Traded in some stuff I already made money on to a local game store for credit. It and $25 out of my pocket got me a really nice loose copy of Ninja Gaiden Trilogy. The most expensive SNES game I own now.
Killed me a personal white whale today, nothing too extravagant, it was personal.
I walk into half price books to do a random spot check since I had to go to the post office. I run into a game I've literally wanted for 10 years for the Gamecube. It's a PAL release, my asshole brother had it pre 2005 and let me play it after me wanting it awhile. I tell him let me have it if he sells, fucker sells it sometimes later and not to me. Now you're probably thinking, PAL -> NTSC don't mix, you need a mod chip or something. Welcome, the Freeloader, the v1.06 and back release with the GTA looking print on the box/disc as the new one won't do it, the whole purpose is to region code 0 basically the GC with it and that's it. I knew where to find one of those too. I spent $20 on the game which is normal minus the UK Airmail postage($10~) and the Freeloader was $10 too, it's rare, I know it's pricy just not how expensive but last I heard it's one of those $50-100 things. The game -- Doshin the Giant, the condition, spotless! I've been on a Gamecube rage which was anything but my intent in the last 10 days knocking it out of the park on the expensive stuff for less and then this!
New to the forums, but I have been watching/reading everyone elses finds for a while. But recently went to a couple of thrift stores and picked up some goodies:
Paid $20 for all of this at a GW... My first time seeing SNES/NES games at a GW. I got it mainly for Mega Man X!!!
Got these at a local thrift store for $3 each
Got these at another local thrift.. Prices range from $0.25 to $1, Blu-ray was $3
today in the mail i got my 25 pack of turbo grafx / sega master hu card sleeves, an NA member pointed me out to a site that sells replacements, super glad to find extras.
anyone needs any pm me i'll have a few extras to ship out .
While I'm incredibly happy with this one, I didn't feel that it warranted its own thread, so here.
I managed to pick up Climber, AKA one of the hardest G&Ws to get and one of the best, for $86, significantly lower than it normally goes for. While it isn't the much more prized and sleeker crystal-screen, I'm very happy with it, since I intend to actually play it, rather than have it as a collector's item. Plus, it's in great condition, and doesn't even have the battery cover missing, like so many other units.
Grabbed Super Monkey Ball 2 and Sonic Gems Collection for $5 each from Goodwill. Luigi's Mansion was missing the game so they gave it to me for free (artwork is kind of ed up. The case looked like a dog ate it up, some went through to the artwork, I switched out the case with a spare I had). The rest I got from Gamestop for 75%+10% off
Small as small can be $5 for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for DS locally, and $10 shipped for a purple gamecube controller that will be in the mail this week.
The FFIII Guide was only $6.49 and in very good shape. The cover has a few pressure marks in it, but the pages are like new. And it's not every day that you find a complete copy of the first Elder Scrolls game!
Had a pretty good haul recently, would have posted it in my own thread but since I was too lazy to take a picture of everything altogether I figured I would just put it on here. Paid $180 for all of this:
Nintendo 64 console (console pretty much trash)
Accessories
Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak with box
2 game boy plastic cartridge cases
Nintendo 64 memory card
Nintendo 64 Transfer Pak
5 Nintendo 64 controllers (yellow, grey, blue, green, watermelon red)
3 memory card / rumble pack combos
2 original large xbox controllers
2 smaller xbox controllers
1 mad katz xbox controller
CIB Nintendo 64 games
Army men Serge’s Heroes 2
Clay Fighter 63 1/3
Cruisin Exotica
Cruis’n World
Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask Collector’s Edition
Perfect Dark
Pokémon Stadium
Show Time NBA on NBC
Space Station Silicon Valley (awesome condition, keeping this one!)
Super Smash Bros
Turok 2 Seeds of Evil
WrestleMania 2000 (missing manual)
WCW Mayhem
Nintendo 64 boxes and manualsonly
Gauntlet Legends (box and manual)
Knockout Kings 2000 (box only)
Top Gear Overdrive (box and manual)
Cart only Nintendo 64 games
Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.
Destruction Derby 64
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Harvest Moon 64
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Madden 99
Mario Golf
Mario Kart 64 (label and everything was destroyed, cart looked horrible!)
Excited to keep playing it! Debated on whether or not to keep it sealed seeing all the bat-shit crazy prices on ebay. But I told myself "you are a gamer before a collector" so now I am enjoying the shit outta this game!
Madden 2000 (N64...only bought this to replace the back on Mario Party 3)
Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II Plus (GC, complete, pretty nice shape)
Prophecy: Viking Child (GB)
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GBC)
America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking (DS; factory-sealed...what? it was only $3.95 )
America's Thrift Store, Hixson (first time I'd been to their Hixson location...the only time I'd been there at all since probably three years ago or so):
U-Force NES controller
Game Boy Color carrying case (styled like an oversized pink Game Boy Color)
Dell USB keyboard (bought this in the event I find a desktop computer without a keyboard)
Not a bad day at all. Anyone want that PSO I & II Plus?
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I walk into half price books to do a random spot check since I had to go to the post office. I run into a game I've literally wanted for 10 years for the Gamecube. It's a PAL release, my asshole brother had it pre 2005 and let me play it after me wanting it awhile. I tell him let me have it if he sells, fucker sells it sometimes later and not to me. Now you're probably thinking, PAL -> NTSC don't mix, you need a mod chip or something. Welcome, the Freeloader, the v1.06 and back release with the GTA looking print on the box/disc as the new one won't do it, the whole purpose is to region code 0 basically the GC with it and that's it. I knew where to find one of those too. I spent $20 on the game which is normal minus the UK Airmail postage($10~) and the Freeloader was $10 too, it's rare, I know it's pricy just not how expensive but last I heard it's one of those $50-100 things. The game -- Doshin the Giant, the condition, spotless! I've been on a Gamecube rage which was anything but my intent in the last 10 days knocking it out of the park on the expensive stuff for less and then this!
GBA AGS-101 (Pearl Blue) with 2 chargers, blue/black carrying case, and 13 kids games - $24
3 PS2 controllers - $5 for all
GBA Dragon Ball Z: Legacy of Goku (sealed, probably a reseal though) - $3
GBA AGS-001 (Fire Red, no charger, sound issues) - $2
Paid $20 for all of this at a GW... My first time seeing SNES/NES games at a GW. I got it mainly for Mega Man X!!!
Got these at a local thrift store for $3 each
Got these at another local thrift.. Prices range from $0.25 to $1, Blu-ray was $3
-$17 Bucky O Hare(spotless)
-$3 Trojan (glue stick for curling label a little)
-$4 Custom Robo GC complete
I think I did pretty well especially on bucky as it ranges from 23shipped up through the mid30s+shipping.
Got 11 GB games for $1.00 each. Plus two cases.
Nothing super, but here is the list
Arcade Classic #4
Incredible Crash Dummies
Jungle Book
Nintendo World Cup
Pinocchio
Smurfs
Solar Striker
Spots Cool Adventure
Tennis
Turn and Burn
WWF War Zone
On a side note, videogamepricecharting does not have a GB section, anybody knows any other sites that give me an (semi)accurate pricing?
anyone needs any pm me i'll have a few extras to ship out .
Someone was selling one of those Samsung monitors here on our local Craigslist, but I didn't know anything about it.
Are they hard to find? Sought after? and what would something like this be worth?
Originally posted by: K3VBOT
@Rickstar 22
Someone was selling one of those Samsung monitors here on our local Craigslist, but I didn't know anything about it.
Are they hard to find? Sought after? and what would something like this be worth?
It is cool !!! I really like it !!!
Has 3 AV ports in the back for 3 system goodness, and the sound is VERY good... I'm impressed.
I watched one go for a little bit on the bay, and I see the Sharps more than these. I've had a wanted ad on CL for a month without a nibble...
Originally posted by: Rickstar22
Originally posted by: K3VBOT
@Rickstar 22
Someone was selling one of those Samsung monitors here on our local Craigslist, but I didn't know anything about it.
Are they hard to find? Sought after? and what would something like this be worth?
It is cool !!! I really like it !!!
Has 3 AV ports in the back for 3 system goodness, and the sound is VERY good... I'm impressed.
I watched one go for a little bit on the bay, and I see the Sharps more than these. I've had a wanted ad on CL for a month without a nibble...
Dang, now you've got me wishin i would have picked it up or at least made the guy an offer on it.
I've never even seen a Sharp TV in person, and I've even been looking.
Congrats on the pick up! Now i'm going to see if that TV thing was ever deleted off CL Lol
Originally posted by: K3VBOT
Originally posted by: Rickstar22
Originally posted by: K3VBOT
@Rickstar 22
Someone was selling one of those Samsung monitors here on our local Craigslist, but I didn't know anything about it.
Are they hard to find? Sought after? and what would something like this be worth?
It is cool !!! I really like it !!!
Has 3 AV ports in the back for 3 system goodness, and the sound is VERY good... I'm impressed.
I watched one go for a little bit on the bay, and I see the Sharps more than these. I've had a wanted ad on CL for a month without a nibble...
Dang, now you've got me wishin i would have picked it up or at least made the guy an offer on it.
I've never even seen a Sharp TV in person, and I've even been looking.
Congrats on the pick up! Now i'm going to see if that TV thing was ever deleted off CL Lol
If you still have a chance, I'd grab it. I'm sold on them !!! I may try for another one...
Originally posted by: Rickstar22
Originally posted by: K3VBOT
Originally posted by: Rickstar22
Originally posted by: K3VBOT
@Rickstar 22
Someone was selling one of those Samsung monitors here on our local Craigslist, but I didn't know anything about it.
Are they hard to find? Sought after? and what would something like this be worth?
It is cool !!! I really like it !!!
Has 3 AV ports in the back for 3 system goodness, and the sound is VERY good... I'm impressed.
I watched one go for a little bit on the bay, and I see the Sharps more than these. I've had a wanted ad on CL for a month without a nibble...
Dang, now you've got me wishin i would have picked it up or at least made the guy an offer on it.
I've never even seen a Sharp TV in person, and I've even been looking.
Congrats on the pick up! Now i'm going to see if that TV thing was ever deleted off CL Lol
If you still have a chance, I'd grab it. I'm sold on them !!! I may try for another one...
No dice, I can't find that ad anywhere. It was on for quite awhile. He probably got tired or reposting it.
Originally posted by: K3VBOT
Originally posted by: Rickstar22
Originally posted by: K3VBOT
Originally posted by: Rickstar22
Originally posted by: K3VBOT
@Rickstar 22
Someone was selling one of those Samsung monitors here on our local Craigslist, but I didn't know anything about it.
Are they hard to find? Sought after? and what would something like this be worth?
It is cool !!! I really like it !!!
Has 3 AV ports in the back for 3 system goodness, and the sound is VERY good... I'm impressed.
I watched one go for a little bit on the bay, and I see the Sharps more than these. I've had a wanted ad on CL for a month without a nibble...
Dang, now you've got me wishin i would have picked it up or at least made the guy an offer on it.
I've never even seen a Sharp TV in person, and I've even been looking.
Congrats on the pick up! Now i'm going to see if that TV thing was ever deleted off CL Lol
If you still have a chance, I'd grab it. I'm sold on them !!! I may try for another one...
No dice, I can't find that ad anywhere. It was on for quite awhile. He probably got tired or reposting it.
Keep an eye out... He may just need to repost.... Good luck !!! Rooting for you !!!
Originally posted by: Shinju
Glad you like brother!
Thanks for the hookup !!! Very cool stuff !!!
I managed to pick up Climber, AKA one of the hardest G&Ws to get and one of the best, for $86, significantly lower than it normally goes for. While it isn't the much more prized and sleeker crystal-screen, I'm very happy with it, since I intend to actually play it, rather than have it as a collector's item. Plus, it's in great condition, and doesn't even have the battery cover missing, like so many other units.
Gamecube games:
Grabbed Super Monkey Ball 2 and Sonic Gems Collection for $5 each from Goodwill. Luigi's Mansion was missing the game so they gave it to me for free (artwork is kind of
My first SNES CIB...lol
The FFIII Guide was only $6.49 and in very good shape. The cover has a few pressure marks in it, but the pages are like new. And it's not every day that you find a complete copy of the first Elder Scrolls game!
Today's haul from McKay's...
Super Mario World (SNES) = $6.95
Super Mario All-Stars (SNES) = $10.95
Donkey Kong Country (SNES) = $8.95
Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES) = $10.95
The Guardian Legend (NES) = $1.95
Monopoly (Majesco release, factory-sealed; SNES) = $6.95
War Gods (complete, near-mint; N64) = $2.95
Metroid Prime Trilogy (100% complete; Wii) = $49.95
Nintendo 64 console (console pretty much trash)
Accessories
Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak with box
2 game boy plastic cartridge cases
Nintendo 64 memory card
Nintendo 64 Transfer Pak
5 Nintendo 64 controllers (yellow, grey, blue, green, watermelon red)
3 memory card / rumble pack combos
2 original large xbox controllers
2 smaller xbox controllers
1 mad katz xbox controller
CIB Nintendo 64 games
Army men Serge’s Heroes 2
Clay Fighter 63 1/3
Cruisin Exotica
Cruis’n World
Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask Collector’s Edition
Perfect Dark
Pokémon Stadium
Show Time NBA on NBC
Space Station Silicon Valley (awesome condition, keeping this one!)
Super Smash Bros
Turok 2 Seeds of Evil
WrestleMania 2000 (missing manual)
WCW Mayhem
Nintendo 64 boxes and manuals only
Gauntlet Legends (box and manual)
Knockout Kings 2000 (box only)
Top Gear Overdrive (box and manual)
Cart only Nintendo 64 games
Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.
Destruction Derby 64
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Harvest Moon 64
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Madden 99
Mario Golf
Mario Kart 64 (label and everything was destroyed, cart looked horrible!)
NBA Live 2000
Star Wars Racers
Twisted Edge: Extreme Snow Boarding
Wrestlemania 2000
WWF No Mercy
WCW vs. NOW World Tour
Game Boy stuff
Game Boy Color (atomic purple)
Legend of Zelda: Links awakening DX
Pokémon Gold (dead battery, replaced it)
Pokémon Silver (dead battery, replaced it)
Pokémon Blue
Pokémon: Trading Card Game
Thanks to Jorge Juárez (buttheadrulesagain) for helping me with this purchase!
Most of the Ebay transaction
Final Fight 2 CIB - $40 (manual is in crap condition though)
Super Adventure Island CIB - $15.50 (manual is also crap condition but I already had a spare waiting)
Gradius III CIB - $17.50
Some PS2 games from my EB run all CIB
Gallop Racer 2006
Ape Escape II
DDR Extreme II
WWE Crush Hour
Batman Vengeance
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
Some Wii/360 Games from the EB run today.
Conker Live and Reloaded CIB- $15 (nabbed on Kijiji)
DBA Budokai ($6) and Assassin's Creed III Steel Book ($5) are also from Ebay transaction.
Sam and Max Season 1
NBA Jam
Two Worlds
Otomedius Excellent sealed - $8 (because I don't want to open and play the special edition one I have)
Blue Dragon (heard good things on Nintendo Age about this game)
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblicion 5th Year Anniversary (first one that's fully complete I've come by)
Metal gear Solid 4 Limited Edition - $15 (reselling or trade bait)
Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition (first one for the 360 I've come by, finally got it)
McKay's, Chattanooga:
Pokemon Stadium (N64) x2
Mario Party 3 (N64, messed-up back)
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (N64)
Banjo-Tooie (N64)
Madden 2000 (N64...only bought this to replace the back on Mario Party 3)
Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II Plus (GC, complete, pretty nice shape)
Prophecy: Viking Child (GB)
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GBC)
America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking (DS; factory-sealed...what? it was only $3.95 )
America's Thrift Store, Hixson (first time I'd been to their Hixson location...the only time I'd been there at all since probably three years ago or so):
U-Force NES controller
Game Boy Color carrying case (styled like an oversized pink Game Boy Color)
Dell USB keyboard (bought this in the event I find a desktop computer without a keyboard)
Not a bad day at all. Anyone want that PSO I & II Plus?