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My Special Find
Halidar | 4:51 PM on 10.27.2009 17 comments


I had gone out for the weekend looking for some new stuff. As such I decided to explore the most boring looking Mall in the area. Needless to say, that turned out very well. Originally I had only decided to go in because there was a HockShop, where I can usually find some good NES games cheaply priced. And other than the copy of Wind Waker that a friend picked up for $15, the HockShop was a disappointment (Though they had 3 copies of Mario/Duckhunt for 3 different prices wtf).

Then I stumbled across this gem.

Those are all NES/Snes/Sega games.

I fell in love with a room. Seriously. I want to marry it, move in, and pillage. I'm sure that says something about me on a subconscious level, but I don't care!



Them be some Japanese unlicensed NES carts in the corner. Awesome! Problem is, they know exactly how much they can charge for shit. Those were $30-40 each.



Consoles. Lots of consoles. N64s, Snes, Dreamcasts, Sega Saturn, NES, and a few things I can't recognize in the picture.



Some Xboxs, 3DOs, Ataris, PSones, some more Sega stuff (master system, genesis, CD), I think there is a Commodore in there too. So, this store really owns, it would be better if they didn't know how much they could get away with charging for stuff. There was a copy of FF7 there for $100. And I'm sure someone will buy it too.



MORATL KOM...Wait... Marvel vs Street fighter? This would be more awesome if the P1 forward worked. I just tatsumaki a lot. Made me sad.



And this is a wall of fun.
Left to right: WWF, PGA, D&D, Virtua Fighter 4, MLB, Spider Man, Area 51

All in all I spent $15 on Virtua Fighter, and some on food and such. I'm going back soon. What should I be looking to buy when I go back? They have everything.



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Halidar's Destructoid Blog
Whoops, I really didn't think I could fap my own post... And now I feel like a dick for doing it.
chrissmith9c's Destructoid Blog
good find don't know anything to recommend though
JusticeDude's Destructoid Blog
Buy me a copy of Demon's Crest and ActRaiser.
Halidar's Destructoid Blog
I was going to grab a copy of Zelda, but I didn't have $30 on me. Never go to the mall broke :(
pedrovay2003's Destructoid Blog
$100 for Final Fantasy VII? That's a bit steep. Fun Unlimited around where I live has 3 copies, all black label, for $65 each.
P-Dude's Destructoid Blog
How much are the systems? Mainly interested in the price of N64 and Dreamcast
Diverse's Destructoid Blog
Awesome. I bet most of the retro stuff is ridiculously overpriced though.
fetusmilk's Destructoid Blog
where is this gem? i miss the old days of buying 15 NES carts at a time at funcoland.
Jonathan Holmes's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, where is this wonderful place?
Niero's Destructoid Blog
NICE!
Halidar's Destructoid Blog
@P-Dude The Dreamcasts were $60 each, but in pretty damn good condition. I'm not sure how much the N64s were.

As for location, it is in Canada, north of Toronto in the Barrie Koslov center.

And the prices for retro games didn't go over $30 each. And the ones that were that much, I wouldn't have a problem paying that for them. Everything on display was in very good condition. They even had a baby blue Bible Adventures cart. I've got my eye on that for my next visit.
Halidar's Destructoid Blog
Thinking about it, they literally had a minimum of 20 N64s, to the point they were just stacked in a corner.
ChronosWing's Destructoid Blog
Willing to bet they buy all that shit on ebay/flea markets and mark it the fuck up, some of those prices are insane, $100 for FF7? Unless its brand fucking new black label I don't think so.
Jonathan Holmes's Destructoid Blog
Was the FF7 $100 because we're talking Canadian money?
Dao2-SKP's Destructoid Blog
$60 for a dc? $100 for a ff7? Even if it was black label in mint condition it wouldn't be worth that much. That 3 times more then a dreamcast.

You know why they have so much stuff? Cause they overprice like a motherfucker and no one buys it :|
Occams electric toothbrush's Destructoid Blog
That's some overpriced shit but I loved how dreary that place looks. Oh sad lonely malls make me happy. Thank you for uploading these pics.
welkstar's Destructoid Blog
HO-LY shit...!


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HAI! erm... Yo, I'm Halidar. I'm a big RPG fan, the Final Fantasy series is what got me into gaming in the first place. From there I moved into all other genres. I've been playing games since I was really small. i remember playing Super C with my mom when I was around 4.
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