June 2008 finds

[Dark_Sol]

I want to live in US!

[Cambot]

Cambot, you said you were in Houston, right? Funny, I never such an ad on Craigslist for $40 Sega stuff (yeah, I check regularly).

You sure you're not just bullshitting us with these "amazing" finds?

I saw the ad about an hour after it was put up yesterday morning. I had the goods by 3pm and noticed the ad was taken down when I got home.

Besides, it would be pretty sad for a 31 year old to BS a group of strangers online about his VG finds.

[Damaramu]

Besides, it would be pretty sad for a 31 year old to BS a group of strangers online about his VG finds.

Ain't it the truth though?

I've come across some amazing finds myself here in Houston. Our lack of any kind of real classic gaming shops makes 'em especially rare- from a free minty boxed Virtual Boy and a stack of games to a giant tub of NES games and systems I found for $10.

Oh and the sheer size of Houston really doesn't help either. Great find, by the way. It's good to know that these are still obtainable out in the wild in H-Town. I'm gonna have to hit that Second To None resale shop in the near future. It is near my neighborhood after all.

[jcalder8]

GH3 was on sale at EB
FF 7 13
FF 8 15
FF Chronicles were 10 bucks each.
Pokemon Stadium 2 $5

[calgon]

From Gametz:

Animaniacs (snes)
Legend of the Mystical Ninja (snes)

Pretty happy finally getting a chance to play Mystical Ninja. I've wanted to try this one since the 90s.

[Cambot]

I'm gonna have to hit that Second To None resale shop in the near future. It is near my neighborhood after all.

That was where I found this: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/ckeene/lot.jpg

Unfortunately, they've closed their doors for good. I got some nice Genesis games there, too, in the past.

[Cambot]

I want to live in US!

Because, remember, in Communist Russia, video games play YOU!

[Damaramu]

GH3 was on sale at EB
FF 7 13
FF 8 15
FF Chronicles were 10 bucks each.
Pokemon Stadium 2 $5

Nice! You could make what you spent back on the FFVII alone. Crazy price on the GH3 too!

[Kitsune Sniper]

I spent way too much today... Ahem.

While waiting to cross over to the States (I live in Mexico, remember?), I noticed that there was a new Mexican Customs agent stationed in the tunnel which we have to cross when we go to and come back from the USA. The guy was stopping people like crazy, even if they had small baggies. He was out for blood. I made a mental note of it and kept going.

I arrived at the flea market at around 6:30. Walked around a bit, and one of the vendors which I usually buy stuff from was still setting up her booth, so I took a walk through the southwest corner of the flea market.

Someone was unloading a ton of barrels containing VHS tapes, clothes, toys, and such, when I found this lot right next to some VHS tapes.



I immediately grabbed 'em all. They all seem to be complete, and the carts inside are MINT. They even have Nintendo Power ads and posters! I asked for a price, the seller glanced at the boxes and didn't realize they were games, instead confusing them with the VHS tapes, so he said they were $10. Woo. I paid and ran away before he realized his mistake. :P

After that I went back to the booth I mentioned earlier. There were a few Dreamcast and PS1 games on the table, and a few more in a barrel; I fished out these two from there.



... D is complete and the discs appear to be in good shape, but the case is trashed. Final Fantasy Tactics is also complete and in decent shape, and it also had a second, scratched FFT disc in there! $20 for both. Yeah, a bit too much, but I wanted D and I figured I can sell both copies of FFT and make back my money.

I spent the rest of the morning looking around a bunch of other booths, found some PS2 games stashed in with a bunch of adult DVDs (nothing against porn, but... yech... the covers gave me the heebee-jeebees), but most were sports games. I was about to leave the flea market when I noticed a weird looking box in a booth near the south edge of the place... and it turned out to be this:



The seller must've thought it was a VHS tape, too. Hee hee. It's a pirate Super Famicom multicart, and contains: Super Mario World, Goof Troop, Tom and Jerry, Congo's Caper, Choplifter II, F-Zero, World Soccer 94 Road To Glory and Top Gear. It cost me $2.

I then left the flea market, went to a store to buy some groceries, and started my CUNNING PLAN. After I paid I picked up a few extra plastic bags and put all my NES games in there. I then attempted to cross over to Mexico, and just as I suspected, the Customs agent STOPPED ME. He asked me what I had in my backpack, and I replied "a couple of CDs." He opened it and saw the two PS1 games I had in there but didn't inspect them. Then he opened my grocery bag, and as I was closing up my backpack, he peeked inside my NES game bag, but they were all wrapped in another plastic bag so he must've thought they were food items. He then said I could leave.

When I was about fifty feet away I sighed and almost ran outta there. Damn customs agents... they'll try to charge you insane amounts of money if you bring something that looks even remotely valuable and you don't have an invoice. I hate this country.

END.

[Press_Start]

Got this from Amazon today:

Magic Knight Rayearth (Sega Saturn) cond: great
Price $50.

Price may seem a bit high, but compared to the Ebay prices, this was a steal!

[evil_genius]

I bought this from eBay for $31 total. I was expecting a loose copy. The buyer made no mention it was complete and in absolutely mint condition.

[flyers156]

evil_genius that is just beautiful.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I bought this from eBay for $31 total. I was expecting a loose copy. The buyer made no mention it was complete and in absolutely mint condition.

What the - that must be the second printing. My copy didn't include a Chrono Trigger ad!

[Daft Punk]

Guitar hero rocks the 80's $10
Guitar hero 3 for 360 $15
Parasite eve 2 $1.50
Nice heavy duty laptop bag .50
6 pico games loose for $1


Not bad , now to score some cheap guitar's.

[evil_genius]

What the - that must be the second printing. My copy didn't include a Chrono Trigger ad!

I was very curious about that. Seems like it doesn't belong there. Any differences between the first and second prints?

[Kitsune Sniper]

I was very curious about that. Seems like it doesn't belong there. Any differences between the first and second prints?

Well, I mentioned "printing", but there's at least two versions of the game out. The original one had a ton of glitches when you used Relm's Sketch ability. The second version fixed this bug (and apparently disabled a ton of Game Genie codes.) I've heard reports of at least one more version where the game crashes in a certain level, or something like that.

[calgon]

Well, I mentioned "printing", but there's at least two versions of the game out. The original one had a ton of glitches when you used Relm's Sketch ability. The second version fixed this bug (and apparently disabled a ton of Game Genie codes.) I've heard reports of at least one more version where the game crashes in a certain level, or something like that.

Yes. I have one of the earlier versions where the game glitches when you use relm's sketch ability in the world of ruin. It's pretty frustrating actually.

[TOE-NEE]

I bought this from eBay for $31 total. I was expecting a loose copy. The buyer made no mention it was complete and in absolutely mint condition.

You make me sick!

[otoko]

Picked up some CD-I games today:

They are complete except their outer cardboard. The disks are spotless.

Each $1.99

Tetris
Litil Devil

The 7th Guest
Space Ace
Zelda The Wand of Gamelon
Link The Faces of Evil

I'm thinking about selling them in a lot with 100% games Video Speedway and PinBall with my Sony CD-I v11 portable CIB, I think it needs a new laser eye.

[Cornelius]

Nice serendipitous score with that FFIII.

I went to a few garage sales today, but only turned up a few lame ps2 and ps1 games and a $60 ps2 fatty, all of which I passed on. I did pick up these 10 GG games off CL. Thought it was going to just be the 10 games for 20 bucks, but he had the rest there in one of those GG cases and wanted 10 for the rest. Since I have all that already (except the genie), I was going to pass, so he just gave me all the rest, minus the case, which he thought was pretty special for some reason. Most of the games have manuals, but I forgot to put them in the pic.

Of course, the best find of the day was the homemade American IPA with homegrown Centennial and Cascade hops pouring from the tap in my kegerator, which is still a surprise and miracle every time.


The Hedgehog 2
The Hedgehog 2
Ristar
Tale Spin
Ren & Stimpy
ECCO the tides of time
Mickeys Ultimate challenge
Land of Illlusion (Mickey Mouse)
RC Grand Prix
Bart of the World (the simpsons)