August 2008 Finds

[briskbc]

Today was the first day I was able to make it out to the garage sales in over a month. I picked up:

Silent Hill - GH - $2

Genesis lot - $20
2 systems
4 controllers
all hook ups
multi tap

Monopoly - Complete
Aladdin - Complete
Sonic 2 - Complete
PGA Golf Tour - Complete
World Series Baseball - Complete
Sonic 3D Blast - cart
Sword of Vermillion - cart
Super Hydlide - cart
Star Control - cart
Toe Jam & Earl Funkatron - cart
Shadowrun - cart
Columns - cart
Space Harrier II - cart
Sonic - cart
NHL 95 - cart

[Kyle15]

Booya!

*Stares in amazement once again*

I assume you got all of that at Play-Asia right?
Also, have you tried Megami no Etsubou yet?

[DigitalSpace]

Here's my first day haul from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo (games that are missing prices were part of a bundle deal)

NES:
Lunar Pool (cart only) - $1
RoboCop (cart only) - $1
Bart vs. The World (cart only) - $2
Palamedes (boxed, R5) - $2
Battletoads (cart only) - $3
Gauntlet (cart only, unlicensed) - $3
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (cart only) - $3
Skate or Die 2 (cart only) - $3
Silk Worm (cart only)
Adventures of Lolo (cart only) - $5

Genesis:
OutRunners (cart only)
Dino Land (cart only, R6) - $2
Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (cart only)
Gadget Twins (cart only) - $2

SNES:
Aero The Acro-Bat 2 (cart only, R6) - $5

PlayStation:
Centipede (complete) - $4
G Darius (disc only) - $2

PS2:
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars 2002 (complete) - $2
Two black first party controllers - $5 for both

Game Gear:
Halley Wars (cart only)
Jurassic Park (cart only)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (cart only, R5)
Mortal Kombat II (cart only)

GBC:
Billy Bob's Huntin'-n-Fishin' (cart only) - $1
Tomb Raider (cart only)
Pac-Man (cart only but non-working) - free

e-reader:
Balloon Fight-e (new) - $1

Other:
Nintendo Power Diddy Kong Racing promo VHS tape (w/ box and insert)

I also got a couple video game toys (a rolling Pac-Man, and Mario riding a shell) a ToeJam & Earl poster, and some NES and SNES promo posters.

Thanks to y-bot, Recycled Gamer, Corey, Josh (Qixmaster), John (swlovinist), Rick Weis, and Ground Kontrol for the deals!

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

Hit the flea market this morning and grabbed a few games. Picked up 4 complete sports games for the Saturn for $1 each. Yeah, yeah, but I needed them to complete the collection. I also picked up a few NES carts for $1 each. They were Paperboy, Toki, and Jeopardy Junior Edition.

Not game related, but I picked up a two pack of DVDs of Japanese monster movies. The 4 movies all star Gamera. I also got 3 English language anime VHS tapes for a quarter each. One is from the Garzey's Wing series and the other 2 are from the Esca Flowne series. Yeah, I had never heard of either of them either, but for a quarter, I said, "Why not?"

JY

[-_-Nintendo-_-]

Prices are in AUD
I won the Super Pang, Mansell and NBA T:E for $30 off Ebay.
Found some non-bootleg GBA games, all complete for $19 each.
A couple of bootleg Mega Drive games for $5 each.
Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast for $10
A Secret of Mana cart for only $15.

[Atari 5200]

Found one of the coolest things yet...Donkey Kong POG. I used to love POG!



Also found my first GBA bootlegs. Licensedn by Nintendo.



Pkmn quartz I think was made by a spanish speaking guy, so it has some funny spanish lines in there. Also funny is that instead of game boy at the top of the sticker it says "GAME MEN". I little weird, but funny.

And Finally...

[namzep]

I picked up Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations (DS) new from Walmart for $20. For some reason, lately all I've seen in the line of games is Apollo Justice. So, I now have all three Phoenix Wright games.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Pkmn quartz I think was made by a spanish speaking guy, so it has some funny spanish lines in there. Also funny is that instead of game boy at the top of the sticker it says "GAME MEN". I little weird, but funny.

A lot of the bootleg carts are actually fan-made hacks which the pirates steal and burn onto carts. Sucks, but what can ya do.

Anyway, yesterday's finds:



The PS Elements is going to eBay; the other thing? I bought it because you can never have too few PC fans in a city that routinely reaches 110 degrees by noon.



All of that? $5! I misunderstood the guy selling the stuff, he'd told me that everything was fifty cents but then told me everything was $2 a pop. I hadn't seen the little sign in the box with CDs... after some discussing he took $5 for everything. Awesome. It's almost as if the heat makes everyone unwilling to argue with me.

Edit:
Oh yeah, I forgot! I got Half-Life for the PS2, near mint, for three bucks!

[MarkMan]

[RadiantSvgun]

*Stares in amazement once again*

I assume you got all of that at Play-Asia right?
Also, have you tried Megami no Etsubou yet?

Only Megami No Etsubou came from Play-asia. Its very hard.

[Goodwill Hunter]

This weekend was bare consoles at the rummage sales:



The Genesis/SegaCD combo was $3.00...no wires/controllers and nothing else game related at the sale.

The SNES and Super Metroid were $5.00 at another sale, again, bare and no other game stuff in sight.

The NES GBA SP with 4 games was $15, no charger, but it charged with an adapter I previously found at Goodwill, and plays great.

And the 2 next-gen titles are the last gasp of the Blockbuster $14.99 and under BOGO sale.

An odd, but not too bad, weekend.

Rich

[FOnewearl]

I absolutely hate sellers like that. They put an arbitrary price on something and now it's suddenly worth that much and they won't take any less for it. I say, good for them, they can keep their overpriced junk (not saying those games are junk, just stuff people try to sell in general) forever.

When the lady said "no" I actually reacted by telling her "I won't pay that much" (refering to the IAP). What I really should have done (as politely as possible) is ask her if she would change her mind if they were still sitting on the stuff at noon but hindsight is 20/20 as they say. This was only a few blocks away from my house I could have easily walked back to the sale if I went back, but knowing my luck and the way the prices and mood were at this sale they probably would just pack anything left at about 11:30 if they feared that I'd be coming back to try and nag them to drop the price I feel the same way about people that have high prices on stuff that ain't moving at a yardsale that they won't budge on.

Flea Market 8-3-08



Duke Nukem Time To Kill Complete (PSX) - $1

$1 was the IAP which I paid.

Ric Flair: To Be The Man Hardback Cover - $2

IAP was $5 offered $2 which was taken. Looks like it was bought at a library sale but still well worth it IMO not really knowing anything about the value of used books.

SNES model 2 With AV Cord, 1st party controller & 3rd party controller
Donkey Kong Country
Killer Instinct
Street Fighter II
Sonic Blast (CIB)

$10

Was looking at the SNES stuff and the seller said he was asking $15. He also said that he wanted $30 for a Playstation he had with about 5 games, & $30 for a model 1 Genesis with about 15 games all common or shit sandwich. I pointed out that the SNES didn't have a power adaptor and offered $10 for it along with Sonic Blast out of the Genesis stuff which was taken after thinking it over for a few seconds.

Mr Bones (Complete)
Saturn Bomberman (Complete)
Spot Goes To Hollywood (Complete)
Three Dirty Dwarfs (Complete)
Bug Too (Disc Only)

$8

IAP on the Saturn games was $2 each, I offered $6 which was counter with $8. I actually bought them from the same guy I got the SNES stuff from but I didn't notice them till after I bought the SNES since they were a little ways down on a different table away from his other video game stuff. He said that they were his son's so he wouldn't bend too much on the price. It didn't really bother me though as I only really see Saturn stuff 1-3 times a year and it's usually all crap or mega common (think one of the 3 free games that used to come with a Saturn) so seeing something like Saturn Bomberan and some other worthwhile Saturn stuff cheap in the wild in my neck of the woods is definitely a nice change of pace.

[Kyle15]

Only Megami No Etsubou came from Play-asia. Its very hard.

Where did you get Zelda at?

[snes_collector]

IAP

What exactly does this mean? I see it in every one of your post and I have no idea what it is.

[Kitsune Sniper]

What exactly does this mean? I see it in every one of your post and I have no idea what it is.

Judging from the context of his posts, I believe it means "Initial Asking Price".

[RadiantSvgun]

Where did you get Zelda at?

Everything else came from Ckendal!

[InsaneDavid]

Everything else came from Ckendal!

Also the main source of my Famicom Disk System games, always top notch condition!

[evil_genius]

Very cool

[Kyle15]

Everything else came from Ckendal!

I should have known.
He's good at getting that stuff!

Anyway, how much was it?

[DigitalSpace]

Here's my second day haul from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo:

Neo-Geo Pocket Color:
Camouflage Blue system w/Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999 and Pac-Man (both cart only) - $7.50

Metal Slug: 1st Mission (cart only) and Metal Slug: 2nd Mission (w/cart case) - $8 for both

The NGPC is missing its battery cover, but that's no big deal to me.

NES:
Maniac Mansion (cart only) - $2.50
Star Force (cart only) - $3
Stinger (cart only) - $2.50
Contra manual - 50 cents
Super C manual - 50 cents

Genesis:
Dragon's Revenge (complete)
Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (complete)

PlayStation:
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: 3rd Edition (complete) - $1

Dreamcast:
Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (complete)

Game Boy:
Balloon Kid (cart only)

Game Gear:
Batman Returns (cart only) - 75 cents

Pac-Man Tomy Pocket Game (loose) - $2

Thanks to y-bot, Recycled Gamer, Corey, Josh (Qixmaster), Gerald, and Game Trader for today's deals!