June 2008 finds

[namzep]

A package that I got in today:





Oddly enough, I was most excited about the magazines.

[Cambot]

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.

Holy Schmoly. What a deal, evil_genius.

[DigitalSpace]

One of the PlayStation games I got on Monday - Nightmare Creatures - wouldn't work, so I took it back today and exchanged it for this:

N64:
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (cart only, non-Player's Choice)

Here's the other games I got today:

SNES:
Michael Jordan: Chaos In The Windy City (cart only) - $1

N64:
Cruis'n USA (cart only, Player's Choice) - $2
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (cart only, gray cart, non-PC) - $2

Dreamcast:
Quake III Arena (complete) - $3

Other stuff:
Sony PlayStation 2: The Unauthorized Guide by Hank Schlesinger - 50 cents
Pokemon Wartortle 60-sheet notepad - 25 cents

[jeffg]

All games were $2 each, the snes and genesis games are mostly complete

Found them all at a mom & pop video rental store in the sticks

[Kitsune Sniper]

Wow. Arcana. That takes me back to when I was a kid, fumbling around with RPGs for the first time.

[jeffg]

i forgot I also got Ultima Collection for PC for $.99 at Goodwill along with a Teddy Ruxpin for $2.99 (brings back the memories)

The Ultima Collection is this version
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...4383761&nroo=1

So in all a good couple stops today

It is for Trade if anyone wants it, shoot me offers.

[Smashed Brother]

Today I picked up:

Shinobi Legions (SAT), $2.50 complete
Deja Vu (NES), $6 box, no manual
PTO (SG), $4 complete
Skitchin' (SG), $2.50 complete

Overall, not too shabby. I was especially excited about PTO, as that was a great game back in the day. Shinobi Legions, by the way, has some absolutely craptacular live-action full motion video scenes!

[xfrumx]

The Mario games were $5 each, all the other SNES and Genesis were $2.50 each. The PS1 and 64 games were $3 each. My band was on the road and found these at a rental store in OH. I will be playin gthere again next month and oh yes I will go pick up what I couldn't this time. No Instructions .


Flea market NES games $2, N64 games $3 each

[Kevin H]

The Mario games were $5 each, all the other SNES and Genesis were $2.50 each. The PS1 and 64 games were $3 each. My band was on the road and found these at a rental store in OH. I will be playin gthere again next month and oh yes I will go pick up what I couldn't this time. No Instructions .


Flea market NES games $2, N64 games $3 each

Nice Pickup. My wife and I actually like the Disney Tetris game.

[xfrumx]

Nice Pickup. My wife and I actually like the Disney Tetris game.

It is very fun!



I found this in the garbage today! Great find a little damp from the rain but not to bad at all and it works, just needed some cleaning. Wish there was more 64 stuff than just the power and A/V cables.


Got these for $11 total at the flea market, gotta love those overlays!

[jcalder8]

There have already been some amazing finds. I can't wait to see what's found by the end of the month.

[ErmangelnSeelen]

There have already been some amazing finds. I can't wait to see what's found by the end of the month.

agreed for sure. There aren't an "r9/10" finds, but the sheer quantity of great stuff for cheap (or free!) has been amazing, and we are what, like 4 days in? Maybe its because its garage sale weather now?

[Damaramu]

Oh yeah, there's plenty of good stuff going 'round!

[FOnewearl]

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.

That other map actually came with Chrono Trigger.

i forgot I also got Ultima Collection for PC for $.99 at Goodwill

I though this sounded familiar, I just checked and I have a sealed copy I bought about 10 years ago which I never got around to opening.

[coreys429]

Mario 64: I traded that for Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat on the Super Nintendo.

[JunkTheMagicDragon]

not a terribly great deal, but worth it for me:

got guitar hero ii for 360, new in box for $50 (at walmart of all places).

got it for the guitar controller really, since i need an extra for rock band; used ones go for $40 at gs. the game is a bonus.

they had some other clearance items i passed on:
wii zapper w/link game $15
ps1/ps2 rf adapters (official) 50c
ps2 dualshocks (official) $7
ddr supernova w/pad $30

[Mercapto]

Just bought 30 N64 games.
Not for the great prices you lot get them for but still nice to me
Half cart only, half with manual and box...in used condition.
Some doubles but those'll sell pretty easy
Tried keeping the price per game around 5-10$, but I calculate reselling doubles in there which always go for more than they cost





Expensive hobby for lazy Europeans like myself, but hey

[Ryaan1234]

Wow! All I can say is congratulations! There are quite a lot of nice finds this month!
I guess I should show my loot:

So, today I decided to wake up around 8:00 AM and go to a Goodwill lot sale. For those of you that don't know, some Goodwills will have sales in the back of their store. Anyways, we got to the sale and saw a big crowd of what I would call "flea market rats", the true bottom feeders of the flea markets. After a few minutes of digging and getting stuck with infected hypodermic needles (just seeing if you're reading this ), my dad procured 2 N64s, Goldeneye, LoZ: OoT, and a few other odds and ends that he could sell. I got lucky and found a copy of Mario Party 2 at the bottom of a pile of toys for $1 . Next, we went to the Goodwill Computer Works and I found the 2 boxed NES games (Shadowgate & Bucky O'Hare) for $8 a piece, and hey they're mint, so I don't mind paying $8 each. I got the 5.25" copy of Battle Chess for free (Can you believe that they throw away 5.25" floppy games at the Goodwill Computer Works!?!?!). Next, we went to the Salvation Army where there was another back lot sale going on, I found the 3 CDs (Beatles Anthology 1, Anybody Out There?, and The Darins) for $1 each. I also got 2 sealed copies of Tekwar for $1 each. and finally, we went to another Goodwill where I got Muppet Adventure for $1.99 and Warhawk for $2.99.

(some more stuff, from the lot sale)
The "Doonesbury Chronicles" book, the 12 Angry Men DVD, and the crappy "Tennis Virtual Game" were $1 each.

[Cornelius]

Kind of lame for the number of sales I went to today in a city-wide garage sale day, but at least there were some things. Most interesting (to me) are the 'Video Command' and TAC 2 (Totally Accurate Control) 2600 sticks. I also saw a guy with a barcode reader on his palm device out scanning anything he could, and it apparently would beep at him when something over some $ amount came along (he wasn't even looking at the screen or item, really). Now, resellers in general skeeze me out a bit (of which I am one, so obviously I've come to terms with it), but this just enters into total douchebag territory. Not quite sure why. Don't know if it was this guy, but I definitely had competition out there, because when I asked about the Smash Bros. Manual w/ the N64 lot they told me someone had already bought a bunch of games; why they left Mario Party 2 behind, I dunno, but I like to think they are/were just gamers or kids and they already had this one.


prices for anyone still reading: N64 lot - $5, 2600 controllers 1 each, Super R-Type, Viewtiful Joe, and Guilty Gear x2 - 2.50 ea (GW), Crash Bandicoot .75, Pokemon - $3 ea., SP charger $1, monster s-video cable and misc. RCA cables .25 ea.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Kind of lame for the number of sales I went to today in a city-wide garage sale day, but at least there were some things. Most interesting (to me) are the 'Video Command' and TAC 2 (Totally Accurate Control) 2600 sticks. I also saw a guy with a barcode reader on his palm device out scanning anything he could, and it apparently would beep at him when something over some $ amount came along (he wasn't even looking at the screen or item, really). Now, resellers in general skeeze me out a bit (of which I am one, so obviously I've come to terms with it), but this just enters into total douchebag territory. Not quite sure why.

I've wanted to buy one of those, but for trade-in purposes only. Sometimes vendors come and sell music CDs for three bucks a bag. I like to buy several bags and sell the stuff to FYE for credit every three or four months.

Maybe it's a bit "skeezy", to use your word, but nobody's buying the damn things and they usually end up in the town's landfill at the end of the day, so I'd rather give them some good use, ya know?