August 2011 Finds

[MarioMania]

I also cringe when people say minty.

Just ask sellers on ebay

[Steve W]

Today I found yet another Armitron. This is the second one I've bought in a month. It was $3.99, no idea if it works yet. Near it on the shelf was the Entex Defender handheld, also $3.99. It has a speed knob on it, to make the game faster. Why is there an analog knob on a digital device like this? Odd. The TAC-50 joystick is odd, it has an Atari style plug on it but there's a red start button on the base. I'm wondering if it's made for the SMS. It was $2.92. The Clue board game is an early version, from 1963. It only cost $1.31, bought on a whim. I picked up Dark Cloud and RE4 at the same place, both are a bit scuffed but I'm hoping will work fine. The box for RE4 is in tatters, the case is torn in half. It amazes me that people can't take care of their own stuff anymore.

[Zama]

I'm curious: When some of you call something "mint" or "minty"... you don't really think it's anywhere near mint condition, do you? I mean, I know technically the word "mint" isn't even a proper description for video games (as it was meant for coins, or some such), but in all the times I've heard someone describe something as mint, it is almost always anything but.

I know it's a little OT, but it comes up in the finds thread a lot, and I always find it a little weird, sometimes even frustrating; the last several items that I bought from auctions or forum members that were described as "mint" were so completely far off from that description, it's silly. In the world of video games, does "mint" just mean "in pretty good shape without a lot of wear"??

Depending on who you talk to, I believe that everyone has their own grade of what condition their items are in. After all, it is not like it's official or anything As for me, I described Mint as a way of saying that it's in superb shape (no damage, cover intact, no fading, etc.) and plus, it helps me keep track of the condition of my items if I need to refer to them at some point

Today I found yet another Armitron. This is the second one I've bought in a month. It was $3.99, no idea if it works yet. Near it on the shelf was the Entex Defender handheld, also $3.99. It has a speed knob on it, to make the game faster. Why is there an analog knob on a digital device like this? Odd. The TAC-50 joystick is odd, it has an Atari style plug on it but there's a red start button on the base. I'm wondering if it's made for the SMS. It was $2.92. The Clue board game is an early version, from 1963. It only cost $1.31, bought on a whim. I picked up Dark Cloud and RE4 at the same place, both are a bit scuffed but I'm hoping will work fine. The box for RE4 is in tatters, the case is torn in half. It amazes me that people can't take care of their own stuff anymore.

I want <3

[Tupin]

Here's what I got today in the mail:



Xbox 360 joystick was $30. Mousepad was $3. Pieces on the SNES was $10. Apparently this game is cheap, but somehow rare. Not in demand, I guess? It's a fun game.

I also got a Commodore 64 uIEC/SD for $50 today, not pictured.

Oh, and here's a picture of the Amiga setup I got earlier in the week:



I still need some way to display video, this monitor's power button won't stay on. I think I'm getting an S-Video adapter. Price was $25 for all of it.

Steve, if you want to sell either that Defender or the Armatron, I would be interested.

[Dreadstar]

Stopped by Goodwill this morning. Found 2 loose Goldeneye carts for 2.99 each. Also picked up a Target-return XBox Live 12 month gold starter kit, the one that comes with the chatboard, a headset, a 12-month gold sub, and 400 points. I was pretty sure that the sub and the points would be gone (box had obviously been opened/seals peeled off and re-applied) and I was right. Would have been nice to find those in there, but hey, if nothing else, cheap keyboard and headset. *shrugs*

[FOnewearl]

NDS Lite Charger - 1
Pac-Man Card Game (Complete) - .25
Complete GBC Games - .75
Mixed Lot of Old Games With Some Misc - 30

The NDS Lite charger was marked 2 and took 1. The Pac-Man game & GBC games were asking price. The big buy of the day was from a plastic bin of games that was brought out when I asked about older video games, some was kept and some was sold to me. After sorting it out and what not I made an offer of 20 which was countered with 30. For the Genesis game cases - top two are cases only, next two no games, Mortal Kombat II is missing the manual and the last 3 are complete.



7 Playstation Games (1 Empty Case), GBA With Shovelware Game - 4

The GBA was marked a buck. Asked about video games lady mentioned "Nintendo" as a buzzword then the guy mentioned "Sega" but it ended up being PS1 when it was brought out. Picked out what I got and offered 3 on the PS1 games. Lone top case no game, next 3 complete and the last four are sealed.

Everything I found this weekend is "minty" .............ok at least the last four Playstation games are

[Steve W]

Steve, if you want to sell either that Defender or the Armatron, I would be interested.

There's no chance of me getting rid of that Defender, it's just too cool. One of those things I always wanted as a kid but never got. The same with the Armatron, although it doesn't work. The other one I bought last month doesn't work either, but that might be due to the massive amount of battery corrosion that's damaged the terminals. I've also got another one with wheels on it bought earlier this year, and it barely works. These things just don't make it to thrift stores in good shape, sadly. But I'm going to keep them and build them into a giant multi-armed robot monster that I'll program to crush humans and occasionally fold my towels.

[Darko]

Who says you can't find good stuff in the wild these days? Everything is complete (other than Lost Vikings 2). And when I say complete, I mean COMPLETE. Games in plastic, all inserts, etc. The wear on anything is minimal at best. It looks like they were unwrapped and put away for 20 years. Pretty awesome if I do say so myself.

[ugly_monster]

Goodwill score.

Atari - Concentration $1
PSP - Sims 2 Castaway $2
Intellivision - Mr Basic meets Bits 'n Bytes new sealed $2

Anybody have an idea if the Mr Basic game is worth anthing factory sealed?

[cityside75]

That TG-16 find is awesome...what a great feeling to stumble upon something like that.

While out garage sale-ing today, I picked up a Colecovision with 20 games, the driving controller, two sports controllers, two extra standard controllers and a few random extras thrown in for $30. They were originally asking $60 but were starting to think it wasn't going to sell, so they were ready to deal when I got there.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Not really a true find but that guy I've been buying stuff from brought out a ton of floppies. I looked them over and realized they were Amiga diskettes. It was basically a bunch of copied games. He asked me why I wasn't taking them, and I told him they were for an Amiga and I don't have the setup for it.

Then he said "Amiga? I have the system somewhere. Want it?" I stared and said "NONONONONONONONO" and ran away. Well, maybe not like that, but I really can't afford to take that home. And again, all this stuff came from a storage unit. Amiga, C64, Atari XE... who was the guy that owned all of this?

[orangest]

GameCube Resident Evil 3 Nemesis, RE Code Veronica X and X-Men Legends II: $5.99 each at Goodwill.

Went back to the same Goodwill yesterday and found RE 1, 2 and Zero there waiting to be picked up.



This unopened Diablo II soundtrack was from a separate Goodwill and was $2.99.



Garage sale find today for $1. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri was included in the box.

[Tupin]

Not really a true find but that guy I've been buying stuff from brought out a ton of floppies. I looked them over and realized they were Amiga diskettes. It was basically a bunch of copied games. He asked me why I wasn't taking them, and I told him they were for an Amiga and I don't have the setup for it.

Then he said "Amiga? I have the system somewhere. Want it?" I stared and said "NONONONONONONONO" and ran away. Well, maybe not like that, but I really can't afford to take that home. And again, all this stuff came from a storage unit. Amiga, C64, Atari XE... who was the guy that owned all of this?

Never hurts to ask. I just got one for $25.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Never hurts to ask. I just got one for $25.

I don't want an Amiga. He'll just pressure me to buy it.

I'm more interested in the boxed PC games he hinted at.

[Perkar]

CL score today... for a total of $145, i snagged 4 systems (Atari 7800, NES, SNES, N64), a bunch of accessories for said systems, and 180+ games. here we go...

i'm going forego my italics on stuff i am keeping in this one, due to sheer volume. a lot of this is for trade.

Atari 2600:

Adventure
Amidar
Armor Ambush
Asteroids
Astroblast
Barnstorming
Baseball
Basic Math
BASIC Programming
Battlezone
Berzerk
Bowling
Brain Games
Breakaway IV
California Games
Capture
Carnival
Chopper Command
Cosmic Ark
Crystal Castles
Defender
Demon Attack
Dig Dug
Dodger Cars
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Dragonfire
E.T.
Eggomania
Enduro
Fantastic Voyage
Football
Golf
Ghost Manor / Spike's Peak (double-ender)
Ghostbusters
Gorf
Guardian
H.E.R.O.
Haunted House
Human Cannonball
Jr. Pac-Man
Jungle Hunt
Kangaroo
Kool-Aid Man
Krull
Kung-Fu Master
Laser Blast
Mario Bros.
Midnight Magic
Millipede
Missle Command
Phoenix
Moon Patrol
Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Man
Phaser Patrol (Supercharger)
Pitfall II
Pong Sports
Q*Bert
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Realsports Baseball
Realsports Volleyball
River Raid
River Raid II
Skate Boardin'
Sky Diver
Slot Racer
Solaris
Space Attack
Space Combat
Space Invaders
Space Shuttle
Spider Fighter
Spider-Man
Stargate
Star Raiders
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: The Arcade Game
Steeplechase
Super Breakout
Super Cobra
Surround
Swordquest Earthworld
Swordquest Fireworld
Tank Plus
Target Fun
Task Force
Tax Avoiders
Tutankham
Vanguard
Venture
Video Checkers
Video Pinball
Warlords
Wizard of Wor
Worm War I
Yar's Revenge

Supercharger
2 keyboard controllers
Star Raiders controller
2 sets paddles
Trakball controller
Lipstick Plus headphones <-- what IS this?



Atari 7800:

Ace of Aces
Asteroids
BallBlazer
Centipede
Choplifter!
Crack'ed
Crossbow
Dark Chambers
Desert Falcon
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr
Double Dragon
F-18 Hornet
Fight Night
Food Fight
Galaga
Hat Trick
Impossible Mission
Jinks
Joust
Karateka
Kung-Fu Master
Mario Bros
Ms. Pac-Man
One-On-One
Pete Rose Baseball
Pole Position II
Rampage
Robotron 2084
Summer Games
Super Huey
Super Skateboardin'
Title Match Pro Wrestling
Tomcat F-14 Flight Simulator
Touchdown Football
Tower Toppler
Winter Games
Xenophobe
Xevious

2 paddles


Nintendo NES:

3-D World Runner
Adventures of Bayou Billy
Athena
Blades of Steel
Bases Loaded
Blaster Master
Bubble Bobble
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Contra
Double Dragon
Double Dribble
Dragon Power
Friday the 13th
Gauntlet
Ikari Warriors II
Jackal
Karnov
Legend of Zelda
Lode Runner
Marble Madness
Metal Gear
Metroid
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
Ninja Gaiden
Pro Wrestling
Rad Racer
Rolling Thunder
Rush'n Attack
Rygar
Section Z
Spy Vs Spy
Strider
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Top Gun
Track and Field II
Vindicators
Xenophobe
Zanac

Power Glove w/ manual
2 controllers
1 nes advantage controller


Super NES:

Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario World
Super Metroid (w/ manual)

Nintendo 64:

Conker's Bad Fur Day

Memory Expansion
2 Rumble Packs

[Kitsune Sniper]

... I know, people here don't care about digital games, but...

Yesterday I got Darksiders for $5 (sale at GamersGate). And today, well... thanks to some trading and scheming, I managed to get the Quakecon Steam package for $35 instead of the full $70 price. This pack included the following:

Brink (with DLC pack 1)
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Commander Keen 1-5 (already owned it)
The Ultimate Doom
Doom 2
Master Levels for Doom 2
Doom 3
Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (already owned it)
Fallout New Vegas (with three DLC packs)
Final Doom
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders (already owned it)
HeXen 2 (already owned it)
HeXen: Beyond Heretic (already owned it)
HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel (already owned it)
Hunted: The Demons Forge
Quake
Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
Quake 2
Quake 2 Mission Pack: Ground Zero
Quake 2 Mission Pack: The Reckoning
Quake 3 Arena
Quake 3: Team Arena
Quake 4
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Rogue Warrior
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition (already owned it)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe
Wolfenstein 3D (already owned it)
Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny (already owned it)

Thank $deity I sold something today or I wouldn't be able to afford this... and really, this was worth it for Fallout New Vegas and the Doom / Quake games.

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

Well here is the rebirth of my video game collecting hobby...

Sega 32X, loose, mint condition - $44.99
Atari 7800 Xenophobe, good condition - a buck
Boxed Genesis Lion King, good condition - $4.99
Complete DKC 3, fair condition - $19.99
Complete PS1 Novastorm, plastic longbox, mint condition - $7.99
Sealed Dreamcast Ooga Booga, $4.99
SNES Demolition Man , great condition - $3.99

Bought: August 6, 2011 around 12:30 pm

[kainemaxwell]

Decided to stop neglecting my video game collection with a few ebay finds:
Complete Moonsweeper for the Atari 2600, the box (beautiful condition too!) for NES Tecmo Super Bowl, Pac-mania for the Genesis and a new of Lunar: EBC to replace my missing copy.

[FOnewearl]

$33

All of this stuff was from one regular. Offered $30 for all of the NES stuff, looking in the bag when I got home I found a surprise in the TG-16 HuCard at the bottom of the bag with the NES games. I ended up adding in the empty cases & 2 Genesis carts for $3.

[Oobgarm]

Scored R.C. Pro Am II and Gold Medal Challenge for NES for $3 each today.