Dusk2600 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 super mario world and nes system complete Free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I picked up a Toshiba 14" TV with Composite/Component/Svideo inputs for $20 and a 27" Sony with Svideo/Composite inputs for $35. Both work flawlessly and I can retire some old TVs with just coax inputs. Lots of really nice TVs coming to the Goodwill I frequent in Austin. It is too bad I am no longer living there. I saw a 32" Sony with the same styling at my local Houston Goodwill marked at $150. I left it since it is not much of a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albedos_shadow Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Alright... here's a good one: From the local flea market: 1 Vader system 2 joysticks 128 games (plenty of dupes, naturally) And they all came in this awesome Nintendo chest (website and pics aren't mine) The price??? $15 Hard to beat $.11 cents per game :D :D I should have outbid you, damnit! That'll teach me never to go to the flea market with you again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHarrisMaine Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 picked up Aerowings 2, complete for the DC, for $2.99 and a minty Guncon 2 controller, with all the cords, works flawless, and it was $1.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewisk Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Here's my find on March 7th: Myriad 6 in 1, crappy label, I found it at a flea market, paid $0.66 cents for it =) Here's My blog but the text is in spanish but lots of photos of my collection http://coleccionjuegos4u.blogspot.com/ Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfutrel Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Army Men CD for Windows, Mega Man X for DOS for a total of about $6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher T Leach Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Just picked up 2 ea made four player adapters for the sega genesis and a sega brand cd bak up cart for the sega genesis to save sega cd game info for only 2 bucks nice find they also had a size small nes power glove i could have got for 2 bucks loose but i passed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Got all the following at the flea market today for $35: Sears Super Video Arcade Astrosmash (INTV) Lock 'n Chase (INTV, boxed) Night Stalker (INTV, boxed with one overlay) Demon Attack (INTV) Pitfall (INTV) Hangman (2600, picture label) Ghostbusters (2600) Burgertime (INTV) Pretty nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Well, I probably spent too much today, but I did hit a couple of decent finds. Hit about a half dozen yard and church sales and found nothing. Thought I might get lucky with a really nice portable Sony Trinitron TV that had av inputs, but it's dead. At least it was free! Got home and found a couple of Craigslist postings that looked promising. First was an Atari Jr with 38 games. Had about 10 games I needed including a very clean copy of Xonix's Spikes Peak/ Artillerary Duel with the manuals as well as Swordquest Fireworld. and a sealed Berzerk. Also had a menagerie of controllers that may or may not work, and a bunch of those interlocking storage cubes. Total for all $50. Next up was a ad that promised a HUGE box of games and systems. Ended up with: Sega Genesis Model 2 with 4 controllers no games Game Gear with 7 games (all new to me) Gamecube with one controller and 3 games including Smash Brothers which I've been on the lookout for N64 with expansion pack all hookups no games Original Gameboy and 11 games (10 new to me) 2 PS1 analog controllers and 2 mem cards 2 NES games TMNT and Rad Racer Total for all $100, eh I've done better, I've done worse. Of course everything from both lots is gross and dusty and dirty. I'll never get that, I sell stuff too and I always make sure it's as clean as I can get it. Also today I found a loose Genesis 3 (my first) for $3 and Wave Race 64 for $2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I've been away from Atariage for a while but I'll share some of the goodies I've found in the last month. Highlights are the TG-16 lot for $60 as well as Atari 8-bit "Up for Grabs" (R5) and "Baseball" by Inhome software (R7), $2 each, as well as a CV "Spectron" (R6) for $2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Good job, SR Gilbert with the Final Fantasy Legend 1! Send the kids to Grandma's, take vacation, and tell your friends to not bug you for the next month or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Is this the biggest thread on AA yet? This is crazy! I know I've got some finds in here somewhere. Like 200+ pages back or something. Damned if I can find them. This thread is so long now that the "print thread" mode and search in browser doesn't even work anymore. I must say, I never understood some forums that have a post count limit on threads, but I do now. Yeah, 200 posts/replies per thread, then it autolocks and you have to start another one. Hmmm, we'de be up to "The Official 'Thrift finds' Thread - Part 33" now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Most of my NES collection (and the console itself) has come from one particular thrift store about a mile from my home. Went in the other day and found these NES games priced at $4 each: Athena Baseball Bases Loaded II Bionic Commando Blaster Master Golf Golgo 13 Gotcha Gumshoe Gun.Smoke Hogan's Alley Kings of the Beach Milon's Secret Castle Rush 'n' Attack They have yellow tags on them (temporarily ). Last week was "yellow", and I asked when the weeks changed. "Monday," I was told. I left. The second week an item is out, it's still full price, then the price begins to auto drop at week 3. These came out on White week, then Yellow was next, followed by Red. Today was Red, and I purchased all these for $1.99 each. I checked ebay for prices and I think I paid about the right amount for them...sans shipping! I haven't thrifted much in the last two months since I don't have a job, but I needed work clothes the other day so I went. While there, I looked for games, too. Also, for what it's worth, I grabbed up some plastic Game Gear cart cases from Vintage Stock for 25 cents each. They help keep my games in good shape, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I don't have a job, but I needed work clothes Sorry, but I gotta ask about this contradiction in terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball22 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I'll guess either "clothes to go interview for a job in" or "clothes I'm going to work on my car/paint/etc in". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I don't have a job, but I needed work clothes Sorry, but I gotta ask about this contradiction in terms. They were for a temp assignment with Sam's Club. I should have said "I don't have a permanent job right now." I noticed it later but said to heck with it. Then again, I might go pick up work clothes anytime, 'cause I'll need 'em when I get re employed. Back to the subject at hand, all but one of the games worked. Athena didn't work no matter what I tried, cleaning contacts, cleaning the console, reflowing the cartridge board, etc. It just would not go. I'm going to take it to Game X Change and see if they have a reliable NES to test it with. Mine isn't in the best shape anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICH666 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 What state do you live in? I'm guessing either Pennsylvania or Ohio but i could be wrong. Anyway I'm pretty good at refurbishing the "toaster" NES. If I'm in your area, I'll fix it for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I'm in Oklahoma. All I need is the big cart connector and I'm cool, and there's other mods I wanna do. I need to get pics made of this lot--it was pretty big actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICH666 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I'm in Oklahoma. All I need is the big cart connector and I'm cool, and there's other mods I wanna do. I need to get pics made of this lot--it was pretty big actually. Meh you don't need a new connector. Just clean the pins vigorously or bend the pins back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I'm in Oklahoma. All I need is the big cart connector and I'm cool, and there's other mods I wanna do. I need to get pics made of this lot--it was pretty big actually. Meh you don't need a new connector. Just clean the pins vigorously or bend the pins back. I agree. Unless the pins are bent all you need to do is clean them with some really high grit sandpaper and then some alcohol on a folded piece of paper. You don't even have to remove the connector, just lift the top cover off of the unit. Replacement 72 pin connectors are not as good as the originals, and may actually damage your games because the pins are too tight and will start scratching the crap out of the edge connectors of the carts. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 (edited) Been a little dry around here lately, but it was nice to swing to my fave skanky thrift and pick up a bunch of 5200 for a quarter a throw: star raiders pac-man super breakout space invaders centipede football Sadly, I still don't have a 5200. I know that they suck, but it would still kinda cool to play on one. In 20 years of thrifting, I think that I've seen one - it was busted and tagged for $40. Yeesh. also found a Donkey Kong for the TI in one of those oddball flared cases - what did they only have stickers in the small size, and built the case around it? I also got a dreamcase memory card thrown in for nothin'... so nothing to complain about. Edited April 9, 2009 by gulag picture radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ussexplorer Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Picked up the following at good will. Sega genesis games Bonkers Loose cart Columns loose cart chuck of rock II son of chuck loose cart syd of valis with box and manual bubbles and squeak with box and manual barney's hide and seek with box and manual bearenstain bears camping adventure with box and no manual crystals pony (sega club) with box and manual Not sure if I posted this the other day. But I picked up a intellivions cart He-Man master of the univers with inserts for 2.00. NO manual. They had some other but by the time I decided to go back and pick them up. they was gone. The good thing is I had most of the games already with manuals. then I picked up some 5 atari carts loose for a 1.00 a peice and to my surpise. I didn't have any of them. As for the sega genesis they were priced at 3.99 and 2.99 for loose carts. But goodwill had the 1/2 off sign up and well they mached. so about 15.00 for all of those. Laters, Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 ^nice prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Unexpected freebie from a friend of mine who was cleaning out his parents' house... Sears 6 switch woody - my first! Demon Attack Yars Revenge Surround Frogger Target Fun Pac-Man Asteroids Berzerk Planet Patrol Defender COmmando Raid C64 computer + floppy drive Some 8 tracks incl Neil Diamond... I've never listened to an ND album before... might be fitting to be on 8 track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600FunTimes Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Been on a "I work too much" hiatus.. ..no fun.. ..at all. Here's what I found a day ago after a dry spell. ...not very impressive at all, but at least two of 'em are pretty good classics I had yet to even add to my collection.. 2600: HAUNTED HOUSE ADVENTURE (Telegames version) STARMASTER RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX ..2 months before that I found: GAME GEAR - console, Sonic 2, Streets of Rage GAMEBOY - Super Mario Land 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fall of the foot clan, Mortal Kombat, Bart Vs. The Juggernauts (Simpsons) N64 - Space Invaders, Turok 2, Cruisin' World I found some other random games too for the NES and Genesis.. I'd have to double check what they were, like I said, I've been overworking Graveyard shifts.. sadly haven't been on as many runs around town to look as I'd like :*( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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