June 2006 Finds

[Jumpman Jr.]

Looks like Cauterize is back in action.

[smork]

One of my better finds today!!!!

Neo Geo CD - Top　Loader + 13 games -- ~$55! No box for the sytem, but complete with all cables and two controllers, in very nice condition.

Games include (all Japanese versions with case, manual,cd in good shape):

KOF 94
KOF 95
KOF 98
Gangan
World Heroes 2 Jet
Idol Mahjong - Final Romance 2
Power Spikes 2
Samurai Spirits 1
Samurai Spirits 2
Samurai Spirits 4
Fatal Fury Special
Fatal Fury 3: Road to Final Victory
Savage Reign

...not too bad for ~$55....

Picked up a slew of other games, too -- will list all later. Best values for the bunch are Mars Matrix (DC) for ~$18 and Elevator Action Returns (SAT) for ~$28...

[MegaDrive20XX]

My preciouusssss



I got paid today, I got more working hours next week, my bills gettin' paid. My cat is 20 times better now....life is good...really really good...so I stopped by Best Buy because of the $29.99 price that was announced shortly ago.

Cuz I got STREET FIGHTER 1 AND BLACK TIGER!! WOOT!!!!!!!

Whaaat strength, but daant furget
dare are guys like you all
ober da' world!" to quote SF1 lol

Btw I saw "TECMO Classics" for Xbox for $9.99 at Best buy! If you want a damn good port of RYGAR this would be it son!

[toddst]

James Bond 007 and Stunt Man for the 2600 for $2 each.

Not bad for a thrift store that is usually dry.

-Todd
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Vectrex Shirt $12 at http://www.scootanddestroy.com

[Ryaan1234]

A minty boxed magic of scherzerade for $2.99
It's been a kinda slow week for me.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I just got The King of Fighter EX: Neoblood for the GBA, in practically MINT condition (the box has a little bit of damage), for $15 shipped off eBay. It has EVERYTHING - manuals, inserts, even the registration card!

And you can tell whoever bought it... didn't like it. Apparently it was only played ONCE, since the Character Usage counter only showed three entries: Ryo, Kyo, and Ralf, all used one time. I hope my SP doesn't puke while playing it... it's that bad!

On the other hand, I lost an auction for a sealed KOF EX2: Howling Blood by fifty goddamn cents. But the guy wanted $7 to ship the item in a bubble mailer, so he can go screw himself. :P

But I did get a Buy It Now on another GBA game I'd been looking for... which is an indirect sequel to one of my translations. Mwahahahahahahaha... more details when it gets here.

[Porksta]

FYE:
GTA San Andreas First Edition (XBX) - $20.00
Slipknot: Iowa (CD) - $10.00

In the mail:
Everlast: Whitey Ford Sings The Blues (CD)

[Sailorneorune]

Pretty slow weekend...

in the mail:

Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga LE
a GC Broadband Adapter (about time! )
Tomba! 2 (for one of my friends... jewel case is fragged, but jewel cases are cheap)

a pleasant surprise from Comic Quest, Evansville, IN:

2 MINT (were sealed until I opened them) vintage issues of EGM2, and 1 minty EGM.

EGM is from June '94, has the "first info on Sonic 4", a Virtua Fighter cover and poster.

The EGM2 issues are from January '95 (#6, Batman & Robin cover, includes 3DO buyer's guide, and is freakin' huge) and May '95 (#10, amateurish Night Warriors cover, includes 1995 RPG buyer's guide, and is freakin' small).

One of them has an ad for Lufia for the Genesis in it (did that come out here?!) among other interesting stuff.

Since I've read them and really can't use them for art references, they're up for trade.

[Cambot]

I hit three thrift stores today. Didn't find anything too rare, but I did manage to come away with a nice little haul...


These Street Fighter discs were only about $1.50. Too bad I can't play them without DOS.








Oh, and I forgot to take a shot of nice N64 I also found today. It came with 4 brand new looking controllers, all different colors for $13.00! The nice, new-ish controllers were main reason I bought it - mine were wearing out.

All in all, I paid around $30.00 for the whole day's finds.

[Crosman]

Picked up a few new things today.

Pickachu Doll 10c
Diddy Kong Figure 25c
5 DBZ video's 2.00
Lord of the ring book Collection 3.75
Super Nintendo System (Free)

As for Game's

Resident Evil Zero (2.00)
Rampage NES (free)
Top Gun 2 (free)
Dash Galaxy in the alien Asylum (free)
Baseball Stars (Free)
Target Renegade (free)
Blaster Master (free)
NBA 2K1 (1.00)

[JSN]

Finally games have started arriving from trades I made, some from here some from gametz. I got:

Einhander (PS1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (GCN) - New still sealed! Well, not for much longer.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (GCN)
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 Strategy Guide
Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith (PS2)
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords (PC)
Strikers 1945 (PS1)

I’ve been wanting Einhander again for a long time. I used to have it but lost track of my copy about five years ago… Don’t know what happened to it, must have loaned it out to someone and it never got returned. Trust me lesson learned, I don’t intend to ever let that happen again, plus it probably helps that I’m not planning to move 200 miles away for five years again.

-Jason

[Steempy]

EB Garden City today,

PS2 Without Warning, $AUS18.75 after 25% discount
PS2 Broken Sword, $AUS15 after 25% discount
PS2 Crimson Tears, $AUS12.95

and another box of metrosexual DS card cases for $AUS7.50 after 50% discount

[Cauterize]

Cauterize - Do you really just lay the guitars on top of each other in the corner like that? *Shudder*

I thought the same thing when I saw that picture. Gotta take care of your instruments, dude.

Chris

Heh im in the process of redoing my room up... i need to fix to the wall my guitar holders again... My babies will be safe, dont worry

Looks like Cauterize is back in action.

Lets just say the car boot season has started again
*Looks forward to tomorrow!!!!*

[Jibbajaba]

Fan-fucking-tastic day for garage sales today. Garage sale season has officially started in my town!

First, yesterday at the thrifts I found these goodies. -Complete Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf, $1.80.
-King's Quest Companion, $1.00.
-Goo Gone, $1.29 from Goodwill. They are starting to sell a lot of new merch. these days. They are trying to be like the dollar store, only more expensive.


First yard sale I hit is right down the street from me. Like new 13-inch Samsung flat screen TV with remote, $10. We needed a new TV for the bedroom, and this is perfect. Went right on top of the dresser.


Walking back to my house carrying the TV, I spot a guy putting up flyers for his yard sale. I ask him if he has any games. "Yeah. You mean board games?" "No, video games." "Uh, yeah some old Sega Master System and Game Gear stuff." So I hot foot it back to Casa de Jibba and drop off the TV, then jam over to his sale a couple of streets over.

-Game Gear System
-Columns (GG)
-Sonic the Hedgehog (GG)
-Dragon Crystal (GG)
-Revenge of Drancon (GG)
-Manuals for all games and system
-AC adapter
-Car adapter
-External battery pack
-SMS light gun
-NES gray zapper gun
-Great Soccer (SMS)
-Pro Wrestling (SMS)
-Galaxy Force (SMS)
-Shinobi (SMS)
-Gear Master (SMS --> GG cart adapter)
All for $5 total.




Block sale near my neighborhood. No games, but a kid was selling fresh (still warm) homemade biscotti for 25 cents each, and I scored this phone, still boxed, plus an expansion handset and base (not pictured.) The price tag from Fry's on the phone was $179.99 and on the expansion handset was $69.99. He sold them to me for $5.00 total. Seems like a nice phone, and we could use a new one.


Went to a few more sales downtown and didn't find bupkis. Then at the last one I found this sweet CD shelf for $5.00, and this Net MD player for $5.00. The MD player came with all the hookups and documentation and the CD. Basically everything but the box. If anyone wants to buy this, let me know. Otherwise it's going to eBay.



These are just some highlights from the last couple of weeks of hunting. Final Fantasy III and Chrono Trigger are both mint, and both came with manuals (not pictured). They were about $3 each. I bought them from a guy on craigslist. I was at his house buying a Barbeque from him, and I asked if he had any games for sale, as I had bought some Gameboy games from him a week prior. He pulls these out, plus Secret of Evermore (not pictured). Moral of this story? IT NEVER HURTS TO ASK!!! The Centipede MB game was $1.99 from Goodwill and is in pretty bad shape. The box was already pretty beat up, but then the stupid fucks at Goodwill taped the box shut by WRAPPING packing tape around it, and then someone spilled fruit punch on it while it was in the store. (I know this because the punch was on top of the tape). I haven't even tried to take the tape off yet. Sounds like a good job for my new bottle of Goo Gone. I found the game while out thrifting with evg2000, and he was the one who spotted it, but he let me take it. Thanks, dude!


And I'm still heading out to TWO flea markets today!!! BWAHAHAHAH!!!!

Chris

[MegaDrive20XX]

Finds of today:

PSX System model 1001 with all the ports, still works great- $8

Sega CD model 2- $3 Loose, but still boots up and reads disc! Sadly the disc keeps skipping, trying to figure out how to fix that problem..

GBA SP carrying case for 25 cents

and this lil fellow for 50 cents

[Kitsune Sniper]

Today's finds:

Mega Man X2 (SNES, loose) - $3
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (DC, complete) - $1
Lords Royal Collection (Lords of the Realm 1, 2 + 2 Siege Pack Expansion) - $2
King's Quest Collection (three CDs) + The Oregon Trail Version 1.1 (Dude, WTF!) - $2

I also found a loose copy of Batman Returns for the SNES, but I left it behind... having seen how much it costs on eBay, though, I don't regret doing so.

And my DK Jr. Math box already netted $50 on eBay, with six hours to go. WOO!

[badinsults]

I picked up Sonic Gems Collection for the Gamecube for $20.

[Porkchop]

Have not done much hunting of late, but today went to my local famers/flee market and had my best find in a long while.

SNES:

WORDTRIS .50
Lemmings .50
Chrono Tigger $2.00
Final Fantasy III $2.00

PS1:

Star Ocean $1.00
Civilization II $3.00
Legend of Mana $2.00
Final fantasy VII $2.00
Final Fantasy VIII $2.00

PS2:

Shadow Hearts $2.00

[Joker T]

Nice finds Jibba.

[jeffg]

found shenmue complete for $2.00 at goodwill for the DC

Then an awesome non-video game find at a garage sale


AVALON HILL GAME STREETS OF FIRE COMPLETE AND UNPLAYED CONDITION FOR $1.00

ONE SOLD ON EBAY FOR $138

I PUT MINE ON EBAY FOR THE LOW, LOW PRICE OF $99.99 BUY IT NOW

NOT A BAD PROFIT, WHAT TO BUY WITH THE $100 I WILL SOON BE GETTING