March 2010 Finds

[Dr. Dib]

My parents were nice enough to take me out game shopping to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of my birth. Thanks Mom and Dad!

Well anyway here's just a rundown of what I got:

Dr. Mario (NES) CIB - $3.99 (box is a bit worn on the back, but still looks good)
Samba De Amigo (Wii) New - $5 (Toys R US was overstocked)
Wario Land (GB) - $3.99 (Even got a nice little case)
Magic Carpet (Saturn) CIB - $5.99 (box is broken like many boxes)

I looked up Magic Carpet and it seemed like it was a Saturn cult classic. Th e other games I bought because I had interest in them.

I also ran across a Panasonic 3D for $80, Turbografx 16 for $80, and an Atari 7800 for $50 in one game store, but I wasn't wanting to spend that much. I found it a bit odd that the store put Turbografx 16 CDs on top of the Turbografx though. it was just a plain console without the add-on. If it was the duo for that price I would have probably jumped.

[thetoxicone]

Picked up Lunar 2 for PS1 from a guy on craigslist for $15 (missing manual but they said call if found since they just moved into town)

[BetaWolf47]

From thrift stores:

- Monster Rancher: Volume 6 (VHS. In very good condition): $1

This was a surprise; I haven't seen the show in well over a decade, and stumbled onto a VHS tape of a few episodes. On Amazon, it's one of the tapes of the series that people are selling for well over $30, which makes the price I got it at even more of a steal.

I didn't even know it was released on VHS! That gives me something extra to look out for. Been trying to get into the series, but the method that shall not be named here only produces low-quality videos.

[DDCecil]

Loose SNES Console with a "Non Tested" sticker on it for $2. Cleaned up all the dirt off of it and it works like a charm (I had an extra AC adapter, RF switch, and controller).

[buzz_n64]

Loose SNES Console with a "Non Tested" sticker on it for $2. Cleaned up all the dirt off of it and it works like a charm (I had an extra AC adapter, RF switch, and controller).

What's up with that super mario world? is it just a relabel, pirate, or proto cart?

[DDCecil]

It's my SMW hack on cartridge. Decided to use it to test the system.

What's up with that super mario world? is it just a relabel, pirate, or proto cart?

[Steve W]

Serious? I knew I should have grabbed them for you when I got the rest of them. The kid wouldn't have known a thing and may not have even bumped the price on me. Sorry about that!

Yeah, I wish you'd have bought them for me too. Ah well. Speaking of imports, that thrift I directed you to in Lewisville with the UK PS1 sports games seem to have marked them up since the last time I was there, a couple of the games were $10.99! Too bad they don't understand that nobody's going to pay that much for eleven year old games that won't play in any Playstation consoles sold in this country. I'm amazed I bought the two I have for less than $5 each.

The computer itself may be a lost cause. Looks like it sat in coke for way too long, but it does power up. I may scrap the case and keyboard and just keep the mobo as a spare. Lots of "self labelled" disks, but many I never had before. Will be fun to go through all of them and see what's there. Mostly games, but a few disks of demos and graphics.

It's so nice to still see a few Amigas floating around out there. I hope you can revive it.

[Goodwill Hunter]

Bunch of miscellaneous finds this week, mostly from Goodwill:



Picked up a stack of complete Xbox and PS2 games for $3.99 each

4 Dreamcast games $1.99 each

Spawn, the complete animated series DVD set $6.99

A 7800 controller, a Sega CD game, and Star Trek for Vectrex w/book...all for .99 each...tore that Goodwill apart looking for another Vectrex game or system...no luck

and finally, 360 Onechnnbara Bikini Samurai Squad & PSP Soul Calibur, $9.99 each at Blockbuster.

Rich

[ScourDX]

^Damn good price on Soul Calibur PSP. My find for today



Ultimate Sith Edition - $25
Yakuza 2 new - $15

[megasdkirby]

Got these today and a few days ago:

PS3
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-Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2........................................$20
-Hot Shots Golf.............................................. ......$5
-Lego Rock Band.............................................. ..$20
-Ultimate Alliance 2.............................................$20
-Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition.................$20
-Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09...............................$3
-Singstar Vol 2................................................. ...$3 (includes mic)
-The Darkness.......................................... ..........$10 (used, GS)
-Genji............................................. ......................$10 (used, GS)
-BlazBlue LE................................................ .......$35 (used, great condition, from jeffg)

Wii
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-Baroque........................................... ...................$10 (used, GS)

PS2
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-Fatal Frame III............................................... ......$25 (used at DP)
-Street Fighter Alpha Anthology.........................$14 (used DP)

The PS3 games were all today, though. All PS3 games are new, sans those that say used.

[Therealqtip]

GTA:SA-$10
TF2-$10
BC2-$50


and someone told me that SA aged horribly, but they were so wrong that game is so awesome

[ScourDX]

GTA:SA-$10
TF2-$10
BC2-$50


and someone told me that SA aged horribly, but they were so wrong that game is so awesome

Is it the first or second edition? If it is first, then you can always try out the infamous Hot coffee mod.

[darkslime]

Looks like someone cleaned out the swap meet of any interesting games before I got there *waits for AZ Legend's amazing finds post*, but I got some decent stuff to resell:

TI-83 Plus calculator - $15
Windows 98 Upgrade complete w/ everything in box - $2
silver GBA SP + 2 Leapster L-Max systems all in shit condition - $15
SNES Nakitek Game Saver+ - $3 (Found a thread of racketboy about this. Apparently lets you save your games in random places + works as a SFC converter)
GBA Gameshark - $1
Weird looking thing that has a GBA and DS port on it, some kind of gameshark I think - $1
Mario Kart 64 - $5

[Therealqtip]

Is it the first or second edition? If it is first, then you can always try out the infamous Hot coffee mod.

Well its from best buy..so 2nd edition, rofl

[DuckTalesNES]

Everything in this store is 30% off, but the owner's prices are kinda high to begin with (for example, no game is under $10, regardless of how common and/or barebones it is). I ended up paying $40 altogether for everything, but I really wanted the boxed Castlevania and All-Stars so I didn't care. But, that's gamer's logic for you! There are tons of other games and crap (including a boxed NES and a boxed 32X) laying around at this place, so I'll definitely stop back there if I'm in that area again.

Where in WI is the store? I think I might want to take a look.

[Smashed Brother]

The store is called Planet X and it's up in downtown Grafton. The owner has some weird hours though; it's only open from 3p-630p mon-fri, I believe.

[The 1 2 P]

PS3
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-Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2........................................$20
-Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition.................$20

The PS3 games were all today, though. All PS3 games are new, sans those that say used.

Where did you get NGS2 and F3GOTYE new for $20 each?

[InsaneDavid]

Pretty decent day at the electronics flea market. First one of the year so the turnout isn't great but that's mainly because of the still colder weather. There was one seller that was a bit of a bitch, stashing aside stuff people would find in her boxes (of otherwise junk). I mean, if you don't want to sell play it cool, ask a crazy high price and once the item is left behind, then put it back in your car. Anyway...

With the cold morning people set up much later than the usual 5am, and the few that were ready to go didn't have as much traffic since it was too early to carry stuff around for most. LaserDiscs are pretty common but one seller had a pretty non-standard assortment at $2.00 each, and I couldn't help but go through them all.



The Wizard ($2.00)
Magic Knight Rayearth volume 2 (Hong Kong) ($2.00)

I couldn't pass these two up. The Wizard on LaserDisc - how could I not. I have terrible luck with LD players so I don't have one at present, no big deal though.

Digging through a box I found some NES games, $3.00 each. No two for $5.00, no four for $10.00 - hell, no matter how I tried to round the cost, he always made it odd again (four for $11.00). So I picked out three and stuck him with a twenty to break for me. Two games I don't have and TMNT III doesn't show up that often in the wild, I'm sure my brother would like it.



NES - Caveman Games (loose) ($3.00)
NES - Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates (loose) ($3.00)
NES - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (loose) ($3.00)

A guy had a bunch of Formula 1, F3 and Formula Ford VHS tapes so we got to talking about open wheel racing. He said he bought a pretty big lot of tapes off eBay and has been selling them as he watches them. I got to talking about the early to mid 1990's (my favorite era in the sport) and he dug a couple other tapes out of the not yet watched box. I ended up buying them for $1.00 each. One is the 1994 Formula 1 recap and the other is behind the scenes of the off seasons in the 1990's.



A few complete Saturn games for $10.00 (down from $15.00). Nothing spectacular, I really just wanted the copy of NiGHTS. I have to decide if I want to get rid of this standalone full size copy, or sell my boxed jewel case / 3D control pad version instead. Anyone interested in either should PM me.



Lastly, on the way out I picked up a loose Model 2 Saturn with a copy of Astal in it for $5.00. The system works fine, just needed a bit of cleaning up. If anything the disc clamp is a little stiff (have to solidly press down on the inner ring of the CD to get it to click down) but it's smoothing out. I'll more than likely USA/JPN (possibly USA/JPN/EUR) mod it and sell it or trade it for a TurboGrafx-16. I miss having one.



Most everything will be up for sale and while it wasn't a standout day, still was a nice morning to be out there again.

[Dreadstar]

Two Crude Dudes (Gen, complete) 1.99 at Goodwill. Also saw a sealed copy of Star Trek TNG (NES) at a different Goodwill but they wanted over 60 bucks for it. Granted, it's an R5, but yeesh.

[Ryaan1234]

I did the flea market this morning.

Got a pair of Sharper Image wireless speakers with one adapter, they're going to eBay. $5 for the pair

I also got Super Battletank 2 (SNES) and Samurai Shodown (SNES) for a buck a pop.

Meh, video game stuff was sparse today at the flea.