November 2012 Finds

[Kitsune Sniper]

I got a Saturn GameShark for two bucks. The guy who sold it to me said he may have a bunch of Saturn games around, and told me to come back on Monday. Fingers crossed for something really valuable!

[Videogamerdaryll]

Nice Pick Ups..

I didn’t go flea market /garage sale picking yesterday but my friend did and found nothing..He also went picking today so I’m waiting to hear what he found.I's jst to darn windy and cold here,I don't want to take my kids out in this weather...


BLACK FRIDAY,BLUE THURSDAY..
My Sister in law set off on Thursday getting some amazing deals on new games.

My Wife set off on Friday afternoon,hit Kmart(people fighting out front),.

TARGET for Xbox live or 3 Month membership cards,not sure which was which but it was EASY ..The cards were right up at the register,no wait ..the only negative was they were not ringing up a the BF price so you had to watch the clerk when scanning,then mention the sale in the stores AD..no problem,instantly fixed..We bought several as gifts..I don’t buy them to resell them..This was Easy in and out of store...
My wife also picked up a few DVD sets and $10 Xbox 360 games as gifts also..

Game stop..I went with my wife .I was curious to see the crowds..Game stop was empty..We went for Xbox live or 3 Month membership cards,not sure which was which but it was EASY,Wife went in got several and came out in less then 5 minutes

At Game stop my wife picked up this game for me..NEW But Opened by Game stop..UGH I hate that,not good if I was to give it as a gift..She got it for $24.99 BF sale price..

Toys R Us...another not crazy crowded store..Deals on games but nothing I needed ..
We got a bunch of gifts in this store,two people lines that’s it..We went in twice..
Picked up the lil Pac Man Candy Toy $4.00

After that we ate dinner and hen went to PEP BOYS..I saw ads on TV for great Black Friday Deals...
Gift Ideas..
I instantly found several things to get relatives for gifts,tool sets under big $10-15-20 signs..
Then noticed the Fine Print...After Mail in rebate..wait 7-10 weeks UGH!! so evrything that was 10 was 20 and so on..I dropped everything and walked out,no wonder they still had tons of the black friday deal items left...I HATE Mail In Rebates.

Sister in law dropped me off some DVDS for the kids,the PlayStation 3 unknown item..(not for candy...and 4 Angry Birds Plush Toys..(Keansburg Boardwalk Items before the storm damage..

I HAD TO HAVE THIS LIL PAC MAN TOY,I love mini arcade machine toys.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Sooooooooo.

I've been cleaning out the Steam sales via trades. So far I've gotten:

Homefront + Red Faction: Armageddon for $4.25 worth of games
Call of Juarez: The Cartel for $6 (from Ubisoft's online store)
Foreign Legion: Multi Massacre + EYE Divine Cybermancy + The Basement Collection + Bullet Candy for a Prey CD key that cost me two bucks
Legend of Grimlock + Dungeons of Dredmor: Conquest of the Wizardlands for $3ish

I'm surprised the deals haven't been that good this year. Or maybe I just got a ton of crap last year.

[dchristie74]

This months finds so far...

www.thevideogamecollector.com

[retroguy]

I'm visiting my sister in Raleigh this weekend and she was nice enough to take me game hunting. This is what I got yesterday:

Afterburner CIB (Sega Master System)
X-Men (Sega Genesis)
Sonic Spinball CIB (Sega Genesis)
Robotica CIB (Sega Saturn)
Blackfire CIB (Sega Saturn)
Battle Arena Toshinden CIB (PS1)
Riven CIB (PS1)
Myst 3 Exile CIB (PS2)
Dreamcast Lightgun/Confidential Mission bundle
Kingdom Hearts strategy guide
GTA Vice City strategy guide
Metroid Prime strategy guide
How To Win At Super Mario Bros. Games by Jeff Rovin

TOTAL COST: $82

[treismac]

Flea Market vendor wanted $20 for Contra Force but he took $15. Without a doubt, this is my best "in the wild" find to date. It's a shame that the game is, you know, lame, but it is still a Contra game and a rare one at that, mind you. Interestingly, the guy wanted $20 for Yoshi as well, so this fellow didn't really know what NES games are worth. Mike Tyson- $50, of course.

[sparf]

I just drove from Seattle to DC in the span of a week. During the drive, I stopped off back home at a nice small chain of stores called G2K games. And, well, I went on a little bit of a shopping spree. I also stopped in to see a friend, and he'd found a box containing the last remnants of his video game collection that I acquired off of him over 5 years ago. Given a couple of games that were contained in it, and as I paid and considered the transaction complete, I offered to pay him a little more out of pocket or to make a payment plan to give him a fair value for the games, but he insisted that they were mine as I had bought the entire collection. The Mega Man alone made the stop in well worth it.

So, here is the photo of my finds: (It's a bit hard to make out but a list follows)


Row by row, from top to bottom:
Row 1 Road Rash - 3DO*
Need for Speed - 3DO*
Sega Mega-Mouse*

Row 2
Knuckles Chaotix-32x*
Cruisin' USA - N64 $4.99

Row 3
Mortal Kombat 2 - 32X*
Brutal - 32X*
Wave Race 64 - N64 $4.99
Shadows of the Empire - N64 $4.99

Row 4
Crusin' World (Complete) N64 - 9.99
Fatal Fury Special - Game Gear*
Cruisin' Exotica N64 - $7.99
Perfect Dark N64 - $7.99

Row 5
Urban Strike - Game Gear*
Mega Turrican - Genesis $4.99
Battletoads - Genesis $9.99

Row 6
Rampage World Tour (Complete) N64 - $14.99
7UP Cool Spot - Game Gear*
Chakan - Genesis $4.99
The Adventures of Mighty Max - Genesis $4.99

Row 7
Mega Man (Complete, Box not pictured and not in the best shape. Will post followup) - Game Gear*
Stargate - SNES $4.99
The Rocketeer - SNES $4.99

Row 8
Shinobi II - Game Gear*
Krusty's Fun House - Game Gear*
Maniac Mansion - NES $9.99
Little Mermaid - NES $4.99
Snoopy Sports - NES $4.99

Row 9
Shaq Fu - Genesis $4.99 (Yeah, I know, but I wanted it to sit with Superman 64 in my collection to laugh at!)
Demon Attack - Atari VCS $0.99
DigDug - Atari 7800 $0.99
Desert Falcon - Atari 7800 $0.99
Food Fight - Atari 7800 $0.99

*indicates a game that came in the last box from my friend.

I also picked up a 5 game lot for my new Vectrex on eBay for 25 bucks, but that hasn't shipped yet.

[Videogamerdaryll]

Those are awesome! I'm not a huge hot wheels guy, but I'm surprised I didn't know about them at all. I'll be on the lookout from now on.

Here's the Display

[The 1 2 P]

TARGET for Xbox live or 3 Month membership cards,not sure which was which but it was EASY ..The cards were right up at the register,no wait ..the only negative was they were not ringing up a the BF price so you had to watch the clerk when scanning,then mention the sale in the stores AD..no problem,instantly fixed..We bought several as gifts..I don’t buy them to resell them..This was Easy in and out of store]

I had the same issue at Target when they rung up my 1600 Microsoft Points card. It was on sale for $10 but still rang up for $19.99 but I just showed them the picture in the ad and they changed it pretty quickly.



True Blood season 3 dvd $10
True Blood season 4 dvd $10
Dance Central 3(Kinect) $15
Kinect Sports: Ultimate Collection(Kinect) $15
Battlefield 3: Premium(360) $25
Call of Duty: Black Ops LTO(360) $15
Max Payne 3(360) x2 $8.99 each
Dead Island: GOTY edition(360) $7.99
Batman: Arkham City GOTY edition(360) $15
1600 Microsoft Points card(360) $10
32 GB USB Flash Drive $15

And this is the reason I still shop on Black Friday despite how many people still insist there aren't any good deals. And half of that stuff was bought from the comfort of my own home. But I had to take my niece out since she wanted to go shopping so I picked up a few extra things. I hadn't planned on picking up Arkham City but after seeing the price of it while in Target I jumped all over that sale. And since people were snatching big handfulls of 1600 point cards I decided to grab one of those as well.

Max Payne 3 was probably the best deal considering that just came out this year and probably won't be rebranded as a platinum hits title for atleast another year. And even then it still won't be priced below $10. Dead Island was also a good deal, as was Dance Central 3 since it's only been out a month or two. I grabbed the last two seasons of True Blood but I still haven't even watched the first two seasons I picked up during last years Black Friday sale for the same price. And the flash drive was picked up for the sole purpose of being able to take my account with me when I go over my girlfriends house. I know I most likely won't ever use that much but it's the current maximum allowed on the 360 and it was cheap so why not.

[camarotuner]

^ I could have gotten True Blood for 10 bucks a season and I missed it? :****(

[Kitsune Sniper]

Today was one of the best days I've had in a while, and the best part is, I didn't have to deal with stupid customs on the way back.



Street Fighter Alpha longbox (complete)
Wallace & Gromit DVD game - $1.50
Singstar SingStore Volume 2 + Singstar (damaged disc) - $1.50
Three European PS2 demo discs - $1
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix - $1
Ten Pin Alley (Greatest Hits) - $1
Wheel of Fortune (Greatest Hits) - $1
Random Chinese SNES rom CD-R disc - $1

That Longbox Street Fighter Alpha... the disc has circular scratches. But I guess I can still trade it away. Hint hint.


Lilo and Stitch Disney Edition (#88 out of 30000, sealed) - $2
Moby - Songs - $1

I picked up that Lilo and Stitch CD out of curiosity, but I can't find much information on it, other than it's a limited edition exclusive to Disney's own store within their theme parks. I kinda want to keep it for the Elvis songs -and kinda want to burn it for the Wynonna and A-Teens songs. I think I'll just sell it on eBay and see how it goes.

Not pictured:
Corel Paint Shop Pro Ultimate Photo X2 (sealed) - $5
Office:Mac 2004 Standard - $4
Office 2000 Professional Upgrade - $2

[Tokimemofan]

Yesterday's finds:
Windows Vista Home Premium Academic upgrade for $1
PlayStation Dual Analog controller SCPH-1180 for $5
Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy for $3
NBA Live 2003 and NFL Blitz 2002 for GameCube for $5

[Cornelius]

Forgot to post this when my father-in-law brought it to me last weekend. Has component inputs, but no s-video Wish I could have gotten his ginormous one that he got rid of not too long ago, but there is just no way I could deal with or have space for one of those 350lb behemoths. This is much more manageable.



He's been using this in his basement jewelry-making shop for years, so it has plenty of hours on it, but still looks good so far.

[RhetroAktive]

I came across some rare Playstation titles for my collection recently.

Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout (1997 Release)
Mortal Kombat 3 (Jewel Case Version)
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro (Pre 9/11 Version)

[The 1 2 P]

^ I could have gotten True Blood for 10 bucks a season and I missed it? :****(

Just wait until next year. I'm pretty sure they will be on sale once again.

[theclaw]

Additional stuff arrived. I better act soon before more of this year's deals dry up.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Additional stuff arrived. I better act soon before more of this year's deals dry up.

Did you hit up RightStuf.com? They had Graduation on clearance a while back but I didn't buy it 'cause I was a coward.

[old_skoolin_jim]

Additional stuff arrived. I better act soon before more of this year's deals dry up.

Oh man, I remember seeing the ad for Graduation in MixxZine... Is it any fun? As for Mixx, that mag had some awesome stories- anybody know if Parasyte continued on its own (I'm too lazy to google, evidently)?

[xelement5x]

Did you hit up RightStuf.com? They had Graduation on clearance a while back but I didn't buy it 'cause I was a coward.

I bought a copy of Graduation for a friend last year or so as a gag gift, he had a blast with it.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Just got Alone in the Dark in the mail. Cost me $5.50-ish shipped from Amazon.

I found The Guy Game for PS2 (some scratches, with bad artwork) for two bucks and a GH Megaman Legends (very scratched, no back artwork) for a low price. Megaman should be easy to repair, and it'll be up for trade.