June 2008 finds

[jcalder8]

I lucked out with this find. I was taking a common Saturn game back that I bought, so I had to exchange the game for something that was the same price or more and pay the difference. This is what I found. So far my best find in the wild. Is the online guide accurate for this game?

That is just amazing. It's great when stuff like this is found.
This is why the finds threads are always my favorites.

[Dreadstar]

Catching up for the past week or so. Spider sense was tingling last Sunday, after Saturday had been a bust. First stop was a garage sale where I saw an Xbox 360 Guitar Hero guitar, so I had to turn around and see if he had anything else. Picked up the N64 with RF adaptor, 2 controllers, and 7 games (Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2, South Park, Mario 64, Quarterback Club 98, MLB with Ken Griffey Jr, and Kobe Bryant Courtside) for $5.

Went on a brief Goodwill run after that, and was absolutely floored to find the loose Virtual Boy. For whatever reason the main unit and the eyepiece were in two different aisles. I'm thinking this has to be the mate for my loose VB controller that I posted about, since it came from the same store albeit a few weeks apart. $3.99

This weekend my apartment complex had a yard sale. Horrible turnout but I did pick up Nero 7 Ultra Edition (sealed) and Cakewalk Music Creator 3 (complete) for 50 cents each.

Also, in non-gaming related finds this week, I picked up two Techincs turntables and a Numark mixer (in original boxes) at my local Goodwill for a total of 30 bucks. Not exactly top of the line stuff but looked to be in excellent condition.

[calgon]

I lucked out with this find. I was taking a common Saturn game back that I bought, so I had to exchange the game for something that was the same price or more and pay the difference. This is what I found. So far my best find in the wild. Is the online guide accurate for this game?

Congrats. Someone mentioned find-of-the-year and I agree. Hat's off to you. I'd be curious if the DP vets here could apraise of give an accurate value on this.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Considering the recent Speed Racer movie... maybe the value went down. XP

[nintendan]

Here are my weekend finds:

N-Revolution Magazine #22 (yikes - $15.95 from Chapters).
N-Rev DVD (free with magazine, it's PAL, so I cannot view it )

From eBay ($2.99 each plus shipping from the same seller):
Dragon Quest (loose, famicom)
Dragon Quest 2 (loose, famicom)
Dragon Quest 3 (loose, famicom)
Dragon Quest 4 (loose, famicom)

From Pawn:
Mario SuperStar Baseball (complete, $10)

From Flea Market:
Star Wars Titanium Series - Millenium Falcon (Brand New, $5.00)
Star Wars Titanium Series - AT-AT (Brand New, $5.00)



Dan

[garagesaleking!!]

i would assume that most copies of speed racer are sealed, considering no one probably actually played that game

[Slate]

Why are people finding so many top loading NES systems lately? Wow.

Yesterday I bought:

Smash by The Offspring - $2, "Complete", Great condition.
The Presidents of the United States of America (Self titled album) - $2, Complete, Great condition
Super Off Road for Sega Genesis - Loose, 25 cents

Edit: I looked up the Exertainment/Speed Racer game in the ORG. A sealed R9? Wow. You've (probably) Beaten me out of my sealed R7.

[calgon]

Cool day for me:

Obscure - ps2
Beyond Good and Evil - ps2
Jam Pack vol.11 -Ps2

$17 total. I may put these up for sale trade at some point.

[killimgfloor]

Thanks everyone for your kind words about my find. I would like to know the actual or suggested worth of the game as well. I am sure that some more knowledgeable might have a thought about it.

[Tommy]

Tales of Destiny (PSX) $5.00
Star Ocean (PSX) $5.00
Alundra (PSX) $12.00
Legend of Mana (PSX) $15.00
Treasures of the Deep (PSX) $ 4.00
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (PSX) $ 10.00

[Geddon_jt]

Thanks everyone for your kind words about my find. I would like to know the actual or suggested worth of the game as well. I am sure that some more knowledgeable might have a thought about it.

I'd imagine that if you can find the right sealed SNES game collector, you can pretty much name your price.

I'd say anywhere between $500 on the LOW end to crazy prices. ($1000+?)

[NES_Rules]

Indigo GameCube with hookups and platinum controller
PS1 model no. SCPH-1001 with hookups and 3rd party controller
RCA cables (one has to be 100 feet long)
coax cable
$25 for all


PSOne power adapter
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Namco Museum Vol. 3
$0.50 for all



WWF Wrestlemania Challenge
Madden 99 (CIB)
MLB 2000 (loose)
MLB 2001 (CIB)
Crash Bandicoot 2 (manual, disc only)
Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf (CIB)
Tekken 3 (GH, CIB)
WWF WarZone (GH, CIB)
Crash Bandicoot (GH, box, manual only)
Crash Bandicoot Warped (Disc only)
Madden 2001 (CIB)
All for $2.50.
I also got 30 classic rock albums for $4, some great stuff too. He had a couple hundred but I already had almost all of them, so I passed on the rest.

Capcom's MVP Football with manual
Pac-Man 2
NBA Hang Time
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB
John Madden Football '93
Jungle Book
Buster Busts Loose
Toy Story
WCE/NWO Revenge
Madden Football 64
NASCAR 99
WWF WarZone
All for $12, he wanted $3 each.


Sonic 3D Blast (CIB) The box is bent up, but it's not too bad.
Ardy Lightfoot (SNES)
The Faery Tale Adventures (GEN)
Atomic Robo Kid (GEN)
$1 each.


All for $1



Looks like it might have been new because the sticker on the clamshell is still there and just barely ripped open. Either some idiot potential buyer or the vendor opened it to see what was inside. Everything inside looks new also, even smells new.
$1 for it.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I'd imagine that if you can find the right sealed SNES game collector, you can pretty much name your price.

I'd say anywhere between $500 on the LOW end to crazy prices. ($1000+?)

Considering how rare this game is? It'll break 1 grand EASY.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

If the Extertainment was THE find in this thread, I have the one furthest from it.

An opened copy House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return (Wii) $19.99 at gamestop. And a really scratched CIB Battalion Wars for GC at Blockbuster for $6.99. I saw the game was scratched, but the cashier had big boobs... and instead of being the guy who returns it immediately after buying the game- I went ahead and kept it after she told me I had 30 days to return it.

[Kuros]

Some Gamestop stuff, some flea market stuff from this week.

GS stuff on the left:
GBA official AC Adapter - $3.xx
Silent Scope Complete - $10.xx
Shin Megami Tensai Devil Summoner - $19.xx

Flea Market Stuff:
Disgaea - $8
Super C and Super Mario 3 - $5
Super Mario Kart - $3
Gladiator - $3
Newmann/Haas racing - $1
Gauntlet Legends - $1
N64 VHS - $1
Shadow of the Colossus, Vagrant Story, FF8 and RE3 - $15
Final Fantasy 3 - $7
GB Pocket, Tetris, Kirby Pinball Land and Pokemon Pinball - $15
AC adapter for a Sonicwall router - $5

I paid a bit much on a couple of things, but got a lot of stuff I wanted.

[carlcarlson]

My first big Craigslist find. I was wary of it all the way up until I had it out on my apartment floor, but it all looks good. It's funny because he made notes about a few having boxes, but not nearly as many as what it turned out to be. He didn't say any of the n64 games were boxed, and he definitely didn't note that mario rpg and final fantasy 3 were boxed. He had a bunch more Playstation and Nintendo games but I just took what I wanted. He also had Dreamcast, Genesis, Game Gear, and even a 3do but I left all of that stuff.



SNES
3 systems
Aladdin
Ballz
Batman Forever
Battle Cars
Battletoads / Double Dragon
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Brett Hull Hockey 95
Bubsy
Bubsy 2
Captain America and the Avengers
Castlevania IV (two copies)
Chrono Trigger (already have it)
Cybernator
Doom
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 3
Earthworm Jim 2
Fifa 96
Final Fantasy 3 (already have this CIB but this box is better)
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (actually this was listed, but I don't seem to have it)
George Foreman's KO Boxing
Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Games
Ken Griffey Jr. MLB
Killer Instinct
Kirby's Dream Course
Krusty's Super Fun House
Madden NFL 97
Mario is Missing!
Mega Man X
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat 3
NBA JAM
NBA Live 96
Pac-Attack
Pitfall
Populous
Robocop Vs. Terminator (the strange black box)
Secret of Mana (already have, but still exciting)
Seperation Anxiety
Shaq-Fu
Soul Blazer (box was a nice surprise, but it's missing the manual and poster)
Spiderman
Starfox
Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End
Street Fighter 2
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Super Empire Strikes Back
Super Godzilla
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario RPG (I didn't know it was coming CIB, so that was the best surprise)
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2 : Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Super Return of the Jedi
Super Street Fighter 2
Super Tennis
Tetris 2
Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose!
Uniracers
Wheel of Fortune Deluxe Edition
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
Zelda: A Link to the Past (already have two of these CIB)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
ZOOP

N64
1 system and a ton of accessories
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo Tooie
Blast Corps
Castlevania
Dark Rift
Doom 64
Duke Nukem 64
Golden Eye 007
Ken Griffey Jr. MLB
Mario Party 2
Mortal Kombat 4
Pilotwings 64
Quest 64
San Francisco Rush
South Park
Super Mario 64
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Wave Race 64
WCW/NWO Revenge
Wrestlemania 2000
Xena Warrior Princess

Playstation
Suikoden (just needed the manual)
Final Fantasy VIII (finally a non-greatest hits)
Breath of Fire III
Legend of Dragoon
Area 51
Point Blank 2

Nintendo (nothing special, just the ones I didn't have)
after burner
archon
bartman
donkey kong 3
double dragon 3
firehawk
gi joe
l'empereur (again, no mention of it being complete. I've never even seen this loose)
mad max
predator
ring king
spot
street fighter 2010
world cup
wwf king of the ring
x men

Game Boy
Harvest Moon GBC
Golden Sun
Final Fantasy Legend

Guides (he sprang these on me at the last minute basically as a freebie)
Zelda Link to the Past
Zelda Ocarina of Time
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo Tooie
Final Fantasy VIII
Donkey Kong Country 3
Mario RPG hint book

Grand total $360. A lot of money, but I feel pretty good about it. I should be able to make $150 on the systems alone, and then resell the rpg dupes to make the rest.

[cyberfluxor]

I lucked out with this find. I was taking a common Saturn game back that I bought, so I had to exchange the game for something that was the same price or more and pay the difference. This is what I found. So far my best find in the wild. Is the online guide accurate for this game?

Wow. Where do you live? That's an insane find, and sealed of all things. Looks like it hung onto a retail store game shelf for a number of years unsold. Congrats! BTW: What Saturn game did you trade in for it?



It's been a busy weekend for me, birthdays and messing with stuff. I ended up only going out this Sunday to find stuff, which usually ends up with not so stellar finds since most everything is closed. I did happen by Best Buy the other day and picked up an iPod Classic 80GB model and Dexter Season 1. After comming home from indoor go kart racing (those carts take off and get up to 40 MPH!) I spent quite a few hours ripping CDs onto iTunes and messing with the whole setup. Mainly trying to adjust to having a media player and how it stores everything through the menus, making things look good.

For today, went by Toys-R-Us and picked up Nanostray 2 finally. It's been $20 for a long time and they had a "Buy 2 Get 1 Free" special on DS titles this week, which I was about to do but decided not to impulse buy at the moment.

While shifting through Planet Music they had "Puretone - Stuck in a Groove" new for $6 so why not, picked it up. Listened to a good chunk on the way home and add it to my iPod play list for tomorrow at work.

Swinging by an independent thrift store tucked away behind an overpass for the first time I picked up a few things. They had a nice inventory and decently priced. If I ever need some old computer hardware they have bins of discounted parts. Picked up a few $1 books:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (Academic Learning Series new)
"Pascal 2nd Edition" by Nell Dale & Chip Weems
Also they apparently sell records for $0.50 so they were:
Carly Simon - Anticipation
Five Star - Someone's in Love (single)
John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
Philharmonia Promenade Orchestra - Waldteufel Waltzes

Finally, went by a local game store and bought some old anime VHS tapes for a buck each:
Ninku the Movie (new)
Armageddon
Psycho Diver Soul Siren
Crusher Joe the Movie

The other day I picked up on DVD "Kite Liberator" for a few bucks after trading in my duplicate of Panzer Dragoon Zwei.

[killimgfloor]

Wow. Where do you live? That's an insane find, and sealed of all things. Looks like it hung onto a retail store game shelf for a number of years unsold. Congrats! BTW: What Saturn game did you trade in for it?

I live in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. I kind of wondered how the game got up here and what store it actually came from.

I think the Saturn game was 3x3 eyes. There was no price on the guide, but it was only worth $5 on eBay.

[calgon]

Decent find from craigslist today:





$30 total

[Porksta]

Another cool work find:



Super Scope 6 CIB - $8.40