Demons to Diamonds

[Demons to Diamonds]

I've always been a big fan of it... I remember the previously-mentioned commercials being in very heavy rotation for a while when it came out, and I still have my original Sears cart bought back then. I have to agree that it's a very odd premise for a game, though.

[frogger fraud]

I assume eBay has the wrong stock pic... I've been seeing that for at least a year. Was really excited the first time, then realized it was just the wrong pic.

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

Picked up an utterly mint and brand-new looking (still had the seal sticker on the case) copy of ICO for the PS2 for $12

 

You might want to keep it that way... completely sealed ones are going for $60-$80 on ePay.

[revolutionika]

Got a bunch of 2600 carts from him... good packing, good price, all great!

[Subverters of the licensed game rule.]

Someone mentioned some D&D games... if that counts as a license, then all the gold box games definitely qualify. Another one I really like that no one's mentioned yet is Phantom 2040 for the Genesis (I haven't played the SNES version). I also enjoyed the first Lego Indiana Jones. I've started playing the second one, but it somehow doesn't feel as polished as the first one -- it's like no one made an effort to make sure it all ties together.

[Descent for WiiWare]

Descent makes me motion-sick faster than any other game ever made. If I ever need to induce vomiting, I'll buy the WiiWare version.

[What have you actually PLAYED tracker for 2010 (Season 3)]

None of this is eligible for the top ten, if there were one.

 

Fling Smash (Wii) 120 (resulting in a very sore right triceps... if you play this, do it in smaller doses!)

Tetris Party (Wiiware) 120

Scribblenauts (DS) 60 (I can't figure out what to put in the car.)

[Buyer Beware- 2600 & CV carts look alike]

I'm always amazed how many sellers are clearly lying about the "tested" part. It's not at all uncommon to see a lot of carts that includes CV or Inty or C64 carts that were all supposedly tested in their 2600.

[Scans For Rom]

I don't think I've seen the joysticks pictured on that box before. Somebody got a better pic of them?

 

Edit: A quick Google turned up this page with better pics.

[on hold]

Another PM sent, but I'm sure you'll notice.

[on hold]

PM sent.

[Most Expensive Dead Cart ?]

Honestly I don't understand paying for $1k for a cart dead, alive or undead.

 

I'd probably pay $1K for an actual undead cart.

[Most overrated games in your opinion]

Are you guys sure? I' pretty sure we've played it four player before. Yeah, two of you have to use the keybaord, and the first player (for whatever reason has to use the joystick) but I am pretty sure we've played it before. (but then, as I said, we had the hack, could have been added)

 

 

You can absolutely play the C64 version of M.U.L.E. with four players, two joystick and two keyboard. My friends and I spent countless hours doing it in the 80s. With a legit copy... was one of the first things I bought when I got a C64. While it unfortunately didn't have huge sales numbers, it definitely wasn't almost unknown at the time as someone said... I knew I wanted it from magazine ads and reviews.

[Superman Hack?]

Superman with hair seems like a good change... Lois with hair looks like she has a bag over her head.

[Identifying Pins/buttons]

Yeah, I'm going with homemade on these too... and if you just wanted them for their decorativeness, I'd look around more. There are a lot of button makers on eBay with higher-quality stuff.

[Finally! Had an Atari dream]

I have these dreams all the time... like others said, I tend to find carts that don't really exist. Which is always very exciting as I think I've found something incredibly rare... and then I realize it's a dream.

 

(As for the Pitfall II music, I've been regularly finding myself humming it ever since 1984, even at times when I haven't played it in months.)

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

Never expected to see that much imported goodness at once at a Goodwill in Manhattan Beach, CA. Pretty much all of the obis and other paperwork are included.

 

Wow... I'm not sure I've ever seen any imports in a Goodwill, much less that many!

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

Found at an estate sale. Commodore musical travel alarm clock:

 

That's awesome!

[ULTIMATE Activision Patch Collection]

You... you got a Starmaster Master Patch for $1.99?!?!?

Was it on eBay or somewhere else?

[What have you actually PLAYED tracker for 2010 (Season 3)]

The game I played the most (by far) was Global Player.

 

Your description made me go check this one out and I've really been enjoying it. What's the highest level you've gotten to?

[Universal Chaos and Glacier Patrol on Ebay]

Yeah, it's definitely worth the effort to find out if those are NTSC... if you knew they were NTSC, then you should leave the Glacier Patrol sealed, but the value difference between "undetermined sealed" and "definitely NTSC opened" is drastic.

[Mysterious Colecovision Wheel]

I guess if you never looked at an old printer closely you might not know. But you'd think the letters might give him the idea that it's for a printer.

[Special new cart I got...]

Thanks for the HBs, Iwan and SC

And yes, it's actual usable soap, it's pretty cool... I also got one of these bars:

 

[Still Missing These R2s]

Yeah, I think we're all in agreement that Sears pic Asteroids is not an R2. I'd probably bump the Sears Canyon Bombers up to R3, too.

[Special new cart I got...]

I got this for my birthday:

 

 

Don't think I should actually try to play it, though.