Video Game "Look what I found"

[storino03]

Goodwill pricing is based off of who is knowledgeable in any given topic. It could also be that the price-r doesn't know what the values are and prices it all the same ($2.99 universally). The supervisors usually ask me if a game is priced accordingly. I do tend to price them up, but no where near Ebay/online prices. They usually fall under $10 anyway.

People are just cheap when they think about Goodwill stores always having to have lowest possible prices. They aren't the lowly Salavation Army junk stores.

[ninjainspandex]

Goodwill pricing is based off of who is knowledgeable in any given topic. It could also be that the price-r doesn't know what the values are and prices it all the same ($2.99 universally). The supervisors usually ask me if a game is priced accordingly. I do tend to price them up, but no where near Ebay/online prices. They usually fall under $10 anyway.

People are just cheap when they think about Goodwill stores always having to have lowest possible prices. They aren't the lowly Salavation Army junk stores.

hey what good will do you work at? i live in wisconsin but all the goodwills near me never seem to have more than a single n64 game

[BoneSnapDeez]

Drove to Portland (Maine, not Oregon) yesterday to meet with a craigslist seller. Got my first big find of the year....

Intellivision console:


Eight complete games:


Some more games with instructions. Some have controller overlays too:


The remaining games. Most have overlays. Only four games in the lot were cart-only:


Total price: $50. I also got a few duplicates (not pictured), an empty Horse Racing box, as well as a couple of instruction booklets and screen overlays of games that weren't included.

Since it's hard to see the games in the photos, here's a complete list of them: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Armor Battle, Astrosmash, Atlantis, Auto Racing, B-17 Bomber, Basketball, Bowling, Carnival, Centipede, Checkers, Demon Attack, Donkey Kong, Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack, Lock 'n' Chase, Loco-Motion, Major League Baseball, Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man, NFL Football, Night Stalker, Sea Battle, Shark! Shark!, Space Armada, Space Battle, Space Hawk, Star Strike, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Sub Hunt, Super Pro Football, Triple Action, Tron Deadly Discs, Tron Maze-A-Tron, Tron Solar Sailer, Utopia, Venture, Zaxxon

Overall.........

[skate323k137]

Damn, Bone. Awesome find. Intellivision was the first console in my household growing up, mainly used by my older siblings. I didn't even know we had one until I found it in the basement when I was ~12 years old. I 'inherited' it, but sadly it's one of the things I sold off to buy a dreamcast at launch. No regrets, but I kinda wish I still had it for nostalgia sake.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Nice work, Bone! With AD&D, Astrosmash, and Utopia, you have some of the very best games on the system too! I am quite jealous! Send me a PM if there are any specific games that you want to add to your collection. I come across them surprisingly often, and I would be happy to pick up some games for your new system.

Congrats!

[Hazerd]

nt

[storino03]

Goodwill:

Wii:
Boom Blox: $1.50
Line Rider 2 Unbound: $1.50

GC:
Pokemon Colosseum: $1.50 (Sonic Adventure DX disc inside though )

2x Sega-branded IR 7000 organizers: $1.50/ea

N64:
Goldeneye 007: $2.00

[arsenalcrazy8]

Goodwill:
Pokemon Colosseum: $1.50 (Sonic Adventure DX disc inside though )

Ive quickly learned that EVERY game at goodwill regardless of case deserves a look at the disc. I would say something like 40% of the time its the wrong game in the case.

Its been good and bad. I once found a copy of Street Fighter 3rd strike for DC but inside was an nba2k. Ive also found a copy of fzero gx but inside were both fzero and mario sunshine.

[storino03]

I knew it had sonic dx in the case, but bought it for the insert and manual. so then I just have to find a disc only of colosseum.

[J_Wil]

Started playing Contra 4 on Nintendo DS about a week ago and it really created an itch to play all the Contra games I've missed out on in the post-NES era. So I picked up Contra: Legacy of War (PS1), Contra: Shattered Soldier (PS2), and Neo Contra (PS2 (sealed)), all complete for a total of around $47 with shipping. Not really great deals (though Legacy of War was only $4.50 shipped) but not too bad either considering they were bought individually. I really want to get the rest of the Contra games but it's going to be tough finding them cheap.

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