SteveW Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I've done that before, I bought an old Apple Powerbook 180C, and just fooled around with it, just to see what I could do with it. I ran out of hard drive space (150 megabytes!), so I bought a cable and hooked up my old Zip Drive to it. I hooked up a black-and-white Connectix Quickcam to it that I bought for $2, and I also hooked up an old graphics tablet, so I don't have to use the trackball. I even bought a $5 used color Apple portable printer. And I transfer my Apple Quicktake 100 camera pics to the Powerbook. It's still a fun little machine to fool around with. I bought a USB Zip Drive so I could hook it up to my modern computer and transfer software over. Do some searches for "Mac abandonware", and you'll find all sorts of games. A machine with a 68030 can still play a few games. So have fun with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Do some searches for "Mac abandonware", and you'll find all sorts of games. A machine with a 68030 can still play a few games. So have fun with it! My buddy Mike has quite a few old Mac games on his site available to download. http://homepage.mac.com/giantmike/ Click on the old shareware link on the left. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio F Software Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 As it turns out the Black variation of Bible Adventures in the COlor Dreams cartridge is more rare than the standard Wisdom Tree blue cartridge. It was a steal at $8. I am satisfied with my finding for the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 My local Value Village were having a 50% off sale the other day - picked up a bunch of stuff that was otherwise way too expensive - Coleco Gemini, with one controller and one generic, crappy joystick, minus psu - $7.50 Boxed 2600 games; Warlords, Vanguard & Berzerk - $4.00 each, all with instructions. Unboxed Intellivision game; Demon Attack - $3 Boxed Intellivision games; Frogger, Q*Bert & Donkey Kong - $4 each, all with instructions. Opened up the Frogger box and found the instructions and overlays for Demon Attack as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wester Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Picked up a promotional Donkey Kong Country video tape with paperwork and shipping box. $.49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio F Software Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 NES!!! $8.00 > F 15 City War (American Video Entertainment) (rare) > Dragon Spirit The New Legend > Deadly Towers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charitycasegreg Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 com'n guys, post some pics! Some off ebay, some from friend. Spent about $30. All games are mint, most boxes are near mint, many inserts, and a sealed Megaman 3 (was $15 shipped on ebay). Then some random tmnt stuff for my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I don't post pictures, because the only digital camera I own is an ancient Apple Quicktake 100, and to get pictures on my modern computer, I have to transfer pics from the camera to an old Powerbook, convert the pictures out of their proprietary format into something I can post, and then hook up Zip Drives to both machines and swap files across. It's a huge pain, and lately i've been thinking about getting a camera for myself for my birthday/Christmas. I find some cool stuff in thrifts sometimes, and I'd like to show off a little! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio F Software Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Nerf and Ninja Turtles. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Kat Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 I don't post pictures, because the only digital camera I own is an ancient Apple Quicktake 100, and to get pictures on my modern computer, I have to transfer pics from the camera to an old Powerbook, convert the pictures out of their proprietary format into something I can post, and then hook up Zip Drives to both machines and swap files across. It's a huge pain, and lately i've been thinking about getting a camera for myself for my birthday/Christmas. I find some cool stuff in thrifts sometimes, and I'd like to show off a little! I found my current digital camera in a thrift store for $10 :-P It's an older Sony Mavica so it takes 640x480 size photos in jpg format and uses floppies... no hook up to computer... just pull the disk out and put it in my USB floppy drive. I did have a much nicer camera but it broke a week after it's warranty expired... and due to current circumstances I can't afford to get it repaired right now. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeV0 Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 some dc titles, Marvel vs capcom 2 $10 NFL quaterback $5 And some more commons which where $5 for the lot, ecco, soul calibur, crazy taxi, code veronica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 some dc titles, Marvel vs capcom 2 $10 NFL quaterback $5 And some more commons which where $5 for the lot, ecco, soul calibur, crazy taxi, code veronica Not a bad haul. I picked up two DC titles over the weekend for $2 each: Frogger 2 and Razor Freestyle Scooter. Of course, while it wasn't related to video games, I had a much better jackpot last week, where I carted off about 50 CDs from the likes of the Who, the Kinks, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones for $2 each. I can't imagine why someone would have given up that kind of collection without at least trying to sell it, especially since some of the limited-edition Rolling Stones SACDs were in the mix, but I certainly had no complaints about buying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 I don't post pictures, because the only digital camera I own is an ancient Apple Quicktake 100, and to get pictures on my modern computer, I have to transfer pics from the camera to an old Powerbook, convert the pictures out of their proprietary format into something I can post, and then hook up Zip Drives to both machines and swap files across. It's a huge pain, and lately i've been thinking about getting a camera for myself for my birthday/Christmas. I find some cool stuff in thrifts sometimes, and I'd like to show off a little! I found my current digital camera in a thrift store for $10 :-P It's an older Sony Mavica so it takes 640x480 size photos in jpg format and uses floppies... no hook up to computer... just pull the disk out and put it in my USB floppy drive. I did have a much nicer camera but it broke a week after it's warranty expired... and due to current circumstances I can't afford to get it repaired right now. :-( I've only found one other digital camera in a thrift store. It was another Apple Quicktake 100! If it were the Quicktake 150, I might have bought it. But it was the exact same thing I already had and almost never use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 I amnaged to sneak away with some commodore paddles 2.00 and a Banjo kazoie promo video for .50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 My local Value Village has, all of a sudden, got a ton of games in (2600, Inty and Genesis mainly). Sadly most of them are commons and way overpriced, so I'll just have to wait until their next 50% off sale. I did find 3 Zellers 2600 carts a couple of days ago - Dragon Treasure, Laser Volley and Freeway cost me $3.99 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Kat Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I paid 23.88 for the following after sales tax. Sega Saturn joystick two NES game pads Genesis w/ Sonic 2, two pads, and power supply. Amplified TV/FM antenna old GE personal Stereo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 NES Vegas Dream and Greg Norman's Golf Power, $3 each CIB. PS2 analog controller, $3. Something is rattling inside, but it seems to work fine. Game Boy carrying pouch, $1. No walls inside, so I might even be able to put a GBA1 in it. I like using various forms of Nintendo carrying pouches for random stuff. My CC2 goes into one of my two "Nintendo Sports" cases. (What were these originally for, anyhow? They're about 5x5x1.5" with a zipper around three edges.) Five U-Matic tapes, $5. These have random stuff on them, but mostly they claim to have half TV episodes. Like the second 30 minutes of a Columbo episode, for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio F Software Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 $10.00 NES Goodness: >The Jungle Book (rare) >Treasure Master (rare) >Mission: Impossible >The Rocketeer >Jack Nickalus: Greatest 18 Hols Of Golf >Basewars >Alpha Mission I'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crveatch Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Just an observation, but that Saturn joystick sort of resembles an "adult toy" if you catch my drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I finally found an NES that doesn't need a replacement cartridge slot. $9.99, with all the hookups, joypads, and a copy of Millipede inside it. I checked several other thrifts, but none had anything worth picking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crveatch Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Man, my thrift stores suck ass. I think it may be because I'm in a college town. If anyone's getting rid of old stuff it's probably a college kid in need of beer money, so they just take it to Slackers or EB. Anyway I did rummage KBToys 75% off bargain bin and got a 5" LCD screen & Multitap for PSOne; NFl 2K1, NHL 2K1, MLB 2K1 for Dreamcast; Skygunner, Stretch Panic, Parappa The Rapper 2, NFL 2k3 Black & Bruised, Ejay Clubworld, Silphead: The Lost Planet, & Primal for PS2; and was suprised to find Mathmagic, Psychic Detectives, Waialae Country Club Golf, World Cup Golf & Zhadnost for 3DO. All for a little under $80. Noting I was too excited about other than the 3DO games and the cheapass LCD screen, but great cheap additions to my collection for all unopened unused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleanhosting Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Bought a TI994/A with 9 Carts and the Voice Module and all Instructions were included for $5.00 at the local Salvation Army. I also picked up at one of the second hand stores about 30 minutes away an IBM PcJr still in the box, with monitor and all instructions for $20. I also picked up some Common 2600 carts I did not have for .50 each Also I got some old IBM PC Jr software at another Salvation Army shop. I will post pics later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Today, i've found a Magnavox Odyssey 3000 pong unit, $4.99 Lemmings ($3.92) and Mortal Kombat ($4.94) for the Game Gear. American Vista, Henry and Mudge In The Sparkle Days, Sail With Columbus, December 24th, and SmartKids Challenge One for the Memorex VIS, all $1 each. Jigsaw for the Philips CD-i, $1. Cyberia and Shockwave Assault for the Playstation (long boxes), bought at a used movie store, for $8.99 and $5.99, respectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmjennifer Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Just an observation, but that Saturn joystick sort of resembles an "adult toy" if you catch my drift. I agree. Definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Thats kind of sick, but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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