donkey kong country 3
Zelda
Super metroid


N64
Carmageddon 64
Powerpuff Girls
Hyper Asteroids 64

Genesis
TMNT hyperstone heist
Gunstar Heroes

Nes
Galaga

[blissfulnoise]

Picked up:

SNES

E.V.O. (easily my best find)
Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters
Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers
Beauty and the Beast
Wolfenstein 3D
WildCATS

NES

Baseball Stars II

GBA

Magical Drop
Game and Watch Gallery 2
Game and Watch Gallery 3
Crystalis
Castlevania Legends
Gradius Interstellar Assault
Nemesis

N64

Golden Nugget 64

Sega Saturn

Sonic Jam
Panzer Dragoon

Dreamcast

Sega Smash Pack Vol.1

PSX

Skullmonkeys
Bass Landing
Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth

Probably make another run later on. Nothing amazing. If you want N64 games this is the way to go. Me, I hate the system, but to each their own. I just got Golden Nugget 64 to round out my other purchases.

[Mattiekrome]

I just read this post and had to go check out the local game crazy for mehself... I scored a few N64 games that have been stolen from me in the past, so I still had the box/book.

Mario Kart 64
1080
Excitebike 64

They had a super metriod (GH version) and several more Mario Kart 64's (all GH version, luckily the one in the store that was not GH went home with me). They also had a paper mario, but whoever owned it before they sold it to gamecrazy decided it would be fun to black out the entire label except for the words "paper mario". Oh well...

[esquire]

Round 4:

Dreamcast
Marvel vs .Capcom 2
Bang! Gunship Elite
Kiss Psycho Circus

N64
Pilotwings 64
Rayman 2 The Great Escape
BattleTanx Global Assault

GB/GBC
Mario Tennis
Bonk's Adventure
Space Invaders

[intvsama]

Round 3 *ding ding*

SNES
Tetris & Dr Mario
Death and Return of Superman

N64
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Excitebike 64

Game Boy/Color
Legend of the River King
Legend of the River King 2
Final Fantasy Legend
Metroid 2
Mega Man 2

Not as impressive as my first 2 trips out (this was to a different GC too), but I've been hunting for a cheap Tetris/Dr Mario for ages. 8*)

[InsaneDavid]

I REALLY didn't need to spend any more money but since I really didn't take a good look last time I was in, I figured I'd stop by GameCrazy again. About 1/3rd of all the N64 games were gone and the employees were talking about people coming in and buying thousands of dollars worth of N64 stuff for hundreds. I didn't see any SNES Final Fantasy / Chrono Trigger / EarthBound, etc. so I concentrated on the PlayStation since their whole stock is currently behind the counter and they have a binder with the current PS1 game lists on the counter (aka - it's still mostly untouched). I'm estimating the prices from memory (but the total came out right) since most aren't stickered, so this time out I picked up...

PlayStation
---------------
Ace Combat 2 - Complete! ($29.99)
Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere - original case but only has the cover of the booklet ($24.99)
Brave Fencer Musashi - disc only ($19.99)
Ehrgeiz - disc only ($14.99)
Namco Museum Volume 5 - disc only ($14.99) - I might go pick up the other copy they had
SaGa Frontier - disc only ($14.99) - for a friend since her copy is flaking out

$119.94 = $30.00 :)

Needless to say I was stoked to find a complete copy of Ace Combat 2, a title that has been eluding me since seemingly forever.

Also let me make this clear, GameCrazy is NOT phasing retrogames out!! Pretty much with Gamestop buying out EB this leaves GameCrazy as the only used large scale retro dealer. (GameRush really isn't widespread enough to be considered competition and they've been blowing out cartridges for a long time anyway) This sale (good until like May 28th by the way so you may want to make weekly runs for new stock from distribution centers) is to help level off the inventory and build up a new pricing index - good example of this is the $40 N64 used games - too high to begin with as everyone will agree. In fact my local store knocked out so much N64 stock they're going to be getting in new supplies from the DC's in Nevada this week, they also plan on getting in a bunch of Saturn games. Speaking of which there were about two dozen boxed complete Saturn games when I was there tonight that came in from a distro center, but nothing I really wanted. The trade-in values may go back up after the sale, so if you're buying up carts to retrade later on it might work out.

Again, this sale is to help lessen the amount of used backstock in the distro centers and to recatalog the pricing index for their used retro titles, they are NOT getting out of the retrogame business... thank god!

[Fuyukaze]

esquire wrote-

What were the games you wanted? If you don't want 7th Saga, I'll trade it for a game you want, although I doubt I'll be able to find Lufia 1 or 2

Well, as far as games I was looking for the following.

SNES--
Lufia 1
Lufia 2
Secret of Mana
Civilization
Romance of the 3 kingdoms 4
Gemfire
Breath of Fire 1

NES--
Uncharted Waters
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms
Ikari Warriors 3
Dragon Warrior 4

Genesis--
Pirates Gold
Phantasty Star 4

Dreamcast--
Phantasy Star Online 2
Silver

Saturn--
Damned near anything that wasnt a sports title. Though racing would have been fine.

GB--
Great Greed

GBC--
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 Cobis Quest (or it may have been the girls, I cant remember except by sight)


I know my wanted games were popular, but I figured sense they had most of the games on that list at all 4 of the places localy, I would have a chance. As most of the emps had bought them, it was somehow fun finding out I never had a chance at them.

[The_Chosen_One]

Also let me make this clear, GameCrazy is NOT phasing retrogames out!! Pretty much with Gamestop buying out EB this leaves GameCrazy as the only used large scale retro dealer. (GameRush really isn't widespread enough to be considered competition and they've been blowing out cartridges for a long time anyway) This sale (good until like May 28th by the way so you may want to make weekly runs for new stock from distribution centers) is to help level off the inventory and build up a new pricing index - good example of this is the $40 N64 used games - too high to begin with as everyone will agree. In fact my local store knocked out so much N64 stock they're going to be getting in new supplies from the DC's in Nevada this week, they also plan on getting in a bunch of Saturn games. Speaking of which there were about two dozen boxed complete Saturn games when I was there tonight that came in from a distro center, but nothing I really wanted. The trade-in values may go back up after the sale, so if you're buying up carts to retrade later on it might work out.

Again, this sale is to help lessen the amount of used backstock in the distro centers and to recatalog the pricing index for their used retro titles, they are NOT getting out of the retrogame business... thank god!

That's strange because I asked the employees at one of the only GameCrazy's here, and they said they did plan on getting out of the retro stuffs. They told me that they weren't allowed to take any trade-ins on the Genny, SNES, NES for sure. Don't know about the others.

[pacmanhat]

Over the course of the weekend (and 11 separate stores, IIRC):

N64:
Beetle Adventure Racing
Blast Corps
Bomberman 64
Excitebike 64
Space Station Silicon Valley
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Yoshi's Story

Playstation:
Bushido Blade
Vagrant Story

Dreamcast:
NHL 2K2
Ooga Booga
Power Stone
Power Stone 2
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure 2
Soul Calibur
Worms Armageddon

SNES:
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Street Fighter 2

NES:
Burgertime
Super C

Genesis:
NHL '96

Game Boy Color:
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

[InsaneDavid]

Also let me make this clear, GameCrazy is NOT phasing retrogames out!! Pretty much with Gamestop buying out EB this leaves GameCrazy as the only used large scale retro dealer. (GameRush really isn't widespread enough to be considered competition and they've been blowing out cartridges for a long time anyway) This sale (good until like May 28th by the way so you may want to make weekly runs for new stock from distribution centers) is to help level off the inventory and build up a new pricing index - good example of this is the $40 N64 used games - too high to begin with as everyone will agree. In fact my local store knocked out so much N64 stock they're going to be getting in new supplies from the DC's in Nevada this week, they also plan on getting in a bunch of Saturn games. Speaking of which there were about two dozen boxed complete Saturn games when I was there tonight that came in from a distro center, but nothing I really wanted. The trade-in values may go back up after the sale, so if you're buying up carts to retrade later on it might work out.

Again, this sale is to help lessen the amount of used backstock in the distro centers and to recatalog the pricing index for their used retro titles, they are NOT getting out of the retrogame business... thank god!

That's strange because I asked the employees at one of the only GameCrazy's here, and they said they did plan on getting out of the retro stuffs. They told me that they weren't allowed to take any trade-ins on the Genny, SNES, NES for sure. Don't know about the others.

They're not taking trade-ins on the currently 3 for $15 sale games as then you could get three copies of Mario Party 3 for $15 and trade them back in for $17 credit each. After the sale is over the trade-in prices will be recallibrated against the remaining inventory company wide. There's simply too much backlog right now and this sale is to clear it out - so of course they're not going to accept more in, any new retro stock is coming via the distribution centers or store to store. Quite possibly the person you talked to didn't hear the conference call at the beginning of this promotion addressing all of this or the store manager didn't share the information with them.

[drwily008]

You lucky bastards and your Game Crazys. There isnt even a Gamerush in my city. BRING THEM HERE!

I concur.....WTF, I had these ALL OVER up in Cleveland when I lived there. As soon as I heard about the sale, I called all of the Hollywood Video's (7 or 8 of them locally) and not a one had a Gamecrazy.

[esquire]

Also let me make this clear, GameCrazy is NOT phasing retrogames out!! Pretty much with Gamestop buying out EB this leaves GameCrazy as the only used large scale retro dealer. (GameRush really isn't widespread enough to be considered competition and they've been blowing out cartridges for a long time anyway) This sale (good until like May 28th by the way so you may want to make weekly runs for new stock from distribution centers) is to help level off the inventory and build up a new pricing index - good example of this is the $40 N64 used games - too high to begin with as everyone will agree. In fact my local store knocked out so much N64 stock they're going to be getting in new supplies from the DC's in Nevada this week, they also plan on getting in a bunch of Saturn games. Speaking of which there were about two dozen boxed complete Saturn games when I was there tonight that came in from a distro center, but nothing I really wanted. The trade-in values may go back up after the sale, so if you're buying up carts to retrade later on it might work out.

Again, this sale is to help lessen the amount of used backstock in the distro centers and to recatalog the pricing index for their used retro titles, they are NOT getting out of the retrogame business... thank god!

That's strange because I asked the employees at one of the only GameCrazy's here, and they said they did plan on getting out of the retro stuffs. They told me that they weren't allowed to take any trade-ins on the Genny, SNES, NES for sure. Don't know about the others.

They're not taking trade-ins on the currently 3 for $15 sale games as then you could get three copies of Mario Party 3 for $15 and trade them back in for $17 credit each. After the sale is over the trade-in prices will be recallibrated against the remaining inventory company wide. There's simply too much backlog right now and this sale is to clear it out - so of course they're not going to accept more in, any new retro stock is coming via the distribution centers or store to store. Quite possibly the person you talked to didn't hear the conference call at the beginning of this promotion addressing all of this or the store manager didn't share the information with them.

Exactly. This is what I was told by employees and managers at all 3 Gamecrazys that I went too. They are not phasing out retro games, just clearing out over stock. Once the sale ends, trade-ins will go back to their normal values.

I think the more worrisome question is why ditch the jewel cases for DC and PS1 games? They tell me that they don't have the room, but please jewel cases? Why not ditch DVD cases for the current gen games then? Idiots will buy those games without cases too. I was told the usual story that they don't have enough space in the store. The logic is somewhat flawed in the since that if the games were complete, they might sell them faster and come off the shelf, rather than storing them. I know its been argued to death before with GBA/Genny/SNES boxes/cases, but the whole makes me cry to think that they are purposely destroying boxes, inserts and instructions. I even asked if they could keep them for me, and of course the answer was no.

[RJ]

Over the course of the weekend (and 11 separate stores, IIRC):

11 STORES??? I didnt know there were that many in the area! Did you cross the border? LOL

Did you find that Vagrant Story in Woodbury? I got the other one! 8-)

[briguy578]

Okay, just back from the great Gamecrazy trek. I hit up every single Gamecrazy in the greater Cleveland area. First the highlights: Suikoden II and Secret of Mana!!!! both at the same store!!!! I think Suikoden II must be the top nomination for "best find made by a DP'er" anyway, I got:

SNES:

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Contra III
Secret of Mana
Legend of Zelda: LttP
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III
Yoshi's Island

Playstation:

Suikoden II
Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat
Kartia: The World of Fate
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI
Final Fantasy Tactics
RPG maker
Breath of Fire III
Breath of Fire IV
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Vagrant Story
Wild Arms

N64:

Super Smash Bros
Golden Nugget
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time [gold cart]
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask [gold cart]

Dreamcast:

Record of Lodoss War

Sega Genesis

Shining in the Darkness

Game Gear

Sonic Drift 2
Shinobi

NES

Ultima: Quest of the Avatar

[pacmanhat]

Over the course of the weekend (and 11 separate stores, IIRC):

11 STORES??? I didnt know there were that many in the area! Did you cross the border? LOL

Did you find that Vagrant Story in Woodbury? I got the other one! 8-)

I stayed within the metro area. There were more that I didn't get to, in fact. :)

And yes, I did get that one at Woodbury. :D

Also, I went back to the Maplewood store and picked up:

Ace Combat 2 (PS1)
Link's Awakening DX (GB)
1080 (N64)

Good stuff...the 1080 is stickered up like crazy though...I might try and swap it out.

[esquire]

Round 5:

GB/GBC
Wings of Fury
Worms Armageddon

N64
Mega Man 64
San Francisco Rush 2049

SNES
Robotrek
Kirby Super Star