The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[SpendTooMuchOnAtari]

I hit the sales this morning and found a few gaming items but mostly got books to take to the local trade store. Here's what I bought this morning:

 

 

$1 - Game Boy Advance Carrying Case

$5 - N64 Mario Kart 64

$5 - N64 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

$1 - PS1 V.I.P. with Pamela Anderson - the disc is in amazing condition!

[atarinut76]

thanks! I live in SE Pa.

 

I was born and raised in Lebanon, PA. Have you heard of Lebanon atarinut76? I lived there in the late 90s, early 2000s and the classic gaming stuff I pulled out of that area was amazing. Atari was everywhere!

 

 

yup it's about a good hour west away maybe? The only flea market out that way is called the Green Dragon I believe? I've never been there but heard great things about it! I have some nice local markets near me but New Jersey is where all the pick ups are!!

 

Did you go to any of the Phillyclassic shows back in the day? I believe you where in the area at the time

[+thegoldenband]

I picked up Shadowrun for Genesis, CIB and in very nice condition, at a local used game store for a little less than eight bucks. Since it normally goes for twice as much in private sales, and 3-4x more on Ebay, I'm pleased.

[STICH666]

Why the hell is CoCo stuff so common in your area.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAYMJnO9LBQ

[kellykel]

Speaking of CoCos, I got a CoCo2 with 2 programs (Popcorn and Color Logo) for 2$. No joysticks though, ! The lowest price I can see anywhere is 20$ . I would pay only 10$.

I also got Atom for 50 cents (another CoCo game).

I got River City Ransom for 5$ .

I got PilotWings (pretty beat up label) for 1$.

3-D WorldRunner for 1$.

Xevious (NES) for 2$.

[Frizo]

Speaking of CoCos, I got a CoCo2 with 2 programs (Popcorn and Color Logo) for 2$. No joysticks though, ! The lowest price I can see anywhere is 20$ . I would pay only 10$.

I also got Atom for 50 cents (another CoCo game).

I got River City Ransom for 5$ .

I got PilotWings (pretty beat up label) for 1$.

3-D WorldRunner for 1$.

Xevious (NES) for 2$.

Nice find!

Also, welcome to AtariAge

[AtariLeaf]

Atom is an interesting educational style game about the periodic table. I don't have that one myself. Nice grab.

 

Here's the pics of the two sierra coco games, just to bug Stich

[Chuck D. Head]

Speaking of CoCos, I got a CoCo2 with 2 programs (Popcorn and Color Logo) for 2$. No joysticks though, ! The lowest price I can see anywhere is 20$ . I would pay only 10$.

 

 

Maybe check with user RecycledGamer, I saw some in his booth at PRGE last weekend. I'm sure he would be asking a reasonable price, just send him a PM. Morgan

[Almost Rice]

I picked up a Xbox fighting stick at a local gaming chain for $20. More than I wanted to pay but the switches and build quality was high and I wanted to mod it. It was the layout I wanted too.

Edited September 26, 2010 by Almost Rice

[cybercylon]

I picked up a Xbox fighting stick at a local gaming chain for $20. More than I wanted to pay but the switches and build quality was high and I wanted to mod it. It was the layout I wanted too.

 

If only there were good quality sticks for arcade and fighting games available for the 360 that didn't cost an arm and a leg...

[Jules Wallet]

My weekend finds:

 

Playstation: Sheep - $2

Syphon Filter 2 - $2

Reloaded - $2

 

PS2 - Grand Theft Auto Vice City - $2.50

 

Genesis - Ren and Stimpy, Stimpy's Invention - $1

Beauty and the Beast, Roar of the Beast - $1

Streets of Rage 2 - $1

 

Game Gear- Quest for the Shaven Yak - $1

 

Sega CD - Double Switch - $2 (Starring Corey Haim and Deborah Harry)

[+atari2600land]

Well, it wasn't exactly thrifty, I had to pay $15 for a nicely-working original Game Boy at Value Village. The one that was half-priced had a TON of blank vertical lines on it (The cashier let me try them out before I bought them). The one I did buy had no blank vertical lines. The game she let me try it out with I didn't buy (Mega Man III), but she didn't look a bit odd when I pulled out four batteries out of my pocket to try out the other one! (Perhaps there was an even weirder guy that came in before me?) Well, anyway, the screen is a bit dusty inside, but I dare not take it apart to try to clean it. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't because it's one of those tri-screw thingees Nintendo is famous for having. (Argh!) Still, I bet I would have to pay that much at the used video game store for one, so all in all, although a bit on the expensive side, a nice buy for me because I have been looking for a nice original Game Boy in tip-top shape. It still had its stickers on, and even the back battery compartment cover was still there (with Nintendo's 1-800 tip line sticker still in place!)

[kellykel]

My weekend finds:

 

Playstation: Sheep - $2

Syphon Filter 2 - $2

Reloaded - $2

 

PS2 - Grand Theft Auto Vice City - $2.50

 

Genesis - Ren and Stimpy, Stimpy's Invention - $1

Beauty and the Beast, Roar of the Beast - $1

Streets of Rage 2 - $1

 

Game Gear- Quest for the Shaven Yak - $1

 

Sega CD - Double Switch - $2 (Starring Corey Haim and Deborah Harry)

 

Is that Sheep I spy or is something wrong with my eye? I have that game for the computer but I don't know if it works anymore. :/

[STICH666]

Just came back early from work after my breaks failed thankfully on a deserted and straight road. Well anyway from a garage sale I picked this up for $1.

 

 

Not my picture but I forgot it in my trunk so I can't take a picture of it myself.

[AtariLeaf]

Just came back early from work after my breaks failed thankfully on a deserted and straight road. Well anyway from a garage sale I picked this up for $1.

 

 

Not my picture but I forgot it in my trunk so I can't take a picture of it myself.

 

Very nice. I'd love to find one of these. It was my first hand held electronic game.

[STICH666]

Thanks. It's in fair shape for being almost 35 years old with only a few scuffs. I'm gonna throughly test it when I get my car back.

[SRGilbert]

Had family in town so not much time to go out, but I did manage to find these:

 

N64 BattleTanx Global Assault - $3

Dreamcast Fishing controller - $5

2 Sega Genesis controller extension cords - $5 each

[Jules Wallet]

Is that Sheep I spy or is something wrong with my eye? I have that game for the computer but I don't know if it works anymore. :/

 

Yep! it is Sheep.

[SpendTooMuchOnAtari]

A friend of mine picked this up for me for $2, it's factory sealed. It's not that valuable or rare but it's still exciting to have a factory sealed Genesis accessory.

 

[Almost Rice]

 

 

I remember playing those. One of my childhood friends had one of those.

[AtariLeaf]

A friend of mine picked this up for me for $2, it's factory sealed. It's not that valuable or rare but it's still exciting to have a factory sealed Genesis accessory.

 

 

I had one of those but got rid of it. Traded it in at the local game store for a few bucks. Its a neat accessory but I knew I'd never use it.

[Lendorien]

Well, I was at Goodwill today and I got my first 5200. I paid a bit too much for it I think. $34 for a two port console, two controllers and 7 games.

 

 

The controllers seem to be in really good working order (I cleaned them and they work great) as far as I can tell, which for finding in the wild is amazing. The system is really clean. It looks well taken care of. It still even has the plastic tape over the aluminum strip.

 

After playing Pacman for a bit, I'm amazed at how nice Pacman looks on the thing and how awful the controllers are.

 

The games are:

 

Blueprint

Gorf

Pacman

Pole Position

Realsports Baseball

Realsports Football

Super Breakout

 

My cousin had one of these as a kid. I'm going to be giving him a call in the next few days to see if he ever found it again. He did say I could have it about a year ago. From my 20 year old memories, I know they had a bunch of games I don't have, including Joust, Pitfall and Montezuma's Revenge among others. We'll see.

 

I'm not really interested in the 5200 but eh.

 

So, how badly did I overpay?

Edited September 27, 2010 by Lendorien

[STICH666]

Not bad at all. I payed 25 for a complete unit with broken controllers and no games.

[CGQuarterly]

I've never had a 5200 so if I saw that setup for $34, I'd grab it, too. $34 isn't thrift store cheap, but you aren't going to buy that setup with 7 games here on AA for $35. Shipping alone for all that would be like $15-20.

 

Chris

[Lendorien]

I've never had a 5200 so if I saw that setup for $34, I'd grab it, too. $34 isn't thrift store cheap, but you aren't going to buy that setup with 7 games here on AA for $35. Shipping alone for all that would be like $15-20.

 

Chris

 

Well, that makes me feel a little better.

 

I paid 20 bucks for the console with two controllers and the power supply and 14 dollars on the 7 games at 2 bucks a piece. One is in the box. The two CBS games and Pole Position lack overlays, but all the other games still have them.

 

The system also came with the instruction manual, warranty card and a product guide.

 

It works great and the controllers don't look too banged up. Cleaning the contacts made them work like new.

 

If I can get that other stuff from my cousin (who said his 5200 stopped working years ago), I'll be in even better shape as far as games. I think he has like 7 or 8 games for it. We'll see tho.