April 2009 Finds

[otoko]

Today at the con:

Super Street Fighter II .36$?

WonderSwan with the two boxed games 4$

[Daft Punk]

Picked up


CIB air force delta storm
Loose wario gba game

[Steve W]

Today at the con:

Super Street Fighter II .36$?

WonderSwan with the two boxed games 4$

Do you mean the Super Famicom game was 36¢? That's not only a great deal, it's a really odd price. And a WonderSwan for $4? Dammit, that's an incredible deal! Is it the color model or black and white?

[otoko]

Do you mean the Super Famicom game was 36¢? That's not only a great deal, it's a really odd price. And a WonderSwan for $4? Dammit, that's an incredible deal! Is it the color model or black and white?

Black and white.. it shows some use from previous owner

Well there's a story behind the famicom game. It was the last day of the con and I had no money. We left extremely early because the hotel kicks us out at 11am and my driver was leaving at 12 anyway. So I was walking around the hotel the con was in and I was about to sit on a couch a crossed from a sleeping couple when I noticed a quarter, nickle, and a few pennies. When the marketplace opened I went by the same booth I was hanging around pretty much all the con and everything there was half off because they didn't want to haul any of it back. The game was originally 1$, so it was 0.50$ and I was willing to test my luck (if you see my previous post you can see that I was getting things at a lower price anyway). I took out the change I found earlier and said "I'm offering all the change in my pocket for this game". The clerk laughed cause I did it before and started to walk away. I moved coins around on my hand and said "There's a quarter in there" It was hidden. The clerk smiled obviously amused at my persistance and it was sold for all the change in my hand. I'm not completely sure what I actually had.. It was not more than 0.37$

The WonderSwans where 12$ yesterday, so they where 6 today. My fiance hadn't bought me my christmas present yet so we asked asked about them. Somewhere in there we where saying if we where to get one we could only spend 4$. He seemed cool with it, and figured we might purchase it. As we conversed he added a game he knew was english-friendly (Evolution) so we talked some more... Then he offered the Wrestling game so we bit.

That's the basic story there.. maybe a bit too long, oh well.

[NayusDante]

So today I went for an EQ2 night at a friend's house, and he had mentioned that I could have his 32X if he could find it. We had fun going through the box of old Genesis stuff, and I gave him a spare NES RF and let him borrow my Model 1 Genesis AC until he gets one for his, leaving him with the necessary hookups for his Model 1. I told him I could definitely use the 32X since my Genesis 2 from ebay oddly came with two ACs, and I had an idea for the video passthrough cable.

He gave me:
32X - Unit only, has the plastic spacer but no metal shielding pieces, which is how he got it and had never used it
Star Wars Arcade (32X) - Cart only
Moto Cross Championship (32X) - Cart only
Mechwarrior 2 (PC) - CD only, and it's a version that I don't have (think I have 5x MW2 now!)

Stuff that he didn't want, for close to free. I brought the Mountain Dew and gave him an NES RF.


Behold, my improvised 32X cable! Yes, it works! No, it's not perfect! Output from the 32X is fine, but anything from the Genesis side of things is BLUE. Click the image for higher resolution.


I'll be fixing it tomorrow, along with my Sega CD, which blew a fuse (the one that's prone to failure). I can't wait to gaze upon a working setup of the Unholy Trio, in its triple-AC glory.

[DigitalSpace]

Got an SNES game today at a Play N Trade:

Super Street Fighter II (cart only) - $4.99

[otaku]

EB visit (first time in years!) did pretty well I think:
bulletwitch, the darkness, ninja blade, sonic ultimate genesis collection, 360 wifi adapter EB games card and mag subscription all for 50 bucks out of pocket I had some trades but my god what a deal I feel happy about this

Also picked up a atari jaguar boxed with 2 games today on ebay shipped for a total of 80 bucks. Not sure how good that is but it seems alright.

[sillyspheres]

Went to the Rayhnam Flea Market in Raynham, MA for the first time in about 15 years. Picked up Nobunaga's Ambition CIB (with map too!) for SNES KOEI collection for $20. Not too shabby.

I also saw Bubble Bobble Part II in person for the first time. The guy had two copies and wanted $100...

One vendor had a bunch of loose N64 manuals, but wanted $3 / per for them. No thanks, not when the games are barely worth that much.

[Joe West]

I dont know how you guys find stuff at a flea market, the only stuff i ever get is a face full of dust went the wind blows....."outdoor fleamarket"

[BIGMIKE]

so so stuff
ps2 atv offroad fury 2 $3
blue bible adventures cart $2
super mario land gb cart $2
Oddworld: Abe's oddysee guide $1

yeah Jess I know..

[NayusDante]

I stopped at the shops on my way home from class today, and my Atari got delivered just as I arrived home. Fun day!



$32 Atari lot:
2600 Jr - With AC, RCA cable, and RCA->Coax plug, works great! The clear plastic on the silver strip is STILL THERE! It's pretty clean too, so I'm very happy with it.
ET, Jungle Hunt, Joust, Pole Position, Battlezone - Great condition, labels look good aside from a few plastic-conforming indentations, all silver-label.
Two Joysticks - One has a kinda limp button, but I like using a Genesis pad better. I have some Atari stickers in my UT2004 case, should serve well to rebrand a 3-button pad.

Salvation Army:
GH Final Fantasy VII and VIII - $1.99/each
-Great condition here. FF8 looks unplayed beyond disc one, with only minor marking on disc one. FF7 has very minor marking on all three. Both manuals look untouched. FF8 is marked Square Enix, so it's the recent reprint I suppose. I haven't decided what to do with these yet, my friends will have first pick if I decide to sell though. I may keep them, since my copies have seen a LOT of use over the years.
Echo and the Bunnymen - $0.49

Goodwill - NOTHING, as usual
Saw some PC games, but nothing I really wanted. Mostly strategy. I can't justify impluse buys at $3.06/each.

Library - Cromartie High School vol 3 - $2
-Now I need vol 2...
Also saw a whole box of Robotech comics, from 80s through 90s (spinoffs and continuations), which I offered to take all if they could cut me a deal. The lady wanted to wait a week to see if they sell at $0.50 each, so it looks like I'll be stopping by after exams (darn, they remember me there now :P).
-Also keep seeing Burn Cycle (CDI). Would this be worth paying $3 just to emulate? It's been there for a year or so, and I'm probably the only one who'll ever care enough about it. Is it worth it?

Church Thrift:
Banjo Kazooie - $5
Mischief Makers - $5 - picked up for a friend

[Daft Punk]

At the sally

Clear blue Sony dual shock 2 controller $2


Target

Rock revolution ps3 $5

[sourday]

Snaged all of these deals off of Ohio Craigslist.

Yesterday I picked up 2 fully functional Virtual Boys and 12 games paid 50.00 for all

VB Games:

(X2) Mario Tennis
3D Tetris
V-Tetris (Japan import)
Mario Clash
Nester's Funky Bowling
Wario Land
Galatic Pinball
Red Alarm
Vertical Force (Japan Import)
Vertical Force
TeleroBoxer

Today I got 2 deals,

SNES with 7 games 2 controllers and all hookups 25.00

Games:
Killer Instinct
Super Mraio All*Stars
Super Mario World
Ken Griffet Jr. MLB
Street Fighter II
Donkey Kong County 3 Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
Krusty's Super Fun House


PSP Fat with 10 games and 1 movie paid 70.00
madden 08
nba live 09
grand theft auto vice stories
infected
family guy the game
socom 2 fireteam bravo
call of duty roads to victory
star wars battlefront 2
the godfather mob wars
star wars battlefront renegade squadron
the movie gridiron gang

[Kuros]

It's been a while I know...

GH Aerosmith and Guitar - $10 from Gamestop
Myst, X Wing vs Tie Fighter, Tie Fighter Collection - $1.50
Altered Beast, Kenseiden, Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Rastan (all complete) - $15

PSP shoulder carry case and 2gb Kingston SD card - $3
Phantasy Star 2 (complete with map and poster) - $5 (been looking for this for a while)
Grandia 2, Sonic Shuffle, Skies of Arcadia and Sonic Adventure 2 - $8
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (atari 2600) - $3 (Super rare game)

[Johnny Pow!]

Not much here... raw/loose TurboTap for my TurboGrafx-16 - $2.

[The 1 2 P]

Smackdown Vs Raw 2008(360)
TNA Impact(360)
Soul Calibur 4(360)
Mirror's Edge(360)
Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword(DS)

[sourday]

got everything below for 145.00, I really dont need it, but I just couldn't turn it down. I'll keep the Wii, coontrollers, SSBB and RE4; sell the rest on Ebay

-Anthony

[icarwngs55]

got everything below for 145.00

Where?

[Porksta]

Craigslist.

[sourday]

Where?

Akron/Canton Craigslist.

He wanted 275, said he needed cash to pay rent. I offered him 145, he even had all the receipts except for the Wii it self. He said he got it off of LowestDeals.com.