November 2008 Finds.

[jcalder8]

Now this is gonna be a hard one to believe, but try and stay with me...

Today, at Wal-Mart, I found Fallout 3 (PS3) for only $59.99 plus tax.

What a fucking steal!

Find of the year!!!

[Steve W]

Hell. Yes.

I hit a couple of thrifts since I was in the area, and lo and behold, in the same thrift store I found a Coleco Donkey Kong desktop game, I found a Pac-Man desktop! This one doesn't have the peeling decals of my Donkey Kong, but (here's a shock!) there's no battery door and there's some corrosion on the battery terminals, which thankfully looks to be easy to clean off. You can't beat a deal like that for $3.93. The joystick doesn't register the up position and the Pac-Man graphics don't work on the left side of the screen. According to the Handheld Museum, it should be fixable.

[Porksta]

Hell. Yes.

I hit a couple of thrifts since I was in the area, and lo and behold, in the same thrift store I found a Coleco Donkey Kong desktop game, I found a Pac-Man desktop! This one doesn't have the peeling decals of my Donkey Kong, but (here's a shock!) there's no battery door and there's some corrosion on the battery terminals, which thankfully looks to be easy to clean off. You can't beat a deal like that for $3.93. The joystick doesn't register the up position and the Pac-Man graphics don't work on the left side of the screen. According to the Handheld Museum, it should be fixable.

I have a set of the Coleco batteries if you need them.

[Daft Punk]

nes toaster , rf , ac adapter , 3 controllers and these games

tecmo bowl
Tecmo basketball
Base wars
MLB
Jack nicolas golf
mario 3
Turtles 2
kung fu
Donkey kong classics
robocop
Championship bowling

$26 at the goodwill of all places

Diner dash DS box and manual only FREE (someone stole the game from goodwill)
wario land 3 GBC cart $2 gamestop
NCAA football 06 360 $5

[willowmoon93]

Picked up a Genesis Model II (minus the original box) for 50 cents at a thrift store. Also found the CD of "Pac-Man Fever" for $1 at a consignment store. Been looking for that CD for a while now -- the songs are just as cheesy as I remember them.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Bweeheehee. I'm soooooooooooo glad I did not go to return that game today.


$10 for all that.

Beyond Good & Evil (PC) complete
Hellfire + Diablo
American McGee's Alice
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (CD + manual)
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy manual (I couldn't find the game)

Oh, and these too:

The guy also had strategy guides for GoldenEye, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Anachronox, Oni, Jet Force Gemini, Starfox 64, Super Mario 64... and tons of Matrix and T3 figures. Who knows where he got the stuff.

But I got some good games, and with Christmas coming up...

[Dreadstar]

This is probably the best "finds" day I've ever had:



FF 7, non GH, discs have a little play wear but nothing that looks too heinous.
$0.99

Chrono Cross, same as above 7.99

Ninja Gaiden (NES) and Street Fighter II (SNES) $2 each

Picked up FF7 at one of the Goodwills I hit regularly of all places, and I almost had myself talked out of driving that far. Long day, crappy weather, but I had to go to my credit union, and there's a branch just a couple blocks down the street from this particular store. Good thing I went, eh? The other three games I picked up at my local buyselltrade game shop and used store credit.

[natinh0]

Great day:
All sealed including the portable





Check out the MEGA DRIVE P review made by me here:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124701

[coreys429]

Weird find of the day: Time from time I volunteer at a thrift store, today I was going through the magazines seeing which ones I want to take home and read. Well I came across two black wrapper magazines....new issue of Playboy December 2008. Well the kicker to this story is that they have a video game spread of virtual women from different games like Afro Samurai and Saints Row 2. I am going to read it for the articles...really.

[Letiumtide]

I got Left 4 Dead for the PC for $15, pretty sweet find.

My boyfriend came from chicago with him he brought

SimAnt
Boxed copy of Rygar
Boxed copy of Bomberman 64 (japanese!)
Stinger

and Nintendo Power issue #57, that's right, the Super Metroid Poster!

I'm so happy right now.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

From Goodwill:

-Star Wars Rogue Leader(GC)- $0.90

was $1.06 before student discount. Not bad seeing as it was complete.

[otoko]

If it was tagged $14.99 then someone just left it there. We used to deal with this all the time at our store. "But the item was at so and so place!" "No ma'am, the price is on the case itself."

Bleh.

Hmm I remember those problems... Except mine usually became "It's here, with no price tag and no identical siblings..."

[DigitalSpace]

Weird find of the day: Time from time I volunteer at a thrift store, today I was going through the magazines seeing which ones I want to take home and read. Well I came across two black wrapper magazines....new issue of Playboy December 2008.

That reminds me of when I was at a thrift a couple years back and spotted a few blank DVD cases, each with a disc in them, marked at $1 each. The first two I opened up had your standard theatrical fare in them. I open up the last case... and there's a Hustler movie DVD in there.

That's the only time I've ever found porn at a thrift store.

(And no, I didn't buy it.)

[The 1 2 P]

That's the only time I've ever found porn at a thrift store.(And no, I didn't buy it.)

You expect us to believe the duke of browsing porn passed on a good porn deal at Goodwill? Surely you jest

[willowmoon93]

Kitsune Sniper -- great score with those strategy guides ... but in particular I'm envious of your acquisition of "American McGee's Alice." Never tried it but I've heard it's really messed up (but in a good way.) Congrats!

[Kitsune Sniper]

Kitsune Sniper -- great score with those strategy guides ... but in particular I'm envious of your acquisition of "American McGee's Alice." Never tried it but I've heard it's really messed up (but in a good way.) Congrats!

Oh, I already own that! I bought it years ago at a Wal-Mart for like seven bucks. A jewel case rerelease with the censored artwork, but still a good price. It's an AWESOME game which I never beat... maybe I should try it again.

The copy I got will be sold on eBay. *grins*

[Daft Punk]

picked up ........

Original "duke" x box controller w/breakaway $3
Sony headphones .20
Super Mario strikers $4


Thats it after hitting a movie gallery,Hollywood video,salvation army,2 goodwill's and a game stop in jacksonville.............

4 4 gig Kingston usb keys = FREE

[Cornelius]

Oh, I already own that! I bought it years ago at a Wal-Mart for like seven bucks. A jewel case rerelease with the censored artwork, but still a good price. It's an AWESOME game which I never beat... maybe I should try it again.

The copy I got will be sold on eBay. *grins*

What was censored? I never knew about that. I found a complete 'little box' (is that the term?) copy at goodwill a while back... is mine censored?

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

While not exactly a "game", I did pick up a copy of Ben Heckendorn's book, 'Hacking Video Game Consoles', for $6.99 at my local Ollie's discount outlet.

JY

[SegaAges]

Uh, complete impulse buy.

One of those things where I bid way before the auction for fun, and ended up winning it:

V.Smile Console = $21 with shipping