April 2013 Finds

[BeaglePuss]

[recorderdude]

Tried to snag a loose genesis sparkster on ebay, but some idiot wanted it so badly that he overbid the game's loose value and won it for the price of a CiB copy.

Ended up getting this copy of chiki chiki boys instead:



Cost me $7.11 in the end, which is pretty good considering a loose one seems to be worth about $10-12, and looks to be in pretty good condition. I'm always happy to add a capcom game to my collection.

[Deadman]

Got out a few times in the last week:

Half Price Books:



Xbox sports games - $1 each - all Mint and look unused!
NHL 2K7 (xbox 360) - $3
Mike Tyson's Punch Out! (NES) - $8.49 mint loose
Battle of Olympus (NES) - $4.24 - has box, insert, and styro, but no manual

Thrift stores:



Pink Gameboy Advance - $12.12 - really nice shape with correct battery cover, very few blemishes
Professor Layton & Miracle Mask (3DS) - $9.98 brand new SEALED
Bomberman Hero (N64) - $3.43 loose
Bart Simpson Camp Deadly (GB) - $2.42 loose
Mickey Mouse Ultimate Challenge (GameGear) - $3.43 loose

Play N Trade:



Went in to look around and saw a used Pokemon DSi in their case for $139. It was in pretty decent shape so I asked to see it when the guy behind the counter said "We still have one of these bundles in the box". He showed it to me and I almost passed since it was marked at $179. My son bought a few games and as we were leaving I asked what the best price is on the boxed DSi bundle and he said he could take $20 off.

So, final price is $159. Not great, but not bad based on ebay prices.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I bought a sealed PS1 Soviet Strike (Greatest Hits) for a buck. The seal's a bit torn off so it's not worth much, and I'm keeping it. Other things of note:

XCM XFPS 3.0 Sniper attachment thingy for Xbox 360 (use PS2 pads, mouse, keyboard, and USB peripherals on a 360) - $3 (It's kinda stinky but I'll clean it before selling it)
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (unregistered, yay!)
Five different WWF VHS tapes (a buck each, bleh. I thought they'd be worth something. NOPE.)

I also got a Puppet Master toy - Blade - for a decent price. It's the big version from 2000, this one, but it's the blood-less variant:



I'm gonna have to sell it. It's gonna be a pain due to the stupid size... but I'll manage.

[theclaw]

Starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel on those Gamestop 75% off Gamecube games. Not much in stock now looks decent, except maybe Lego Star Wars.
These are what I ordered thus far recently.

Fight Night Round 2 plus Super Punch-Out!
Spider-Man 2
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Crash Nitro Kart
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Peter Jackson's King Kong
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Def Jam Vendetta
Medal of Honor Frontline
Medal of Honor European Assault
Medal of Honor Rising Sun
Call of Duty: Finest Hour
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Bond 007: Nightfire
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Need for Speed: Underground 2
SSX 3
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
Shadow the Hedgehog
From Russia With Love
NBA Street Volume 3
Sonic Mega Collection
Simpsons: Hit and Run
Burnout
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
Mario Superstar Baseball
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
Mario Power Tennis
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

[SparTonberry]

Too bad my local GameStop just suddenly got rid of their Cube games the week before the company officially stopped accepting trades, a year ago.

[recorderdude]

GS clearances are trash for me. They were supposed to be clearing out PS2 but they haven't done shit, everything's still too expensive.

[Deadman]

My first Craigslist lot in quite a while - not so much retro, and not a steal price-wise but it was fair and I'm happy with it:



Nintendo 3DS (purple) - used but complete with AC, charging base, box, all paperwork, AR cards, etc.

Games:
Epic Mickey Power of Illusion (3DS) - complete
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (3DS) - complete
Harvest Moon 3D: Tale of Two Towns (3DS) - complete
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! (3DS) - complete
Kingdom Hearts: re: Coded (DS) - complete
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - complete

Accessories:
Nyko Charge Base - unused in box
Club Nintendo 18 game case - has all 4 interchangeable sleeves
DS Storage case - was told it is from Club Nintendo but nothing says so

Was listed for $250 but she took $200 cash for the lot.

Not in that lot but pictured is:

Cubic Ninja (3DS) - $5.24 on clearance at Micro Center - new and sealed

[jeffg]

Well i had a guy from Craiglist a year ago that i bought a bunch of old school gaming stuff from CIB titlematch wrestling for 7800 and other things. Well i ran into him again and talked a little bit and he said he had some jaguar stuff he just doesn't play anymore and asked if i would buy it. I told him yeah, it wasn't super cheap but i got this all for around $200. I think i did well

[camarotuner]

Given that the Jag CD is worth 250+ by itself, yeah you did OK lol

[theclaw]

$3 Street Fighter movie DVD. For the heck of it.

[understatement]

I picked this up for $130 the other day, if anyone has the US version I'd be willing to trade up for it. System also came with the box and manual in good shape.



I just wish I had a place for it, my system shelves are a bit packed at the moment.

[orangest]

Pickups from the last few days:



The Dawn of Mana and Radiata Stories were from one pawn shop and Mega Man Command Mission was from another; they were $5 each.



The 5 song EP on the Intellivision Music label-$1.99 at Goodwill.






GameCube with Pokemon XD skin and Game Boy Player attached. There was no GBP disc inside, but rather a Mario Party 7. Not pictured are controllers and hookups. $39.99 at Goodwill.




Gran Turismo Test Drive Disc-definitely an unexpected find for $1.99 at Salvation Army.

[recorderdude]

Got a complete copy of Radical Rex for $5.45 off of amazon. Apparently it comes with a "Poster", so wondering if it's actually for RadRex or something else. Listed as "Very Good" condition, so, at the very least, it should come as a nice-looking game to add to my collection of sonic knockoffs. Listed as the genesis version, but one can dream it's actually the SEGA CD port, eh?

[Deadman]

Pokemon Black version DSi with charger - really, REALLY nice shape with no scratches. $80

Suddenly I'm a DS collector! In the past week, I picked up the previously posted Pokemon white DSi bundle sealed, a purple 3DS lot from Craigslist, and now I found this.

[The 1 2 P]

Star Wars: Republic Commando(Xbox) $4
Star Wars: Battlefront II(Xbox) $4
Alan Wake(360) UK Promo copy $7
Adele cd $3
TNA Belt $5

Alan Wake was brought online to further my collection. The rest of the stuff was from Goodwill. The Adele cd was in a cart waiting to be put out on the floor but I snagged it before anyone else could. I almost passed on the belt because I have so many already and they are usually a bit cheaper. But I don't have any TNA belts and the red strap makes this one look even cooler than the ones with the normal black straps.



Mechassault(Xbox) sealed $2
Wen cd $2
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion dvd $4
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth dvd$ 4

Mechassault was my first gaming find at the new Savers here. My last two trips I've only found magazines there. They actually bag each individual game and put seperate price tags on them so some are $1.99 and others are $3.99. They had Playstation, Psp and PC games(among others) but this was the only sealed one I saw.

I grabbed the two NGE dvds based on what I remembered from someone else's find a good year or two ago. I even passed on the other 8 dvds of the series. As for these two dvds, are they really that rare? The prices I looked up seem pretty out there, especially when people include the original slip case(that was no where to be found). I might sell these eventually but I'm definitely going to watch them first since the only NGE I've seen was the middle of a movie in progress at Otakon many years ago.



This was my third time ordering from this import store in a little less than two months. I guess I'm kind of obsessed with them now but I can't really blame myself with these low prices. All of the following was around $50(before shipping)...



Four Japanese 360 magazines, a Dead or Alive sealed desk calender from 2004 and a Tecmo art/ad book covering all their DOA and Ninja Gaiden games at the time. I specifically got two of those magazines because one covers the history of the original Xbox and one covers the history of the 360 up until 2011. I haven't read either yet but I'm sure they are going to say something along the lines of "while writting this article I was unaware that an Xbox platform still existed in Japan and I'm sure my sentiments are shared by the rest of the country" .



Here we have PS3 demos, Xbox demos, 360 demos, a Devil May Cry dvd and some weird Tecmo Dead Or Alive PC game/art thingie. I might have to put that one in my laptop just to see what it's all about. The majority of everything else is doubles to go with my sealed copies.



And heres a bunch of other demos, including a rare PS1 Silent Hill demo. Theres also a Square Enix 360 music cd. I'm surprised by all the love Square Enix gave the 360 over in Japane this gen, especially when nobody in that country really cares about the system. Theres also what looks like a Japanese version of the Xbox white sleeve kiosk disc, an Atlus demo with multiple games and two Ninja Gaiden dvds(one for NG2 and one for NG Sigma 2) that are probably filled with gameplay and trailers. This box of goodies is going to keep me busy for a long time.



Leisure Suit Larry: Passionate Patti In The Pursuit of The Pulsating Pectorals(PC) $4
Leisure Suit Larry 5(PC) $4
Leisure Suit Larry 6(PC) $4

I picked up all of these at Goodwill today while they were in carts waiting to be put out on the floor. First, these games have some really long ass subtitles. Second, they are old. Like floppy disc old. I know consoles got two versions of this series but I never checked out either. The box art was enough to inform me that they both probably sucked really badly. Now I just have to figure out what to do with these three.

[The Adventurer]

Leisure Suit Larry: Passionate Patti In The Pursuit of The Pulsating Pectorals(PC) $4
Leisure Suit Larry 5(PC) $4
Leisure Suit Larry 6(PC) $4

I picked up all of these at Goodwill today while they were in carts waiting to be put out on the floor. First, these games have some really long ass subtitles. Second, they are old. Like floppy disc old. I know consoles got two versions of this series but I never checked out either. The box art was enough to inform me that they both probably sucked really badly. Now I just have to figure out what to do with these three.

You give them to me, that's what you do.

Leisure Suit Larry is one of the more memorable classic Sierra point and click adventure game series (up there with Kings Quest, Space Quest, and the like). Those are some sweet finds. But if you don't want them...

[Kitsune Sniper]

Leisure Suit Larry: Passionate Patti In The Pursuit of The Pulsating Pectorals(PC) $4
Leisure Suit Larry 5(PC) $4
Leisure Suit Larry 6(PC) $4

I picked up all of these at Goodwill today while they were in carts waiting to be put out on the floor. First, these games have some really long ass subtitles. Second, they are old. Like floppy disc old. I know consoles got two versions of this series but I never checked out either. The box art was enough to inform me that they both probably sucked really badly. Now I just have to figure out what to do with these three.

Oooh. Neat.

These are very good trade fodder. Also, THEY DON'T SUCK WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU.

...

Wait a second. Why does Leisure Suit Larry 6 have a friggin' VRC Rating?!

[FamicomFreak]

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Where on earth can you find famicom disk games and repro carts in the wild? That's one hell of a flea market or garage sale.