June 2009 Finds

[Steve W]

Hit a bunch of thrifts in the area, found nothing at all. I got frustrated and decided to drive far out of my usual range and re-hit a bunch I went to last week, because I wanted to see if they still had a Shogun Warrior toy I found at a store there. Sure enough, it was still there, missing spring-loaded fist and all. I also bought Defenders of Oasis for the Game Gear, Samurai Shodown 2 and Metal Slug 1st Mission for the Neo-Geo Pocket Color. Then I came across a Coleco Electronic Quarterback handheld, still turned on from the last brat that messed with it. The Shogun Warrior was $3.19, the game carts were $5.19 each, and the Coleco handheld was $2.19.

At another thrift I found the longbox Jumping Flash for the Playstation for $5.19 (complete), at a Goodwill I bought the Robotech VJ-19 Changer model (still shrinkwrapped!) for $1.99, and at a used game store down the street I bought this American Laser Games light gun labeled "Sega CD compatible" for $7.99. But to me, especially from the plug, it looks to be a 3DO light gun. I don't know if light guns were interchangeable between the Genesis and the 3DO, so I don't know if it's compatible. Maybe I'm just hoping it's 3DO compatible, since I have a lot of shooting games for the console. Can anyone confirm what this is?


Edit: If anyone's looking for manga books translated into Filipino, let me know. I found a store with heaps of 'em. Although half of them seemed to be based on the cartoon Case Closed (I think that's it's name, or Detective Conan or something?).

[Sonicwolf]

Today I picked up Dynasty Warriors for PSP ($4.99 CDN) and Seasons 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Star Trek TNG on DVD ($29.99 CDN each)

You SON OF A---

Just kidding... But really, the Futureshop near my place sells those TNG box sets... all for 79 bucks still. ridiculous. They have only been out for what? 8 Years?

[jcalder8]

Today I picked up Dynasty Warriors for PSP ($4.99 CDN) and Seasons 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Star Trek TNG on DVD ($29.99 CDN each)

Where did you find TNG?

[Kuros]

Starting off the month good

Capcom vs SNK, Starlancer and Fighting Force 2 - $12
Diddy Kong Racing, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo Kazooie and Time Crisis - $10
Professor Layton - Traded for

[Flashback2012]

Where did you find TNG?

I was in Wal-Mart the other night looking for computer related stuff (probably not the best place to look but the only place open at that hour) and I happened upon a few of the TNG seasons in their TV/Boxsets section.

[xnowandtheworldx]

So far i've got;

Saturday Night Slam Masters(Genesis) - loose $1
Jeapordy/Wheel of Fortune/Family Fued(Genesis) - CIB $1 each
Radioshack Electronic TV Scoreboard(Light Gun, controller etc.) - CIB $1

so it's not off to a bad start, I got them all at GW btw.
Lets hope tomorrow is a good day for me!

[Daft Punk]

Very slim finds so far but Im going hunting today so we will see.


Jvc x-eye with 3 genesis controllers and original power supply $5
Loose goldeneye 64 $1

[c0ldb33r]

Jvc x-eye with 3 genesis controllers and original power supply $5

Really? Wow. Great find!

Does it work?

[Daft Punk]

Really? Wow. Great find!

Does it work?

yup and thats the 2nd one I have found in the wild this year.

I still need to test it but it looks promising.



It's weird , I never see TG16 stuff , saturn , jag , 3do stuff but I can find 2 of these within a few months from the same place.

[c0ldb33r]

You SON OF A---

Just kidding... But really, the Futureshop near my place sells those TNG box sets... all for 79 bucks still. ridiculous. They have only been out for what? 8 Years?

Where did you find TNG?

Sorry guys - I didn't see that someone responded to my post. I got them at Costco. They had plenty more. I'd suggest that you check out your local Costco and see if they have them there.

I'm told that they had seasons 1, 2 and 3 as well, but they sold out. That's fine. I don't really care for seasons 1 and 2 anyway

I was also told by a Costco employee to keep an eye on these prices and that they may be reduced in the near future. If they're reduced in 30 days from purchase they'll give you the difference back.

[The 1 2 P]

I don't really care for seasons 1 and 2 anyway

But, but....season 1 had Tasha Yar. Surely she's worth, I mean, that seasons worth owning

[camarotuner]

All bought at a local shop for $1.50 each. All NES, cart only, solid labels and no writing. Including 2 R5's according to the DP list I'm working off of.

Airwolf, Astyanax, Captain Skyhawk, Casino Kid, Code Name Viper, Demon Sword, Festers Quest, Fighting Golf, Golf, Greg Norman Golf Power, Gyromite, Ice Hockey, Infiltrator, Iron Tank, Jeopardy, Metal Mech, Milons Secret Castle, NES Play Action Football, Rad Racer, Sky Shark, Silent Service, Solar Jetman, Solstice, Super Spike V'Ball/Nintendo World Cup, To The Earth, Top Gun, Top Gun Second Mission, Wheel of Fortune, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Xexyz

This coupled with the trade I just pulled off here puts me at about 50 NES games. Still along way to go, but it's a start.

[Kitsune Sniper]

(Hosted at my website because some idiots used up all my Photobucket bandwidth)

The Genny games are complete and in decent shape, except for Zombies, which has passwords written in the manual (ugh!).

Mana was pretty cheap, too. I'll probably sell it on eBay.

[NayusDante]

Here's my recent Dreamcast additions. most of which I listed in last month's thread. Most of this arrived today, but I haven't photographed it or noted condition.

Prices include what I paid for shipping.

Purchased individually, received recently:


Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram - $10.66
Soul Calibur - $11.49
Bomberman Online - $6.84
Quake III - $6
Grandia II (Includes Soundtrack) - $15
Skies of Arcadia - $19.49


Lot:


The listing stated free shipping, BIN $53, but she accepted $40. I asked her to put it in another box for shipping, or at least wrap it in brown paper (I didn't want tape and stickers all over my DC box), but she didn't get the memo until after she shipped it. Now I have tape and stickers all over a DC box. Oh well, it's still nice to have. Considering how much it cost to ship ($14), I'm not going to complain.

Dreamcast - kinda grimy, needs to be wiped down; works fine, either stays as a spare or goes to Play N Trade to recoup some of what I paid
Two controllers, clear-black and white, each with a matching VMU, not as grimy as the console; if the black one cleans up nice, it'll become my main controller
Documentation, sealed Web Browser 2.0, sealed phone cable; I'm tempted to put the Sega Net ad on my wall

Carrier
Toy Commander
NHL2K, NFL2K1, NBA2K, World Series Baseball 2K1
Seaman - complete save for the case back insert >_<, microphone cover has hair in it (...o_O); I really don't want to buy a whole other copy, so if anybody has a spare case for this...


Games that arrived today:


Bought Tetris from one guy, and he offered to list the other DC games he had for me, and counteroffer on Evil Dead, which I had offered on just before it ended. It broke down thusly:
Q*Bert - $9
Evil Dead - $8
Namco Museum - $9
The Next Tetris - $5.50
Slave Zero - $3
Chu Chu Rocket - $4

Lot:
Sonic Adventure 2
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
NBA 2K

The listing on this one wasn't too great. The photo only showed Sonic Adventure 2, and the description stated "THEY ARE IN CASES AND 2 HAVE MANUALS." I figured, Sonic and NBA are complete, I'll trade Soul Reaver toward a complete one. Nope! They definitely have wear, and the intro to Soul Reaver just cut out, but I'm sure I can buff it out. Sonic Adventure 2 plays fine from what I saw. Not bad for $2.17 each. I swear though, this voice in the beginning of Soul Reaver... It's... Captain Saladin from King's Quest VI?


Lastly, House of the Dead 2 - $3.99
...IT SMELLS AWFUL. I had to move this one to a different room, it REEKS of cologne, or something. Seriously, I'm having trouble breathing around it! It's in good condition, but that ODOR is nauseating!

[ScourDX]

Stuff I picked up this week



Mana Khemia PSP - $12
Fire Emblem DS - $12
Star Ocean: 2nd Evolution - $12
(All 3 games from Craiglists and I am not sure why the seller selling them for cheap)

Without warning - $2



4 HD-DVD for $20
Spiderman 3 Bluray for $9.89

[c0ldb33r]

Lastly, House of the Dead 2 - $3.99
...IT SMELLS AWFUL. I had to move this one to a different room, it REEKS of cologne, or something. Seriously, I'm having trouble breathing around it! It's in good condition, but that ODOR is nauseating!

ewwww...

nice Dreamcast lot though.

[NayusDante]

It doesn't smell as bad this morning. Well, it still smells but it doesn't fill the room anymore. Kinda odd because two others have water damaged manuals, others broken hinges, etc. Out of all of the games, I think HOTD2 was in the best condition, aside from the funky smell.

[heybtbm]

Here's my recent Dreamcast additions.

Slow down man. Take some time to enjoy your new DC collection. Sheesh.

[bangtango]

GAME BOY ADVANCE
-F1 Tomcat (cart only): $2.50 at Movie Gallery


PLAYSTATION 2
-Madden 2003 (complete): $2
-Madden 2004 (complete): $2
-NBA Shootout 2004 (complete): $2


Overpaid for the Madden's but I was in an antique store which doesn't usually sell video games, only to come across some PS2 stuff "hidden" on a shelf. Nothing else of note in there, so I grabbed them since they were the only games there.

[Kitsune Sniper]

It doesn't smell as bad this morning. Well, it still smells but it doesn't fill the room anymore. Kinda odd because two others have water damaged manuals, others broken hinges, etc. Out of all of the games, I think HOTD2 was in the best condition, aside from the funky smell.

I always stumble upon smelly games like that (well, not with cologne). I normally leave them in the upstairs room so they air out for a few days. It works well.

Sometimes I have to get rid of the boxes, though, there's no fixing -some- stuff. :\