February 2011 Finds

[Porksta]

This is something I have always wondered - why do people buy shite games? If I don't want to play it and it is not worth any money, why buy it? Take your post for example Smurfette, why buy all those games? Are you completing your collection? I can't imagine you are actually planning to play most of those nor sell them, so why buy them?

It isn't you specifically, but you made me remember that I wondered this. Like the guy a couple posts up - why buy two Sonics? What is the point?

[SamuraiSmurfette]

Yeah, it's exactly like that: Completing the collection.
Anything that I picked up that I already have, I'll resell,
and make my money back for what I want to keep. Hooray!

[Deadman]

<yadda yadda>.... Like the guy a couple posts up - why buy two Sonics? What is the point?

Well, I ran out of time on my posting earlier, but I meant to explain that I felt like I didn't get a great deal on the stuff, because much of it I normally would have passed on. The problem was, he wanted it all gone, not wanting to break up the whole "retro" lot. So I made an offer and took it all. I think now I probably own 5-6 copies of Sonic for the genesis.

I have two game-shopping personas: player and collector. Sure, do I need more sonics? No, but in that lot are enough things that I can package them up and either trade or sell them off. And yes, at around 500 original Xbox games, I am also collecting for possible completion. And no, I haven't played even half of those Xbox games, mostly because of time constraints, but it doesn't change the way I feel about the collection.

Sometimes you buy because you find something you "want" and sometimes you just buy what you feel like you "need".

[Rogmeister]

I got a pair of Nintendo DS games today...

Jeopardy!
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: Back To School

That's my 3rd 5th Grader game for the system...I guess I like trivia games. The only one I don't have yet of that series is the first DS one....

[Kitsune Sniper]

This is something I have always wondered - why do people buy shite games? If I don't want to play it and it is not worth any money, why buy it? Take your post for example Smurfette, why buy all those games? Are you completing your collection? I can't imagine you are actually planning to play most of those nor sell them, so why buy them?

It isn't you specifically, but you made me remember that I wondered this. Like the guy a couple posts up - why buy two Sonics? What is the point?

Hey, some of us really LIKE crap (shite? What are you, British? ) games.

[Ryaan1234]

Hey, some of us really LIKE crap (shite? What are you, British? ) games.

Yeah, don't question Kitsune Sniper's affinity for Shaq albums and Mary Kate and Ashley games!

[Kitsune Sniper]

Yeah, don't question Kitsune Sniper's affinity for Shaq albums and Mary Kate and Ashley games!

** Foxhack slaps Ryaan1234

You seem to have me confused with MarioMania. :P

[garagesaleking!!]

Thats a nice load of xbox games there, I cant believe you found a store still stocking all those titles. Reminds me of my xbox collecting days.

[ig88vsbobafett]

Just picked up at the local pawn store

Duck Tales 2 NES
Chip n Dale 2 NES
Ogre Battle 64
Super Mario RPG
Super Adventure Island 2 SNES
Mario Party 1
Mario 64
Zelda and Majoras mask (64)

$2.95 each

[portnoyd]

Must... resist.... urge.... to go to EB and buy Xbox games.

And holy shit on ig88 and Deadman's finds. Well done.

[SamuraiSmurfette]

I think US gamestops got rid of their Xbox games a while ago.
Up in Canada, we're about 3 years behind the curve on most things.
We just got Silly Bandz about a month or 2 ago.

[Deadman]

I think US gamestops got rid of their Xbox games a while ago.
Up in Canada, we're about 3 years behind the curve on most things.
We just got Silly Bandz about a month or 2 ago.

Hehe, Silly Bandz....

anyway, I have to say that before GS dumped their Xbox games I would hit 5-7 per week to look for cool stuff. Now, I go into a GS once a month at the max - I just don't collect a whole lot of new stuff, and when I do, I typically will buy them from a shop that also had retro games to help them stay around longer. Like Play N Trade, FX Game Xchange or others like that.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Must... resist.... urge.... to go to EB and buy Xbox games.

And holy shit on ig88 and Deadman's finds. Well done.

I think US gamestops got rid of their Xbox games a while ago.
Up in Canada, we're about 3 years behind the curve on most things.
We just got Silly Bandz about a month or 2 ago.

My local LameStops still had XBox games up until last year.

Anyway. Today's finds:

Warcraft III Battle Chest (CIB): $5
Nine screener VHS tapes: $6

What's so special about those VHS Tapes? They're "erotic", and by that, I mean "really stupid movies whose only redeeming features are the bewbies." Some of these titles looked really, really stupid (Prehistoric Bimbos in Armageddon City? SOLD!). This'll be fun... or a pain... or both.

And a funny story: I got stopped by Mexican Customs on the way back home. They asked me what I had in my backpack, and I said nine video tapes. The agent thought they were games, and I said, no, they're VHS tapes.

Then he saw the titles and his eyes opened up wide. XD He thought they were porn, and I said "they're not... they're just stupid movies like the ones I used to like watching when I was younger." He just stared at me, I asked him if it was okay, he said "No, but you can leave anyway". Ha ha.

[Collector_Gaming]

ya know whats eerie and funny at the same time

i was at the good will during the weekend right. and i saw that same exact shaq cd and instantly i thought of Kitsune

i see we are on the same wave length

[pseudonym]

Found Xenosaga 3 today for $5. Then I found one it was a 2-disc game (mine only has one) Anyone have a spare disc 1 for sale/trade?

[orangest]

Goodwill today:

[Steve W]

A whole bunch of oddball stuff today...



Random bag of wires bought for USB cables - $2.99.
Heavy Barrel, Robocop 2, Solstice, Archon, and for the NES, $1.91 to $2.92 each.
Halo 2 pt. 2 soundtrack and Three Redneck Tenors (sealed) CDs - $1.99 each.
Stay Alive (no marbles) for $4.49 and EyeClops night vision goggles for $4.49.
Sega CD Flashback for $7.99 and Codebreaker for the Dreamcast (new) for $9.99, both 50% off since Game Attack! store in Flower Mound, TX is going out of business in a week or two.

Hey, Dallas/Fort Worth people, if you're looking for games, you might want to hit the Game Attack! store on the Northeast side of the intersection of Justin Rd. and Village Pkwy in Flower Mound. They've got a lot of PS2, GameCube, and Xbox games along with a still decent amount of current generation games. They also have NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn (mainly sports titles now) and PS1 games along with peripherals. Their Xbox games are not only 50% off, but buy 2 and get 2 free! Pretty much everything is being sold off. I was thinking about buying a bunch of 97¢ Saturn sports games just for the cases, but there weren't a whole lot of games that price that had uncracked cases. Ah well, someone else can pick them up for replacement cases.

[SparTonberry]

Hey, some of us really LIKE crap (shite? What are you, British? ) games.

Lately been on a Famicom game buying spree. Intentionally bought a number of crap games in the last few months. I don't know, it's just kind of a strange appeal. It's so bad and/or weird, you gotta play and laugh at it.
I can't imagine many others would own Miracle Ropitt's Adventure in 2100, Booby Kids or Flying Hero. More notables in my collection Urusei Yatsura, Namco Star Wars, Bugtte Honey (Adventure Island and Arkanoid, together at last?).

[buzz_n64]

Lately been on a Famicom game buying spree. Intentionally bought a number of crap games in the last few months. I don't know, it's just kind of a strange appeal. It's so bad and/or weird, you gotta play and laugh at it.
I can't imagine many others would own Miracle Ropitt's Adventure in 2100, Booby Kids or Flying Hero. More notables in my collection Urusei Yatsura, Namco Star Wars, Bugtte Honey (Adventure Island and Arkanoid, together at last?).

I have Booby Kids, and Bugtte-Honey as well. Here's my Famicom list.

1. GYROMITE

2. TRANSFORMERS-MYSTERY OF COMVOY

3. 100 IN 1

4. CONTRA 5 (G.I. JOE THE ATLANTIS FACTOR HACK)

5. META FIGHT (BLASTER MASTER)

6. POWER GAMES 111 IN 1

7. POWER GAMES 111 IN 1 (NO DESIGN)

8. 44 GAMES

9. 51 GAMES (MODIFIED)

10. POWER JOY... 64 IN 1

11. MARIO 7 IN 1

12. POWER JOY PJ-008

13. 72 IN 1

14. PING PONG INTERACTIVE GAME CARTRIDGE (GAMEINIS)

15. MULTI GAME CARTRIDGE

16. DOUBLE DRAGON

17. TAKAHASHI MEIJIN NO BUG-TTE HONEY

18. SAMURAI PIZZA CATS

19. EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER 2000 48 IN 1

20. SUPER GAME C-03 - OLYMPIC 2000

21. NINJA COP SAIZOU (WRATH OF THE BLACK MANTA)

22. 3 IN 1 (M2000-020) KART FIGHTER / ROCKMAN 3 / ASTYANAX

23. KAKEFU KUN NO JUMP TENGOKU - SPEED JIGOKU (KID KOOL)

24. DOUBLE DRAGON III

25. WOODY POKO

26. SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 JAPAN

27. 4 IN 1 0322 ROBOCOP 2/FINAL MISSION/CHIP 'N DALE RESCUE RANGERS/SILK WORM

28. YOSHI'S EGG

29. 10 YARD FIGHT

30. BOOBY KIDS

31. SPLATTERHOUSE: WANPAKU GRAFITTI

32. BK 1001 SUPER GAMES 128 IN 1

33. Pro Yakyuu Famista

34. Super Chinese

35. ATLANTIS NO NAZO

36. CRISIS FORCE

[Kitsune Sniper]

Three Redneck Tenors

... the hell?

... WANT.