Weekend Finds - 7 / 8th January

[McBacon]

We were cleaning out the attic, and I came across my childhood toys. Beneath all the lego and what not, were all my old Adventure Game boxes, now to find the CDs :P

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Two Indy Games, Monkey Island 1 and 2, Broken Sword 2, The Gene Machine (this one pretty much sucks), Double Trouble, Simon 2, Full Throttle and not pictured: Sim Town and Rise of the Triad.

Good luck this weekend guys.

[joshnickerson]

A STELLAR day for me, though it started as a disappointment as the dirt mall I usually frequent was dead as a doornail, aside from the stubborn vendors who refuse to hide from the 30 degree temps this morning. So I made the trip to another flea market about half an hour away, which I only visit about once every two months or so.

And boy, was the drive worth it.

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Plok SNES (factory sealed!) - $15
Teleroboxer (loose) - $3
SWATKats (loose) - $4
Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures (loose) - $4
Big Sky Troopers - $5

Funny note on Plok; the guy who sold it to me noted that it was factory sealed and asked if I was going to open it. I replied "Probably". I thought he was going to pass out right there! *L*


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Sorry for the blurriness :P
Amagon (loose) - $4
Heavy Barrel (loose) - $4
Eek! The Cat (loose) - $4 @_@
Pocky & Rocky 2 (loose) - $5

The bottom of P&R2 looks like it'd been sitting in still water, and I noticed some blue corrosion on the contacts. I bought it in hopes that I can clean it up again. Keep yer fingers crossed, cause it looks really funky. EDIT: Finally got it working after about an hour of taking it apart and cleaning the hell out of the contacts. I ended up having to pull it out about a quarter of an inch on one side to get it to power on at all.

[Goodwill Hunter]

Headed out this morning to Circuit City to pick up an Xbox Super Monkey Ball deluxe for $13, and a GC Geist for $10 at TRU. My route took me by a Goodwill I usually only hit on weekdays...glad I decided to stop in:

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/9113/pir3fd.jpg

Picked up a complete Mutant League Football, and a MINT complete Pirates Gold, including map! $2.99 each...not a bad start to the weekend!

Rich

[djbeatmongrel]

this really isnt much of a find but its stuff that i got a great deal on that came in the mail today. with shipping included, at $64.22 total i recieved these wonderswan games all complete and mint from a seller on ebay:

Dokodemo Hamster
One Piece Mezase Treasure Wars
Tekken Card Challenge
TarePanda Gunpei
Chodenki Card Battle "Youfu Makai"
Inuyasya Fuunemaki
Let's Go Fishing To The Sea
Gogaku-Oh TANGO!

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Went to a local goodwill for once-

-Exodus:Journey To The Promise Land $0.89(great condition)

Not a bad find I suppose. Pretty good price too, it was half off and then i got my student discount. At least school came in handy for once.

Oh yeah and my parents gave me 3 $10 TRU gift cards that came in the mail, ill be using those tomorrow probably.

[snes_collector]

Went to the pawn today to check out the crapload of PS1 games they had last time I was there. Turns out they sold about all of the except sports games.... But I didn't come out empty handed.

18-19 N64 game manuals 4$

First time time I've saw manuals by themselves EVER in the wild. So it was a great find for me. And there's like only 1 sports game manual in there, which is NFL Blitz 2001! Wahoo!

[Tan]

got a orange 31 in 1 pirate cart plugged into a game converter (us-72) inside a nes sleeve for 5 bucks, also Shadowman strategy guide for 1.99

[Xexyz]

I was set on getting a bunch of stuff today so I went to quite a few shops. So, what did I get?

Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits - $9.98
Pac 'N Roll - $29.99 (BB sells it for $20 but they had no copies lleft :( I wanted this one real BAD!)
Next I stopped at a local chain store and picked up some of their resonably priced NES games (commons bin). I picked up Faxandu, Twin Cobra, Section Z, Starship Hector, Burai Fighter, Little Nemo: Dream Master :D, Power Blade :D, and Kid Kool. They were buy one get one free and the total was $21 so I got them for around $2 a piece. Not too bad.

Next I wen't to a dingy, dusty, generally high priced pac-rat store. They had quite a few good games, especially NES ones. Unfortunately, they like sticking scotch tape in the middle of the cart label to write their ridiculously high prices on :(. I did find Truxton, boxed, for the Genesis. At $15, it was a bit steep, but I've wanted this Toplan shmup for a long time now, so I didn't care.

Last stop was GameCrazy. Nothing really stood out to me. I needed another Genny pad so I picked one up on the cheap for $1. Low and behold, underneath it was a SMS pad! I don't even own an SMS, but had to have it for $2. My first piece of SMS history, and it looks like it might be compatible for use on a Genesis.

Anyway, here's a pick of all my stuff:

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[Videogamerdaryll]

Being Picky Flea Market finds..

Spent less then $50.00 today.

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Life size Soft Bowling Pins/bowling set for my Son.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/LifsizwBowlingpins.jpg

Super nice Boxed Commadore 64..and Monitor.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/COM64.jpg

[christhegamer]

excellent finds today. Got some video game t-shirts thanks to mom, but my real luck came when I went to Video game X-change (just a bunch of misc. items, but still pretty cool :)):

-Tips & Tricks strategy guide: MK4
-Nintendo Power issue 26
-Atari VCS owner's manual
-Colecovision manual
-Imagic storage center manual (more like "peice of paper" :P)
-NES Satelite manual (MINT: w/ stickers & fold-out diagram)
-Gameboy plastic game case
-Game Gear plastic game case
-N64 Controller extention-cord
-Game Boy Game Genie (:D :D :D)

"That's all for now, folks!!!"

[Perkar]

http://64.159.77.51/~helmet/perkar/finds/060107.jpg

ecco \m/

[nintendan]

For $29.99:
Nintendo 64 system
Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak
Nintendo 64 AC Power Supply
Nintendo 64 A/V cords
Nintendo 64 Official Controller: Blue
Nintendo 64 Official Controller: Red
Nintendo 64 Official Controller: Green
Nintendo 64 Official Controller: Extreme Green
Nintendo 64 Official Memory Pak (x 2)

*everything works excellent, and all 4 controllers have nice tight thumbsticks. This unit was NOT used very much... you can just tell.

For $4.99
Kid Icarus (loose) for NES, and the label is absolutly mint

For $3.99
Mario Kart (loose) for the SNES. Original, not Player's Choice. Very mint label.

For $3.99
Super Mario All-Stars (loose) for the SNES. Original, not Player's Choice. The label on this game is very mint as well.

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dan

[Animerforever05]

Bought Castle Shikigami 2 9.99@ Gamestop

[graboid9]

i hit a pawn shop in the morning and found Super mario rpg...sticker said 7.99...i asked if she would take 5 for it...she looked at it and said to me..."this is the wrong price sticker...its supposed to say $2.50."

i didnt argue with her :D

later tonight i had some time to kill so i hit a couple of game stores that are far from my normal hunting grounds.Went into EB games, went straight to the old ratty PS1 shelf and found a completecopy of..................Valkyrie Profile. Needless to say i just stared at it for awhile trying to come to terms with what i was seeing!When it finally sunk in i snatched it up and promptly went to give them my hard earned $44.95...never letting go of the game through the whole purchasing process.

i think i did pretty good this weekend, but now im tapped out so im think im done for this weekend...happy hunting :)

[Fighter17]

A friend of mine gave me Gunstar Heroes (cart only) and Final Fight CD (complete) for the Sega CD for about $12.

[Nez]

Metal gear solid 3 strat guide free.

[Jibbajaba]

I know that people like pictures (myself included), but I am just way too lazy. This weekend I got:

-Pirates! Gold (complete with map) (Genesis)
-Shadowrun (boxed, no manual) (Genesis)
-Minty complete but not currently working Aladdin Deck Enhancer (NES)
-Minty complete Linus Spacehead for the Aladdin
-Super Monkey Ball (GCN)
-A few loose NES and SNES games including Venice Beach Volleyball (R6)

I have literally been looking for Pirates! for years. I love the game and was getting really tired of playing it via an emulator. Shadowrun was just bonus gravy. People say that it is a great Genny RPG, so I am looking forward to checking it out at some point. I am also hopeful that I can get the Aladdin to work. It is in mint condition, as is the packaging and all of the included crap, but it just doesn't want to work. I cleaned the contacts, but it is being stubborn. In any case, for the price I paid for it, it was a steal even if it's broken.

Chris

[X SMF X]

Picked up Madden 2003 (xbox) for $4.99 at Blockbuster today. I have been thinking about picking up a football game for awhile now, I figured at that price I couldn't go wrong.

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

I bought the following items at Pink Godzilla in Seattle:

Albert Odyssey
Clu Clu Land
Devil World
Dungeons & Dragons Collection
Farland Saga: Toki No Michishirube
Musya
Ninja Kid
Power Blazer

[McBacon]

Fighters Megamix and Sega Rally for Saturn... Complete, £1.50 each :)

[Jumpman Jr.]

-Minty complete but not currently working Aladdin Deck Enhancer (NES)
-Minty complete Linus Spacehead for the Aladdin

I am also hopeful that I can get the Aladdin to work. It is in mint condition, as is the packaging and all of the included crap, but it just doesn't want to work. I cleaned the contacts, but it is being stubborn. In any case, for the price I paid for it, it was a steal even if it's broken.
Chris

Yeah right. You found it locally? That's awesome.

[lol monster]

i was going to comment too,i don't think i have ever heard of that found in the wild before.

nice score

[josekortez]

I went too wild as usual.

Best Buy
Intec screen and battery for GameCube - $50

Gamestop (used a gift card)
River City Ransom (GBA, new) - $15
Yu-Yu Hakusho Tactics (GBA, new) - $5

K-Mart
Golden Nugget (GBA) - $7.49
Mega Man Anniversary Collection (GC) - $10
Sony PS1 memory card - $6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (GC) - $10

The Intec GameCube screen and battery are in a bundle together. It took me an hour to figure out the instructions to hook this sucker up, and then the screen looked pretty damned blurry (compared to the Mad Catz LCD screen anyway), but I'm keeping it!

[Jibbajaba]

No the Aladdin was not found in the wild, I bought it from a forum member on another board. But it was extremely super cheap because the guy couldn't get it to work. But everything being mint and complete as it is, it was still worth it at the price I paid. I bought it not expecting to get it to work.

But I haven't given up yet.

Chris

[keiblerfan69]

I bought Chaos Field (GC) for 15 cash and used 15 credit that I had from trading in broken PS2 and XBOX. I saw boxed copies of Perfect Dark, Goldeneye64 and a few other good N64 games. Thinking of going over there today and buying them.

[Xexyz]

I'm so envious right now. Not one, but two forum members found Pirates! Gold, for the Genesis. Both were complete even! This is one of my holy grails that I hope to run into someday at a flea market. BTW, out of curiosity, dioes it have a save feature on it? I don't recall saving in it back in the Sega Channel days, especially considering a gaming session on it can be pretty short.

[Jibbajaba]

I'm so envious right now. Not one, but two forum members found Pirates! Gold, for the Genesis. Both were complete even! This is one of my holy grails that I hope to run into someday at a flea market. BTW, out of curiosity, dioes it have a save feature on it? I don't recall saving in it back in the Sega Channel days, especially considering a gaming session on it can be pretty short.

Yeah you can save your game. Has I think 4 save slots.

Such a good game...

Chris

[christhegamer]

Got an Atari VCS from my friend, today; he says he'll get the box/AV hook-up for it later (It can't even play yet, but, hey; it's kinda cool :))

great finds btw, jibbajaba; you lucky SOB!

[snes_collector]

I've been wanting to go to SamGoody for awhile...so I went today. Saw a rack of clearance games for 9$ each so I couldn't resist:

Amazing Island(GC New)
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising(GBA New)

9$ each. Did I do good?

Also, I've never played the origional AW so will this one make since to me?

[keiblerfan69]

Well here is what I bought this weekend:

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Cash Total: 14 bucks
In-Store Credit Total: 41 bucks

Total: 55 bucks

[Famidrive-16]

Snowboard Kids DS
Capcom Classics Collection - PS2

[vahn401]

Ok, this is the first time I'm posting any finds. I usually go game shopping every weekend, but its never anything special, usually just pick up about 50 bucks in "who-the-hells-heard-of-it" ps1 games. But today me and the wife went to goodwill with no intentions of finding games. My local goodwill never has games, over like the past 2 years, i think i might have found like 1 or 2 games. So we went there today so i could buy some cheap pairs of jeans for the car rebuilding i do. And, on the way out i saw 2 cardboard boxes marked "sega" and "nintndo" (thats the spelling they had). And this is what I got

$15 for all the NES stuff
Bases Loaded 4 Complete
World Championship Racing Complete
Top Gun Complete
Mario/Duck Hunt
Renegade
Double Dribble
Mega Man 1,2, & 5
Magic Johnson's Fast Break
Wrestlemania
Iron Tank
Mission Impossible
Bad Dudes
Mario/Duck Hunt/Track Meet
Popeye
Super Bowl

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The Mega Mans were the only real nice thing, but still, nice

And then Sega, got all this Sega Saturn stuff for $10

Black Fire Complete
Daytona USA Complete
Tomb Raider Complete
Andretti Racing Complete
Dark Legend Complete
Madden 97' Complete
Panzer Dragon Demo
Bugz Demo? not really sure
Interact Memory Card? (what is this)

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I havn't had a Saturn in years, so this is sparking my interest in one again, what exactly does the memory card thing do? Is it the same idea as having to have one like ps2 and gamecube? Or what is an option?

Also, my mom does some volunteer work at a local youth center, and they've decided to rid themselves of their entire NES collection, its something around 100-150 games. I threw out a nice $100 dollar offer, and it was mine, going to pick it up tonight when I go pick up my sister. I'll let you know how that find of my life goes.

[Sothy]

Never saw dark legend before.

Think it sucks tho...

[Slate]

Vahn, you got one heck of a good load on your hands there.

Can't wait to see pics of the NES collection! It'll definately top my NES collection in numbers.

Oh, as for my find, I got a NES Cart dust sleeve for free yesterday. Always need those.

[AdamAnt316]

After a long dry spell in finding video game stuff in the wild, I finally hit paydirt this past weekend. Talking to one of the regular vendors at the Lancaster flea market, he remarked that he recently picked up an Atari 2600. I figured that it'd probably be yet another 2600A or a jr, but I figured I'd take a look anyway. First, he pulled out a grey 2600 adapter, with a cut cord. Then, he pulled out a box with a dirty six-switch VCS in it. I figured it was probably another light-sixer (got minorly burned on one of those a little while back), but when I examined it closely, I realized that it was in fact a gen-u-ine heavy sixer! :D Paid $25 for it. Haven't had a chance to test it yet, but other than being dirty, it looks fine. 8-)
-Adam

[dojosky]

me

Mario Kart DS-store credit
atari jaguar boxed with 5 games locally
sealed legend of mana last nite at gamestop !!! @_@

[Blitzwing256]

I went to ebgames yesterday to check if they had any more ngage games for cheap left.

turns out they no longer do...
they also no longer carry anything pre-ps2 now :-(
so ebgames is pretty much off my shopping list .
I did stop in gamestop today and decided to grab a bunch of games just in case they follow suit and kill all the good games and just stick to the newer crap.

but anywho rant aside I picked these up:
http://www.green-ranger.com/nes/finds/twisted.jpg

yeah I know , the tombraider series sucks.
but I remeber liking the first one ..so I was curious
and yup! they all sucked after the first, but hey for 3$ each I spose it wasn't a complete waste maybe.

I ended up playing twisted metal 3 the most fo them all.
this is the second time in a week i've found brave fencer musahsi at the same store. I wonder if that got a re-release too ;-)
(both copies were pretty dead on mint)

[vahn401]

I went to ebgames yesterday to check if they had any more ngage games for cheap left.

turns out they no longer do...
they also no longer carry anything pre-ps2 now :-(
so ebgames is pretty much off my shopping list .
I did stop in gamestop today and decided to grab a bunch of games just in case they follow suit and kill all the good games and just stick to the newer crap.

but anywho rant aside I picked these up:
http://www.green-ranger.com/nes/finds/twisted.jpg

yeah I know , the tombraider series sucks.
but I remeber liking the first one ..so I was curious
and yup! they all sucked after the first, but hey for 3$ each I spose it wasn't a complete waste maybe.

I ended up playing twisted metal 3 the most fo them all.
this is the second time in a week i've found brave fencer musahsi at the same store. I wonder if that got a re-release too ;-)
(both copies were pretty dead on mint)

Thats a nice find, I've been visiting all my local gamestops every other week and just picking up ps1 games in the masses. And twisted metal 3, and tomb raider 2, and 3 are ones i've been hoping to find. My friend and I came across twisted metal 2 and 4 for 3 bucks each, and played those all night, then concluded tha tthe 3rd was always are favorite.

As for brave fencer, I've had the same thoughts as you. 3 of my local gamestops got the game out of nowhere, and each one of them didn't have the demo, or did they have instructions though. But all looked brand new.

[Towlie2110]

Ogre Battle 64 (loose) 8.00 at a local Pawn/bargain store
It went great with my Sealed (No need for Emulators!)

[Sothy]

Complete Tommy Moes Winter Extreme Skiing and Snowboarding for snes......Gee is the godamn title long enough.... 1$

sealed off brand Gameboy color rechargable battery and ac adaptor set... Dont have a gbc but for 3$.....


Sucks cuz at the thrift in the vhs section SNES boxes catch my eye... lo and behold all super complete and minty. Even has the baggies on the carts inside... all sports crap. I either got there too late or someone just got rid of sports games.

Passed on madden games and a pga title and Hardball 3...

I think its the people that work there though. Anytime I find games it always just the sports titles they probably ebay them.

[Blitzwing256]

As for brave fencer, I've had the same thoughts as you. 3 of my local gamestops got the game out of nowhere, and each one of them didn't have the demo, or did they have instructions though. But all looked brand new.


hmm well both the copies i found were dead mint BUT they both had the demo disk .

lots of good rpgs have been showing up lately, with the few rereleases its getting hard to decide whether to snatch em up (stuff like valkery and suikoden have showed up )