March 2011 Finds

[Vlcice]

I feel like a kid at Christmas right now. Why? Because my copy Solatorobo arrived this morning! I was too busy with other stuff to check the mail. So I didn't realize it had come in, until my Dad looked and found the package in the box we have for our newspapers.

Anyway, I opened it up and discovered that Play-Asia had sent me a copy of the Solatorobo Prelude Disc along with the game. I wasn't expecting to get the disc, since it was a preorder item.

I've only played up to the first save point, but I'm loving the game so far! Later, I'm going to figure out how to download the Wi-Fi quests.

Interesting they've still got them! The prelude disc actually wasn't a preorder item, but it was supposed to only ship with the first run of copies - like the Chrono Trigger DS CD. Glad you got one. I still need to watch mine.

The wi-fi quests are pretty straightforward to download, luckily. I think the menu translation blog covered them at one point.

PS - let me know if you ever figure out what the greyed-out quests are about. I'm still trying to figure that out.

[camarotuner]

Found this for 5 bucks. 2 AA batteries and one stop at radioshack for a watch batter later and bam, works flawlessly. Woot.

[Goodwill Hunter]

The Goodwill by my house got in a ton of new, shrinkwrapped DS games priced as follows:

DS Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - $6.99
DS Alice in Wonderland - $6.99
DS Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Defenders of the Core with Limited Edition Bakugan Action Figure - $9.99
DS Zhu Zhu Pets 2: Wild Bunch with Zhu Zhu Hamster Toy - $9.99
DS Kung Zhu with Kung Zhu Hamster Toy - $9.99

There were about 50 of the Kingdom Hearts and at least 200 of the Alice in Wonderland games in the open glass case. I would guess there were about 30 each of the games with toys scattered between the open glass case and the toy shelves. Picked up a few copies of the first 2 games, but not the ones with the toys. No Target stickers on the games, so I have no idea where they came from...weird.

Rich

[PapaStu]

The Goodwill by my house got in a ton of new, shrinkwrapped DS games priced as follows:

DS Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - $6.99
DS Alice in Wonderland - $6.99
DS Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Defenders of the Core with Limited Edition Bakugan Action Figure - $9.99
DS Zhu Zhu Pets 2: Wild Bunch with Zhu Zhu Hamster Toy - $9.99
DS Kung Zhu with Kung Zhu Hamster Toy - $9.99

There were about 50 of the Kingdom Hearts and at least 200 of the Alice in Wonderland games in the open glass case. I would guess there were about 30 each of the games with toys scattered between the open glass case and the toy shelves. Picked up a few copies of the first 2 games, but not the ones with the toys. No Target stickers on the games, so I have no idea where they came from...weird.

Rich

Oh they came from Target, I just bet they were sitting in the back somewhere and had never been stickered.

[SEGA_Queen]

The wi-fi quests are pretty straightforward to download, luckily. I think the menu translation blog covered them at one point.

PS - let me know if you ever figure out what the greyed-out quests are about. I'm still trying to figure that out.

Well, I successfully downloaded the extra quests. But I'm not sure what you mean by "grayed out quests". Are you referring to the "Check Quests" option in the Wi-Fi menu? When I went into that option it showed all of the quests I downloaded, but they were all grayed out.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that you can't access the downloaded quests until your second play-through of the game. I've also heard that you have to play through the game three times to unlock some sort of extra. I have no idea what it is though.

I watched the Prelude Disc and it has two Trailers for the game, both anime openings from the game, and two interviews with the game's developers. I kind of wish they had included some conceptual art on the disc, but I got it free so I can't really complain.

[shoeshot]

Went to Value Village while waiting for the power to come back on at work around 10:30 this morning and picked up some NES games for $5.99 each:

Tiny Toon Adventures
Snow Brothers w/box

I was pretty stoked to grab that while I would normally have been working.
Also received New Ghostbusters 2 and FC Genjin in the mail from Japangamestock.com

[Xexyz]

Got a Japanese Neo Geo CD off of Craigslist yesterday from a local collector. $80 bucks, it came with 8 games which are KoF 94, KoF 95, KoF 97, KoF 98, Samurai Spirits, Samurai Spirits II, Real Bout: Garou, and ASO II. No cases unfortunately.



I'm probably going to sell off all the games save for ASO II. I enjoy vs. fighters, but I'm well aware of the Neo Geo CD's atrocious loading times, and they make the vs. fighting games pretty much unbearable to play. Besides, I picked up all the SNK fighting game anthologies for the PS2.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I'm probably going to sell off all the games save for ASO II. I enjoy vs. fighters, but I'm well aware of the Neo Geo CD's atrocious loading times, and they make the vs. fighting games pretty much unbearable to play. Besides, I picked up all the SNK fighting game anthologies for the PS2.

I hope you bought the import version of Orochi Saga, because the US version is a bugged up mess of a game.

Anyway. I went to the flea market, found a copy of The Neverhood in a small binder, but the booth clerk refused to sell the disc to me because apparently, the booth owner told her that he was keeping the binder. Then WHY THE HELL WAS THE BINDER IN THE PILE OF THINGS TO CLEAR OUT? Agh. So a little while later I saw a guy with a cartful of books and CDs... He gives a really cheap price to someone who got there before me so I took a gamble, grabbed almost every CD he had (and one book), asked for a price - and he said $4!


William Gibson: Pattern Recognition (SIGNED)
The J. Geils Band Live - Blow Your Face Out
V/A - The Tango Lesson original soundtrack
Elton John - The One
World Saxophone Quartet - M'Bizo
Eddie Cochran - Greatest Hits
V/A - Casino Original Soundtrack
The Chieftains - Santiago
The Chieftains - An Irish Evening (live)
Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris
Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town
Tin Hat Trio - Helium
Leahy - Leahy
Alannah Myles - Alannah Myles (promo)

A little while later as I was about to leave, I saw another booth - this guy had a suitcase full of CDs, and he said "Three for a buck" so...

Flamin Groovies - Supersnazz
Hoagy Carmichael with The Pacific Jazzmen - Hoagy Sings Carmichael
Branford Marsalis - I Heard You Twice The First Time
V/A - A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack
Bukka White - Big Daddy
Ani Difranco - Not A Pretty Girl
PC game: Tower of Fear

I gave him $3 for that.

I have no idea who many of these artists are, or the kind of music they play, but I figured it was worth the gamble.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Found this guy at Gamestop for $17.

Do want.

[Cornelius]

Flamin Groovies - Supersnazz
Hoagy Carmichael with The Pacific Jazzmen - Hoagy Sings Carmichael
Branford Marsalis - I Heard You Twice The First Time
V/A - A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack
Bukka White - Big Daddy
Ani Difranco - Not A Pretty Girl
PC game: Tower of Fear

I gave him $3 for that.

I have no idea who many of these artists are, or the kind of music they play, but I figured it was worth the gamble.

I really like Ani Difranco myself, but from what I've seen I doubt you'll like it. To be more clear, you seem to like crap, Ani is good, so you won't like it.
Hehe. Ani isn't for everyone, but that's a pretty good album. 32 flavors got some play in an NFL ad featuring some player that has number 32. Pretty funny for the NFL to use an Ani song at all if you ask me, but they probably didn't listen to the words

[Kitsune Sniper]

I really like Ani Difranco myself, but from what I've seen I doubt you'll like it. To be more clear, you seem to like crap, Ani is good, so you won't like it.
Hehe. Ani isn't for everyone, but that's a pretty good album. 32 flavors got some play in an NFL ad featuring some player that has number 32. Pretty funny for the NFL to use an Ani song at all if you ask me, but they probably didn't listen to the words

I actually have two of her albums already, and had a third one years back (Little Plastic Castle) but I sold that one to an FYE for credit.

I ripped the Flamin' Groovies album and god damn, that's one hell of a blind buy. It's pretty awesome - other than the stupid price sticker ON THE FRONT COVER. I mean, on the -actual- paper. I removed the sticker but there's still glue on it... gotta figure out a way to remove it.

[Collector_Gaming]

Nothing big but heres what i got

both finds were at antique malls (i love antiquing! )

First up remember i asked you guys about a power glove sensor. one of you guys said to get it just incase.. well i didn't get it even though it was still there.
i found something slightly even better that i need to find a home for now haha


Sears "Pong" power cable in really good shape no cuts no tears no anything like new pretty much. Kinda wish the dealer had the machine to go with it but hey now i got a cable just incase i find a pong machine missing its power cable or if someone needs a power cable for theirs
Bought it for $1

next find isn't video game related at all
First off as you know i love antiques. Every item tells a story and i love stories so thats my bond with antiques.
Well this while kinda newer is no exception

its a original match box case. Alright kinda cool already what car does it have?

well before i continue i must also tell you i am car guy. I love cars. I also like rally racing after purchasing my subaru wrx a few years back. So i saw this and it made me fall in love with it instantly

you non rally/car people will instantly go "well what is it" i know
Well what this is. Its 1983 match box brand new in its original case as you were to buy it in stores back in 1983.
The car that it carries is a "Ford Escort RS200"

this car is special because in Rally Racing's golden years (1970s-1980s) this car was winning races left and right due to its new fancy All Wheel Drive (AWD) system and turbo fed motor
these cars were winning rallies right around the time this toy was made so very cool
I bought this little guy for $5

[The 1 2 P]

Halo 3 Essentials(360) $5
Blast Lacrosse(PS1) $3
Kinect Sports(360) $4

The Halo 3 essentials disc is the bonus disc that comes with the legendary edition of Halo 3. So I didn't get the cool Spartan helment but I ended up paying alot less(I already have mutiple copies of Halo 3) and it's sealed. Blast Lacrosse was in shitty condition due to the previous owner apparently dropping the entire case in water. Even though the water damage happened awhile ago the manual and back case art are permanently warped. Luckily I still was able to sell it for a decent price.

Kinect Sports was actually marked $24.99(a Target return) and sat in the game case at that price in Goodwill for well over a month. It was heavily taped up over the entire case. Luckily I have a friend who works there and she charged me the much more affordable price of $4. After taking all the tape off the case and using some goobegone the damage had already set in and the case sleeves were badly warped. So I had to put it in a spare non-purple colored case but for $4 I can't really complain.



Super Smash Bros(N64) $2
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards(N64) $2
Virtual Vivid demo(3DO) $40

The N64 games were more Goodwill finds. The Virtual Vivid demo was a rare find indeed, not for the disc itself but for the actual case. In the Digital Press Collector's Guide Advance edition Joe says this about the Virtual Vivid demo:

An annoyance to collectors, packaging-wise. Don't bother looking for a CD cover or long box. The CD was originally sold shrinkwrapped in a generic CD case. Cheap bastards.

There is nothing generic about this case, as it's a full color bi-fold case with a sleeve affixed to the inside to hold the disc and information and pictures on all of Vivid's current and future 3DO porn games, along with a diagram of a 3DO controller and how to navigate the movie screens and some other cool info. I'm not sure who does the price guide info but they are definitely going to want to update this one because finding this case is second only to finding the Air Raid case. Now if only this could sell for as much as that did

[gamedude45]

These are actually from last week but I don't want to bump the Feb finds thread.



Assassin's Creed Brotherhood CE - Free

Gran Turismo 5 CE - $40

Dragon Age: Origins CE - $20

Bayonetta - $10

Tactics Ogre (disc only) - $1.25

Tactics Ogre (disc + manual) - $1

Warhammer - $1

Battle Hunter - $1

American Mcgee's Alice - $1

[Gameguy]

I removed the sticker but there's still glue on it... gotta figure out a way to remove it.

Goo Gone. I remove stickers from NES and Gameboy boxes with it, first heat up the stickers with a hair dryer and use Goo Gone to clean up what's left. Usually you can't tell there was ever a sticker, just don't let it soak on the paper too long. I dab it up quickly immediately after removing the sticky stuff then use a damp paper towel(with water) to wipe off any excess.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Goo Gone. I remove stickers from NES and Gameboy boxes with it, first heat up the stickers with a hair dryer and use Goo Gone to clean up what's left. Usually you can't tell there was ever a sticker, just don't let it soak on the paper too long. I dab it up quickly immediately after removing the sticky stuff then use a damp paper towel(with water) to wipe off any excess.

... I am not using that stuff on paper. WTF? WATER, TOO? D:

[weirdguy]

... I am not using that stuff on paper. WTF? WATER, TOO? D:

Lighter fluid. You put some on a paper towel and it should take away the glue without damaging the album. I do it all the time since it is not as strong as googone.

[Gameguy]

... I am not using that stuff on paper. WTF? WATER, TOO? D:

Isn't the paper glossy? I don't soak it and everything has been fine so far. I haven't tried manuals yet but NES and Gameboy boxes are fine. Value Village likes to put price stickers directly on those, same with book dust jackets for some stupid reason($79.99 in the display case with a the price stickered on it ).

I did use some damp paper towels to clean some dirty Genesis manuals awhile back, every page was covered in dirt. Nothing ruined when I was done with them.

I've heard of people using lighter fluid successfully, I just don't want to buy some as I don't need it for anything else.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Isn't the paper glossy? I don't soak it and everything has been fine so far. I haven't tried manuals yet but NES and Gameboy boxes are fine. Value Village likes to put price stickers directly on those, same with book dust jackets for some stupid reason($79.99 in the display case with a the price stickered on it ).

I did use some damp paper towels to clean some dirty Genesis manuals awhile back, every page was covered in dirt. Nothing ruined when I was done with them.

I've heard of people using lighter fluid successfully, I just don't want to buy some as I don't need it for anything else.

It's not really very glossy. Anyway... I don't have access to Goo Gone anymore (nobody stocks the stuff locally - the only store that did went bankrupt two years ago, and when I finally bought a bottle, my brother threw it out thinking it was garbage!) so I tried a bit of alcohol... and it worked. Mostly. I kinda faded out the artwork a teensy bit... ugh.

Eh, it works. If I ever stumble upon another copy, I'll buy it and swap out the front insert.

[Vlcice]

Well, I successfully downloaded the extra quests. But I'm not sure what you mean by "grayed out quests". Are you referring to the "Check Quests" option in the Wi-Fi menu? When I went into that option it showed all of the quests I downloaded, but they were all grayed out.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that you can't access the downloaded quests until your second play-through of the game. I've also heard that you have to play through the game three times to unlock some sort of extra. I have no idea what it is though.

I've been able to access some of the quests my first time through. What I'm seeing is that some quests - mostly non-DLC ones - show up greyed out in the menu at the Quête stands in-game and can't be selected. Haven't figured out why yet.

I watched the Prelude Disc and it has two Trailers for the game, both anime openings from the game, and two interviews with the game's developers. I kind of wish they had included some conceptual art on the disc, but I got it free so I can't really complain.

There is concept art in the game itself. As you complete various game tasks, it'll unlock concept art in one of the airship menus. There's text with it too, but doesn't do you much good if you don't speak Japanese of course.