adams_ale Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 It's a crappy day today with the fog, drizzle, wind, and temps in the 40's so I figured I was dissapointed that most yard sales would be non-existent. I found two very nice boxed games for 15 dollars: Worm War I and Beany Bopper. Seemed like a good price to me. Plus I bought three instructions that I needed for 3 bucks: Picnic, Raft Rider, and Piece o' Cake. Then went to the flea market that never has atari games other than frogger, e.t., and pac-man. Wasn't expecting much at all so finding what I did made for a great day. The guy pulled out a large box from behind the counter when I told him what I was looking for. For 10 dollars I got 11 games(supposed to be 1 dollar each) that I didn't have before and somewhat scarce to slightly rare: Q*Bert(red label), Fast Food(handle), Kool-Aid Man, Survival Run(with both labels), Commando, Beamrider, Skeet Shoot, Atari Video Cube, Demon Attack(blue label), Ghostbusters(blue label) and Polaris(blue label, end label half torn off). Not bad for 10 bucks!!! The best part is that they have plenty more scarce games for a buck each so I can go back tomorrow and finish the job. Sure I've found rarer games in the wild one at a time like Tooth Protectors and Death Trap for instance, but today was the most fun experience. At one time I thought I would never score any good Atari games in the wild, but I've come to find that you just need patience and a motherload of gas for the drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Congratulations. I've never found anything atari in the wild. The closest i've come to finding anything was at a yard sale that had some SNES games and a console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted November 13, 2004 Author Share Posted November 13, 2004 Have you been to any flea markets? Chances are high that you will eventually come across something. Thanks and good luck with your searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispy Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I went to a Flea-Market today. I've been to it a few times before but today was the first time I seen video game stuff there. All the stuff I either had already or wasn't interested in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAH Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I used to find a 2600 stuff everytime I went garage saling or to the local flea market. My best score was Crazy Climber in mint condition, Indy 500 with controllers, a couple other carts + a non-broken atari joystick for $3. Obviously I was thrilled about Crazy Climber for basically free, but I really wanted the driving controllers too. And a working atari joystick never hurts. Unfortunately, that was the last time I've seen 2600 stuff in the wild. I did find 3 Room of Doom carts in a used records, tapes, CDs, and video games store - $4 each, except $6 for the one with the box and the directions. It sucks that the wild 2600 kingdom has be void of stuff in my area for about 5 years now. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Egg Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 the flea markets round here are ethnic. geared toward latin american immigrants which translates into no atari stuff but plenty of 8 bit NES games . i have to drive close to 50 miles to get to an old fashioned garage sale fleamarket round here . the thrift stores are bone dry but i feel cause most thrrifts are chain thrifts like value village and goodwill . you better believe they skim of atari stuf to ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharopolis Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Well Im off to see what I can find in the very tail end of the British car boot season tomorrow. I've been to a stall at a car boot sale that has had quite a few carts recently, I've bought a few that I need, including a nice CIB Radar Lock and Xenophobe that I picked up for £4 pounds each(not bad, but not a lot less than what these pal carts get on ebay). Im gonna see if I can get a good price for the entire lot of whatever's left and resell any dupes. I dunno if the situation if the same in the US, but here in Britain most of of our thrift store/yard sale equivalents have got wind of the idea that many classic games and systems fetch a good price these days. Some try to get silly prices for some things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Egg Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 thats the situation . calsic video games dont sit for months at the thrifths like they used to and you know its not collectors . the stuff is being funelled to ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Got an Apollo Guardian, River Raid 2, and a Panda Space Canyon for $4 a piece last week at the local flea market. That's by far the best I ever did. Tag sales are different. This years highlights at tag sales for me include a Sega Nomad, a Virtual Boy and games, Boxed Atari Stunt Cycle, and a 7800 with about 20 mint games for it, Boxed colecovision too with a bunch of really rare games (Slurpy). I got my 5200 boxed at a tag sales and most of my atari collection through the last 5 or 6 years of tag saling. 90% of the time though, tag sales are all Nintendo and Genesis, which isn't a bad thing, just not as good as Atari. Nice find by the way. It's such a great feeling to find that stuff in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I did okay today, but I skipped the fleas entirely. Cold and wet here in Central Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoboInYourRoom Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 I don't go to flea markets. The nearest Game X Change has loads of Atari games(but no rare ones .) I got a few carts Friday, but they were really common ones since I only started my collection a week ago. But if you want to know what I got, they were: Frogs and Flies Maze Craze Boxing Ice Hockey(defective, so I replaced it with Air Sea Battle and a Combat picture label cart) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncoman Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 nothing today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 the flea markets round here are ethnic. geared toward latin american immigrants which translates into no atari stuff but plenty of 8 bit NES games . i have to drive close to 50 miles to get to an old fashioned garage sale fleamarket round here . the thrift stores are bone dry but i feel cause most thrrifts are chain thrifts like value village and goodwill . you better believe they skim of atari stuf to ebay same here, everything it's NES or N64 with over-inflated prices the days I used to find bags with 5-6 games for a buck are long gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 I just needed to say, TheHoboInYourRoom, that's a great avatar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebue Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 I was just thinking that. Colin Mochire, isn't it? As for Value Villages auctioning off video games, I hope that they aren't. If they are, I would be uber pissed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candiru Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Congrats Adam, those are some nice titles. I agree about all the gas for driving around. In the long run I could probably save a little money buying everything off ebay, but the hunt is half the fun. Or in the case of Skeet Shoot, 99% of the fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 I hit the local flea market on Sunday and found 15 (!) games I needed for $2 a piece. Atari: Championship Soccer (text) Phoenix Midnight magic kangaroo Demons to diamonds Circus atari (pic) Sears: Warlords (t) Soccer (t) M Net: International Soccer Activision: Skiing Seaquest River Raid Decathlon CBS: Gorf Not a bad day at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Oh yeah, I forgot the best one: Fire Fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted November 15, 2004 Author Share Posted November 15, 2004 Mythicon games are crappy to play, but fun to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Exactly. Actually, I couldn't even figure out what I was supposed to do in Fire Fly. I had to come here and read the instructions, and it's still not very clear! But, it was an exciting find nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoboInYourRoom Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I was just thinking that. Colin Mochire, isn't it?Yes it is. I got it off a site with a link to the movie Hyakugojyuuichi!!(very funny Flash movie ) Anyway, I think it's cool that I had gotten the Text # Combat on my first go to Game X Change(on the 7th). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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