Go forth! To the Thrift Store!

Post by **deathred** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:57 pm

man i need to go back thrift store hunting.

i remember when i was growing up, i used to go to one by where i used to live and they had a huge plastic tub with an Atari 2600 with a ton of games for only $20. I never got it cause as a 10 yr old, $20 was hard to come by.

Post by **pompeyparsons** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:01 pm

SpaceBooger wrote:
HoboJoe wrote:I go to my thrift store almost every saturday....I've yet to see anything there....
yup all I can find is old men's suits

LOL, there are ALOT of those.

Post by **ott0bot** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:04 pm

I just scored on some good stuff at lunch. I went to this Mormon run place called Deseret Industries, affecionately known as DI if you're from Utah or the southwest. I picked up a complete copy of Phelios for the genny, LOTR for SNES, 1942 w/ manual for NES and a Game Gear(with Colums) all for 3 bucks each. Hopefully the game gear is working ok.

Post by **pompeyparsons** » Fri May 23, 2008 12:50 pm

oTTobot. Very nice on the Phelios CIBs for that usually go for about $9 or so If I'm not mistaken. Also I'm impressed with the 1942 that's a great game!

Did you manage to get the Game Gear going? Those are really hit or miss.

Bit of a slow day for me. I hit 4 garage sales and the Thrift Store. All I came back with was a Yoshi's Story (N64) CIB which I was happy with along with a Glover 64 CIB. Each was $4.

Anybody else having any luck out there in the wild?

Post by **selfdestroyer** » Fri May 23, 2008 12:59 pm

Just got back from one of the thrift stores I got to quite a bit... got a Model 2 Saturn with cables and 1 controller for $8 .. It was $10 but I go there allot and my wife donates tons of clothes to them, so the kicked off a couple bucks. I have found its really worth your time to get to know someone working there.. they can keep an eye out for stuff. I remember I used to give beer to the guy that accepts the drop offs at salvation army. He would call me when anything game related came in. He's gone now but it was well worth it.

Post by **lost_within** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:28 pm

im pissed at all of you...well jealous anyway.

I cant find CRAP at the ones here...and you guys find saturns...the one thing i want to find cheap to mod. Anyone wanna sell me their thrift store saturn for 10$?

No seriously you guys suck...i cant find those deals here just dirty underwear and yes, the old man suits

Post by **soniklife** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:21 am

this weekend i found a N64 with 4 controls and all chords for $25. now all i need are some games. my housemate had a few games so i checked it out and it works perfectly.

Post by **pompeyparsons** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:56 am

lost_within wrote:im pissed at all of you...well jealous anyway.

I cant find CRAP at the ones here...and you guys find saturns...the one thing i want to find cheap to mod. Anyone wanna sell me their thrift store saturn for 10$?

No seriously you guys suck...i cant find those deals here just dirty underwear and yes, the old man suits

Ummm...I'll think about it I'm still looking to get some cords for it to see if it works. If it does no way are you getting it!

soniklife wrote:this weekend i found a N64 with 4 controls and all chords for $25. now all i need are some games. my housemate had a few games so i checked it out and it works perfectly.

Nice, the funny thing about the N64 is that I think the controllers are worth more than the actual system. I see just the console with cords going for like $7 alot of the time. So congrats on the controllers you got a good deal.

Post by **soniklife** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:47 pm

[/quote]Nice, the funny thing about the N64 is that I think the controllers are worth more than the actual system. I see just the console with cords going for like $7 alot of the time. So congrats on the controllers you got a good deal.[/quote]

now all i need is to get some goldeneye, have some buddies come over, partake in some good beer and i'll be set!!

Post by **ott0bot** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:54 pm

soniklife wrote:Nice, the funny thing about the N64 is that I think the controllers are worth more than the actual system. I see just the console with cords going for like $7 alot of the time. So congrats on the controllers you got a good deal.

now all i need is to get some goldeneye, have some buddies come over, partake in some good beer and i'll be set!!

I love Golden Eye, but's it's funny how slow the action is compared to modern FPS's. I hadn't played it for years and it seemed like it was in slow motion at first.