November 2007 Finds

[Kitsune Sniper]

It's time to post your Turkey month finds!

Here's a picture of most of the stuff from yesterday (not pictured are a Gamecube 251 memory card and a PSOne Analog Controller; Power Dolls is pending a trade.):



And here's today's finds:



Total cost? $5! Sonic CD is mint, Beyond Oasis has a kinda beat up box but is complete, too. In case you're wondering why Shining Force II isn't there... well, I found the cart, but it was completely destroyed. The case was cracked and the circuit board was snapped in a corner.

[InsaneDavid]

I've got some decent stuff to start the month off with, all from the local flea market. I haven't seen much in the way of nicely priced NES games as of late but that all changed on this day. There's one seller on the end of the rows toward the middle that usually has a few video games, complete Saturn sports games, that type of stuff. I don't think I've ever bought anything from them because I recall trying to one time and the prices were crazy high. Well this time I took a walk over and found some boxed NES games. I looked them over and then noticed a couple more underneath some clamshell VHS kids movies. I then noticed a complete stack of more that were blending in with the stacks of clamshell VHS movies. In all I found seven so I took them up to the lady running the lot and she said they were $3 each after asking if they were the "old" Nintendo games. I get them for $2 loose with my import buddies so that's a great deal. I assumed she would ask $5 at least, it was a nice surprise although she wanted $21 - not $20 as I was later thinking she would round off to. What sucked is there was a guy there that started yacking the eBay crap, but all three of us agreed that this wasn't eBay and it's too much crap for a few games only to get stiffed when it comes time to pay. Most games are missing the docs but the cartridges are mint and the boxes in good shape. Many are taped at the bottom but don't require it as the bottom panels are all there...

NES - Double Dragon (missing docs, wear around top, bottom taped)
NES - Fester's Quest (missing docs, wear around top, bottom taped)
NES - Gauntlet II (missing docs, bottom taped, near mint otherwise)
NES - Ninja Gaiden II (missing docs, wear around top, bottom taped)
NES - Snake's Revenge (missing docs, small tear on front, bottom taped)
NES - Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular (complete, bottom taped, mint otherwise)
NES - IronSword (missing docs, tear on back from hang tab, bottom taped)

I was also able to pick up complete and mint copies of Family Feud and Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition for $2.50 each from another seller...

NES - Family Feud (mint complete)
NES - Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition (mint complete)



Double Dragon and Fester's Quest were missing their box foam so I cut a replacement piece for each. If anyone is interested in these, let me know, I may sell them.

Aside from that it was just a few quick pickups from different sellers. I got a Palm Portable Keyboard for a buck. The Joycard Sansui SSS was $5.00 along with the loose copy of Bugs (which I later remembered is worthless).



The Joycard Sansui SSS was manufactured by Hudson, it's an NES controller with an RCA audio plug at the end. This goes into the composite audio out on the NES. Then you have a headphone jack on the control pad which outputs dual mono audio with a volume control on the control pad itself. There's also a "sound shift" mode which increases the volume in the left or right ear in respect to pressing left or right on the directional pad. It also features turbo settings for the B and A buttons. I need to clean some grime out of the headphone jack (it's only outputting to both ears when the plug is inserted half way) but after that it should be fine.

[Porksta]

Eternal Darkness for the GameCube at GameStop for $17 on the nose

[snes_collector]

Neo Geo Pocket Color w/ Bust A Move- $4

This was a close one...I was at GoodWill last night and saw it the glass case. Two guys were already there though and got to check it out first, even playing the thing for about 10 mins. Apparently the guy got board with it and put it back, so I got to get it, but I didn't think I would.

It's pretty rough shape though, but I've been wanting a second NGPC awhile for CFC. Now to just find a link cable...

[josekortez]

Well, finally found a shop after work that sells the old-school stuff. I saw that they had a couple of loose Master Systems and a loose Saturn in the case, and I nearly lost it.

I bought a couple of complete Saturn games, 3 for $15:

All-Star Japan Pro Wrestling featuring Virtua Fighter (Japanese import)
Mansion of Hidden Souls
Sega Rally

They also have a complete copy of Marvel vs. Street Fighter for Saturn for $34.99, but I didn't have that much on me, so I'll have to go back and check it out again soon...

[PentiumMMX]

Since I just noticed this new topic, I'll post my find here (Game-X-Change):

- .hack//Mutation (PS2. Complete and in very good shape): $20

Passed up:

- Banjo-Tooie [NOT FOR RESALE] (N64. Some label damage): $15 (As much as I wanted to get it, I only had enough for .hack (And the original .hack games are a bitch to find in my area))

[Carey85]

Although this technically was bought in October, I found a Dreamcast kiosk on Craigslist for $50. Was rough when I bought it, but I've done extensive cleaning and buffing and made it look pretty damn good. A pretty good score I think...

[willowmoon93]

Actually found some of the early adventure/RPG games for the old IBM PC based systems, boxed complete for 50 cents each at a local thrift store:

- The Lord of the Rings Vol I (PC, 640K, 3.5" Disks)
- Shadowlands (PC, 640K, 5.25" & 3.5" Disks)
- Overlord (PC, 512K, 3.5" Disks)
- The Summoning (PC, 640K, 3.5" Disks)
- Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - The Dark Queen of Krynn (PC, 640k, 3.5" Disks)

Also found cart only Secret of Mana for SNES for $1 !!!

Not a bad morning at all.

[Nukie]

After going to lunch with my girlfriend, I decided to go home a different route than I normally would. I found a goodwill and picked up a saturn for $15. Came with cables, two controllers (1 third party), and best of all the memory manager thingy.

[xtremegamer]

Picked these up today, some R5's in there, all $3 each.

PS1
Tomba, no booklet
Tomba 2, complete
Ape Escape, complete
Micro Machines V3, complete
Spin Jam
Mega Man 8 10th aniversary, complete

SNES
Donkey Kong Country (x2), loose
Donkey Kong Country 2, loose
Donkey Kong Country 3, loose
MK3, loose
Top Gear 3000, loose
Spanky's Quest, loose

[Cornelius]

Stopped by a Savers today and found Night Trap for 3 bucks next to a Justifier for 4, and a model 1 Genesis w/ model 2 SegaCD for $35 (which I passed on). the game is in very good condition; can anyone tell me what it might be worth these days, as I didn't see this version sold on eBay? Likely it will be for sale/trade, since I don't have a segaCD or intend to collect for it.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Stopped by a Savers today and found Night Trap for 3 bucks next to a Justifier for 4, and a model 1 Genesis w/ model 2 SegaCD for $35 (which I passed on). the game is in very good condition; can anyone tell me what it might be worth these days, as I didn't see this version sold on eBay? Likely it will be for sale/trade, since I don't have a segaCD or intend to collect for it.

Dude. I've NEVER seen that particular variant of Night Trap. o_O

[snes_collector]

Harvest Moon: A Wonder Life(GC CIB) $12

Been eyeing this one for awhile and since GameStop lowered it's price I finally picked it up. Never played a HM but I'm a big Animal Crossing fan so I have high hopes. Ofcourse though at GameStop the girl put HM Magical Melody in there so I had to walk back up there and get the right disk.

Also found a couple loose NES games that I didn't have for a buck each:
Phantom Fighter
Iron Sword: Wizards & Warriors II
Faxanadu

[DigitalSpace]

Spanky's Quest, loose

Imo, Spanky's Quest is one of the most underrated SNES titles out there (bonus points for Spanky being a monkey). If you haven't played it before, spend some time with it as soon as you can.

[namzep]

Just came in the mail today. Cost me $50, which I consider good since I often see it going for that before shipping on ebay.

[miaandjohnrule]

Dude. I've NEVER seen that particular variant of Night Trap. o_O

Me neither. I've always seem it with Yellow where the Blue is. Weird.

[MarioMania]

My friend has that Box

[Cornelius]

Me neither. I've always seem it with Yellow where the Blue is. Weird.

I think that might be the 32x version.

If I'm reading the DP guide right, this is the rarer (R6), but cheaper second release. Guide says 20 for this, 30 for the original release (R4).

[ScourDX]

Today I got

- Gran Turismo Bleemcast
- Chocobo Tales DS
- Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime DS

[RadiantSvgun]

Stopped by a Savers today and found Night Trap for 3 bucks next to a Justifier for 4, and a model 1 Genesis w/ model 2 SegaCD for $35 (which I passed on). the game is in very good condition; can anyone tell me what it might be worth these days, as I didn't see this version sold on eBay? Likely it will be for sale/trade, since I don't have a segaCD or intend to collect for it.

That looks like the 2nd cover of night trap. The one I had as a kid was the first run print, with the woman screaming. The one you have found is the rarer version I believe.