View Full Version : What was the last game you bought with pocket change?
odysseyzine
02-04-2003, 12:43 AM
Today I stopped by the Dakota Boys Ranch Thrift Store (a local chain of Thrift Stores) on my way home from work. I was searching for a belt buckle, but instead I found a copy of Sol-Feace for Sega CD for $0.20.
I never had a copy of Sol-Feace, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit at friend's houses when Sega CD was actually a top-of-the-line system. I was excited to pick it up with the money I had in my pocket (exactly $0.22).
I thought it would be interesting to hear about other's pocket-change finds. The ones where you can buy a new (to you) video game for less than a gumball in the KMart entrance.
Sorry if this topic has been discussed in the past. I'm a lurker.
CrazyImpmon
02-04-2003, 10:41 AM
That would be Super Mario/Duck Hunt combo from Funcoland a few years ago. It was 9 cents and I haven't seen or bought anything that was less than a dollar.
bargora
02-04-2003, 10:51 AM
That would be Super Mario/Duck Hunt combo from Funcoland a few years ago. It was 9 cents and I haven't seen or bought anything that was less than a dollar.
Aaaargh! I got took! I paid $0.29 for mine!
Still pocket change, though.
Bratwurst
02-04-2003, 10:56 AM
Ha! I paid 12 cents for just Duck Hunt.
Raedon
02-04-2003, 11:36 AM
2600-Stampede .25 cents salvation army.. I actually already had the game but I had probably 2 dollars in change in my pocket and it's just fun throwing .25 cents on a counter and walking away with something better then a huge hollow ball of bubble gum.
2 or 3 weeks ago I bought a Sonic the Hedgehog children's book at a Savers thrift store for $0.51. That was fun. Don't remember the last time I got an actual game for pocket change though.
MankeyMan
02-04-2003, 12:00 PM
I picked up Tokyo Highway Racer on the DC for 25 English pennys a month ago.
Masco73
02-04-2003, 12:34 PM
I remember finding ladybug for the colecovision for like $ .29 cents. The cool thing about it was it was when the system was still around and the game cost $25.00 new. It was a Montgomery Ward closing down and I think it was a returned loose cart. It was so cool to find in the various odds and ends. I think I even asked the guy if it was $29.00 because I couldn't believe it was there in the junk pile for that cheap. It is still one of my favorite games.
odysseyzine
02-04-2003, 01:14 PM
2600-Stampede .25 cents salvation army.. I actually already had the game but I had probably 2 dollars in change in my pocket and it's just fun throwing .25 cents on a counter and walking away with something better then a huge hollow ball of bubble gum.
On a slightly unrelated note, it's funny that you mentioned Stampede for 2600. As I said in my first post, I was looking for belt buckles when I found Sol-Feace. You see, I have an old Activision Stampede belt buckle, that I've worn for years and years. Unfortunately, the metal part that attaches to the belt broke after years of abuse. I was looking for belt buckle parts to fix my Activitision buckle.
Has anyone ever seen the Stampede belt buckle? I've always wondered if they made other ones.
WiseSalesman
02-04-2003, 01:37 PM
@MankeyMan: What is your avatar, exactly? :hmm:
Cheese
02-04-2003, 02:58 PM
A few years back I got a Coleco Telstar (the first one) for $1.00, but I paid in quarters, at a Salvation Army in Ternton, does that count?
MankeyMan
02-04-2003, 03:18 PM
@MankeyMan: What is your avatar, exactly? :hmm:
It's Dylan from the Magic Roundabout. All the english guys will know what I'm talking about. The show was basically a drug induced flight of fantasy, and each character represented a different drug. Dylan was marijuana.
briskbc
02-04-2003, 03:47 PM
This may be cheating but in Canada we have $1 and $2 coins. I was in a Salvation Army and picked up Ultima 4 for the Atari 400 / 800 XL's XE's (according to the sticker on the box) for $2. When I checked to see if it was complete and noticed an extra clothe map. It was for Ultima 2. There was also a CD ROM. The Complete Ultima 7. I plan on selling everything on eBay as I don't collect computer games. I've already sold the Ultima 2 map. Check it out. :D
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11050&item=1949311364
Starcade
02-04-2003, 04:01 PM
Combat: 50 cents
hamburgler
02-04-2003, 04:12 PM
Super sprint for nes.Paid only $0.75
gamergary
02-04-2003, 04:43 PM
Vindicatores (too lazy to spell right now) for nes only .89 cents at funco.
bargora
02-05-2003, 09:59 AM
Vindicatores (too lazy to spell right now) for nes only .89 cents at funco.
Vindicatores was the Mexican rev, IIRC.
:P