Midweek finds (March 24 - March 28)

[dreamcaster]

Got a few things today...

Dr. Mario (NES): Boxed with manual - $12 AUS
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (NES): Loose cartridge - $6 AUS
NES Zapper Gun - $9 AUS
N64 Clear Purple controller (perfect condition - including the joystick!) - $35 AUS

I couldn't believe that this N64 controller's joystick was in perfect condtion. Usually they at least have abit of wear and freeplay - but this one's like it's never been used!

Note: I think the Clear Purple controller was also known as the Atomic Purple controller in the US.

[Starcade]

Pardon me, me because I dunno how much 6$ aulstralian money is, but I can't believe you paid that much for SMB/DH!!! LOL

[CrazyImpmon]

$6 AU is around $3 USD and yeah it's way too much but that's for my area. SMB/DH is probably rarer in AU anyway so that could be the case.

[Raedon]

N64 $9 each

Top Gear Overdrive
Top Gear Rally
Top Gear Rally 2
Quake II

[ashbourn]

My first good find in a few months (snow slows things down here).

SMS
Gangster Town - Comp
Shinobi - Comp
California Games - Comp

Genesis
Altered Beast - Comp
Road Rash - Comp
Warrior of Rome - Comp

All for $18

[Starcade]

I barely got anything, but what I did get was free, my friend gave it to me....

1. Castelvania:LOD (N64 loose, no label, title of game wrote in sharpie pen)

2. Double Dragon 3 (NES loose)

[den68]

scored a couple board games on the way home today. Pac-Man and Ms Pac Man. both complete and in really good shape. a buck apiece.

[BIGMIKE]

speakin of board games , i picked up a couple myself. i found an old Clue game circa 1956
and Candid Camera circa 1963 for a buck apiece
the game and box in real good shape as well

[brandver3]

Got all these for 70, $5 a peice, buy 2 get one free, All Complete

NES
Castlequest
Gauntlet (Tengen)
Wheel of Fourtune with Vanna White
Legacy of the Wizard
Tiny Toons Adventures 2
Videomation (?)
Milon's Secret Castle
Shadowgate
Defender of the Crown
Swords and Serpents
Mystery Quest
Xexyz
Puss N Boots (I may wanna hold on to this one)
Faxanadu
Demon Sword
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Aliens 3
Gold Medal Challange '92
The Little Mermaid
Adventure In the Magic Kingdom

[Chunky]

for some reason this week. the GB SP, Driver 2

Cubivore - been a long time since i first passed it up, not again.

3 stooges for GBA - heh just because.

[Tritoch]

Got a few things today:

2 New Paper Mario at TRU - $44
Riven (PC) - $2.99
5 complete Genesis Titles for $2 each: Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 (needed it), X-Men, Vectorman, The Lion King

[kainemaxwell]

Picked up Tengen Pac-Man for the NES

[brandver3]

I got the rest of the boxed Complete NES games.

Totally Rad
The Immortal
Jeopardy
Roger Clemens MVP Baseball
Lunar Pool
Pinball
HydLide
8 Eyes
The Wrestlemania Challange
Championship Bowling
Track And Feild 2
Turtles 2: The arcade game
Wrestlemania
Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
NES Open
Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum
Iron Sword:WIzards and Warriors 2
Castle of Dragon
Top Gun
JAWS
DR, Choas
Friday the 13th
Solstice
Batman
Taboo: The Sixth Sense
The Three Stooges

I also got Zelda. A promo wall scroll for it from Babbages. The guide from Circuit City for 4.99

And a Tomb Raider Promo bobblehead

[udisi]

I found 20 complete sms games for $4 a piece, nothing extremly good, but not dirt commons either.

[mrhaboobi]

Got a few things today...

Dr. Mario (NES): Boxed with manual - $12 AUS
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (NES): Loose cartridge - $6 AUS
NES Zapper Gun - $9 AUS
N64 Clear Purple controller (perfect condition - including the joystick!) - $35 AUS

I couldn't believe that this N64 controller's joystick was in perfect condtion. Usually they at least have abit of wear and freeplay - but this one's like it's never been used!

Note: I think the Clear Purple controller was also known as the Atomic Purple controller in the US.

I Think you paid way too much for all of that, granted you dont find much of it in aussie, i hardly picked up anything while in brisbane, but still $35 for a used controller? thats got to be a rip off... i could have bought a complete nes and games and zapper for $20 AUS.. what state are you in?

[BIGMIKE]

got all this stuff today for $31
nes no box but all hookups and controls
barbie loose

genny loose
elemental master
ka ge ki fists of steel
the jungle book

7800 loose
pole position II (got a white label) were they made that way?

2600 loose
jungle hunt
atari video cube

saw these 2600 games for the first time and didnt get
dolphin and spider fighter. should i get em?
also saw a dreamcast import firepro or firepower wrestling for $10

[autobotracing]

went to jacksonville and all I forund was a bunch of $10 common sega cd games >:(

But I did but 2 ps2 games for $4 each ncaa football 2002 and madden 2002.

[Mr-E_MaN]

Today I got two atari paddles and a sega rf adaptor for 5$CDN
I also picked up my copy of Zelda for the gamecube today.

Is there any other types of the game other then the gold disk? Usually there are 2 types but all I can find is the gold versions around here. (not that I want another one)

[coleco_chris]

I was driving down a local street & noticed a thrift store sign which I've never seen before. Well, today I stopped by & found 9 loose Atari 2600 games and holder, $.99 each. Highlights were Frankenstein's Monster and Concentration, the '86 release with the "for use with paddle controllers" typo. The only problem was the fact that the store had put their price tags right on top of the front labels-idiots!

[badinsults]

I recieved Chavez II for the snes yesterday, which I won on ebay for $10 US. It is a pretty sweet looking game. Unfortunately, it will likely be the last game I get until summer.

[dreamcaster]

I have noticed that I do pay a lot more for stuff here than you guys do.

But everything's a lot harder to come by over here in Australia

I often see 2600 games going for $9 AUS (about 4 or 5 bucks US)

Game Gear games going for about $25 AUS (about $13 US)

and stuff you consider common over there in the US, is down right rare or impossible to find here! (this gives me an idea - time for some PAL rarity listings!)

Just finding NES or Atari games is a triumph, let alone worrying about the price. You don't whinge about the price 'cause it'll be gone tomorrow!

We have a population of almost 20 million. That's less than a tenth of your 250 million! That means that everything is hard to find cause sales will always be significantly lower.

Probably the only common games and consoles are N64, PSX and PS2. If you want anything else, you gonna have to search real hard and be forced to pay top dolllar in the end.

Being a collector in Australia is damn hard, especially with games being a lot rarer and a hell of a lot more expensive...

/rant

P.S. By the way, mrhaboobi - I don't always get screwed over. My NES cost me $14 AUS with an extra controller. Plus my SNES was only $20 AUS(boxed, manual - perfect condition), so I do sometimes pick up a bargain. Also I've managed to find some loose NES carts for about two bucks AUS. But these bargains are few and far between....

[scooterb23]

Captain America - NES - $3
ORB 3D - NES - $2
Big Strike Bowling - PSX - $10
Exhibition Disc 2 - XBOX - $5

[coleco_chris]

I was up in a small town about 50 miles from home & checked out their local Goodwill. For $12 I got the following:

Atari 5200 2-Port , 2 WORKING Controllers, along with Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Qix, and Star Raiders
NES-Toaster Edition with 2 controllers & Jackal

The 5200's got a bad GTIA chip which I'll need to replace, $5, and the Nintendo's working. All in all, a pretty decent day!

[dreamcaster]

Got a few more things today....

Super Game Boy - boxed with manual - $8 AUS
R.C. Pro-Am (NES) - loose cart - $5.50 AUS
Enduro for Atari 2600 - loose cart - $8.50 AUS (yeah, I know it's expensive, so why don't you start telling me I got screwed over).

[stonecutter]

I got the new Zelda and thats it, last week? i think it was I also got Steel Battalion, so I have not been looking much. That was a big enough hit in the last weeks.

[Keir]

The Braintree GameStop got some more Genesis games for the first time in months. I picked up 12 games including Scooby Doo Mystery, Back to the Future 3 and Space Harrier 2. They said the Buy 2 get 1 free sale was over, but gave me the discount anyways because they left the sign up.

@christianscott, ClubNinja, klimatron8: There's still some stuff there if you want to check it out. I left behind a Castlevania Bloodlines because it had a bad label.

[den68]

I just got back from my lunch break and snagged a few PSX games

Poy Poy
Azure Dreams
Namco Museum Volume 2
League of Pain
Overblood
Sentient
Jupiter Strike - longbox
Novastorm - longbox
Cyber Speed - longbox

[123forever]

Dreamcast:
Plasma Sword - $6.99, new

PSX:
Iron & Blood - $2.99, used

and a Game.Com AC adapter for 99 cents. I never play my Game.Com, but I don't imagine that I'll see the adapter for sale too many more times in my life.

[Starcade]

Ah, got a few more things today.
Metal Fighter NES loose ($3.00)
N64 console ($10.00)

[BIGMIKE]

picked up a nes instruction book for over 270 games circa 1990 $1
also picked up dungeon magic nes loose and videomation boxed and instructions $8