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  4. Posted

    Went to my favorite thrift at lunch today. Scored the following 2600 titles for .99 each:

    Desert Falcon

    Gravitar

    Gopher

    Lost Luggage

    Mega Force

    Megamania

    Squeeze Box

    Swordquest: Fireworld

     

     

    Red label Gravitar I'm guessing?

     

    Yeah, nothing super special but some nice obscure titles.

    I passed on a stack of the norms like Centipede, Raiders OTLA, Ms. Pac Man, etc.

  6. Posted

    I can imagine that at least some people who work for the insurance agency might be skeptical of the value of something that isn't widely regarded as a collectible. Or am I off-base? Maybe they know Better than the average person that an Atari game could be worth more than a new car.

     

    I think it's harder for them to believe that would have so damn much old crap! LMAO

    :D

  7. Posted

    As noted in a number of posts, a LOT of us have spreadsheeted collections. Like maybe the majority of people here. It was one of those "Wow, I must be more of a nerd than I thought" deals, until Everybody was like "uh, yeah, me too..". I never considered using it for insurance purposes, though, and it's a great idea.

     

    When my son started the process of replacing his games (and he had a LOT) the adjuster wanted proof of what he claimed to have, as you can guess they get a lot of fraud claims. He had his spreadsheet and recent pics showing his collection, since the list he gave and the evidence match he got the money.

    Sad that being honest on a claim puts you at the same level of suspicion as a thief. :x

  8. Posted

    Congrats!

     

    I know what its like to hit my 100 Atari game milestone... then 200... then 300...

     

    Now I'm close to 400.

     

    I've been working on rebuilding my collection though thanks to a couple exes and a theft in Texas... I just hit over 700 games myself, but I used to have over 800 or so.

     

    Come to think about it I need to catalog ALL my games... not just the INTV, Atari and NES. Find out what I have missing, what I actually have, etc.

     

    ^_^ Congrats again!

     

    Also, yes, MTG is a HUGE money pit. I am so glad I got out of type 2. I gave my brother all my magic cards, minus my two main decks. A Used to be type 2 Ravnica red/green beatdown, and a very fun reanimate deck. The reanimate isn't designed to be tourney good, its more or less designed for multiplayer, and my type 2 as single player. Using past and present cards to make one sided stasis situations is amazing.

     

    Thanks!

    My son went through a theft last year. They got his big screen TV and his 360, and Wii. Idiots left his vintage stuff. Thank God.

     

    Good collection, and 300 2600's is awesome. Someday. ;)

     

    I made an Excel spreadsheet that lists and totals all my games by system, then the systems, my accessories, my for sale "extras", and then my wanted games. It's been a work in progress but it's nice. Also it got the blessing from my insurance agent, along with current photos I have a ready inventory in case the unimaginable happens. :sad:

     

    I'd share it with anyone who wants it.

  10. Posted

    There's a new game store in town, one of those mom&pop places (not a chain). They have a few 2600 games, nothing rare (R4 or less). I know games can be found cheap if you poke around, but I like the convenience of going to a store. I know they need some markup on games to survive, so what is a decent/fair retail price?

     

    Wow, we have stores around here that are like that. They don't have a clue as to the real world value, they assume since it's "vintage" it's worth big $$.

     

    At the better stores, most commons R4 and down are $.99 to $1.99. The really good stores will cut you a break if you buy them in bulk. One local store usually gives me a 50% cut, but I'll buy 10-20 at a time.

  11. Posted

     

     

    MTG is a HUGH money pit. I love the game but with 4 sets coming out each year and some of the Mythic Rares going for near $100, I can't justify that. Today a tourney level deck runs about $600.00 to $800.00. Insane.

    I tried paper magic once at a local card shop and did not like the experience. I did not care for some 14 year old kid spitting Taco Bell and Monster all over my cards. :D

     

    Yeah, that seems to be the consensus. How about some 27 year old dude arguing libertarian vs. liberal politics and farting? That's MY usual partner. Or my wife, a sexy nurse! I've spent probably 400 dollars total on my MTG collection, which is 8 Wii games new, or 200 2600 commons. Not bad considering the fun I get out of it, so it doesn't have to be a HUGH money pit, but it easily can be. I never buy packs anymore. When a new set comes out, I typically buy 5-10 singles from it, as they're usually the only things I want out of it anyway. What I really want is a console game (for a console that I have), to get the fun without the expense.

     

    I have MTG on the Xbox 360 and it's pretty fun. Not much of a card pool but enough to have fun. Also playing others on line is cool.

     

    I hear you on the other stuff, I'm not anti-people but it seems most MTG players are just YU-Gi-Oh players with drivers licenses. :P

  12. Posted

    That is cool. Good for you, Dan!

     

    Thanks!

    One of these days I'll post some picks of my collection. It's not grand by a lot of peoples standards, but it's my baby! :-D

  13. Posted · Edited by Shephda

    Wow, that was Quick. Don't burn money dude, scaryconomy! I mean quick in that I have over a thousand games, but I've been collecting for fifteen years. Mostly NES and 26. Setting goals is indeed a good plan.

     

    MTGO, eh? Do you play non digital MTG? I have a thread about it in modern gaming... there's a money pit for you.

     

    I'm a cheap SOB, that and I seem to have this karma thing where I find games cheap. A good example is last year I found at a thrift, 4 bags of SNES games with 5 games in each. They were marked $4.99, in one of the bags was Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario World All Stars, and Mario RPG. All those bags had over $150 worth of games.

    :cool:

    They only "normal" console I don't have is a Master System, and a PS3. I don't count systems like the Fairchild and such because they are fairly rare in the wild.

     

    MTG is a HUGH money pit. I love the game but with 4 sets coming out each year and some of the Mythic Rares going for near $100, I can't justify that. Today a tourney level deck runs about $600.00 to $800.00. Insane.

    I tried paper magic once at a local card shop and did not like the experience. I did not care for some 14 year old kid spitting Taco Bell and Monster all over my cards. :D

  14. Posted · Edited by Shephda

    Neat. It's kind of funny how various collectors have these little steps or goals they want to fill, like 'every kids game' or most commonly every game made by a given company. Or, insanely, every NTSC game released.

     

    It's a little bit like the ol' "I won't do anything harder than shrooms... ok, shrooms but no coke... oh, well, I won't do heroin... oh, well I'll smoke it but I won't shoot it... well, I won't mainline..."

     

    I can't pretend that I'm not collecting for pretty much every system I own. That's kinda scary to say out loud though. More power to you if you can actually set goals and limits and follow them, It makes collecting easier and more fun. So I hear.

     

    Well, my milestones are just markers along my quest to have every damn game ever made. My addiction is such that I even collect those Madden "XX" games. Yeah, I have a problem. :x

     

    I've been seriously collecting for little over 18 months and my total stands at 1071 games. Systems are from the Atari 2600 to the 360. No PS3 yet, but I'm going to sell off my MTGO account and get one! ;)

     

    I like setting goals and then concentrating on them, makes collecting for me a bit more fun than mindlessly hunting for games. My last "goal" was to hit 100 NES, I'm now up to 126. Yeah it's an obsession but it's a damn fun one!

     

    Happy hunting...

  15. Posted

    Hello everyone.

    I went to one of the local used game stores today to achieve my personal goal of 100 2600 games.

     

    Took my list of 85 games and spent 20 minutes digging through the .99 bin. Not only did I get to 100, I got all the Realsports series, and got a new "letter" in my second quest to get at least one game for each letter of the alphabet! ;)

     

    Dan

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  16. Posted

    Hit a CraigsList find today. $20 netted me:

     

    PSOne with an LCD screen, 2 PSOne controllers(didn't know they made specifically branded controllers for this system), AC power supply AND DC power supply. Came with 11 games -

     

    Rampage World Tour (CIB)

    NASCAR Thunder 2003 (CIB)

    Test Drive Offroad (CIB)

    Test Drive 6 (disc)

    Jeopardy! 2 (disc)

    Ace Combat 3 (disc)

    Madden 99 (disc)

    Formula 1 98 (disc)

    Rugrats Search for Reptar (disc)

    Battle Arena Toshinden (disc)

     

    Everything works flawlessly. Only thing it is missing is a memory card but I have a few floating around.

     

    Also came with an AV cable but I'll probably never use it! :)

     

    Edit: Sorry about the pics. My camera is dead so my iPhone had to step in!

     

    Great find!

    I felt lucky to get mine last year for $25 without games.

    I use it in the camper along with a YOBO NES\SNES.

  18. Posted · Edited by Shephda

    Hope everyone had a great weekend!

     

    I did some shopping this weekend at a local used game\video store. The manager is an awesome guy and gave me a 50% break on a bunch of 2600\7800 games, mostly fillers.

     

    Saturday I found a couple of SNES goodies at the Flea, Super Mario World, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man 2, and Stunt Racer FX all for $1 each.

    Also picked up Eye Toy for the PS2, $10 complete in the box.

     

    Not great finds, but still fun!

  19. Posted

    Went at lunch today to a local thrift and found:

    Haze for the PS3

    Donkey Kong 64, boxed

    Star Fox 64, boxed with rumble pack

    Castlevania 64, boxed

    Zelda: Ocarina of Time, boxed

     

    All for $18

    My god that's a good deal.

    I hit the jackpot again today!

    Found 2 PS games, Parasite Eve and Marvel Super Heroes both for $1 each!

    OMG!

  21. Posted

    This weekend I picked up:

     

    Atari 2600 SIX Switch Tele-Games (Sears) w/hook ups & controllers

    Atari 2600 SIX Switch w/hook ups & controllers

     

    a box of games (aprrox. 50) I havent gone through yet to list what is in there.

     

    N64 GOLD System

    Diddy Kong Racing

    Smash Bros.

    Mario Kart 64Donkey Kong 64

     

     

    SNES Games -

    Turtles 4- Turtles In Time

    Rocko's Modern Life

    Warlock

    World Heroes

    Street Fighter II

    Tiny Toons

    Killer Instinct

    Fatal Fury

    NCAA Basketball

     

    NES Games-

    Gold Zelda

    Balloon Fight

     

    SEGA CD/Genesis System (already had games , just needed the system)

     

    My total expenses and cost for thsi lot........ $38.00

     

    Thank you to the random tag sales and indoor flea market in my home town.

     

     

    Excellent haul for $38! Congrats.

  22. Posted

    Decent flea market weekend for my son and I.

    My son picked up one of the plastic boxes that holds a 2600 (sorry I don't know the exact name) and has slots for carts, came with about 20 games for $10. A couple of nice titles in that lot, Tron: Deadly Disks, Burger Time, and a few others.

    He also found a table top game, it's a vintage Radio Shack unit.

     

    I picked up a bag of SNES stuff for $4. In it was a Super Game Boy, Super Game Genie, a SNES cleaning kit, and Mario Paint sans mouse.

    Got a N64 Super Game Pad for $2. Devil May Cry for the PS2, and a slim PS2 for $17(needs work but good for parts if nothing else).

     

    Saw a LOT game systems of various types, most were insanely priced, one person had a complete N64 setup (no box) for a weekend special of $50!

    Also spotted a PS2 with a nice selection of Madden titles for $75, Looked like he drug the system there, and the best was a new PS3 with a 20GB drive for $350. Seems like there are two major types that setup at the fleas around here, 1. people who buy a retail lot of crap filler titles (Xbox, PS2) mostly Madden, NBA, MLB and expect big $$ from them, or 2. people who sees an Intellivision sell on e-Bay for $100 and thinks the mud encrusted one with the carts missing labels they have are worth the same. Amazing. My rule of thumb when I ask "how much for your..." and they reply "well on e-Bay I see them sell for..." I just walk away. :-)

  23. Posted

    Now, you guys may have thought you've seen some stinkers, such as Superman 64 (N64), Action 52 (NES) and the only game ever to get the lowest possible score (1.0) at Gamespot, Big Rigs Off the Road Racing (PC). But after seeing this "game" reviewed by the AVGN, it makes those previous two games actually look pretty decent by comparison:

     

    http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/52921?type=flv

     

    I doubt a worse video game could exist. You really have to see this "game" to believe it. Though whether it even qualifies as a game probably makes it all the worse. I'm not even going to bother to describe it; this is one of those things where you have to watch the video and see it with your own eyes.

     

    BTW, absolutely nothing in that game is a Photoshop job or a joke; that is the REAL game, if you can possibly believe it.

     

    For me the absolute worst game ever made is a tie between Sega CD's Bug, and X-box 50 Cent.

    It does not get much worse than that.

  24. Posted

    This weekend was a bit slow here, bad weather and a bit chilly.

    Found 4 GB Advanced games.

    An Atari Branded Track Ball controller.

    A PS, AV connector, and controller for a Sega Master System. (Just need the deck and gun now)

    A competition 8-bit joystick, forget the name off hand.

    Today I picked up 21 2600 games is really bad condition, most labels are trashed and there is a lot of mud to be cleaned. Would like to find a way to print original looking labels.

     

    My son won the prize catch of the weekend, a near pristine SNES complete with a box of games, most notable was Super Mario World, Mario All Stars, Donkey Kong Country 2, and a few more. Cost him $15! Lucky kid. :-)

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