Trooper Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 You didn't have a good night, you had a GREAT night!! Congrats on your finds!! /T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 (edited) Oh no! My 5200 doesn't fit on my system shelving! It was about to be my ninth simultaneously plugged-in system but nooo, I have to go buy more shelves first Anyway, after my few minutes of testing, I really like the 5200; I've never had one before; I hope the 7800 is as rewarding when I can get it set up! Since we rolled over to a new page, I want to ask again incase it gets lost: my just-found-at-Goodwill 7800 was bare and I've never owned a 7800 before. I don't have a power or video cable for it. How likely is it that a 7800 would be broken? I realize anything's possible, but do they break often? I've got the Goodwill 2-day return policy, but I have no idea whether to expect it to work. Edited October 20, 2007 by MFoolsRun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumdogg Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Oh no! My 5200 doesn't fit on my system shelving! It was about to be my ninth simultaneously plugged-in system but nooo, I have to go buy more shelves first This is a noble effort, and i salute you sir. There's far too much talk about people needing backwards compatibility and classic game downloads because "i don't wanna hook everything up, it's all the closet, etc, etc". I have eleven consoles hooked up to the tv in my living room at all times (thirteen if you count the extra outlet needs of the 32X and Sega CD), and my "Just for the 2600" tv in the office somehow got a PS1 and a TG-16 hooked up to it as well. Buy more shelves, buy more power strips, but don't ever back down from cramming another console onto your tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Oh no! My 5200 doesn't fit on my system shelving! It was about to be my ninth simultaneously plugged-in system but nooo, I have to go buy more shelves first Anyway, after my few minutes of testing, I really like the 5200; I've never had one before; I hope the 7800 is as rewarding when I can get it set up! Since we rolled over to a new page, I want to ask again incase it gets lost: my just-found-at-Goodwill 7800 was bare and I've never owned a 7800 before. I don't have a power or video cable for it. How likely is it that a 7800 would be broken? I realize anything's possible, but do they break often? I've got the Goodwill 2-day return policy, but I have no idea whether to expect it to work. I would be more worried about finding the lousy power adapter for it. I'm sure it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I went back to the scene of the find to see if there was anything I'd missed, or if there was more to the collection that hadn't made it out to the floor yet and found the following: All loose 2600: Football Super Football Dodge 'Em Flag Capture Haunted House Raiders of the Lost Ark Boxing Laser Blast Desert Falcon Air-Sea Battle (no end label) Home Run Space Invaders Space Attack Defender Enduro Asteroids Math Gran Prix E.T. Pole Position Star Wars Jedi Arena Galaxian Centipede Combat (no end label, but who cares, I'm just going to shim a table leg with it) Astroblast (someone decided the end label should be blue and colored it with a marker) 7800: Super Skateboardin' On-on-One Basketball All in an ugly blue case not at all designed for games All together, $10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 /\ Im beginning to despise you.... Espeicailly after I went to every thrift shop in town and found nothing. I hate October thrifting, because all the teenie-boppers are out looking for Halloween costumes and they scoop the good video games up too. I also had a crazed old man with no teeth try to snip my finger off with a rusty garden shears at one thrift shop. I was digging around on the shelf when I see 2 rusty blades heading towards my hand. I look up to see a dirty old man who starts crackling an evil laugh that sends a chill down my spine. Pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Oh no! My 5200 doesn't fit on my system shelving! It was about to be my ninth simultaneously plugged-in system but nooo, I have to go buy more shelves first Anyway, after my few minutes of testing, I really like the 5200; I've never had one before; I hope the 7800 is as rewarding when I can get it set up! Since we rolled over to a new page, I want to ask again incase it gets lost: my just-found-at-Goodwill 7800 was bare and I've never owned a 7800 before. I don't have a power or video cable for it. How likely is it that a 7800 would be broken? I realize anything's possible, but do they break often? I've got the Goodwill 2-day return policy, but I have no idea whether to expect it to work. I would be more worried about finding the lousy power adapter for it. I'm sure it works. Once I had Atari 2600av, 5200av, 7800, Inty, ColecovisionAV, NES, SNES, N64, SMS, Genesis (+CD and 32x), Saturn, DC, TG-16 +CD, PSX, PS2, Jaguar, VCR, DVD player, satellite and antenna hooked to one TV. I've taken those out in the past few years, sold off some of the newer systems and put older systems away. Having all those hooked up even when not playing draws about as much power as a 150 watts bulb. Nowday I just rotate game systems whatever I felt like playing. 7800, Inty, satellite, and antenna were hooked to a Radio Shack 4 channel switch box, for the rest I had to daisy chain 6- 5 channel switch boxes and use both AV input of my TV. (max 26 AV devices) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I would be more worried about finding the lousy power adapter for it. I'm sure it works. They go on eBay for, like $6 before shipping. I'll probably just do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 (edited) Ran into a slew of Playstation RPGs at the flea market today, walked away with... Chronicles of the Sword Chrono Cross Clock Tower II Digimon World 3 Echo Night Evil Dead: Hail to the King Final Fantasy Chronicles Final Fantasy Origins Final Fantasy Anthology Final Fantasy VII (complete) Final Fantasy VII (loose) Galerians Gundam Battle Assault 2 Koudelka Parasite Eve II Persona 2 Project Overkill Silent Hill Star Ocean Suikoden II (case only ) Vandal Hearts Most are complete in case, a few are missing instructions. The vendor started out at $5 on the double case games and 2 for $5 on the single case games. After a bit of haggling we settled on $70 for everything. Bummer that Suikoden II doesn't have the disc, will have to sell off the two copies of FF VII to pay for a disc-only Suikoden II. Edited October 20, 2007 by bones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer24 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 wow great finds this w-end guys hopefully tomorrow i get lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 allright..once again.. not techinccly a thrift find, but both second hand and Free... two 12 inch TV's one a twoknob rotery black and white.. and the other a touchomatic style color set.. bothe decididly analog in any form and function.. they were both set outside of persons house in the ally and labled as "free" in fact the the BW set had a post it note with the snarky comment "HD!!!" on it.. cast offs of a yard sale is my assumption.. they were also set aside a will little 1200BTU window AC unit.. of opnly use I have of it would be extracting the aluminum and copper from for the tin mining.. I'll actually leave that for the nieghbor hood bum.. the trash picker, not the grifters... well.. you'll never get a grifter to pick through the trash.. they're above that.. they just want you to give them money for standing on a street corner and pleading poverty.. but I am digressing.. the BW TV is of the perfect size and shape with a lovely nicotine yellowed Pitana its vintage to the era of the 2600 she in fact might be better suited for a repo Pong cabinet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 (edited) oops Edited October 21, 2007 by BeerGnome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaf5136 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Found a NES with the R.O.B. CIB. Box is alittle messed up, but has everything intact. What's it worth??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Found a NES with the R.O.B. CIB. Box is alittle messed up, but has everything intact. What's it worth??? Whatever someone will pay (I'll give you $10 ), but who cares, what a great find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 (edited) Now I'm starting to get embarrassed. Same Goodwill, new find, need some advice on some of it. Atari2600jr with power adapter $8 This system is a little beat up; one of the prongs that holds the carts in place is broken off and the cartridge slot in general has some other broken plastic in it. The system boots just fine, but with the cosmetic damage, it might not be worth keeping. Opinions? A set of paddles $0.50 Two 2600 controllers and a power adapter $Free (convinced them they should have gone with the bare 2600 I got the other day) 2600 Games: Basketball Bowling Enduro (green label, the one I got the other day had a blue label). $1/ea Gamegear, beautiful shape, AC adapter included (the screen is kinda blurry, but I've never owned a Gamegear before, so I don't know how crisp the LCD is meant to be. Should it be really blurry? The Gamegear was in a soft case with the following games: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Majors Pro Baseball Winter Olympic Games Sonic 2 Outrun Jeopardy! Columns Spider-Man In one of the outer pockets there was something that calls itself a Nuby Converter (Master System cartridge converter) along with Mono Poly (??) and Black Belt for the SMS The whole soft case and all its contents, $25 Edited October 21, 2007 by MFoolsRun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 (edited) Original US model Genesis with High Definition Graphics across the top, RF shields for connection with the SEGA CD, and a 9 pin serial port, $6.00. (Not so) broken PC, $5.00 When I got it home. Orly? Also, Lolz turbo. Both are Goodwill finds. Edited October 22, 2007 by Cheese007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I had a good weekend for free stuff. Starting at one of my local stores I got the following for free. They where slated for the trash due to some scratches. Re Volt Case, and Instructions No Disc DC Crazy Taxi 2 DC Loose Ms. Pac-man DC CD-R Loose 4x4 EVO DC Loose Dreamcast Magazine Disc May 2000 Loose Confidential Mission DC Loose NFL Blitz 2001 DC Loose Tony Hawk Pro Skater DC Loose The following came from my step-sister who was in town visiting. Sega Saturn w/hooks and 1 controller Virtua Fighter 2 Sat Loose Solar Eclipse CIB Sat Daytona USA CIB Sat NHL 97 CIB Sat Street Fighter Alpha CIB Sat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) Original US model Genesis with High Definition Graphics across the top, RF shields for connection with the SEGA CD, and a 9 pin serial port, $6.00.(Not so) broken PC, $5.00 When I got it home. Orly? Also, Lolz turbo. Both are Goodwill finds. We had a computer like that...What's in there, a 486? I see a CD drive... It's Actually probably around 200Mhz, probably... EDIT AGAIN! I'm a dumbass, I could have just looked at the LCD display. I was close, 166Mhz. Edited October 23, 2007 by SINGLE TOOTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 166Mhz? Probably Pentium 1 then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Well the tap seems to have run dry at Goodwill. Hit it yesterday after work and there was nothing new since my amazing weekend. Disappointed that I never found the power supply or controllers for the 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wester Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Picked up a Picachu N64, with power pack, but missing the cover for the expansion module. $1.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 166Mhz? Probably Pentium 1 then. I used to have a box with a display like that. you had to set jumpers behind it to assemble the number.. it could be anything in there. I made mine say ASS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese007 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 166Mhz? Probably Pentium 1 then. Spot on. Swapped it into the DELL momentarily and it fixed the problems I was having with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaidbrad3141 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I haven't been posting my finds from the last couple of weeks but today made me happy. Found a few SNES at a pawn, nothing major but later I went into an old video store on the off chance that they had some stuff and found some goodies for the N64. -Zelda: Majoras Mask CIB -Bomberman 64 w/box -Mega Man 64 w/box -Donkey Kong 64 w/box -Tetrispheres w/box -Banjo Kazooie w/box All for $10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wester Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Genesis: Sonic 2 NES: Tiger-Heli w/inst SMB2 SMB/DH Super C w/inst Bible Adventures w/inst Game Genie w/book Zapper Power supply Some random SNES manuals. PSX: Final Fantasy VII Black label, complete. All for about $9.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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