June 2009 Finds

[Steve W]

Hulen Street Store, that is about the only one I go to, I hit it about 3 times a week on my lunch break, it has been great recently.

That location's a bit far away from me, but they've always had something worth buying every time I've been there. I bought that Atari 2600 multiple cart changer there for five bucks and a couple Mexican/South American pirates just a few days ago. But now I know why there's not more stuff there. I guess I'll need to hit the ones around Dallas a bit more since you keep cleaning out that store!

[Tupin]

Not much in the way of finds, my CoCo games are taking forever to get here but should come tomorrow.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Not exactly a find, but remember the scanner I got last week? The one I needed drivers for?

Well, I figured I'd give installing the thing another shot... and guess what?

The damn thing installed itself after I plugged it in. What the hell.

Oh well. Makes for a good after-birthday self-present.

[otoko]

Most scanners require to be plugged in halfway though to install.\

Last two days finds of Goodwill Finds:

Ipod Mini (2nd Gen) Perfectly pink! 4.99$
Ipod Dock station (not pictured) 4.99$
Nintendo DS (with carry case and rumble pack) 34.99$
We Love Katamari 4.99$
The Legend of Zelda Collectors Edition 2.99$

[incubus421]

Very satisfying hour before work this morning:




Salvation Army:
- Marvel VS Capcom Clash of Super Heroes
- Marvel VS Capcom 2
- Resident Evil Code Veronica
each game had a yellow sticker on it "2.99", so I was expecting to pay $10, upon being rang up the chasier says all yellow stickers items are 50% off today, so these 3 for $4.78!

Pawn Shop:
- Resident Evil 2
- Snowboard Kids
- Snowboard Kids 2
all 3 for $10.00 even

[Deadman]

Very satisfying hour before work this morning:

Salvation Army:
- Marvel VS Capcom Clash of Super Heroes
- Marvel VS Capcom 2
- Resident Evil Code Veronica
each game had a yellow sticker on it "2.99", so I was expecting to pay $10, upon being rang up the chasier says all yellow stickers items are 50% off today, so these 3 for $4.78!

Wow! Now THAT is a good deal. I rarely find any DC stuff and when I do it usually has a "NFL" in the title. Looks like I need to head out today and look for some deals....

[The 1 2 P]

New 360 earpiece headset and Final Fantasy for Nes.

[Tupin]

Got my CoCo "games" in the mail today: Bingo Math (CIB), Color Scripsit, Bridge Tutor, and Spectaculator. Mainly got it for Color Scripsit.

Just got around to the C64 stuff I got for free a few days ago and found a green disk. It's made by a company called Entelekon, and it says "DEMONSTRATION DISK COPYRIGHT ENTELEKON 1987"

Any idea about what it is?

[SegaAges]

Not really a find, but I finally picked up Spore: Galactic Adventures today at Target. A few days back I got Prince of Persia for 360 for 15 from Target.

[Porksta]

I got the Street Fighter IV DVD that came with the collector's edition for $1.50

[Deadman]

Not really picture worthy, but my 8 year old son wanted a "Gamecube of his own" but he had a few specifics. He only wanted a platinum one with a platinum controller, a game or two would be nice, and he had a limit of only $20. I figured "good luck" but started searching Craigslist and found a listing that fit pretty well. It was for a GC console for $20. When I called she told me it was silver with a purple controller - no games. I told her that he wanted all silver, so she threw in one game and dropped it to $15. We decided to go check it out and when we got there he couldn't resist it, so we bought it. The game was True Crime New York, and there was also a platinum memory card. All for $15. Not bad.

Oh and one other thing. One of his friends has a black GC with a silver controller, so when we got home, they traded controllers! He took the purple GameStop controller and gave my son his Nintendo silver one so they are both happy!

[DigitalSpace]

Closed off the month with a find at a Value Village:

Dreamcast:
Pen Pen Trilcelon (new) - $4.99

[retrocollectorguy]

Nice score at Goodwill today!

Lethal Enforcers game and gun for (SNES) - $4
Sunset Riders game (SNES) - $2
Dance Dance Revolution sealed (PS2) - $2
Tetris, Wacky Races, Festers Quest, Bomberman (NES) all complete - $3 each

[Breetai]

Not really picture worthy, but my 8 year old son wanted a "Gamecube of his own" but he had a few specifics. He only wanted a platinum one with a platinum controller, a game or two would be nice, and he had a limit of only $20. I figured "good luck" but started searching Craigslist and found a listing that fit pretty well. It was for a GC console for $20. When I called she told me it was silver with a purple controller - no games. I told her that he wanted all silver, so she threw in one game and dropped it to $15. We decided to go check it out and when we got there he couldn't resist it, so we bought it. The game was True Crime New York, and there was also a platinum memory card. All for $15. Not bad.

Oh and one other thing. One of his friends has a black GC with a silver controller, so when we got home, they traded controllers! He took the purple GameStop controller and gave my son his Nintendo silver one so they are both happy!

That's kind of a cool story!

[namzep]

Got in a control panel overlay for Galaga and a famicom game that I had been waiting on the other day.

[ErmangelnSeelen]

That's kind of a cool story!

Yeah, sorta...I think it's kinda messed up the friend got the gamestop controller, but hey, if he won't know the difference then who cares?

[Breetai]

Yeah, sorta...I think it's kinda messed up the friend got the gamestop controller, but hey, if he won't know the difference then who cares?

Exactly! Everyone is happy!

[Xexyz]

Nice score at Goodwill today!

Tetris, Wacky Races, Festers Quest, Bomberman (NES) all complete - $3 each

Excellent score on the Wacky Races, a late NES release that's on the rare side. And it's an Atlus title to boot. Was it complete?

[Deadman]

Yeah, sorta...I think it's kinda messed up the friend got the gamestop controller, but hey, if he won't know the difference then who cares?

Just for clarification, he saw the "cool" purple and silver GS one and really wanted it, so the trade was pretty mutual. I pointed out to them both (and to the parents) that one was Nintendo and one was a knockoff brand but we all agreed that as long as both boys were happy, we were cool with it. And I told them that we will trade back if he ever wants it.

Honestly, they're in 2nd grade, so how it looks is more important than who made it, and that's why they traded.

[retrocollectorguy]

Excellent score on the Wacky Races, a late NES release that's on the rare side. And it's an Atlus title to boot. Was it complete?

Thanks. It was complete yes. Was thinking about selling it but its actually one of the best NES games Ive played! Never heard of it before!