March 2010 Finds

[aaron7]

Well. This has to be one of the most awesome pieces to my collection.

Just picked this up. It HAS to be one of, if not THE, only ones left in the world.

An unopened box of Super Mario Bros 3 fruit snacks!!

I mean, seriously. Who would have kept this and not opened it? Back then no one had any idea to collect video game stuff.

It is in PERFECT shape. Going on my wall of NES next to my SMB Dixie cups and my napkins! haha

[Ryaan1234]

I did the lot sale today, and found a few neat things.

Mario Golf (The GC one) and 007 (GC) game cases/manuals for $0.10 a piece.
Pac-Man: Maze Madness, loose (PSX) for $0.50
Alienware Respawn CD recovery kit (for XP Professional) for $2.50


Speaking of Kitsune Sniper buys I got a cheesy 70s kung-fu 2 pack DVD set with "Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave" and "The Guy with the Secret Kung Fu". The former looks amazing, as from what I can tell it has kung-fu Dracula and zombies and stuff. Cool! I can't wait to watch that one.

[BetaWolf47]

I did the lot sale today, and found a few neat things.
Mario Golf (The GC one) and 007 (GC) game cases/manuals for $0.10 a piece.

Which 007? Agent Under Fire, Nightfire, or Everything or Nothing?

[Ryaan1234]

Which 007? Agent Under Fire, Nightfire, or Everything or Nothing?

Everything or Nothing.

[UnpluggedClone]

No Way DIGI!

[Kitsune Sniper]

An unopened box of Super Mario Bros 3 fruit snacks!!

That's pretty damn awesome. I'd actually look into getting that thing slabbed because of the contents... wouldn't they spoil and eventually damage the outer cardboard?

Speaking of Kitsune Sniper buys I got a cheesy 70s kung-fu 2 pack DVD set with "Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave" and "The Guy with the Secret Kung Fu". The former looks amazing, as from what I can tell it has kung-fu Dracula and zombies and stuff. Cool! I can't wait to watch that one.

I had to pass over a five movie pack the other day... it had these sorts of movies but I already knew the seller, he would've asked for $10 because it was five discs. ._.

ANYWAY.


Win 2K Pro SEALED - $5
Magic & Mayhem for Heretic - $1
Ultima Collection CD - $1
Blaze DC VGA Box - $1

That is the second Windows 2000 Professional set I've found in six days. I bought one last Wednesday and sold it almost immediately on eBay. Good thing too, I'm almost broke. :P

Magic & Mayhem is by Laser Magic, it's actually a collection of tons of user made maps for Heretic. I already have this on Steam, I figure I can run these using a source port or something.

Ultima Collection has the first eight Ultima games, including the original original game that started it all. Going to be on sale, again.

And that Blaze DC VGA Box was at that booth that had all those European Mega Drive games last weekend. Most of the games were still there and this was right next to a beat up Dreamcast. I have no idea if it works... or its quality. I can only find European reviews of the thing, will it work on my US Dreamcast?

[otoko]

Various thrift stores 5 bucks total.
Huge PICTURE

I recognize that Kenny doll! I work in the arcade at a Brunswick Zone and that's one of our prizes... well it was before we ran out and only had Stan dolls.

[Porksta]

I have a Kenny doll that curses when you press a button.

[NayusDante]

Today at my church's thrift:

VooDoo Banshee AGP - $1
128mb SDRAM - $0.25
256mb SDRAM - $0.25
256mb DDR266 - $0.25
512mb DDR2 667 - $0.25 X2
Xbox GameShark memory card USB dongle - $0.50
DVD-ROM drive with black bezel - $1

DVD drive wouldn't open, so I had to pry it with a screwdriver. Is "The Benchwarmers" any good? Not my #1 choice to find stuck in a drive...

[Cornelius]

That's pretty damn awesome. I'd actually look into getting that thing slabbed because of the contents... wouldn't they spoil and eventually damage the outer cardboard?

Agreed, very awesome aaron! Kitsune, spoilage isn't an issue, you've just mistaken those treats for food rather than the 'food-like' substance they really are.

Not much for me lately, as all this is from at least 2 weeks (don't have the time or will to post finds like I used to).

More Game.com stuff, 2.80 each, which is a bit pricey for them, but other than the past month I never see the stuff. Tiger handheld that seemed like it might be fun for 0.60. Maybe overpaid for .hack Mutation @ 12.80, but it is in real nice shape. Top 2 GB games were 3.99 and 4.99, but when I checked my receipt to log the purchase they were half off... it must have been toddler Thurs. or something to make them half off. The next 6 were 5.80 each at my favorite thrift, as were the last two, but they were bought today and so were 25% off. Aerobiz was 1.80, as was the Strike Commander/Privateer combo disc. I played Privateer a bit a long time ago and liked it, but got stuck and never made much progress. Blake stone was 2.99 at Goodwill, and it just looked too bad to pass up.

And the reason I got off my butt to post:

This was the game that got me into gaming as a kid. I played lots of games before it, but this one really captured my imagination. I dunno, maybe I just really liked it. Either way it is nice to have in such good shape, even if it isn't the original release (??).

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Quest For Glory I...ahh, the good old days of Sierra. I miss playing that game and Police Quest.

[Kitsune Sniper]

And the reason I got off my butt to post:

This was the game that got me into gaming as a kid. I played lots of games before it, but this one really captured my imagination. I dunno, maybe I just really liked it. Either way it is nice to have in such good shape, even if it isn't the original release (??).

Yeah, that's the -rerelease-. I believe the game had a total overhaul so it would be more like the later sequels. That's a very nice copy you got there.

[saferkefka]

i picked up 250 various games from a closing hollywood video for 10 cents each. lots a sports games, but still, i think i did pretty good.

[Cornelius]

Yeah, that's the -rerelease-. I believe the game had a total overhaul so it would be more like the later sequels. That's a very nice copy you got there.

I did a little checking, and this appears to be the first of 2 re-releases. This one is still in EGA, so I'm thinking it was released because of the HeroQuest copyright dispute (this one is Quest for Glory, not Hero's Quest like the original). Then there was later the VGA release. I definitely played the EGA version, as I distinctly remember asking the waitress about topics such as boobs and sex (she just blushes, by the way), which the menu based dialogue I'm guessing would not allow.

[allyourblood]

This past weekend's stuff (click pics to enlarge):



DVD Mythbusters: Season One (complete), $1



Wii Wii Play (complete)
DC NCAA College Football 2K2 (complete)
PSX Thunder Strike (Resident Evil 2 Disc One inside), $3 for all



360 Official Microsoft wired controller, $3



GEN Activator
GEN Eternal Champions (complete)
GEN X-Men (complete)
GEN PGA European Tour (complete)
GEN Desert Demolition (empty case), $10 for all



PSX Legend of Legaia strategy guide
XB/PC The Morrowin Prophecies (Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind) strategy guide, $1 for both



NES Bump' n' Jump, 50¢



N64 Official Nintendo controller (Red)
N64 Official Nintendo controller (Green)
N64 TremorPak (missing battery cover)
N64 Official Nintendo Memory Pak
N64 Pilotwings
N64 007: GoldenEye
N64 Mario Golf
N64 Resident Evil 2, $5 for all



NDS Star Fox Command (missing cartridge)
NDS Super Mario Bros. (missing cartridge), $1 for both



NES 720° (cart and sleeve)
NES Bases Loaded (x2: 1 cart and sleeve; 1 complete)
NES Cobra Triangle (complete)
NES Gyromite (complete)
NES Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf (cart and sleeve)
NES Mickey Mousecapade (missing cartridge)
NES Q*Bert (complete)
NES Roadblasters (complete)
NES Star Soldier (complete)
NES Super Mario Bros. (cart and sleeve)
NES Odd 3rd-party controller (x2)
SNES Super Scope (scope sight)
PSX Sony Playstation system w/23 games, 4 demos, 1 Pokemon PC disc (I think?) and official carrying case, $15 for all


Highlight of the weekend was the bunch of complete NES games. The Activator is a fun little find, if a little useless and difficult to store (running out of space here!). I was also pleased to pick up that copy of Thunder Strike with the RE2 disc inside, since the copy I picked up a few weeks ago turned out to have a damaged disc one; now the game is complete.

[saferkefka]

miku miku keeping the lonely xbox sports games company. anyone need any original xbox sports games?

[Steve W]

I stopped by the Movie Trading Company store near my brother's house tonight, and bought Puzzle Bobble Vs. (factory sealed) and FIFA 2004 for the Nokia N-Gage for $2.99 each, Light Crusader for the Genesis (complete) for $3.99, and the strangest find, Jersey Devil for the Playstation... but in PAL format. It's a British release. It's the only one they had, everything else in the place was NTSC format. I bought that one for $14.99. It's more than I should have paid, it's just you don't often see UK releases here in the US. I see more Japanese games over here than British. And I just bought a PAL Playstation a week or two ago...

[Kitsune Sniper]

Five NES games:
Contra, Tecmo Bowl, Super Tecmo Bowl, Mega Man 6, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out:
$10 total.

[-hellvin-]

Five NES games:
Contra, Tecmo Bowl, Super Tecmo Bowl, Mega Man 6, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out:
$10 total.

Nice lot for 10 bucks man. I'm about to head out and do a little hunting myself.

[Blitzwing256]

I stopped by the Movie Trading Company store near my brother's house tonight, and bought Puzzle Bobble Vs. (factory sealed) and FIFA 2004 for the Nokia N-Gage for $2.99 each, Light Crusader for the Genesis (complete) for $3.99, and the strangest find, Jersey Devil for the Playstation... but in PAL format. It's a British release. It's the only one they had, everything else in the place was NTSC format. I bought that one for $14.99. It's more than I should have paid, it's just you don't often see UK releases here in the US. I see more Japanese games over here than British. And I just bought a PAL Playstation a week or two ago...

Just so you know that light crusaders is in a "cut" box so not really complete, but still a nice find at that price :-)