Freebies are always nice..

[diskoboy]

What is the absolute coolest thing you ever got for free? Wether it be games, a console, controllers, promotional item, store window display, etc..

I just got mine 2 weeks ago. I inhereted my friends pre-dual shock PS1 with a memory card and no games, simply because he's moving to California. I've been buying games for this thing like mad. I even managed to find a copy of Castlevania: SotN for $30. :D

Second place would go to my Crazy Taxi 2 standee that I grabbed back when I worked at Babbages. There was also a Shenmue one that also came with a huge vinyl sticker that looked like replacement sideart for an arcade cabinet, but no one took it.

Looking back, I wish I did. That giant sticker was just sweet. :(

[keiblerfan69]

Mine would have to be the creator signed copy of COD 2 that I won last week from Gamespot.

[Mezmoron]

Top loading NES w/ 20 games from a friend. One was Duck Tales 2.

Ken

[Leroy]

I have a lot of store displays. I love them.

I can't wait to pick up my Princess Peach display!

[phreak97]

well.. i got final fantasy 7 (pal) for free from my uncle, along with 5 other games.. my <almost friend>'s dad gave me a nes with two controllers, mario 1 to 3 and a flintstones game, all in perfect condition for free.
i got alot of consoles and accessories for free (atari 2600, intellivision, atari 7800, bunch of controllers and games), but i paid $70 shipping for it all, so that only half counts..
i've gotten commodore amigas for free, one had a 1084S monitor with it, plus mouse, flight stick, and ram expansion card.
i love my moving wario ware twisted counter display which i got from secret santa this year (thanks Cirrus!).
my pal master system 1 was free, along with about 8 games, but needed cleaning up a bit, the console is perfect now.
i got a sega saturn for the price of shipping..
i think every master system game i have, cept for two (both fantasy zone somehow), i got for free, i have 22 with cases, two loose.
i just got arcade classics 1-5 for gameboy for free..
got a fruity coloured n64 modded to be green and blue (combined parts with another n64) for free, along with 5 games and two controllers.
got a ddr pad (soft pad) for free, somehow it's capable of enough accuracy to AA heavy songs.. i know of no others which are, unfortunately it has no O button, so you have to play vs and set things up with the other player controller using ps2 versions..
4 DS lanyards, and a nintendogs one, a DS counter strip, a nintendogs dog..
probably a bunch of crap i forget..

i listed way too much stuff, you tell me what is worth most out of those..

[retroman]

i got a Magnavox Odyssey 2 with 5 games from a guy at work for free....not a bad day at work at all. Works great too.

[Steven]

-Dreamcast system with controller, hookups and Shenmue, Evolutionm, Grandia II

-A whole MESS of Saturn games. Unbelievable. One time for my Bday this guy gave me:

-Contra LoW
-PowerSlave
-Christmas NiGHTS
-X-Men vs. Street Fighter
-3D pad
-Outrun
-Space Harrier
-too many to list

and oh... mint copy of Battle Garegga! :D

estimated value of free games I got over the years: easily $500+ (I also got Iron Storm, Shining the Holy Ark, Shining Force III for free, US versions, mint and complete)

[unbroken]

For some reason I reeallly like the zelda: TP shirt they gave out at last years E3. I plan on wearing it too my own funeral :angry:

[DarkStraw]

the only thing ive got for free! zelda minish cap demo, bought some of his games and he threw it in free!

[jcheatle]

Last fall, my buddy surprised me with a stack of 7-8 NES games and 2 SNES games. Turns out his sister moved into a new apartment and the prior tenants FLED for whatever reason. Said they could take anything that was left that they wanted. He got the games, which meant I did. Included were:

NES - Mega Man, Super Spike V'Ball, Tecmo Super Bowl, Dragon's Lair, Gilligan's Island and 2 or 3 others I can't remember but all were in damn near mint condition.

SNES - Mega Man X and I think Street Fighter II.

Also when I first started collecting during my freshman year at college, the guys down the hall had a box of about 20 games. I went down there to borrow 1 or 2, and they said to take the whole box. They also said they'd get it before the end of the semester, which they didn't. Their loss, my gain. :)

[Poofta!]

my best friend gave me his perfect/complete copy of lunar: silver star story for the ps.

[DigitalSpace]

In 2004, a friend of mine in Texas gave me a loose Super Mario RPG for helping him get some NES games he wanted. It wasn't a trade; he was going to pay me back for the games, and a couple days before he mailed the money order, he found the SMRPG cheap at a yard sale and decided to ship it with the money order since he already had a copy and knew I was looking for it. That was pretty sweet. :D

[yok-dfa]

Once a bought a Commodore C16 on a flea-market and i got a vectrex for free with it (including 7 games + some overlays) because the guy selling it thought it was the monitor.

It was pretty weird. I offer the guy EUR 10,- for the C16 + some tapes etc. Pick up the box and start walking away, the guy calls me back and tells me i am forgetting the monitor... I go what? monitor? huh? and my jaw almost drops to the floor when he dives below the table and pulls a vectrex from underneath and hands it over to me... The funny thing was that i happily went on my way (d'oh) when 10 minutes later the guy's son comes after me and hands me a small box with a bunch of games and overlays ("Sir, you forgot to take the games with you"). @_@

[qbertandernie]

atari 2600 controller tester...it was free because the clerk didnt know if it worked or not, but i was buying other stuff from there, so it wasnt really free

[Diatribal Deity]

Turbo Grafx, CD Add-on, Turbo Duo, accessories, system cards and about 25 games including Y's I/II - III, Exile Wicked Phenomenon, various shooters, etc. Got them from a co-worker who was moving to California and cleaning house about 7 years ago. He told me I owed him $100. Did not have it that day, so he said he would send me his new address and I could just mail it to him. Never sent me the new address. Ran into him visiting about 2 years later and he said he had forgotten all about it and said it was a gift. I insisted on giving him the money but to no avail (I had written him a glowing recommendation and that was thanks enough).

Not until 3 years ago did I realize what he had actually given me. Thank you Dave!

[ice1605]

My cousin gave me her NES when I was six (I always LOVED to play it before this), and that permenatly thrust me into collecting.

[BrokenFlight]

This stuff was given to me by a friend for no reason other than he knew I'm into Megadrive stuff.

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I already had 7 of them, and had only recently bought 5 of them. Then of the 7 new ones, 5 were sports games. Oh, well. It was free, so I can't complain.

[PDorr3]

Off the top of my head, probably a complete (sealed) copy of Ballistic on NUON. I got it from a nice trader here on DP. I was so happy because I had just got into NUON and it is rough getting NUON games these days...even on ebay.

[20eyes]

From my ex girlfriends mom, a sega genesis 2 system with a bunch of games, and another time another box of genesis games one of which was a complete mint gunstar heroes.

[Fighter17]

and oh... mint copy of Battle Garegga! :D

I'll do anything for IT!!!!!!!!!



Anyway, for my brithday last year, a friend of mine gave me a Genesis/Megadrive with one controller, and two games (Sonic 1 and 2). That started my Genesis collection and so far I have over 20+ games (five imports).

Then it was also the time I got a free Sega Saturn mod-chip from some guy on the net.

[hobbes13]

My neighbor gave me DK 64, Crash Bash, an N64 memory card, a Gamecube controller, and a headphone jack for a Gameboy SP

[GameSlaveGaz]

I have gotten a LOT of games and systems as gifts, but here are some stuff I was lucky to get free (a few of which I got in an interesting way)

Genesis: for some reason, in the 2 weeks I worked at GameStop back in '01, I went in one day and there was a Genesis (2 model) in the wastebasket. I inquired why it was thrown out, was it broken? No one knew. So I asked if I could dig it out and test it and keep it if it worked. They shrugged and I took the console out of the trash and bought an AC Adaptor, a controller and Columns (the RF switch to my long-lost Genesis was in a drawer at home so I was set). It worked FINE. Free Genesis!

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat: I'm used to getting promo swag from the Nintendo rep since I work at Toys R Us. But one day, he came in to do a demo/contest with DK Jungle Beat. He forgot his copy at home so bought a copy off of us. When he was cleaning up to leave, he handed me the copy he had bought. He said he had his free Nintendo-issued copy at home so didn't need it. It wasn't like he could return it to the store! I was flabbergasted. I kept repeating "Geoff, are you sure?! It's a $40 game!" But he insisted. I was sooooo grateful. That's why I argue to this day that I'm the Nintendo rep's favorite (My TRU is always favored over my boyfriend's GameStop LOL)

Gitaroo Man: Sure, it's a reprint, but even the reprints are elusive and this game is AMAAAAZING! It was a 21st b-day present from my boyfriend. He was ready to buy it for himself but I was like "Yknow...today's my birthday" and he felt guilty and generous so he bought it for me. I returned the favor and got him a copy for X-Mas.

Famicon GameBoy Micro: A Christmas present from my boyfriend. Ever since the Micro was announced, I was on the fence about it. Sure it's a nintendo product, it's a gameboy, but it's not backwards compatible! But I saw the Famicom edition and I said "Well, someday I'll import that, cuz it's cool looking and collectible." Then Nintendo decided to be cool and release it in America. When I saw GameStop got them in, I called my boyfriend and said "I know what you can get me for Christmas!" (can you see how manipulative I am?! LMAO)

Mega Man 2 and 6 for NES: The Mega Man games are like $20-$25 each (at least at GameZone). These I stole from my friend. I didn't mean to, I was borrowing them from him, then we stopped talking for 6 months (long story) and I neglected to give them back. He totally forgot about them, and he's not going to miss them. His NES is shoved in the back of his closet. I also have his Yoshi.

Some of the other systems I've gotten as Christmas gifts were: N64, PS2, and PSP. I've gotten so many games as gifts from family, friends and my boyfriend that I won't even list them all.

I also have a LOT of different promo stuff from work. Like I said above, I'm the Nintendo rep's favorite, so I've gotten more stuff than everyone at GameStop combined, including a Nintendogs plush that was supposed to be reserved ONLY for GameStop MANAGERS. Well, it's not just me who's favored, a couple of my coworkers also got their own Nintendogs. My boyfriend's store only got one plush and his manager ended up keeping it all to himself. I've also gotten GameCube and XBox kiosk demo disks, shirts, buttons, TONS of lanyards, a Nintendo water bottle (that my manager gave me) a PlayStation clock (that I traded a regular clock with another manager for) pens, etc.

Do you notice a trend between me and my boyfriend? He also got me a GameCube, Super Mario Sunshine and a 59 block memory card for our 2nd X-mas together. In the 5 years we've been together, we have gotten each other games and systems for birthday, Christmas, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, even Easter. Hey, the couple that plays together, stays together.

[Sparky]

Thats why its always good to tell people what you collect cause i got about a month ago from a co-worker now my friend :) just a loose TG16 CD-Rom unit which i was really happy about, then a few days later he found the rest of the pieces, the docking station with a TG16 all in its carrying case @_@ would not take a cent for it, not even a hug :embarrassed:

[NESVIDIOT]

I was pretty much given a Star Fox Super Weekend (a couple of dollar) but th eabsolute best "for free" that I've been given was the time an old friend was moving and asked me to stop by as he had some stuff for me if I was interested- this is what was FREE!

Neo Geo:
memory card cib
Super Baseball 2000 cib
Thrash Rally cib
Top Players Golf cib

Nes:
National Football League cib
Zelda cib
Video Shooter wireless gun cib
X2 The Dominator Pro Beam wireless gun NIB
System with 2 controls
U-Force controller cib
Mega Programmable Control cib
The Zipper control cib

SEGA:
Gamegear:
2 systems
Battery Pack
Naki rechargeable paks
Woody Pop cib
G-Loc air battle cib
Nba Jam cib
Poker Face Paul's Poker cib
Revenge of Drancon cib
Streets of Rage 2 cib
Ariel cib
Junction cib
Dragon Crystal cib
WWF Steel Cage Challenge cib
Super Monaco GP cib
Batman Returns cart only
Deep Trouble Duck cart only

Sega CD:
Ground Zero Texas cib
Star Wars Rebel Assault cib

Genesis:
NBA Jam T.E. cart only
controller
cordless infrared control cib
power base converter

SMS:
3d glasses
4 controllers- 2 B/N
Gun B/N

Intellivision:
Dig Dug cib
Congo Bongo cib
Mind Strike cib
The Jetsons Ways with Words cib
World Series Major League Baseball - 1 card & box
Melody Blaster - 1 card & book
Tower of Doom cib
Burgertime cib
Diner cib
Frogger cib
Popeye cib
Star Wars Empire strike back cib
Centipede cib
Shark! Shark! cib
Thunder Castle cib
AD&D Treasure of Tarmin cib
Beauty and the Beast cib
Pinball cib
Slam Dunk Super Pro Basketball cib
Motocross cib
Donkey Kong cib
and 10 other very commons

Colecovision- all cart and book only
Tutankham
Xonox- Motocross Racer/Tomarc
Riverraid
Decathalon
Dam Busters
2010 graphic action game
Roc n Rope
Super Cobra
Xonox- Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot
Illusions
Root Beer Tapper
Timepliot
Dragon Fire
Frogger II Threedeep
Keystone Kapers
Nova Blast
The Heist
Popeye
Tarzan
Bc's Quest for tires
BC's Quest for tires 2 Grogs revenge
Spy Hunter
Bump n Jump
Tournament Tennis
Gorf
Q Bert
Jungle Hunt
Galaxian
Buck Rodgers Planet of Zoom
Lady Bug
Wing War
Fortune Builder
Beam Rider
Pitfall
Fathom
Star Wars Arcade Game
James Bond 007
Threshold
Antarctic Adventure
Burgertime
War Games
Zaxxon
Hero
Oil's Well
Donkey Kong JR
Mr DO
Gateway to Apshai
Miner 2049er
Subroc
Quest for Quintana roo
Jumpman Jr
Star Trek Strategic operations sim
Pitstop
Frogger
Gyruss
Pepper 2
Cosmic Avenger
One on One
Xonox- Artillery Duel/ Chuck Norris
Congo Bongo

As well as some odds n ends some empty boxes and some loose manuals.

That was in the Oct 1/05 finds thread- probably the best "freebie" i've ever received or will again!! (hopefully lightning strikes 2ce in the same place!)

[jajaja]

The only thing I got for free videogame related (not counting x-mas/birthday gifts) is some old PC games. Me and a friend was interviewing a local computer business and at the end we asked if we could get free games hehe. First they just looked at us, but gave us 2 or 3 :) Conspiracy was one of the games and another was some flight game, ww2 style, simulator maybe, dont remember. It was on floppies atlest.

I also won a SNES game (Double Dragon VS Battletoads) in a magazine.

[dave2236]

I got a Super Nintendo full size store display for free. The guy just wanted it out of his sun room after 10 years

[Joker T]

I went to a closing Game Stop and got a bunch of demos, shirts and tons of stuff. I haven't gotten much "big" stuff for free but I get demos and stuff every once in a while.

[Crush Crawfish]

Deadly Towers for NES.

No, I'm serious. I love that game, and it's the first game I ever got for free. :)

[Niku-Sama]

GTA San Andreas insulated can thing and a shirt for free, thats about it game wise i can think of

[Nesmaster]

Complete action 52 (NES)

-_- :P

[Lozza]

I get free stuff all the time. I got a free copy of 007 Everything or Nothing for the GC the other day.

[Hammy]

for free i've been given a nes and a stack of games (about 30) a knackered saturn, and various jamma boards.

the nes stuff i traded away and the saturn is in the process of being fixed ;) the boards are used from time to time also.