Video Game "Look what I found"

[YoshiEgg25]

$6.21 after tax at Salvation Army. Both complete.

I probably overpaid on the cricket game (it was $4, TCoMI was $1.75), but I've never seen a PAL game in the wild before and had to pick it up.

If anyone's interested, there's another copy there for the same price.

[emwearz]

Hell yeah!

Curse is the bomb! Your copy is not complete though, it should have a box, manual and a bit of paper work.

Did you know that some fans are making a SCUMM inspired remake of Monkey Island 3.

[Josh]

Not quite sure if this counts as a "find" per se, but I just won a Sega Twitter Free Stuff Friday contest for a copy of Shogun 2.

This may be the thing that finally gets me into PC gaming. Wow. Wow. Absolute WOW.

[FiftyDollarCurse]

your doing great FiftyDollarCurse, just don't get yourself in like i did. I have more than I ever wanted right now. I never knew how much I was spending cause I was buying things like you a few dollars for each and it became habit to want to go to a pawn or thrift everyday cause I would always say to myself I might be missing a big find if I don't go today.

Thanks, but I think I am way past the point of no return. I already have way more games then I will ever conceivably play through. But to be honest, I have nearly as much fun finding and trading as I do playing. Plus, I enjoy just looking at my games on the shelf. They are just so radical! I acquire a lot more things this way than just video games too.

Thrift stores, pawn shops, yard sales. It's practically my lifestyle. I was this way long before I got into video game collecting. I have an entire house furnished with second hand goods (excepting a few appliances and beds). I don't think I could list 20 items in my house that weren't bought second-hand. Some may think being cheap is a personality flaw, but I have pulled myself out of poverty with my frugality. 3 years ago we lived in a one bedroom apartment, goverment subsidized low-income housing, making regular visits to the local food bank and now I have a 1600 sq. ft. home and am completely self-sustained. This "bargain-hunting" is one of the few habits that I can be proud of.

anyway, here's what I got from yard sales this week (sorry no pictures this time). I visited about 25 and spent probably way more on gas then I "saved"...

Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights (DreamCast) - $2.00
Onimusha 2, Onimusha 3 and Teen Titans (PS2 - $5.00)
Mario Party 2, GoldenEye and Ocarina of Time (N64 - $5.00)
Alien 3 and Super Buster Bros (SNES - $2.00)

and I don't think anyone here will begrudge me being behind the curve, but I bought my first plastic guitar, a Nyko one, for PS3, unused, for $5.00. I've never played a Guitar Hero game before, but I downloaded the Fret Nice demo to play with it with. Good times were had.

[Opa Opa]

[YoshiEgg25]

I remember that part!

Though I just played it.

[Opa Opa]

Though I just played it.

Did you knock Murray into the water??

[YoshiEgg25]

Though I just played it.

Did you knock Murray into the water??

Yup. He's now chewing bubble gum on a post in the swamp.

[Opa Opa]

That's the way!

[Dusk]

Not too long ago I found a Sega Genesis Model 2 at a local flea market for $2 with one controller and no cords. Bought the cords and it works great