June 2008 finds

[killimgfloor]

great find!

can you take a picture of the back and top so we can verify if its a legit seal?

most known copies are sealed btw

Here are the top view and side view of the game. If there are anymore views for verification I can accommodate.

[Lostdwarf]

I literaly had to borrow money to go get this one cause i couldn't let it go. So i'm looking on craigslist and a guy has a post saying assorted games and systems $50.00 So i looked at the pic recognized the systems and was like ok. After a few emails and phone calls this is what I got.



Sega Dreamcast (pre-oct 2000 version) with all hookups
2 Sega Dreamcast controllers
2 Sega Dreamcast memory card
Ready To Rumble Boxing

next

Nintendo 64 with all hookups
1 memory card
2 controllers with rumble packs
8 games (California Speed, Doom 64, Mario 64, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Mayhem, WCW/NWO Revenge, WWF War Zone, WWF Attitude

next and this is the best part

Super Nintendo with all hookups
1 Controller
22 Games here goes

Contra 3
NHL 96
Super Mario World (version 1)
Super Punch Out
Street Fighter 2
Super Street Fighter 2
Super MArio Kart
Mario Paint
Legend Of Zelda A Lin kTo The Past
Bulls Vs. Blazers
Super Mario World (version 2)
NHL Stanley Cup
Super Mario All-Stars
Mortal Kombat 2
NBA Jam
Madden 96
NHL 95
NBA All-Star Challenge
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
John Madden Football
Bubsy

AND THE HOLY GRAIL OF THE LOT

MEGA MAN X2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't realize what I had till I got home and sorted it all ! It's like christmas! This is one of my greatest finds to date! Best $50.00 EVER spent.


Mike

[fergojisan]

I found Ikaruga complete for the Gamecube at a Gamestop. I've been looking there for it for 2 years, this was the second one I've seen. The first one had no manual and was $60. This one was $40, but better to spend that now than more later. I'm pretty sure GCN is on its way out at Gamestop, so I'm stocking up.

[snes_collector]

Here are the top view and side view of the game. If there are anymore views for verification I can accommodate.

Very nice find. Quite possibly the best SNES find I've ever saw posted here.

Apparently the game never got a retail release and every copy that has been from the NOA warehouse. This find kinda makes me question that, because how would it get to gameshop without someone knowing the value of it?

[Kevin H]

I actually got my Exertainment/ Speed Racer from Ebay a few years ago, and then found a loose copy at a pawn shop about 2 years ago.

[aaron7]

Here are the top view and side view of the game. If there are anymore views for verification I can accommodate.

The part that plugged into the SNES for the exersize bike just sold on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-SNES-SUPER-...QQcmdZViewItem

[ecresto]

finds for yesterday . Im really enjoying Alone in the dark , even though the controls & camera are fucked . seen the game fox hunt at a salvation army for 99 cents . it is a three disc set , but didnt have the original case or artwork . looked it up in the DP guide and it is a R8 . now i need to find the case .



also picked up the Guitar hero Ds bundle . I was mad because the only way to open the box was to rip it apart .

[dreamcaster]

Castle Shikigami II (PS2) - new, $16.25AUD
Colin McRae DIRT (360) - new, $20.00AUD
Lego Star Wars II (360) - new, $20.00AUD
Test Drive Unlimited (360) - new, $20.00AUD
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (DC) - complete, $20.00AUD

[dao2]

An odd Saturn Memory Card that's got a Sakura Wars sticker on it.

I believe that one lets you play imports and is a pirate not an official :S

[Nate Nanjo]

I paid 36.72, I know a gamestop manager really well and he had it transfered to his store for me.

It's new.

[Deadman]

Decent Xbox finds today at Circuit City:

1. Grand Theft Auto - The Xbox Collection (GTAIII and Vice City) Sealed and Mint - $8.96 (marked $29.99)

2. Stubbs the Zombie - Brand new sealed - $8.96 (marked $49.99)

3. True Crime NYC - Brand new sealed - $4.96 (marked $19.99)

4. Need For Speed Most Wanted BLACK Edition - new sealed $16.96 (marked $59.99)

Not bad, and it makes me want to head back and ask for more items to be price scanned for me!

[Porksta]

To all you members of Digital Press, heed my words!

DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT walk home from work for an hour and a half in 80 degree humid weather while carrying a boxed Commodore 64C console. Even if you did get it for $10.08. Trust me, it is not worth it. Thank God the handle was intact. Stupid work rules of making you buy your stuff before Friday or it gets put out for sale! Can anyone tell me what I am missing and how much what I have is valued at? As you can see, everything is unopened. I think I am missing the joystick.

[Scrimble]

I believe that one lets you play imports and is a pirate not an official :S

Yeah it is definitely not made by Sega, but it was cheap enough to just pick up anyway.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Yeah it is definitely not made by Sega, but it was cheap enough to just pick up anyway.

I sold a white Sega Memory Card some years ago. So who knows.

Anyway, I actually had some finds today!



For the store:
Microsoft Office 98 Standard Macintosh Edition, brand new! $5
Office 2004 for Macs: $5
Curse of Monkey Island: $1

And for me:
Duke Nukem Land of the Babes (PS1, near mint): $1
Clive Barker's Night Breed (movie OST by Danny Elfman): $1

[Atarian75]

Had a great day for finds today.

First stop I found some compete 3DO games and a long box PSX game.

3DO
FIFA International Soccer 2.99
Pebble Beach Golf 2.99
Return Fire 3.99
Slam and Jam '95 2.99

PSX
Arcade Greatest Hits 2.99

While driving through Racine I passed by a Game Crazy and decided to stop in.

PS2
Dual Hearts (complete) $6.33

And on my way home from work I stopped by the thrift and had my best find of the day.

CDI system w/2 controllers and hookups

Battleship (loose in the system)
Best of Draw 50
Caesers World of boxing (case, manual, and slip cover)
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia (case, manual, and slip cover)
Dimo's Quest (case, manual, and slip cover)
Hotel Mario (case, manual, and slip cover)
International Tennis Open (case, manual)
Jeopardy (case, manual, and slip cover)
Joker's Wild (case, manual, and slip cover)
Kether (case, manual, and slip cover)
Pinball (case, manual, and slip cover)
Surf City (case, manual, and slip cover)
Video Speedway (case, manual, and slip cover)
Wacky World of Miniature Golf (case, manual)

All of the CDI stuff was $25 which is a great price, but it was half off day so I got it all for $12.50 Grin

Found a CDI Roller Controller else where in the thrift. It was $3 but half off made it $1.50.

-Atarian75

[jeffg]

Not a bad last 3 days:
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy Complete and pretty close to dead mint $40
All Blu Ray and HD-DVD movies were $5 at a pawn shop, best one was Planet Earth, so 13 HD-DVD's, Blu Rays for $65
Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes $9.99 at blockbuster no manual
Pikmin 2 no manual $14.99
N64 games for $.99 each
Animal Crossing and Skies of Arcadia both complete and mint $8 each

[dao2]

I sold a white Sega Memory Card some years ago. So who knows.

Anyway, I actually had some finds today!



For the store:
Microsoft Office 98 Standard Macintosh Edition, brand new! $5
Office 2004 for Macs: $5
Curse of Monkey Island: $1

And for me:
Duke Nukem Land of the Babes (PS1, near mint): $1
Clive Barker's Night Breed (movie OST by Danny Elfman): $1

I know, but I've seen it afore, and I think I remeber that it somehow let you play import games and unlocked cheats or summit like that.....

[Kitsune Sniper]

I know, but I've seen it afore, and I think I remeber that it somehow let you play import games and unlocked cheats or summit like that.....

Oh. When I saw the Sakura Wars sticker, I figured it might've been a pack-in bonus with one of the two Sakura Wars games, but I'm completely clueless about that. I'm very likely wrong, so.

[dao2]

Oh. When I saw the Sakura Wars sticker, I figured it might've been a pack-in bonus with one of the two Sakura Wars games, but I'm completely clueless about that. I'm very likely wrong, so.

Still possible ;p and the guy that was selling it didn't seem to be 100% on what it did ;p but he didn't have the sakura wars game that's for sure ;p

[FOnewearl]

Yardsales 6-20&21-08



Magic Carpet Plus (PC) (Complete)
Road Rash With Instructions (PC)

$1

Found this marked a $1 for both with initials by the price so I didn't even think it was worth the trouble of trying to haggle and the price was reasonable as it was I though. Road Rash came with a poster which I'm pretty sure is the instuctions.

Battletoads With Instructions & Generic Case
Metroid II With Case

$4

This is a good example of the kind of people I (or I should say everyone) hate(s) dealing with at yardsales. Found a small plastic bin with a Gameboy Color marked $5 and about 20 some Gameboy, Gameboy Color games each marked $3 with initials on each. I didn't think it was going to work but I picked up the whole thing and offered $10 which was refused. Lady pretty much replied saying that if they don't sell (and wouldn't let it for cheapish like I offered) that her son was just going to give them away to a friend instead to which I said he wasen't going to make a lot of money doing so She basicly said that the friend was poor (for a lack of a more polite way of putting it) and tried telling me that these games are still $20 in stores to which I disagreed and said that she must be getting them confused with GBA or NDS games. I then offered a buck a game for a few of them to which she said she'd meet me half way at $2 and I just grabbed 2. I left behind a few good ones Zelda DX, Tetris and I think Pokemon Yellow and Blue. I actually went back to this sale just before 10 AM since I decided I should have grabbed Zelda DX at $2 when I noticed my copy had some label damage and figured I should also grab the Pokemon games only to see that all of the Gameboy stuff was gone. I figured that either some old lady picked everything up for about $20-30 for a youngster in the family or they just brought the stuff inside if it wasen't selling and only getting lower then wanted offers, hopefully to give to the kid's friends if that wasen't a lie.



NES 1st Party Controllers x2
Gray NES Zapper
Xbox Duke Controller
6 NES Dust Covers
3 SNES Dust Covers
A Bunch of Manuals With Some Misc Papers

Manuals Only

Cosmo Tank (Gameboy) [Never realized that this game was published/developed? by Atlus]

NES Manuals

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Superman
Jaws
Spy Hunter
T&C Surf Designs
Adventures of Lolo
Captain Skyhawk
Cobra Triangle
Micky Mousecapade

SNES Manuals

NBA Jam
Super Mario Kart
Paperboy 2
Pilotwings
Super Mario All*Stars
Super Mario World
Uniracers (Along with a Course Map Poster)
Donkey Kong Country 2 Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country
SNES Mouse
Mega Man X
Top Gear 2
SNES System
F-Zero
Mario Paint
Top Gear
Stunt Race
Super Bases Loaded
Star Fox
Super Play Action Football Play Book
5 Maps that go along with the SNES Madden games

NES Games (Cart Only)

Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
Top Gun

NES Games With Manuals

Adventures of Link, The
Excitebike
Paperboy
Pinbot
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Rad Racer
Simpsons: Bart vs The Space Mutants
Tiger-Heli

SNES Games (Madden 94 being the only one without a manual)

Harley's Humongous Adventure
Madden '93
Madden '94
Madden '95
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

7.75

Got to this sale at about 8:45 and was kind of surprised that this stuff was still around as this sale started at 7. I rarely if ever find anything 16-bit or older at yardsales without a system so the games were probably having a harder time selling then they should have not having a system with them. Haggled a little bit and ended up at 7.50 for everything but the Madden games that I left behind. Has I was leaving I said I didn't grab them as I figured I'd never play them but asked if they wanted to get rid of the 3 Madden games left behind which the guy said I could also take them for another .25. I didn't even notice a sign hanging down on table that said .50 a game as the games were piled up at the one corner and the sign was over on the corner across from the games. Looking at some of these manuals makes me wonder if they had more games especially some of these SNES games for sale that might have sold earlier such as Mario Kart, World, All*Stars and the DKC games but it's hard to imagine somebody buying games like those but leaving behind Yoshi's Island wich was right on top in the open. This is actually the first time I've seen Yoshi's Island and Mega Man in the wild in years and I was happy to get the Mega Man manuals as I didn't have any of the NES Mega Man manuals in my collection and not to mention that the original Mega Man is my favorite Mega Man game, probably partly nostagia as I had it when it first came out years ago.

It should also be noted that the guy and girl running this sale were younger probably about 25-30 and I seem to have better luck most of the time at yardsales with younger people over soccer moms (like the lady with the GameBoy stuff today) selling junior's stuff as they seem to be the ones trying usually to make some money around my area and not just hoping to get rid of stuff that's never used.

non find BS stories

The lady running a sale on Friday told me that her husband had a Sega Saturn and a few games he was selling for $10 when I asked about video games. She didn't know where they were and didn't offer to look for them but instead asked me to come back tomarrow (Saturday). I got to the sale about 5 minutes before 8 and they had noticably less stuff out then they did on Friday so I figured they might still be setting up and I'd give it a few minutes. I walked around the corner to another sale then came back only to be told that her husband just sold the system. I though it was kind of rude as she probably could have held it for me for at least a half hour to an hour since I showed interest in it the day before and bothered to come back to their sale. I do kind of wonder if they changed their mind about selling it at their yardsale and told me a little white lie about selling it.

I asked about video games at one sale and the 50 something lady told me that she had an NES system with games that she wanted to get rid of but didn't bring it with her as she didn't know what it was worth and before I could politely ask doing the number thing she said that she was planning on starting an eBay store so I figured no reason to even bother trying to make an offter on it as this kind of person will probably be scared to let it go not knowing what it's worth even if I made a reasonable offter considering the trouble she'd be saving compared to selling something like this online. She also said that she had an Atari around. I can't help but wonder if this is what people I leave my number with think and never call back as they decide that an old system they never use and don't want might be worth so much and they don't want to part with it for anything less then that ball park figure. I haven't seen the Genesis from last week on eBay so I think that some of these people that have an old system they wouldn't mind selling don't want to let it go too cheap yet they are too lazy to ever get around to all of the work it takes to sell it online so they end up just keeping it

Flea Market 6-21-08



Bases Loaded 3 - $1
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat - $1
Mario Tennis (Complete) (GBC) - $4
Beyond the Mat-Special Edition (Unrated) (VHS) - .50

Asking price for the games IIRC was 2, 2, 5. Beyond the Mat's IAP was .50 and obviously isn't gaming related but I figured I'd throw it in the picture since I really didn't have much to show from this past Sunday. I haven't seem the one guy that (used to?) sell at this flea market this year and it's probably because of gas since he lives almost 2 hours away which is too bad as I've bought a healthy amount of games from him that I haven't seen anywhere else in the wild around me over the last few years and on days like this that I see little to nothing new from other sellers I would always be able to buy a few games from said seller to make the lesser days more worthwhile. I think this flea market may die from the gas prices in 2 or so years if gas keeps going up. In previous years on a nice day all or most of the tables would be taken, this year even on a perfect day it seems as if 20-25% of the tables are empty.