Video Game "Look what I found"

[vatermuzik]

I nabbed a boxed "Atomic Purple" N64 set for $40 this past week, in very good condition. Now, all I need is a boxed SNES and my boxed Nintendo console collection is complete.

Not counting variants of course.

[Snatch1414]

I love mail day

Awe man that Duke box reminds me of all the big box PC games over the years that I used to have and kept complete for awhile, but eventually tossed the packaging.

I nabbed a boxed "Atomic Purple" N64 set for $40 this past week, in very good condition. Now, all I need is a boxed SNES and my boxed Nintendo console collection is complete.

Not counting variants of course.

Sounds like a great deal

[SNKnicotine]

I took a day trip with the wife to Ashland VA, but along the way we decided to stop for lunch in Fredericksburg. As we were walking to the restaurant I looked inside of a cool tattoo shop and couldn't believe my eyes! Sitting inside said shop was a Super Contra arcade cab. I ran inside to see if it was an original, to my surprise it, was and the artist sitting inside turned it on for me and let me play it, for as long as i wanted to (or at least til my wife got bored). It wasn't for sale, but the fact that it exist and that i was given the opportunity to play it was enough for me to consider it a find and worth sharing with you guys.

[nielse16]

My friends were having a yard sale and I found out that one of them was selling his video game collection. Unfortunately he had already sold some awesome SNES games, but I ended up with the following (I'm going to sell them on consignment for him and keep a couple for myself).

Hardware
NES Console
Nintendo NES Controller x2
Nintendo RF Switch
Recoton NES Cleaning Kit
Nintendo DS Lite AC Adapter (USG-002)

NES Cartridges
Adventures of Lolo, The
Astyanax
Batman
Bionic Commando
BreakThru
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Clash at Demonhead
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Mario
Faxanadu
Fester's Quest
Golf
Goonies II, The
Guardian Legend, The
IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II x2
Jordan vs Bird: One-on-One
Kid Icarus
Kung Fu
Legend of Zelda, The
Metal Gear
Metroid
Milon's Secret Castle
Monster Party
Pac-Man
Spy Hunter
Spy vs. Spy
Strider
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros./Dunk Hunt
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Arcade Game The
Wizards & Warriors
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

[Gunstar Green]

I took a chance on a purchase with no pictures and no real description of what condition the game was in since it was 75 cents + $3 shipping .

This type of gamble worked out for me in the past (i.e. getting me a boxed Splatterhouse 3 for ten bucks).

Well once again taking a chance came through for me:



No manual but the box and cartridge are like new.

[noiseredux]

this is the best day of my life.

[TSTR]

yo get that shiz VGA graded son

[Michi]

^ It already has been graded. I think the classification falls under "Approved by Dsh."



This last week or so my favorite thrift store has been good to me. First it threw some carts and an Xbox game at me.


I love them, but they should really yell "Catch!" before they chuck stuff at me.

Rocky
Pilotwings
Outlaw Volleyball: Red Hot

=$3-$1.50 each

The Rocky game must be a straggler from the SMS pick-ups I found earlier. Whoever put it out obviously didn't know what to do with it, as I found it with the cassette tapes. Not really too keen on the Outlaw Volleyball game, but I figured I'd give it a shot. And Pilotwings is a double to be added to my "stuff to sell/trade later" pile.


Later, I found these hidden in with the music CDs:



Beyond the Beyond
Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia
Midway Arcades Greatest Hits

=$1.50 each

All the discs look practically new and come with their manuals, though the Midway manual has suffered some slight water damage so some the pages are a little...stuck. But the RPG manuals didn't suffer the same fate, so I'm a happy camper


I don't know about the rest of you, but every time I go in a thrift store I always check out the VHS tapes. Not so much because I'm looking for a movie, but because I'm always hopeful that a boxed game of some sort will sneak into their midst. This has only ever worked for me twice: Once when I found Super Metroid in an old rental case and once when I found an SNES basketball game.

And this week it didn't work for me again. Instead of finding games thanks to my near-religious perusal of the VHS stockpile, where do I find them? In a plastic bin in the toy section.

*Sigh* I love you, thrift store, but your logic confuses me.




Top Gear
Super Strike Eagle
Tetris 2
Super R-Type
Claymates

=$1.50 each

All the games retain their inserts, manuals, and plastic protectors, with the exception of Super R-Type, which is oddly missing it's manual, but not it's poster. The lenticular image (Hobie will be proud) on the front of Claymates is peeling off, but I don't think that's anything a little spot of glue can't fix. This also means that my cart-only copies of Super R-Type and Tetris 2 will join my copy of Pilotwings in my "stuff to sell/trade later" pile. All in all, a good week.

[girlracer]

Weekly Local Pawn Hunting:

Injustice Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition(360) - $8

My mom had to go to an abate meeting in Ft Wayne, IN (4hrs one way) so I decided to go along and use her car while she was at the meeting.

Gamestop:
Endless Ocean
Exerbeat
Speed Zone

$23

Another Man's Treasure:
SNK Baseball Stars
NES Max Controller
Battle Arena Toshinden REMIX

$6

Mega Replay:

Scribblenauts Unmasked
Spray
Super Pinball x2
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Super Chase H.Q.

$30

Yard Sale:

Teen Titans
Batman Bold and Brave
Reader Rabbit Kindergarten & 1st Grade (I have a 6 year old niece)

$14

[Gunstar Green]

yo get that shiz VGA graded son

So you want to slab his lectures so they can't do any harm?