May 2008 Finds

[dao2]

Today was the first day I went hunting outside of ebay and the local somewhat oldschool gamestore (sort of a game/record/pawn shop). Hit 4 yard sales with absolutely nothing in terms of games. The goodwill and a fleamarket. Also nothing

Hugely disappointed for a first time out

Went too the gamestore I was talking about and it's closing! Sucks but 40% off everything, too bad most of its cleared out :/

Got Gex and Cyber Speed (long boxs) for PS1
Descent Maximum ps1
MDK2 DC (and a blue VMU)

[thetoxicone]

I never have garage sale days this bitchin'. In fact the only recent thing video game related I saw was a wet PS2 (it had rained and wasn't covered I guess) with no cords for $30. I said "No Thanks" and kept walking.

I agree, I went to our citywide rummage sale and found one game I wanted (Atari Anthology for ps2) and an n64 controller (in great shape) for $5 total. Everything else I would've even considered buying looked like it had been given a quick runover with a belt sander.

[ScourDX]

Pick up

- Brain Age 2 (DS) - $5
- Suikoden III (PS2) - $5
- Chaos Field (GCN) - $8
- Worms 2 Open Warfare (PSP) - $10
- Final Fantasy II (PSP) - $10
- Wildarm XF (PSP) - $35

[Xexyz]

Retail Musings New & Used:



Don't mind Boomer (he's a dog, not a cat!), he was tired. A couple of these were from the last week of April. I've been lazy with snapping pictures on a weekly basis the past year. Anyway, Amazon.com stuff included the real deal sealed reprint of SMT: Nocturne ($40), Arcana Heart ($30), and Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 2 ($15). P3 FES ($30) was a pre-order from GameStop, as was R-Type Command ($40) which came with that neat R-9 bonus model ship I STILL haven't put together. Shining Force EXA ($20), new, was an impulse buy. Rondo of Swords ($30, SRPGOTY 2008) and SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 ($15) were pre-orders from Game Crazy. While browsing their used section, I came across a fairly well conditioned Drakenguard, which was $8.99 with the discount card. And after discovering how enjoyable rougelikes can be thanks to Izuna, I snatched up Shiren the Wanderer for $30 at Wal-Mart.

Now for the actual finds & deals...

Flea Market & Misc. Items:



From a flea market today I got some decent stuff. The Master System games are Great Baseball, Choplifter, and World Grand Prix, all of them complete and in fair shape for $3 each. The Genesis games were from a different vendor, and actually cheaper! For $2 each I got Batman & Robin, one of my favorites growing up, and Liberty or Death (R6 Koei game!!!), which is also complete, and very heavy for a Genesis game due to the thick manual. And that lovely Mr. Do! SNES cart was... FREE. A friend of mine, who has a crazy obsession with Mr. Do!, didn't want it anymore because he said it plays bad. What he really means is that he can't play it w/o an arcade stick. I told him there were a few sticks available for the SNES, but he didn't care, and gave me the game. The real kicker is that it is supposedly complete. He bought it new back in the day, and was one of those people who held onto game boxes. The problem, however, is that it's stuck in his grandmothers attic, which is chock full of he and his brothers toys & collectibles from their youth. I sure hope he finds it someday... and I'm hoping for the best that it's not crushed or riddled with mold and water damage.

[aaron7]

Decent flea market day, I guess.

Super Slam Dunk, SNES, no manual
Shenmue, Dreamcast, complete
DCC 2, SNES
SMB World, SNES
Super Mario Kart, SNES
Imperium, SNES
Ronma 1/2, SNES
Power Pigs of the Dark Age, SNES
Gemfire, SNES
Operation Europe, SNES
Uncharted Waters, SNES
Real Sports Boxing, 2600
Towering Inferno, 2600
Frostbite, 2600
World Championship Baseball, Intellivision
Bust-A-Move, Game Gear
Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble, Game Gear
Great Baseball, Master System, complete
Astrosmash, Intellivision, no manual
16bit PCMCIA 802.11b wireless card (hard to get! lol)
1888-o Morgan silver dollar
1867 III cent

Spent about $85 total.

[Kuros]

360 Wireless controller - $5
Final Fantasy X2 - $5
Gauntlet Dark Legacy - $5
Doom 3 Collectors Edition - $5
Mechassault 2 - $3
25' Ethernet cable - $1
Syphon Filter - $1
Bernstein Bears game - $1
Camera cable - $1
Conair beard trimmer - $5 (Yea I bought a beard trimmer at the swap meet)
PS1/2 rf cable - $1

[Kyle15]

I went to the Harpersville flea market today.
Nothing extremely rare turned up, or at least I did not notice anything.
Well, here's my finds for today.

-Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting (PS2, Japanese, used, COMPLETE) $10.00
-Nes Cleaning Kit (Used extremely lightly, COMPLETE, looks BEAUTIFUL) $5.00
-Super R-Type (SNES, used, has box + poster + inserts but no booklet) $5.00
-M.U.S.C.L.E. (NES, used, looks good) $2.00

Pretty good for just one flea stop.

[Steve W]

Well, I came back a couple days ago from my trip down to Louisiana. While I was down there, I found all sorts of things. On the drive back, absolutely nothing. I stopped at a couple thrifts and two flea markets and didn't find squat. So disappointing.

Yesterday I went out to Trader's Village (massive local flea market) and bought an Atari 600XL with two joysticks, a couple commons, and PS. $20. A copy of Phantasy Star Universe for the Xbox 360, $6. And a pair of Amiga mini-joysticks for the TI-99/4A, $2.

[Kevin H]

Hey got a Memorex VIS from shopgoodwill with 31 games and 2 wireless controllers for 84 shipped. http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=3630339

Don't remember this system.

[coreys429]

Hey got a Memorex VIS from shopgoodwill with 31 games and 2 wireless controllers for 84 shipped. http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=3630339

Don't remember this system.

I played it a friends house. Ever want to shoot a console?
Trust me you will want to forget about it. Nice collector's piece to show people why educational game systems don't work well.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Finds.

@ Pawn Shop
Blazing Angels (XBOX) 9.99 (R0)
Super Battletank: War in the Gulf (SNES) $5 (R1)
Spider-Man 3 (Blu-Ray) $9.99 sealed (R0)

@Gas Station
Mtn. Dew 1.29 (R1)
28.00 worth of gasoline (9 gallons approx) (R1)

@Northern Tool Company
Go-Cart Torque Converter belt 34.99 (R2)

@ Jack in the Box
Chicken Sandwiches- 2 @ .99 each (R6)
Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger- 2 @ .99 each (R4)
Med Regular Fries $1.49 (R5)

[98redM6]

Finds.

28.00 worth of gasoline (9 gallons approx) (R1)

@Northern Tool Company
Go-Cart Torque Converter belt 34.99 (R2)

@ Jack in the Box
Chicken Sandwiches- 2 @ .99 each (R6)
Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger- 2 @ .99 each (R4)
Med Regular Fries $1.49 (R5)

I don't know what guide you've been looking in but that Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgwer and Med Regular Fries are no more than an R2 in my book. The Chicken Sandwich is also no more than an R3.

However, that Northern Tool Company Go-Cart Torque Converter belt is about a R4 since there are way less of those made.

That Gas is the winner though. You're probably best holding onto it for a while as it's steadily increasing in value. Just don't hold onto it that long. It won't be worth much if it goes bad. Definitely an R8 at the moment.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I got a CD with 2000 fonts (always good for hacking work) and a "Software Toolworks CD Game Pack" which had five games: Life & Death, Beyond The Black Hole, Chessmaster 2000, Gin King / Cribbage King, and Bruce Lee Lives.

I bought it for Bruce Lee, and the game really really sucks.

[Cornelius]

Stopped by Goodwill just to return something, but had a look at the CDs and games. Picked out the Genesis games, but $5 ea. is a bit much (all the games were marked 4.99 today), might return them. As I was about to move on to the electronics section (I saw an N64 and PSOne go by), a stocker put a stack of PS games in front of me. I passed on a full set of Tomb Raider games, but Silent Hill? sure. Oddworld? you bet. MGS? waffled on this one, but took it because these were all in minty condition. By the time I was done with that stack, here comes another! FFVII? no doubt. Warhammer? Sounds interesting, along with a few others I wasn't very familiar with. Then, I picked up the N64, it had the expansion pak, but no price. I asked and she went to find out.. $15, well, the expansion is almost worth that. As I was trying to decide on the PSOne (passed because no a/c adapter), she came back with an armful of N64 games and said 'here's some games for that'. I passed on the Pokemon games, not worth it at $5 a pop, also Midway's compilation and some other decent stuff, but I had them and they aren't worth re-selling. Next out were the N64 controllers, all in excellent condition. Probably should have bought that PSone, real nice shape and with a couple great condition controllers (one came with, the other $3). Rang up quite the bill at checkout, but I may return a few things if I don't like them.



p.s. If anyone wants any of the Gen games (Syd of Valis (R5), Rocket Knight Adv, Streets of Rage), SW RAII, or Colony Wars III: Red Sun for $6 plus shipping, let me know as I've decided to return them otherwise. I broke my rule about loose genesis games that I don't know for sure I'll play, and already have the PS games.

[DigitalSpace]

@ Jack in the Box
Chicken Sandwiches- 2 @ .99 each (R6)
Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger- 2 @ .99 each (R4)
Med Regular Fries $1.49 (R5)

Heh, I usually get two tacos, a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, and a small drink whenever I eat there. That costs me $3.38.

[darkhades]

Bought a few items from the bargin bin yesterday

Musashi Samurai Legend (PS2, New) $9.99
Megaman Powered up (PSP, New) $14.99
Micro Machines V4 (DS, New) $9.99 - I opened this up today and played it. I hate it, iam so disappointed in this game.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Heh, I usually get two tacos, a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, and a small drink whenever I eat there. That costs me $3.38.

Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger, no mustard or ketchup, with a side of curly fries and a small drink.

It's like $7, but then again, I only go there like once a month.

[Atarian75]

Picked up a complete Motor Toon Grand Prix for the PSX for $5.

-Atarian75

[ErmangelnSeelen]

lol cornelius, that warhammer game you have, is THE single worst game I have EVER EVER played. That is like GH hell though ^_- got some classic ps games anyways, ff9 is so under rated, its great.

On an interesting side note, I was at a pawn shop yesterday with multiple game boy colors at $30 each!! And a classic game boy for $13. Funny stuff.

[Rogmeister]

I received Madden NFL 08 for the GameCube today. It replaces the 07 edition in my collection so that my GC library can stay at 150 titles