Great finds! Nice price and even better all CIB! Curious what you did not buy.Crabmaster2000 wrote:Picked up one of my best scores all year just now! Some games I was really looking forward to playing, a few decent collectibles and some great trade items. Probably my last good pickup of the year too. Good way to end things!
PS2:
.Hack Vol.1 Rebirth - CIB
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2 - CIB
Bard's Tale
Castlevania Lament of Innocence - CIB
Champions of Norath (GH) - CIB
Champions Return to Arms - CIB
Darkwatch - CIB
Devil May Cry 3 - CIB
Dino Stalker - CIB
God of War II - CIB
Gradius V - CIB
Kingdom Hearts II - CIB
Metal Gear Solid 2 - CIB
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - CIB
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - CIB
Monster Hunter - CIB
Ninja Assualt - CIB
Odin Sphere - CIB
Punisher, The - CIB
Resident Evil 4 - CIB
Rule of Rose - CIB
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus - CIB
Soul Calibur III - CIB
PS:
Fear Effect 2 - CIB
King's Field - CIB
Intelligent Qube - CIB
The guy and his mom had just over 200 PS and PS2 games to sell and I offered to buy the whole lot at a deeply discounted price, but since I was the first to get my grubby hands on them they didn't want to go as low as I was offering. So instead I just pulled out all the goodies. They were selling them on behalf on their brother/son.
They wanted $5 for each game and I ended up paying $100 even for the lot
Bookoff Finds
Another small side Rant
http://www.bookoffusa.com/
I mentioned Bookoff before, anyone who has not visited this store should really take a look. Big in Japan, there are stores in different countries. A Japanese owned Book, Music, Movie and expanding used Video Game selection that carries some great finds! 99% of the used games are CIB. There is a different mentality in the Japanese consumer taking care of their games for trade in. The best part is I can find Japanese releases right here in the U.S.!
I'm waiting for a certain PS2 The Best release to hit my local Book Off Import store, one of these days I'll get lucky. I am constantly on the lookout at Yellow Best labels and Simple Series Red labels for treasures, found some surprises this way.CRTGAMER wrote:Why has this not caught on in the U.S.?
Unlike Shrink Wrap, Japanese stores encase their product in plastic cellophane envelopes with built in "3m" tape. The REUSABLE plastic liners protect Books, CDs, Movies and Games. Yes the cellophane envelopes are a tight fit and that 3m tape is a nuisance, but a great way to protect your media. All my cardboard sleeved, tin edition movies and games get the plastic cellophane envelope treatment.
Does anyone else still use real book guides over Online Guides or Faqs? I sometimes prefer the paper medium as a diversion read. Useful for flipping right to a page for a troublesome level. Bookoff has shelves of used Game Guide books in pristine condition at only two bucks each!
The Metroid Guide came with a poster still attached to its perforated page inside.
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I already have this game! When I saw it sitting on the shelf, I knew of all the Dreamcast releases I own; Aero Elite and Aero Dancing series including Aero I, Aero F and the Secret Missions discs. Of note the Dreamcast imports have unique levels that did not get a U.S. cut. With all the releases on the Dreamcast, I could not remember owning the PS2 version, too many games! Ah well, nice to get a second very new condition pristine disc. oops:
Look at the sticker behind the Bookoff five dollar tag. PS2 games are very inexpensive now, This game was $49.99 new. Unlike the very good condition of used games at Bookoff, most used game store purchases need to be inspected. This brings up another perspective to consider. As a game collector lunatic I think about weird stuff like this.Wiki wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroWings_%28series%29
Aero Elite / Aero Dancing 4
The fourth game in the series is Aero Elite: Combat Academy. It was only released for the PlayStation 2. The last sequel of the series was also considered the best: quality graphics, very detailed and animated 3D plane models, over 60 planes to fly (including Mig 29, SU27, Mirage2000, Harrier, A10, Tornado, etc), challenging missions and new original features like the "scramble" mode - a random interception mission where a player must take off, intercept an unknown intruder plane, take pictures to identify it, then return to the base and land to finish the mission.
Style game reflects quality of a trade in
Aero Elite has a limited appeal, in this case to a Flight Sim nut who might take better care of a game. Maybe this is the reason why the game I purchased for what looks to be a one time owner due to the original new price tag? Less change of hands due to obscurity increases the chance of brand new condition. Compare this to a more widely appealing game such as a fighter or 3d platformer which may not be as well taken care of. An advantage of which games have a better chance of scratch free and CIB condition vs games that need a more scrutiny in inspection.
