The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[Chaos Protocol]

Found ahuge lot of TI/99 stuff today at GW all for us$40

 

1 ti/99 4a system

2 comlete sets of hookups

2 controller pairs

 

games:

 

Ms. Pac-Man

Moon Patrol

Donkey Kong

Number Magic (x2)

Early Logo Fun

Jawbreaker II

Picture Parts

Star Trek

Chisholm Trail

Football

Parsec

Alligator Mix

Buck Rogers

Beginning Grammar (x2)

Reading FUn

Home FInancial Decisions

CAr Wars

A-Maze-Ing

Personal Record Keeping

Munch Man (x3)

Blasto (x2)

Tombstone City

Number Readyness

 

A stack of manuals and a compute book on the TI/99 4a

 

plus James Bond: 007 for Atari 8-bit and Defender for Commodore

 

I talked them into all the carts for a buck a piece since half were 99cents and half were 2.49

[DeV0]

Grrrr,, well ive had to resort to ebay for some 7800 titles seeing as they are next to impossible to get here in the land of oz, They cost $7.50 each but i love my 7800''s so probably worth it. The commons i got are:

 

Crossbow, dying to use my XE gun on something

Pole position 2,,,

Mean 18,

Tower toppler,, Ok, this cost $9 but it is boxed.

 

What do you guys think? Im in a PAL country and its been so hard getting 7800 stuff. Is this too expensive? Or quite ok, i just need to justify it

[BoOchan!]

I found some weird shit today:

 

Regular Pong that was like new A$10

Texas Instruments TI-1025 Calculator, hell rare and old A$5

[krisjohn]

Sega SC-3000, two controllers, five titles (three boxed), three games, basic and music composition cart. I had to find a spare one of my Sega Megadrive power supplies though. Everything I've tested so far works. A$12.

[birdie3]

NES:

 

Archon, RC Pro Am, Castlevania, Gouls N Ghosts

 

SNES:

 

Zelda

 

 

All for $20 CDN

[Atari Rescue Group]

I visited the flea market today and found:

$5 -- working TurboGrafx 16 with 4 games

$3 -- working Lynx I (scuffed paint but the screen is good)

$5 -- APF M1000 console (no power supply or RF switchbox)

Are there substitutes for the power unit and RF adapter for this?

 

And for $2, one of these. I think this was a computer sales line.....

[BoOchan!]

Sega SC-3000, two controllers, five titles (three boxed), three games, basic and music composition cart.  I had to find a spare one of my Sega Megadrive power supplies though.  Everything I've tested so far works.  A$12.

 

What a coincidence, I found one of these the other week .Where'd you get this one. However I only got a boxed BASIC cart with it. However, the one I found was boxed and seemed never used

[krisjohn]

Where'd you get this one.

There's a woman frequently at the Karinyup (sp?) swap-meet that has heaps of toys plus the occasional video game thing. I've bought stuff from her before, but I can't think what. Possibly my first SMS, but some other cart stuff more recently.

 

Any funky projects for the system..?

[BoOchan!]

Where'd you get this one.

There's a woman frequently at the Karinyup (sp?) swap-meet that has heaps of toys plus the occasional video game thing. I've bought stuff from her before, but I can't think what. Possibly my first SMS, but some other cart stuff more recently.

 

Any funky projects for the system..?

 

I've seen her before, I tend to stick to Warwick BTW. Not many projects at this time, but If i find any SC-3000 stuff in the wild, I go estatic. What version of Basic came with it, II, IIIA or IIIB? Was it the Rubber keys keyboard? This computer does remind me of the ZX Spectrum, but the SC-3000 IMO is way better. What joysticks, I have 2 Boxed of them, SJ-200 and SJ-300 I have.

[Zeus]

This weekend I found two Atari joysticks as well as Kaboom! and Air Raid(ers)! A good find considering the state of thrifts these days.

[Happy_Dude]

Some nice finds today

 

N64 Game Tower (been looking for one of these for a while)

GameBoy Camera (yellow, My first GB cart )

Dreamcast Mouse MIB

And a Playstation driving controller (you know the one that twists in the middle?)

 

All in all a great day

[DeV0]

For some reason i bought a Digital Venturis 575 today, Nice clean machine really. Think i'll use it for unix. it was only $5

 

My 7800 carts turned up today, Incredible since i only sent the money on wednesday. My verdict is they are worth every sent i paid. Been on Crossbow with my XE gun for ages

[krisjohn]

What version of Basic came with it, II, IIIA or IIIB?

 

IIIA.

 

And this weekend I picked up:

 

 

...including the game for A$18.

[MegaManFan]

Had a good day on the hunt today:

http://www.SteveJuon.com/retro/pics/good_day.jpg

 

The Microsurgeon is missing overlays, but the Robotron 2084 does come with the dual controller holder, and the entire thing CIB only cost me $2 (same for Frogger 5200 and Q*Bert 5200). I'm stoked since I didn't have a dual controller before now, so my 5200 collection got MORE complete.

[DeV0]

What version of Basic came with it, II, IIIA or IIIB?

 

IIIA.

 

And this weekend I picked up:

 

 

...including the game for A$18.

 

 

Fricken awesome find there, I Luuuurv Virtual on and wish o bought one of these when they where new.

[jbone]

I picked up an Intellivision and an Intellivision II plus Boxing, Night Stalker, Demon Attack, NFL football, Blockade Runner and Beauty & the Beast for $17. I've got to go back for the colecovision I left.

 

Does anyone have an RF cable for either unit and a power supply for the Intellivision II?

[DeV0]

well, no new games for me, I did pick up a light phaser though which works fine on my pal sms2's(in the bottom of the box was a 1st model swatch watch), Pity i cant say the same for my modded to 60hz sms 1. I better put a switch in a spose. Also got a brand new Imac keyboard for use on my pc, Its great for space limitations and small girly like hands

 

krisjohn, i want you dual stick saturn controller!!

[krisjohn]

I picked up a bag of mostly common Atari 2600 carts for A$2. In there was this pair of carts. Unfortunately no slick in the box or manual in the bag. They're not in AA's guide --anyone seen this variant before?

[BoOchan!]

I picked up a bag of mostly common Atari 2600 carts for A$2.  In there was this pair of carts.  Unfortunately no slick in the box or manual in the bag.  They're not in AA's guide --anyone seen this variant before?

 

Yup, I've got these. This is in a "Go for Gold Pak". Same, as I only have 1/2 a slick here but in that oversized case.

[Happy_Dude]

I picked those up last year MIB for $1

I even have 1 gold Summer games in my trade pile.

[Brad2600]

While not exactly a thrift find, I did find 2 NES units inside of a junk car while my brother and I were scavenging at the junkyard. I dunno if they work but who knows? I'm probably gonna strip the connectors and buy brand new ones and then sell the units as reconditioned.

[Happy_Dude]

made some nice scores today:

 

Colecovision with driving controler and 7 boxed games for AU$15

H.E.R.O

Mouse Trap

Cosmic Avenger

Venture

Space panic

Carnival

Zaxxon

and Turbo - lose

 

Also (gameboy stuff)

Chu chu rocket - my first GBA game

Tetris - YAY

SolarStriker

Kirbys 2

[DeV0]

Made some unremarkable but still enjoyable finds today,

 

Operation Wolf, SMS $1.50

Need 4 Speed, psone, $3

[BoOchan!]

Yay, More Auction Stuff for my cool new Notebook

 

Canon BubbleJet 10sx- A$19.80

 

Perfect little (Literally) printer for my small notebook!

[icbrkr]

Posted this on Digitpress, but I'm so excited about it, I'm posting it here . Went to the local game store, found this setup for $52:

 

 

An Astrocade, 30 games, $52!

 

There's some interesting carts that came with it:

 

 

The guide doesn't mention any sort of non-Bally version of Cosmic Raiders. Is this a new one?

 

 

Also in the guide, it states for Astro Battle that the "title change [from Space Invaders] may have occured before the acquisition". It looks like it might be true. This cart has a copyright of Bally on it, instead of Astrocade.

 

 

All in all, these are the games that came with it:

 

Bally Basic (x2)

Panzer Attack w/Red Baron

Tornado Baseball, Tennis, Hockey and Handball

Letter Match, Spell n Score, Crosswords

280 Zzzap and Dodgem

Galactic Invasion

Football

Elementary Math and Bingo Math

Space Fortress (x2)

Amazing Maze/Tic Tac Toe

Artillary Duel

Sea Wolf and Bombardier

Blackjack, Poker and Acey-Deucey

Dog Patch

Bally Pin

Clowns and Brickyard

Solar Conqueror

Star Battle

The Incredible Wizard (x2)

Astro Battle (x2)

Grand Prix

Pirates Chase

Cosmic Raiders (x2)

Soccer/Dribbling

 

Brian