wccw mark Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Yeah Mark Mrs.Jboy is the same way she just doesnt do the whole thrifting thing. Am still thinking about heading down your way for a day to go thrift and hit McVan's so i will let you if this can happen and we can meet up. sounds good bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer24 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 your welcome wccw mark on the heads up bro us collectors gotta stick togetha you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Well, I dragged my wife kicking and screaming into Thrift Town today and walked away 9 boxed 2600 titles for 99 cents apiece. At least that's what I thought, until we hit the checkout and it turns out they are having 30% off on electronics. (EARTH WEEK EXTRAVAGANZA SALE!) So all my games were 60 cents apiece. Nothing great and I actually LEFT an E.T. behind because, well, I didn't want it. I kinda regret that now, though. Someone might have loved that ET. We also bought a $4.99 vintage alarm clock; $3.50 after discount. That's what put us over the $10 mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wccw mark Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Well, I dragged my wife kicking and screaming into Thrift Town today and walked away 9 boxed 2600 titles for 99 cents apiece. At least that's what I thought, until we hit the checkout and it turns out they are having 30% off on electronics. (EARTH WEEK EXTRAVAGANZA SALE!) So all my games were 60 cents apiece. Nothing great and I actually LEFT an E.T. behind because, well, I didn't want it. I kinda regret that now, though. Someone might have loved that ET. We also bought a $4.99 vintage alarm clock; $3.50 after discount. That's what put us over the $10 mark. thats awesome!!cheap and boxed 2600 games is always a great find.plus,its fun to drag the wife around a thrift every now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edweird13 Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Found a 4-port 5200 with 7 games for $10 at one sale. Found a 5200 Trak-ball for $1 at another sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Went to a bag sale today In a bag for $2 Nintendo 64 system Playstation 1 system Gran Trismo 1 Dance Dace Revolution Clasic games for the Intellivision Jet Moto 3 Gray Dualshock controler Green Dualshock Controler 2 9v powersuplies (radioshak) Wire to hook my calc to the computer many other wires 300 Floppy disks (3.5) At the same sale for $5 Xbox Xbox controller wireless xbox controller The first find of the season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wccw mark Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 half off today at the local goodwills,i got: darth vader 4 switch atari 2600 with 2 joysticks,generic ac adapter:$5(most likely going to put this up for sale/trade/ebay/chuckwagon soon) snes model 1 system(system only,very nice and clean)$2.50 blip. the digital game(handheld 1977 tomy,game only)$0.75 17 atari 2600 games(all loose)$0.34 each asteroids x2 combat x2(1 text,1pic label) pitfall kaboom circus atari real sports football real sports baseball frogs & flies x2 popeye x2 laser blast skiing astroblast moonsweeper bad dudes for nes(poor label)$0.34 kung fu for nes(cart only)$0.34 heavy shreddin for nes(cart only)$0.34 mario party for n64(cart only)$2 passed on several genesis model 2 systems(one goodwill had 4 of them alone),several genesis controllers and sears pong system(no battery lid)and a few psx sports games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Today was Tag Sale Day in my town. Apparently my town doesn't like games. I got a three-plug PSX for $4 and an original X-Box for $20, no idea yet if either work, but other than those two, the only other game related item we saw was a PS2 marked at $75. I fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer24 Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 markie mark man that's a great haul there man oh and by the way thanks for adding me as your friend dawg hope u have a great rest of the weekend keep hunting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I guess I had a halfway decent haul today. Hit about 20 garage sales today with almost nothing at all until I found one that had a little box with some SNES games for $1 each. I got: Ms Pac-Man Zelda Link to the Past Tetris & Dr Mario Super Mario All-Stars (the only one I already had) and the big find: Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars Not bad for $5 total since Mario RPG can go for over $50 on fleabay. Also at my favorite pawn shop, I got Rampage World Tour for N64 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee for Ps1 Rampage 2 Universal Tour for Ps1 Final Fantasy Anthology with V and VI for Ps1 and Grand Theft Auto Collectors edition 3-pack for Ps1 All for $12 and the GTA sets is like brand new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Dude, I've been looking for Tetris & Dr. Mario! Are you keeping it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 (edited) OK, the rundown: Hit half a dozen thrifts around 23 and Mac in OKC. The first two were dry and I thought about coming home. One was a Goodwill, and I was like heck with this. It did have a Superman novel and Star Trek TMP in the original printing, but I passed. The next one had a truckload of Atari joysticks. They have one that's similar to a Tac-2, they have a Mind-something joystick that has a trigger grip (it's not the MindLink), they've got two CX-40's (one of which has a second fire button hacked in), and they had a Newport stick and a set of paddles until I got there. I got the paddles for my Flashback 2. I also grabbed three set of headphones for $2 total, and one set in noise canceling. All three worked great with my PSP Slim, so I bought them. Anyway, next stop was one I hit all the time, and they had two blocks of common NES games. One cost and arm, and the other cost a leg, so I passed. They have a Model 1 Saturn in the box for $90, and a loose GameCube for $40. they also had a Star Wars CCG Premiere set for $3.50 that I thought of picking up for trade bait. The next guy didn't think about it--he just bought it like that. Next place had nothing game related, but I got a hardcover book that I've been looking for. Last place was probably the best. they've got a small stack of 2600 games rarity 1 to 3 for $2 or $3 each. They've got a PS1 system with third party controls (thought one was a DAP) for $25, but I don't know what model number it is. It's not the small one, though. They also have a couple of boxed Gemini joysticks, a few Genny games, a few N64 games, and a few NES games. I picked up an Atlantis 1 in good shape (what 2600 collector wouldn't take that chance on it being Atlantis II) and left the other stuff. Most notable are the Commando Raid and Sneak n Peek carts which are in excellent shape. I might grab Commando Raid, as mine has a small wrinkle in the label that I hadn't noticed before. I think the other games are Combat with the picture label, Tank Plus text label, and Pac-Man, plus a couple that I've forgotten the names of. Edited April 27, 2008 by shadow460 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Dude, I've been looking for Tetris & Dr. Mario! Are you keeping it?Yeah, the wife would kill me if I sold it. That girl's never met a puzzle game she didn't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Dude, I've been looking for Tetris & Dr. Mario! Are you keeping it? One of the NES blocks I saw today had Tetris in it. I have Dr Mario lying around my house, too. I think the local game shops may also have them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Dude, I've been looking for Tetris & Dr. Mario! Are you keeping it?Yeah, the wife would kill me if I sold it. That girl's never met a puzzle game she didn't like. That's the same reason I'm looking for it; congrats on the find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Dude, I've been looking for Tetris & Dr. Mario! Are you keeping it? One of the NES blocks I saw today had Tetris in it. I have Dr Mario lying around my house, too. I think the local game shops may also have them both. I think he's looking for the SNES combo that I found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wccw mark Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 markie mark man that's a great haul there man oh and by the way thanks for adding me as your frienddawg hope u have a great rest of the weekend keep hunting thanks bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Found another good deal on craigslist.... The following Atari deal cost $30 Plus... a Light 6 switcher.... I have most of the games... but ended up with 4 or 5 I needed for my list. Not too shabby. Nice gatefold boxes and whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Wow. What's with all the boxed games this week? Awesome! I never intended to collect boxes, but I was looking through my stuff and I have a mess of 'em. This summer's goal is to sort through my gaming stuff, which is going to kind of be a nightmare... but I'll find where I've got the boxes scattered all around. then the tough part will be deciding whether to hang onto all that stuff, or convert it into some much needed cash. Mostly I've got 2600 boxes that are in okay shape, but I've got something like 40 NES boxed games in almost new condition. That's got to be worth some scratch. Anyway congrats to us all on our boxed game finds this week. Hope that we all get to keep 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wccw mark Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I guess I had a halfway decent haul today. Hit about 20 garage sales today with almost nothing at all until I found one that had a little box with some SNES games for $1 each. I got: Ms Pac-Man Zelda Link to the Past Tetris & Dr Mario Super Mario All-Stars (the only one I already had) and the big find: Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars Not bad for $5 total since Mario RPG can go for over $50 on fleabay. Also at my favorite pawn shop, I got Rampage World Tour for N64 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee for Ps1 Rampage 2 Universal Tour for Ps1 Final Fantasy Anthology with V and VI for Ps1 and Grand Theft Auto Collectors edition 3-pack for Ps1 All for $12 and the GTA sets is like brand new. awesome finds.now get to playing smrpg,its great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHarrisMaine Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Got this on www.shopgoodwill.com http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=3543669 I guess this counts as a thrift find. The unit's in amazing shape and works like a charm. I was playing pac-man on the Intellivision for the first time ever! Came with all the overlays for the games too. Not too bad a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhatter667 Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I did some second hand hunting the other day. While not a "thrift" store, the cost was $2.50 per cart, or 5 for $10. Which I think isn't too bad for game carts I don't already have. I snagged: Gorf Star Raiders (anyone have a touchpad for it?) G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike Riddle of the Sphinx Summer Games Omega Race Porky's Amidar Word Zapper Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back A pair of TAC-2 controllers for $4. Essentially got Burger Time, and Frogger for the Intellivision for free... as the clerk just shrugged, and split the stack in two, and charged me for 2 stacks of 5. Gyromite, Boy and His Blob, Amagon for the NES at $.99 each. Unfortunately for me, the Gyromite didn't have the converter in it. It had 5 screws, and it felt heavier than the other Gyromite. Oh well, I suppose worse things can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFoolsRun Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 What's a Coleco Telstar worth? I passed on one today for $35, mostly because it's out of my "era" (had its entire lifespan before I was born). I did score a very dirty unconfirmed-working N64 (no jumper or expansion pack) for free, though. Also got a boxed NES Tetris, $5, boxed NES "Stinger", $5, and boxed Sega CD Ecco The Dolphin for $5. After my really terrible tagsale day yesterday, today wasn't too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Had a great weekend for finds. Trog NES 4.00 Cobra Triangle NES 4.00 A Boy and His Blob NES 3.00 SNES Controller .99 Harleys Humongous Adventure SNES 5.00 Full Throttle SNES 5.00 Eye of the Beholder SNES 5.00 Hook Gen Store Credit Game Shark A Fistfull of Codeboy Book .79 Warhawk CIB *MINT* PS1 4.00 Machine Head CIB PS1 5.00 Shark Tale CIB PS2 2.00 Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures CIB PS2 2.00 Stubbs The Zombie CIB Xbox 10.00 Bought the following for $12.00 Playstation 1 System w/hooks and Manual 3 Controllers 2 Ultra Racer Controllers CIB 1 Mega Memory Card Organizer Case All games are beautiful condition, no scratches. Metal Gear Solid CIB PS1 Oddworld Abes Odyssey CIB PS1 Tekken 2 CIB PS1 Rainbow Six CIB PS1 Atari Anniversary Collection CIB PS1 Colony Wars Vengence CIB PS1 Riven CIB PS1 Doom CIB PS1 Mobile Armor CIB PS1 Intelligent Qube CIB PS1 Gran Turismo CIB PS1 Need for Speed II CIB PS1 Sim City 2000 CIB PS1 Army Men, World War CIB PS1 Toy Story Racer CIB PS1 Bob the Builder CIB PS1 Lego Racers CIB PS1 Blues Big Musical CIB PS1 Second lot of goodies I paid $10.00. Uprising X CIB PS1 Ninja Shadow of Darkness CIB PS1 Reel Fishing CIB PS1 Tomb Raider III loose PS1 Rainbow Six loose PS1 Star Wars Battlefront CIB PC Sims Superstar Expansion CIB PC Covert Ops CIB PC Battlefield Vietnam CIB PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wccw mark Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Had a great weekend for finds. Trog NES 4.00 Cobra Triangle NES 4.00 A Boy and His Blob NES 3.00 SNES Controller .99 Harleys Humongous Adventure SNES 5.00 Full Throttle SNES 5.00 Eye of the Beholder SNES 5.00 Hook Gen Store Credit Game Shark A Fistfull of Codeboy Book .79 Warhawk CIB *MINT* PS1 4.00 Machine Head CIB PS1 5.00 Shark Tale CIB PS2 2.00 Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures CIB PS2 2.00 Stubbs The Zombie CIB Xbox 10.00 Bought the following for $12.00 Playstation 1 System w/hooks and Manual 3 Controllers 2 Ultra Racer Controllers CIB 1 Mega Memory Card Organizer Case All games are beautiful condition, no scratches. Metal Gear Solid CIB PS1 Oddworld Abes Odyssey CIB PS1 Tekken 2 CIB PS1 Rainbow Six CIB PS1 Atari Anniversary Collection CIB PS1 Colony Wars Vengence CIB PS1 Riven CIB PS1 Doom CIB PS1 Mobile Armor CIB PS1 Intelligent Qube CIB PS1 Gran Turismo CIB PS1 Need for Speed II CIB PS1 Sim City 2000 CIB PS1 Army Men, World War CIB PS1 Toy Story Racer CIB PS1 Bob the Builder CIB PS1 Lego Racers CIB PS1 Blues Big Musical CIB PS1 Second lot of goodies I paid $10.00. Uprising X CIB PS1 Ninja Shadow of Darkness CIB PS1 Reel Fishing CIB PS1 Tomb Raider III loose PS1 Rainbow Six loose PS1 Star Wars Battlefront CIB PC Sims Superstar Expansion CIB PC Covert Ops CIB PC Battlefield Vietnam CIB PC awesome finds ghost!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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