The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[classicgamer24]

dang mert and dusk great deals mad props to yall

 

today i got my gamepro mags in the city of north hollywierd california

i traded him my n64 console (since i have about 3 xtra ones), a ps1 console (since i have a ps2), and a sega cd model one console (with no power plug since i have 2 sega cd model 2 consoles ) and i took home 80 more mags bring a grand total of over 150 egm and gamepro mags and it hasn't even been a week yet man i have skillz huh

[Scumdogg]

That's a really good deal for a Dreamcast, especially with all those peripherals. I'm a huge Dreamcast fan who was lucky enough to buy almost everything i needed during the death throes of the system, but it has become nearly impossible in the last two years or so to find anything for it. Great find!

 

Thanks. The only thing it was missing was the A/V cable. Unfortunately I didn't realize it until after I bought it. It also came with an extension controller cable.

 

I BIN'ed a A/V cable from eBay and hopefully it will arrive within the next few days. It powers up and reads the CD, but until the cable arrives I have no clue what is being displayed.

 

Have you tried any of the emulators that run on the Dreamcast? Also how do you tell when the system was made?

 

 

I use NesterDC a lot and DreamSNES to a lesser extent. NesterDC works great, saves to VMU easily, making it a great replacement for dead-battery NES games. DreamSNES is cool, but most games won't run at a proper framerate. I find it's best to just use it for emulating systems of NES age or older.

 

As far as telling when it was made, i...don't know. I've never actually bought a used one, so i haven't had to check. My original's still working after 7 years.

[Dusk2600]

dang mert and dusk great deals mad props to yall

 

today i got my gamepro mags in the city of north hollywierd california

i traded him my n64 console (since i have about 3 xtra ones), a ps1 console (since i have a ps2), and a sega cd model one console (with no power plug since i have 2 sega cd model 2 consoles ) and i took home 80 more mags bring a grand total of over 150 egm and gamepro mags and it hasn't even been a week yet man i have skillz huh

 

if ur interested in old game mags i have the first game pro mag that i would like to sell.

[A.J. Franzman]

Purchased from a local thrift store yesterday:

 

$40

Sega Dreamcast base unit

4 regular controllers

Fishing rod controller

Light gun

Power cord

Sega Bass Fishing 2 CD inside of the unit

1 'rumble' pack

1 memory card

<snip>

 

While the price of the base unit may seem like a lot to some, it's the only one I've seen in the wild in many years.

I see Dreamcasts in thrifts fairly often, but almost never anything more than the bare console. Most thrift employees around here are apparently not smart enough to realize that the cables, power supplies, etc. that come in with the consoles need to be bagged or taped with them for the consoles to sell at anything like a decent price.

[bfutrel]

More Dreamcast stuff:

 

CD for Army Men: Sarge's Heroes: $3.50

Hydro Thunder: $2.50

4x4 EVO with Sega GT CD: $2.50

Tomb Raider: Chronicles: $3.50

TeeOff: $2.50

VMU Unit: $2.00

 

This time I checked to make sure every case had a CD in it.

[+FujiSkunk]

SNES Sim City, Street Fighter II, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Super Mario World: all for $7.

 

Game Boy DuckTales 2, complete in box: $0.50.

 

A pair of joysticks for the TRS-80 Coco I bought last week: $1.

 

A 10-foot DB9 extension cable, good for any game console that uses 9-pin joystick ports: free.

 

It was a good day for shopping today.

 

Then my printer committed hara-kiri. sigh...

Edited April 21, 2007 by skunkworx

[CGQuarterly]

 

Genesis Leaderboard Golf Complete

VCS Outlaw

VCS Slot Machine

VCS 41 Surround (one more Text # label to go!)

VCS Video Chess

VCS Raiders of the Lost Ark

VCS 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe

GEN Model 1 6-Button controller X2

DC Tony Hawk 2 Complete

GEN Model 1 Console w/ Model 1 SCD Unit (AC adapters included but not pictured.) The SCD had the Sega Classics disc inside of it.

 

$45 for everything. The genesis stuff (including the controllers) was $25, which is a lot but I have wanted a model 1 SCD for awhile. I should be able to sell my Model 2 along with a Genesis and a couple of games and get my money back (or at least most of it).

 

Chris

 

EDIT: Forgot, I also found a minty copy of the Winter 90/91 issue of Sega Visions. Not sure if I have this one yet or not, but even if I do, I'm sure this one is in nicer condition. It was a buck.

Edited April 22, 2007 by Jibbajaba

[Cheese007]

Recent finds:

TYCO Typhhon RC hovercraft: $3.00 (working)

N64 Arcade Pad: $5.00 (untested)

PSX racing pedals: $5.00

Tidly Winks: Unkown, never bothered checking.

HotWheels 1995 First Edition series Camaro mint in near mint package: $1.00

Today:

N64 game storage bin thingy: $3.00

Genesis 2: $3.00, currently untested.

Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Kit (no, I'm not a cub scout, I've just always wanted to make one of these things): $1.00

Edited April 22, 2007 by Cheese007

[kevincal]

Nice, that SNES lot is worth about $20-$25 on eBay.

 

SNES Sim City, Street Fighter II, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Super Mario World: all for $7.

 

Game Boy DuckTales 2, complete in box: $0.50.

 

A pair of joysticks for the TRS-80 Coco I bought last week: $1.

 

A 10-foot DB9 extension cable, good for any game console that uses 9-pin joystick ports: free.

 

It was a good day for shopping today.

 

Then my printer committed hara-kiri. sigh...

[kevincal]

Nice as well. I know those model 1 Sega CD's are fairly sought-after...Don't they get about $25-40 alone on eBay?

 

 

Genesis Leaderboard Golf Complete

VCS Outlaw

VCS Slot Machine

VCS 41 Surround (one more Text # label to go!)

VCS Video Chess

VCS Raiders of the Lost Ark

VCS 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe

GEN Model 1 6-Button controller X2

DC Tony Hawk 2 Complete

GEN Model 1 Console w/ Model 1 SCD Unit (AC adapters included but not pictured.) The SCD had the Sega Classics disc inside of it.

 

$45 for everything. The genesis stuff (including the controllers) was $25, which is a lot but I have wanted a model 1 SCD for awhile. I should be able to sell my Model 2 along with a Genesis and a couple of games and get my money back (or at least most of it).

 

Chris

 

EDIT: Forgot, I also found a minty copy of the Winter 90/91 issue of Sega Visions. Not sure if I have this one yet or not, but even if I do, I'm sure this one is in nicer condition. It was a buck.

[CGQuarterly]

I'm not sure what they go for on eBay. I'll be selling the model 2 that it is replacing, and I know they don't go for much. I thought $25 was pushing it since Genesis consoles are pretty worthless (a shame, as the Genesis is one of my favorites), but the SCD unit is in almost mint condition, and since I prefer the model 1 Genesis, the model 1 SCD was what I wanted. My model 2 is pretty nice, since I even have the little extender piece for using it with a Genesis I. I might actually sell that piece here separately so that it goes to a good home, since I believe that piece is hard to come by.

 

Nice as well. I know those model 1 Sega CD's are fairly sought-after...Don't they get about $25-40 alone on eBay?

 

 

Genesis Leaderboard Golf Complete

VCS Outlaw

VCS Slot Machine

VCS 41 Surround (one more Text # label to go!)

VCS Video Chess

VCS Raiders of the Lost Ark

VCS 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe

GEN Model 1 6-Button controller X2

DC Tony Hawk 2 Complete

GEN Model 1 Console w/ Model 1 SCD Unit (AC adapters included but not pictured.) The SCD had the Sega Classics disc inside of it.

Sega Visions Winter 90/91 mint (not pictured)

 

$45 for everything. The genesis stuff (including the controllers) was $25, which is a lot but I have wanted a model 1 SCD for awhile. I should be able to sell my Model 2 along with a Genesis and a couple of games and get my money back (or at least most of it).

 

Chris

 

EDIT: Forgot, I also found a minty copy of the Winter 90/91 issue of Sega Visions. Not sure if I have this one yet or not, but even if I do, I'm sure this one is in nicer condition. It was a buck.

[BassGuitari]

Today, I got a Timex Sinclair 1000 w/ manual and F-Zero (Snes) for $10 at Salvation Army today. Not an amazing, out of this world deal, but a fair price, I think. And T/S 1000s are fairly unusual, so that's neat.

 

The thing is damn tiny! I understand these were more common/popular in the UK...are there any cool games I should look for? Or are they all BASIC?

Also, half the "keyboard" doesn't work, but I suspect taking it apart and cleaning it will fix that.

 

Strange that it doesn't even have a power switch.

Edited April 22, 2007 by BassGuitari

[20eyes]

Sega dreamcast, ( just need a working controller and a game to play!)

N64 gase shark

madden 64 (loose)

NES zapper

[PressureCooker2600]

the dreamcast is SOOOOO overlooked. i thought its memory card was the coolest and i always hoped some other company would take advantage of it. who can beat playing even more mini-games on a memory card. and most games had their own display.

 

some obligatory games: Power Stone series (PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER ONE CAPCOM), Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Sonic, Tony Hawk 2, House of the Dead 2, RE: Code Veronica

[opeygon]

Was out hunting with a friend and we found a huge lot of atari 2600 games unexpectedly. I got the following titles all for $1 each:

 

indy 500

tennis (activision)

swordquest earthworld

adventure

mrs. pacman

maze craze

circus (sears tele games text label)

video olympics ( text label)

realsports boxing

outlaw (text label)

haunted house

space war (text label)

donkey kong

defender (sears telegames picture label)

video pinball

towering inferno

realsports football

missle command (sears telegames text label)

riddle of the sphinx

cosmic arc

 

Tested all and everything works great. No rare titles but still a good find in my mind. I think the telegames missle command is kinda cool. Also was pretty stoked to get video pinball back after nearly twenty years. I love that game! Keeping that one for my personal collection.

 

On a side note, I saw a four switch woody shrinkwrapped with one controller, power supply and rf switch for $75. The price was way high considering it still looked kinda dirty and the rf box had tv and game written in black sharpie on it. Got a kick out this and will go back next week to see if anybody bought it.

 

Also, saw four or five intellivision games shrinkwrapped in the box for $2 bucks each. Got me thinking of collecting intellivision now too!!! Gonna have to find a good emulator first though. Oh god, I can't afford to collect yet another game system! I must be stopped!!!

[orangest]

picked up factory sealed IBM PC versions of king's quest IV and where in the world is carmen sandiego? for $5 each at the swap today. i also saw my first DS multicart, a 7 in 1 comprised mostly of mario games.

[Scumdogg]

I had a really kickass Saturday at a flea market far, far away. Here's the score:

 

Xbox games

$8-Midway Arcade Treasures

$8-Midway Arcade Treasures vol. 2

Free-The Warriors

$5-The Bible Game (sealed)

 

PS2 game

$5-Puzzle Challenge Crosswords and More (sealed)

 

Gamecube game

$15-Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (non P.C. version)

 

NES games

$2.50-Whomp 'Em

$2.50-Ultimate Stuntman

$1-Gumshoe

$1-Star Force

 

PS1 game

$2-Panzer General

 

2600 games

$1-Beany Bopper

$2-Skate Boardin'

$2-Secret Quest

$2-Towering Inferno

$2-Lost Luggage

 

SNES games

$3-Zoop

$2-Jurassic Park: The Chaos Continues

$2-Side Pocket

$3-Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow

$5-An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

 

Game Boy Advance game

$1.90-Top Spin 2 (sealed)

 

Genesis Games (all complete unless noted)

$5-Lemmings 2: The Tribes

$5-Lightening Force

$5-Cool Spot

$2.50-Boxing Legends of the Ring

$1-PGA European Tour

$2.50-Caesar's Palace

$2-Shove It! ...The Warehouse Game

$1-Jack Nicklaus Power Challenge Golf

$2-Fun 'N' Games

$2-Lotus II

$3-Toxic Crusaders

$3-Spiritual Warfare (cart only)

 

This was a GREAT weekend for me...a lot of these games were ones that i'd been actively seeking out (Lost Luggage! Yesss!!), and finding all those complete Genesis games really made my day, as that's my primary system that i collect for.

[Segataritensoftii]

"Gamecube game

$15-Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (non P.C. version)"

 

There's a PC version? I thought Thousand Year Door was GC exclusive.

Edited April 23, 2007 by Segataritensoftii

[CGQuarterly]

"Gamecube game

$15-Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (non P.C. version)"

 

There's a PC version? I thought Thousand Year Door was GC exclusive.

 

That's "Player's Choice", not "Personal Computer".

 

Chris

[Scumdogg]

"Gamecube game

$15-Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (non P.C. version)"

 

There's a PC version? I thought Thousand Year Door was GC exclusive.

 

That's "Player's Choice", not "Personal Computer".

 

Chris

 

 

Yep.

[Ghost Soldier]

Due to the passing of my dad I've been away for awhile. However in ohio for the funeral I stopped at the goodwills in springfield. Bechtle and Levgee goodwill's had some awesome stuff. On with the list

 

Ohio Goodwill Finds

2x Saturn Controllers 2.50

Nicktoons Racing GBC .99

Dark Rift N64 .99

XG2 N64 .99

Army Men, Sarge's Heroe's N64 .99

Tetrisphere N64 .99

Pokemon Stadium N64 .99

Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf TG-CD CIB 1.49 <~First Turbo stuff I have ever seen at a thrift

Rainbow Six, missing Manual DC 1.99

Grand Theft Auto 2 DC CIB 1.99

Slave Zero DC CIB 1.99

World Series Baseball 2k1 DC CIB 1.99

Sonic The Hedgehog Game World PICO .49 <~Awesome deal on this

 

 

Here's the list of stuff I found elsewhere.

 

Legend of Kage NES 3.00

Hudson Hawk NES 3.00

Code Name Viper NES 3.00

Game Informer Mag Feb 07 .19

Gemini Paddle Controllers 2600 NIB .59 <~Nice suprise to find something new with receipt in the box.

Mousetrap 2600 2.50

Final Fantasy Manual NES Free

World Series Baseball II Sat CIB 3.00

TMNT Hyperstone Heist Clamshell Gen Free <~Now my loose has a home

Secret Codes 2002 Vol. 2 Handbook .19

Edited April 23, 2007 by Ghost Soldier

[shadow460]

Awesome price on Tetrisphere.

[Dusk2600]

i got myself a ton of shit the past 2 days.....

 

all for 90.00 from 2 different people

 

2 genesis 1 with all hookups 10 games

 

1. mortal kombat 3

2. Golden Axe 3

3. wiz-n-liz

4. star trek

5. 6-pak

[games on the 6-pak include... sonic the hedgehog, golden axe,

streets of rage, revenge of shinobi, columns, and super hang on.

6. combat cars

7. samurai showdown

8. desert strike - return to the gulf.

9. toxic crusaders

10. ms pac man.

11. shinobi 3

12. the incredible hulk.

 

6 controlers

 

 

DC

1. dreamcast magazine playable demos

2. grand theft auto 2

3. power stone 2 little scratched and missing inst but is usually worth 30 alone

4. ready to rumble boxing

5. grandia 2

6. nfl 2k

7. world series baseball 2k1

8. crazy taxi

9. generator playable demo disc vol.1

 

snes with all hookups and super mario allstars

nes all hookups

ps1 all hookups

3 ps2 games

sonic mega collection

sly 2

supercar

40 ps1 games list later

legend of dragoon

Edited April 29, 2007 by Dusk2600

[Ghost Soldier]

i got myself a ton of shit the past 2 days.....

 

all for 90.00 from 2 different people

 

2 genesis 1 with all hookups 10 games

 

1. mortal kombat 3

2. Golden Axe 3

3. wiz-n-liz

4. star trek

5. 6-pak

[games on the 6-pak include... sonic the hedgehog, golden axe,

streets of rage, revenge of shinobi, columns, and super hang on.

6. combat cars

7. samurai showdown

8. desert strike - return to the gulf.

9. toxic crusaders

10. ms pac man.

11. shinobi 3

12. the incredible hulk.

 

6 controlers

 

 

DC

1. dreamcast magazine playable demos

2. grand theft auto 2

3. power stone 2 little scratched and missing inst but is usually worth 30 alone

4. ready to rumble boxing

5. grandia 2

6. nfl 2k

7. world series baseball 2k1

8. crazy taxi

9. generator playable demo disc vol.1

 

snes with all hookups and super mario allstars

nes all hookups

ps1 all hookups

3 ps2 games

sonic mega collection

sly 2

supercar

40 ps1 games list later

Nice haul dusk

[Ghost Soldier]

Picked up a few yesterday.

 

Venture 2600 2.50

Mario Kart 64 N64 5.00

Captain N "Gameboy" VHS 2.95

Golden Axe II Poster Free

Punchout Man NES Free

1943 Man NES Free

The Bards Tale Man NES Free

Captain Skyhawk Man NES Free

Super C Man NES Free

Castlevania Man NES Free