2018 Yearly Finds

[Slate]

Rummage Sale: Rainbow Vacuum Cleaner Accessories, 25 cents

I asked if there were more sales in the area, they told me of a porch sale a little distance off. I went there and found a Genesis 2 / Game Gear / Etc power adapter for 75 cents. There's another rummage sale starting at 5:30 in a few days.

EDIT:

September 13:

Decided to go to thrift stores before the bike trail. Good thing: Salvation Army was 75% off:

N64 "Tremor" Pack in Box (Used) - $1.625
Pharaoh (PC, 1999, Big Box in Good Shape) - With 2 Booklets, Very Condition Game - 25 Cents
3rd Party PS1/PS2 "Dual Impact" Controller, Translucent Green - $1

Non-Gaming Items:

Belt - 25c
2 Books
Automotive Air Conditioning Leak Detection Kit - $5

The Goodwill just up the road didn't have anything I was looking for. The nearby local thrift store, however, did:

Original Xbox Controller by Pelican
Final Fantasy (NES, Loose)
Printer Cable
Sim City 3000 (PC) - Game & Case Only (Cracked case)
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire (PS1, Greatest Hits, Complete)

$5 for this lot.

September 14th:

One Sale: Random 70s Pong Controller - 25 Cents (not sure what it's to, there's no name on it.)

At another sale: Centipede - Atari 2600, Loose, Missing End Label - 25 cents (he said he'd give it to me for free but I gave a quarter anyway.)

I didn't get a whole lot in the last few days but it's interesting seeing something at all show up. As for Centipede, it's from the same people who had a copy of Yars' Revenge I saw a few years ago. They have more Atari games, a 2600 and a Commodore 64 buried in the house somewhere so I'll keep coming back to their yard sale on occasion.

Edit 2:

Found that I never sold these:

Gamecube Kiosk Demo Disk 31 (Disc only)
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast, Loose) - My copy I purchased in 2003 / 2004

- Austin

[jb143]

Yard sale find. 25 cents each.
Dino Crisis 2 (PS)
Ape Escape(PS)
Ape Escape 2(PS2)
Rollerball(NES)

[InsaneDavid]

Yard sale find. 25 cents each.
Dino Crisis 2 (PS)
Ape Escape(PS)
Ape Escape 2(PS2)
Rollerball(NES)

Awesome!
Very nice!
Cool!
Dah, I freaking hate that game!

Seriously though, nice pickups. Reminds me of the finds / prices from a decade ago.

[jb143]

Awesome!
Very nice!
Cool!
Dah, I freaking hate that game!

Seriously though, nice pickups. Reminds me of the finds / prices from a decade ago.

Haha, yeah, tell me about it. I was just happy to find anything. Usually all I see, if anything, are girly DS games.

[Slate]

Found the other day:

Unknown 1970s Pong Console Knob Controller - 25 Cents (Yard Sale in a barn.)

SNES/N64/Gamecube Composite cable for $1 (Goodwill; store moving sale, 50% off.)

A few minutes ago, eBay:

Dreamcast VGA Cable for $13.62 shipped. Not a find.

I went to a small store that had a bunch of game items in it. All of it seemed to be at market pricing. Genesis II - $45, N64 - $55, Myst on Saturn - $9... There were a bunch of guys there having a D&D tournament or something like that, talking loudly. No judging, no offense but now (reflecting only on myself here) I think I see why I left gaming (for the most part) for years.

- Austin

[YoshiM]

Local St. Vincent store started selling games again but closer to market on some titles. Picked up "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and the newer bresker-style Original Xbox power cord for $11 total. Today I had a chance to check out a store in the city I work in and got a blue Microsoft-brand Xbox controller for $1.50. It looks like it was hardly used.

[Slate]

Arrived at a Flea Market around 7:40, people were still pulling in to their spaces. Passed on a 360. One seller pulled 3 SNES games out of a Christmas box of all things as I walked by, I didn't realize he was the seller at first. I came by, he had a Genesis controller and something else game related I didn't need. I picked everything up, he said $8. I put the controller and other item down and got these for $5:

Championship Pool (Fair condition)
Super Mario All-Stars (Average - Good condition)
Super Mario World (Player's Choice edition; Good condition)

I saw a wireless Atari controller but wasn't sure if it was to a Flashback or not. In retrospect, I don't think it was an original; it had no antenna. The lady wanted $3 for it, I didn't ask further.

Passed on 8 - 10 common Atari 2600 games for what seemed to be $75 (it wasn't well marked.)

Saw a Genesis (2) for $50, passed...

Went inside the building on the Flea Market grounds and there's a dedicated reseller in there. NES systems, SNES systems, some Genesis and Playstation and Atari systems including 2 that don't turn on for $10 ea. In there I saw an Atari 5200 4 Port without any controllers, games or wires; it's not in the best condition but I've seen worse and I wanted to see if I could buff out some light scratches. I paid $19 ($1 off since I asked,) probably not the greatest price but I wanted to modify a 4 port like this and I don't really care if I need to repair a couple things in it first. I rarely saw 5200 stuff in the wild anyway.

Stop at Cash In Culture in Monroeville Mall - picked up Super Breakout (5200) for $3. I had no 5200 games for when I test this 5200.

Last stop: The Exchange in Monroeville. Picked up Dreamcast Magazine Disc from July, 2000; Vol. 6. Includes Dreamcast Web Browser 2.0 and some game demos. Paid $3.

Total: $30. I'm glad to finally have a 5200 at all. I also found I actually have the TV connector for the Ti99/4a find from last year. All in all, I'm not going to say it's the same as the 71 game haul for $17-$18 in 2004 but I'm happy to find things I wanted.

- Austin