August 2006 Finds

[cowmando6]

Got some good stuff today, all at one garage sale:

Atari 7800 w/ 2 Pro-line joysticks, but sadly no AC adaptor...I had to solder my own to it and it worked great

Odyssey 2 (version with the removable controllers)

Phantasy Star II complete except for the hint book

Quest for the Rings complete

Virtual Boy with AC Adapter

D, Bug Too, Hi-Octane, and The Horde for Saturn along with a memory cart plus

20 bucks for everything

[intelli78]

Shadow of the Colossus: $5 (new)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories PS2: $5 (new)

Do explain where one gets these titles new for $5.

[joshnickerson]

Gather 'round children, and hear ye a tale, of Josh and Ulticron's quest for cheap sales...

Yeah, anyway, Ulticron came down to Georgia for the weekend a couple of weeks ago, and we did the usual rampage, and I found a gem I'd been questing for for quite some time. Now, PICS!

Gameboy Color banner (FREE)
Charmander clock - 50cents
NP Pokemon XD Guide - $3
NP Mario & Luigi Guide - $3
Ulticron gave me a Gameboy Color banner he found while cleaning out his junk room. We took a wild trip down to Macon's Smiley's Flea Market, where the first things I found were the NP guides for three bucks each. Not a bad deal.

Gamecube Kiosk Disc #23 - Trade from PookNinja
Gamecube Kiosk Disc #32 - Trade from PookNinja
Rogue Squadron (Complete) - $15
City Connection - $4
Monster Party - $4
The kiosks discs came during his visit, and we found the NES titles and Rogue Squadron at various dirt malls. Of course, the really big gem came at a chance EB Games.

We went to the mall in Macon and made our way to the back wall. Ulticron went toward the DS games, while I decided to check out the used GBA case that they had propped in the middle of the floor. I scanned through, finding nothing special until on the bottom shelf I found something that made my heart stop. Leaping to my feet, I started making gestures for Cron to come and look (he stated later I looked really freaked out.)

The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap DEMO - $26
It was marked the same as the other games, and was sitting right next to the legit version of the game. They hadn't even bothered to mark out the "NOT FOR RESALE" with a sharpie like they usually do. I got Cron to guard it for me, while I went to wait in line to get the damn EB cashier to get the game out of the case. Of course, it was taking so long, Cron actually managed to snag another clerk who was helping a customer to open the case for him.
But MAN it was so awesome to finally find this version. As you can see, I now have all three variations of The Minish Cap *L*
Ulticron found some good stuff too, including some transformer figure he was really psyched about (Fort Maximus or something) at Goodwill for next to nothing.

And now the finds from today's dirt mall trip... I was mostly shopping for furniture for my apartment, but as you could probably guess, I was drawn to some game stuff as well.

N64 case - $5
Snowboard Kids 2 - $6
Sonic Game thingie - $1

[Kuros]

$2 for the Dilbert book
$5 for Full Throttle, it's complete and everything but the box is mint.

[Kitsune Sniper]

That is the third Full Throttle box variant I've seen. There's the collector's edition, and a standard one, and your own which has that Creative Labs logo on the front.

Does the disc only say "Full Throttle", or is it different? I have a CD variant that has Full Throttle on the left side, and it says it has a Dark Forces demo on the right side.

(I like to look at PC game variants. )

[Kuros]

This one is a Limited Edition (the oval shape is the sticker indicating that)

It has a strat guide on the inside which is about 225 pages.

The CD just says Full Throttle on it.

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

Got myself a few $3 N-Gage games at GameStop:

Call Of Duty
Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey
Pathway To Glory
Spider-Man 2
X-Men Legends

[BrokenFlight]

The car boot sale was packed today. There must have been around 200-300 people selling stuff. But that didn't mean there was a lot of game stuff.

The £4-a-game man was there. He wanted £25 for a loose NES with skidmarks all over it, like someone had been kicking it around. He also wanted £25 each for a Saturn, Dreamcast, Mega Drive and PS1. What a rip off. He clearly isn't "selling them for someone else".

After two and a half hours of walking around, all I found was an N64 controller for £1, a little Sonic figure for 20p, and Tomb Raider Legends for the Xbox for £5. So, it wasn't a complete waste because Tomb Raider was a steal.

I'm off to another one in an hour.


Edit: All I got at the other one was Chuck Rock for the Game Gear for 50p. So with the entry fee it was £1. Not too bad but a bit "meh".

There was someone with an N64 game I only sort of wanted but it had chewing gum and writing all over it. He wanted £4 for just the cartridge. I turned my nose up at it and he offered £3, but I left it.

There was also someone selling loads of modern games. Nothing really grabbed me, though. They wanted £20 for a PS1 and £25 for a loose Pokemon N64.

[roushimsx]

Do explain where one gets these titles new for $5.

AAFES currently has a 75% off sale on all console games priced $20 and below. Since Shadow of the Colossus just got Greatest Hits'd, non-GH copies ring up for $20...so 75% off of that = $$$$

I've bought quite a few games in the last month since they started the promotion and sadly my PS2 and Xbox collections have grown far more rapidly than I had anticipated. I'm completely out of shelf space for games and I think I'm going to have to throw my Gamecube games in boxes in the garage if I intend to display my PS2/Xbox stuff

[Oobgarm]

Eternal Tune, Carey85, and I hit some fleas and thrifts yesterday, my finds:

SNES:

Secret of Mana(loose) $5
Kirby Super Star(loose) $5
Kirby's Dreamland 3(loose) $5
UN Squadron $5

PS2:

CART Fury(complete) $5
Driving Emotion Type-S(complete) $5

GameCube:

Chaos Field(complete) $15

NES:

Pro Sport Hockey(loose) $3
Monster in My Pocket(loose) $7
Low G Man(loose) $1.50
Whomp 'Em(loose) $4

2600:

Mountain King(loose) $4

Game Gear System w/ AC and label-less game(untested as of yet) $5

PC:

Sim City 2000(loose) $1
Samsung 17" Syncmaster Monitor w/ RGB input $5

Non game-related finds:

A new/sealed Chia Pet, an Urge Orverkill CD, and a pair of bootleg Oakley sunglasses.

Not a bad day, the first day I'd been out like that in years.

[Slate]

At a garage sale this morning I picked up an Atari 2600 Jr in the box (maroon) for $5. I already had one in a silver box but I hadn't seen the maroon one before.

Thanks for reminding me!

I bought an Atari 2600 Jr. for $1, just the console. This was like august first.

And as of yesterday..

Super mario kart (SNES, Million seller version, With manual) - $1

Also sold some common games to two vendors at the flea market for $37 total.

[Xexyz]

Some decent stuff for the week. Once again, more boxed and/or complete NES games. I've gone from 0 boxed and/or complete NES titles to over 50 in just over a month

Friday, 08/04/2006:


Some Gamestop purchases here. My only goal was to finally get a copy of that shipping delayed GBA RPG, Summon Night: Swordcraft Story ($29.99, a great game BTW for you dungeon crawler and/or Tales of Phantasia battle system lovers). However, I knew I'd leave with more after scanning over the used games. I found Ridge Racer Type 4 ($7 something after 10% off) and The Bombing Islands ($1ish after 10% off).

Sunday, 08/06/2006


All of this stuff came from three different vendors at the flea market I stopped at today.

The King of Fighters 95 (PS1, complete): $4
ToeJam & Earl (Genesis, loose): $1
Animaniacs (Genesis, complete): $4
Dragon Warrior (NES, complete): $4
Rad Racer II (NES, complete): $4
Pipe Dream (NES, complete): $4
Trojan (NES, boxed): $4
Fester's Quest (NES, boxed): $4
Freedom Force (NES, complete): $4

Sunsoft never lies! They sure were telling the truth when they printed on the box/cart label that Freedom Force is the best NES Zapper Gun game! Now all I truly need from Sunsofts NES releases is Super Spy Hunter, which is an absolute amazing game.

[Cauterize]

eBay, £1.50 for the Lost World, £1.99 for Plok


Today, had to walk 4 miles to the boot sale as i have no transportation there right now and there is no public transport there either...

Then 4 miles back carrying all this (between me and a friend)



About £17 for all this




PS2 games £1 each
PS1 games between 50p and £2
(Finally got Koudelka! I know its not rare but i just cant be bothered paying over £5+ on eBay :P)




NES + Street Gangs/River City Ransom £1
(I can see what all the hype is about now! )
Also included Pads and zapper etc...
SMS £1

Also, not pictured, loads of Lilo and Stitch merch for the girlfriend... I swear her Stitch collection is gonna out grow my games collection sooner or later!

[roushimsx]

crazy haul today:

All games are brand new.

Top row:
Ratchet: Deadlocked - $5
Leisure Suit Larry: Disappointment Cum Louda - $5
One Piece Grand Battle - $5
Sly 3 - $5

Second Row:
White Trash Outdoor Adventures Indoor: $2
Xenosaga II - $2
We Went From Neverhood To This - $2
Killer 7 - $2
NCAA Football 2005 (Xbox) - $2

Third Row:
Nascar Chase for the Cup 2005 - $2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 - $2
Timesplitters Future Perfect - $2
NCAA Football 2005 - $2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour (DS) - $2

Last Row:
Resident Evil 4 - $2
Timesplitters Future Perfect - $2
Urbz (DS) - $2
Mr Driller 2 - $2
Mr Driller 2 - $2

....so $50 for the whole lot. The duplicate Timesplitters and Mr Driller 2 are going to be freebies for some friends, along with that copy of Killer 7 (actually I now have two spare copies of Killer 7 to get rid of along with a spare Phantom Dust)

[Vectorman0]

New Gamecube BBA - $3 at EB

[aaron7]

$15 for the generic cold air intake with filter... I needed this for a project of mine and it sells for $40 at the auto parts store

$5 for Doom 3... I have the game, but it's a borrowed copy and is glitchy as hell. Now I can play it, and it was mint complete.

$3 for a black CD-ROM drive. My server takes 8 CD-ROM drives, and I only have 3 in there right now. And it was black so it matches!

$2 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde for NES... common, needed it

$3 for Road Runner for NES... common, needed it

$2 for Alpha Misson for NES... common, needed it

$2 for a random wireless controller... never saw this one before. Lady refused to take a dollar for it

[JOLLERANCHER]

picked up these this weekend. a super nintendo 1994 powerfest competetion cart with the game super mario bros"the lost levels", super mario kart, and ken griffey jr. plus a 1992 super famicom challenge competition cart with the cames super mario world, f-zero, and pilotwings. not sure if the pics i tried to post showed up. if not you can go to jollerancher's Gallery to view these and my other pics. i paid $400 for these 2 1 of a kind carts and a autographed nintendo ken griffey jr baseball.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Dude!

I was about to ask about that second cart! I saw it mentioned on an old Nintendo Power magazine off that Retromags torrent, and it said it was used on some sort of competition between a US and a Japanese player. I'd never heard of it until now. Sweet deal.

[Perkar]

snagged this beauty via craigslist. a listing of the games that came with...

River City Ransom
Super Mario Bros / Duck Hunt
Jackal
Tetris
Operation Wolf
Robocop
Alpha Mission
Captain Skyhawk
Mickey Mousecapade
Excitebike
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
Legacy of the Wizard
Gotcha

not a bad find with good ol RCR in there....

[WSUCougars]

Acquired this off craigslist. If anyone has a loose 3D Minestorm they're looking to unload, shoot me a PM