February 2008 Finds

[josekortez]

Yesterday I picked up games from Best Buy, Circuit City and Gamestop. I meant to check out Goodwill, but I just didn't feel like it.

Best Buy
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (GC, PC version, new) - $9.99

I'm particularly excited about this find because I went to this store and passed it up 3 times when I saw it there in the value display around the holidays. Then, they dismantled the value display and moved all the games back into the storeroom. When I went back yesterday, I found it hiding behind a copy of Happy Feet for GC in the Wii section. Since Gamestop is now charging $17.99 used for this game, I'm glad I got it for a good price.

Circuit City
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron (PS2, new) - $16.96 (Not sure if I'll keep it yet, but it's the only one I've seen at any Circuit City and Play magazine gave it good reviews. Hopefully, it will drop to $8.96 soon so I can get a price match plus.)

Gamestop
Firefighter F.D. 18 (PS2, complete) - $27.99
Impossible Mission (DS, new) - $9.99
Lifeline (PS2, complete) - $3.69
Rave Master (GC, complete) - $13.49
Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Gray (PS2, complete) - $13.49

I was pretty excited to find Firefighter F.D. and Rave Master yesterday because those are at the very least uncommon games. I just picked up Swashbucklers because it's a budget game I haven't seen used anywhere before, but the case has an odd smell, so I'm gonna alcohol it down and spray it with Febreze...trust me, it needs it.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Found- all for the NES:

Ducktales
The Immortal (R4)
Shadowgate

all .99 each at 2 different Goodwills.

[Goodwill Hunter]

That same Goodwill in New Berlin, WI that had 6 Mass Effects for $24.99 now has about 12! They also knocked down the price of the PS2 Buzz! 4-player bundles to $9.99, So I picked up one of those.

Scored a like new Metal Slug Anthology for the PSP for $19.99 at a local used game store. And finally stopped at a TRU for a 360 The Outfit for $5.00, and a LE Perfect Dark Zero for $12.98. Not a bad Saturday at all!

Rich

[thetoxicone]

only a couple pick ups today:

Pikmin 2 - $4.99
NBA Street 3 (gc) - $3.99

[joshnickerson]

Finally picked up No More Heroes with my gift card. Then at Goodwill I found this oddity...

It was related to Space Ghost so I couldn't pass it up. Looks like it's got some weird songs from the short lived "Cartoon Planet". Anybody else got any info on this?

[NCN]

I found a Playstation with both cables and a nice Interact controller for $7 at a local thrift today. I thought it was more than a good deal. I can finally play Jumping Flash 2 again...

[orangest]

picked up at goodwill today...

PS1:
dance dance revolution, american and japanese versions-$3.99 each

game boy:
solar striker
chase h.q.
turn and burn
cosmotank
turrican

all CIB and in excellent, barely-used condition-$2.99 each

[Dreadstar]

Today at a Goodwill I'd never been to before:

2600 carts (99 cents each)

Super Challenge Football (Telegames)
Megamania
Word Zapper
Double Dunk
Turmoil

They also had Pac-Man and Combat but I passed on those. (Edit: after cleaning and some fiddling, all five carts work. I was pleased to discover that even though the label just says "FOOTBALL" on the end and the side, that one is actually Super Challenge Football.)

Also picked up a Sega Saturn Bootleg Sampler disc, and passed on 5 Sega CD games. They weren't in the best condition but if they're 99 cents each like the other stuff, I might go back and pick them up.

[Dreadstar]

Oh and I won an ebay auction today for a lot of 11 Saturn games and 4 Dreamcast games. The Saturn list includes Pandemonium (R5) and 3D Baseball (R6) and with shipping the whole shebang only cost a couple bucks more than the value on those two games. Can't wait til they get here.

[RadiantSvgun]

Got this ps1 for $10. I heard these were kinda rare. It didn't come with hook-ups, but its been tested and it works. I guess its off to ebay or for trade.

[Niku-Sama]

i picked up:
xexyz $3 (NES w/ manual)
virtua fighter 2 $10 (saturn)

[Cornelius]

Got this ps1 for $10. I heard these were kinda rare. It didn't come with hook-ups, but its been tested and it works. I guess its off to ebay or for trade.

In my limited experience, the only thing that is rare about them is the ability to work correctly. They have a heat issue. I have one that works only on its side.

Supposedly they output sound quality on par with super expensive audiophile CD players. I don't buy it myself.

[VACRMH]

Bought a good amount of stuff lately...

Super NES with...

Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Super Star Wars
Gradius 3
Ultima: The Black Gate
Wings 2

All complete (Ultima even has the map) for $50 + Shipping

Lufia - Complete with Map $25
Final Fantasy 3 - Cart only - Valentines gift

2 Tales of Phantasia Artbooks/Strategy guides - $20 shipped

2 Devil May Cry 3 Wallscrolls and 6 Doom 3 Posters - $10 shipped. (I only really wanted one DMC3 wallscroll but they were selling them all together, i'll just trade or sell the other stuff)

Waiting for a complete Secret of Evermore and the Map and Poster for Final Fantasy 3 to arrive in the mail.

[namzep]

I received yesterday (late) in the mail Bust-a-Move (DS). I'd been wanting a copy for awhile and when I finally found one for $11/shipped I was all over it.

[josekortez]

One more addition to my weekend finds: The Bigs for PS3 for only $7.54 at Target.

Yet another PS3 game for the collection, no PS3, but maybe someday...

[thegardentool]

Weekend finds so far have been decent but I still have two more days of weekend to go!

King of Fighters XI $14.99
Metal Slug Anthology $19.99
NHL 2K8 (360) $15.00
Virtua Fighter 5 Online (360) $29.99

All new, PS2 games at EB Games and the 360 games at Best Buy.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Not a Find but:
My Son likes to sit on the floor when gaming,no matter what type chair I get him he winds up on the floor.
I remember seeing some gaming chairs in Target marked down about two months ago so I went back there looking for some last night.
I found 4 of them in the gaming section a top a $99.99 sticker for something else..upon inspection of the box(misc places) I find they are still on clearance for $27.00..Maybe not worth even that but it's what I needed.

Also
ROCK BAND for the PS3 and 360 is $149.00 at Target..they have them by the ton..

[PsychoCandy]

I preordered brawl finnaly. But I still can't seem to find anything good around here :\

[incubus421]

Not the best finds but the prices I got on these games were excellent:

Local pawn shop:
- Drakkhen
- Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
- Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past
- Mega Man X
- Pilotwings
- Populous
- Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
- Super Mario World
- Wanderers from Ys III
total = $12.72

Salvation Army:
- Adventures of Link (Zelda II)
- Legend of Zelda
- The Rocketeer
- Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
total = $10.78

Grand Total = $23.50 for 9 SNES and 4 NES games

Most of these games are up for grabs, so let me know if you're interested.

[NES_Rules]

Great deal I found on Craigslist, for $100:

Everything is CIB, and the Nintendo games have all packaging, including dust sleeves. The Nintendo games' boxes aren't perfect, but as good as one can expect to find, games themselves are absolutely mint. A few of the PS1 cases will need replaced, but overall very good condition.
Chrono Trigger (including maps/posters)
Final Fantasy (including maps/posters)
Final Fantasy III (including map/poster)
Breath of Fire (including maps/posters)
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy Anthology
Vagrant Story
Parasite Eve
Chrono Cross
Parasite Eve II
Xenogears
Threads of fate
Tobal No.1
Bushido Blade
Bushido Blade 2
Saga Frontier (missing instruction booklet)