March 2010 Finds

[Kitsune Sniper]

Bah. Sometimes an eBay score can be just as good as something you find at a flea market booth or a pawn shop.

I want Panzer Dragoon Saga T_T

[orangest]

Goodwill finds:



PS1 Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Crash Bandicoot: Warped and Rampage World Tour for $5.99 each.



A foreign Mattel watch (Japanese? Korean?). $4.99

[Ryaan1234]

A foreign Mattel watch (Japanese? Korean?). $4.99

You sure that's not a Swatch? It looks like one in design and style.

[orangest]

Very well could be. I am not up on my Swatches.

[Ryaan1234]

Very well could be. I am not up on my Swatches.

It'll say "Swatch" somewhere on the back, as well as "Swiss made" somewhere if it is a Swatch. It definitely looks like one. Swatches are known for having weird, pop-art style decoration on their face.

And of course Swatches are thin and made of plastic, like your watch.

I can definitely tell you that it's meant to look like a Swatch if it's not one.

[orangest]

It'll say "Swatch" somewhere on the back, as well as "Swiss made" somewhere if it is a Swatch.

Negative on both counts, no identification or any kind of brand name to be seen. Must be a Swatch-alike.

[UnpluggedClone]

No Way DIGI!

[JanLazer]

Weird find today. Had to suck up to the wife to get the money to snag this, but:



Went wandering around today, went to a thrift store nearby that I haven't been in because I was tired of looking at Genesis sports games and lo-and-behold, a boxed Odyssey2! Never seen one in the wild...So after some begging and pleading, I snagged it because I know I will never see one again..After paying the wife back tomorrow, I'm heading back to get the other games that were there..Everyone of them were CIB and damn near mint..

And since I didn't know which games would be the best to snag, I went with the big box ones..They are complete with boards and little pieces that don't even look like they were used...Left Wall Street Adventure back there...Dammit..I MAY have seen Power Lords! there as well..This is what happens when I venture into systems I don't collect..lol. Will check tomorrow.



Philips Odyssey2 - $29.99 (CIB, even includes Registration card!)
Conquest of the World - $9.99 (CIB)
The Quest for The Rings - $9.99 (CIB)

[megasdkirby]

I wish I could find something like that.

Great find Keith! You have all the luck!

[Steve W]

And since I didn't know which games would be the best to snag, I went with the big box ones..They are complete with boards and little pieces that don't even look like they were used...Left Wall Street Adventure back there...Dammit..I MAY have seen Power Lords! there as well..This is what happens when I venture into systems I don't collect..lol. Will check tomorrow.

Nice find! They look all nice and minty! Go back there and look for more games! Power Lords would be a definite pick-up. Look up the Odyssey 2 lists here and find the best games for it, write them down, and snag 'em the next visit.

[Deadman]

Spring fever has really cut down on my game-searches. The weather is so nice I'm working in the yard, washing the car, spring cleaning - just about anything except driving around looking for games. Today I went to Half Price books to check out their Tolkien books and found:

Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox) mint and complete - $2

No big deal, but a game I don't own. Closing in on 500 Xbox games.

[DuckTalesNES]

Nice find...at Gamestop!

Demon's Souls Deluxe Edition With Strategy Guide - $55 (I'd been looking for one of these on ebay for a while and the price is quite high. Hopefully I can get a copy of the soundtrack and artbook now).

Also traded in two games to get Final Fantasy XIII for $20.

[jferio]

A pretty good weekend for me, all things considered.

Thrifts:

Sega Dreamcast controller, $4
Radica Space Invaders TV Game: $4
SegaCD Stellar Fire: $2.50

And at the flea market:

NES Rush'N Attack: $4
N64 Cruisin' USA: $3

[jacob4546]

I havent gotten any videogame stuff in a long time, but took a chance on a cl post I saw where the guy spelled Nintendo wrong.

It was an SNES lot with games, no games listed, for 20 bones so I went out and picked it up

I got:

A model 2 SNES (dirty)
1 controller
1 power cord
(no AV cable

Games

POwer Rangers zeo Battle Racers
Starfox
Stanley CUp
Alfred CHicken
Out to Lunch
MegaMan x
X Men Mtant Apocalypse
Street FIghter 2
PIlotwings
Batman Forever

for 20 bucks..you thinks that a sweet deal?

I wish I could test it out, but no AV cable. Im just gonna sell it anyways. Anyone interested in the lot?

[Steve W]

I only found two things while thrift store shopping today. An Entex Electronic Poker handheld from 1979, looking clean and new (but loose). $2.92. Then I bought an Edge FX Splitfish PS2 optical mouse/nunchuck. It's supposed to give you all the smooth control of a mouse but on a game console. It was $2.92 also.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I havent gotten any videogame stuff in a long time, but took a chance on a cl post I saw where the guy spelled Nintendo wrong.

It was an SNES lot with games, no games listed, for 20 bones so I went out and picked it up

I got:

A model 2 SNES (dirty)
1 controller
1 power cord
(no AV cable

Games

POwer Rangers zeo Battle Racers
Starfox
Stanley CUp
Alfred CHicken
Out to Lunch
MegaMan x
X Men Mtant Apocalypse
Street FIghter 2
PIlotwings
Batman Forever

for 20 bucks..you thinks that a sweet deal?

I wish I could test it out, but no AV cable. Im just gonna sell it anyways. Anyone interested in the lot?

You can get a cheapo Gamecube A/V cable at Gamestop for like five dollars. That'll work.

That was a pretty good price, Mega Man X is worth around $15 on its own.

As for my finds... I had none. Because the line to cross to the US was about an hour long. I went back home, my brother tried to cross two hours later and it was twice as long. I hate Homeland Security, they always get even bitchier when it's Spring Break down here. :P

[Damaramu]

Fruitful weekend!

8ft Component HD/AV Cable (PS3/PS2, Xbox360, and Wii compatible) - $1



The Dig - $.99
Torin's Passage - $.99
ATV: Quad Power Racing - $1.99
Destruction Derby - $1.99 (GH ver.)



Dreamcast Web Browser 2.0 - $2 (sealed)
Virtual League Baseball - $1
Mazes of Fate - $9.98
Colony Wars - $5.99



Killer Instinct - $1.99
NBA Jam T.E. - $1.99
Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past - $1.99
Myst - $.99



Baten Kaitos Origins - $17.99
Space Siege - $4.00
SimCity Societies - $5.00



PQ2 Practical Intelligence Quotient 2 - $6.99
Bubble Bobble Evolution (marked used, but they had a TON of them and they ALL looked brand spanking new. I think they were being clearanced out). - $9.99
Fire Emblem $20

[Smashed Brother]

Not really 'finds', because they're off of ebay, but I'm posting them anyways!

Palamedes (NES) - CIB; the box and manual look like they've never been touched, but the cartridge has writing all over it, front, back and the sides. Seriously, I've never seen anything like it. Anyways, it was only 99 cents (yep, no bidders) and it's an 'R5' on top of that!

Odama (GC) - CIB; including large outer box, mic and mic holder. The box is beat to shit, but at only $1.99 (no bidders again), I can't even complain!

[Flashback2012]

Stopped at a different Best Buy during lunch today...selection was definitely better at this location. Picked up (all DS)...

New International Track & Field
Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 3
Trackmania DS
Super Dodgeball Brawlers
Retro Game Challenge
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume

Most expensive was RGC @ $20, all the rest were $14.99 and got 3 of them @ 50% off.

[DigitalSpace]

Yesterday:

NES:
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (cart only) - $4.99

SNES:
Young Merlin (cart only) - $5

PlayStation:
Time Commando (complete) - $2.50 (Going to a friend that's been looking for it)