The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[Asaki]

What's the Nintendo DS Slot 2 cart? Japanese Rumble Pak?

[orangest]

What's the Nintendo DS Slot 2 cart? Japanese Rumble Pak?

It is an expansion pack for the Daigasso! Band Brothers game. There was also a Pokemon White game in the cart slot that I didn't find until later.

[Fushek]

The biggest haul that I've gotten in a while on a Craiglist deal with BOXES of Amiga stuff. Around 50 boxed games (including a few sealed such as Leisure Suit Larry and Rings of Medusa) with winners such as Ultima V, Might and Magic II and many more. Also included 3 Amiga 2000's (says that the batteries are dead on the motherboards and need replaced), at least 4 keyboards, a 1080 monitor, hundreds of backup disks, magazines, books and many many accessories/upgrades. I'm going to busy for many nights just going through all of this.

 

$300 + a 1 hour drive!

 

[Grig]

I hope you can get those Amiga's up and running. Nice haul!

[krslam]

Don't delay checking on those batteries in the Amigas - they're probably leaking. And nice haul!

[atarimattrugby]

got a heavy 6er plus original paddles two joy sticks and power adapter (not grey) for 50 bucks today at a thrift was that a good buy ???

[Falconhood]

I've been spending my day perfecting my HAVE lists for the hunt tomorrow!

[+wongojack]

got a heavy 6er plus original paddles two joy sticks and power adapter (not grey) for 50 bucks today at a thrift was that a good buy ???

 

If it works then I'd say you paid about what it is worth. How are the paddles and sticks?

[Kida0723]

Picked this up a couple days ago at a goodwill. Still has the original $99.99 target price tag on it.

[+FujiSkunk]

Hey, check out my new portable Atari 5200!

 

[+wongojack]

Picked this up a couple days ago at a goodwill. Still has the original $99.99 target price tag on it.

Cool! Not really a bad selection of games either.

[Kida0723]

Cool! Not really a bad selection of games either.

Only paid $30 for it. It works great!

[mtilly]

Just picked up a TON of games!

 

Harvest Moon 3D

Crimson Skies

Breakdown

The Chronicals of Narnia

Darkwatch

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars Obi-Wan

Halo: Platinum Hits

Halo 2

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Gungriffon Blaze

Front Mission 4

Call of Duty Legacy (2 game pack)

Spyhunter

Red Faction II

ToCA Race Driver 3

Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Cabela's Alaskan Adventures

Mork Davis Pro Bass Challenge

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Star Wars Bounty Hunter

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battlenexus

Shinobi

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

Armored Core 2

Onimusha: Down of Dreams

Battle Engine Aquila

Fight Night Round 3

Madden 08

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars The Force Unleashed

Warriors Orichi

Samurai Warriors

Samurai Warriors 2

Red Dead Revolver

Drakenguard

Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando

The Mark of Kri

Dynasty Warriors 4

I forgot to take a picture and I don't want to pull them back off my shelf (put them with my whole collection) but I did get a video of them all.

[Darth Link]

Awe and some!

[dashv]

Scored a free ColecoVision complete in box. Totally non-working.

 

Got it fully working after 5 days.

 

Used deox to clean all the contacts and the switch. ReAdjusted the potentiometer to restore the video out. The power brick was dead so I replaced it with a PC power supply.

 

No mods to the console itself were required. Cleaned up the console and controllers with a toothbrush. Looks and plays almost like new. (The controllers switches are very sticky). Works great with genesis controllers.

Edited April 20, 2014 by dashv

[Falconhood]

Free???

[Master Phruby]

Picked up a Flashback 4 complete in box. It even included brand new batteries. $20.

[dashv]

Free???

Yep, free.

 

I was shocked.

 

I offered the shop owner money both before and after I got it working.

 

He refused to accept anything for it.

 

He was impressed I got it running. I guess he has a local guy that repairs dead consoles that declared it unfixable.

 

The board was corroded pretty bad. I'm sure it looked like a lost cause. I cleaned the entire board with deox and a toothbrush.

 

I regularly spend between $20 a $100 a month in his store. So we have a pretty good relationship now.

[Falconhood]

deox

deox? what is that?

I guess he was afraid, with all the corrosion, that it will just blow-up in a week, and THEN you would be mad at him.

[dashv]

deox? what is that?

I guess he was afraid, with all the corrosion, that it will just blow-up in a week, and THEN you would be mad at him.

This is deox. Some call it deoxit but that's just a particular brand.

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=deoxit&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=31463436057&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8090869484349083458&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=t&ref=pd_sl_9b0esdpjsu_e

 

Deoxidizer. Cleans up corrosion.

 

To be used carefully! I know some folks that clean boards with a wire brush but that's to harsh in my opinion. A well worn toothbrush is great at getting grit, grime, and corrosion out of nooks and crannys without scratching it to hell in the process.

 

Yeah. It's definitely fragile. The corrosion was pretty bad. oddly enough the caps seem to be fine. I say oddly because it looks like this thing hadn't been stored in a very good place. So I'm surprised the caps didn't leak and go dead.

 

I didn't expect to get it working but the damage looked worse than it was.

Edited April 20, 2014 by dashv

[SnapCraft]

Land of the Rising Sun...

 

Scored two Japanese PS2 fats at same swap meet within 2 weeks of each other from different sellers. $20 and $30. Turns out one was a Zen Black edition.

[doomwaves]

WWF Wrestlemania Challenge - NES (free from a buddy)

 

And A Buy 2 get 1 free deal at Vintage Stock:

 

Warhammer 40k: Fire Warrior - PS2 (CIB)

Sword of Vermilion - Genesis (loose)

Darkstone - PS1 (no manual)

 

Paid $18 for all three.. Not a fantastic deal, but 3 titles I really wanted, so Im happy with the purchase.

[RickHarrisMaine]

I picked up some mint condition PS2 games today at Goodwill. All of these games are complete

 

Clock Tower 3

Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 3

Zone of the Enders

 

also picked up Time Splitters 2 for the Gamecube, also mint, and Super Space Invaders for the Game Gear.

 

paid $30 for the lot.

[AtariLeaf]

This is deox. Some call it deoxit but that's just a particular brand.

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=deoxit&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=31463436057&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8090869484349083458&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=t&ref=pd_sl_9b0esdpjsu_e

 

Deoxidizer. Cleans up corrosion.

 

To be used carefully! I know some folks that clean boards with a wire brush but that's to harsh in my opinion. A well worn toothbrush is great at getting grit, grime, and corrosion out of nooks and crannys without scratching it to hell in the process.

 

Yeah. It's definitely fragile. The corrosion was pretty bad. oddly enough the caps seem to be fine. I say oddly because it looks like this thing hadn't been stored in a very good place. So I'm surprised the caps didn't leak and go dead.

 

I didn't expect to get it working but the damage looked worse than it was.

 

I need to get a can of this. I have an XEGS with a couple of unresponsive pause and select buttons and I want to try this before replacing anything.

[orangest]

Picked these up from an indie game store near my work-$13 total. Cloudburst, Gorf and Inhome Baseball for Atari, Tapper and Zaxxon for Commodore 64.