March 2007 Finds

[RadiantSvgun]

I suppose thats the PSP that you got earlier. How did you get it for that cheap? :)

I bought my sister donkey kong nes classic. She wanted it complete, and it came to be about $35. Ever since I bought her a DS for Christmas, she said she hasn't touched the thing. So instead of giving me money, she gave me the psp. I'm psyched, I can't wait to get Salamander portable and Star Soldier for it.

[Vinnysdad]

Picked up Blazing Lazers and Soldier Blade on a trade with another member here.

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[BIGMIKE]

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my recent pick ups. i'm starting to like my new out of the way spot.
pulled that sealed pitfall up today. prolly spent too much on it but it's new woooooooooo.
got the atomic robo kid game from a flea market type dealer that i frequent. they always cut me a deal. usually a buck or two off their price. got this for $3 and it's a R5 i think. on a side note........ooooooooo soo mad , they had a R7 game there as well, didn't realize that obviously. hoping it's still around next time we meet. that would be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet and for another $3 toooooo

[PentiumMMX]

I recently got (All from Game-X-Change except the startigy guide):

- Dreamcast Controller (Used. Blue): $7
- Dreamcast Controller (Used. Sega Sports Black): $7
- Kingdom Hearts 2 Collector's Edition Stratigy Guide (New): $30

...And I preordered Pokemon Diamond

[ambientflier]

How do I find the whole game rating scale, R7, R1, etc?

[Kitsune Sniper]

How do I find the whole game rating scale, R7, R1, etc?

http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/search.cmf :)

[Nesmaster]

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 360 - $30

[gohan191]

Ok Got Atari Games all of m for 4 Bucks. Princess Mononoke DVD for 9.99 The Wicker Man Book for 12 The Knife for 3.50 and Harvest Moon for $16. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/MikeFromMN/3-24-2007Haul2.jpg

Better shot of the same items. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/MikeFromMN/3-24-2007Haul.jpg

The DVD'S cost 5.99 Apiece Gamestop buy 2 get 1 free. And, everything else came in the mail from ScooterB23. Thanks again for the extra Atari 5200 Joystick Scott! http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/MikeFromMN/3-26-2007Haul.jpg

[ChronoTriggaFoo]

Princess Mononoke DVD for 9.99

Have you seen any of the other Miyazaki films? They are WONDERFUL. Watched Howl's Moving Castle last night. Timeless pieces of art. Let me know how you like Princess Mononoke :)

[gohan191]

Have you seen any of the other Miyazaki films? They are WONDERFUL. Watched Howl's Moving Castle last night. Timeless pieces of art. Let me know how you like Princess Mononoke :)

Love Princess Mononoke. Actually, have seen it lots of times and have a Studio Ghibli 6-Disc bootleg Collection but is nice to finally have the offical DVD. And, i thought i was the only one who liked Howl's Moving Castle actually saw that in Theaters.

And i've seen most of his other Films.

[wallydawg]

I love half price Monday. I actually got up at a respectable time today...
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8232/32607du5.jpg
Menacer: 45 cents (genesis game #111)
Claw for PC $1.00
NFS: High Stakes $1.42 (they had megaman x4 as well for the same price, but I open it up and guess what wasn't inside?)
Blades of Steel $2
Jeopardy! $2
Three Stooges $2

The nes games came in cool electric blue plastic casing. Also got a Dreamcast for $12.54 with all hookups and a 3rd party controller, too lazy to take pics of it now.

[dreamcaster]

Baku Baku (Saturn) - boxed, $5.00AU

[cyberfluxor]

And, i thought i was the only one who liked Howl's Moving Castle actually saw that in Theaters.

A bunch of my friends went to D.C. to watch the movie since it wasn't released in theaters around here. I wasn't able to take the time off to trip up there with them but I got to see it on TV last year. I believe it's Cinemax that keeps showing it becase it was on last night.

[Captain Qb]

Medievil (Pal/Deutsch, Playstation, Complete)
Winky the Little Bear (Pal, Playstation, Complete)

Love, Captain Qb.

[ecresto]

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my finds for the last couple of days . all new stuff except metroid & SOTC .

[Kitsune Sniper]

I bought the GREATEST VIDEO GAME IN THE WORLD.

SHAQ-FU for the Genesis, complete! Fifty cents!

I also found a near-mint copy of GamePro, March 1995. I feel old now.

[xtremegamer]

Good Day at Goodwill:

All loose, all $2 Each.
N64
OrgeBattle 64
Starcraft 64
1080
Resident Evil 2
Rainbow Six

SNES
Pit Fighter
D-Force
Best of the Best
Micky's Magical Quest
Killer Instinct

[Flack]

I got the following today for $40.

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[Scream And Fly]

Awesome, I see a Commodore 16!

[DigitalSpace]

I got a Yoshi happy meal toy at Goodwill this evening for 49 cents. Looks like the one shown here:

http://www.onlinestuffs.com/pictureupload/bild18/95dsrg6tttouqzaufxph.jpg

There's a switch on Yoshi's stomach, and his saddle is a button. If you flip on the switch and press the button, it plays a short tune.

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

Salvation Army
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Ardy Light Foot
Beavis & Butthead
Brainies
Pocky & Rocky

GameStop
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Phantom Crash
Shadow Of Destiny

[Rogmeister]

Four games arrived today.

For the Nintendo DS:
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence--Starring Jill Valentine, the master of unlocking! :D

For the Nintendo GameCube:
Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams
Tak: The Great Juju Challenge
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan

Hey, I never realized until today that the Tak games were based on a Nickelodeon cartoon series...

[xtremegamer]

More great finds today:

This lot was $58

N64:
Mario Party, loose
Mario Party 2, loose
Mario Party 3, loose
Mario Kart 64, loose
Mario 64, loose x2
Pilot Wings 64, loose
Ms. Pacman, loose

NES:
Super Mario Bros. 3, w/sleeve
Championship Bowling, w/sleeve and booklet

GameCube:
Mario Party 6, complete w/mic
Mario Party 7, complete w/mic

PS1:
Threads of Fate, Complete
Parappa the Rapper, Complete

Xbox:
Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack, Complete

[Rune_295]

I just got Space Station SIlicon Valley =D

[PSerge]

My first ever in the wild Boxed TurboGrafx 16 games...

Dragon Spirit $10
TaleSpin $9

Both complete with boxes, proper jewel cases, hu card sleeves, games, and styrofoam inserts.... They had a few other games, but I wasn't paying $35 for Air Zonk, or Order of the Griffon....


Ohh yeah, I almost forgot..

Super PunchOut SNES $3
Daydreamin' Davey NES $3
Secret of Evermore SNES $4

I did pass on a loose Chavez 2 for the SNES, it was $15... Should I go back and buy it? Anyone here want it? I don't know how it ended up in Nashville TN, but it was there.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Flea Market

5 Missing Door NES Decks..$50.00....I use them for parts.

Nice NES system,ac,rf,zapper,2 controllers and smb cart $25.00

Nice SNES system,ac,av,2 controllers and Ken Griffey Jr's Winning Run $25.00

Jarhead DVD $5.00
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 $5.00(complete-looks mint)

Gamecube $10.00...Seller says it powers up but that's it..I bought it as is,broken.

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[Slate]

I preordered Guitar Hero 2 for the 360. Can't wait! :D

[chicnstu]

Flea Market near me:

SNES with cables, 3 controllers, and an extention cable - $15

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (cart)
Separation Anxiety (cart)
Super Punchout!! (cart)

The woman gave all 3 of them to me for $5 total (like $1.66 each).

Flea Market at a wholesale warehouse:

Donkey Kong Country cart - $3

[NinjaJoey23]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g240/ninjajoey23/100_1821.jpg

5 SNES decks, 1 Mini
DK 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Dragon Warrior II

Came in just under $50, including tax.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

From the CC march clearance

DQ rocket slime $18

btw does anyone seen Spartan total warrior i couldnt find it(also clearance)

[Rogmeister]

Got a pair of GameCube titles today...

Gun
Pool Paradise

I wasn't even aware of the latter's existance until recently. Is this the only pool (billiards) game made for the GameCube? Maybe. I also got the booklet for Mario Party 6. I ordered this from Nintendo Power and there was a chance I would only get a photo copy of it but I was happy to see I did get an original full-color copy.

[xtremegamer]

Got a pair of GameCube titles today...

Gun
Pool Paradise

I wasn't even aware of the latter's existance until recently. Is this the only pool (billiards) game made for the GameCube? Maybe. I also got the booklet for Mario Party 6. I ordered this from Nintendo Power and there was a chance I would only get a photo copy of it but I was happy to see I did get an original full-color copy.

Glad to hear you got the original booklet. I know how hard it can be to track down just a box or instructions for a game you already have.

[SkiDragon]

From a dumpster:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~adonald/kiosk.jpg

[Slate]

From a dumpster:

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Take another pic once it's all cleaned up and is working properly. :)

As for my finds, I got a Wario Master Of Disguise display for free. I love wario's games, They're great! :D

[Kitsune Sniper]

Persona 2 (PSX) nice and minty for eight bucks! :D

I went to Gamestop, they have a 75% off sale on ALL PS1 and N64 games. So I picked this one up. They had three or four copies, all minty, so I may snatch them up for tradebait... ;)

[cyberfluxor]

Persona 2 (PSX) nice and minty for eight bucks! :D

I went to Gamestop, they have a 75% off sale on ALL PS1 and N64 games. So I picked this one up. They had three or four copies, all minty, so I may snatch them up for tradebait... ;)
Wow, I'm amazed the GS employes didn't snag those before you! What newbies.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Wow, I'm amazed the GS employes didn't snag those before you! What newbies.

Oh, well, there were two employees: The girl said she didn't mind if I bought more than one copy. The guy, however, seemed a bit nerdy, and was surprised when he saw the price on the thing. So he may snatch them up now. Who knows.

This same girl works at the other Gamestop a town away, I was surprised to see her in my store! I asked her and she just kinda laughed it off. :p

[Kuros]

From a dumpster:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~adonald/kiosk.jpg

See if you can clean your's up and get it looking like mine. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/Kuros/kiosk003.jpg

[theshizzle3000]

Persona 2 (PSX) nice and minty for eight bucks! :D

I went to Gamestop, they have a 75% off sale on ALL PS1 and N64 games. So I picked this one up. They had three or four copies, all minty, so I may snatch them up for tradebait... ;)

Yeah I looked for stuff, but there was absolutely nothing left.

[Rogmeister]

Today I received Ty the Tasmanian Tiger for the GameCube. I also got the art insert (for the outside of the case, front and back cover art) for Mario Party 6. So I finally have a complete version of that though it took purchases from 3 different places to do it (cover art, booklet and game disc).

[Vectorman0]

I got DDR Mario Mix for $38 today. Game, mat and outer box. Although everything is sort of worn, in fair/good condition.

I'm really glad I found this at a good price, because I wanted to see if this is a good game for my autistic cousin. Now I can find out, and sell it for more than I paid if it turns out that it doesn't work with him.

[Penguin]

Hey everyone i'm new here, glad to find these forums when I was searching the net the other night. Picked up this box of Dreamcast stuff at a garage sale for $100. Quite a few good games like Soul Caliber,House of the Dead 2, Worms Armageddon, Quake 3 Arena and many more. Now to find a light gun. :P

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[NES_Rules]

All loose Genesis games for $5.
Earthworm Jim
Ms. Pac-Man
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Lion King
Splatterhouse 3
Jurrasic Park
Mortal Kombat
College Football USA 96
Ecco: The Tides of Time
T2: The Arcade game
The Lost Vikings
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Sonic Classics
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Sonic 2
Caesar's Palace
Sonic the Hedgehog
Clay Fighter
Warlock
Earthworm Jim

[Vectorman0]

Today I recieved my personal find of the year in the mail. Not a great deal per se, I did pay up for it. But I may never come across some of this stuff ever again, so I had to get it.


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[kainemaxwell]

Received the manuals I bought for Kirby's Adventure, Klax, and Bomberman 64 in the mail today. Finally makes another game in my Tengen collection complete!

[Kitsune Sniper]

I went to the Gamestop I mentioned, and I picked up Rhapsody plus two third-party PS1 memory cards. They didn't have any first party ones. The manager noticed I was looking for Frogger (I already have the case art and manual) and he said that they may have it in the back.

!

So he let me go in the back and he showed me FIVE SHELVES worth of PS1 games. Most were disc only, but I picked up all these games.

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The price?

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That's right. 16.95! They all had a 75% off discount, PLUS some qualified for buy one get one free, PLUS the manager said "Screw it, you're getting 10% off extra" by using his Edge card. I am seriously, SERIOUSLY grateful for the man's generosity and will now go to his store to buy stuff almost exclusively. :D

[Sailorneorune]

Holy crap Kitsune! o_O

Maybe I should give more respect to my EBs. ^_^

[Kitsune Sniper]

Holy crap Kitsune! o_O

Maybe I should give more respect to my EBs. ^_^

I have never been to a Gamestop as awesome as the one I was at. I've been treated like crap in all the stores I've been to except this one. This guy is one in a million, that's for freaking sure. :D

[Steve W]

Ever come across something in a thrift store that makes you do a double-take? After a disappointing day of searching, I went into a store and checked the TV section, even though I didn't think I'd find anything. I saw something, but my brain wouldn't register it at first. I did a double take, and realised what I had seen... a Vectrex! I plugged it in and tried it out. It comes on, but the picture is squished and distorted down to the very bottom of the screen. There's no controller, and I looked all over the store but didn't find cartridges either. The employees didn't know anything about it, or if any games were donated with it. Still, picked it up for $9.98.

I need to go online and find some kind of Vectrex repair guide. And I guess I'll be ordering another rewired Genesis controller from John Dondzilla like I bought for my first Veccy.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I have never been to a Gamestop as awesome as the one I was at. I've been treated like crap in all the stores I've been to except this one. This guy is one in a million, that's for freaking sure. :D

Sounds like the guy who used to manage the Babbages at our mall. My step-son was always in there since he worked across the street and ahen he wasn't sure if a game was good or not, the guy let him take it home and try it out. Of course he didn't last long there. He was replaced by a guy who yelled at my step-son for leafing thru a magazine. He has never gone back since.

JY

[cyberfluxor]

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Lets see here... I went to 3 Cash Converters, 1 thrift store, Replays and Cool Stuff and what I came up with was:
Genesis:
Steel Empire (C - $2) I have a cart only, now it's complete.
Fire Shark (C - $4) Never seen this before, looks very interesting.
PlayStation 2:
Silpheed: The Lost Planet (C - $5) Just had to pick it up. :)
Gamecube:
Midway Arcade Treasures (C - $5) Need to take that top sticker off.
NDS:
New Super Mario Bros. (C - $19) Finally picked it up!
PC:
Formula Karts (C - $1) For some reason I've been collecting these Sega PCs.

DVDs:
Resident Evil: Apocalypse ($5) Great condition, now I need the first movie.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Complete Series ($10) Haven't seen in years!!
Records:
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (sealed - $1)
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. ($1)

And finally from work, apparently I just found out Showtime is running a new series called "The Tudors". I got a DVD sampler with the first two episodes so I'll be checking that out tomorrow, if it's good I'll let people know. :)

[DigitalSpace]

Fire Shark (C - $4) Never seen this before, looks very interesting.


It's a great game. In fact, it's my favorite shmup on the Genesis.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

In the mail

Dracula X(snes) and Virtua quest GC

[josekortez]

Last night, I picked up Baten Kaitos Origins (yes, the second one) for GameCube new from FYE for $10.

Then, I went to 6 yard sales this morning before I found the big score of the day.

At the second one I got:

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (DVD) - $2
Citizen Kane: AFI Edition (DVD, sealed) - $2
Shai - If I Ever Fall in Love (CD) - $1
Shaggy - Why You Treat Me So Bad (CD single) - $1

Then, when I got to the 4th yard sale, I found a model SCPH-7001 PlayStation with 2 Sony controllers, AV cord, power cord and a Performance 2X Memory Card. The PlayStation had a Sony factory refurbished sticker on the bottom. The following games were also in the box for $2 a piece:

A Bug's Life (complete)
Austin Powers Pinball (complete)
Cool Boarders 3 (GH, complete)
Duke Nukem: A Time to Kill (GH, sealed)
Ford Racing (complete)
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (complete)
Gex: Enter the Gecko (complete)
Grand Theft Auto (complete)
M&M Shellshocked (complete)
Motocross Mania (complete)
Nascar 99 (complete)
Saltwater Sportfishing (complete)
Skydiving Extreme (complete)
The Italian Job (complete)
Wheel of Fortune (loose)

At first, the lady at the house let me have the entire package which included Crash Bandicoot Warped and Sno-cross for $40, which made the PlayStation free, but Crash and Sno-Cross didn't have games in them , so she took the cases back and gave me $4 back, so the PS package came out to $36 including the system.

It's funny because I already own most of these games, but finding the whole lot when I had been to a few houses and found none made the effort worth it. Anybody got a spare Wheel of Fortune back insert and instruction manual?

[roushimsx]

Bought a 60GB PS3 new yesterday for $510 (15% off and no tax, thank you AAFES!) because I wanted a blu-ray player. So far, I'm downright loving everything about it, though it'll be a while before I buy any games. There's a chance I'll buy Gripshift because it was one of those titles I always wanted to play on PSP but couldn't since, well, I didn't have a PSP. Only $10? Sure!

[Rogmeister]

A couple more GameCube titles today...

Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary
Medal of Honor: European Assault

I know I'm far from the first person to say this but...Namco made video games back in the 1950's? I guess that, like Nintendo, they originally had a different sideline. How long have pinball games been around?

And I now have all 3 Medal of Honor games made for the GameCube. I was disappointed to learn that the GameCube wasn't graced with the 3rd Call of Duty after getting the first two.

[cyberfluxor]

I know I'm far from the first person to say this but...Namco made video games back in the 1950's? I guess that, like Nintendo, they originally had a different sideline. How long have pinball games been around?

I was a bit currious about this too. I knew of pinball-like games being around in the 19th century but wasn't sure if that's the earlist or what.
http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/pinball.htm

A bit of the evolution in pinball machines there including the first digital pinball machine "Rally Girl" in 1966 by no other than Rally. Can't find any information prior to that, although I don't know if Rally made analog pinball machines (which I don't doubt) but where did Namco come in?

[theshizzle3000]

Got a handful of Playstation games off of Secondspin.com. All of them were sports games and will be fillers for the collection.

[Penguin]

Picked these up at my second fleamarket stop today, Complete mint Altered Beast for $3, and almost complete Final Fantasy, just missing the maps for $10.

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[Kitsune Sniper]

Got a handful of Playstation games off of Secondspin.com. All of them were sports games and will be fillers for the collection.

What's the condition of the items? I've been looking at the site for a little while, they have some good PS1 games there for cheap! But I'm a bit scared about their condition...

Anyway, I went to the other Gamestop in my area and bought Breath of Fire IV for $8.50. :D I have officially cleared out all good PS1 games in my area... unless I want to go back for those ten or fifteen disc-only copies of Final Fantasy Tactics at the other Gamestop or something. :P

[jcheatle]

In the immortal words of Ice Cube, "Today was a good day."

First off, thanks be to Kitsune for mentioning the 75% off EB/GS sale or else I wouldn't have known about it, or when I did, I probably wouldn't have gotten what I did.

I started off my afternoon by hitting the local Gamestop where I'd pulled a handful of games two weeks ago during the B1G1 (Tetrisphere and wrestling games mainly), and given the price drop, picked up a number of promising-looking games. Nothing earth-shattering here... two copies of Goldeneye for friends, Cruisin' USA, Wipeout 3, various and sundry sports titles and such to pad the collection... total = 34 games, $22.55

And oh by the way, for those who do have any stores which might stock games, with the card, it's 85% off because it takes 75% AND 10% off the listed price.

Then I drove over to the Punxsutawney EB (yes, the home of the infamous groundhog), and let me tell you, non-mall EBs in the middle of nowhere can be gold mines. Well... at least they were, I guess...

Granted, the N64 titles were all cart only, and most of the PS1 games were disc only, (I don't usually buy disc only but for this price, I couldn't pass it up), but here's some of the highlights:

3X Chrono Cross -- $2.70 each
2X Parasite Eve -- $1.95 each
1X ISS '98 (N64) -- $1.20
1X Persona 2 and Rhapsody (complete) -- $4.50 and $3... for trades, but there's only 3 more of each that I left behind
2X Breath of Fire IV -- $4.50 each
2X Suikoden (one of which is complete and very mint) -- $4.50 each

The employee's reaction and the look on his face alone were worth whatever I paid for the games.

"Um... $65.26. That's not a bad price. You know you had over $400 worth of stuff there?"
"I know."
"There's some good games here, too." (looking at Suikoden) "This is one of the best games ever!"
"Yeah, I know. You had two of them back there." (me leaving the store, still incredulous to the fact that the employees hadn't raided the shelf)

Today's final tally -- 34 N64 games, 36 PS1 games, $552.50 before discounts, $87.81 after

For what it's worth, the extras are certainly up for trade. I know they're disc only, but I'm more than willing to pass the savings along. :)

[Kitsune Sniper]

I'm thinking of scooping up all the remaining inventory in the Mall store sometime in the next week or two. I'm not sure if they'll still be there, but if they decide to do another 75% off sale, I'm gonna buy an Edge card and rape the place. ;D

[Mr.collection]

I found 2 sealed copies of R-Type DX for GBC $6 each so if some one wanted them tell me, I really want to play the game but I don't want to open them. They have dents in them and there are holes in the wrapper so it wouldn't be to harm full to *GASP* open them.

[jcrosby]

Picked this up for $5 at a thrift store.

[NES_Rules]

Opening day of garage sale season wasn't as great as I had hoped. I found nothing until the very last sale.
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$10 for everything.
The guy selling it said he had the Genesis too, but someone bought it earlier. I have a feeling it was a mint CIB system judging by the condition of this stuff.

[Rogmeister]

Regarding the history of Namco, I looked it up at Wikipedia and found this paragraph about their beginnings:


Namco was founded in Tokyo in 1955, by Masaya Nakamura under the name Nakamura Manufacturing Ltd. It began by producing mechanical rocking-horses and similar children's rides, which were installed in a number of department stores in Yokohama and Nihonbashi. It continued this line of production through the 1960s, and expanded with the addition of rides modeled after Walt Disney characters in 1966.

And that's the way it is...as Walter Cronkite used to say.

I decided to go through these "Finds" threads for this first quarter of the year to see what games I listed...unless I neglected to mention any, I have gotten exactly 52 video games this year which already over twice the number I bought last year. I still have 3 more coming: SSX 3, The Sims 2: Pets and Peter Jackson's King Kong.

Oops, make that 4...I just remembered Battalion Wars.

[slip81]

I finally got myself a set of the GCN component cables. No more RE4 and Zelda TP in 480i for me, no sir.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Massive Flea Market..5 Isles of Crap..(other isles is new stuff)

5 Isles of crap and hardly no games..:confused:

I dug deep,got there early-spent hours there and didn't find any Nintendo's or Super Nintendo's.:confused:

Saw an Xbox for $50.00,Saturn-$30.00,N64 with a few games $30.00
Loose N64s $20.00-15.00..three whopping loose Gennys.
Common NES games $7.00 each,RF switches $5,NES controllers $5
Atari 2600 with games,in one of those lidded cases ..$50.00(I just had to check on the games,all commons)
Loose deck Atari 5200 with purple cover over the chrome front..I didn't even ask as can't even sell them for $10.00
...................................

Found a box filled with Xbox,GC,PS2 games....After looking all day it felt a to be a kind of relief.:villagepeople:
Prices were $10.00 each.
I grab the games I don't own)
Metal Gear Sold 3 Snake Eater PS2
The Spongebob squarepants Movie Game PS2(for my Son)
Full Metal Alchemist atba PS2
When I grab Full Metal Alchemist I notice it's still sealed..Oh no I think,I know the guys going to jump the price on it now.:roll:
I walk up to pay and place the games down on the floor,hand him the $30.00 and he picks up the games and sorts through the three.
He notices Full Metal Alchemist is sealed and says,no this one is $20.00(DAMN IT!!)I didn't argue but I tell him,well you said $10.00 ..:argue: .at first..He then goes $15.00 so I take it.
I don't know if I got a good deal or not but the game looks cool,though I may never open it..


Ran into a lady with a pile of Xbox,GC,PS2,PS games
$3.00 each..
Viewtiful Joe 2 GC
Bomberman Jetters GC
Jimmy Neutron GC
Dragon Ball Z Budokai PS2
Test Drive PS2
Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero PS2
NBA Live 2003 PS2
ESPN 2K5 Xbox

Spiderman PS
Rugrats Studio Tour PS
Croc PS
Power Rangers Time Force PS
Ape Escape
Digimon Rumble Arena PS

Instead of just adding it all up I just gave her $40.00 for the bunch/took the whole pile..(came out to 42.00


Bought two Xbox Controllers for $7.00 both.
Mario Kart 64 $5.00
Air Tank..I've been wanting one of these for use at the track with my pocketbikes but I didn't want to spend the store price...Got this one filled with FREE AIR LOL for $15.00
My Dad got a Black one for $10.00
Strap $5.00(for my Pocketbikes
Tape $1.00 each

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[Steve W]

I went to another location of the thrift store chain where I bought a Vectrex yesterday, hoping that they might have gotten some games or a controller. Nope. The only things I bought were War Room for the Colecovision (loose) for $1.99, and Epyx Street Sports: Football for the C64, which turned out to have Super Action Football for the Colecovision inside the box, for 99¢. I also found Impact Racing (PAL version) for the Saturn there, but naturally the disc was missing. :(

[theshizzle3000]

What's the condition of the items? I've been looking at the site for a little while, they have some good PS1 games there for cheap! But I'm a bit scared about their condition...

Anyway, I went to the other Gamestop in my area and bought Breath of Fire IV for $8.50. :D I have officially cleared out all good PS1 games in my area... unless I want to go back for those ten or fifteen disc-only copies of Final Fantasy Tactics at the other Gamestop or something. :P

Secondspin.com is really good the games are all complete and come scratch free. I would recommend getting some of the games, but don't dry the well I plan to get more from there.

And congrats on picking up Breath of Fire IV I missed grabbing that one from my Gamestop, but I have cleaned it out of all complete games that I did not have.

[theshizzle3000]

In the immortal words of Ice Cube, "Today was a good day."

First off, thanks be to Kitsune for mentioning the 75% off EB/GS sale or else I wouldn't have known about it, or when I did, I probably wouldn't have gotten what I did.

I started off my afternoon by hitting the local Gamestop where I'd pulled a handful of games two weeks ago during the B1G1 (Tetrisphere and wrestling games mainly), and given the price drop, picked up a number of promising-looking games. Nothing earth-shattering here... two copies of Goldeneye for friends, Cruisin' USA, Wipeout 3, various and sundry sports titles and such to pad the collection... total = 34 games, $22.55

And oh by the way, for those who do have any stores which might stock games, with the card, it's 85% off because it takes 75% AND 10% off the listed price.

Then I drove over to the Punxsutawney EB (yes, the home of the infamous groundhog), and let me tell you, non-mall EBs in the middle of nowhere can be gold mines. Well... at least they were, I guess...

Granted, the N64 titles were all cart only, and most of the PS1 games were disc only, (I don't usually buy disc only but for this price, I couldn't pass it up), but here's some of the highlights:

3X Chrono Cross -- $2.70 each
2X Parasite Eve -- $1.95 each
1X ISS '98 (N64) -- $1.20
1X Persona 2 and Rhapsody (complete) -- $4.50 and $3... for trades, but there's only 3 more of each that I left behind
2X Breath of Fire IV -- $4.50 each
2X Suikoden (one of which is complete and very mint) -- $4.50 each

The employee's reaction and the look on his face alone were worth whatever I paid for the games.

"Um... $65.26. That's not a bad price. You know you had over $400 worth of stuff there?"
"I know."
"There's some good games here, too." (looking at Suikoden) "This is one of the best games ever!"
"Yeah, I know. You had two of them back there." (me leaving the store, still incredulous to the fact that the employees hadn't raided the shelf)

Today's final tally -- 34 N64 games, 36 PS1 games, $552.50 before discounts, $87.81 after

For what it's worth, the extras are certainly up for trade. I know they're disc only, but I'm more than willing to pass the savings along. :)


I will take a copy of Breath of Fire of you if you will let it go for a fair price. Matter of fact send me a list of what you have up for sale on the PSone and I might snag quite a few of them.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Secondspin.com is really good the games are all complete and come scratch free. I would recommend getting some of the games, but don't dry the well I plan to get more from there.

And congrats on picking up Breath of Fire IV I missed grabbing that one from my Gamestop, but I have cleaned it out of all complete games that I did not have.

Heheh. You realize that there's a 25% off sale going on right now? *cackles* :D

Seriously though, I'm only looking for some of the "Collector's Series" three-paks. Down here they're worth over forty bucks because the store owners break them up and sell each game individually. Blargh. :(

Edit:
Never mind, the site ran out of everything I wanted. >_<

[WSUCougars]

My wife and I stopped by a new Value Village in Seattle after breakfast this morning, and found this little guy: $2.99

[xtremegamer]

Had to work at my dad's shop all day so no big finds as usual for my Saturday afternoon. I did stop by Game Crazy and picked up:

Mad Dash, Xbox, Complete
Freaky Flyers, Xbox, Complete
Blinx, Xbox, Complete

3 for $10

They had a Ken Griffey Jr. Winning Run Not for Resale Cart for $4.99, but the top of the label was torn off so I did not pick it up.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

In the mail over the weekend

DS
Gunpey
Castlevania POR
Wario master of disguise
Lunar Dragon song
Hotel Dusk

NES
Startropics 2