Nice pokemon lot!

Got all this shipped for 50€. Ultra score. That Mario Kart with the Zelda CE alone inside is worth that. The Limited edition system bundle this came in is PAL exclusives and even over here very hard to find. Fortunately this still has the sticker on the case which is the only way to tell it's legit and not simply a CE disc put in the case. The system is CIB and in wonderful condition. Same goes for the Gameboy Player. Complete inside there with the manual and everything. The F1 game is kinda random but it was included and I'm not complaining .
Also included: third party memory card and controller.

Very sexy score

Awesome find, wish North America got Gamecube bundles like that.

Very cool!

Yeah we sometimes get some cool bundles some of which are exclusive to certain stores. You guys have that Pokemon XD system though


Strategy guide pick-ups of the last couple days. Most of these were won on eBay for only 1€ plus another 1,45€ shipping or whatever. The TR2 guide completes my set uf guides for the PS1 games of the series. Going for the rest now to get a complete guide set for Tomb Raider . Also Empire Earth is my favorite strategy game ever . Jak 2 is probably my favorite of these.

Found cool stuff at two different GameStops while I was on vacation. Luckily they still have a nice rack of PS2 games over here and even better is the fact that the guys that make the prices don't know anything so all the famous titles are above 10€ and everything they never heard of is under 5€ lol. They even priced sports games like FIFA06 at 7€ which is just pathetic. Anyways I basically got the best stuff from both stores and paid very good prices for them.



PaRappa The Rapper (PSP) - 1,99€ (this one had like 5 price tags glued on top of each other lol)
Future Tactics - 2,99€ (cool cover and looks fun)
Time Crisis 2 - 1,99€
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel - 3,99€ (didn't know there was a Fallout game for the PS2 so I had to grab this)
Spectral vs Generation - 2,99€ (steal right here; pretty rare game only released in PAL regions and Japan; it's a fighting game)
Gungrave - 4,99€ (this cover is just badass and it seems like the main character carries a coffin on his back and fights with it...)
Xyanide: Resurrection - 2,99€ (pretty uncommon Shoot'em Up)
Raging Blades - 3,99€ (uncommon Action-RPG right here)

Gungrave and its sequel both kick ass. Xyanide is also really cool. We only got Brotherhood of Steel on Xbox over here but it's pretty bad lol.

Not true. I have Brotherhood of Steel for PS2.

Huh, guess it did come out here. I've never heard of or seen the PS2 version before till now.

I played through Gungrave the other day and it sure is a very fun and twisted game. Really short though

Anyways I picked up three different lots during the last two days. I'll only post one for now and the other two the next days.
First up is a pretty darn good N64 lot. This one included the Clear Blue/Clear White system with the matching controller. Actually this one is not hard to find at all over here at least not harder to find than most of the funtastic colors. I really like this one because it looks awesome. It also had an Expansion Pak inside, one Memoryx Card (third party) two Transfer Paks and one Rumble Pak and an extra controller. Of course there were games as well but nothing too spectacular.



It worked out perfectly. I needed an original grey controller because my boxed console was missing one. Also the only game I did already have from this lot was Pokemon Stadium which I can pair with one of the Rumble Paks to make it an easier sell. I'm not a big N64 guy at all but I couldn't pass up this deal. 60€ for everything.

Nice snag. I have the Japanese version of this console CIB. I'm assuming this one is Pal?

Yep this is a PAL console
The games are also all PAL which is why they're all grey

And the NTSC pokemon stadium has a white spot on the label for someone to write their name . the Pal does not

It's weird seeing DK64 in gray. Congrats on the find!

Thx. As far as I know the only PAL releases that don't come with grey cartridges are Pokemon Stadium 2, Majoras Mask and Turok 2. Pretty stupid in my opinion because when you have the different colored cartridges on the shelf you have some sort of idea where the game is you're currently looking for -.-

One of the other two pick-ups of the week.
Paid 35€ for the whole lot. Some awesome games for the collection and a sexy system.

Got all this stuff for 100€ total. The stack on the left is for the collection and the stuff to the right is for sale. Up front are the better titles of this deal. Parasite Eve 2 is already reserved for a friend of mine and Metal Gear Solid should be a solid 10€ back
Especially pumped because of Final Fantasy Origins and Final Fantasy 6. Only need Anthology now for a complete FF set on the PS1. Silent Hill, Koudelka and Panzer Front are also very cool titles.

Had to go out of town to pick up this cool lot for 45€. FF8 and FF9 were the only PS1 games included but since they're complete and in very nice condition I'll make my money back with these two games alone
Some cool additions here to the PS2 collection.

I was visiting the family up in the north and went to the local flea market I loved as a kid. To my surprise there were a lot of booths with games especially PS2. Most the SNES and N64 games lying around were terribly sunfaded but they weren't the best titles anyway. I passed on a CIB Mortal Kombat Sub-Zero for the N64. The seller wanted 10€ and I probably could have got it for 8€ but whatever. Got all three PS2 games from different sellers. The two games to the sides were 4€ each which isn't terrible. The gem in the middle was 5€ but I had no problem paying that and grabbed it instantly. The rarest PS2 game I own now

The four games in the second row are from the game store I bought half my DVD collection from . I used to go there all the time back when I still lived in that area. Great prices on the modern stuff and they also have some retro games. Had some shelves with N64 and SNES games and I grabbed Pilotwings 64 for 3,95€ and Daikatana for 5,95€. The only game from the glass case I took was Buck Bumble for 7,95€ which isn't exactly a good deal but when I saw it I wanted it haha. I passed on the Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for the Dreamcast at first but the next day somebody picked it up for me. I thought better grab it now rather than regretting it later. It was only 15,95€ which is a pretty nice deal and it's a pretty hard to find game in the PAL regions even on eBay

Went to the flea markets today and did not find that much but one seller had a bunch of Gamecube games and I ended up paying 22€ for PSO Episode 1&2 and Starfox Adventures combined. Sounds like a fantastic deal at first but come to find out the PAL version is worth a lot less than the NTSC version. This game only goes for around 15€ over here at the moment . Seems to be the theme at the moment with Gamecube. A lot of games dropped in price for that system recently. I guess it wasn't a terrible deal but whatever two more cool games for the collection.
At a different flea market I found a guy who was selling hundreds of DVD's but he had two boxes with some games mostly shitty ones and mostly overpriced. To my surprise right behind a 35€ Mario Kart 64 there was a copy of Killer Instinct Gold for only 6€. That game was never released in Germany and only in a few countries in the PAL region so this PAL version can be a bit tricky to find. Also found one lonely NES game which was CIB and only 5€  Nothing great there but couldn't pass it up for that price since it was complete with the sleeve, the manual and the MB poster. Got a deal for 10€ for the two games

I made the mistake of renting Daikatana 64 as a kid

There is still quite a market over here for Atari stuff. Was at the flea market and stopped by the booth where I got that Killer Instinct Gold from. He had about 15 CIB Atari 2600 games which was cool because they were all 5€ or less. I left some games behind that I probably should have picked up. Especially Vanguard
Anyway I'm happy with these and buy the other ones next week if they happen to be still there. All these were marked at 5€ except for Real Sports Boxing which originally was 3€. Got a deal for 16€ for all four of these



All these boxes are in pretty nice condition. Real Sports Boxing is a little crushed at the bottom and Jr. Pac-Man has a little tape on the bottom. Big winner is definitely Frogger. One of my main wants for my Atari 2600 collection and it's in very awesome condition because Parker has the highest quality boxes

nice! I'm looking for a frogger myself.

So upcoming is probably my best or at least second best find ever. Close call between this one and the PS1 RPG score I had a couple months back.
Yesterday in the evening I was on my computer and was finishing some stuff. I just wanted to make me dinner, watch a movie and chill out the rest of the evening. I decided to check the local classified ads on eBay and just as I refresh that page there is a listing for a Super Nintendo and 21 games for a total of 150€. At first I was like: "Meh probably crap like always." Then I click on the ad and look at the picture. To my surprise all the games were in the boxes and I was much more interested. I started looking at the games thinking something like this: "Oh ok that's a good game. This game isn't bad either. Oh yeah that game is fun. Wait all these games are pretty good. Wait!! There are some really difficult to find titles in there!! I'm gonna get this shit!!" So I called the seller only about six minutes after the ad got posted. I asked for the SNES and the games and he says he already has something from out of town that offered him 200€ for everything shipped. I was very sad at first because after all it only has been six fuggin minutes . Anyways he says he doesn't want to ship stuff so I could have it for the 150€. As fast as I could I got myself dressed up go got some cash and hopping on the bus. A little over an hour later I arrive. I asked the guy how many people have called while I was on my way. He said that over 15 people had called him! Damn that's some tough competition. So happy this guy honored the 150€ price tag because I'm sure some people would have offered twice that. He was very nice in general and we talked a bit about games and how he prefers the NES and would like to get one back . As I was going through the games I was totally blown away by the condition of these games. At least 15 of the 21 games I would classify as mint condition and I very rarely use this term. Some of the boxes have small price stickers on them which is a quite common problem for the following reason: Especially in the 90's some big retailers used to bust open the seal of the game to take the game and the manual out. So you basically had to bring the box to the cash register and then you take the receipt to another register and they'll give you the game then. So the retailers put price tags directly on the boxes and being unsealed those boxes went through countless hands before somebody eventually bought it. Also a reason why it's alot harder to find good condition boxes or sealed games over here. Luckily most stores don't do this kind of stuff anymore. Well back to the topic. The guy said he never played some of these games and I believe him. All of these games are CIB by the way with the exception of Donkey Kong Country which had a copy of Donkey Kong Country 2 in it. Not too concerned about that though
Now here is the picture of the stuff...



Also part of the deal were two Club Nintendo magazines (EU version of Nintendo Power) and three strategy guides for Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2 and Super Game Boy. Didn't saw these in the picture so cool bonus. Also while taking a look at the games I saw three more games on his couch and asked if those were for sale as well and he said those boxes are empty. Of course I asked how much he would want for those. 5€. More than happy to pay that for Super Mario All-Stars, Tom and Jerry and Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday. These boxes actually had inlays and manuals as well. Mario All-Stars is a box and manual upgrade for me and Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday is a very very hard to find PAL box. Only one seller has a complete copy on eBay and is asking 199€ for it lol. Didn't know about the value of that box but I never heard of the game so I had no problem picking it up.

The system came with one third party controller and an original Controller which was CIB and I actually found the system manual and manhuals for Super Mario World and Super Mario Kart in that box as well lol. Anyway that box and the controller in there are 100% mint condition.

Now for the games. As I said DKC had DKC2 in it and actually two manuals for DKC1 lol. Other than that all the other ones are CIB. The only game here that I already had CIB was Flashback but this one will be an upgrade for sue lol.
I also already had cartridges for Plok, Primal Rage, F-Zero and Earthworm Jim 2. So in the end I still have some stuff to sell and make some of my money back . All the other games are new to my collection and some of them were on my wanted list for quite some time now but I was never willing to pay eBay prices for them. Most of these games are platformers.
The highlights for me were Ardy Light Foot, Super Bomberman 2, Parodius, The Lost Vikings, The Itchy and Scratchy Game, Ghoul Patrol and Nickelodeon AAAHH!!! Real Monsters. Some of those boxes are just a total bitch to find and can get super expensive. So happy that most of the top titles here are absolutely mint. Sadly the box for Super Bomberman 2 isn't as good as the others but still above average. The worst condition box is definitely The Magical Quest which I'm fine with

So anyway one of my best pick-ups ever which probably won't be topped anytime soon