July 2010 Finds

[Xexyz]

Guess I'll start this months thread off. Nothing too special from me, just picked up a Craigslist lot earlier this morning for $20:



A fairly average Playstation lot. I really only picked it up for Symphony. Been holding off in hopes of finding a cheap black label copy for a long time now. I decided to break down and settle for a greatest hits version. The Genesis games, Splatter House 2 and Phelios, were both $15 and $5 respectively from a local game store. I usually don't like paying such a high price for a single Genesis game, but I get all excited whenever I find early release Namco titles. They're a pain to find complete for the Sega Genesis.

[DreadIsReal]

Found a nice and clean NES with two controllers (with two stickers from Nintendo Power on them) and six games included: Double Dragon, Double Dragon 2, R.C. Pro Am, Tecmo Super Bowl, Excitebike, Gun.Smoke

All for $20 at a local thrift. Not a bad start.

[hellfire]

Picked up a black nunchuck (my dog broke both of mine) and a copy of a boy and his blob for wii at wal mart for $35 total

[The 1 2 P]

My finds for the last month, including a package that arrived today:



Left 4 Dead 2 strategy guide x3 1 penny each
The Saboteur strategy guide x4 1 cent each
Scribblenauts strategy guide 1 cent
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story strategy guide 1 cent

Gotta love Best Buy.



Mass Effect 2(360) $19.99
Resident Evil 4 demo(PS2) $3.25



Mike Tyson's Punch Out(Nes) $2
Super MarioBros 3(Nes) $2
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask(N64) $2
Mario Tennis(N64) $2

I was the first to arrive for this Goodwill find as they had just put them out. They also had the Nes version The Legend of Zelda but I could hear a screw rattling around in it so I passed. And this is the first time I have ever found a copy of LOZ: MM so I'm keeping that for sure.



Perfect Dark limited edition JP Import version(N64)
Beavis and Butthead: Virtual Stupidity(PS)
Private Idol Vol. 3(Sat)
Private Idol Cosplay Special(Sat)
Super Real Majhong PV(3DO)
Dreamcast demo(DC)
AV Poker(FC)
AV Pachi Slot: Big Chance(FC)
Star Wars: TFU-Ultimate Sith Edition(PS3)

I've been trying to track down a copy of Perfect Dark limited edition import for a while. Now I have both Japanese versions. The AV famicom games were much cheaper than their US equivalents as I only paid in the double digits for them, as opposed to the triple digits and up. Anyway, this was a good way to start the month off.

[jcalder8]

My finds for the last month, including a package that arrived today:



Left 4 Dead 2 strategy guide x3 1 penny each
The Saboteur strategy guide x4 1 cent each
Scribblenauts strategy guide 1 cent
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story strategy guide 1 cent

Gotta love Best Buy.

Out of all the deals that the US gets I am always the most jealous of the penny guides!

[Kitsune Sniper]

No pictures today.

Bully: Scholarship Edition (Windows) -- Shipping costs only, courtesy of GameTZ.

[darkslime]

At various thrifts and pawn shops:

Winsor Pilates Basic 3 DVD Workout - $3
Winsor Pilates Power Sculpting Advanced - $2.75
Winsor Pilates Sculpting Circle Advanced - $2.75
TI-85 Calculator - $5
Windows ME Millennium Edition - $2
Terminator 2 NES Complete - $3.99
Rollergames NES Complete - $3.99
Call of Duty Modern Warfare Wii - $15
Fading Shadows PSP - $10
Star Wars Bounty Hunter PS2 - $5
Yakuza 2 in HWV case no manual - $5
Dragon Age Origins 360 - $5

I flopped on the NES games, Star Wars Bounty Hunter, Fading Shadows and 2/3 of the Winsor Pilates DVDs. Very happy to find DA:O for 5 bucks though. It was supposed to be $10 and the guy at the pawn shop wouldn't go down at all (was still going to buy it), but then he only charged me $10 for both it and a PS2 game and I didn't complain.

[megasdkirby]

Not much today, just a nice, almost minty, copy of NBA Jam Tournament Edition (CIB) for the Atari Jaguar.

And yesterday I got...a Magic Bullet.

[Gunface]

Picked up some PSP games today:

PQ: Practical Intelligent Quotient $6
Exit $5
Patapon $8

Yay!

[Voliko]

Found this at a store that usually has ebay prices and up, but I guess they overlooked this because of how messed up it is from a rental store in the past. Hopefully I can fix this up without ruining the label. I won't get my hopes up though... Cost- $1.00

[icarwngs55]

Honestly that Aero Fighters cart looks fixable GOOD LUCK

[aaron7]

Not really a find since it's from ebay but got an original Nintendo Power Subscription Kit.

It's from 1989 and has a sweet binder, 3 markers that say Nintendo Power on them, a redeption card for a free year of NP (never filled out!) some other paperwork, and the May/June 1989 issue of NP.

I've NEVER seen one of these and mine is mint and never used!

Nintendo sign wasn't included; just in pics.

[orangest]

Salvation Army finds:

Um Jammer Lammy demo disc-$3
Japanese Street Fighter EX2 Plus-tragically, it's missing the disc, so they let me have the case and manual for free.

[The 1 2 P]

Out of all the deals that the US gets I am always the most jealous of the penny guides!

Of my hundred plus strategy guides 99% of them have been purchased for less than $5 while around 50% of them have been purchased for a penny each. If I had more space for them I would have much more strategy guides but unfortunatly they tend to take up alot of space in abundance.

[garagesaleking!!]

today I picked up star wars battlefront 2 complete for $3. Also mario teaches typing 2 for $2. And lastly a 45 record. There were 3 boxes at a thrift that were obviously donated staright from a record store. I went through and was trying to find anything that looked like it had potentinal to be good. I had a feeling I was the first person to look through the box because it had a lot of good stuff in there. I tried to negotiate with a manager on the 3 boxes they had, making up about 600 45's. But they wouldnt come down enough. So i picked out the 1 I could find on my phone that was worth getting. It was called filthy mcnasty on x rated records, it said not for radio play. I paid 49 cents and one sold for $22 on ebay.

[ganondorf]

Got 2 copies of mazes of fate for GBA sealed today for $5 each. I already have this game CIB and i'm keeping them sealed. Guess it makes up for me missing the sealed game at goodwill the other day.

[otoko]

A friend got me Metal Slug 4/5 and Metal Arms for PS2 along with Roadsters DC to replace my cracked copy! Good day!

[joshnickerson]

This month is starting off pretty good for me

Goonies II (CIB)
Galactic Pinball (CIB)
Teleroboxer (Box)

Had Goonies on my mind lately, so I picked up the NES game on eBay. I plan to attempt to play thru it this weekend... I've already got a GameFAQs map printed out for it.
Virtual Boy stuff came from DP's very own Scissors. Thanks!


Finally a decent trip to the dirt mall. I never see Midway Arcade Treasures 3 in these parts, and I stumble across it for a cool $3, in good condition; I doubt the manual was ever taken out.
The Great Circus Mystery is a rather funny story... I saw a cart only copy at one booth, and I thought about picking it up, since I enjoyed Magical Quest, but decided against it, saying to myself if I was gonna pick up another SNES game, I'll just see if I can find a CIB copy on eBay. The very next booth I stopped at, bam, there it was CIB. "Damn it!" I thought to myself "if only I had seen a cart only copy of Earthbound!"

Of course, it turns out it wasn't complete... for some reason instead of the manual for the game, the manuals for Donkey Kong Country 2, Super Mario All-Stars and Batman Returns were shoved in there instead. So if anybody has a loose manual for Great Circus Mystery, or if you've interested in the DKC2 or Mario All-Stars manual (I'm keeping the Batman manual), send me a PM and we'll work something out.

Not a bad way to start out the month...

[SamuraiSmurfette]

Alright day for a holiday weekend...spent $8 total
Really interested in the Zelda book. I like unauthorized guides, and this one looks very interesting.
The NES box is really nice, but no styro, and the console reeks of smoke.. ah well.

[FOnewearl]

Barker Bill's Trick Shooting (NES Boxed)
Disney's The Little Mermaid II Pinball Frenzy (GBC Cart)

$1ish

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2
Virtua Tennis

(Dreamcast Both Complete) $1

Friday - non advertised sale, the NES game was marked .25 no price on the GBC game, had one other item and offered a buck for all three. Dreamcast games marked a buck each but took a buck for both, passed on a Namco Museum for Dreamcast as it had Crazy Taxi in the case which I already have.

Dirt (PS3 Complete) - $3
Motor Storm (PS3 Complete) - $2
Claymates (SNES) - $2
NES AC Adaptor & Some Misc Generic Stuff - .50

Saturday - the PS3 games were from the same sale and were IAP. Claymates was with a NES with a few games that was brought out when I asked about video games asked $2 and wasen't worth trying for a buck in this case. I saw the NES adaptor tangled with the rest of the stuff no price and the lady sounded like she wanted it all gone so I made the same offer I was going to for just the NES AC.