The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[PressureCooker2600]

Free-The Warriors

 

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.

 

The Warriors game kicks serious ass. Almost as good as Manhunt. Great movie, great game.

"Warriors.......come out and playyyyyyyeeeeayyyyy!!"

 

And Lost Luggage is hard as hell. I can't last past the first few waves cause it just gets impossible past then.

[Scumdogg]

Free-The Warriors

 

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.

 

The Warriors game kicks serious ass. Almost as good as Manhunt. Great movie, great game.

"Warriors.......come out and playyyyyyyeeeeayyyyy!!"

 

And Lost Luggage is hard as hell. I can't last past the first few waves cause it just gets impossible past then.

 

 

Aye, Lost Luggage is a harsh mistress. I have a special reason for being excited about it though...there were a handful of more oddball 2600 games i remembered loving as a kid, and one of my main goals in collecting was finding them all again. Lost Luggage was the last one.

[PressureCooker2600]

i love oddball games.....i need 'final approach'.....i always wanted to be an air traffic controller

[bfutrel]

Finally got an A/V cable for the Dreamast I picked up last week from eBay for $4. The unit actually works! I can't wait to connect it to a TV. Right now it's connected to a TV card and the picture is not as sharp as it could be.

[Ghost Soldier]

Picked up a few last night.

 

Powerstone DC CIB 5.00

Atomic Purple Controller N64 .99

Smokey Grey Controller N64 .99

Playstation Picks PS1 .29

CD Sampler Pack PS1 .29

Namco Demo CD PS1 Sealed .29

Syphon Filter Demo Disc PS1 Sealed .29

[Wickeycolumbus]

yesterday, i got :

 

Gennisis:

 

Taz: escape from mars

F-15 Strike Eagle

Sonic Spinball

X-men

Sonic the Hedghog

Desert Strike

Pga tour 2

virtua racing

 

Gameboy:

 

Monster Rancher Battle Card GB

 

Once i went to a church rummage sale and they gave me a box of Misc. 2600 controlers for free!

 

At a thrift shop, i got a 2600 and like 15 games and like 40 manuals for $15

[Wester]

Picked up a nice working GameGear with carrying case AC adapter and Sonic 2 for $1.50

Mario Bros. 2 mug for $8

Socrates Educational Video System for $1.50

 

Here's the kicker, when I walked into my local SA today the first thing I saw was a kid dialing his cell phone standing over a boxed Guitar Hero controller!

 

I couldn't believe that it was at a Salvation Army already, I followed him around the store inconspicuously until he paid for it hoping that he would change his mind and put it down. He paid $19.50 for it.

[Night Driver]

In a way, I spent 69 cents at SalVal and got an NES and 32 games!

 

I found Doc's Cleaning Kit!

 

No more glitches. No freezing. Amazing picture. I can play entire games w/o things going all weird. It really is like a brand new system! $.69

 

Also- "Scoring BIG at PAC-MAN (How to Munch the Monsters)" 1982 by Craig Kubey $.29

[EricDeLee]

I got a Portable Color TV for $15 at the local Thrift Store. Plus, I got to talk to the manager, all game items will be placed on hold for me to check out first! That is really cool of them! And they say they get video game stuff in all of the time. Nothing at this moment.

 

The Portable TV I got is a Casio TV-770B

It is a Crystal Vision. Not the best in the world... that I know... but pretty cool.

 

It looks a lot like this:

 

 

 

If anything, it is a great thing to watch some of the Detroit Tigers ballgames while I'm at work.

 

[Wester]

First garage sales of the year for me yielded:

 

Star Wars Rogue Squadron for N64

Jak II PS2

Unlimited Saga PS2

Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance PS2

 

Total $14

[classicgamer24]

yesturday from a guy friend bought

contra nes

kid niki nes

punchout nes

tmnt nes

 

4 dollars for all

[Bruce Tomlin]

I haven't done much thrifting lately, but I did find about half a dozen issues of Sega Visions this past week. I probably paid a quarter each for them.

[kevincal]

My neighbor was having a garage sale today and I got Grand Theft Auto Greatest Hits complete like new and Playstation Underground V2.4 complete like new for $5. Heading to eBay now to see if I got a good deal or not...lol.

[shadow460]

Left behind a Frogger board game today. It was priced at a buck, and if it hadn't been missing two of the frogs, I'd have snatched it right up.

 

I hit perhaps three or four garage sales today just on the way home from the bank. They were practically dry of anything good, let alone video game items.

Edited April 28, 2007 by shadow460

[CGQuarterly]

 

Phantasy Star II GEN loose $3.33

Shining in the Darkness GEN loose $3.33

Mendel Palace NES loose $3.33 (bought this one just because I had never heard of it)

Sol Feace SCD $2.00

Naki Eliminator SNES cleaning kit NIB $2.00 each (If anyone want to buy or trade for one of them, let me know)

 

Chris

[Dusk2600]

Today

garage sale

10 gal aquarium with a ton of reptile stuff 7.00

 

 

Goodwill:

hyperscan controler new 2.99

xmen booster pack .99- 50%=.50

nintendo wii glove 1.99 (blue)

boxed labrynth game (missing the 2 marbles) 1.99

 

boxed barbie goodwill dumpster, free gave it to a co worker who has a daughter

[Atariman]

Repaired 3 gamecubes for my local game shop and walked away with this as payment:

 

Wico Command Control Trackball controller for my Texas Instruments computer (boxed with AC adaptor)

Texas Instruments computer joysticks

 

500XJ Epyx Atari 2600 controller

 

NIB NBA Jam T.E. for Game Gear

NIB X-Men for Game Gear

NIB The Incredible Hulk for Game Gear

 

Warcraft II BNE

Diablo (with guide)

Unreal Tournament GOTY Edition

Medieval: Total War

 

And a few audio CDs (nothing too fantastic)

 

Some random cable that I think is either a C64 I/O cable or perhaps the TI computer's I/O cable. Not really sure (could use either one)

 

I think I came out alright, especially considering that fixing cubes isn't too hard.

Edited April 29, 2007 by atariman

[Scumdogg]

Hit a couple flea markets today...nothing earth shattering, but i walked away with a few games:

 

Genesis, $3 each and complete

 

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Mick & Mack as Global Gladiators (woo, McDonalds game!!)

Columns III

 

Atari 2600, $2, loose

 

H.E.R.O.

 

 

The best part about that H.E.R.O. cart was that it was in some dirtmall flea market i've never been to, and the guy basically just had a bunch of porn, along with 2 crates of overpriced video games. Overpriced as in $30 for used Dreamcast sports titles (i asked, this is actually what he was charging). My wife spotted a box of Atari games, with this and a bunch of commons. I held it up and said "How much for this" and the guy says "Oh, that's $2". Sweeet.

[+FujiSkunk]

Good day yesterday.

 

First I found an Intellivision, and except for a video jack that needs a bit of resoldering, it's in great shape. It fired up a game on the first try. How often does that happen? $5.

 

Next, wonder of wonders, I actually found Atari 2600 games at a thrift! Several, in fact, some of them even boxed. The down side was, the store was asking $4 a pop for the loose carts and $5 a pop for the boxed games. But, as luck would have it, they were also having a store-wide 50%-off sale. So, I picked up Deadly Duck, Beany Bopper, Jr. Pac-Man, a boxed Home Run and a sealed Video Olympics, all for $11. I couldn't complain.

 

I can't say for sure that the shrink-wrap around Video Olympics is the original, but I'm willing to bet it is. The box itself looks like it's still glued shut, and there's a Target price tag on the shrink wrap. Unfortunately the shrink wrap has done a bit of damage to the box itself, so there is some warping and a small tear where the cartridge has broken through the back of the box. Anyway, if anybody wants it, it's up for trade.

 

The roommate also had a good day. He found a Linksys network switch, a DVD rewritable drive, and an electric edge trimmer, all for $4 total. Working on the thrift store lady's computer is not without its perks.

Edited April 30, 2007 by skunkworx

[classicgamer24]

had a very good day today went to goodwill and found these

snes game genie cib w/codes 3.99

ninja gaiden nes 1.99

excitebike nes 1.99

rc proam nes 1.99

comix zone sega gene 1.99

star trek nes 1.99

and 50 % of white tag so grand total was 9.97 cant' complain at all

[classicgamer24]

more great buys today went to a thift store and found mega man 8 cib, gta london, and spiderman for ps 1 at 5 bucks each but wait it gets better i told the girl that the game was scathced and if she can maybe lower the price THEN SHE TELLS ME SHE'LL SELL ME EACH GAME FOR 1 DOLLAR!!!!!!! U KNOW BIG DADDY'S GOTTA TAKE ADVANTAGE SO I BOUGHT ALL THREE.

 

later in the afternoon i decided to go to another goodwill and i found the following

metroid nes 1.99 <------------ hellz yea

iron sword nes 1.99

another excitebike 1.99

kung fu 1.99

wrestlemania 1.99

life force 1.99

in summary my whole day only costed me 20 bucks!!!!!!! wowowowo

[starwardude]

Not really a thrift find, closer to junk picking. 3 boxed r. shack CB radios, 2 Hickok vacuum tube testers. I'd say it was a good day.

[Ghost Soldier]

Picked up:

 

Halo 2 Official Strategy Guide New 2.99

Resident Evil 2 N64 5.00

[Ghost Soldier]

Had a couple great finds last night.

 

Dragon Warrior II NES 4.00 (I have this CIB now thank's to finding loose game)

Dragon Warrior III NES 4.00

Joe and Mac NES 4.00

Laser Invasion NES 4.00

3 Plastic NES Case's Free

Edited May 3, 2007 by Ghost Soldier

[***astro_boy***]

fortnight ago i got 4 intellivision consoles and 34 boxed games, 2 nes consoles and 3 loose carts and 2 boxed sms carts for $30au couldn't beleive my eyes. all from one op shop