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    my SNES was from freecycle.org, but my rarest (and only) thrift find was a SMB/DH cart. i bought it for 1.50 just because that was before i was hardcore collecting, and also it was my first ever thrift find (well of videogames anyway)

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    Rarest game I have found was a complete X-Com: UFO Defence (PSX, R7) for $4.99.

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    Hurricans(SNES, R7) it was 10$ and I though it was too much(it wasnt) so I didnt buy I. I regreat it soooo bad.

    But once I got a top-loader and a reg. Nes and some games for 20 or 30 bucks.

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    Atari 2600 Music Machine Rarity 9......25 cents at flea market

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    The N64 Finds Were Mostly At Game Crazy. They Had A Special 3 Games For $15.00

    NES
    NES Action Set Boxed/Complete $10
    NES Control Deck Complete/Boxed W/2 Games $10
    Ms. Pac-man (namco) $2-4 bucks
    Pac-man (namco) $5.00
    Baseball Stars 2 $8.00
    Bases Loaded 4 $4.99
    Pro Sport Hockey (my old game store was having a deal foro 4 sports games for a dollar)
    Dragon Warrior II $10
    Super Dodgeball $2.00

    N64
    Blitz Specail Edition
    Donkey Kong 64 Not For Resale $5.00
    International track n field 2000 $2.99
    International Superstar Soccer 64 $5.00
    International Superstar Soccer '98 $5.00

    I'm sure there are several more that i didn't mention.

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    Probably a vectrex at a tag sale for $8. Not extremely rare but still a very good deal.

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    I hardly ever hunt in the wild, but these are my best finds from around 8 years ago:

    All Panesian manuals & many other rare NES manuals (included in a batch of 700 NES manuals for 5 dollars...all MINT)
    X-COM for PSX for $9.99
    Revolving Cartridge Organizers for NES $5 each (This was actually my first find at any thirft store back in the day...3 new & CIB and 1 loose show model...these have only been seen on eBay twice...so they are also extremely rare to come across)

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    I worked as an Assistant Manager at Blockbuster just as SNES, Genesis, and Saturn games were all being eliminated to make way for PSX and N64 games, so, with my employee discount and privelaged pick among them, I got:

    Chrono Trigger with Mint box for $8
    Final Fantasy II with Mint box for $8
    Castlevania: Dracula X with Mint box for $8
    Mutant League Hockey with case for $4
    Herzog Zwei with eaten-looking case $2.60

    Also, we had this sale one time on used PSX games, and we received a few boxes of them from other stores, so as to mix up our inventories to appease the locals. In one of these boxes was a horribly mangled (but still functioning) copy of Dragon Ball Z: Final Bout, back when it was going for about $200, which I got for $8.

    Recently (within the past six months), I've found:

    Complete and pristine Gitaroo-Man for $18 (which is maybe my new favorite PS2 game)
    Complete and pristine Rez for $50 (sold on eBay for $110)
    Complete and pristine copy of Suikoden II for $54 (sold on eBay for $105)

    And finally, my favorite recent story: I have been looking very seriously for some time for a decent shape copy of Snow Brothers, Bonk's Adventure, and/or Duck Tales 2 on NES. These were the three games I wanted most in the world on any system. Then, last Thursday, I went into a local, one-off used video game store that I go to frequently to kill some time, and found a mint copy of Duck Tales 2 for $5 that hadn't been there before. It made my day.

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    i wouldn't call it wild as it was centre of Osaka - denden town...

    got Famicom Soap Panic, FamiDisk Biyoujou Mahjong, Saturn Mirage CD, Saturn Graphic Tools Mac disks...

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    Rare Games I've Found In The Wild:

    For PS:
    DDR Disney Mix, Complete, Near Mint for $35
    Spot Goes to Hollywood, Complete, Near Mint for $3 - R7
    Starblade Alpha, Complete, Near Mint for $4 - R7

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    Neo Geo AES for $20 from some dumb black guy at the flea market. I was lucky my uncle gave me an extra $10 that day, too. Afterwards he bitched for at least an hour about how the damned thing better work.

    Which it still does.
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    At my local used videogame store, I found a perfectly packaged Radiant Silvergun in the Saturn import section! Trying to keep my cool, I asked the cashier how much it was. He gave me a stupid look and told me it was more than I could afford, $300 bucks more. He was right

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    Default EASY - (3) Intellivision BASIC Cartridges for Comp. Module

    Yep - I found (3) Intv Basic (programming) Carts which were to be inserted into the never released computer module. I paid a whopping $5 for three of these along with a few other misc. classic gaming items. I doubt I will ever score that big again. I ended up selling and trading them away. I do have some photos of them if anyone is interested in seeimg them.

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    Magic Carpet for the PSX, 2 bucks.

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    A Sega Nomad at the local Goodwill for $5. The screen still had the plastic covering on it, thus it was in mint condition with no scratches.

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    -Contra Force loose for $2 (perfect shape cart)

    -Final Fantasy II loose for $10 (perfect shape cart)

    -Turtles IV and Contra III factory sealed, $10/pc

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    I swear I can smell your stinky hands from here!

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