July 2010 Finds

[MarioMania]

Why does Rosetta Stone suck??

[Kitsune Sniper]

Why does Rosetta Stone suck??

Not the program, I don't know anything about it.

The company, however, will hit you with unlicensed software notices on eBay because they simply -will not let people sell their used copies of the program-.

They're dicks.

[MarioMania]

oh ok, That's messed up...

[A Black Falcon]

So far this month...

7/2/10
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From Goodwill... a Goodwill I hadn't been to before. They had some pretty cool stuff.

Genesis
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Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones - $1 (complete) - okay game, nice whip controls but some annoying elements to the gameplay

PC (quite a variety of stuff, CD games from 1992 to 2006...)
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Jewels of the Oracle - $2 (complete)
Battlegammon -$2 (jewelcase only) (a Backgammon game ripping off Battle Chess...)
Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers - $2 (jewelcase only) - quality platformer also on various consoles
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe (1992) - $1 (disc in generic case only)
John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles - $2 (discs in generic dual jewel only) - good looking horror adventure game
Age of Mythology: Gold Edition - $2 (I have the base game, but not the addon... one of Ensemble's weaker games really, but still, worth it I think)
Bengal - $3 (jewelcase in slipcover only, but that's how it would sell - this is a budget Zuma clone)
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga - $2 (jewelcase only) (a collection of Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and its expansion. It's an RTS that uses the Age of Empires II engine, and plays a lot like that game, but with Star Wars stuff instead. Really, this feels like a Star Wars AOE2 total conversion... the gameplay is pretty much identical.
Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile - $2 (jewelcase only) (the first city-building team from Tilted Mill, a studio founded by ex-Impressions staff (Impressions had pretty much created that genre with Caesar and its followups, of course). I've been interested in these games, but had never gotten them.)
American Conquest: Divided Nation - $2 (jewelcase only)


7/3
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$10 for the three.

PenPen TriIceLon - Dreamcast - complete - Kind of fun, not that bad... simple, but that's fine sometimes.
Journey to Silius - NES - cart only - Great music, good game. From Sunsoft.
Star Soldier - NES - cart only - Why was this game not popular in the US? I can see why it did so well in Japan, this game is quite good...


7/4
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From the flea market.

PC (all jewelcase only)
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Extreme Assault - simple and fun 1997 action flight combat game. A DOS-only title, despite releasing in 1997. Looks decent and plays well in DOSBox, though.
Thunder Brigade - Okay tank action game with a hovertank. I've played some of this before, never quite liked the hovertank I guess... you have no gravity, but can't fly, just over over the terrain... it's kind of weird. Not a bad game, but the physics are odd.
Frogger - Not nearly as good as its sequel Frogger 2, or the ones after it, sadly. This game lives up to its reputation for being extremely hard, too... a little disappointing, I like Frogger 2 (DC) and the GC Frogger game I have.
Wing Commander: Privateer - A true classic! Disc in generic case only.

NES ($5 each, both cart only)
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The Adventures of Lolo 2 - Good sequel to the original Lolo puzzle game. Great stuff.
The Legend of Zelda - I have it for GBA, but that was too cheap to refuse... dying battery though. Oh well, still worth it.

7/6
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$8 for all five games. The first four are disc in generic case only.

Dynasty Warriors 3 - PS2 - I always wanted to try one of these.
Stuntman - PS2
Vexx - Xbox
Shadow the Hedgehog - Xbox
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions - Xbox (complete)


Finally, I didn't buy them (yet), but at a Goodwill around here I saw something I don't think I have seen before... Memorex VIS discs. 17 titles, all in their original jewelcases, to be exact (No original boxes though). No VIS there, so who knows why they were all donated. The Memorex VIS isn't something I think I have seen in person... it's an awful, awful system by all accounts, with pretty much only edutainment stuff. And indeed, almost all of the discs were either young kids' games, encyclopedias, and things like that. Animal Encyclopedia, History Timeline, American Presidents, the astrology disc, Kid Fun (actually a kids' karoke disc), etc... only two of the 16 discs were games for people over the age of six, I think -- Links (a version of the PC golf game) and the graphic adventure game The Secret of Hosea Freeman. $2 each. I'm still not sure whether I should buy them... on the one hand the discs are almost all things I would never want to actually use, but on the other hand Memorex VIS stuff is quite rare and how often, exactly, will I see anything for the system? Just for the rarity (and number of titles) I'm somewhat tempted, for some reason... yeah, still not sure though.

[Steve W]

Hit a few thrifts, pawn shops, and antique stores on the drive back down to Waco today. Found absolutely nothing, apart from a Super Mario Bros./Legend of Zelda cereal box for $4. I don't even know why I bought it, since I never liked Nintendo's mascot characters or games. It's folded flat, I'll end up filling it with bubble wrap to keep it's rectangular shape and put it on a shelf.

[BetaWolf47]

I got 3 things at the local Goodwill yesterday:

Superpad 64 Plus w/ 3rd-party memory card - $3
(Excited about this... great 3rd-party pad that can go for $20+ on ebay sometimes)

Genesis non-HDG model 1 (loose) - $6

Dynex (Best Buy) brand power strip - $2

[NayusDante]

I have a Superpad 64 Plus. I used to love it in the early days of the 64, but not so much these days. I think my joystick on it drifts, too... Check yours

[YoshiM]

It's been a while since I went on "the hunt" but my sister asked if I wanted to go garage saling today and I said sure, why not? Not like I'd really find anything other than more clothes for my 3 month old. Boy was I wrong...

Turbografix-16 System: with box (has the Zonk "Holiday $69.99 with free game included" sticker plastered on the front. Included system (dirty but has port cover), controller and four games (complete): Keith Courage, Splatterhouse, TV Sports Football and Super Star Soldier.

Price for all: $0.50. Fifty. Cents. Don't know if it works yet but doing some research I read that a Genesis Model 1 P/S will work. My sister got this for me, so it circumvents the weird "I-can't-quite-remember-making-that-promise-but-ok" promise to my wife that I'd never buy a TG-16 again. My loving sis has been jonsing to get me a TG-16 for some time so this satisfied her personal hunt.

Couple hours later we hit up another sale that had the following loose N64 games:

Star Wars Episode 1 Racer
Goldeneye 007
Mortal Kombat 4
NBA Courtside 2 (has Blockbuster label on back)
F-1 World Grand Prix (BB label on back)
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire
Excitebike 64 (BB label on back)
WWF No Mercy (BB label on back)
Madden 2001 (BB label on back)

all in a bag with a bunch of Game Boy Advance manuals

$3 for all.

Gotta do these shopping hiatuses more often

[FOnewearl]

Namco Museum DS (Complete) - 2

Thursday yardsale a few blocks from my place. A few DS games not marked but were $3 each when I asked. I only had 2 1s on me and they didn't have any change so they offered to take $2 because of this.

The Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure (PS1, Complete) - .25
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (PS2, No Manual) - 1
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (PS2, No Cover Insert) - 1
Backyard Football '09 (DS, No Manual) - 1

All asking price and cheap from one sale.



Frogger (PC, CIJ) - .25
2x NES Systems, 2x 1st Party NES Controllers, Zapper, AC Adaptor, A/V Cord, 13 NES Games, Game Boy Rechargeable Battery & Link Cable - 10

Frogger was found on a quarter table and the NES stuff was brought out when I asked about old video games. The guy mentioned how he was thinking about bringing it out and selling it for $10 and how everything out was only what was rounded up out of the garage so I was lucky that they didn't get past sorting and putting out anything past the garage as it was about noon when I got to this sale. I was thinking about trying my luck with offering $5 but instead offered the $10 he was thinking about asking since it's more then fair and he was nice enough to go in and round it up as he almost asked me to come back Saturday but had his kid watch over the sale while he went in and got the NES.



Final Fantasy XI (360, Complete) - 2.50
Cruis'n USA (N64) - 1.50
Goldeneye 007 (N64) - 1.50
Mario Kart 64 (N64) - 1.50
Super Mario 64 (N64) - 1.50
Bill Walsh College Football (Sega CD, Complete) - 1

Stopped by The Salvation Army as I was passing by on my way home from yardsaling Friday. I usually only have a good find like this at the Salvation Army once a year or if I'm lucky two or three times a year and will find some weak to decent parting gifts a little more often. I always stop in whenever I'm passing by (about once a week) to have a look around, Bill Walsh was 50% off and I figured I'd save it for the case at least since the hinges are intact as it's been sitting around for many months. Final Fantasy XI was the only 360 game I saw in front of a few old PC games and the N64 games were actually found in the toy section.



Crazy Taxi (PS2, Complete) - 2
Rayman Arena (PS2, Complete) - 2
7 Game Gear Games, Sega AC Adaptor & Game System Carrying Case - 3
Playstation 1st Party System Carrying Case - 1

Green 1st Party Xbox Controller
Xbox Power Cord x2
Xbox A/V Cord
Playstation A/V Cord

1

Crash Bandicoot (In Bandicoot 2 Back)
Donald Duck Goin' Quackers (Manual Missing Cover)
Intellivision Classic Games (Complete)
Mortal Kombat Trilogy (Complete)

1.50

The PS2 games were IAP from a church flea-craft-charity who knows what. I actually found the Game Gear stuff pretty late just sitting out in the open (was about 11:30). No price but when I brought it up the lady offered it for 3. Playstation system case was 2 but took a buck easily. Rounded up the Xbox controller and misc cords from a box with no prices and offered a buck. Playstation games were marked .50 each offerd a buck for four and meet in the middle.



SNES With Everything Needed And 5 Games, N64 With Everything Needed And 14 Games - 25

Stopped at an unadvertised sale and when I asked about video games the SNES & N64 were mentioned. Some family members rounded the stuff up but the owner had to run out so I went to a few other sales nearby and came back. Offerd to sell both for 30 I countered with 20 which was too low but I then suggested we meet in the middle which was agreed on.

[PentiumMMX]

Finds where pretty good for the week, even with a lack of sales due to possible rain (It did rain pretty heavy a few days ago).

At pawn shops:
- Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (PlayStation. Complete in near mint condition): $5

This has been sitting on their shelf for several weeks when I decided to pick it up. I played Munch's Oddysee (sp?) a while back and though it wasn't too bad, so I decided to give one of the older games in the series a try.

At garage sales:
- An old Nintendo Adventure Book: $.05
- PSP (3000 model w\ AC adapter and 32MB Memory Stick Duo. Working, though a little rough around the edges): $20

After several mediocre garage sales (The first one I went to did have some PSX games, but somebody had already cherry-picked all the good titles; the most noteworthy of which being Ape Escape), I stumbled unto an unadvertised sale and decided to look. I saw boxes full of toys and such; stuff I remember from when I was a kid. Buried in one box was a Nintendo Adventure Book; it was a little beat-up compared to the other one I have, but for $.05, I wasn't complaining (I'm a sucker for odd things pertaining to Mario).

On my way out, they mention they had a PSP for sale. It was originally marked $35, which I didn't have enough on me. However, before I left, I walked back over and, just out of curiosity, I asked if they'd take $20 for the PSP. Surprisingly, they accepted, and I now once again have a PSP (It's a little beat-up, but it does work; it's screen is much nicer than the one on my old 1000 model, which I sold to my brother-in-law a few months ago).

Now, once I have a little more money on me, I think I'm going to get myself another copy of Gurumin (I may not have any of my PSP games anymore, nor did it come with a big enough Memory Stick to hold more than just save files, but at least my brother-in-law is letting me borrow his copy of Dissidia: Final Fantasy in the meantime. It's a game I intended on trying when I still had my previous PSP)

[Kevincal]

Yesterday I picked up Ocarina of Time N64 collectors edition cart for $4 from Goodwill. At this goodwill they also had a strange BLUE PS2 which i passed on, i went back this morning and bought it for $20 which included a controller. Turns out this ps2 is VERY rare! I also got XBOX Halo ed controller, N64 AV cable and N64 game shark all for about $8. About $32 total for all the above.

Today i picked up an insanely good and MASSIVE N64 and SNES mostly complete games lot. It was a bit of a drive at 1.5 hours each way with pretty bad traffic and gnarly city directions. But damn it was worth it! All of the N64 stuff from this score costed me about $225 total. This stuff is CHERRY MINT most of it being in like new condition! WOOHOO!!! I picked it up near Stanford university in california in a wealthy neighborhood.

Here are the photos. ENJOY!

http://img708.imageshack.us/g/zskoprhjg001.jpg/

PS - i will be selling most if not all of this stuff in the coming weeks... Keep an eye on my ebay store! kevincal20 is my ebay name.

[Atari 5200]

Okay day today...

Colorsport VIII and Pikmin guide - $15

Game & Watch: Squish - $5

Final Fantasy VII - $1 That's right. $1

Tales of Destiny 2 -$2.50

Lunar 1 & 2 plus guide - $25

Popful Mail - $5

Tron Bonne - 2.50

[Eduardo]

Im having a hard time finding flea markets in my area. Is there a guide or should i look in th e yeloow pages?

[joshnickerson]

Okay day today...

Tron Bonne - 2.50

I'd call that a bit better than "okay"

[Fatalstar64]

I got myself some NES games $30
Castlevania ll Simon's quest CIB
Metroid
Super C

[evg2000]

Im having a hard time finding flea markets in my area. Is there a guide or should i look in th e yeloow pages?

Google is your friend! Hope one of these might help.
http://www.keysfleamarket.com/
http://collectors.org/fm/
http://www.fleamarkets.org/content/fleamarketHome.asp
http://www.findafleamarket.com/

[Eduardo]

Google is your friend! Hope one of these might help.
http://www.keysfleamarket.com/
http://collectors.org/fm/
http://www.fleamarkets.org/content/fleamarketHome.asp
http://www.findafleamarket.com/

Thanks for the links but they are harder to fin in Puerto Rico. I just assume every town has one and I just ask "Donde esta el Pulguero?" There aren't many people looking for these things in my area but there are a lot of unfair sellers that check eBay and sell above those prices.

[Ryaan1234]

Okay, story time again!

I decided to spend my day at the local flea market today. I was hanging out with some antique dealer friends when a guy I knew (that sells games on occasion) walked up to me. He told me he had found a really valuable Atari game "Water-something". I asked him if it was "Waterworld" and he agreed. I told him that it was worth probably around $100 (without checking eBay, it was my estimate). He asked me what I'd give him and I honestly told him I'd give him $40-50, depending on it's condition and whether or not it has the box/manual. I usually buy games from this guy and he's given me deals in the past. $40 or $50 is a bit much (for me anyway), but I don't mind paying it for him on something like this. He said the price was fine and he led me to his van and pulled it out. I asked him if $40 was alright (being the cheapskate that I am). He told me to give him $45 and I countered by telling him no one else in the market would give him $40 for an old Atari game. He agreed and accepted $40. It's in niiiiice shape, with light scratching on the label (not bad at all).

The DS Lite was seen in the back corner of a game resaler's booth. I asked if he would sell it and he told me it was broken (No S***!). I said I might be able to fix it. He told me $7 and I countered with $5, which was accepted. The joint is broken, and the ribbon cable going to the top screen is split. I haven't charged it or anything. This is probably going to eBay, for parts/repair. The top of the top half is blue, the rest black.

Detail pic of Waterworld:



(and yes, I think I'm going to resale it on eBay. The label is in really great shape so I'm hoping for $100-125.)

[FOnewearl]

Twisted Metal 2 (Complete) - 3

Dr Mario - 2
Krusty's Funhouse - 2
Tetris - 2
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - 1

Atari 7800 With AC Adaptor, Bad Cord, 2x Controllers And 3 Games - $15

Twisted Metal 2 was from a regular and was IAP. The 7800's asking price was $15 and beside it was what was mostly 2600 games with a few 7800 games in the mix. Asked about the games hoping that they came with but were $2 each, pointed out the bad cord and the guy offered to throw in 2 games I picked out 3 and asked about that for $15 which was agreed on. I actually got Krusty's Funhouse out of a NES system with about a dozen games with it marked $50. The girl selling the games tried to call her boyfriend to try and find out how much he would sell it for, he didn't awnser and I said I'd give her $2 since I noticed some of the NES games marked $2 and she took it. On my way back I grabed the other 3 for $5 as she was asking.



Mostly SNES stuff with some other misc stuff - 20

Saw the SNES and most of these SNES games in a plastic bag under this seller's table and the rest in a mess of stuff in a crate beside it. Picked up the bag and asked the kid who had to call the main guy, wanted $20 had to double check about the crate and that went with it so I paid and was on my way.

[SamuraiSmurfette]

After I grabbed the battlechest some guy came up behind me and grabbed every other pc, I just laughed to myself, he was clearly a reseller, then he tried to talk me out of the battlechest, he was like oh warcraft, i think you need a cd key for that. I was like ok, thats why the cd key is probably in the box, lol.

Unless that battlechest is sealed, it's garbage. The CD Key can only be used once. So the guy was right