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I've picked up lots of Dreamcast games for $10 or less over the years. I'm never again making the same mistake I made with my NES & SNES (& Transformers) by letting them be sold at a garage sale.
Oh, another one I remember. This was epic: I traded Air Buster for Strider to some idiot because the box looked cool. This was when Strider was only available on the Mega Drive and ton of us at school imported. I still remember sucker - no take-backs!
A while ago my friend gave me some of his game systems, but very few games with them. I did get a good few Dreamcast games with his Dreamcast, but the system's GD-ROM drive is broken, and needs to be fixed, then it's as good (or better) than new. I really should get some good N64 games to go with the N64 he gave me, the two he had were pretty much crap, system is fine (with expansion pack already in it).
Oh, I also got an NES from my uncle for free, but the only good game it came with was Kid Icarus, but I've collected a few good games since then. Neat thing is that the system operates more or less like new, since it was never really used, but my dirtier carts don't always start up without some cartridge-jiggling. He ended up with it because his friend died or something, and his friend had the NES, so he got the system somehow, and now I have it.
Lastly, I bought a PS1 (the little white one) at a garage sale for $1, and it worked fine. This was before when my friend gave me a bunch of his stuff, so when he did I ended up having 2 PS1's, and I've bought a PS1 screen to use with one of them sometimes.
Oh, I also got an NES from my uncle for free, but the only good game it came with was Kid Icarus, but I've collected a few good games since then. Neat thing is that the system operates more or less like new, since it was never really used, but my dirtier carts don't always start up without some cartridge-jiggling. He ended up with it because his friend died or something, and his friend had the NES, so he got the system somehow, and now I have it.
Lastly, I bought a PS1 (the little white one) at a garage sale for $1, and it worked fine. This was before when my friend gave me a bunch of his stuff, so when he did I ended up having 2 PS1's, and I've bought a PS1 screen to use with one of them sometimes.
Recently at a garage sale donkey konga 1, 2, jungle beat, 2 bongos and a nintendo brand memory card for $25
I think I have all of those stories beat:
1. Kid at school sold me Chrono Trigger w/ instructions and Secret of Mana w/ box for 20 bucks
2. Flea Market = Dragon Force for the Sega Saturn, complete = 7 dollars
3. Guardian Heroes for the Sega Saturn, locally owned use game shop = 30 dollars
30 dollars is a lot, but that game is impossible to find, let alone for that price.
1. Kid at school sold me Chrono Trigger w/ instructions and Secret of Mana w/ box for 20 bucks
2. Flea Market = Dragon Force for the Sega Saturn, complete = 7 dollars
3. Guardian Heroes for the Sega Saturn, locally owned use game shop = 30 dollars
30 dollars is a lot, but that game is impossible to find, let alone for that price.
I was talking to a friend a few years ago about how I wished I still had an Atari 2600, having started my gaming career on that. "I think I've got one of those in my attic. You want it?" It was THAT easy. It works like a charm to this day. Missile Command ftw! He also gave me a Sega Master System that was stored in the same box.
I bought N20 for the Playstation for like $2 at a an EB. It was brand new, and I love the shit outta that game.
I bought N20 for the Playstation for like $2 at a an EB. It was brand new, and I love the shit outta that game.
I wandered into an electronics bodega in park slope and found perfect, mint, sealed copies (million-seller versions but still) of SNES Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Zelda A Link to the Past, and Final Fantasy 2, for $15 apiece. I spent $200 and sold half the collection (some were multiple copies) for over $400, I still have a bunch if anyone is interested
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I almost shit myself when I saw them all
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I almost shit myself when I saw them all
I just ordered ICO for ps2 off ebay for 17 US.
Found zone of enders for 12 but I think im the only one that liked it.
I got final fantasy 12 for free (sort of scammed local video store, buy 2 get 1 free, bought 2 10 dollar ones and got ff12 for free).
I paid 20 bucks for my n64 and entire game collection (8 games including both zeldas).
I have a ton of games, but not sure what I call real bargins. If its a classic, and I find it and buy it, I don't care about the price unless I know its cheaper somewhere else.
Found zone of enders for 12 but I think im the only one that liked it.
I got final fantasy 12 for free (sort of scammed local video store, buy 2 get 1 free, bought 2 10 dollar ones and got ff12 for free).
I paid 20 bucks for my n64 and entire game collection (8 games including both zeldas).
I have a ton of games, but not sure what I call real bargins. If its a classic, and I find it and buy it, I don't care about the price unless I know its cheaper somewhere else.
One of my friends traded me Halo 2 for a half eaten container of spreadable cheese. I don't even like Halo 2, but how do you pass that up.
I think I have you beat. My church was giving away some stuff in a garage sale and I found a trashbag filled with a s-load of Atari games and an Atari 2600. Some of the games were like Frogger, Missile Command and a lot of titles I did not recongnize. But the gems were a Star Wars Jedi Arena game still in it's box and a Return of the Jedi cart. The 2600 did not have the power source thing. Heres the part were collectors will cringe, since I was a noob at the video game collecting scene and did not know about ebay, I stupidily sold the whole bag, minus the Star Wars stuuf, to Bookmans for about 10 bucks. I'm still kicking myself for shitting away a potential goldmine.
For me it was i bought a snes from some dude at school for 50 bucks..the games included was Secret of mana all 3 donkey kong's star wars super metroid and Super mario kart
Then at an EB games my friend bought chrono trigger for 12 bucks.. reason is this is when they stopped taking old nes and snes games...but they took it anyways and marked it as chrono cross
Then at an EB games my friend bought chrono trigger for 12 bucks.. reason is this is when they stopped taking old nes and snes games...but they took it anyways and marked it as chrono cross
So many great finds! I've had my share as well. I worked at Babbages, and in '98 I transfered to a different store that the manager had been fired for incompetence. Upon cleaning up the back room I discovered BOXES and BOXES of great stuff! NES games, SNES, Genesis, and Saturn games. Most of the stuff had been "Pennied out". Meaning, if it was removed from the inventory as active items, the price is dropped to a penny and we were supposed to throw it away. Yeah Right. I got some good stuff, needless to say. I've sold most of it over the years including factory sealed copies of Zelda 1 + 2 for the NES. The last 4 Saturn games released in the US, House of the Dead, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Burning Rangers and Shining Force 3....etc.
I still have a factory sealed copy of Mortal Kombat 2 for SNES. Any takers?
I still have a factory sealed copy of Mortal Kombat 2 for SNES. Any takers?
I got a mint and complete copy of Sega Saturn Dragon Force for 50 cents at a yard sale. The disc does not have any scratches at all.
Got some boxed NES games for like 1.50 each, boxed contra, boxed megaman 3, boxed megaman 2, a loose megaman 6, and of course many other good finds as well.
Got some boxed NES games for like 1.50 each, boxed contra, boxed megaman 3, boxed megaman 2, a loose megaman 6, and of course many other good finds as well.
I've got two.
1) When I was working at my video store we had this elderly man who would come in all the time and I would talk to him. He was one of the nicest guys I ever met, and funny as all holy hell. One day I told him that I was looking to start a gaming collection of old systems, and so far all I had was a SNES and a Genesis, and that I was looking desperately for a NES. He bought his movies and left, then came back 25 minutes later with a NES system, two controllers, a GREY zapper gun, and about 40 games. Granted, some of the games were shit (Top Gun 1 AND 2), but the asking price was worth it, he gave them to me for free.
2) Last week a guy traded Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for PS2 into my store for store credit. Our used price: 14.99. Bought that in a heartbeat.
1) When I was working at my video store we had this elderly man who would come in all the time and I would talk to him. He was one of the nicest guys I ever met, and funny as all holy hell. One day I told him that I was looking to start a gaming collection of old systems, and so far all I had was a SNES and a Genesis, and that I was looking desperately for a NES. He bought his movies and left, then came back 25 minutes later with a NES system, two controllers, a GREY zapper gun, and about 40 games. Granted, some of the games were shit (Top Gun 1 AND 2), but the asking price was worth it, he gave them to me for free.
2) Last week a guy traded Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for PS2 into my store for store credit. Our used price: 14.99. Bought that in a heartbeat.
I found my Sears TeleGames Pong system at a yard sale in a box for $5.
Also, Big Lots (closeout store) had tons of Atari 7800 games in the early 90s. They ranged from $0.50 to $3.00 all in sealed boxes. I ended up getting about 20-30 games that way. My parents siezed the opportunity. Like a fool (or a kid I guess, who can blame me) I tore them all out of the boxes to play. I still have them and have the instruction manuals but no boxes. :(
Also, Big Lots (closeout store) had tons of Atari 7800 games in the early 90s. They ranged from $0.50 to $3.00 all in sealed boxes. I ended up getting about 20-30 games that way. My parents siezed the opportunity. Like a fool (or a kid I guess, who can blame me) I tore them all out of the boxes to play. I still have them and have the instruction manuals but no boxes. :(
Oh, I got my TurboGrafx 16 for free. My wife's father-in-law had two in storage. He let me have them. Only one of them worked so I kept that one.
My best find was pro'lly when I managed to find a used Earthbound cart at a store in Louisville, Ky while I was on vacation w/ friends. It cost me $34 USD. Worth every freaking penny. My mother threw out all my games and shit when she kicked me out. I had a box and manual and everything for it. I'd murder a man to get it all back . . .
A friend of mine managed to find Final Fantasy Tactics for the SNES at the same store about two years earlier. I think he paid $5 USD.
@Faith. NEX . . . you mean that grungy-ass store on Lakeshore across from the A&P?! Shit, I should go in there more often. Last time I was in I was rather unimpressed . . .
A friend of mine managed to find Final Fantasy Tactics for the SNES at the same store about two years earlier. I think he paid $5 USD.
@Faith. NEX . . . you mean that grungy-ass store on Lakeshore across from the A&P?! Shit, I should go in there more often. Last time I was in I was rather unimpressed . . .
At Best Buy a few years ago, I walked in to find two brand new copies of Gitaroo Man for $10 a piece. I only bought one of them, and gave it to a friend who loved the game.
A year later I had to pay upwards of $60 on Ebay for a used copy.
Now that the game's been reprinted, you can find it for about $30 new on Ebay.
A year later I had to pay upwards of $60 on Ebay for a used copy.
Now that the game's been reprinted, you can find it for about $30 new on Ebay.
@Tazarthayoot: Oh, shit! That's right, it wasn't. It must've been Ogre Battle then.
I knew it was something rare . . .
I knew it was something rare . . .
Bahamut: So did I. I actually got way further than normal. I was IN THE GAME, DUDE!
Ah, those past days of youthful indiscretion...
Ah, those past days of youthful indiscretion...
I got a NES Power Pad for $3 from a neighbor's garage sale once. It had the box and all that good stuff.
I have another Chrono Trigger story: I traded someone my copy of Chrono Cross for Chrono trigger. Later, I bought CC again for about 10 bucks.
I got the Donkey Kong Country Competition for SNES in exchange for a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Genesis. He had gotten it from Blockbuster, after they had stopped using it.
I thought it was cool, but didn't think much of it until I read the "Holy Grails of Game Collecting" article on Racketboy. Oh yeah, it's on there. For a Sonic the Hedgehog, which I already had 2 copies of.
I thought it was cool, but didn't think much of it until I read the "Holy Grails of Game Collecting" article on Racketboy. Oh yeah, it's on there. For a Sonic the Hedgehog, which I already had 2 copies of.
Not too long ago I got an itching to play some of my NON-BC xbox games (as well as a recent recommendation from BBL) as it appears they may never be added to the list so I went into gamestop to find a good condition used xbox.
I was browsing the games when a kid came in with an armload of xbox shit. I faked looking at games while the employee dutifully plugged in everything and tested it; controllers, games, DVD attachment, all of it. I edged closer to see what they offered him for it.
Wait for it..........$34!!!!
Having just seen them test it all, I jumped in and offered the kid $50 for the entire load. He said, "sure". So I politely apologized to the dumbfounded employee for borking his ensuing ass-rape and handed the kid 50 bones. The gamestop employee grudgingly unhooked everything and handed me a giant black pile of classic xbox goodness. I got it home and got out the air canister and some windex and in 5 minutes I was staring at a complete system in really great shape with all accessories and a few games for $40.
I never ended up buying anything from gamestop that night. I almost felt guilty. After I got it cleaned up, I threw in my copy of riddick and smiled.
I was browsing the games when a kid came in with an armload of xbox shit. I faked looking at games while the employee dutifully plugged in everything and tested it; controllers, games, DVD attachment, all of it. I edged closer to see what they offered him for it.
Wait for it..........$34!!!!
Having just seen them test it all, I jumped in and offered the kid $50 for the entire load. He said, "sure". So I politely apologized to the dumbfounded employee for borking his ensuing ass-rape and handed the kid 50 bones. The gamestop employee grudgingly unhooked everything and handed me a giant black pile of classic xbox goodness. I got it home and got out the air canister and some windex and in 5 minutes I was staring at a complete system in really great shape with all accessories and a few games for $40.
I never ended up buying anything from gamestop that night. I almost felt guilty. After I got it cleaned up, I threw in my copy of riddick and smiled.
I love scoping out 2nd hand shops down here in Australia, some of my best finds have been...
Panzer Dragoon Saga, complete and in great nic minus the outer box for $10 US (PAL version)
Fighting Street for the PC Engine for $2 US... doesn't sound like much, but this was the only home version of the original Street Fighter released and is damn hard to find
A taito Exerion cocktail arcade cabinet for $50 US, found in the classifieds
A mint sealed 32x ith mint sealed Metal Head with a mint sealed Mega CD 2 with Road Avenger for $20 U
+many many more
Panzer Dragoon Saga, complete and in great nic minus the outer box for $10 US (PAL version)
Fighting Street for the PC Engine for $2 US... doesn't sound like much, but this was the only home version of the original Street Fighter released and is damn hard to find
A taito Exerion cocktail arcade cabinet for $50 US, found in the classifieds
A mint sealed 32x ith mint sealed Metal Head with a mint sealed Mega CD 2 with Road Avenger for $20 U
+many many more
LAWL Brutal...raisins for a game...now that's classy =P
Not any collector's stories persay, but I picked up a gameboy color with 10 games (including original mario and kirby in great condition) for 5$ and a virtual boy in box and instruction manual for 1$
Not any collector's stories persay, but I picked up a gameboy color with 10 games (including original mario and kirby in great condition) for 5$ and a virtual boy in box and instruction manual for 1$
This may be a bit too recent but 2 years ago I went to a gay pride parade and stoped ina record store and found a copy of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the PS2 for $10.
I also found a Dreamcast at a pawn shop in Kentucky a little over a year ago for $15.
I also found a Dreamcast at a pawn shop in Kentucky a little over a year ago for $15.
Once I traded my Clefairy doll card for my mates Zapdos (shiny as fuck), I told him that the Clefairy Doll had magical and mystic powers.
He died later that year in a plane crash
Weird shit
He died later that year in a plane crash
Weird shit
I recently got Ico in its original cardboard box from a pawn shop for 7€. It's not in the best shape, but it's worth a lot more.
I also got Rez for 10€ off ebay, and turns out it was a promo version. I don't know if it works like in the music circles where promos are zOMG collectors insta-erection. But the game's a steal at that price anyways.
I also got Rez for 10€ off ebay, and turns out it was a promo version. I don't know if it works like in the music circles where promos are zOMG collectors insta-erection. But the game's a steal at that price anyways.
Just recently I bought Super Metroid for $3 and Mario Paint (mouse had no ball) for $4 at Goodwill (thrift store).
1- NES Tengen Tetris INSIDE the NES I bought for 3$
2- Custom made Six Button arcade joystick for SNES 5$
3- Went to a mega-fundraiser garage sale, something was kicking about at my feet, I flipped it over, it was a TurboGrafx16, found 15 Boxed games, picked all of it up for 5$
4- NeXT Workstation server - COMPLETE - at a thrift shop 100$
5- Colecovision ADAM, complete and boxed, 10$ ebay. It was local, and nobody wanted to pay 120$ shipping.
6- Ms. Pac-man Mini-Arcade...... on the floor next to a thrift store deposit bin. 0$..
These are all in CDN dollars, even then, it's beyond a steal.
2- Custom made Six Button arcade joystick for SNES 5$
3- Went to a mega-fundraiser garage sale, something was kicking about at my feet, I flipped it over, it was a TurboGrafx16, found 15 Boxed games, picked all of it up for 5$
4- NeXT Workstation server - COMPLETE - at a thrift shop 100$
5- Colecovision ADAM, complete and boxed, 10$ ebay. It was local, and nobody wanted to pay 120$ shipping.
6- Ms. Pac-man Mini-Arcade...... on the floor next to a thrift store deposit bin. 0$..
These are all in CDN dollars, even then, it's beyond a steal.
my mother had a co-worker who was throwing away his "nintendo" i offered him 10$ for it
when i got it turns out it was a super nintendo with 15-16 games, most were old crappy ones, couple of ok ones, but the last one, at the bottom of the bag, was Final Fantasy 3, just the cart though, best deal ever
when i got it turns out it was a super nintendo with 15-16 games, most were old crappy ones, couple of ok ones, but the last one, at the bottom of the bag, was Final Fantasy 3, just the cart though, best deal ever
maybe i'm just crazy..but i wouldn't mind having one of those LE-Hello Kitty DreamCasts....i know...and i want ALL the DC games that never made it over here...so what if i can't read japanese...i'll learn! i also want another Sega Genisis...ahhh the memories...
Thrift stores are a veritable gold mine. They also have a lot of old, homeless, and smelly people, but my god man! Wait until you hear this. You'll be arm deep in homeless stank soon enough.
I was flipping through the NES games they had above the counter, when I noticed a box behind it, next to the consoles. I asked to see the box, and I immediately got a half chub.
Right on the top was the first Megaman game, factory sealed. I recognized it instantly, since MM looks like an old fart on the cover. It gets better.
When I looked below that one, there were 5 more games, mint and sealed as well. The other 5 Megaman games. This was when I ejaculated all over the homeless guy.
I immediately grabbed them like they were the most valuable things in the entire world. I only paid $15 for all of them.
Sure, they just sit in a box in my closet, and only get busted out when I've been drinking and want to show off. But I have the first 6 megaman games boxed and sealed, and YOU don't. Suckah.
I was flipping through the NES games they had above the counter, when I noticed a box behind it, next to the consoles. I asked to see the box, and I immediately got a half chub.
Right on the top was the first Megaman game, factory sealed. I recognized it instantly, since MM looks like an old fart on the cover. It gets better.
When I looked below that one, there were 5 more games, mint and sealed as well. The other 5 Megaman games. This was when I ejaculated all over the homeless guy.
I immediately grabbed them like they were the most valuable things in the entire world. I only paid $15 for all of them.
Sure, they just sit in a box in my closet, and only get busted out when I've been drinking and want to show off. But I have the first 6 megaman games boxed and sealed, and YOU don't. Suckah.
Hehe i cant give u my best deal but i can give you my worst. About 20 SNES games (probably included FF2, FF3, and everything awsome at that point) for 2 bucks a pop and could barely get StarCraft ... All them games for $40 sounds like some bull now haha, damn u N64 and making me lose money
My finds are just epic.
I went to a decent looking garage sale. Nothing but old computers until I stumbled across a Debug Playstation for 20 freaking dollars. I also met the guy who owned it. His name is....well lets just call him Joe M. He was a developer for Acclaim back in the early to mid 90's. He took it from their offices when he got fired around 1997. That's how about 99% of them got out to the public. He asked me if I knew what it was of course and I told him a dev PS1. He then sold it to me over the wigger little kid who wanted it because he thought it was spray painted. He was telling me that he was going crazy over development of Bart's Nightmare. He said "the mentality of the CEOs was if they could sell a block of wood in a box they would". Quantity over quality. It's good to hear that it wasn't always the developer's fault when a game was shit. Best garage sale ever!!!!
The second epic find was only about 2 miles away. I was at an old guy's garage sale just looking around and I asked if the guy had any videogames. He told me no he had nothing for the Xbox. I told him I collect much older games and he said "hold on a second". He comes back 10 minutes later with a complete in box Coleco Gemini. I ask him how much. He says "what do you think is fair?" I promptly got all the money out of my pocket and gave him $25.
Here are some pics.
Debug PS1 - http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=136324
Coleco Gemini - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3664368907_67f105d1dd_b.jpg
I went to a decent looking garage sale. Nothing but old computers until I stumbled across a Debug Playstation for 20 freaking dollars. I also met the guy who owned it. His name is....well lets just call him Joe M. He was a developer for Acclaim back in the early to mid 90's. He took it from their offices when he got fired around 1997. That's how about 99% of them got out to the public. He asked me if I knew what it was of course and I told him a dev PS1. He then sold it to me over the wigger little kid who wanted it because he thought it was spray painted. He was telling me that he was going crazy over development of Bart's Nightmare. He said "the mentality of the CEOs was if they could sell a block of wood in a box they would". Quantity over quality. It's good to hear that it wasn't always the developer's fault when a game was shit. Best garage sale ever!!!!
The second epic find was only about 2 miles away. I was at an old guy's garage sale just looking around and I asked if the guy had any videogames. He told me no he had nothing for the Xbox. I told him I collect much older games and he said "hold on a second". He comes back 10 minutes later with a complete in box Coleco Gemini. I ask him how much. He says "what do you think is fair?" I promptly got all the money out of my pocket and gave him $25.
Here are some pics.
Debug PS1 - http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=136324
Coleco Gemini - http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3664368907_67f105d1dd_b.jpg
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