The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[dashv]

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.IMG_20140419_102440208.jpg

Nice score. I'm trying to find Gorf for ColecoVision.

[icemanxp300]

Sweet Scored this awesome lot for $200

 

The cdi system works but has some cosmetic issues and the tray sticks. I made him let me test it before I would buy. The controller has the yellow wired pulled out and all the wires are showing.

 

The atari systems need work. He destroyed a 5200 power supply and soldered some back aswards conenctor on it and has what appears to be a hair dryer power for the other atari. he cut both ends off the ataris rf end so he could attach the bare wires to the tv's??? Wtf man you had the conversion box??? Anyhow the systems and controllers are beat up.

 

The games are sweet! I'm keeping all the cdi stuff unless I decide to sell the system and by a cosmetically better looking one. The atari stuff will get dealt with some time, they both need new rf connections. I'll have to sort the games and seewhat I need for my own collection.

 

 

 

 

[douglie007]

Sweet Scored this awesome lot for $200

 

The cdi system works but has some cosmetic issues and the tray sticks. I made him let me test it before I would buy. The controller has the yellow wired pulled out and all the wires are showing.

 

The atari systems need work. He destroyed a 5200 power supply and soldered some back aswards conenctor on it and has what appears to be a hair dryer power for the other atari. he cut both ends off the ataris rf end so he could attach the bare wires to the tv's??? Wtf man you had the conversion box??? Anyhow the systems and controllers are beat up.

 

The games are sweet! I'm keeping all the cdi stuff unless I decide to sell the system and by a cosmetically better looking one. The atari stuff will get dealt with some time, they both need new rf connections. I'll have to sort the games and seewhat I need for my own collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would do some trading for some of the CD-i games let me know

[douglie007]

Nice score. I'm trying to find Gorf for ColecoVision.

 

 

I have an extra Gorf if you need one

[Darth Link]

Rather dry this time, but did pick these up:

 

 

 

PS1:

 

Wing Commander III - CIB

 

GB/GBC:

 

Super Mario Land 2

 

GBA:

 

Pokemon Pinball

 

Game Gear:

 

Beavis and Butt-Head

Mortal Kombat

Sonic the Hedgehog

Taz-Mania In Escape From Mars

 

Sega Genesis Game Genie Programming Guide

Sega Genesis Game Genie Code Update booklets, volumes 1: #2, volume 3: #'s 1-4

[mtilly]

Video Game Pickups #11

Got a great N64 find...

 

Here's a list of everything:

4 Nintendo 64 controllers (2 loose sticks, 2 tight sticks)

1 charcoal grey N64 with all cables

1 N64 expansion pack

1 Funtastic Grape N64 with controller and power supply

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (CIB)

Goldeneye 007

Super Mario 64

WWF Attitude

ECW Hardcore Revolution

 

Edited April 25, 2014 by mtilly

[Darth Link]

Oh yeah!

[profholt82]

Here is part 2 of my April pick-ups. It is Sega and PS2 heavy. There's definitely a few beauties. Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/UhihfYcxV64

[Kida0723]

Having trouble posting pic..... won't upload properly.....I'll post what I got later...

Edited April 26, 2014 by Kida0723

[Darth Link]

Box of..?

[Kida0723]

So I went to work this morning and a buddy of mine came up to me and said "hey. I know your into this stuff. You can have this if ya want it." Then he hands me this box....... what was inside is depicted below

 

(Finally got pic uploaded!)

Edited April 26, 2014 by Kida0723

[dashv]

I have an extra Gorf if you need one

Pm sent. :-)

[Darth Link]

I guess some people really like McDonald's, got these from dudes really craving fake burgers:

[Asaki]

(Finally got pic uploaded!)

Zombies Ate My Neighbors I really miss that game, I think someone may have stolen it from us =/

[Mr SQL]

Fantastic yardsale finds today!

 

Tiny B&W TV with coax and AV inputs - I've been wanting to play the B&W VCS games on a real B&W TV since the discussion thread a while back - this find was awesome and it was $2!

 

Two medium size CRT TV's, one with a built in DVD player; these were FREE! I tried to pay for them but the owners would not take any money and were really friendly nice people - one was an old school gamer and programmer I had a blast chatting with!

 

I hardly every play my PS2 but I picked up a Dance Dance Revolution bundle - dancing is too much fun to pass up; 3 games and 3 dance pads for $10!

 

There was also a Hyperscan in the box with games but that system is too modern for me and I didn't want to take all of the good finds, I left the awsome retro handhelds there for the same reason though I wanted those

 

It was a massive 20 house yardsale and I had fun just walking around the development; the hilights were meeting and talking to the other old school programmer and some old school gamers who had old retro systems (but would not sell them - doubly awesome that they are being played!) and lots of really nice folk

 

My previous best yardsale find was a Vader with joysticks and paddles for $15 a couple of summers ago. I love the yardsales in my neighborhood!

[profholt82]

So I went to work this morning and a buddy of mine came up to me and said "hey. I know your into this stuff. You can have this if ya want it." Then he hands me this box....... what was inside is depicted below

(Finally got pic uploaded!)

Free is the best price of all. Seriously though, all those first party SNES titles have skyrocketed in price, so you've got a small fortune there. I agree that Zombies is the funnest title of the lot, but NFL Blitz and Tony Hawk 2 for PS1 are fun as hell too.

 

Personally, I would cast Yoshi's Island back into the depths of Hell from whence it came.

[Seob]

Today it was kingsday in the Netherlands. That means that the whole country turns into a gaint fleamarket. Went to 1 and got 7 games for the ps1 for just 9 euro.

[+FujiSkunk]

 

$25 at the local Goodwill. No power supply and no A/V cable, but still far too good of a deal to pass up. The console and Game Boy Player both work perfectly. As for the game disc, I already have Super Smash Bros. Melee, so if anybody's looking for a bare disc of that game, I'm putting this one up for grabs.

[mtilly]

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$25 at the local Goodwill. No power supply and no A/V cable, but still far too good of a deal to pass up. The console and Game Boy Player both work perfectly. As for the game disc, I already have Super Smash Bros. Melee, so if anybody's looking for a bare disc of that game, I'm putting this one up for grabs.

Yeah the game already paid for everything else plus some profit

[mtilly]

Video Game Pickups #12

 

a bit of NES and PS1 stuff. Paid $20

 

 

 

[Master Phruby]

Picked up a classic Xbox with no power cord, av or controllers. It did have a DVD remote though. I'll have yo dig around for a power and av cable. Maybe it will have xbmc on it.

[Kida0723]

My brother picked this up for $6 at a local thrift shop.

[mtilly]

My brother picked this up for $6 at a local thrift shop.

NICE FIND!

[+FujiSkunk]

Yeah the game already paid for everything else plus some profit

 

Holy cow, you're not kidding. I just now looked that up. Even bare discs are going for a healthy amount.

 

The funny thing is I didn't buy this set for the game; I bought it for the Game Boy Player. I didn't find the game until after I got everything home and looked inside.

[icemanxp300]

Picked up a classic Xbox with no power cord, av or controllers. It did have a DVD remote though. I'll have yo dig around for a power and av cable. Maybe it will have xbmc on it.

 

just grab a ps1 power and round of the edges. the av will be a problem.