Weekend Finds: August 6th - 7th

[tuxedojoe]

Didn't see one of these up, so I thought I would start it!

Anyway, it's not really a find, but I won the following of eBay, and my package arrived!


Orignal Gameboy
Green Gameboy Pocket
Kirby in Dream Land
Terminator 2

$14 shipped.

[Sothy]

nICE. The T2 game will probably bite. GG one sure as hell does.

[Dji]

I added 68 games to my NES collection, for a measly $170 CDN (about $140 USD). That's $2.50 CDN per game, including taxes (it was at a local video game store). I just bought every NES game they had that I didn't have. Among those were many games that I hadn't even heard of, ever, including some R5's (although I haven't looked at the guide for the rarity of most of the games yet). I haven't tried them all (I'm at 13 thus far, not all new to me), but the best one so far is a gem known as...

Formula 1: Built to Win (by Seta, 1990)

This is an excellent single-player racing game, easily the best one I've played on the NES. It looks like Rad Racer at first glance, but it's much, much better. There are four cars to choose from (a Mini Cooper, a Vector W2, a Ferrari F40 and a Formula 1) and 32 courses (including eight real F1 tracks, such as the Gilles Villeneuve Grand Prix here in Montreal... I never knew there were Rockies-style mountains nearby ). The courses are short and sweet. Not only that, but there's a time trial mode to hone your skills as much as you want on any course, right from the beginning (without opponents), and which saves your best time and name! That impressed me quite a bit, since this is an NES racing game we're talking about. But the best feature in the game is the main mode... think Gran Turismo for the NES. You have to beat the easier courses to earn a little money in order to buy better car parts, thus enabling you to go for harder courses, winning licenses to participate in other races and buying new parts, new cars, etc. Once you've got the appropriate license, you can try any course as often as you want (pending a fee for most of them), and there's even a little trophy which indicates which courses you've already won. You can save your game at any time, which rules. The learning curve is quite smooth: the game is challenging, but not frustratingly so. The graphics are impressive and very fluid, which gives the game a nice sense of speed. The backgrounds are varied and the scenery is easy on the eyes. Two of the three music tracks are pretty good, and the other is okay. You can also turn the music off to hear sound effects such as the tires screaching, the engine roaring, etc. I couldn't stand GT3 because there were too many cars, too much customization, etc. Here, the balance between gameplay and customization just seems right; it's very fun to cool off and browse through auto parts or even try your luck at the slot machine mini-game after an intense race. I'm anything but a racing game fan, so I haven't tried that many (although I can say I'm familiar with Project Gotham Racing, F-Zero X, Super Mario Kart and GT3 in particular), but I was shocked by the quality of this title. Anyway, I highly recommend this game, which does not receive the attention that it deserves by any means. Perhaps it's due to its rarity (Wow! I just checked the guide, and it's an R5 according to DP, which makes it one of the rarest NES games that I own), and that's a shame. I myself had never heard of, let alone played, this game before.

This is why I like to buy random games... there is no joy greater than discovering some hidden gem like this. Now if you'll excuse me, I have quite a bit of treasure-seeking to do.

[Nez]

$220 For

US NeoGeo
With AV cables, power supply, memory card, 2 arcade sticks.

Games all complete
Samurai Showdown
Samurai Showdown 2
The King of Fighters 94




Oh and Baten Kaitos $22

[BrokenFlight]

I added 68 games to my NES collection, for a measly $170 CDN (about $140 USD). That's $2.50 CDN per game, including taxes (it was at a local video game store). I just bought every NES game they had that I didn't have.

I dream of the day I can do that

I probably won't have any finds for a while as I've just spent most of my money on a gamecube. I have to make do with £10/15 a week.

[tuxedojoe]

$220 For

US NeoGeo
With AV cables, power supply, memory card, 2 arcade sticks.

Games all complete
Samurai Showdown
Samurai Showdown 2
The King of Fighters 94

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Wow, man. Wow. Where did you manage to find that?

[Nez]

$220 For

US NeoGeo
With AV cables, power supply, memory card, 2 arcade sticks.

Games all complete
Samurai Showdown
Samurai Showdown 2
The King of Fighters 94

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Wow, man. Wow. Where did you manage to find that?

I cant tell I'll get in trouble.

[Daft Punk]

Didn't see one of these up, so I thought I would start it!

Anyway, it's not really a find, but I won the following of eBay, and my package arrived!

You are in violation of dp's rules.


Personal "finds" threads
One of the things we love to see the most is what everyone found while thrifting on any given week or weekend. For that reason, you'll SEE a thread for each week or weekend that everyone who wants to share their discoveries with can add to.

Check to make sure that such a thread doesn't already exist, and if not, feel free to start one. You should list the start and end dates for either the weekly or weekend finds thread as well.

Please don't start topics related to your personal "finds" unless you're adding or starting the weekly or weekend topic. Any extraneous "finds" topics will be locked and re-directed.

and all ebay find will be posted in the correct section .

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=67267

[mills]

Gameboy advance, transparent glacier with:
zelda classic
metroid fusion
final fantasy tactics
cima the enemy
and golden sun

cost......FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[tritium]

SNES system 2 controllers (controller ports don't work =( )

SNES Super Street Fighter II
SNES Mortal Kombat II
Genesis Ren & Stimipy Complete.

$20.

It woulda been a better deal if I can fix the snes. =(

[MattyXB]

Zelda - The Wand of Gamelon (Promo) for Philips CD-i



9,- Euro + 2,20 Euro shipping postage

[MegaDrive20XX]

PSOne system- $8

Broken GameGear with Shinobi- $1

DVD of "Super Mario Bros" and "Zelda" $2
The super Mario cartoon DVD has a bonus episode from "Sonic Underground" woo hoo!

Galaga for NES and an NES controller $4

[ScottK]

I usually never post in this topic, but I just got a killer find.

Was sitting at work yesterday and this guy comes in and we started talking about videogames. We were talking about the turbografx and he told me his broke and that he was looking for another one. I told him how I collected tg stuff too and he asked me if I had a cd system and I told him yes. He said that he would be back. He came back and gave me all these games for FREE!!!

Turbografx CD Games:

Monster Lair
Final Zone 2
Sherlock Holmes
Fighting Street
Y's Book I & II
Y's 3
Magical Dinosaur Tour
J.B. Harold Murder Club
Valis 2
Lords of the Rising Sun

PC-Engine CD Games:

Golden Axe
Final Zone 2
The Manhole (lol...it's actually a kids game, seriously)
Red Alert
Pomping World


Not only did I get all the above for free, but all 15 games are complete and in mint condition (no boxes though, and only one spine card). I about fell over when he gave them to me. I checked the DP database and they are worth a combined $278.

[Crush Crawfish]

Today's garage sale finds:



Donkey Kong Bank- $1

PS1 games- .25 each
Dave Mirra BMX
Marvel vs. capcom (no manual)
Tenchu
Spider-man
croc

I totally wasn't expecting those PS1 games to be so cheap, and the DK bank is just awesome (it's even got some change in it!).

[squidblatt]

From thrift:

NES:
8 Eyes
A Boy and his Blob
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Alien Syndrome
Archon
Astynax
Circus Caper
Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum
Destination Earthstar
Dragon Spirit
Faxanadu
Fester's Quest
Flying Dragon
Wizards and Warriors 2
Golgo 13
Mad Max
MC Kids
Mickey Mousecapade
Rolling Thunder
StarTropics
Taboo the Sixth Sense
Time Lord
Tiny Toon Adventures
Wrath of the Black Manta

From store:
Another Wonderful Life - Got the plush dog even though I didn't preorder, and he threw in the plush Finny the Fish. Don't have that game, though.

[mizarkgram]

I alos hit up the Yard Sales, but there was slim pickings this weekend... I found a barebone Original Playstatin with one controller, which looked like it was stored in a swamp with a price tag of 50 bucks.... I decided to pass on it

I did, however, pick up the following movies:
Waterboy
Billy Madison
Big Daddy
Close Encounters fo the Thrid Kind
Faculty
13th Warrior
No Holds Barred
Night at the Roxbury
Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure

And th closest thing to video gaming:
Top Gun Thrustmaster PC Joytsick (50 cents)
Can be seen in the following link:
http://www.cyberg8t.com/f2comp/prodtg.htm

Anyone got any idea on what games I can play with it, and if it would work with modern computers???

[pookninja]

• 

slow weekend for me

• found at goodwill:

mortal kombat 2 for saturn(complete)$2[list]then at gamecrazy i bought:

• the punisher for xbox(brand new)$20

[Ryaan1234]

)Our internet was down last night so I couldn't post my finds for yesterday. We went to the Richland Mall and I went into this game store called "Special FX". This is one of those game shops where they use this big overpirced master list for games and loose used games can be at up to $9.99(or more. $24.99 for megaman X! ). But I dug though the overpriceyness and found Mountain Bike Rally (my first R6 for the SNES! ) for $4.99. Then I spotted a sealed copy of battlezone for atari 2600. I figured it would be overpriced way too much, but the price for each game is the same, even when it is sealed. (ex. $4.95 for videomation, the same for it sealed, which they didn't have, I would have bought it for that much!) So, I paid $1.95 for it .

[roushimsx]

Mushihimesama LE
The Chikyuu Boueigun 2 (the first game was release in europe as Monster Attack. Both rock new york hardcore)
Taito Memories Joukan

Not a bad day today

[The_Kodiak65]

I checked in at the local goodwill, and while digging around, i found-
pokeman snap(N64, loose) -$0.99
Kobe Bryant in NBA courtside (N64, loose) -$0.99

on my way back home, i stopped at a yard sale and got-
Sonic 3-D Blast (Genesis, loose) - $1.00
Midnight Resistence (Genesis, loose) - $1.00
Body Harvest (N64, loose) -$1.00
and The Legend of Zelda (NES, gold cart, loose) $1.00

not too shabby,eh?