July 2009 Finds

[chrissylas]

From Goodwill (all $3 a piece and complete):
FF7 Black label
Battle Arena Toshinden 2
Battle Arena Toshinden 3
Bushido Blade

Guides .50 each
NES Atlus
Nintendo Top Secret Passwords

From a pawn shop:
Tenchu Stealth assassins black label - $2
Lego Star Wars Original Trilogy (360) - $2

From Blockbuster sale for $15:
Bourne Conspiracy (360)
De Blob (Wii)

[glorfindel]

the goodwills also get a ton of jbl and logitech ipod docks but price them insane, like if the target price was 99, they price them at 70.

yea at my goodwill we get "greyware" code name for target crap. we pay target so much a month and they have to to send us so many pallets of stuff. sometimes we get price change salvage which is the good stuff or just random stuff or we get salvage salvage which is returned broken crap we try to sell. the managers are only allowed to price the greyware and they mostly they have to do half of the original retail price. which is why most target stuff is almost the same as the stores or my managers decide to be asshats and price it almost or the same as retail. or well thats what happens at my goodwill

[hellfire]

Goodwill seems to get a LOT of those copies of that one DS game too, rhythm something I think it's called. Don't remember off the top of my head.

And nice PS3 deal, that's pretty much highway robbery right there.

if its rythem heaven go buy all the copys, its still worth about 30 dollars and its also a very good game

[Flashback2012]

if its rythem heaven go buy all the copys, its still worth about 30 dollars and its also a very good game

It's probably the Agetec title Rhythm N' Notes.

The only store I was ever able to find it at was Kay-Bee Toys. Being a fan of old Agetec games, I snapped it up and haven't seen it since. It could be that some unsold copies ended up in Goodwill's lap.

[garagesaleking!!]

i also just remembered that last friday i picked up a complete final fantasy VII Greatest Hits Version, they said we have to charge you per disc, i was like wtf, so i had to pay $9, still a good find though.

[Baloo]

Nevermind, it wasn't called rhythm, it was this game:
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/search/S...=&year=&days=0

Went into a Goodwill over in Atlantic City to see like 3+ copies of this game in thier glass case.

[PapaStu]

It's probably the Agetec title Rhythm N' Notes.

The only store I was ever able to find it at was Kay-Bee Toys. Being a fan of old Agetec games, I snapped it up and haven't seen it since. It could be that some unsold copies ended up in Goodwill's lap.

I only ever saw it in KB's as well, but I got my copy off Amazon. Don't waste your time opening it. Complete and total garbage.

@ Baloo
That game is total garbage too. Don't waste your bucks on it.

[garagesaleking!!]

i was just in target and they had about 5 new copies of pokemon sapphire for gba for $17.48, i thought about getting a couple but passed.

[Kuros]

i was just in target and they had about 5 new copies of pokemon sapphire for gba for $17.48, i thought about getting a couple but passed.

Cool story bro.

[hellfire]

i was just in target and they had about 5 new copies of pokemon sapphire for gba for $17.48, i thought about getting a couple but passed.

They go for more than 18$

[wufners]

Nevermind, it wasn't called rhythm, it was this game:
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/search/S...=&year=&days=0

Went into a Goodwill over in Atlantic City to see like 3+ copies of this game in thier glass case.

The Goodwill in Renton, WA has a big ol' stack of these as well.
What's the deal with this game? Did it sit on retail shelves unsold for a year before stores just dumped them for the tax write off? Did they ever even make it into the normal distribution chain? Is it even worth asking and answering these questions for a game such as this?

[Pezcore343]

The Goodwill in Renton, WA has a big ol' stack of these as well.
What's the deal with this game? Did it sit on retail shelves unsold for a year before stores just dumped them for the tax write off? Did they ever even make it into the normal distribution chain? Is it even worth asking and answering these questions for a game such as this?

No these games aren't that old, maybe only from last fall. But yeah they don't really sell at all. During the holidays some people buy them for their daughters but that's about it.

[SEGA_Queen]

My latest thrift store finds:

Revenge of Shinobi (Sega Classics release, case and cart only) $2.99

The Art of Pokemon the First Movie $1.99 - I was reading this earlier today, and realized that the dialog in the book wasn't the same as english dub. (The book describes different parts of the movie with a bit of dialog from the scenes included as well.) The publishing info in the front of the book shows credits for translation and also states the following: "First published by Shogakukan, Inc. in Japan". This leads me to believe that the dialog shown in the book is actually translated from the Japanese version of the film.

Sega Game Gear Battery Pack $1.25 - It's missing the A/C adapter. However, I have a generic adapter that I've using with my GG for years without a problem. According to some directions I found online, I'm supposed to plug in the adapter, put the switch in the ON position, and let charge until the light goes out. I gave it a shot, and light did come on. I'll have to try giving it a proper charge tomorrow when I've more time.

[jeffg]

Lots of finds these past few days.

McVans' Video Games did a bunch of trading of my duplicate SNES carts, I traded all cart only for the following
Complete SNES games
Natsume Championship Wrestling
Super Valis IV
Pilotwings
Civilization
PTO
Secret of Evermore
Sim City 2000
Troddlers
Pinocchio
Super Buster Bros
Wordtris
Arkanoid Doh it again
Bonkers
Skyblazer
Mickey Mania
Operation Logic Bomb
Prehistorik Man
Robocop vs Terminator
Where in Tim is Carmen Sandiego
Jim Power in Lost Dimension
Scooby Doo Mystery
Mega Man X
Tecmo Super Bowl III

Genesis
Shining Force II with box
PHantasy STar IV with box
Contra Hard corps complete

Shining the Holy Ark for Saturn complete (traded Kartia and Mario Kart 64 cart only for this)
Suikoden PS1 complete (traded FF VII no manual for this)

Garage Sale $40 for all, all boxed and most complete
SNES
Super STar Wars
Super Return of the Jedi
Super Empire Strikes Back
X-men Mutant Apocalypse
UN Squadron
Rocky & Bullwinkle
PGA European Tour
Musya
Toys

Genesis
Mickey World of Illusion
Gunstar Heroes
Wonderboy in Monster World
Dashin Desparado's
Talespin
A Dinosaur's Tale
Alisia Dragoon

SMS
Bomber Raid
Ghostbusters

NES
Dizzy
Big Nose the Caveman


SMall Mom & pop game shop

$3.99 Mario Kart N64

$5.99 Suikoden disc only
$5.99 Suikoden II disc only

$5.99 Chrono Cross Black Label complete

Mario 64 $4.99

Banjo Tooie $4.99

Space Invaders 64 $4.99



Another mom & pop shop

Final Fantasy NES complete $7.99

Tecmo Bowl original complete NES $1.99

Pushover SNES complete $5.99

Mario is Missing SNES with box $6.99

Bomberman 64 2nd Attack Complete and Mint $15 and Karaoke Revolution for PS2

Been a good 4 days so far, I have about 3 other mom & pop video game stores to hit up still. I love being on vacation

[hellfire]

I went to buybacks and gamestop

from buybacks (I got my flinstones suprise at dinosaur peak at buybacks)

great baseball (cib) 2$ (sms)
after burner (cib) 2$ (sms)
world grand prix free (sms)
tempo (32x) 2$
super game boy 2$
hang on & astro warrior (cib) free
de blob (wii) (cib) 14$
the monkey king (wii) (cib) 3$
super magnetic neo (dreamcast) (cib) 4$
drowning pool sinner 5$
korn take a look in the mirror 3$
korn follow the leader 5$

from gamestop
overlord 2 figure (free)
damnation concept art (free)
little league baseball 2009 (free)

[mobiusclimber]

Man, jeffg, let me know if you're planning on selling/trading those two disc-only Suikoden games.

[Ryaan1234]

Dug around at my local Salvation Army and found Defender, Fishing Derby, Berzerk, and Combat for the Atari 2600. They were bundled together and $1 for all 4. I usually wouldn't buy some common Atari 2600 games that I already had, but they were all picture labels and in very nice shape, which I thought was a good reason to pick them up. I also found Aqua Teen Hunger Force volume 1 for $1 which was nice.

[Shaq-Funaki]

Had a nice haul today at the local flea market before work:



-Revenge of Shinobi Sega Classic Version (complete) GEN

-The Lion King (boxed) GEN

-Sonic (boxed but with a golden axe ii manual ) GEN

-Sonic 2 (Complete with 2 manuals ) GEN

-Kirby's Avalance (cart) SNES

-Kirby's Adventure (cart) NES

-Spy Hunter (cart) NES

TOTAL: $15

First guy had a bunch of games for $3-5 each. I grabbed a bunch of games CIF $10 he countered with $20. I countered with $15. He said no. Started to walk away and he changed his mind.



-Jurassic Park (complete) GEN

-Dick Tracy (Boxed) GEN

-Sonic 3 (Cart) GEN

-6-Pak (cart) GEN

TOTAL: $8

Second person had Genesis games for $3 each, I offered $8, they accepted. Left a bunch of sports games.



-Sonic & Knuckles (cart) GEN

-Shinobi III (cart) GEN

TOTAL: $5



Third person had a bunch of Madden 90 somethings and other sports games. Picked these 2 out CIF'd $5 which was accepted.



I saw another vendor with good genesis games (Strider, Vectorman 1/2, Strider, Comix Zone, and so on but at $15 each and immune to CIF, I had to pass)



I think it was a pretty good haul for me even though it's not as good as some. I wanted to started a Genesis collection recently and I think this gave me a good start. I got the 4 main sonic games and some other good games.

[c0ldb33r]

Had a nice haul today at the local flea market before work:

A flea market on a Tuesday? I've never heard of that unless it was a civic holiday.

[skaar]

Dude what does CIF mean?

"(Strider, Vectorman 1/2, Strider, Comix Zone, and so on but at $15 each and immune to CIF, I had to pass)"