I went to my first craigslist seller tonight (i've been collecting for a while but only ramped up recently) - guy had towers of boxes filled with games from every system up to the most recent generation. He at one time had every SMS game (only had the system - no cords or controllers, for $10 - I passed for now) , tons of intellivision, collecovision games (complete) and bins of loose NES games.
He's been selling for about a year now and his prices were pretty comparable to online - not a lot for deals but I grabbed:
Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages GBC - Box/Game (no manual) for $7
Other than that - grabbed two GBA games CIB (Donkey Kong vs Mario and FF I & II for $10 each), a couple game genies (NES, Genesis) for $4 each. Also - two Saturn games - $5 each complete - Fighting Vipers and Fighters Megamix.
He may have had every sports game EVER - and that's right up my alley, but i passed on digging through in the heat (no AC for this guy) for hours.
Video Game "Look what I found"
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Re: Video Game "Finds of the Day"
Came home with this little lot today.

The reason this is cool is because of the Ranma PC Engine game at the top right. I paid 15 bucks for it, which is typical. What makes it cool is that I bought it locally at an awesome store over in Boulder.
No shipping from Japan, heh.
Might not seem much, but for me it was a great find. I'm pleased.

The reason this is cool is because of the Ranma PC Engine game at the top right. I paid 15 bucks for it, which is typical. What makes it cool is that I bought it locally at an awesome store over in Boulder.
Might not seem much, but for me it was a great find. I'm pleased.
GameSack wrote:That's right, only Sega had the skill to make a proper Nintendo game.
Re: Video Game "Finds of the Day"
Final Fantasy III

Traded a copy of System Shock 2 for it. Second game off my import rpg list (first was Dragon Warrior on the NES)
Traded a copy of System Shock 2 for it. Second game off my import rpg list (first was Dragon Warrior on the NES)
Re: Video Game "Finds of the Day"
Hit up a local thrift store today:

Turtles in Time - $2
Zombies ate my Neighbors - $2
Tengen Tetris CIB - $20
I'm a little disappointed they knew to mark up Tetris, but I'm still happy as that's considerably less than its worth.

Turtles in Time - $2
Zombies ate my Neighbors - $2
Tengen Tetris CIB - $20
I'm a little disappointed they knew to mark up Tetris, but I'm still happy as that's considerably less than its worth.
Re: Video Game "Finds of the Day"
I was just saying "no way, no way" when I saw that tengen tetris and thrift store in the same space. $20 is reasonable but if you'd gotten it for $2-5? Amazing deal.boltfanSD wrote:Hit up a local thrift store today:
Turtles in Time - $2
Zombies ate my Neighbors - $2
Tengen Tetris CIB - $20
I'm a little disappointed they knew to mark up Tetris, but I'm still happy as that's considerably less than its worth.
TEKTORO wrote:That looks mad fake bro. :/
Re: Video Game "Finds of the Day"
Haha, the best part is that it had a sticky note reading $20 stuck over the original price tag: $150 FIRM. Who knows how long it had been sitting in the back of their display case...Mechblue wrote: I was just saying "no way, no way" when I saw that tengen tetris and thrift store in the same space. $20 is reasonable but if you'd gotten it for $2-5? Amazing deal.
Re: Video Game "Finds of the Day"
Wow, nice. I had a chance at this game at a swap meet but I didn't jump on it. Only found out why it was special once it was too late as the guy threw it up on eBay that week.boltfanSD wrote:Haha, the best part is that it had a sticky note reading $20 stuck over the original price tag: $150 FIRM. Who knows how long it had been sitting in the back of their display case...Mechblue wrote: I was just saying "no way, no way" when I saw that tengen tetris and thrift store in the same space. $20 is reasonable but if you'd gotten it for $2-5? Amazing deal.
Wow, Japanese pc engine games? I'm stunned to even see TG16 games let alone japanese ones.CFFJR wrote:Came home with this little lot today.
The reason this is cool is because of the Ranma PC Engine game at the top right. I paid 15 bucks for it, which is typical. What makes it cool is that I bought it locally at an awesome store over in Boulder.No shipping from Japan, heh.
Might not seem much, but for me it was a great find. I'm pleased.
TEKTORO wrote:That looks mad fake bro. :/
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Re: Video Game "Finds of the Day"
This is all from a local pawn shop which is rapidly becoming a daily visit in addition to my thrift store. I have been making nearly weekly visits for sometime and have only left empty handed once that I can remember. There is only one other pawn shop that has anything older than PS2, and their prices are too well researched for my tastes ($50 for PS1 Lunar, for instance). But this store, while their stuff is not always is superb condition, their prices are unbeatable, and I don't have to get them to unlock a glass cases to look through their stuff.

N64 game - $1.00
Quake
SNES games - $1.00 each
Super Smash TV (with a pooch of a bar code covering their entire label. Damn.)
F-Zero
The Incredible Hulk
Clayfighter: Tournament Edition
Earth Defense Force
Outlander
Cybernator
Darius Twin
Power Rangers ZEO Battle Racers
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Final Fantasy II
and LogiTech netplay keyboard controller for PS2 that they gave me for free. They have a couple milk crates of crappy 3rd party controllers, I think they were thrilled to get rid of this bulky one.
Usually their prices are $2.50 for games, but the dude sold me these for $1 each. Not sure why, because I wan't going to argue, perhaps because he likes that I come in and give him money every week. A nice added value of hitting these places so often.

N64 game - $1.00
Quake
SNES games - $1.00 each
Super Smash TV (with a pooch of a bar code covering their entire label. Damn.)
F-Zero
The Incredible Hulk
Clayfighter: Tournament Edition
Earth Defense Force
Outlander
Cybernator
Darius Twin
Power Rangers ZEO Battle Racers
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Final Fantasy II
and LogiTech netplay keyboard controller for PS2 that they gave me for free. They have a couple milk crates of crappy 3rd party controllers, I think they were thrilled to get rid of this bulky one.
Usually their prices are $2.50 for games, but the dude sold me these for $1 each. Not sure why, because I wan't going to argue, perhaps because he likes that I come in and give him money every week. A nice added value of hitting these places so often.
Re: Video Game "Finds of the Day"
@ Gamestop picked up (total of $10.00).
GBA:
Megaman and Bass
Riviera - The Promised Land
Gauntlet / Rampart
GBA:
Megaman and Bass
Riviera - The Promised Land
Gauntlet / Rampart
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