Onyxthecat wrote:Well guys, I think I just got the find of my life. I saw an ad about 15 mins after it was posted on craigslist for "Old video games" so I clicked away. What was for sale was apparently the guys entire game collection. He was asking $275 so I offered $250 and we agreed on $260. A few hours later I meet him here in Queens and I was immediately blown away by how much stuff there was. I drove my Wrangler down not expecting so much and it barely fit in the jeep. He said it was all his stuff and it was in storage for a while and he needed money today, so I was glad to give it to him. After I got home and unpacked everything from the storage containers, I was FLOORED! I havent gone through with testing everything yet but damn I'm happy
Quick highlights --- Dragon Force and Guardian Heroes - Saturn
Grandia, Skys of Arcadia, Cannon Spike - Dreamcast
that's NUTS!!!
great find Onxy!!!
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AppleQueso wrote:
You can't even pronounce "RPG" or "FPS" like you can "Shmup"
Arpuhguh? Fffpiss? Bah!
"Shmup" is far more elegant!
There is a historical park in Livonia MI called Greenmead that holds special events throughout the year. One called Treasure's from Grandma's Attic promised to be "somewhere between an Estate Sale and a Flea Market." I went after work during the last hour of the first day of the sale. Mostly antiques/glassware/crafts, not my kind of thing.
In the corner was a tub with a PlayStation, a PlayStation branded bag, and various controllers. I asked if I could look through the box and she told me to go ahead. After moving some things aside, I also found some Nintendo 64 console and some cartridges. I asked how much and the woman told me that it belonged to her son and he wanted $50 for the box.
I already have an N64 and a PS2 and did not want to spend that much. I told her I was only interested in one game and asked if she would be willing to break up the lot. She told me to make her an offer. I wasn't sure, so I checked Video Game Price Charting and found that it was worth about $11 loose. I check my wallet, realized I had $9, and offered $5. "Sold!" she told me. Then she asked me how much it was worth and I told her. "You owe me $6!" she joked.
I checked eBay completed listings but got bored after about 200 listings. It seems the average price has gone up from $9 to $12 since Racket last updated the Cheapest N64 Games Under $10 guide in 2011. Great game at an excellent price!
Mega Drive - Brian Lara Cricket Sega Sports variant complete, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker boxed but not very nice, I just realised that there's an old candy smooshed in the manual.
Genesis - Tom and Jerry Frantic Antics! boxed.
Those 3 were $5.00 each.
PS2 - MK -Deadly Alliance $4.00
But the really nice find for me was a GBA:SP (AGS-001) , blue, with carry case and charger $10.00! Oh, and Pac-man pinball advance $3.00.
CD AGES wrote:Metriod Prime Trilogy (New) $49.99 plus tax.
Did this game get a recent re-print or somethiing?
Not that I'm aware of?
Where did you find it?
Wal Mart. It was benind the display shelf in pain sight with price tag to boot. There was only one. Perhaps old/new stock? Was quite surprised to see it.
Onyxthecat wrote:Well guys, I think I just got the find of my life. I saw an ad about 15 mins after it was posted on craigslist for "Old video games" so I clicked away. What was for sale was apparently the guys entire game collection. He was asking $275 so I offered $250 and we agreed on $260. A few hours later I meet him here in Queens and I was immediately blown away by how much stuff there was. I drove my Wrangler down not expecting so much and it barely fit in the jeep. He said it was all his stuff and it was in storage for a while and he needed money today, so I was glad to give it to him. After I got home and unpacked everything from the storage containers, I was FLOORED! I havent gone through with testing everything yet but damn I'm happy
Quick highlights --- Dragon Force and Guardian Heroes - Saturn
Grandia, Skys of Arcadia, Cannon Spike - Dreamcast
that's NUTS!!!
great find Onxy!!!
Unbelievable find there!!! You should definitely post some of those for sale on here. I'm sure there are many of us that are looking for some of those games.
I picked up a few empty NES shells for about 0.80 cents each, and my favorite find of the week was the copy of Tail Concerto that I pulled yesterday for about $1.09 with taxes. Its missing the manual, but I'm just glad to have a copy of it again since the last time I owned this was around when it was originally released lol.
This was a nice little surprise because things have been dry for at least a month, and I still managed to find things like a copy of Dax 3 for 15 bucks or Driver 1 for 7 bucks... I've seen more price gouging than anything. :/
that's NUTS!!!
