May 2006 Finds

[Niku-Sama]

managed a flea market:

SNES system and 1 3rd party controller $4
(not yellowed but hella dirty, cleaning now, works)

NES controller $1
like above, hella dirty, dont know if i can get it clean

[keiblerfan69]

Damn I guess Yard sale season is in effect. Look its only the 7th(6th for me) and we are already on page 4.

[briskbc]

At garage sales and pawns today.

DVDs
The Life Aquatica $5
The Birds $4

Games
Marvel VS Capcom PS1 - $10
Shining Tears PS2 - $20

Also a box full of 80's rock cassettes for $2. There's about 50 tapes in here but I'll only be keeping 10 or so. The rest got to the thrift store.

[cyberfluxor]

Went off to a bunch of stores today. Got some goodies and all that cost a grand total of around $30. It's more money than I've been spending lately but that's about to change. Summer = Beach time, working, & late night video gaming.

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What I found at CHKD:
~4ft tall Amy Rose from Sonic. ($7)
Old Gateway 2000 machine that might need a bit of work. ($3)

At a shop up the road a ways:
To complete five of my cart only Genesis games I got some boxes with manuals for $5. The owner of that store is really great.

Another game store FAR away:
They had some nice Saturn games in stock. I've been struggling to find SAT titles in my area so I managed to get:
Resident Evil ($9)
Congo ($3)
Of course both are complete and in great condition, the only way I like buy Saturn games. :D

At some pawn shop near the beach they didn't have jack for PCs, consules, speakers, nothing! Spent some time looking around and when I wondered to the front counter I realized they had some different stuff in there $1 CD-only game/dvd bin. Finguring through it I managed to pick up these:
Battle Arena Toshinden ($1)
Fatal Fury 3 ($2)
Mega Man X5 ($1)
Now, I do hate to find loose Saturn titles, but sometimes I just have to at least grab it when it's cheap incase I do stumble across a complete with a FUBAR disc. Now, this pawn shop was the same place I found all this last month:
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Most are PSX games which I prefer not to have SO many loose (Tis why I requested Cases + Manuals on the trading forum to buy) but since I do play more imporantly than collect, I can play without a case (Although it somewhat strikes a nerve in my head). But hell, you get what you can find!

So ya, that's my finds for the day. :)

[Kitsune Sniper]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/cyberfluxor/050706.jpg
~4ft tall Amy Rose from Sonic. ($7)

...

I'm jealous as HELL. That Amy is awesome.

[o2william]

Today I returned to the Salvation Army where I found a 5200 haul last week and unconvered the missing Wico Y-cable. :) I still can't believe they charged me $5 for it.

Also picked up a shrinkwrapped copy of Lightspeed, one of my favorite PC games of all time. Now I can replace my original opened copy (which is now for sale, by the way).

[videogameking26]

Picked up at Walmart tonight:

KAO The Kangaroo: Round 2 (PS2) $19.99
Killzone (PS2) $19.99
Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast (PS2) $29.99
Brain Age (DS) $29.99

Put on reserve at EB Games earlier yesterday:

New Super Mario Brothers (DS) Paid in full :D :-P
Nintendo DS Lite $75 down
Playstation 3 $100 down :D :-P

[pookninja]

[quote="videogameking26"]Picked up at Walmart tonight:


Brain Age (DS) $29.99

i hope you didnt really pay $29.99 for brain age,as its only $19.99 new everywhere.maybe a typo?

[GrandAmChandler]

Did some Garage Sales / Flea Markets yesterday:


http://christopherchandler.net/pics/finds/findmay6-06-1.jpg

Complete SNES system w/ Rocko's Modern Life game - $15

http://christopherchandler.net/pics/finds/findmay6-06-2.jpg

CommaVid Cosmic Swarm - Atari 2600 - $8

http://christopherchandler.net/pics/finds/findmay6-06-3.jpg

Crazy Foam Mario Chair - $1 (never seen this before, anyone?)

http://christopherchandler.net/pics/finds/findmay5-06.jpg

Dragon Warrior 2
Dragon Warrior 4
Final Fantasy
River City Ransom
Contra
Super Dodge Ball

$5 each.

Also not pictured - Mega Man 6 cart loose - $3.50

It was a good day.

[BrokenFlight]

http://christopherchandler.net/pics/finds/findmay6-06-3.jpg

Crazy Foam Mario Chair - $1 (never seen this before, anyone?)

:eek 2:
I want!

It sort of looks like a home made jobbie. What's the quality like?

[christhegamer]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/cyberfluxor/050706.jpg
~4ft tall Amy Rose from Sonic. ($7)

...

I'm jealous as HELL. That Amy is awesome.

ditto! :D

[Perkar]

http://64.159.77.51/~helmet/perkar/finds/060506.jpg

went to probably 20 store yesterday with hezeuschrist. thrifts, EBs, GameStops, GameCrazys, GameRushs, more thrifts.... you name it. didn't really find all that much. the Dr. Mario was a score... i need 4 more NES classics to complete the subset.

my personal prize in there is the Punisher PC game. i have yet to check if the disks are still good.... but the punisher was my favorite comic growing up, and i have a big emotional attachment to anything punisher related. just the documentation that came with the thing is awesome....

[GrandAmChandler]

http://christopherchandler.net/pics/finds/findmay6-06-3.jpg

Crazy Foam Mario Chair - $1 (never seen this before, anyone?)

:eek 2:
I want!

It sort of looks like a home made jobbie. What's the quality like?

Its not homemade, apparently it is an officially licensed Nintendo Product with a copyright date of 1988

The Chair is made by "Ace Novelty" Company.

[cyberfluxor]

http://christopherchandler.net/pics/finds/findmay6-06-3.jpg

Crazy Foam Mario Chair - $1 (never seen this before, anyone?)

:eek 2:
I want!

It sort of looks like a home made jobbie. What's the quality like?

Its not homemade, apparently it is an officially licensed Nintendo Product with a copyright date of 1988

The Chair is made by "Ace Novelty" Company.

Well, it looks pretty cool. What size is it? Can it fit an adult in it?

[InsaneDavid]

The Chair is made by "Ace Novelty" Company.

Hmm, that's interesting - they make a lot of the plush toys that end up in US crane games (CHALLENGE-R, etc.).

[GrandAmChandler]

The Chair is made by "Ace Novelty" Company.

Hmm, that's interesting - they make a lot of the plush toys that end up in US crane games (CHALLENGE-R, etc.).

Yeah I couldn't find anything on the net about this at all.

It has a plush lining, and is made for a child.

[BrokenFlight]

Its not homemade, apparently it is an officially licensed Nintendo Product with a copyright date of 1988

The Chair is made by "Ace Novelty" Company.

Oh right. It probably wouldn't be too hard to make one if you get someone who's good with a sewing machine to do all the hard work for you. It would be like a large plushie stuffed animal with foam blocks.

I'm interested in all the Nintendo merchandise from the 80s/early 90s. There's just so much of it.

[Xexyz]

Not a whole lot of stuff sitting around at the flea market. I just barely missed on a boxed ALttP for the SNES... :(

The good news though is I picked up 8 NES titles at $2 a pop, 1 SNES title at $3, and one boxed Genesis title, also $3. The River City Ransom cart made my day as I've been looking for that one for some time now.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1694/im0003827vv.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im0003827vv.jpg)

[WSUCougars]

Been a longtime lurker, but haven't really had any finds worthy of posting until now. These were all acquired (from various places) over the last week 1/2.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i211/WSUCougars51/VCS.jpg

Scored this VCS at a VV for $10.00. It's in great shape cosmetically, and works like new. My two existing 2600s both have video issues of one sort or another, so I'm pretty happy with this pickup. :)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i211/WSUCougars51/games.jpg

The three NES games are complete (instructions, inserts, posters, styrofoam blocks, etc.), and with the exception of Gauntlet, look like they've rarely been played. I was particularly stoked to find Contra! Total cost = $1.99 each at GW. The two Atari games were $.99 each at another VV, and the complete Dragon Quest IV ($12.81 shipped off of Ebay) is for....

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i211/WSUCougars51/famicom.jpg

This also came from Ebay. Been looking for one of these little guys for awhile, and found a buy it now that I couldn't pass up ($20.00 shipped). Works great (after a bit of cleaning), and even came with an AV mod! :)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i211/WSUCougars51/tg16.jpg

Finally, my big score. Found this TG16 lot at a local GW. My wife and I stopped in after work, 15 minutes before closing, and found everything sitting in a pile on a shelf with various electronic junk. Total cost = $20.00

[JT80]

Games I purchased.

NES games
Barker Bill's Trick Shooting - $5.00
Battletoads - $4.95
Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum - $0.95
Fester's Quest - $2.95
Freedom Force - $2.95
Goonies II - $2.95
Gyruss - $5.00
Hogan's Alley - $5.00
Life Force - $5.00
Monopoly - $6.95
Wild Gunman $4.95
WrestleMania - $0.95
Game Genie - $9.95

N64 games
Diddy Kong Racing (With box and instructions.) - $5.00
Star Fox 64 (With box and instructions, no rumble pak.) - $5.00
Super Mario 64 (With box and instructions. Million seller version.) - $5.00

[The_Kodiak65]

my finds were not as good as they were yesterday, but i still got some things...

NES Alien Syndrome -loose in retal case - $3
N64 Bomberman Hero - loose - $5
N64 Bomberman 64 - loose - $5
PS1 Mega Man Legend - Loose - $3
DVD's $3 each-
God, the Devil and Bob
Big Fish
Snake Eyes
Office Space
another one, cant remember right now....
and a $2 flask

ok, but nothing too great

[DigitalSpace]

Arrived in the mail yesterday:

NES:
Life Force (loose) - trade

Thanks Fuyukaze! :D

I'm pretty happy to finally have Life Force in my collection,
as it holds quite a bit of sentimental value for me - it was
the first shmup I ever played. It also puts me at 20 NES games.

[Cambot]

Here are some recent finds from May:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/GENandNES.jpg
Those Genesis games, "Cool Spot" and "We're Back: A Dinosaur's Tale" are what I like to call "time capsule games." Who even remembers those franchises? "We're Back" was a children's movie, and the Spot was a mascot for 7-Up. These NES games were from a flea market for $10 dollars, total.


Now, here are some finds that I never got around to posting until now. I should mention that some of these are from April as well.

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NES GAMES:

Revenge of the Three Kingdoms
Burai Fighter
Flying Warriors
SMB/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet
BurgerTime
Bomberman
Castlequest
Star Wars
Star Tropics
Mission Impossible
Mach Rider
MegaMan4
Street Fighter
Uninvited
Battletoads
Yoshi's Cookie
Super C
Clash at Demonhead

Here are some complete games I found at a local used bookstore:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/SNESandSMS.jpg


I also found these at the same store. These had the original instruction booklets and those cool plastic Nintendo cases.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/NESwithinst.jpg


Here's a bunch more Genesis games I've acquired here and there (mostly thrift shops):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/Genesis.jpg

I found this boxed NES at a flea market. It works much better than my original one, and it still had all of its cool posters and documentation. I'll just put my old NES in this box and keep it stored there for the remainder of its retirement:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/NESBOX.jpg

Here are a couple last-gen fighters. Dig that long jewel case for the "Battle Arena Toshinden":
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/ToshindenandVFtb.jpg

Finally, here are some random PS and DC games I found. Some of these aren't exactly RARE, but they are definitely hard to find in the wild, and I found most of them for about a dollar. I also picked up this complete "Perfect Dark" to FULLY complete my old copy:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/PSandDC.jpg

So, there you have it. Thank you for your time.

[Scrimble]

Hit some yard sales this weekend,didn't do too bad.
2600 games all with manuals $1 ea.
Tapper
Enduro
Stampede
Gorf
Maze
Golf
Spiderman

loose SNES games $1 ea.
Mariokart
Mario All Stars
Fighter's History
Pac Attack

Boxed Genesis games $2 ea.
Batman Forever
Pinocchio
Thomas the tank engine

I'm not into commodore 64 at all, but i picked up a game called Oil Barons by Epyx. I have searched for this but haven't found much on it. Can anybody give me an estimate of it's rarity and value? It is complete with the box, disk, instructions, the board, and ALL of the little game pieces. Maybe I can get a pic of it up over the next few days.

[leorange]

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

at the swap meet:
tecmo bowl w/ box, manual, sleeve and styrofoam-$5
"racing feature" 15 in 1 plug-and-play controller. it comes with an adaptor that connects the headphone-style jacks that come out of the controller with RCA-style jacks that you can plug into the TV.-$1

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/racingfeature2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/orangest/racingfeature3.jpg

the games are 8-bit level takeoffs on different types: there's a motorcycle racing game, a xevious-type game, a side-shooter, a bump 'n' jump style game, and so on. a random neo-famicom vibe.

[keiblerfan69]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/PSandDC.jpg



Just incase you didn't know. Starlancer is still playable online.

[Captain Qb]

Yeh, bought mine firts "game & watch" ^.^


Mini Arcade- Submarine LCD
http://cpicchio.free.fr/musee/lcd/sous-marin.jpg
^-- That is what I bought.. ^.^


And yesterday I bought NES Probotector Pal w/ rental box for 5 €

[BrokenFlight]

I bought some new shelf brackets for my room just now. £6 for 3 function-before-looks ones. I only put a new shelf up one or two months ago and it's already overflowing.

I was in the local area of Gamestation so I popped in not to buy anything but just check what old games they had. I ended up walking out with Mario Kart Advance: Super Circuit for £15. That's the first time I've seen it below £25 and I refuse to pay more than £15 for a handheld game.

They had a 3DO (possibly Goldstar, that's what it said on the price label) with 15 games for £65. They also had a CD-i with some random bits and bobs for something like £45. That's the first time I've ever seen either console. I've got no idea what they're like or what price they should be, so I don't see myself buying them. This is the shop that's selling a loose NES with one controller, a loose Mario Bros/Duck Hunt and a loose zapper for £35.

[c0ldb33r]

I found a lot of gameboy zelda games at a local shop.

GB - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
GB/GBC - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
GBC - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
GBC - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

Since I bought all of them I got them cheap :D

They were all loose, and there's a little wear on the zelda DX, otherwise they're great!

http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/873/zeldas1du.th.jpg (http://img275.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zeldas1du.jpg)

[GarryDH]

My weekend haul from assorted car boot sales, charity shops and pawn shops:

Dreamcast (Boxed) £15.00

Game Boy (Boxed) with Wave Race (Boxed): £4.00
Yellow Game Boy in Nintendo carry case with a screen magnifier/light: £4.99

Binatone Colour TV Game Mk 6 (Unboxed but with instructions): £3

Pit Fighter (SNES, Cart Only): £1.00

PlayStation Games:
Point Blank 2: £2.99
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back: £1.00
Space Invaders: £1.00
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver: £1.00
Gran Turismo (Platinum): £0.50
OddWorld: Abe's Exoddus: £1.50
Heart of Darkness: £1.50
Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped: £1.00
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation: £0.50

The last two are missing the instructions the rest are complete.

Strategy Guide for Myst III: Exile for PC: £0.25

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2, Complete): £2.00

Amiga Games:
Alien Breed: Special Edition: £0.99
R-Type II: £0.99
Zork III: £0.99
Syndicate: £2.00
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods: £2.00

All are complete.

Also found a box of Commodore 64 cassette games and software, £7.50 for the lot. Contents were:

Basic Adventures in Space
The Bulge: Battle for Antwerp (also runs on Spectrum)
Leader Board
Leader Board Tournament Cassette #1
Infiltrator
Formula 1 Simulator
Los Angeles SWAT
The Dungeons
Blockbusters
Glider Rider
Renaissance
Park Patrol
Airwolf
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Saboteur
Tarzan
Grand Master
Daley Thompson's Decathlon
Steigar
Critical Mass
Graham Gooch's Test Cricket
Gridrunner
Ace 2
After the War
Sherlock
Operation Thunderbolt
The Great Escape
Combat School
The Tube
Falcon Patrol
Odyssey
Arcadia 64
Hole in One
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior
180
The Last V8
Kane
R-Type
Hustler

One of my colleagues at work also brought in a Fanatec Speedster 2 Steering Wheel for PS1/PS2 which he gave to me for nothing.

[Mayhem]

GCN Service Disk 1.0/0.3 - $5

(can't get the bugger to boot though)

[Masco73]

Had a great weekend!! Went to a townwide sale with great deals . Found games on all 3 days. Here aremy Finds!!

Friday

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http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ma/masco/dream2.jpg
Dreamcast W/games $10




Saturday(went to townwide sale) probably hit 30-40 sales

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PSX with games $15




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Colecovision complete with games & all manuals $12
It was completely dirty. Pics were after about half hour of cleaning.
Not pictured with this lot came 8 atari games and atari expasion module





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http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ma/masco/dream8.jpg
Got this lot at 10 cents each!!!
Mostly crappy sports titles boxed former rentals, but check out the manuals I got in the lot for free!!!





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http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ma/masco/dream6.jpg

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http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ma/masco/dream7.jpg
This whole lot was marked at $1 a piece. Offered $25 and got it all. around 40 games total snes and genny.

Check out the copy of ff3 it is totally wasted. The chip looks fine, so it shoud still work. The ff2 is nice shape though.




http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ma/masco/dreama.jpg
Got these at the last sale of the day. All vintage and all missing battery covers!!(WTF!!!) 75 cent each



Sunday

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Thrift store $1 each



http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ma/masco/dreamb.jpg
Nes set with 26 games
Got it all for $25 mostly commons , but a good price.

This was a great weekend for me. I rarely find this many games, but once in a while you hit it big.

[Masco73]

Before Dave yells at me for the pic being to big, sorry my camera is new and I haven't figure how to make the photos smaller yet.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Which Dave? Me or the one who used to do it? And no complaints from me, my computer screen is showing the great red X's, cause I am lame and so is my computer.

[c0ldb33r]

Holy shit! That's quite the find you lucky bastard! :D

Does the FF3 actually work? It looks horrendous, so I'll be impessed if the cart/battery still work.


Before Dave yells at me for the pic being to big, sorry my camera is new and I haven't figure how to make the photos smaller yet.
Easiest way - download the MS image resizer power tool - link (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/learnmore/tips/eschelman2.mspx)

You just right click and click resize pictures (it'll give you 4 options, for the next I'd go with 320x240 or 640x480)

It's not the best way (I'm sure the results in photoshop are nicer/smaller file size), but it's free and easy. And fast. I usually use that powertoy instead of photoshop since it's a one click solution :)

[BrokenFlight]

Before Dave yells at me for the pic being to big, sorry my camera is new and I haven't figure how to make the photos smaller yet.
Either upload them to www.imageshack.us and use the thumbnail code they give you, or go into

MS Paint -> Image -> Stretch/Skew -> 75%

:)

[Cambot]

Had a great weekend!! Went to a townwide sale with great deals . Found games on all 3 days

Excellent finds. What a day!

Posts like these make me happy.

[christhegamer]

Yeah, I wish I had this kind of luck. You givin' away the C2 manual?

[keiblerfan69]

Before Dave yells at me for the pic being to big, sorry my camera is new and I haven't figure how to make the photos smaller yet.
Either upload them to www.imageshack.us and use the thumbnail code they give you, or go into

MS Paint -> Image -> Stretch/Skew -> 75%

:)

I deleted paint off my computer. Viva la Photoshop!

[Porksta]

Went to the thrift stores today, had a close encounter of the gaming kind. I was just saying to myself "Man, this store never has any video games." Then I turn around and BAM! A great big blue case that says Sega CD on it. The title: Lunar 2. So I think "bummer, just a stupid racing game." But I take a look at it anyways. As soon as I see the front I realize it is THE Lunar! I am so excited to have a holy grail game in my hand (the closest I own to a grail is Mario Party 3). I almost wet myself. Then I open it up. Guess what was inside? Freaking GROUND ZERO TEXAS!! Not even the complete game, just Disc 2. Man was I pissed. But the Lunar 2 case and manual for $5 isn't that bad a deal, so I bought it, and will sell them.

Also got:

Mario Tennis manual (N64) - Free
Altered Beast (GEN) - $2.15
Crue Ball (GEN) - $2.15
Last Battle (GEN) - $2.15
Thunder Force III (GEN) - $2.15
Ghostbusters (GEN) - $2.15
Syphon Filter 2 Strategy Guide - $.50
Wild Arms Strategy Guide - $1
Pokemon Stadium Strategy Guide - $.5
Scene It? DVD board game - $5.50

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Does the FF3 actually work? It looks horrendous, so I'll be impessed if the cart/battery still work.

That's what I was thinking. Poor, poor Final Fantasy III cart. Who could've done such a thing to such an amazing game?

Anywho, I went down to Circuit City today to get a price match on Kingdom Hearts II because CompUSA was selling it for 29.99. Worked out pretty good. After all, I got an extra 10% off when it was all said and done.

[Griking]

I'm psyched about my find today in ore ways than one.

There's this thrift store that I often visit while out on the road for my job that somehow gets huge gaming donations once a year or so. Within the past few years I've found curiously large bundles of classic games there. The last one was a load of about 60 or so complete NES games, another time it was about 50 Colecovision games and a few consoles and one other time it was a ton of Sega stuff including about 20 or so complete Sega CD games, a Genesis Master system converter and all kinds of accessories. I have no clue where this stuff keep coming from. I can't imagine a collector just giving all this stuff to a thrift store and there's really no classic game stores in the area but someone's donating this stuff.

So today I stop by to check things out because I figured that Mondays are always good thrift store days in the spring. People have their tag sales over the weekend, donate what they don't sell and it usually ends up on the sales floor on Monday.

So I enter the store and check this rack up front where they usually have a bunch of CDs and the random video game. That's where I saw the first few and I knew something was up. Three complete Atari 2600 games, all in excellent condition too. If they were in beat up condition I probably wouldn't have though twice but finding them complete and in the condition that they were in set off alarms in my head that the mystery donator may be back.

So I checked a few other spots; by the books, the electronics, nothing... Then I saw it. In a large bin of stuff that was out on the floor but hadn't been put away yet was a huge pile of boxed Atari games. It's amazing how fast a person can move when they want. I found a big storage container on the sales floor and started to fill it up and got to the front to ring out as fast as I could.

So I'm at the counter ringing things out when a woman on a cell phone comes in with a shopping carriage. She looks at me in passing, stops and says "Son of a Bitch". At this point everyone's looking at her. Appearantly she heard of this lot from someone else and ran across town to get them herself. She says "I bet you grabbed every God damn one of them" and ran to the back of the store. I kind of felt bad because I definately know what it feels like to be 10 minutes late for a nice find but I also felt a little warm inside that I was the early bird this time and not the other way around this time. When she left the store empty handed and still on the phone I heard her muttering to someone about how "I was obviously a God damned dealer". At this the woman ringing up my order said "Don't worry about her, she owns a store and just resells everything she buys anyways herself."

So here's the final count. 52 complete Atari games. Most in very excellent condition. Most of the games were the Sears Telegames variants which I didn't have complete copies of so there are going right into my collection. The cost? $.99 each.

Here's (http://home.comcast.net/~griking/atarigames.jpg)a pic of the lot.

[GrandAmChandler]

At this the woman ringing up my order said "Don't worry about her, she owns a store and just resells everything she buys anyways herself."
.

I give you two thumbs up. 1 for pissing off the reseller lady who is obviously rude and shouldn't be dealing with the public anyways.

The second thumb up is for the most awesome score!

[Cambot]

At this the woman ringing up my order said "Don't worry about her, she owns a store and just resells everything she buys anyways herself."
.

I give you two thumbs up. 1 for pissing off the reseller lady who is obviously rude and shouldn't be dealing with the public anyways.

The second thumb up is for the most awesome score!

Indeed. Excellent score. Damn little blue stickers, though.

[Slate]

I'm embarassed to say i got those nickelodeon games

May I ask just what the hell is so embarassing about Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life & Ahhh! Real Monsters?

They are all (In my opinion) Low quality games based on low quality cartoons, No offense to anyone who likes the games or cartoons.

I was also a bit embarassed to get the simpsons games, I don't like that cartoon either, But, No offense to anyone who likes them, Mainly this is going to Jumpman Jr.

But anyway, I sold the nickelodeon games, bart's nightmare and Goof troop for $2.50 each, So the whole lot in a way was free, and i got 50 cents profit already.



But my dad had to take my mom into town..!

Do you live on a plantation or something? ;)

Just kidding - great finds, though. The Goldeneye 007 is worth $12.00 alone in my opinion. So is Ice Hockey.

I saw the "Just kidding" part, but i don't live on a plantation, I just put that in there to avoid saying where my mom went to, It's no big secret, I just don't want to say where i am located.

Anyway, flea market, 2 days ago, I Bought two PS2 games with their boxes (Greatest hits games) For $1 each (Nothing exciting, that's all they're worth too, i sold them the next day) And sold 4 of the SNES games i bought in my 54 game load for $2.50 each - The nickelodeon games and Bart's nightmare, also sold a GBA game for $4 that i bought for $2 (Loose Yu Gi Oh game)

Then i bought 2 PS2 controllers for $1 each at a yard sale (One is a transparent blue controller wich i plan to mod) but that's all i bought that day.

Yesterday at the flea market i bought a NES game that i didn't already have for $1 (Can't remember the name of it) And got a free Aladdin case and manual for genesis.

I Sold Some PS2, Xbox, Atari 2600, Genesis and SNES games for $56, And i did not get ripped off on that sale (It's all they are worth to me, i'm happy with the sale)

And then i bought at eb True crime streets of LA for xbox, complete, for $4.50 and Agressive Inline for PS2 for $4.50, True Crime is already on my Get Rid Of List.

Today, nothing, But i'm getting rid of more games soon, Nothing exciting, it's mostly common stuff.

Edit: UNquoted Something that i said, It was put into cambot's quote..

[Cambot]

Here're a few (somewhat) hard-to-find NES games I picked up today:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/6NES.jpg

I'm especially psyched about Monster In My Pocket and Rad Racer II.

I haven't played it yet, but I don't know much about "DeathBots" by a publisher called American Video Entertainment. We'll see.

[Jumpman Jr.]

I was also a bit embarassed to get the simpsons games, I don't like that cartoon either, But, No offense to anyone who likes them, Mainly this is going to Jumpman Jr.

Weird. I was just skimming through the finds that people had this month and as I scrolled to the bottom of the page, I could have sworn that I saw my name mentioned.
How do you know I like The Simpsons? LOL. Honestly, though? I mean, I do, there's no question about that. But I think it's pretty obvious that I like Futurama, and I have made a few Family Guy threads, but I can't even think about how you know that I like The Simpsons?

[Retrodigital]

This will be my first post on the weekly finds. I usally lurk through and always tell myself im gonna post what I found but never do, well this one was too good not to.

12.99 All I had to do was buy a replacment controller for the system. Had no room for it in my room so had to put it in the spare bedroom for now :/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/Retrodigital/DSC00190.jpg

All the wires , 2 controllers, nice little green light inside.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/Retrodigital/DSC00191.jpg

The Tv for it, its nice. Not sure what brand it was suppose to be says microsoft on the front.

Gonna put it all together and on maybe post another pic later.

[BrokenFlight]

I got a used, boxed Nintendo DS today. I'd been in the shop before trying to decide whether or not to buy one. Usually when I made my mind up they had gone.

I went into the shop today and while I was browsing, the guy behind the counter asked if I was still looking for a DS. I was surprised he recognised me. I said I'd think about it and went back to browsing. He said he could take £5 off if I buy it today. I thought about it some more. I got paid a surprise lump of money today for something I did in September. With that in mind, I decided to buy it. The only problem is it came with a 3rd party charger, although it was a brand new one.

£55 boxed and used.

They didn't have any DS games worth buying but he said he was getting Animal Crossing, Metroid, Trauma Centre and some other games in tomorrow. Being new in a shop, they'll probably be £30, which I think is far too much for a handheld game.

[All Things Sega]

Been looking for the obscure sega master system games and finally found the 4 pack action cart with box. Really psyched even though games are cheesy, still fun to play. Almost as good as the Tec Toy games from brazil.

[GarryDH]

Decided to swing by Gamestation on the way home. Found a few things.

Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension (Game Boy, Complete)
Power Stone (Dreamcast, Complete)

£4.99 for the two. Only got Power Stone 2 recently so I'm happy to pick up the first one.

[Magnum]

last sunday I tried the flea market and bought

NES-Arkanoid-$15
GB-Tetris-$5

so I felt kinda screwed untill I went to Goodwill and found

for NES

Metroid (second label version)
Batman
Legend of Zelda
Zelda II (with instructions, and both Zeldas in the most glorious condition imaginable)
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6 (boxed without instructions)

for SNES

Batman Returns (w instructions)
Super Metroid (complete and it even had the freakin' plastic wrap on the cartridge)
Mega Man X2 (complete)

All games were for a dollar a piece and in PERFECT condition

I also snagged instrution booklets for SNES Mortal Kombat, Mario World, Wrestlemania and TMNT

@_@

It's a great find for me since I'm from North Carolina and can't find anything at goodwill that doesn't smell like shit

[cyberfluxor]

Picked up Super Metroid (SNES) for $1 and Mega Man Xtreme 2 (GBC) for $5 both loose. Nothing too special here.

Away from video games though, I picked up a Kenwood VR-306:
http://img.shopping.com/cctool/PrdImg/images/pr/177X150/00/00/00/1b/f4/7156.JPG
(Stock photo from a site)
It's no longer in production but goes retail new for $230 still and used $80 or more. Managed to pick it up for $50 to replace the crappy $5 reciever I got last year to temporarily replace the digital reciever that blew on me awhile back. It apparently got something on the board (dust most likely) and caused a short circuit blowing out a few capacitors and transistors. So finally found a long-term system that is also surround sound and 500watts, whereas my previous systems were far lower wattage and only 2-channel. So it's a good upgrade! :D

[nationgamesdepot]

I just bought out another world class repair center. I have most of the stuff, so almost all of it will be for sale. I only got one test cart which sucks, it is a gameboy one. I got a utter shit ton of parts for gameboy, NES, SNES, N64, and even a little gamecube. Best of all though, I got 5 different test stations. 2 NES, 3 SNES. I am only keeping the small NES counter tester, and everything else is for sale. I will inventory what all I have soon part wise, and see if anyone needs any of it. I just wanted to see what everyone thought about it. I will prob make a selling thread once I find out what all I have. Take care
~~NGD

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic136.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic137.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic138.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic139.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic140.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic141.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic142.jpg

[Slate]

I was also a bit embarassed to get the simpsons games, I don't like that cartoon either, But, No offense to anyone who likes them, Mainly this is going to Jumpman Jr.

Weird. I was just skimming through the finds that people had this month and as I scrolled to the bottom of the page, I could have sworn that I saw my name mentioned.
How do you know I like The Simpsons? LOL. Honestly, though? I mean, I do, there's no question about that. But I think it's pretty obvious that I like Futurama, and I have made a few Family Guy threads, but I can't even think about how you know that I like The Simpsons?

It started by a visit to the off topic forum.

I saw that you replied to a topic about the simpsons there - The topic was titled something like "They took this guy out of the simpsons?" or "They killed him?!" And also since i saw a post you posted about your avatar, i figured you must like the simpsons.

I don't go into the off topic forum often, though. But when i was on thesims.com forums, i almost never went outside of the off topic forum. LOL

[SegaAges]

I haven't shared many of my finds, so I will start doing so.

Went to the goodwill today:

Homeworld [pc] (complete) - 3.99
Independence War Deluxe Edition [pc] - 3.99
Power Monger [gen] (complete) - 1.99
Cool Spot [gen] (complete) - 1.99

[Niku-Sama]

I just bought out another world class repair center. I have most of the stuff, so almost all of it will be for sale. I only got one test cart which sucks, it is a gameboy one. I got a utter shit ton of parts for gameboy, NES, SNES, N64, and even a little gamecube. Best of all though, I got 5 different test stations. 2 NES, 3 SNES. I am only keeping the small NES counter tester, and everything else is for sale. I will inventory what all I have soon part wise, and see if anyone needs any of it. I just wanted to see what everyone thought about it. I will prob make a selling thread once I find out what all I have. Take care
~~NGD

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic136.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic137.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic138.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic139.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic140.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic141.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/nationgamesdepot/christycampic142.jpg

where do you find all that stuff? sheesh?

the only thing i got today was Rage Racer for PSX for $2, it guides for $8 so ok i guess

[Blitzwing256]

been having a perosnaly craptastic week, but findswise i've done well:

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

the snes was 12.50 and is only missing the av wires.
the nes games were all 2.50 each
grandshitismo was only 2.50 I don't know why i bought it honestly.
prime I picked up at work, TRUX NOT MONKEY!!!!
the ds games are both sealed and were only 10$, they had another polarium but I decided to just get one

a nice find there
the other day I also found these two pc games for cheap:

http://www.green-ranger.com/nes/finds/sim2000.jpg
I remeber getting the basic simcity2k with my first cdrom kit back in the day, but the disk was somehow currupted or something and I neve could play it,
so now I have the super duper limted edition with all the fixins to add to my pc collection.

now I got home with my booty and decided to check out everything, I looked in the shitismo case and loookie what I found...


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

can't knock that for the price!, I always wnated to own that game. not a bad set of junk to clog up the shelves this week.

[InsaneDavid]

Not too much at the flea market today but I did find a couple nice items.

Vectrex - Scramble (loose) $0.50
NES - Hogan's Alley (loose) $5.00
NES - Pinball (loose) $5.00

"Five dollars a pop for those NES games?!" Yeah, I don't mind paying $5.00 for Famicom to NES converter-rich cartridges. ;)

http://www.startoursinfo.com/junk/DP-Finds-05-09-06.jpg

The guy also had a converter-rich copy of Gyromite I tried to get him to toss in but he was being the typical asshole that he always is. Since I was going to gut the games anyway I suppose I could have left one of the games I took since I'm sure no one wants Gyromite - but since he was an ass I decided to hang him with a game he won't be able to move. ;)

And after...

http://www.startoursinfo.com/junk/DP-Fami02.jpg

Too bad my NES of 19 years finally croaked just before testing them out. Oh well, after three hours of cleaning connectors and replacing parts to no avail I gave her a proper burial. :(

[Drag0nsfyre]

R.I.P. ID's NES :( that sucks man. Hopefully you'll find a replacement unit soon. :)

[BrokenFlight]

I picked up Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time today. Why are handheld games so expensive?

It's a good game so far but some of the words they use annoy me. "Fortulent", "Wondiferous" etc. That, and the first two hours are one big training session.

[Julio III]

I picked up Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time today. Why are handheld games so expensive?


Because we're succumb to Nintendo Europe. Its actually cheaper to import US or JPN games then it is to buy new UK DS games in the shop. Shame I tend to like buying new things in person and that, well, I'd rather have the UK version of most games for some reason, annoying. Check the UK bargains thread for some places to get cheap DS games though.

[Vinnysdad]

Picked up some more games recently.
BEST BUY
Rise of the Kasai-Ps2-$4.99
X360 wristband-$1

THRIFT STORE
These Genesis game are all complete and $1.59 each
Crueball
Caesars Palace
California Games
WWF Royal Rumble

[Kitsune Sniper]

Saturday/Sunday:
I only posted about the PS1 NFR disc, but I'll mention my other purchases.

I bought:
* Grim Fandango for $4 (CD1 is kinda flaky but worked well)
* The Even More Incredible Machine = $3
* Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption = $1
* Creative Multimedia CD (a bunch of classic DOS games, including Populous II, Ultima VII, Ultima Underworld and Wing Commander Academy
* MSDN Library (October 1998) - $1

There was also a lady who was selling complete PC games for $3, or 2 for $5. I saw a TON of cool games which I bought to resell on eBay, because, honestly... I can't play them on my machine. Anyway, on saturday I picked up the following:

* Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patty Does A Little Undercover Work (EGA 5 1/4" floppy version, missing Playspy insert)
* Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS floppy version with hintbook!)
* Ultima IX: Ascension (Complete)
* King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (Complete)

I also made a list of what else was still available, and I went home and went back the following morning for these games:

* Death Gate (complete)
* Shannara (Complete with Terry Brooks' Sword of Shannara novel!)
* Hellfire (Sierra-released Diablo Expansion, very rare, complete)
* Shadowcaster (SEALED floppy version)
* The Elder Scrolls: Chapter II - Daggerfall (complete... a CD only version of this sold for $50 the other day X_x)
* Anvil Of Dawn (DOS RPG)

All are on eBay. Something funny, the Hellfire CD contains interviews with some of the dev team, as well as movies of a VERY BETA version of HALF-LIFE. I'm thinking of uploading them to Youtube, but I don't know the order they're in because the launch program doesn't work on XP.

Today (Wednesday May 10 - Mother's Day)

I got up VERY late today because I didn't set the alarm on my clock right, so I got to the flea market at 8:30 and not at 6:30 like I usually do. So the three vendors that I get most of my stuff from were already gone (dammit!) Still, I got:

* Full Throttle PC Manual - .50 cents
I bought the game a while back to sell on eBay but it didn't have a manual. It didn't sell, so I kept it. I just happened to see the manual and the guy sold it to me for two quarters, so what the hell, right?

* Clockwork Knight - (Saturn)
The case is all beat up to hell, but the disc looks brand new. Came complete with manual and back insert.

* Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh (PC) - Case with all five discs and manual. Looks to be in great shape, no scratches or anything.

And I also got one of these (http://www.dreamgear.net/gbasp_powergrip.htm) for a buck. I should've bought more than one, but this one will do. I mostly wanted the screen protector. ;)

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Yesterday, I was told that my local GameStop had a N-Gage in the store and a bunch of games. (Thanks djbeatmongrel) But anyway, I called and lo and behold I got one, brand new - $50 and games were all $3 and there were tons of games, gotta go back for more.

Heres what I got:

System - N-Gage QD("prepaid one in plastic casing")-$50

now for the games

King Of Fighters Extreme -$2.99
Sonic N - $2.99
Crash Nitro Kart-$2.99
Worms World Party-$2.99

Dave

[JSN]

Yesterday, I was told that my local GameStop had a N-Gage in the store and a bunch of games. (Thanks djbeatmongrel) But anyway, I called and lo and behold I got one, brand new - $50 and games were all $3 and there were tons of games, gotta go back for more.

Heres what I got:

System - N-Gage QD("prepaid one in plastic casing")-$50

now for the games

King Of Fighters Extreme -$2.99
Sonic N - $2.99
Crash Nitro Kart-$2.99
Worms World Party-$2.99

Dave

Nice going DKTheArcadeRat, King of Fighters Extreme is my favorite NGage game. It ain't perfect, but it's certainly fun.

I grabbed a copy of Devil Kings on PS2 at GameStop. I'm a sucker for anything with a Capcom logo, and the price was finally right ($19.99 new).

[Sailorneorune]

Old-school PS1 (has unused parallel port with cover) w/ 2 controllers and RF switch (power cords for this thing are a dime a dozen, I used the one for my PS2 to test it, but I'm sure I can dig up a cord somewhere) - FREE!

Anyone need this for using an import adapter or a Game Shark with? It works (best on hard surfaces).

-sailorneorune

[Videogamerdaryll]

Got this all from a lady I know at the Flea market..$20.00 for everything.

All the boxed games are sealed..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/Pictures1402.jpg

SNES/Closer pic.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/Chris1/Pictures1403.jpg

[Joker T]

Amazing finds as usual daryll :)

[Videogamerdaryll]

Amazing finds as usual daryll :)

Thank you Joker T... :)

[DigitalSpace]

Arrived in the mail yesterday:

PlayStation:
Test Drive 6 (complete) - $5 shipped
This is my 20th PlayStation racing title! :)

I also got these at a CD/Game Exchange yesterday:

NES:
Pin Bot (loose) - $2.50
StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge (loose) - $2.50

Genesis:
World Of Illusion Starring Disney's Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck (loose) - $2.50
This puts me at 60 Genesis games! :)

[mills]

Some wedding gifts

Playstation system, model# scph9001. System won't power up.
PSX controller.
Sega Genesis System first model.
Genesis controller.
Genesis 6 button third party turbo pad of some sort, clear plastic.

Castlevania symphony of the night, complete GH
Arc The Lad collection, complete but game discs are missing (bonus discs are inclued as well as the special button coveres and memory card case and leather bound instruction book)
Brave Fencer Musashi, complete.
Super mario advance 3.
Sonic the hedgehog 3.

and my purchases

sonic mega collection GCN, brand new $20
Wordtris SNES 4.99
SNES mouse 4.99
Darius Twin
Wings 2 Aces High

[c0ldb33r]

This will be my first post on the weekly finds. I usally lurk through and always tell myself im gonna post what I found but never do, well this one was too good not to.

12.99 All I had to do was buy a replacment controller for the system. Had no room for it in my room so had to put it in the spare bedroom for now :/
You got it all for $12.99?? Or did you mean 129?

The TV and everything?
Did it include the xbox?

[DigitalSpace]

Went to another CD/Game Exchange this evening and got:

NES:
Excitebike (loose) - $2.50

Genesis:
Twin Cobra (loose) - $2.50

Super NES:
The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (loose) - $5

N64:
Gauntlet Legends (loose) - $5

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

traded in a bunch of shit

ganstream saga and n64 memory card free

i also got comix zone in the mail