July 2009 Finds

[misfits859]

Goodwill find today:

Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES) $2.50
Eternal Champions Power Guide (GEN) .50

[joshnickerson]

How did you end up finding the US versions of 3 of the games, but the Japanese version of Super Mario Land?

Well, I stopped at a random yard sale, right outside a trailer park. The guy at the table looked pretty grimey, like he hadn't showered in weeks, with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and a NASCar baseball cap covering up his salt and pepper hair. It was mostly old tools and such, but there was one box to the side partly concealed by an old "Bud Lite" neon sign. Inside was an assortment of SNES and N64 games, along with the two Japanese Gameboy titles. I grabbed the two games, and started shifting through the loose carts, and Mr. Grimey walked over.

"Thems tapes is two fer five," he muttered, his mouth half closed from holding the cigarette in place with his chapped lips. "They used to belong to my "son", but he decided he was too good for me and went off to (he used his hands for air quotes at this point) 'College'." So I'm sellin' the shit he left behind.

I picked up the pace shifting through the games, cause this guy was giving me the creeps. He then noticed I had the two Japanese games in my hands. His eyes narrowed.

"That's them devil language games he had too. Didn't care for 'em bein' in the house. I say if it's not in the language the bible was written in, it's devil language."

Not wanting to start a religious argument with the guy, I stayed silent and shifted through the last of the SNES games. He grabbed my wrist and looked into my eyes. His lazy eye gazed somewhere towards the highway.

"You ain't one o them devil worshippers, are ya boy?"

"N-n-no sir!" I said, starting to panic. I did NOT want to get murdered today.

I quickly grabbed the two SNES games and asked how much for everything. Despite the fact he suspected I was the son of the devil, nothing is more influential than the almighty dollar that can be used to acquire booze.

"Ten bucks for them tapes and them devil games."

I handed him a ten, walked quickly to my car and locked the door. As I pulled away, I could see him in the rearview mirror talking to some other trailer trash, pointing at my car as I disappeared down the dirt road. As I sped up and veered back onto the interstate, I vowed I'd never venture down that road again.

....

Or I just got the games off of eBay. But my story is much more interesting.

[hellfire]

Well, I stopped at a random yard sale, right outside a trailer park. The guy at the table looked pretty grimey, like he hadn't showered in weeks, with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and a NASCar baseball cap covering up his salt and pepper hair. It was mostly old tools and such, but there was one box to the side partly concealed by an old "Bud Lite" neon sign. Inside was an assortment of SNES and N64 games, along with the two Japanese Gameboy titles. I grabbed the two games, and started shifting through the loose carts, and Mr. Grimey walked over.

"Thems tapes is two fer five," he muttered, his mouth half closed from holding the cigarette in place with his chapped lips. "They used to belong to my "son", but he decided he was too good for me and went off to (he used his hands for air quotes at this point) 'College'." So I'm sellin' the shit he left behind.

I picked up the pace shifting through the games, cause this guy was giving me the creeps. He then noticed I had the two Japanese games in my hands. His eyes narrowed.

"That's them devil language games he had too. Didn't care for 'em bein' in the house. I say if it's not in the language the bible was written in, it's devil language."

Not wanting to start a religious argument with the guy, I stayed silent and shifted through the last of the SNES games. He grabbed my wrist and looked into my eyes. His lazy eye gazed somewhere towards the highway.

"You ain't one o them devil worshippers, are ya boy?"

"N-n-no sir!" I said, starting to panic. I did NOT want to get murdered today.

I quickly grabbed the two SNES games and asked how much for everything. Despite the fact he suspected I was the son of the devil, nothing is more influential than the almighty dollar that can be used to acquire booze.

"Ten bucks for them tapes and them devil games."

I handed him a ten, walked quickly to my car and locked the door. As I pulled away, I could see him in the rearview mirror talking to some other trailer trash, pointing at my car as I disappeared down the dirt road. As I sped up and veered back onto the interstate, I vowed I'd never venture down that road again.

....

Or I just got the games off of eBay. But my story is much more interesting.

what games did you get?

[Ye0ldmario]

Isn't is fun coming across strange characters at flea markets? All the people over here are okay I guess, except they want an arm and a leg for stuff. I saw phantasy Star III boxed and complete today, the guy said, "that one's 30 bucks, it's worth alot on ebay". I spotted megaman 5 and 6. "part 6 is 25 and part 5 is 20, those are both rare". As I walked away, guy mumbles "I know my games".

I don't know how people expect to get top dollar ebay prices at a damn junk-ridden flea market.

[Kitsune Sniper]

....

Or I just got the games off of eBay. But my story is much more interesting.

*slaps you*

ASSHOLE. D:

[Sonicwolf]

"it's worth alot on ebay".

Thus ends level headed thinking and reasonable, well-priced hobbies.

[Goodwill Hunter]

Saturday Rummage Results:



Found a rummage that had lots of gaming stuff. While most of the consoles were hideously overpriced (PS1 $40, N64 $50) the individual games were cheap.

6 N64 games, loose but in great shape, $2 each

PS1 FFVII, no book, $2

Boxed GBC $5

At a resale shop got a complete Genesis Championship Pool for the manual my collection has long been missing, and mixed in with some loose Genesis carts, found a SegaCD backup RAM cart for $1.99 at a Goodwill. A good end to a pretty good week for me.

Rich

[Sonicwolf]

PS1 FFVII, no book, $2

Oh damn you. I have yet to find FFVII for less than 35 bucks. Those are some great finds.

[garagesaleking!!]

These are all my finds from the weekend, i forgot to put final fantasy VIII, tomba, bomberman, and the complete snes games i got in the pictures. Also i did not picture a lot of the non gaming stuff i got.

All nes and snes games were .50, yes .50 for super mario rpg, the windows xp was $1, i put the microsoft office 2007 disc and vista professional disc in the big sleeve and paid $1 for all 3. The 2 discs in sleeves have the key code stickers on the back of the sleeves.

The 360 games were at the flea market, it was at a regulars booth and as you can see he had prices on them, they were surrounded by like 4000 dvds. There was a small sign by their booth that said all games $5 real small at the bottom. I asked the guy if that was right and he said we decided to quit selling games and want to get rid of them. So all 360 games were $5 each. Since i bought 9 he threw in a free on so i got panzer dragoon. The mercenaries was $2 at another booth. I am going to sell the halo 3 and rock band and that will basically pay for the lot. The rest ill try out, keep what i want, and then sell what i dont like. The n64 controllers were $1 each. I figured the gold ones are pretty rare. The 360 controller was marked $6, i got it for half off at an estate sale so it was $3.

Does anyone know what that xbox plug i pictured is? i cant figure it out?

[Ye0ldmario]

and how much was that lot?

[Porksta]

Does anyone know what that xbox plug i pictured is? i cant figure it out?

That would be an original Xbox power supply. Some Xboxes had overheating problems and the cords would scorch or possibly set fire to the home. So you typed in your manf. date and they sent you one of those as a replacement.

[Tupin]

Decent purchases today:

Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)-$3
Dragon Power (NES)-$3
Seaman (DC, Japanese, no mic)-$5
Two blank, sealed cassettes-$1

Thought it was just an okay day until I realized Super Mario Bros. 2 is the version with the full pin set.

[garagesaleking!!]

I figured it was just a regular xbox power supply from the overheating days but was not sure.

[Breetai]

"That's them devil language games he had too. Didn't care for 'em bein' in the house. I say if it's not in the language the bible was written in, it's devil language."

Send him a Japanese Bible in the mail.

Nice story.

[SEGA_Queen]

Woo Hoo! I finally got a copy of Suikoden II! I bought off of Craigslist for $90. Yeah, I know it's not super cheap, but I recently got a tax rebate (Thank you Government of Canada!), so I figured I'd splurge a little. The game's complete, but the seller did mention that the disc was resurfaced by EB games before he bought it. It's got ugly swirly marks on the bottom, but it plays fine, so I'm not complaining.

From what I've played so far, it think it was worth the cost. The funny thing is, I'm enjoying Suikoden II, more so than III or V. Maybe it's because I prefer 2D RPGs.

[darkslime]

My finds for July so far:
sorry for not posting them earlier, been busy.

Network Adaptor - $21.49 @ local store in huntington indiana

Network adaptor NIB x2 - $11.25 each at record and tape traders in rehoboth beach delaware

KOTOR missing manual
KOTOR II missing manual
Resident Evil Zero CIB
Eternal Darkness CIB
$22.98 total at movie gallery

Yard Sale Finds:
Small Ephiphone amp - $4

Beat up silver Gamecube with power cord, two controllers, and a 251 memory card - $1

N64 with cords, jumper pak, 2 controllers, and these games (all cart only):

Conker's Bad Fur Day
Banjo Kazooie
Super Smash Bros
Goldeneye
Nightmare Creatures
Turok 3
NBA Live 99
Rampage 2
Duke Nukem Zero Hour
Chef's Luv Shack
Armorines
Monster Truck Madness 64
Fighting Force 64
XG2
Perfect Dark
Forsaken 64
Bio Freaks
Star Wars Rogue Squadron
Resident Evil 2
Turok 2
NBA Jam 99
Zelda OoT
WWF Attitude
NFL QB Club 98

Genesis Games (all cart only):
Ms. Pac Man
Sonic Classics
Pac Man 2
Tom and Jerry Frantic Antics

Pokemon Colliseum Bonus Disc (did this come with a manual?)
.hack// Infection (complete)
Legend of Dragoon (GH, missing manual)

$28 for everything I just listed starting from the N64

PS2:
Motorcross Mania 3 (complete)
Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom (GH, missing manual)
NFS Underground (complete)
IHRA Drag Racing (missing manual)
Max Payne (GH, missing manual)
Freekstyle (GH, complete)
Fantastic 4 (GH, complete)
Hitman Trilogy (all complete with a slipcover for the three games)
Ghost Recon (complete)

It was $6 for all of those PS2 games

some FF PS2 demos and legend of dragoon demo all mint - $8 shipped via gametz

black wonderswan and final fantasy edition wonderswan color - $19.50 shipped from Japan on gametz

elfen lied and full metal panic complete collections - $40 shipped via gametz

I probably missed a few.

[Malon_Forever]

n64 controllers were $1 each

If you are looking to sell either of those controllers, you have a buyer right here !

[garagesaleking!!]

i cant seem to remember if pokemon colleseum bonus disc had a manual, i am about 80% sure it did, i had one a few months back.

How much do you wanna give me for the n64 controllers?

[darkslime]

Thanks garagesaleking.
Someone on another site told me it just had like a 2 page ad insert, not sure.

[Pezcore343]

Picked up a couple of more cheap GameBoy games today:

Quarth - $1
Qix - $0.75
4 in 1 Funpack Volume II - $1.25
Quest Fantasy Challenge - $0.50

Also Picked up Stretch Panic in box for $2. No manual though.