January 2013 Finds

[8-bitNesMan]

I'm starting the new year off right. I've been trying since Saturday to get Far Cry 3 for Target's sale price of $39.99. Every store I've been to within about a 50 mile radius of my house has been sold out. Finally snagged a copy at Wal Mart today and got them to match the rain check Target gave me on Saturday. Happy New Year everybody!

[The 1 2 P]

Three Pokemon Strategy Guides $3 each
Xenosaga Episode 1 and 2(PS2) $3 each
Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3(PS2) $3 each
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess(Wii) $8.99
WWE 12(360) $10
Dragon Quest VIII(PS2) $3
Hip Hop Dance Experience(Kinect) $4

I found most of this stuff at Goodwill. I wish they would have had those three/six Pokemon games but I'll take what I can get. The PS2 games are all like new but DQVIII was missing the game disc. It had the Final Fantasy XII demo and a Final Fantasy XII game disc. Thats probably a good thing since it doesn't look like DQVIII is worth that much complete. The Hip Hop Dance game disc has one of those annoying rings around it so I now know why it was a Target return but I need to repair it. Twilight Princess and WWE 12 were Best Buy sale grabs. It's now dawned on me that I have three WWE wrestling games on 360 and haven't played a single one of them.



Alan Wake(360) Hong Kong version $30
Angel Complete series on dvd $9
Bust A Groove demo in Duke Nukem(PS1) sleeve $1
A bunch of preorder swag from various games covering various systems $7

Almost all versions of Alan Wake are suppose to be region free, including this one. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet but if nothing else it's one more thing for my AW collection. I was somewhat surprised a guy was selling the complete Angel series for so little. I was less surprised by my bad habit of not checking to see if all the disc were in there first. It's only missing two disc from season 2 and even if I had known this thats still a really good deal. But I need to start doing a better job at checking my game and movie disc before I leave from purchasing them second hand. At another table a guy was selling lots of games and he had a little container with several loose games and demos. I hate loose disc but Bust A Groove's demo is kind of rare. So is Duke Nukem but the disc wasn't in there so I asked if I could use it for BAG and he agreed. All the preorder stuff is from the same dude I bought stuff from last week at the flea market, only this time he had a few new preorder items.



Soul Calibur V limited edition(360) $20
American Pie: Band Camp dvd $1.91
The Mythology Bible 66 cents

Although I already have Soul Calibur V I suppose I will get atleast a little use from the extras. The price on that thing kept going down and nobody was interested long enough for me to finally grab it cheap. I picked up the American Pie and Mythology book at a thrift store. I know the movie is going to suck but it was cheap enough for me to grab it. I'll be using the Mythology book as a reference for an upcoming work project.

[Flashback2012]

My first game purchase of the new year is....

May's Mystery: Forbidden Memories (DS)

I found it for $9.99 at a local closeout store here called Ollie's. I had seen it in there before Christmas and went back today to check to see if they still had it and they did.

[recorderdude]

Just got a copy of Rolling Thunder 2 for the genesis in the mail from an online listing for $7. It was described as "game with case, acceptable condition".





Complete with manual, no stickers, absolutely pristine condition. I love it when sellers don't think.

[Kitsune Sniper]

It's been a while since I've posted in these threads, so...


Find of the month so far:
Silver - $3
Street Fighter Alpha 3 - SEALED - $2
Ecco The Dolphin - SEALED - $3
Skies of Arcadia - $2
Dreamcast VGA Box - $4


Jan Daley / Where There's Hope (Bob Hope Tribute Album)
V/A / Thank You, Duke: Our Tribute to Duke Ellington (Sealed)
V/A / Thank You, John: Our Tribute to John Coltrane (Sealed)
V/A / A Chicago Blues Tour
V/A / The Great Jazz Vocalists Sing Ellington and Strayhorn
V/A / The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead
Radiohead / Amnesiac
$1 each


Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Mac) sealed - $2
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (Mac) disc in case with key - $1


Criterions are available for trade:
Black Orpheus (original release)
Contempt (disc 1 has this weird film on the data side, I dunno if it's moisture or what?)
Andrei Rublev

DVD:
Ghost in The Shell (some wear to art) - $1

[recorderdude]

Way to go on the dreamcast finds! Don't know a lot about PC/DVD values but I'm sure they were fairly good deals, too.

[Balloon Fight]

God damn am I jealous of that Street Fighter Alpha 3 sealed. Nice finds Kitsune!

[Kitsune Sniper]

Way to go on the dreamcast finds! Don't know a lot about PC/DVD values but I'm sure they were fairly good deals, too.

The Criterions are worth a bit, except for Black Orpheus, since that was just released on Bluray. Wolfenstein sells for $33 shipped... but in a jewel case. I might get a bit more since this is boxed. Elite Force is worthless.

God damn am I jealous of that Street Fighter Alpha 3 sealed. Nice finds Kitsune!

Well, do you want it? ;p I'd rather have a playable copy than a sealed one.

[camarotuner]

No photos because I haven't cleaned em yet but a Sega 32x (8 bucks) from the local game shop and a N64 with atomic purple controller (15 bucks) from the pawn shop that came with the ram expansion. Both complete working systems just need to be cleaned. Woot.

[orangest]

First finds of the year...



GameCube Worms 3D, X-Men Legends II, Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life and PS2 FF VII Dirge of Cerberus-$5.99 each at Goodwill.



GameCube Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness (missing manual), LOZ: Collector's Edition were $4.99 each at Salvation Army. PS2 Klonoa 2 was a different SA find for $2.99.



These were $1 each at a hole in the wall thrift. I presume they are (p)review copies; the discs look like the standard PC releases.

[Kitsune Sniper]

These were $1 each at a hole in the wall thrift. I presume they are (p)review copies; the discs look like the standard PC releases.

Not really, I think these were bundled together like that at one point. Still neat finds!

[orangest]

Not really, I think these were bundled together like that at one point. Still neat finds!

Ah. Thanks for the info!

[Guyra]

[orangest]

Flea market finds...



Xbox Guy Game and PS2 Ghost in the Shell were $4 each. PS1 Spider and Reloaded were $2 each. Star Ocean Second Story was $3; unfortunately the discs have Hollywood Video stickers on them. BTW, is this 2 CD slimcase version an official release, or is Hollywood Video's doing?



Criterion Two Lane Blacktop DVD-$2
Electric Company Book-$1. It's kind of an academic outline of what the show was going to be about and how it was going to teach, filled with pictures and B&W animation stills from 5 test programs made during the summer of 1971.



2 shrinkwrapped copies of StarTropics-$4 each. They both have wear around the edges; one of them has a couple of tears in the shrinkwrap.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Today's finds and Goozex arrivals:


Eraser: Turnabout (PC) - $2
Iron Man (PC, new) - Free, Goozex
X3: The Official Game (PC, new) - Free, Goozex (disc 1 was loose)
Hulk (PC, new) - Free, Goozex

I already owned Eraser Turnabout, but my discs were scratched. These are mint so I'll just sell my other copy. As far as I know this was not released in a box in the US, it was only bundled with computers, so as far as I'm concerned it's complete. X3... disc 1 was loose and super scratched. I dunno if it'll even work. I can probably find a cheap replacement somewhere.


The Lost World (1997 Lumivision DVD) - $1
The Midnight Horror Collection (Last of the Living / Grave Mistake / Awaken The Dead / I Am Omega) - Free, Goozex
The Ultimate Ninja Collection: Mafia vs Ninja - Free, Goozex
18 Fingers of Death - Free, Goozex

And since I was in the middle of town paying some bills, I hopped to the supermarket nearby to pick up some DVDs for reselling (turns out one of the things I picked up last month is actually worth a lot on eBay because the movie has no R1 release and probably never will!) and I saw they still had the Five Peso DVD bin... and that all other DVDs and Blurays were 40% off. And this is what I walked out with.


Gatúbela (Catwoman) R1/4 - 36 pesos ($3)
9 Ninjas y medio (9 1/2 Ninjas! ... yes, really. English audio with Spanish subtitles) - 5 pesos (40 cents)
Contagio Mortal ("Pars vite et reviens tard", aka Seeds of Death, aka Have Mercy on Us All, French audio with Spanish subtitles) - 5 pesos (40 cents)
Hitman (The Hitman, with crackpot Chuck Norris, English audio with Spanish subtitles) - 5 pesos (40 cents)
Acceso denegado ("Falsche Liebe - Die Internetfalle", aka Access Denied, Spanish dub) - 5 pesos (40 cents)
Horror Vol. II (El baúl (The Item), Payaso diabólico (Hellbreeder), Noche de halloween (Dark Walker), and Jigsaw (the one title they should've translated... and they didn't) - 30 pesos ($2.90)
Las aventuras del Santo Vol, 2 (Santo contra los jinetes del terror, Santo vs. el asesino de la televisión, El tesoro de Moctezuma, and Operación 67) - 30 pesos ($2.90)

I'm probably hitting the other supermarket nearish to my home and see if I can find the -other- volumes of these Santo and Horror sets. The five peso bin promo ends on the 5th, and the 40% off promo on the 6th.

Note to self:
NEVER BOTHER TO LINK TO IMDB PAGES AGAIN, WHAT THE FUCK, MAN.

[FamicomFreak]

Happy new year to everyone! Here are some new arrivals for ya! If you have Facebook, don't forget to like Retro Gaming Life! www.facebook.com/famicomfreak

[Guyra]

Got the following PS1 games in the post today:

Mortal Kombat 3 (Cardboard box version)
Abe's Oddysee (Need replacement disc)
Abe's Exoddus (Need manual)
Final Fantasy VI (In great condition!)

All black label PAL, of course. Now I just hope I can get the disc and the manual for those Oddworld games somewhere.

[geezuzkhrist119]

I started the New Year with a bang. Here is my score.










My buddy hooked me up with all of the games for a low low price of $60 and a Snes Power Cord.

Star Ocean The Last Hope and one of the copies of Blue Dragon were bought separate from the lot. Paid $15 for both.

I got one question, how much is this lot worth? I hate using eBay to figure out prices and the rarity guide here doesn't have prices for some of the games.

[Niku-Sama]

I just found an atari heavy sixer, no label on the bottom for $6

nothing fancy you know what it looks like...

[Tokimemofan]

I started the New Year with a bang. Here is my score.










My buddy hooked me up with all of the games for a low low price of $60 and a Snes Power Cord.

Star Ocean The Last Hope and one of the copies of Blue Dragon were bought separate from the lot. Paid $15 for both.

I got one question, how much is this lot worth? I hate using eBay to figure out prices and the rarity guide here doesn't have prices for some of the games.

The PS2 Final Fantasy stuff is cheap, probably $20-30 total, the XBox 360 FFXI is about $10-15 The PS1 Final Fantasy set is about $120
Those Zeldas are probably about $100 The Xenosaga set is about $50