The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[Tempest]

While lost in PA this last week I came upon a Goodwill:

 

Night Trap (Sega CD) Complete in box - $4

Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn) Complete in box with gun - $4

 

Not bad for $8.

 

Tempest

[wccw mark]

found today at several goodwills:

video sports by venture electronics pong system(pong system,original box)$5

midnight magic for atari 2600(cart only)75 cents

blue game gear system w/ x-man game inside:$4

shadowgate for nes(game and box)$2

star force for nes(cart only)$2

mind teazzer for 3do(low grade porn/puzzle game. disc,case,inserts)$4

vay for sega cd(disc only,was in a grim reaper cd case)$2

nes rf switch:$1

defending the galaxy the complete handbook of videogaming(cool book)$1

super mario 64(cart only)$2

disc drive for c64(no power cord,or hook up)$4

iron maiden raising hell vhs tape:$1.50

[classicgamer24]

found today at goodwill

toe jam and earl sega genesis cib 3.99

valis 3 sega genesis cib 3.99

jurassic park sega genesis cib 4.99

robocop vs terminator game and box only 3.99

total 17.16!!

 

went back and bought gunstar hero sega genesis box and manual for 99 cents

 

[Fighter17]

Got this in the mail yesterday:

 

iS: Internal Section JP PSX complete with Spine Card.

 

$27.50 shipped.

[gulag picture radio]

Today my street is having yard sales all over. LOTS of great deals on stuff, but I wasn't expecting to get any gaming stuff:

 

2x PS2 thick foam dance pads for DDR - $10

 

NES lot -

 

console (intermittent - don't care, I'm playing these on the NEX), controllers, zapper gun, radio shack PSU

 

Bubble Bobble

Tetris 2x (one with docs)

Joust 2x

Millipede

Mappyland

Bomberman + docs

Donkey Kong Classics

Golf

Skate or Die (my C64 friends are going to kill me...)

Gyruss

Dr. Mario

Rainbow Island

Super Mario 3

Dungeon Magic

Burgertime

Pro Wrestling

720

Lolo

Wall Street Kid

 

the whole pile was $5! Now that's what I'm talking about...

 

GB Metroid II - $1

GBC Donkey Kong Country - $1

N64 Mischief Makers - $3

PS2 Clubworld music making program - $2

GC Paper Mario - $8

 

and just for fun...

 

4 foot tall mini jukebox plays CD's - $15

old tin toy stoves - $5

1960's video test signal generator - $15

nonfunctioning laptop - free in the alley.

[Prodos8]

NES lot -

 

console (intermittent - don't care, I'm playing these on the NEX), controllers, zapper gun, radio shack PSU

 

Bubble Bobble

Tetris 2x (one with docs)

Joust 2x

Millipede

Mappyland

Bomberman + docs

Donkey Kong Classics

Golf

Skate or Die (my C64 friends are going to kill me...)

Gyruss

Dr. Mario

Rainbow Island

Super Mario 3

Dungeon Magic

Burgertime

Pro Wrestling

720

Lolo

Wall Street Kid

 

the whole pile was $5! Now that's what I'm talking about...

 

"Whatcha ya talkin bout Willis!"

 

Nice find!

[Dusk2600]

11 dvd's 1.00 each, all mint

 

nes no plugs 2 controlers, smb 2 Free

 

10 vhs tapes 7.00

 

scramble table top game by tomy electronics 1.00

 

gex 3 n64 2.00

lego alpha team 1.00

n64 hybrid heaven 2.00

[+FujiSkunk]

While the cartridges and manuals were nowhere to be seen, I found a couple of Atari 2600 boxes this weekend, pretty much on opposite extremes of the rarity spectrum: Combat and Fast Food.

[wccw mark]

got yesterday at a few goodwills:

power monger for genesis(complete)$2

army man sarge's heros for n64(cart)$2

the hunt for red october for nes(cart)$2

mc kids for nes(cart)$2

black c64 cartridge that only says hesware on it(no label,i havent tested it yet to see what game is is)$2

story machine for c64:$2

street fighter ex3 for ps2(complete,nasty looking disc,gotta get that buffed out)$5

Edited August 12, 2007 by wccw mark

[OldSchoolGamer88]

Well I finially went out to the yard sales and flea markets today...and i got a few things.

 

PSX

 

-PSX with power cord...3rd party RFU, and 1 3rd party controller, and PSX AV Cords

-Performance 2X memory card

-Playstation jampack (Disc Only)

-X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (Missing Manual)

-Gran Turismo (Complete)

-Cool Boarders 3 Greatest Hits (Complete)

-Ultimate Fighting championship (Complete)

-TJ. Lavin's Ultimate BMX (Complete)

-Final Fantasy VII Non GH (Missing Manual)

-Final Fantasy VII Disc 2 Non GH

 

SNES

 

-SNES console wiith 2 controllers 1 3rd party, power cord, and AV cables

-Super Star Wars The empire Strikes Back (Complete)

(The rest of the games are cart only)

-NHL 95

-NHL 94

-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters

-NHL Stanley Cup

-Super Mario All Stars

-Super Mario world

-Cybernator

-Super Street Fighter II

-Killer Instinct

-Mega Man X

 

NES

 

-NES Console with 2 controllers Power Cord, Nintendo Brand RFU, Orange Light Gun

(All games are cart Only unless otherwise noted)

-Urban Champion

-1942

-1942

-Toobin' (With Manual)

-Battletoads

-Techmo bowl (with Manual)

-Tiger-Heli (With Manual)

-Pro Wrestling

-Dr. Mario

-Bill & Teds Excellent Video Game Adventure (With Manual)

- Wayne's World (With Manual)

-Heavy Shreddin (IWth Manual)

-Tiny Toon Adventures 2 (Wtih Manual)

-Quattro Adventure (With Manual)

-Ice Hockey

-Mission Impossible

-The Adventures of Gilligan's Island

-The Adventures of Bayou Billy

-The Blue Marlin

-Krusty's fun house

-M.C. Kids (Mc. Donalds game)

-Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/Track Meet

-Kings of the Beach

-Paperboy

-Official License Major League baseball

-Flying Warriors

-Sesame Street Big Birds Hide and Speak

-Kirby's Adventure

-Rampage

-Rush 'N Attack

-Platoon

-Batman

-Ice Hockey

-Gradius

-F-117A Stealth Fighter

-Burgertime

-Rambo

-Jack Nicklaus Greatest 18 holes of Major Championship golf

-Infiltrator

-Heavy Barrel

-The Hunt for Red October

-Snakes Revenge

-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

-Operation Wolf

-Astyanax

-Adventure Island II

-RBI Baseball 2

-Pinball

-Contra

-Commando

-Metroid

-Blades of Steel

-Shooting Range

-Lazer Invasion

-Ninja Gaiden

-Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach

-Renegade

-Golf

-Silent Service

-Hogan's Alley

-Tiger-Heli

-Skate or Die

-Top Gun The Second Mission

-Top Gun

-Super Mario Bros. 3

-Super Mario Bros. 2

-Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt

 

Genesis

 

-Lotus Turbo Challenge (cart only)

-Clue (complete)

 

 

-Ghaleon punching puppet from Lunar Silver Star Story (NEW AND SEALED)

 

That is about it. I think I had a pretty good day.

[init12]

Not as great as some, but at the flea market today I got:

 

Virtua Racing for Genesis for $4

 

Taz

Spitfire Attack

Both for $3

 

All cart only. I was happy

[Xorou]

Yesterday I found R.O.B. CIB, NES Advantage CIB, and Gyromite for NES CIB. All for $10.

[gulag picture radio]

Well I finially went out to the yard sales and flea markets today...and i got a few things.

 

......

 

That is about it. I think I had a pretty good day.

 

What did all that great schwag set you back?

[OldSchoolGamer88]

about $100

[MCHufnagel]

Well, after weeks of renovating my house, I finally got out to do some searching. I was in need of a few components to set up a stereo for the garage and this is what I found.

 

At a local flea market I picked up for $2 each:

NES games

Bionic Commando (in NES sleeve w/ booklet

Legend of Zelda (in NES sleeve w/ booklet

1943

Super C

Super Mario Bros 2

Alpha Mission

Ultima

Bubble Bobble

Rad Racer (in plastic box w/ booklet)

 

SNES games

Donkey Kong Country 2

Primal Rage

Clayfighters

 

Halo 2 - $10 - cib

 

A pair of sweet sounding Aiwa speakers for $10

 

At a church rummage sale I found a Pioneer 6 disc CD player for $5.

 

Now I'm back in the swing of things!

[orangest]

i got to my neighborhood sunday swap meet yesterday about an hour before it closed, so i wasn't expecting too much. about 3 minutes after i walked in, i found a vendor with a box packed with an intellivision console, a colecovision console, a video game center, and the following:

 

 

 

-space armada-boxed

-tron deadly discs-boxed

-night stalker-sears CIB

-carnival-CIB

-sewer sam-boxed

-motocross-CIB

-NFL football-CIB

-math fun-CIB

-burgertime-boxed w/ 1 overlay

-frogger-CIB

-utopia-missing 1 overlay

-sharp shot-CIB

-armor battle-missing 1 overlay

-space spartans-CIB

-astrosmash-missing 1 overlay

-skiing-missing 1 overlay, comes with errata slip

-stampede-CIB

-snafu-CIB

-star strike-CIB

-beauty and the beast-boxed

-space battle-CIB

-bowling-CIB

-microsurgeon-missing instructions

-truckin'-missing 1 overlay

-demon attack-missing overlays

-dragonfire-missing overlays

-triple action-CIB

-triple action -shrinkwrapped with a slit on the top

-world championship baseball-CIB

-sub hunt-CIB, white label intellivision, inc. version

-masters of the universe-missing 1 overlay

-soccer-missing 1 overlay, international version w/german instructions & slots on the back of the box

-pitfall-missing instructions

-b-17 bomber-CIB

-tron maze-a-tron-missing 1 overlay

-ice trek-cart & manual

-tron solar sailer-cart, manual & overlays

-word fun-cart, manual and overlays

-frog bog-cart only

-2 basketball overlays and 1 auto racing overlay

 

 

 

-fortune builder-instructions, strategy guide (in both english and french) and 2 overlays

-dance fantasy-instructions

-fraction fever-instructions

-facemaker-instructions and 1 overlay

-jukebox-instructions

-dr. seuss fix up the mix up puzzler-instructions

-telly turtle-instructions and reference guide

-cabbage patch kids picture show-program guide and parents instruction guide

-moonsweeper-instructions

-2(!) smurf paint 'n' play workshop carts- 2 manuals (english/french), a "schtroumpf l'atelier de peinture et de jeu" cart label that could be stuck over the english label, and a total of 8 overlays

-brain strainers-cart only

-donkey kong-instructions

-spinnaker, fisher price and coleco catalogs

-1 overlay with dice and arrows on it; which game is this for?

 

 

 

total price...$15.

[MFH1017]

Ok this is my first time I posted on this forum joined a couple of days a go. I walked in the local Vintage Stock some old man brought in a box of sealed Nes games. All super mario bros 1,2,3 all sealed all sold for 200.00 each this old man owned a video store rental store there were many more sealed. Most sealed where 20.00 to 200.00, but that guy had many games justed opened at the top. many are sold now but this is what i got Pro wrestling opened at the top 4.99 plus tax The Adventures of Lolo opened at top, The Lengend of Zelda opened at the top 19.99 plus tax none of these game were even played. pretty good find I think

[RickHarrisMaine]

At the local Goodwill,

 

Roadblasters, NES $1.99

 

California Games, NES $1.99

 

Spaceballs DVD $2.99

 

The Princess Bride DVD $2.99

 

And brand new in box, a Concept 4 Racing wheel for the Dreamcast, still with its Ames price tag of $114.99

 

that was $14.99.

[Technosis]

Here's my latest SNES finds. If anyone needs a Super Punchout, Art of Fighting, Eye of the Beholder, or Contra III, just shoot me a PM......

 

[SINGLE TOOTH]

I've been having pretty good luck lately. When I've been looking for something specific, I will spot it at the thrift store. I was on the lookout for N64 controllers, and found 2 at goodwill for $2 each. Then yesterday I was hankering a Super Gameboy. Walked into the store, and seen one on the shelf and swooped it up. It had no tag, but I asked for a price and they slapped 99 cents on it. Pretty cool I thought. They also had Genny games for 4-6 bucks apop. Not pristine enough to warrant a purchase.

 

Now I probably jinxed myself and will never see goodies again.

 

[Dusk2600]

nice score on the snes games technosis, especially mr do i want that 1, EVO is really cool 2, and orangest, great haul on the intv stuff and coleco stuff!

 

now for my finds...

 

 

Jag 1 controler 5 games 40.00

cannon fodder loose

busby boxed

power drive ralley boxed

val d isre sking and snowboarding boxed

AVP boxed

 

bought tempest 2000 for 3.99

 

gameboy: balloon kid 1.99 EB

 

genesis buy 2 get 1 free

castlvania bloodlines 1.99

strider 1.99

junction free

 

all 1.00 each

O2: slot machine

 

Coleco:

omega race

ladybug

super cobra

centipede

defender

 

Atari

flash gordon

[Ghost Soldier]

Had a great weekend for finds. I sold my 1941 Ford, so I had some money to blow on my passion.

 

X-Box 360 *premium* system NIB 349.99

Lost Planet NIB 360 39.99

Rayman Raving Rabbids NIB 360 19.99

PGR NIB 360 15.00

Prey NIB 360 19.95

Lara Croft Tomb Raider Legend CIB 360 25.00

Guitar Hero II NIB 360 89.95 <~Love this game

 

Big Brain Academy NIB Wii 49.99

Cooking Mama NIB Wii 49.95

Wario Smooth Moves NIB Wii 49.95

Nyko Charge Station NIB Wii 24.95

 

Ed, Edd, n Eddy NIB PS2 19.99

Mortal Kombat Armageddon NIB PS2 19.95

Sprint Cars NIB PS2 14.95

Taito Legends 2 NIB PS2 14.95

 

X-box Wireless Controller and Memory Card 14.95

Destroy All Humans 2 X-box CIB 15.00

Resident Evil 3 Nemesis CIB PS1 8.00

Boxing CIB PS1 1.00

Spec Ops Covert Assault CIB PS1 1.00

Gran Turismo 2 CIB PS1 1.00

Turok Rage Wars N64 5.00

NBA Jam loose Sega Cd .50

NHL 94 loose Sega Cd .50

Plok SNES 5.00

Phalanx SNES 5.00

Ultima False Prophet SNES 5.00

Zoom CIB Gen 3.00

Phantasy Star III Gen 2.50

Thunder Fox Gen 2.50

Robo Warrior NES 3.00

Chubby Cherub NES 3.00

Scratches CIB PC 6.00

Edited August 14, 2007 by Ghost Soldier

[Trooper]

The latest stuff added to my "collection":

 

 

/T

[Trooper]

Oh, almost forgot these:

 

 

/T

Edited August 14, 2007 by Trooper

[Ghost Soldier]

Love the SMS games Trooper.