November 2009 Finds

[BetaWolf47]

I may have seen NCAA College Basketball 2K3 too. I've seen quite a few of the 2K3 games for Gamecube... not sure if College Basketball was one of them. Hard to find out when you don't know crap about sports games :P

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I see NCAA College Basketball 2K3 at work all the time. I tried bartering for it, but the company won't part with it. It just sits in the Archives

I have a package to pick up tomorrow that I'm really excited about, so I'll post about that in the morning. Sega CD goodness.

[Sonicwolf]

Xevious (Famicom)
15 in one (Famicom)
1942 (Famicom)
Gradius (Famicom)
Contra (Famicom)

All for 2.99 each at Value Village and Simpsons Wrestling and Spiderman for the PS1 for 1.99 each. Also got a North American version one Saturn pad for 4.99.

[orangest]

Picked up a shrinkwrapped Ballistic for the Nuon for $2. Also found a Japanese 8MM videocassette of Dr. Strangelove and a VHS of Zombie Nightmare for $1 each.

[SamuraiSmurfette]

In case you were wondering exactly what that game is:

(I borrowed this description from racketboy.com's of the holy grails of game collecting article.)

The only game released by the company “MenAvision” (clever), Air Raid is quickly gaining the notoriety it needs to become the Holy Grail of Atari collecting. Two of the most recent sales have reached over $3000, and for the loose cartridge alone.

The game itself is a standard shooter along the lines of Space Invaders. Much like that Taito classic, in Air Raid you’re tasked with defending endangered buildings from rapidly lowering space menaces, the primary gameplay difference being that your ship is above and not below said buildings.

Air Raid’s cartridge is perhaps the strangest looking for the 2600, disregarding the need for a title and having both a handle and a sky-blue finish. its this unique image that is likely to remain at the forefront of a collector’s thoughts, driving the desire to find it extremely high.

its unknown exactly how many copies were printed, but Air Raid’s rarity suggests that it may have seen the most limited production run of any commercially released Atari 2600 title.

OOH. You made me remember something I have for the 2600!
Not a recent find (a few years back now), but I have this beast. It's not in the DP rarity guide?



Judging by the label art, it involves A football game between the eagles and the steelers, an american indian riding a jet plane, a black stereotype circus performer, and a griffin protecting a pot of gold. Huh?

[NayusDante]

Judging by the label art, it involves A football game between the eagles and the steelers, an american indian riding a jet plane, a black stereotype circus performer, and a griffin protecting a pot of gold. Huh?

O_O

This sounds like the most AWESOME game ever. Please, post a picture or two of the actual gameplay.

[Ryaan1234]

OOH. You made me remember something I have for the 2600!
Not a recent find (a few years back now), but I have this beast. It's not in the DP rarity guide?



Judging by the label art, it involves A football game between the eagles and the steelers, an american indian riding a jet plane, a black stereotype circus performer, and a griffin protecting a pot of gold. Huh?

Oooooh, nice. Y'know that's an R9 according to Atariage?

[SamuraiSmurfette]

This sounds like the most AWESOME game ever. Please, post a picture or two of the actual gameplay.

Sadly, It's just another "space invader-esque clone"
All of the entertainment value is in the label art.

[NayusDante]

I found the box art. Epic.

[darkslime]

Received in the mail today:

40gb PS3 w/ MGS4, LBP, Ratchet and Clank and SFIV, 2 controllers for $260 shipped thanks to someone on the forums!

[Kuros]

Nice find Vinny, wish I saw that Turbo package.

[Sonicwolf]

Xevious (Famicom)
15 in one (Famicom)
1942 (Famicom)
Gradius (Famicom)
Contra (Famicom)

Well it seems that each and every single one is a pirate cart. Not a good start to my Famicom collection.

[darkslime]

Why did you even buy 15 in one if you don't want pirate carts?

[Sonicwolf]

Why did you even buy 15 in one if you don't want pirate carts?

I knew that was a pirate, I didnt know the others were. I dont mind one out of a few but all of them. Yikes.

[otoko]

I knew that was a pirate, I didnt know the others were. I dont mind one out of a few but all of them. Yikes.

Tough luck there. Now you have something in common with Gamestop, I have found tons of pirates there before.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I knew that was a pirate, I didnt know the others were. I dont mind one out of a few but all of them. Yikes.

Pirate carts are GREAT conversation starters.

Besides sometimes they're hacked to include other features. So they're not a total loss!

[Ryaan1234]

Ummm dock sale (AKA back lot sale) at Goodwill today.

Nothing video game related but I did get a nice set of Realistic Minimus-7 bookshelf speakers, a Ti-85 graphing calculator, a JBL On Stage iPod dock, a Trent portable DVD player, and a few other things. Make note all of those things were cheap because they were in questionable working condition. I do hope the Minimus speakers work though, honestly they are much nicer (hi-fi-ier) than the set of Ion DJing speakers I got a few weeks ago.

[Dreadstar]

Just picked these loose SNES carts out of a stack of the usual yawners at Goodwill:

Super Punch Out
Carrier Aces (R5)
Final Fight Guy (R6)

1.99 each.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Package came in today. I'm happy.

Sega CD (All CIB): $160
Keio Flying Squadron
RDF Global Conflict
Ecco The Dolphin
Third World War
Vay (w/map)
Battlecorps

Hit up a local Blockbuster that's closing - 10% off sale for now, but should be interesting once they hit 50% off
Xbox 360 (All CIB) - $100
MLB Front Office Manager
Hannah Montana
FEAR
Golden Axe: Beast Rider
Cabela's Alaskan Adventure
Meet the Robinsons
Jumper: Griffin's Story
Virtua Fighter 5 Online
Beijing 2008
The Bourne Conspiracy
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Sonic Unleashed

[Sonicwolf]

Final Fight Guy (R6).

I have had that game for a year or two now and I didnt realise it was that rare AND a rental only title.