+FujiSkunk Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 rorysl, it looks like you have two light-sixers there. The heavies have a curved base in front. Either way, good score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 the tv type switch was broken off (and bouncing around inside by the sound of things). [...] The only thing that didn't work was the Atari Power Adaptor. Good thing I have a few spares! Can you solder? I'll send you a replacement for that TV type switch, if you send me all the pieces that you have of it, plus the bad wallcube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysl Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 rorysl, it looks like you have two light-sixers there. The heavies have a curved base in front. Either way, good score! Thanks for the clarification -- I'm pretty excited about it -- never even saw, let alone owned, a six-switch before, heavy or light! the tv type switch was broken off (and bouncing around inside by the sound of things). [...] The only thing that didn't work was the Atari Power Adaptor. Good thing I have a few spares! Can you solder? I'll send you a replacement for that TV type switch, if you send me all the pieces that you have of it, plus the bad wallcube. I'm not much of a solder-er -- is it a complicated jobbie? In regards to the 'pieces' -- you want the pieces of the broken switch after/if I replace it? Drop me a PM and let's chat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Not videogame related, but impressive still... I checked out a Genius digital piano today in a thrift. It needs a patch cart. Price? (hang on to your hindparts) $13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Verified still there on Wednesday October 4: 18 boxes, most in original shrinkwrap (split from overshrinkage but boxes still unopened), 10 count Maxell FD2-D double-sided, single or double density, 8-inch floppy disks. One box was torn open at a corner, apparently by somebody who didn't know there was such a thing as an 8-inch floppy. The marked price is $4.98 each box, plus tax (about $5.40 total), but they may go on discount if still there in a few weeks. This store uses a colored tag system, where if an item has been out for something like 5 or 6 weeks, it will go to 50% off. If it doesn't sell at that price, it becomes 75% off the following week. After that, it may be pulled and either trashed or maybe sent to another thrift store. Also, I may be able to get a lower price from the manager if I get most or all of them. Anybody want me to pick any of these up for you, or know someone else who might want them? I'd need to be paid in advance for the disks and shipping (which will likely be substantial) plus something for my expenses. In the event the disks are gone or any overpayment, the excess amount will be refunded. EDIT: Still there on Thursday Oct. 12, at 50% discount. Next week, they will be at 75% discount if nobody gets them before then. What state are they in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) What state are they [8-inch floppy disks] in? State, as in The United = California (home of La-La Land, a.k.a. Los Angeles county) State, as in condition = Mostly in unopened, undamaged semi-sealed original retail boxes (original shrinkwrap is present but split at seams, now held in place by tape probably applied by thrift store personnel). At least one box is without shrinkwrap and can be opened for inspection. I'm not sure if the box I saw when I first noticed them, with a corner torn open, is still there. But there were definitely 18 boxes on Thursday morning. Edited October 13, 2006 by A.J. Franzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Picked up a couple nes games yesterday. Heavy Barrel~NES Defender II~NES Got both for 5.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20eyes Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Not a thrift find... A co worker of mine gave me an xbox system with 2 controlelrs and the hookups. It wont read discs though, but im working on that. The thing is really dirty so im thinking it just neads the lazer to be cleaned inside. Thats how I got a $20 PS2 a few years ago. Dirty lazer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Hi, Yesterday I bought a 25" tabletop television at a thrift store for $9.99 It's a Hitachi. very nice internal stereo speakers Very good picture Two sets composite video/stereo audio inputs... One AV output and one RGB input...which is the only reason I even pulled it off the shelf to turn it on. It also was fairly clean for a 22 year old TV in a thrift shop.... and doesn't smell of cigarettes. Though.... I don't know what kind of connector that RGB port uses. I found my CGA cable for that connector the other day, and I'll pin it out for you, but I'm going to be gone for the weekend, so it'll have to wait a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Yesterday I bought a Beeshu Zoomer flight stick for the NES, boxed and complete, for $9.99. I also found an Atari 2600 power supply that some idiot pulled off the tip from the cable. Hopefully I can put a new power tip onto it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHufnagel Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Picked up some cheap PS2 games at a garage sale yesterday. Armored Core 2 Maximo: Ghosts To Glory Unlimited Saga Splinter Cell Thunder Strike: Operation Phoenix They were all $2 each. Not a great find, but 5 games for $10 isn't bad at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 genesis with hardball and altered beast for 15.00 I passed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Some more Goodwill finds. XBOX demo disc 62 $2.99 Nintendo Killer Cuts CD $2.99 PSX game case $2.99 PSX demo/kiosk disc (not sure) $2.99 PSX interactive CD 7 $2.99 PSX Gran Turismo $2.99 PC MS flight Simulator 98 $2.99 PC NFS: High Stakes $2.99 PSX game case $2.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmjennifer Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 All from Goodwill in OKC on 89th and Penn, found yesterday. 2 Sega Master System games @ $2 each: Altered Beast Wonder Boy in Monster Land 1 Sega game $2: Comix Zone Not a great score, but it's always fun to find stuff. -Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Found a JVC X'Eye at Goodwill with hookups, a JVC joypad, and a 6-button Performance joypad....all for $15. It was kinda funny seeing these other two guys walking around all smug with their common Genesis titles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Not a thrift find... A co worker of mine gave me an xbox system with 2 controlelrs and the hookups. It wont read discs though, but im working on that. The thing is really dirty so im thinking it just neads the lazer to be cleaned inside. Thats how I got a $20 PS2 a few years ago. Dirty lazer. There is a walkthru out there on how to basically completely disassemble the XBox DVD player so you can clean the laser out real well. You need to clean more than just the visable optic lense, there is a whole path, with some mirrors, and if you clean the WHOLE path out, it'll most likely bring the system back to life. I had a bad drive on my xBox. Tried cleaning it and it didn't work, found the walkthru and cleaned it better, and that did the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngskywalker Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) Found an Odyssey 2 at a local fleamarket today. The guy wanted $25 for it and I had already spent like $20 on 2600 carts. I only had $10 on me so I gave him $5 to put it away while I went to an ATM. Luckily I was able to get across town and back quickly enough to get it. Edited October 16, 2006 by youngskywalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLove0378 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) To make a long story slightly shorter, I successfully took apart the monitor, got everything cleaned and deloused, cracked one of the circuit boards, had my roommate teach me how to use a soldering iron, fixed the circuit board, and then got everything put back together again (with several false starts as parts and other reminders kept re-appearing). As an added bonus, the monitor still worked afterward. Funny, I didn't even bother stripping the monitor, when I bought that roach-infested IIgs stuff. I figured that once I switched it on, anything inside would die. After reading an arcade game manual, I'll always be leary about working on monitors... "This area has about 20,000 volts on it AND IT CAN KILL YOU!!!" But here's a few of my recent thrift finds... Jakks TV Games: Classic Arcade Pinball 99¢ (fully working!) Memorex 8mm VCR (Model 800) $6.00 (Last time I checked, these were super expensive on eBay!) Ambico 8mm Tape Rewinder w/power supply 50¢ Waddington's Electronic Wizard (full size), in retail box $2.00 Electronic Merlin (Parker Brothers, 1978) 49¢ And a whole bunch of Atari stuff I found at the flea market... a Darth Vader console, about 50 games which had seen better days (only a few of which I didn't already have), several joysticks, paddles, and driving controllers, a Video Touch Pad, and a hardsided system carrying case, with the Atari logo. I gave $50 for it all, but that was probably a little too much... the Vader didn't work when I got it home. Oh well. Maybe reflowing some solder joints might help. Anyone ever seen one of these cases before? I couldn't even find one on eBay. Edited October 16, 2006 by DrLove0378 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggs130 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 And a whole bunch of Atari stuff I found at the flea market... a Darth Vader console, about 50 games which had seen better days (only a few of which I didn't already have), several joysticks, paddles, and driving controllers, a Video Touch Pad, and a hardsided system carrying case, with the Atari logo. I gave $50 for it all, but that was probably a little too much... the Vader didn't work when I got it home. Oh well. Maybe reflowing some solder joints might help. Anyone ever seen one of these cases before? I couldn't even find one on eBay. Sure have and ebay's where I found it paid between 35 and 40 shipped if I remember right and Im pretty sure that was just for the case no extras.I'd say you did okay there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Picked up a few things this weekend Solar Jetman~NES 2.50 Captain Skyhawk~NES 2.50 Space Invaders~2600 1.50 Yars' Revenge~2600 1.50 Gold Plated Phono Cable Free Slik Stik Controller~2600 .49 Not too bad of finds for yardsales and thrifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Oh and I find a boxed copy of RIVEN for PC at the same Goodwill for $10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Found a VHS tape of Mazes & Monsters (starring Tom Hanks!) for two bucks. I hate those cheap-ass SLP tapes. Hopefully I'll get my two bucks worth of cheezy movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Found some old Super Famicom games, which will go great with my Japanese Super Famicom (which I've never powered up because I didn't have the games). Does anyone know if it uses the same power as an American SNES (the power connectors are different, but that would be easy to fix). I just don't want to fry the thing. Oh, and it should work on a regular TV since Japan also has NTSC, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Picked up a copy of Bases Loaded CIB~NES .99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) Found a heavy-sixer for $4.99 at the Irving GW. It's quite dirty and a little beat'n up, but seems to work fine. Once I saw those thick curvy sides I knew it was the heavy model. Edited December 24, 2006 by Prodos8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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