The Mother of All Dumpster Diving Finds...

[josekortez]

Hi guys,

I've been away from my computer for a few days, but on Friday, I went dumpster diving at Hollywood Video/Gamecrazy while on winter vacation. I left the store after discovering that the buy 2, get 1 free sale was over, and I noticed that there were about 100 DVD cases tossed into the trash. As you might expect, there were video-game cases tossed in with the rest. In addition to the following, I got an empty PlayStation display box and 8 Genesis sports game cases with the instructions and posters still in them.

Anyway, here's most of what I collected:

(*asterisks denote multiples and/or games I already own)

Cases with instructions

Dynasty Warriors 4 (XB)
Enter the Matrix (GC)
ESPN Basketball 2K4 (XB)
Grand Theft Auto III (XB)
Kirby’s Air Ride (GC)
Mario Kart Double Dash (GC) (including the registration number)
Soul Calibur 2 (XB)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (GC)
WWE Raw 2 (XB)*

Instructions

ESPN Basketball 2K4 (PS2)
Lego: Bionicle (PS2)
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past (GBA)
WWE Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain (PS2)

Cases with no instructions

Aliens vs. Predator (XB)
Amped 2 (XB)*
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GC)*
Conflict Desert Storm II (XB)*
Dragonball Z: Budokai (GC)
Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes (XB)*
Enter the Matrix (GC)*
ESPN Football 2K4 (XB)
F-Zero GX (GC)
Freedom Fighters (XB)*
Goblin Commander (XB)
Grabbed by the Ghoulies (XB)*
Grand Theft Auto III (XB)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (XB)*
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (GC)*
Hulk (GC)*
Hunter the Reckoning: Redeemer (XB)
Legacy of Kain: Defiance (XB)
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (GC)*
Lost Kingdoms (GC)
Mario Kart Double Dash (GC)*
Mario Party 5 (GC)*
NBA Street Vol. 2 (PS2)
NFL Fever 2004 (XB)*
NHL 2004 (XB)*
Project Gotham Racing 2 (XB)*
Rainbow Six 3 (XB)*
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (XB)
Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights (PS2)
Secret Weapons Over Normandy (XB)
Simpsons: Hit and Run (GC)
Simpsons: Hit and Run (PS2)
Simpsons: Hit and Run (XB)
Sims: Bustin’ Out (PS2)
S.O.C.O.M. II (PS2)*
Soldier of Fortune 2 (XB)
Soul Calibur 2 (GC)*
SSX 3 (GC)
SSX 3 (XB)
Starsky and Hutch (XB)
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Star Wars: Jedi Knight Jedi Academy (XB)*
Star Wars: Rebel Strike (GC)*
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 (XB)
Tony Hawk’s Underground (GC)
Tony Hawk’s Underground (XB)
True Crime: Streets of L.A. (XB)*
Viewtiful Joe (GC)
Voodoo Vince (XB)*
Wolverine’s Revenge (GC)
Wrestlemania XIX (GC)
Yu-Gi-Oh: Duelist of the Roses (PS2)
Yu-Gi-Oh: Falsebound Kingdom (GC)

There weren't any posters out there like I hoped. Just a GameCube display that had been beaten to hell. I figure I can fill these cases with former Blockbuster rentals at some point in the future. Anyone see the irony in my plan?

Before someone says anything, I know this isn't the trading forum, but if anyone is interested in trading promos, instructions, or other things for the cases with asterisks next to them, I'm open for discussion. I need a long-box Zero Divide manual and a Star Wars GC demo disc insert bad right now...

[youruglyclone]

I bet that must've been a fun car ride....unless you walked home which is ever more mindboggling. but nice find!

[josekortez]

Yeah, I put the loot in the clean cardboard box the Genesis cases were in and walked to the car before it started raining. Also, I forgot to add that it was a clean dumpster - no rats or roaches!

Here's what the Genesis cases with the instructions and inserts were:

Coach K College Basketball
College Football National Championship
ESPN National Hockey Night
Evander Holyfield Boxing
NBA Live '97
NBA Jam
PGA Tour Golf II
Triple Play '96

[tholly]

The Star Wars Demo Disc did not have an insert. It only came with the outer case picture thing and the disc.

[josekortez]

Thanks, Tholly. I appreciate your honesty. I bought a used one from EB Games the other day.

[kai123]

You can't beat the price on those for sure. Very nice finds.

[MarioAllStar2600]

Nice finds. I have had some real nice finds at the GameStop near me. REAL NICE!

Those 100 DVD cases are awsome. Keep diving man!

[Videogamerdaryll]

Sweet!!

I haven't been posting any of my uncles Dumpster diving finds lately though some of it's been added to the walls etc in my colletion pics..

Some of it still sits in storage and I haven't went to see it.
I just wait for him to bring it over here when p[ossible..mich easier for me.

I know he just found some Final Fantasy store Displays/A Mario Display with something that moves on it(battery Operated) and a bunch of empty DVD cases that I told him to go back and pick up when he called me and said he passed them up.

[kainemaxwell]

Very cool!!

[gamergary]

Nice find!!!

[eolsen]

I can't believe people just throw that stuff away!

[badinsults]

Some people's junk is another's treasure...

[josekortez]

Only bumped for the benefit of a fellow DPer...