1 finstones suprise at dinosaur peak 20$
2 earthbound free, I traded my freind a crap game for it
3 gran turismo 2 cool boarders 4 and legend of dragoon 5$ each sealed at wallmart (green label though)
4 tony hawk 3 n64 sealed at wallmart 15$, really good condition!
1) Ikaruga (GCN) for $20 at a Wal-Mart. It was just sitting in a bargain bin back in 2005/2006 in mint condition. For such a game to be in that box and in that shape was amazing.
2) Crazy Taxi 2 (DC) new at the same Wal-Mart a year and a half ago for about $5 dollars. Guess they cleaned out the back room.
3) NES with 30 games that I traded with a friend just a couple of GCN games that weren't anything special.
I *think* these are my best ones...I may edit later when I remember others.
1) Xbox debug kit - $40. Guy was going to trade it in as a 'broken console' at EBGames because it wouldn't play his store-bought Big mother Truckers game. I offered him the cash equivalent. He was thrilled.
2) Boxed Japanese Sega Saturn Virtua Fighter system Bundle, Boxed Virtua Cop with gun bundle, boxed Racing wheel, and a stack of import games (nothing fancy) - $50 at a local thrift
3) Sega NOMAD with a bunch of genny games for $7 at a yard sale. Excellent condition. I've wanted one of these since they came out. Now that I have one...they're not as great as I expected
Honorable mentions:
Snatcher SCD - $3
Boxed Official Samba Maraccas - $10
N64 pokemon stadium console kit. With all extras and unopened trading card - $10
Hardball Genny proto - $3 at....EB Games? WTF? Who trades that in? Who accepts that in as trade?
Box of 60 or so pristine boxed NES games. Nothing too "rare", just the best condition I've EVER seen. $40 from a yard sale. I sold them on ebay for $100's. Kinda regret that now
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-Game Action Replay (NES accessory) for $3
-Sega CD model 2 for $7.99
-Albert Odyssey, Saturn Bomberman, and Dragon Force for Saturn for about $4 each. All were complete mint.
My three greatest finds that I actually bought are as follows:
1 - A Philips CDi-220 for 10 bucks.
2 - 4 NIP 3DO games for 3.99 each recently
3 - A Betamax VCR! (I know its not videogames but still not easy to find)
DERP
1 final fantasy 7 black label, final fantasy ix black label, valkyrie profile black label,star ocean second story black label, bust a groove black label 25$! the discs were mint, cases had some scratches but everything was complete!
2 finstones suprise at dinosaur peak 20$
3 earthbound free, I traded my freind a crap game for it
4 final fantasy 7 from a freind
5 gran turismo 2 cool boarders 4 and legend of dragoon 5$ each sealed at wallmart (green label though )
6 tony hawk 3 n64 sealed at wallmart 15$, really good condition!
7 die hard trilogy green label 7$ sealed (ps1) in a weird display case
I only have 1
A Sega CDX system for $1 at a yard sale
Lot of about 50 NES games including Bonk's - $15
here goes
3. Sega Master system in mint condition with 30 games all boxed, 2 controllers, the light gun, and the 3d glasses all for $20
2. Golden Zelda DS, Legend Of Zelda, Mario Kart, Mario Party, The World Ends With You, Brain Age all for $200
1. ALL SNES GAMES: Dracula X, Harvest Moon, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, Mega Man Soccer, Mega Man 7, Chrono Trigger, Secret Of Mana, Super Metroid, Super Ghouls N Ghosts all for $250 ( i couldnt resist even though i know the price is a lil high, to get all those rare games at once was great, now i only need 2 of the "rare" games from the "rare" list to complete my set.
Honorable mention: Earthbound -$5 (drove over an hour to pick this one up)
..."The One And Only"
accidental double post
..."The One And Only"
Got a few systems for free:
In about 1997 or so, one of my friends was finished with his SNES and just gave it to me with some incredible games and system:
-SNES (no yellowing, yay!), 1 controller, DKC, Earthbound, F-Zero, FF3, Pilotwings, Street Fighter II, Super Castlevania IV, SMW, Yoshi's Island, Zelda3.
Then, last year, a receptionist at my job was cleaning out her kids games and knew I would happily take them:
-Super Famicom games: Chrono Trigger, Doraemon 4, Dragon Ball Z Super Butoden 3, Dragon Quest V, Dragon Quest VI, Final Fantasy IV, FFV, FFVI, Momotaro Dentetsu Happy, Mother 2 (Earthbound), Ogre Battle, Rockman 7, Saturday Night Slam Masters, Street Fighter 2, Yuyuhakusho 2.
-Famicom games and system: Adventure Island, Super Robot Taisen, Dragon Quest III and IV, Duck Tails 2, Final Fantasy II and III, Great Battle Cyber, Magical Taruruto-kun, Tsupari Sumo Wrestling, Wagyan Land 3.
-PC Engine (Turbographx-16) HuCards: Doraemon, Doraemon: Dorabian Night, Dragon Spirit, Fire Pro Wrestling 3, PC Genjin 3 (Bonk's Adventure 3), Street Fighter II': Champion Edition
About half of these games were complete in box (all the PCE games were, about 1/2 of the others). I also got a bunch of other various pachinko, horse racing, etc. games from her which I sold.
Here's probably my best finds, in no real order:
- .hack//Outbreak (PS2. New): $10 (May 2008)
Mere months after I obtained all 4 of the original .hack games, my local Wal-Mart somehow wound up with a brand new copy of .hack//Outbreak. It sat on their shelves from January until June at a full $50 price tag, before it found it's way to the annual clearance bin, where I scooped it up to replace the rather beat-up copy I had. The fact I found a game new that had been out of print for nearly 5 years at that point, at Wal-Mart of all places, really made my day.
- Mario Teaches Typing 2 (PC. Scholastic Clubs & Fairs edition, complete & near mint) $.50 (March 2009)
When out looking for garage sales one morning with my older sister, we dropped by one sale, which seemed to have nothing of interest...until I saw a box full of kid's PC games as I was leaving, and out of randomness, took a look through. What's the first thing I see on top? Mario Teaches Typing 2, which I quickly scooped up for $.50 to add to my collection of Mario games. It may not be the most noteworthy Mario game ever, but the sheer oddity of it made me want a copy for my collection.
- NES system (Loose w\ 2 controllers & a copy of Tetris): $1 (June 2003)
A random garage sale led me to what I still consider one of my best finds, even if it may not seem like much to you guys. Wanting an NES for years so I could play the original Zelda among other games, I finally found one at a reasonable price; only $1. The lady running the sale didn't know if it still worked or not, which is why she had it marked so cheap, but I cleaned it up and it worked great. I still have that very same NES to this day; not only for the great games on the system, but because my collection of older games officially started there.
- EarthBound (Super NES. Loose in near mint condition): $35 (June 2010)
After hunting for a copy for years (Ever since unlocking Ness in the original Super Smash Bros.), my quest came to a close on June 15, 2010; when a copy turned up at the local Game-X-Change. Thanks to stuff I traded in, I only had to pay $5 out-of-pocket for it, and it was well worth it. In fact, you know it's a find I consider epic if I opened up my post in the Finds thread for that month with a long story describing everything from the moment I was told somebody traded it in on up to the moment I purchased it (Something I don't do unless I deem it worthy enough to go into that great of detail).
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Hmm, my three greatest finds:
1) 64DD in the junk section of a Hard-Off. It was attached to an N64 unit and worked like a champ. 1500 yen (~$15), IIRC.
2) My FM Towns Marty, minty and complete - 4000 yen (~$40). sitting way-y-y-y high up on some shelves at a local store.
3) Probably my Chotetsu Brikinger 4 or so years ago. Not that it was super cheap but it is hella difficult to find. I haven't seen another one since. You see other rares like Taromaru frequently (relatively), and the R10 Heim Waltz and Eyeful Home seem to be in every major shop in Akihabara. But Brikinger?
Oh yeah, I also found a good copy of Pocky and Rocky 2 for $5 at a pawn shop. The label and cart were in great condition, but the pins were filthy. After I cleaned them thoroughly, however, it worked like new! Pocky and Rocky 2 is one of the rarer SNES games, right?
The top 3 finds :
- Stash of sealed Atari MEGA RARE games in 2006:
2 Quadruns
1 Crazy Climber
1 Gravitar
Plus 30 more at 1 usd the piece
- NTSC Asterix complete for 5 usd
- Stash of SEALED SNES / NES games at 5 usd the piece :
Little Samson
2 Lemmings
4 Super Turrican 2
1 Mega Man 6
1 Super Copa
1 Super Metroid 1st Ed
Pretty good, huh ?
Las calles no son basurero, POR FAVOR TIREN LA BASURA EN SU LUGAR !!!!
Chrono Trigger CIB with maps and all, even plastic covering still around it (opened) - $10
Gunstar Heroes in Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine box with insert inside-out - $5
SNES with 15 games (Including Tiny Toons Wacky Sports, Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World cart, all 3 Super Star Wars Games, and All 3 Donkey Kong countries) and two controllers = $15
I don't know if that last one counts as a deal in the wild, it was gotte from a friend of mine. He was heading off to college and he asked me if I wanted it for $15 so I was like OK.
Honorable Mention: Donkey Kong Game and Watch $1 (Outside front is scratched up, but the back and inside look mint)
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Earthbound twice for under $4 each time
Probably 10 copies of any Mario Party games for under $7 each time
Slightly used Nintendo Wii system for $175 in Goodwill 1 month after November 2006 release. They were selling for $500+ on ebay then.
These finds happened at different places:
1. The box and inserts for the NES Action set from Play N Trade for 15 bucks
2. 4 switch Atari 2600 from Digital Press for.... I forget but less than 50 I think
3. Super Mario 3 CIB from Play N Trade for 5 bucks
Now you're playing with power
Qbert Qubes, ColecoVision - mint and complete in box for $10!!!
Contra Hard Corps, Sega Genesis - mint and complete in box for $7
Sonic 3, Sega Genesis - mint and complete in box for $5
- 4-switch Atari 2600 with about 15 common titles for $15 at a pawn shop.
- 20 5200 and Genesis games for $12 at an Old Threshers flea market.
- Boxed Odyssey2 with 4 complete games for $15 at a flea market.
Honorable mention: Loose Halo Edition Xbox for $50 at a flea market.
Not really that great of finds, but still good bargains.
I collect for: Odyssey2, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, NES, SNES, N64, SMS, Genesis, Dreamcast, PSX, and TI-99/4A
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