Found some more cool stuff last week!

I stopped by a thrift shop while out running errands, and the owner (who is a super nice guy!) tells me he has some new games in! For $30, I picked up:


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Vegas Dream and Base Wars are for my collection. I have so many fond memories of Vegas Dream as a kid, its how I learned to play BlackJack. Its also how I learned that BlackJack is probably the best table game at a casino, and if a pixelated lady approaches me while I'm on a hot streak, I should duck out before I get robbed. Base Wars is a cartridge I haven't seen before, Tyson is a spare, and the Wii and GC stuff are also available. I had no idea what that Asylum thing is, but research indicates its from a GameCrazy promo; apparently they had a secret club of some kind.


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Finds 9/10 9/11 by geekquisitions, on Flickr


Finds 9/10 9/11 by geekquisitions, on Flickr

Does this thing hold any value whatsoever?


Picked this up for $40 yesterday:

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I got an email from the CL guy I had bought those Wii games from, telling me that he found his old SNES and his games. $40 is great for such a quality mix of games, although the system needs repair. Surprisingly, I didn't have half the games. The grip of collecting has me in its grasp again, because those got cleaned and tested and moved right into my collection. Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Mario Kart are all spares.

I kick Friday off out west. I had been talking to someone on CraigsList the night before who had a lot of two 3DSes for sale, with some games, for $140. However, the lady and I had tickets to Wicked Thursday night, so I couldn't pick it up and we made arrangements for me to come by on Friday. It just so happened, my yard sale route took me into their area.

I let Mrs. Geek sleep in while I got out the door bright and early. The first sale I drove by was all kinds of creepy -- loads of Star Trek collector's plates, and not a single person around. I didn't see any gaming stuff, or the sale runner to ask, so I was off to the next sale.

I poked around for a bit and didn't see any gaming stuff. When I asked, though, the dude running the sale poked around in a CD bin, and found a disc-only copy of Kingdom Hearts. I picked it up for a dollar, and as I was leaving, a mass of gray cable caught my eye. I saw the lovely Apple-esque white of a Wii underneath. Another fiver later and the day is already off to a nice start.


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Wii console, no wiimotes, and Kingdom Hearts: $6

I hit a few more sales, and nothing. No one has any gaming stuff. Boo! I turn down another street, to head to an unlisted sale, and stop at a sale that's just setting up on the same street - a neighbor taking advantage of the signs and traffic. DOUBLE UNLISTED SALE. No real "gaming" stuff, but they are apparently sick of these little guys who are taking over their entire house and let me take them off their hands for a $10 adoption fee. Then I notice Pikachu, and fork over another buck.


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Skylanders and Pikachu: $11
25 pieces of Skylanders (including bags and portals) @ $10 = $0.40 each
Running total spent: $17

I found another sale that had some Star Wars figures. I chatted with the sale runners, lamenting how I also had collected them when I was younger and that they're completely worthless now, while the son ran inside to check for games. He accepted $3 for the lot which included a wallet with a bunch of PlayStation Magazine demo discs. The funniest thing ever, though, was this giant meathead guy who showed up and was asking about Darth Maul and Boba Fett stuff, going on about how Maul was his favorite Star Wars character ever. I stifled my giggling until I got back to my car.


Finds 9/6/2013 by geekquisitions, on Flickr


Finds 9/6/2013 by geekquisitions, on Flickr

PSX sealed games and demo discs: $3
Cost per item for 18 items - $0.17 ea.
Total for the day: $20

In my favorite CraigsList find in a while, I end my yardsaling day picking these up for $140:


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The best part was that Paper Mario, Sonic, and the second, sealed Angry Birds weren't even discussed beforehand, they were just thrown in as the seller had found them. I would have offered more, but because it was CraigsList, I only brought the exact amount with me out of caution. So, sweet find to cap off my Friday!

3DS Lot: $140
Cost per item for 10 items: $14
Total for the day: $160

This was good. But Saturday...oh, Saturday, was so much better.

I got a nice lot for $50! I was interested in the SNES stuff at 50 to begin with, but the seller threw in a modded Xbox! And then that came with a bunch of controllers and stuff.

If anyone is interested in it, let me know, I'd be more than happy to part with it for a modest price because those things are big and I don't have room. It has two hard drives, ones with the regular OS and one with the modded OS. I think its set up to run emulators and homebrew and stuff.


Mon 9/16 haul by geekquisitions, on Flickr


Mon 9/16 haul by geekquisitions, on Flickr

I've never seen a grey Maximum Carnage before. I will be adding that Clayfighter TE to my collection, though.

Just one thing though -- these all have white out or something on the back.

Any tips on how to get this stuff off?

Mon 9/16 haul by geekquisitions, on Flickr

And updated!

Regarding your Boxed N64 stuff, I read your title and knew I was going to be jealous lol

Thats a nice solid lot, grats

Thanks! Half of it is probably going up for sale/trade/eBay, so let me know if anything caught your eye. Mario Kart, South Park, and the accessories are all going in the collection.

12/28

I managed to find some pretty nice things. I popped into a local vintage shop and picked up this beauty for $10:


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This will go very well with my gold N64, which previously only had one controller.

I also had some good luck with craigslist this week! For example, I picked up this boxed Sega Master System for $40:


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It included another game (I think its the retail version of the combo cart it is supposed to be packaged with), but it was camera shy. There's some residue on the cables but it should clean up nicely. However, the real score was something I came across within two hours of its posting: a lot of PS2, Xbox, and GameBoy games, with 30-50 for each system, and two PS2 system's and an Xbox. I was able to negotiate a great price for the lot, and picked it up immediately:


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Wow, that's a big box and a lot of bags. Let's start with the bags.


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It looks like they meant GameBoy Advance. Let's take a better look at those.


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Well, it may not be every Mario and Pokemon game for the GBA, but its certainly a good start.


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This must be the GameBoy games they were talking about!

Hm, and what about that big hunting box?


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Ah, all the controllers! And Virtua Tennis for the GBA. Putting it at 46 GBA games, 10 GameBoy games, 3 DS Lite dust covers, 1 Rumble Pack, and 1 blue first-party GB game case so far, plus a filthy-but-branded DS case, for the Nintendo stuff, at least. Then its 3 wireless Xbox controllers (2 Logitech, 1 Madcatz), one first party wired Xbox controller, and one memory card. For the PS2, we have a Multitap and a DVD remote, a Dual Shock 2, a PSOne Dual Shock, a wireless controller, a wireless Nerf controller, and a steering wheel controller. 74 items so far, and we've barely scratched the surface. Oh, and lets not forget the other DS case, the PS2 case, and the Xbox and PS2 slim consoles themselves. 78.

Shall we dig into that box?


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A fat PS2 and 4 PSX games. 83.

Time to dig through the games! This is going to be cool only for quantity.


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Lots of sports and kids games...


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Yup. Ooh, Pac-Man World might be fun.


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I might have to hang on to Destroy All Humans. Was BATMAN: VENGEANCE any good? I remember it was a launch title for the GameCube era, but I don't think I've ever played it. It looks like its loosely in Bruce Timm's style, which was the pinaccle of animated superhero television.


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And Ratchet and Clank rounds out the PS2 games. 50 even, it looks like. That puts us well over the 100-item mark at 133 pieces so far.

Time to slodge through the Xbox games, and we are done.


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None of these look fun. How was the Xbox even a console? Pac-Man World 2 was so good they got it on both systems, I guess. 29 Xbox games in all, making it 162 things in all.

Huge lot of stuff breaks down to ~ $1.25 per thing.

So you paid about $200 for that lot? Shit, nice haul. Got some really awesome GBA games in there.

What? Xbox was a great console.

Is it just me or is a black label Destroy all Humans for PS2 uncommon? I've seen hundreds of the GH release and have bought a handful throughout the years but have yet to replace my GH copy.

Anyways, awesome finds!

In the ps1 games, is that the MK3 Jewel case, or some generic case. If it was, I would be amazed.

NVM, I doubt that. Twas a stupid question.

bumpo

I believe it is!  why?

That is an awesome haul of sadly incomplete PS2 games. Are they getting rid of PS2 games everywhere or is this a single store?

It is so sad that they threw out the cases -- especially considering that a bunch seem to be new-to-used conversions.

This is chainwide.

That sounds vaguely familiar. What a bunch of asshats.

I stopped by three Gamestops today. Very slim pickings at each store and the only game of interest was a CIB Jaws for 19.99 but it was in rough condition so I passed.

Heard it's very rare, you might have a gold mine, although you don't have the manual.

Stunning dude on those PS2 games. I got one over the weekend for the first time in a decade and I'm enjoying the system again. I'm also enjoying the fact most the games feel like the 2000s Nintendo pricing again where most of it is stupid cheap and the rest isn't bad at all with just a few quirky outliers. It makes the hunt and fun all again finally rewarding once more.