January 2008 Finds

[InsaneDavid]

Happy New Year, let's kick off 2008...

After being rained out two weeks ago and not being open last week due to Christmas, I was looking forward to the Tuesday flea market today. However the whole thing was socked in with fog and moisture and was only operating at about 1/40th usual capacity. Although there were next to no vendors, the flea market gods still smiled upon me...



Tomy Scramble VFD tabletop, $1.00. It was from one of the junk resellers who wasn't even unloading his trailer, just letting people pick through what he had. Scramble was atop one of the piles at the side, covered with filth and contained dead (but not leaky) batteries. Cleaned her up, tested with both fresh batteries and a power adapter and it works great. Sadly that was the only thing even worth looking at there today but a $1.00 VFD tabletop is fine by me.

[jeffg]

craigslist find:
N64 with expansion pack, 4 controllers, hookups
All games cart only
Mario 64
Super Smash Bros
ZElda Ocarina
Zelda Majora's
Mario Party 2
Bomberman 64
Banjo-Kazooie
Jet Force Gemini
MK 4
Turok 2
Starfox 64
Glover
Gex

$40 for all

Breath of Fire IV $5

[PentiumMMX]

My find (From Gamestop):

- Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (PSP. Used): $13

[darkhades]

Metal Saga (new) $19.99

Pilot Wings 64 (used) $3
Earthworm Jim (Used) $3

[RadiantSvgun]

80 gig ps3. Now I need an Xbox 360 to finish off the new console generation.


Finally got a complete and mint Popful Mail. Also, I got Legend of Heroes Dragon Slayer with the map. I haven't seen that pop up in the finds in quite a while. I've been wanting it since I was a kid, so yay.


Most of the Sega CD games came with this. Thanks to InsaneDavid for steering me in the direction of an X'eye. It'll be sent off to be region modded and S-video modded.


I got that TV from my mom's soccer mom friends when I graduated this past fall. I ended up having to buy a new entertainment center for it, but it was worth it. The TV has HDMI, component, Hi-def, S-video, the works.



And I took back some Wii games to get eye of judgement and some booster packs.

[Cornelius]

decent start to the year: Picked up 3 psx games this morning for $10.

Resident Evil: Director's Cut
Resident Evil 2
Silent Hill

All black label and all the discs are pristine except d1 of RE2, which has a scuff.

[namzep]

Got in my Hyperscan and X-Men game today from circutcity.com. Not sure if I really even want to open and try to play it (seeing how it's pretty much universally loathed). For $10, it was worth picking up, though.

[DigitalSpace]

Had a nice find at a Goodwill to kick off the new year:

PlayStation:
Suikoden (boxed) - $4.99

I also got a DVD rack that should hold around 15 games for 99 cents. This will come in handy for PS2 games.

[Fuzzball24]

More of just purchases but...

Dead Rising (Platinum Hits) - $30
Resistance: Fall of Man - $40
GTA Trilogy - $30

I'll be going to SF next week, so I'll be getting some REAL classic gaming finds at the record store. :P

[xtremegamer]

Picked these up at CC on clearance:

Project Sylpheed, X360, $8.96
Bullitt Witch, X360, $8.96

[darkhades]

Pawn shop had a buy 2 get 1 free deal. I got

Grandia $10
Star Ocean: Second Story $10
Shadow Madness Free


Found this at my local Zellers store in the bargin bin

Legend og Heroes III (New) $9.99

[Perkar]

xb - destroy all humans (sealed) $4

gen - streets of rage 3 (complete) $2.50
gen - gunstar heroes (complete) $2.50

snes - donkey kong country 1 $1.25
snes - donkey kong country 2 $1.25
snes - simpsons bart's nightmare $1.25
snes - super mario world $1.25
snes - incredible crash test dummies $1.25

good start to the new year, i'd say.

[Drag0nsfyre]

pawn shop finds today couple of NES and SNES games I needed.

NES (cart only)
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers 2 $3
Lolo $3

SNES (cart only)
Saturdy Night Slam Masters $2
Axelay $4
Super Alfred Chicken $4
Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage $4

[nintendan]

Well, I have a lot of catching up to do from the past 2 weeks or so, so here it goes....

CHRISTMAS DAY:
Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii (thanks Mom)
Halo 16-month wall calendar (thanks me)



BOXING WEEK SALES:
Sony Playstation 2 (slim, white) $99.97 at Wal-Mart
God of War (GH version, brand new) $9.41 at Wal-Mart
Gran Turismo 4 (GH version, brand new) $9.41 at Wal-Mart
ATV Offroad Fury 4 (GH version, brand new) $9.41 at Wal-Mart


PAWN STORE FINDS (before christmas):
Call of Duty: Finest Hour (complete, Gamecube) $10 (I know I overpaid, but I love this series and have never played this one before)!!


PAWN STORE FINDS II(from today, January 3rd 2008):
Buy 5, get 1 Free Sale...
Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure (Gamecube, complete) $7.00
Star Wars: Battlefront (Xbox, complete) $7.00
Fable: The Lost Chapters (Xbox, complete) $10.00
Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus (Playstation 2, complete) $10.00
Kingdom Hearts (Playstation 2, complete) $10.00
Madden 2002 (Gamecube, complete) FREE
There "free" game selection was absolutly awful (as you can see, Madden was the best choice), but Im happy with the games I paid for.


GAMING LITERATURE:
Nintendo Power Official Player's Guide for Donkey Kong Country 2: Dixie's Kong Quest (ebay for under 3 bucks)
Nintendo Power Official Player's Guide to Luigi's Mansion (private trade, 7 dollars which included shipping)
God of War Strategy Guide (Prima) $2.99 from Value Village
N-Revolution Magazine (issue #15) $9.99 from Chapters


Dan

[Streetball 21]

Conflict Desert Storm-PS2 used-$6.99 (gamestop)

For some odd reason, I always wanted this game. Was also looking for Capcom Collections Vol. 2 (mainly for Knights of the Round), but they didnt have any new or used. Maybe next time.

[JustRob]

Hit a pawn shop at lunch today and picked up 3 PS2 games...

DragonQuest VIII (w/cardboard box)
Final Fantasy X (GH)
Timesplitters

all cib for $20

[-_-Nintendo-_-]

Paid $5 AUD each

[Ryaan1234]

I got a complete copy of Mort The Chicken (PS1) for $3.99. I tried it out, and it's pretty (easy and) fun and dare I say "quirky". Other than that, I haven't found much game stuff. I saved I label-less Tengen (NES) game from the trash, my dad was going to throw it out. It's probably one of the baseball games.

[NEOFREAK9189]

Double Dribble konami pcb free
naomi pcb $15


PS2 Vampire Darkstalkers Sega Saturn Pad $40 complete
super mario galaxi $55
mod xbox and 320gb hard driver $130
cruisn wii $30
heavenly sword $50
universal s-video for x box ps2 gamecube$8
svideo for wii $12
xbox new dvd samsung $30
crusin wii $30
contra 4 nintendo ds $30

[carlcarlson]

I do this all the time (buy and sell), but this is the first time I've really tried doing it with a 360, and was very please with how it came out.

I bought

Premium 360 system
Rainbow Six Vegas
Gears of War
Call of Duty 3: Gold
Halo 2 Collector's Edition
Bioshock
Lost Planet
and an extra wireless controller which was missing the battery pack

all for $315

I sold

system minus the hard drive and with a composite cable instead of component $235
Rainbow Six: Vegas $22
Lost Planet $20
Call of Duty 3: Gold $17
Halo 2 regular (kept the CE) $16
wireless controller $26

for a total of $336. So, for anyone not keeping track, I got Bioshock, Gears of War, a hard drive, a component cable so I can do HD, and I swapped my normal Halo 2 for the Collectors Edition. And it didn't cost me anything. In fact, I MADE $21 on it. So yeah, that went well, happy new year to me!