AtariBrian Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I had a very unexpected deal yesterday. Recently I bought a box of 100+ PC games on eBay for $95. I've been thinning through them, grabbing the ones I think I'd like, putting other ones on eBay. I had a small stack of games that weren't worth enough to bother trying to sell on eBay, as well as a couple big box PC games I bought in the past but decided I didn't want anymore. All in all maybe $40 worth of games at eBay prices. I'm buddies with the guys at a game shop downtown who I met at a local convention I was helping run. I hadn't seen them for a while, so I dropped in with my small box of games with the intention to trade them in for a pittance (I really just wanted to get rid of them to clear up space and didn't care what I got for them) and hang out for a bit. After hanging out for 20 minutes or so one of the employees, Carl, asked me if I was interested in a ColecoVision. When I had first met these guys six months ago he had offered it to me for $100, so I expected the same price and declined, telling him that I really like finding things in the wild. Carl then told me that he just needed to get rid of the thing because it was taking up so much space and no one other than me seemed to want it. He offered it to me for $20. No way in hell I was going to say no to that. In the end I ended up trading the box of games for the ColecoVision. DSC00119.JPG Pretty excited. I've been looking for one of these for three years. Of course, now I have a console which takes up even more space than the games I had gotten rid of to clear out space! Have you tested the Coleco ? Hard to find one with a working power supply or with controllers that work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnaFarce Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Have you tested the Coleco ? Hard to find one with a working power supply or with controllers that work . Not yet. I don't actually have a television set up right now. I probably won't get around to it until next week since I'm going out of town on Wednesday. I've got my fingers crossed, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 So, an embarrassment of riches this past weekend... emphasis on "embarrassment." Things started out innocently enough, when I scored a nice batch of audio CD's from Goodwill: Actually I already had the "sound effects" CD, but it was also a Goodwill find, so all five Star Trek CD's were bought on the cheap. I think the Spike Jones compilation was also a good get. Then, after I arrived at the thrift store I volunteer at, more and more stuff just kept appearing for me to haul off. Ironically, very little of it was video game related, and none of that is worth bragging about. First, I volunteered to do something about these: Then they asked if I could do something about these: And maybe while I was at it, if I could figure out what to do with these: Suddenly I need a bigger house! Actually, to anyone who is interested, the cassettes, 45's and laserdiscs are up for grabs. I volunteered to handle the cassettes because they really don't sell anymore, and the store staff is tired of dealing with them. I'm going to listen and maybe hang on to a few of them, but mainly I plan on shipping them to GreenDisk, pretty much the only recycling place I've found that will take cassettes by mail. I hate seeing stuff go to a landfill if it doesn't have to. GreenDisk charges a fee, so the fewer cassettes I ship to them, the better. If you see something you like, or if you have a want list, let me know. The picture above shows only about half the haul, and more will likely appear in the future. Whatever you want, you can have for just the cost of shipping. I cannot guarantee quality, especially for cassettes made before 1985 or so, but hopefully collectors are already aware how persnickety older tapes can be. The 45's apparently came in with a jukebox, which has since sold. Normally the store will put 45's on the floor, but there are so many here they asked if I would take a look. There is actually some nice stuff here, including an assortment of originals from the 1960s, some later rereleases of '60s songs, and curiously, a lot of DJ promo 45's from specific labels like A&M, TK and Alfa from the late '70s and early '80s. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the bulk of these. I doubt the thrift store would object if I just took them to a record shop and took whatever they offered for them. I don't think there is anything super rare or valuable here; even DJ promo singles don't command much of a premium, I've read. For the most part the records are in excellent shape, so again, if you have a want list, shoot it my way and I'll see what I can dig out of here. I'll make sure the deal is good. As for the laserdiscs, this collection would make an excellent starter set. I'm almost tempted to keep them and rebuild a new collection around them. Almost. Really. (Stop looking at them.) Anyway, there are titles from all genres here, and discs from all eras of the technology, including a couple of Dolby Digital AC-3 releases. Laserdisc aficionados may be especially interested in these: Over the Top with Sylvester Stallone, and Mr. Holland's Opus with Richard Dreyfuss, both unopened and in excellent shape. Over the Top is full screen with analog-only sound; Mr. Holland's Opus is widescreen with digital audio and Dolby Digital AC-3 surround sound. Last Man Standing with Bruce Willis, widescreen DTS surround-sound edition, also unopened and in excellent shape. Eventually I'll put the laserdiscs on eBay, but if you see something you want or are curious about, ping me! Oh, and this was all after the previous weekend, when I brought all these critters home... Like I said, an embarrassment of riches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krslam Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Love me some Spike Jones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnapCraft Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Have you tested the Coleco ? Hard to find one with a working power supply or with controllers that work . Coleco Flashback will take care of that. Counting the days... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Went to a old colleague of mine and got this stuff for free. a sb 16 pnp, logitech soundman wave, a vesa local bus videocard using a cirrus logic gd5428. Also got a iomega jaz drive with 2 1gb and 2 2gb cartridges, but i couldn't get it to work on 98 and xp. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Link Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Got these today for $2.50 each: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Got these today for $2.50 each: Both of those are great games, and what a value! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Popp Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Picked this lot up today from craigslist for $30. Untested, but still worth it. We'll see if anything works tonight! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Ah, good ol' Goodwill, defiling anything and everything with tape and stickers. Oh well, I bought this anyway because hey, two bucks. The instructions are missing, and the game board is a little worse for wear, but all the pieces are here. I managed to get the tape off the top half of the box, but unfortunately it won't come off the bottom half without ripping. Another two bucks got me this: Now I can be a right hoopy frood! And finally, these were priced separately so I paid a little more than I might have liked, but with everything else so cheap I figured I wouldn't complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Now I can be a right hoopy frood! Now you just need the radio serials to find out the rest of the story... ...and then a machine to revive Adams, so we can find out what happens after that =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Now I can be a right hoopy frood! Now you just need the radio serials to find out the rest of the story... ...and then a machine to revive Adams, so we can find out what happens after that =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fushek Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Picked this lot up today from craigslist for $30. Untested, but still worth it. We'll see if anything works tonight! The white controllers with the brown joysticks ... are those Intellivision or Colecovision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Popp Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 The white controllers with the brown joysticks ... are those Intellivision or Colecovision? They work on the Colecovision (which works by the way!). I haven't tried them on intellivision, not sure if these systems are interchangeable. Joystick seems to work fine, but it's really hard to hold properly in your hand. I took one of them apart to clean, and now I can't get it back together, doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 PS2 30001 for only $2.50 (half off), looks to be in good condition and the warranty seal is intact so there has been no internal tampering of any kind. I haven't checked it yet but $2.50 PS2 console is frickin' steal no matter if it's working or not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Went to a old colleague of mine and got this stuff for free. a sb 16 pnp, logitech soundman wave, a vesa local bus videocard using a cirrus logic gd5428. Also got a iomega jaz drive with 2 1gb and 2 2gb cartridges, but i couldn't get it to work on 98 and xp. Cool. The Soundman Wave is a neat oddball card, and the VLB card would be perfect for a 486 build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Been to a children's fleamarket today and had a massive haul. Left behind a c64, heavily yellowed and very dirty. Since i already have a load of them i skipped it. Also left behind a 101 at keyboard. Didn't have a xt/at switch so no use for me. what i did get look at the pictures. Most happy i'm with f19 stealth mig double pack with 3.5" disks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Here's a good one! I found this PC at a yard sale yesterday. Quad core processor, one terabyte hard drive, four gigabytes of RAM, and the Windows 7 operating system, all for twenty bucks. It may not be cutting edge by today's standards, but it kicks the ever-loving crap out of any desktops I've had before. I had to take the massive CRT monitor that came with it, but nobody says I have to use it... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasaturn Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 (edited) I really guess today was my lucky day. I found all this for 5 dollars a piece! I basically jumped on the things! Found them at a local thrift store. Edited August 25, 2014 by segasaturn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 (edited) Found this a couple days ago, no big find, but great finds are getting rare around here. It has a plastic tab on the end of it. Tried heating it with a hair blower to remove the damn thing but the label started to tear so i left it alone Edited August 25, 2014 by Rik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 It has a plastic tab on the end of it. Tried heating it with a hair blower to remove the damn thing but the label started to tear so i left it alone Goo gone, q-tip, and patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Goo gone, q-tip, and patience. I wish the 1st guy did that. Too late for that as the label is already torn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I found a CD called The Maggot, by The Melvins. It's been so slow, I think the last few times I actually found anything, it was pants (or trousers, if you're across the ocean). But I don't post when I find clothes/books because that's usually pretty boring. GF found me the old Day of the Dead DVD the other day...I already have the new one, though. Maybe I will gift it, since it looks like the special features are about the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 .25¢ at a yard sale on my way home from work, Its dirty but it works! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Found these a little while back but didn't have a camera to post them, so here they are. The Electric Company ones are Gate Fold box, CIB , mint cond, manual and overlays. Edited August 26, 2014 by Rik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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