December 2009 Finds

[Kitsune Sniper]

I am from Mexico... it's just a little northeast of Columbia.

I found the games I posted about down around Osage Beach though.

... There's a place called Mexico, Missouri? O_o

Edit: OMG there is! Hahahaha.

[darkslime]

Excellent day today!

My cousin woke me up at 8 am this morning and asked if I wanted to go to a swap meet and I was pissed, but it turned out to be great! He wanted to go to one we had never been to before way on the edge of town that's owned by the indian reservation. This place was a dump, it looked like we were in some town in a 3rd world country, all the stores were sheds built out of pieces of scrapped plywood. There was a truck completely covered in junk that I didn't even realize there was a truck under it until I saw the wheels on the bottom, should have took a pic of that.

We also decided to hit up some pawns thrifts etc on the way back. Here's what I got:



That entire lot of Genesis games was $5! The guy said they have been sitting there forever and he just wanted them gone. All are complete except for Mortal Kombat II which comes with no cover art and oddly the manual for the SNES version of MKII. All have rain damaged outer boxes but the carts are excellent condition!

They are:
Ghouls N Ghosts
Phantasy Star II
Streets of Rage
NFL College Football 94
Wonder Boy in Monster World
Phantasy Star III
Technocop
Dark Castle
Phantasy Star (SMS)
Whip Rush
Streets of Rage 2
Mortal Kombat II
Altered Beast
Super Street Fighter II

Here's all the other stuff I got:



Other stuff from the swap meet:
Ghostbusters (PS2) - $3
Parasite Eve + Phelios - $5
Gunstar Heroes missing manual - $3
Monster Rancher 3 disc only - $5
Polywhirl Pokemon Figure - $1

EZ Pawn:
Super Mario 64 - $5
Pokemon Stadium 2 - $5
Pokemon FireRed - $5
Obscure - $6
Resistance 2 - $15

Video Express:
F1 Championship Edition - $17.99

Another EZ Pawn:
F1 Championship - $10
DBZ Seasons 2 and 3 - $8 each

GS:
My World My Way gutted - $16 (used $15 GC I bought for $11)

Sorry for the crappy pics

I'm planning on picking up A LOT of stuff for my collection this week, 1200 profit on ebay just last week, i love the christmas season!

[InsaneDavid]

Very nice machine. Can I ask the physical dimensions? I'm just curious as to how "mini" it is but it looks fairly large. Difficult to tell from the pics without a common frame of reference like someone standing next to it.

Very true. It looks full size because it's a pretty solid replica but yeah, it's about half size, here's a picture for reference...



The control panel height is perfect for sitting at it in a chair. It should turn out to be a really nice vertical MAME cabinet.

[Cornelius]

Very true. It looks full size because it's a pretty solid replica but yeah, it's about half size, here's a picture for reference...

The control panel height is perfect for sitting at it in a chair. It should turn out to be a really nice vertical MAME cabinet.

That thing is just too cool. Was that a regular production type item, or was this a more custom deal? Man am I jealous. Nice find.

Also, nice shoes. Wish there was a galaga version.

[InsaneDavid]

That thing is just too cool. Was that a regular production type item, or was this a more custom deal? Man am I jealous. Nice find.

It's hard to say, no one at the school seems to know anything about them other than "they were donated years ago." I'm guessing they were probably made in small batches since each cabinet has pencil writing on the inside and back door that correspond to the phonetic alphabet. Pac-Man is Charlie, the Galaga still there is Hotel and the one I have is Golf. The work inside is pretty damn professional. They mounted the boards from the plug and plays inside and then ran all the wires to a CAT5 jack. The arcade control side runs to another jack and then they are tied together via a coupler. If I was to guess I'd say it was someone doing small custom jobs. However one would assume there would be some kind of maker's mark somewhere on the cabinet but there's nothing anywhere.

Also, nice shoes. Wish there was a galaga version.

Usually only wear those at California Extreme.

[understatement]

Systems:
Coleco CIB (box has seen better days)
Coleco expansion #1 (Atari 2600)

Games:
Quest for Quintana Roo (CIB)
Spy Hunter (CIB)
Antarctic Adventure (CIB)
Burger Time (CIB)
Ken Uston Black Jack/Poker (CIB)
Bump 'n' Jump (CIB)
Fortune Builder (CIB)

All of the carts have there manuals most have there overlays

Oil"s Well
BC's Quest for Tires 2
Congo Bongo
2010
Tapper
War Games
Space Fury
Time Pilot
Mr. Do!
Omega Race
Space Panic
D.K.
D.K. Jr.
Carnival
Q*bert

All for $60

[Tupin]

... There's a place called Mexico, Missouri? O_o

Edit: OMG there is! Hahahaha.

There's also a California, Cuba, and Knob Lick in Missouri.

[HurricaneAndrew]

There's also a California, Cuba, and Knob Lick in Missouri.

What about Paris and Cairo? lol

[Ryaan1234]

What about Paris and Cairo? lol

Ummm... There's a Paris, TX and a Rhome, TX. (Does the second one count?)

[fastlane250]

Got these at an auction yesterday for $6 total:

2600 games:
Missile Command
Space Invaders
Football
Night Driver

N64 games (all boxed)
Pokemon Puzzle League
Yoshi's Story
Fifa 98

PSX game:
Resident Evil: DC (missing RE2 demo disk)

Gamecube game:
BMX XXX

PC Game:
F.E.A.R.

I also got some random CDs and DVDs, pretty good for 6 bucks.

[BenG76]

Went to a local flea market today to see a vendor that is always selling games there. She has pretty reasonable prices and I sometimes take her my doubles and she usually trades me even.I took 7 games with me and traded for:
Bible Adventures
Karate Kid
Wrestlemania steel cage challenge
Wheres Waldo
1942
Astyanax
Back to the future

I saw another vendor that had a few games as well and picked up Kirbys Adventure for $5 and Gyromite for $3. Cool thing about the Gyromite was when I got it home and took it apart it had the Famicom adapter thing in it so I was pretty stoked about finding that.
I needed all of the games I picked up today and I am up to about 220 different NES games so far in my collection.

[wufners]

I found an XBox 360 remote at Goodwill for $1.99.

It's silly, because I don't use my 360 for movies and don't need a remote, but this pleases my greatly.

[Atarileaf]

Very true. It looks full size because it's a pretty solid replica but yeah, it's about half size, here's a picture for reference...


The control panel height is perfect for sitting at it in a chair. It should turn out to be a really nice vertical MAME cabinet.

Thanks for the pic. That is a very nice machine. I didn't even know those existed. Excellent score for a few hours of your time. Congrats!

[Deadman]

Ummm... There's a Paris, TX and a Rhome, TX. (Does the second one count?)

Don't forget about Italy, TX and Palestine, TX. And of course, down here in Texas we jacked with the pronunciations:

Italy is pronounced IT-lee (2 syllables, not 3)
Palestine is pronounced PAL-uh-steen

[understatement]

I found an XBox 360 remote at Goodwill for $1.99.

It's silly, because I don't use my 360 for movies and don't need a remote, but this pleases my greatly.

Isn't the 360 remote a Logitech Harmony if it is then you should look up what all that thing can do. I got one when thay first came out and love it. The best thing about it is it can turn on like five things at once and auto change the channel of the TV with one button. It does take some time to program but after that it's all good. Maybe it's the tec. geek in me but that thing is definitely worth it!

[Ryaan1234]

>_> Hey don't look at me. I own Pesterminator, Tagin' Dragon, and Captain Comic (upside down label lol, as well as boxed) in blue and Exodus and Bible Adventures in black.

I did mention that Bible Adventures is really common, but I think the blue cased version is really hard to find, as all of the Bible Adventures I've ever seen is in black.

If anyone sees these unlicensed games in the wild BUY THEM. I've watched them steadily go up in value over the past few years and I predict the ones that are more uncommon now will be rarer in the future and likewise the common ones will go towards the uncommon side.

Speaking of unlicensed games, I got Baby Boomer and Mission Cobra, both blue cart versions, for $4.95 each at a local game store (Games N' Things).

[Kitsune Sniper]

Don't forget about Italy, TX and Palestine, TX. And of course, down here in Texas we jacked with the pronunciations:

Italy is pronounced IT-lee (2 syllables, not 3)
Palestine is pronounced PAL-uh-steen

Yes, but you're Texans, you can't even speak proper English.

[Ryaan1234]

Yes, but you're Texans, you can't even speak proper English.

You wouldn't even believe how the city name "Mexia" is pronounced

(Muh-hey-yuh)

[hellfire]

I traded a cart only earthbound and $15 for


2 sega genesis protos (longbords, sports games)
a cib MINT not for resale fire emblem
and a dino crisis beta

[pseudonym]

I seen a Mission Cobra cart at the flea market last week for $30, I considered buying it as trade bait. I ended finding another SEI Impossible Mission 2 boxed at another flea the same day.

Bunch Games' and later Color Dreams' games are hard to find boxed in decent condition, most of them seem trashed when I see them on ebay.

Other ridiculous variants out there, 3/5 screw and "cut"/"square" AVE cart collectors.