Weekday Finds: Dec. 5th - 9th

[Xexyz]

Well, guess I'll start up this weeks finds thread with some early purchases:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5840/im0003240vv.th.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im0003240vv.jpg)

Legend of the Mystical Ninja - $3

Saiyuki: Journey West - $20 (case, disk, & manual condition are perfect, quite an uncommon condition for used PS1 games)

[Enixis]

Dreamcast (PAL):

-Alone in the Dark: A new nightmare £4.99
-Sega GT £4.99
-Fur Fighters (Free)
-Charge N Blast (Free)

Gamecube (PAL):

-Doshin the Giant £10

All complete.

[AntiPasta]

Japanese Soukyugurentai ST-V cartridge (very good condition) with photocopied instructions/stickers - some 6000 yen shipped.

[Truffle]

Dammit all!
I just caved and bought Mario DDR for....way too much! :beaten:
My Mario DDR countertop standee just kept blinking at me; reminding me how much I wanted the stupid game.
My bf is going to kill me LOL

:)

[Austin]

I just completed a trade for complete copies of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne and Firefighter FD-18. Very excited to get both of those in.

[evil_genius]

Radiant Silvergun for a grand total of $128.

[Joker T]

Picked up Mario Kart DS for $30 at Best Buy.

[Jibbajaba]

Radiant Silvergun for a grand total of $128.

How'd you manage that?

Chris

[leorange]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/ffVII.jpg

picked this up for $7.99 at goodwill. wonder for what magazine or award ceremony the sticker is intended...

[nik]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/ffVII.jpg

picked this up for $7.99 at goodwill. wonder for what magazine or award ceremony the sticker is intended...


Don't open that son of a bitch. Goldmine if you so need it.

[PapaStu]

If you look the game is already open, a sealed FF buyer wouldnt take for the game. Look at the safety sticker on the top, its been broken (to a degree). Interesting find... I should see what I can pull up on that guys name.

[Howie6925]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b226/Howie6925/abpic.jpg

I got Final Fantasy 1 and Final Fantasy3 in the mail today. And my wife got me these non video game related items which I thought were pretty cool.

[DigitalSpace]

Arrived in the mail today:

PS2:
Juiced (complete) - $13.99 shipped with free shipping code at Wherehouse.com

Also, I went to a CD/Game Exchange and got:

NES:
Star Soldier (loose) - $2.50

Genesis:
Truxton (boxed) - $2.50

[leorange]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/ffVII2.jpg

here's a closer look at the tear. it doesn't seem as if it's been opened, the rest of the seal is intact, but it is indeed not 100% pristine...

and i found this... http://www.sony.com/SCA/press/050914.shtml


New York, NY – September 14, 2005 -- Sony Corporation announced today that Andrew House has been promoted to the newly-created position of Chief Marketing Officer and Group Executive, effective immediately. He will report jointly to Sir Howard Stringer, Sony Corporation Chairman and CEO, and Dr. Ryoji Chubachi, Sony Corporation President and CEO of Sony Electronics.


In April 1995, Mr. House joined the marketing and communications division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the parent company for Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. There, he was responsible for the marketing and promotion of Sony Computer Entertainment’s European and U.S. developed game titles for the Japanese market prior to leading the marketing effort for Sony Computer Entertainment America beginning in March 1996.

i wonder if he misses it and would pay anything to get it back... :P

[mills]

holy SHIT. You have a copy of Final Fantasy VII that basically belonged to the CMO and GE of SONY AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Brown Eye]

You can still open the game without tearing that strip off at all, but it's still a cool find nonetheless!

[leorange]

You can still open the game without tearing that strip off at all

yep, i open my music CDs from the bottom to deal with the friggin' sticker. ;)

funny thing is, the woman behind the counter wanted me to open it up to make sure the right disks were in there, which is what they do with all the CD purchases...

[Kemp175]

Today at the local game store where I spent about 2 hours looking through the boxes of SNES games they had in the back, while listening to a crazed maniac talking about WoW nonstop; I found the following:

Super Metroid-snes
Super Punch-Out!!-snes
Spider-Man & X-Men: Arcade's Revenge-snes
Batman Return's-snes
Tony Hawk Pro Skater-N64
and a handful of snes dust covers
all for $25

I'm planning on going in there next week because an employee told me that the boss has some sealed snes RPG's in the back somewhere and I'm planning on picking some up, possibly.

[evil_genius]

Radiant Silvergun for a grand total of $128.

How'd you manage that?

Chris

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8239333530&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

As if the deal wasn't sweet enough, he sent me MArvel Super Heroes for free. What a great guy.

[Austin]

and i found this... http://www.sony.com/SCA/press/050914.shtml


New York, NY – September 14, 2005 -- Sony Corporation announced today that Andrew House has been promoted to the newly-created position of Chief Marketing Officer and Group Executive, effective immediately. He will report jointly to Sir Howard Stringer, Sony Corporation Chairman and CEO, and Dr. Ryoji Chubachi, Sony Corporation President and CEO of Sony Electronics.


In April 1995, Mr. House joined the marketing and communications division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the parent company for Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. There, he was responsible for the marketing and promotion of Sony Computer Entertainment’s European and U.S. developed game titles for the Japanese market prior to leading the marketing effort for Sony Computer Entertainment America beginning in March 1996.

i wonder if he misses it and would pay anything to get it back... :P

That's a really, really cool find with the history behind it. Congrats.

[Enixis]

This just came in the post today:

PAL Dreamcast:

-Iron Aces
-Stupid Invaders
-Snow Surfers

[dreamcaster]

Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram (DC) - NTSC-U version, complete, $15.00AU

[Blitzwing256]

http://www.green-ranger.com/nes/finds/suikoden.jpg

somehow my original case for suikoden got destroyed years ago. and I recently noticed my philosima disk was cracked. so I lucked out yesterday at gamestop and found both games in great shape.
the peon behin the counter told me they had suikoden 2 come in at the same time, but it was so scratched up they sent it out to be refurbished or something and it woudln't come back, oh well, still a good find for me at least
oh and I remeber borowing loaded from a friend years ago and liking it, so now its in my collection.

[vintagegamecrazy]

Bounty Bob Strikes Back for C64 with case and no manual.

[DigitalSpace]

Arrived in the mail today:

Gamecube:
NASCAR: Dirt To Daytona (complete) - $13.99 shipped with Wherehouse.com free shipping code

[christhegamer]

and i found this... http://www.sony.com/SCA/press/050914.shtml


New York, NY – September 14, 2005 -- Sony Corporation announced today that Andrew House has been promoted to the newly-created position of Chief Marketing Officer and Group Executive, effective immediately. He will report jointly to Sir Howard Stringer, Sony Corporation Chairman and CEO, and Dr. Ryoji Chubachi, Sony Corporation President and CEO of Sony Electronics.


In April 1995, Mr. House joined the marketing and communications division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the parent company for Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. There, he was responsible for the marketing and promotion of Sony Computer Entertainment’s European and U.S. developed game titles for the Japanese market prior to leading the marketing effort for Sony Computer Entertainment America beginning in March 1996.

i wonder if he misses it and would pay anything to get it back... :P

That's a really, really cool find with the history behind it. Congrats.

Yeah, you should put it in a case w/ the article in it; that would be freakin' awesome!!!
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...as for me, no finds yet >.<

[EricRyan34]

NES games
1943 $1
Metal Gear $1


SNES
Krustys Fun House $1
Kirbys Adventure $
Super Empire Strikes Back $1
Super Punch-Out $1
Super Tecmo NBA $1


Picked all of these up at my local game-store on my way home from school, not bad eh

[Perkar]

not really a "find" but my Nintendo rep dropped this off for me today.... it's beautiful :)

http://64.159.77.51/~helmet/perkar/images/nintendoxmasgift2005.jpg

[leorange]

i went back to the goodwill because i remembered seeing another sticker on a game that wasn't final fantasy. here's what i picked up for $5.99 each:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/psmedievil.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/psgolf.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/psbowling.jpg
(this one is brunswick circuit pro bowling)

not quite as exciting, but still interesting.

[RevQuixo]

Well, guess I'll start up this weeks finds thread with some early purchases:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5840/im0003240vv.th.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im0003240vv.jpg)

Legend of the Mystical Ninja - $3

Saiyuki: Journey West - $20 (case, disk, & manual condition are perfect, quite an uncommon condition for used PS1 games)

Saiyuki must have been another "warehouse" find. My local gamestop got two in today...perfect condition new old stock.

[drewbrim]

Went to my favorite stomping ground and grabbed these goodies

NES
Bad Street Brawler (complete) $2.50

N64
system (complete) $10

Genesis
Barneys Hide and Seek (boxed) $1

Dreamcast
Alien front online (complete) $5

PS1
3 systems, PSOnes $10 each
Final Fantasy VII (complete, black) $5
Ascii one handed controller (new) $5


and to top it off I got a whole stack of gaming mags (about 50) for FREE!!! Mostly Game Players and Nintendo Power with a few Game Fan and EGM mixed in. It's pretty funny to look back at the articles and reviews and how "Sonic 3D Blast has Sony shaking in their boots" lifted from Game Players issue 85. I also love seeing all the old promo's for 3DO/Jaguar/CD-I stuff.

[drewbrim]

you guessed it.

[Jibbajaba]

i went back to the goodwill because i remembered seeing another sticker on a game that wasn't final fantasy. here's what i picked up for $5.99 each:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/psmedievil.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/psgolf.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/psbowling.jpg
(this one is brunswick circuit pro bowling)

not quite as exciting, but still interesting.

I think that these must have been submissions for some sort of gaming awards, perhaps done by a gaming magazine. Like those videos that the movie studios send out that say "for your oscar consideration" to people that are to vote for such things. Are there any publications based in your area? In any case this is a really awesome find.

Chris

[Cantaloup]

A quick search for "Interactive Achievement Awards" turned up this:

http://www.interactive.org/awards/

1999 would be the 2nd annual, and they have the list of nominees/winners as well as some info about the awards.

[Enixis]

In the post:

- Tech Romancer (PAL DC)

[klausien]

Went to Joe's store yesterday and got some nice stuff I have been wanting for a while!

NES (loose):
Legend of Kage
Demon Sword
Image Fight
Starship Hector
Burai Fighter

32X (loose):
Cosmic Carnage
Metal Head

Saturn (import):
Pocket Fighter

Virtual Boy (import):
Vertical Force

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Raided a salvation army near my work after work

Paid $17


DK 64 loose
Mega man 64 loose
Super mario 64 loose
Mega man x loose
Zelda OOT loose (for sale)
Super mario rpg loose
Zelda 2 boxed(for sale)
Toe jam and earl panic on funkatron boxed(for sale)

[Nez]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/a16btsuicide/resale.jpg

Guilty Gear psx $25.

[Xexyz]

Well, guess I'll start up this weeks finds thread with some early purchases:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5840/im0003240vv.th.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im0003240vv.jpg)

Legend of the Mystical Ninja - $3

Saiyuki: Journey West - $20 (case, disk, & manual condition are perfect, quite an uncommon condition for used PS1 games)

Saiyuki must have been another "warehouse" find. My local gamestop got two in today...perfect condition new old stock.

Hrm, makes sense since I forgot to mention that I found Saiyuki at GS. Wierd though, that they would remove the plastic seal. After all, my local GS has 6 sealed copies of Vagrant Story (Greatest Hits :() along with the used games.

[Truffle]

I got Animal Crossing: Wild World last night as an "early Christmas present". Super fun!
I love this game so much...Im going to go play some more now.

My favorite GameCrazy employee moved away :( I hope his replacement isnt a total bunghole.

[Atarian75]

Picked up some NES games today.

Wario's Woods $4
Ultimate Air Combat $4

[Sailorneorune]

@ Nez: LOL Glad I could help.

As long as you're happy with it!

-Sailorneorune

[christhegamer]

I just got a butt-load of EGM mag's from my library :D .

Great finds, Leorange!!!

[Trebuken]

Local game store brought out a box of stuff he had...I picked through it and found a couple games and asked him to price them for me...they were:

Parasol Stars (TG-16)
Air Zonk (TG-16)

He said howabout $2.99 each? I couldn't do it though, I had to tell him that I had to pay more for them than that. He looked them up on ebay and found someone selling them for $30 (cart only, he didn't notice this, I didn't mention it), so he gave me the games (complete) for $10 each. I still felt guilty, but he had his chance...

Also bought a bunch of older Win 95) PC games from him for my retro laptop...

I also got Nocturne this week, it's been popping up everywhere. Look like new copies being sold as preplayed...weird...


Later,
Trebuken

[Nesmaster]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Nesmaster/9f6c48ad.jpg

SCD games were .25, as with the genesis games

Shanghai was $1

mom picked them up for me, was a nice surprise to wake up to :)

[CYRiX]

lotsa good and interesting finds this week.

[Porkchop]

Ebay purchase arrived in mail today:

Videobrain Computer with 2 joy sticks and 2 game carts:
Pinball and Gladiator.

The computer and games look like new. Clean and well cared for. All for $94 shipped.
:)

[Nez]

@ Nez: LOL Glad I could help.

As long as you're happy with it!

-Sailorneorune

Yeah happy with the purchase, thank you.

But not happy with the AI it wants me dead.

[Mattiekrome]

$9.00 at one of the EB's in Charlotte. Not sure what to think of the Banjo Kazooie N64 case. Looks exactly like the N64 cases in every respect, except for the logo. Even made by the same "Pride" manufacturer :/

http://premium1.uploadit.org/mattiekrome//EB---12-07-05.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/mattiekrome//BKaz.jpg

[Slate]

Leorange you have some near Revolutionary finds. @_@

My finds were 5 days ago.. More like a buy, though..

Animal Crossing: Wild World Display (More like a standee)

Donkey Kong Country 3 Display (Interesting display - Looks like Dixie and cousin are riding a jetski.. on real water)

Mario Kart DS Display (WAH! Mario's head got chopped off in the car by the $20 mirror! :( I still have hi's head, though, so hopefully it can be fixed?)

EB Edge Card - $5 (Well worth the $5)

Starfox Adventures (Gamecube - Complete - Even has Send-In Cards and precautions booklet) $9 At EBGames after discount by EB Edge card.

Also saw the Game boy micro in action last friday. I'm actually impressed. Very comfortable, And the screen is much better than what i expected. I'm planning to buy one.

[DarkStraw]

Found this megaman book at goodwill today, got it for a quarter.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c348/darkstraw/DCP03304.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c348/darkstraw/DCP03305.jpg

really funny book, too bad its prob not worth alot.

[Niku-Sama]

wow ok fate just happened to be on my side. one of the regular drop ins at work stopped by and were talking about this thing she had won at work for doing a good job and didnt know what to do with it...i asked he what it was and then promtly made an offer of $40 once i found out what it was.

http://webpages.charter.net/nikusama/group%2012605.JPG
http://webpages.charter.net/nikusama/loose12605.JPG

everything works, but i havent had a chance to test the voice module, there were 2 different coppies of Armor Battle (one white lable one red)...its funny how it kinda came to me, and $40 seemed fair it covered most of the battery she put in her car.

on the back of one of the boxes was this:
http://webpages.charter.net/nikusama/odd12605.JPG

did they print more boxes than games at one time and tried using them even after manufacturering arrangements had changed?

oh yea i got the game cube too...i went pokemon because i am so tired of smash bros and mario party i just dont plain like...and with all these bundles it doesent seem nintendo cares about the price of the hardware. it seems like $50 for a ame cube and then the $50 game.

any way howd i do?

[YoshiM]

http://www.pmode4.com/danimages/pacmanstory.jpg

Picked this up at Goodwill for a buck. Possibly an original seal.

[MarkMan]

I believe Sayuki(PS1) saw a reprint just like Vagrant Story(PS1) did.

[MegaDrive20XX]

Found this megaman book at goodwill today, got it for a quarter.

In the words of James Lipton...

This...is....the best...book....EVA!!....Stephen King...ain't got jack...The horror LEAPS from the pages.....As Mega Man....battles...Air man...

[Cauterize]

Local game store brought out a box of stuff he had...I picked through it and found a couple games and asked him to price them for me...they were:

Parasol Stars (TG-16)
Air Zonk (TG-16)

He said howabout $2.99 each? I couldn't do it though, I had to tell him that I had to pay more for them than that. He looked them up on ebay and found someone selling them for $30 (cart only, he didn't notice this, I didn't mention it), so he gave me the games (complete) for $10 each. I still felt guilty, but he had his chance...

You have the heart of an Angel, i would have walked out there with the two games for $2.99 myself :P
Especially considerign its Parasol Stars!!! Grrr, you lucky americans with your TG16!!!!

[Slate]

Some of you have some pretty wild finds..

As for me, my finds were 6 days ago. Never got around to posting them, though, Since starfox adventures kept me coming back for more gaming!

D_Skin - Case of 5 - About $5 (These work good, although on the first time they are on the disc, it freezes up a bit when it's in the machine)

EB Edge Card - $5 (Well worth it)

Starfox Adventures (Gamecube - Complete - Even has precautions booklet and send-in cards) - $9

FREE Displays from EBGames:

Animal Crossing: Wild World Display (More like a standee)

Donkey Kong Country 3 Display

Mario Kart DS Display (WAS Pretty when i got it, but when i got home, i had a nasty surprise.. Mario's head was chopped off.. I still have hi's head, though, so it can be fixed, i hope)

I will be game hunting again tomorrow. I hope i find something cool, Like a TG16 or Atari jaguar.

[Truffle]

Mario DDR arrived in the mail!

[Perkar]

http://64.159.77.51/~helmet/perkar/finds/051208.jpg

a friend of mine called me last night from a thrift that i don't make it out to very often, and let me know they had this stuff.... not too happy about the 2600 label conditions, but i can't really argue with the prices. the genesis games are all nice though :)

[Sailorneorune]

@ Nez: LOL Glad I could help.

As long as you're happy with it!

-Sailorneorune

Yeah happy with the purchase, thank you.

But not happy with the AI it wants me dead.

Yeah, when I tested it the computer-controlled fighters were calling for my blood too! I'll look for more hard-to-find games when hitting the pawns hopefully this weekend, next weekend, sometime! (under 4 inches of snow at the moment :( ).

[MegaDrive20XX]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/Akumajo22/12-9-05.jpg

Went back to Sam Goody's and scored these four games for $8.99 a pop

The Sonic Heroes/Super Monkey Ball DX is $29.99 actually...I needed Sonic Heroes...but for $10 extra I could get Monkey Ball DX? Score!

Oh in case you're wondering about the green case on the Sonic heroes...please see the other thread that explains that lol

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=866305#866305

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Is it just me or does the VJ2 case seem smaller?

[CYRiX]

Its not just you.

[dreamcaster]

Final Fantasy VII (PSX) - non-platinum, $8.00AU complete.

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

After visiting two GameStops, I managed to acquire complete copies of:

Bust-A-Groove
Chocobo Racing
Worms Armageddon
Divide: Enemies Within

[Perkar]

http://64.159.77.51/~helmet/perkar/finds/051209.jpg

decent stuff today. this little lot also marks my 1500th game, and my 250th NES game. \m/

[MegaDrive20XX]

Is it just me or does the VJ2 case seem smaller?

Optical Illusion...because it's sitting on a bump on the sheet..

[SegaAges]

I am super Happy with my purchase today. I got a Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast for Gamecube for 35.

It could be rare, it could be uncommon, I don't know, the dp guide has nothing about its rarity, I just know from my own personal experience that it sucks finding.

1 more game to go and I have every single star wars game for gamecube. The last game that is left is lego star wars. I am trying to find it for $20 (ant takers? :) )

I also bought mario kart ds last week but didn't post about it. man, that game is awesome! i bough it new for 35 i think it was

[Doonzmore]

NBA Live 98 complete for Genesis (R5!) for a single dollar at Goodwill. :D

[Joker T]

I am super Happy with my purchase today. I got a Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast for Gamecube for 35.

It could be rare, it could be uncommon, I don't know, the dp guide has nothing about its rarity, I just know from my own personal experience that it sucks finding.

1 more game to go and I have every single star wars game for gamecube. The last game that is left is lego star wars. I am trying to find it for $20 (ant takers? :) )

I also bought mario kart ds last week but didn't post about it. man, that game is awesome! i bough it new for 35 i think it was

I think Outcast maybe a little rare. I can't find it on Xbox or Gamecube anywhere and it is expensive as hell online.

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/223830.asp

I loved the game on PC :)