just snagged this! its a beauty! took forever to find one this mint/damn near perfect, but i gotz itz ^_^ lol
now i have 3,like they say "3rd times the charm" i guess haha. just wish my other 2 were this nice :/
I'm not sure how, but I ended buying two GBA games today: Sword of Mana and Megaman Battle Chip Challange (I only intended to buy the mana game, but the seller sold me the other one at half the price because it was literally their last GBA game).
Picked up a bunch of loose games in a local store.
I remember seeing a Family Fun Fitness cart of Athletic World at that store many months ago, as was surprised it was still there (after the price is kind of over the place on ebay). I suppose that can make a collection piece.
Got my only unlicensed NES game, Super Sprint (well, if I don't care repro Mr. Gimmick). Though about getting the FC version, but those seemed to sell for more.
Dragon's Revenge, Ex-Mutants, RoadBlasters and a no-label DecapAttack for Genesis. Took a risk on the last one for it turns maybe I could've done better. Oh well.
Kwirk, Mickey's Dangerous Chase and Indy The Last Crusade for Game Boy.
All total an average of $4 each.
Not sure if AVGN necessarily boosted the price of the NES (UBI) version of Indy, but nice to play that for cheap, maybe. The same with Cliffhanger, now that Pat the Punk reviewed it (when he finds out you take damage if you stand in one place too long without pausing the game and he's like "oh, real cute, game designers. You can't just decide when you want to be realistic.") Looks pretty expensive for the NES version, was it always that way? (so I bought the GB cart)
So I discovered a cool local retro place: http://www.facebook.com/VideoGameGarage
It's not really a store, but rather a sort-of semi-permanent garage sale out of a storage space style garage. LOTS of stuff, ranging from the Atari era all the way to 7th Gen, including games (both loose and boxed), systems (again, both loose and boxed), controllers, accessories, etc. The guys running it are very cool and know their stuff, and prices seem to be reasonable.
Sadly, they did not have any boxed copies of ET (though plenty of loose carts, of course), and they were actually a bit impressed with my obsession and possession of a bunch of CIB copies
This is what I picked up today:
CIB Aladdin for Genny, T&C Surf Design for NES (with sleeve) and DK for the 2600. Total = $20.
Definitely will be hitting them up again; next time i'll probably bring by some of my 2600 duplicates to sell (they buy stuff as well).
the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
Strange, I've never seen a "green" Game Boy cart. Bought plenty of brownish games for cheap.
I did once see a EU Hammerin' Harry GB cart, which I've only later been told even with a bad label I should've bought as the game is supposedly super-rare.
@the_shpydar: Looks like an awesome place, wish I had place like that near me. @WaveBoy: Yeah stock photo ebaying is sketchy man. I took a chance one time and got a CIB TMNT IV Turtles in Time with the color manual, Made in Japan version and no lame Farley Fruit Snacks on the manual for $25. I'm thinking I will not press my luck and just quite while I am ahead. Anyway, let me know how it is if you haven't been mutated by it.
I picked this up for $10 at the local retro store. I was surprised to find a nice condition CIB NES game for cheap around me. I never really have luck at the brick and mortar stores. Jaleco games are pretty awesome I am discovering, well other than boring Bases Loaded.
Jaleco NES games never did seem to be huge demand games.
Though I think Shatterhand seems to have become in demand (though the value on Whomp 'Em seems to be kind of over the place on ebay.)
the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
Legit SEALED copy (i.e., no B.S. fake shrink-wrapping or re-glued box)! The highlight of my E.T. empire thus far.
Major props to @ogo79 for giving me a heads-up on the auction for this one!
(@ogo — you saw what the list price was — can you believe no one else bid on it? sealed copies usually list for 2x or 3x what I got it for!)
Legit SEALED copy (i.e., no B.S. fake shrink-wrapping or re-glued box)! The highlight of my E.T. empire thus far.
Major props to @ogo79 for giving me a heads-up on the auction for this one!
(@ogo — you saw what the list price was — can you believe no one else bid on it? sealed copies usually list for 2x or 3x what I got it for!)
wow it already got there?
yeah what i did was threaten the entire database of ebay by telling them not to let anyone bid on it or i was going to spam email all of them all a pic of good ole jumpy garmentless. no one wanted anything to do with that, it was the surefire way of reserving that et game.
the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
Anybody want to get me an Atari 2600 for my upcoming 29th bugs bunny birthday blowout? Need to plop in Halloween for this Halloween October. Wouldn't mind revisiting PitFall either. I'll make sure to play it at night with a recording of crickets chirping in the background to get the full effect.
ill send you a box full of real chirping crickets for your birthday.
for the 2600 id suggest kickstarter
the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
Again with the Golden Corral.
Well, if it's anything like it's arch-nemesis Old Country Buffet (and I presume that applies to any other Buffet Inc. restaurant), might as well be eating cricket-chow.
@WaveBoy: Still no Atari 2600 yet? Does Skeletor have you locked up at Snake Mountain somewhere? Anyway, I just did a search for "Atari 2600" on eBay and saw all the tantalizing things available! Also, so cheap too compared to SNES stuff. When ever I am super satisfied with me NES and SNES collection I may just look to add to my Atari collection. I absolutely dig the late 70's early 80's flavor. Do you remember iron-on t-shirts?
Not sure why anyone would want to play Atari 2600 these days. I had one growing up and I don't ever want to play those games again tbh. NES games are sooooo much more fun to play.
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