nothingface023's Ongoing Finds thread

nothingface023

Man, I feel like I hit a pretty good jackpot this weekend.  After visiting several game stores and flea markets in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, here is everything I snagged for a mere $50.00:















In all, I picked up:



5 Toaster NES systems (3 power packs, 1 RF unit)

1 SNES system (with 2 controllers, 1 power pack, and 1 RF unit)

1 Atari VCS/2600 system

9 NES controllers (check out the one with the weird colored buttons!)

6 NES Zappers (4 orange, 2 gray)

1 Archer Competition controller for NES

1 NES Quickshot joystick

1 UForce CIB

1 Superpad 64 (most likely broken)

1 GB/GB Pocket AC adapter

1 NES Game Genie



NES Games:



Deja Vu (w/ box)

Gyromite (5-screw CIB, unpunched hangtab)

The Immortal CIB

Galaxy 5000 CIB w/ poster

Pictionary CIB (box is crap)



Balloon Fight (3-screw w/ manual)

Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach w/ manual

Dr. Mario

Golf (3-screw)

Marble Madness

Monopoly

Paperboy

Pinball Quest

RC Pro Am II (for $5!!)

SMB/DH

SMB3 w/ manual

Tetris w/ manual

Vegas Dream

Wheel of Fortune feat. Vanna White



SNES:



Dennis the Menace

Math Blaster: Episode One (box only)

Super Caesar's Palace

Super Mario World

Vegas Stakes



Other:



Tetris Plus (GB)

Game Boy Guide

Super Mario All-Stars Guide

Otter

That is amazing.

NintendoNinja

Nice finds...what game stores did you hit, if you don't mind me asking. I don't know of many game stores in the cincy area that have any nes stuff other than the shitty Play and Trade in Milford.

Tw1tch

Originally posted by: otterpop

That is amazing.

My thoughts exactly, I'm speechless.

0xero0

Whenever I see shit like this I cant help but to think to myself

"they're bullshitting the price" Great score man.

nothingface023

Ha, that Play 'n Trade in Milford sucks ass. I asked the guy there if they had any boxed games, and he said no, they usually throw the boxes away. I thought, "You're effing kidding me!!", so I asked if they had any they hadn't thrown away yet. He said no, so I left pissed. Anyway, I usually go to Game Swap, as they usually have a decent selection. There are 4 in that area: 1 in Florence, KY, 2 in Cincy, and 1 in Dayton.

Levirules

my god.

nothingface023

Originally posted by: 0xero0

Whenever I see shit like this I cant help but to think to myself

"they're bullshitting the price" Great score man.

Thanks!  I'm not bullshitting the price either; that's why I was so happy to post this!

srh201

holy shit. some people are retarded! that is so much stuff. you would think people would actually look up the value of some of this stuff! congrats

TheNEScollector

holy crap! that's crazy!

supermolson

Very nice haul my man

nothingface023

I'm going to have so much fun cleaning those NES systems (heavy sarcasm). I'll probably have to re-pin them, too. I plan on selling the systems and some of the games; PM me if you are interested.

cvgplus

my goodness. I am jealous. Been slim pickins my way in the last year.

dejeckt

damn...that kicks my find to the curb.

awesome find, jealously ensues

upandaway84

Only $50 nice.

MCMROSE

wow, that is a great pull for $50!

8bitdreams

Now that's a good haul!!

nothingface023

Well, after not updating this in a while, I have some new finds worthy of posting. It's been mostly one or two games here and there lately, but I thought these were great pickups:



Picked up some stuff from a buddy of mine at work - I gave him $80.







Here's a closeup of the games themselves:











And I got these in the mail yesterday:





Total haul:

NES System complete, 2 controllers, zapper
SNES System complete, 2 controllers
Slim PS2 System complete in box, 2 controllers, 2 memory cards (great shape!!)

Double Dragon CIB
Battletoads CIB
Maniac Mansion CIB
Super Mario Bros. 2 CIB
Dr. Mario CIB
Super Mario Bros.3 Challenge Set version CIB (mint!)
Blades of Steel Konami Classic Series CIB
Sword Master CIB
Star Force CIB
Rampart CIB
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (box only, mint!)
S.O.S box and manual
S.O.S: Sink or Swim box and manual

TMNT
TMNT II: The Arcade Game
Deadly Towers (5-screw)
Top Gun
R.C. Pro-Am
SMB/Duck Hunt
Jaws
Wizards & Warriors
Joust
Q-Bert
Marble Madness
Tetris
Robocop
Tiger Heli
Dr. Mario
Deathbots (black cart!)
Legend of Zelda

Super Mario World
Super Mario All-Stars
F-Zero
Donkey Kong Country

Game Genie w/ codebook
NES Cleaning Kit CIB - doesn't look like it's ever been used

Tw1tch

I'm speechless.. Nice haul !

Max Velocity

I think I should take a flight to Cincinnati very soon! Seems like there's an untapped wealth of games in your area. Those huge finds for cheap are slowly becoming non-existent in my area.

nothingface023

Man, I had a hell of a weekend!  I got ALL of the following for around $90.00:

A nice NP magazine lot, and most of them are mint:



An awesome manual lot:



A lot of carts and CIB's:



And my favorite group of the weekend, a fan-freakin-tastic 5-screw lot:



All in all, this find added up to a crazy amount of stuff.  The 5-screw Skate or Die carts are just like the other Ultra error carts (no back label, 5 security screws, etc.).

Best of the Best Champ. Karate
Blades of Steel (red label)
Gotcha! (5-screw)
Hunt for Red October - hey, I needed an upgrade.......
Lunar Pool (5-screw)
Skate or Die (5-screw x 2!!)

Code Name: Viper CIB
Dr. Chaos CIB
Terminator 2 CIB
Track & Field II CIB

Hurricanes (a SNES R8 for cheap!)
Ken Griffey Jr's Winning Run (Not for Resale)

Manuals:
Batman
Contra
Dragon Warrior (for upgrade)
Monopoly
SMB/Duck Hunt
TMNT III (for $0.50!)
Deja Vu Hint Book
PGA Tour Golf
Wario's Woods
Worms Armageddon (N64, for $0.50!)

17 Nintendo Power mags and 3 Strat. Guides/Hint Guides

NintendoTwizer

Man 5-screw carts are so overrated. You want to sell those to me?  

nothingface023

Originally posted by: NintendoTwizer

Man 5-screw carts are so overrated. You want to sell those to me?  

5-screw carts are sweet, especially when they're rare.  They're definitely keepers.

GammaRay

Originally posted by: nothingface023

Originally posted by: NintendoTwizer

Man 5-screw carts are so overrated. You want to sell those to me?  

5-screw carts are sweet, especially when they're rare.  They're definitely keepers.

What Andy said.  I'm  especially glad to see a second 5-screw Gotcha. 

GCrites80s

2 5-screw Skate or Dies? Ridonkulous!

nothingface023

I knew no one on NA had found one yet, unless someone did and didn't report it. My heart skipped a beat when I saw two, right next to each other in the bargain bin. I love the bargain bins now.

ClaytonBigsby

Great Finds man!

nothingface023

I knew I had seen something lately about N64 Super Bowling on NA. When I walked into a local game store today and saw it, I knew I had to get it. It wasn't until I got home that I discovered I apparently got a heck of a deal:







I only paid $15.00 for it. The box has a bit of wear, but overall it looks pretty good. What baffles me is the eBay prices on this thing. They're all over the place. I even saw a July 31st completed listing where a CIB sold for $140!!



Is this game really that rare or valuable? Here I though my most valuable N64 game was my mint CIB Worms Armageddon.

winroba

Jealousy! It was a rental only from Blockbuster which is why the box and manual are so hard to find

NintendoTwizer

Yep, this is a hard one to get. Probably was in the last 5 carts I need to complete my loose N64 set. Nice find, great price!

nothingface023

Thought this was a pretty good find in the wild:



I also noticed it was the competition label on the back:



The store I bought it from had $50 on it, but I was able to talk them down to $35.  I don't usually find carts this rare around here.