The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[+FujiSkunk]

[Grig]

 

Nice looking collection. It looks like you got a Wico stick for 5200 in there too.

 

If the large power brick has a female DIN plug on the end, it's a external supply for Atari ST floppy disk drive. Odd item in a otherwise all game lot.

Yes it is a female end. Thanks for the help identifying that.

[Good_Times]

What's with all the GIFs?

 

What's with 'caring' enough to even point out the gifs? Life's far too short - loosen up, you'll live a longer/better life.

 

Remember the internet golden rule: Don't like something? Don't look at it. It's so easy!

[Good_Times]

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What's with all the GIFs/MEMEs?! My panties are wedged in my crack and I'm TRIGGERED!!

 

Back to reality: I'm currently cleaning up some goodies I scored today....nothing great, but I did find a Fisher Price Little People plane that I had as a kid!!

[Grig]

 

What's with all the GIFs/MEMEs?! My panties are wedged in my crack and I'm TRIGGERED!!

 

Back to reality: I'm currently cleaning up some goodies I scored today....nothing great, but I did find a Fisher Price Little People plane that I had as a kid!!

Love the LP line, I had some as a kid as well (the awesome 70s LP toys). My kids all played with LP sets (more modern sets of course) but the reaction was always the same: good times (no pun intended)

[Good_Times]

Love the LP line, I had some as a kid as well (the awesome 70s LP toys). My kids all played with LP sets (more modern sets of course) but the reaction was always the same: good times (no pun intended)

 

Check it out, man....bit yellowed (naturally) and I need to scrape away some old clear tape, but other than that she's decent enough for being banged around since '79! Also found an original TMNT Party Wagon in good shape!

 

 

Got the pair for less than the price of a pack of smokes.

 

Also got these two controllers & this random handheld...

(N64, yuck)

 

[Atari PAC-MAN Fan]

Hey Guys! Its been a while.

 

Yesterday, I was in an antique shop and found the KISS Debut Album from 1974. Not only that, but it's a rare pressing that doesn't include one of the songs. I read that the album only sold like this for about 4 months. It's worth about a hundred dollars on eBay right now. Klassic KISS is good stuff!

[Good_Times]

okay here are a few pics from my $100 Oakland CL purchase:

 

Atari 5200 games: 31 total (a few duplicates). The unidentified game is Ballblazer

 

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Atari 2600 games: 84 total (a few duplicates) - and of course the obligatory Parker Brothers mystery cart

 

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Accessories: two out of the three 5200 controllers are bent (the metal piece inside the hand grip). I do not know what the large power supply is CO-70091-011.

 

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Consoles: The battery compartment is stuck on the C-380

 

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UPDATE: all three 2600 consoles tested and work, nothing seems broken - just a bit dusty.

 

What a haul! Not scored a lot like this since the 90s - excellent find! Bet you were on cloud 9.

 

Oooooooo....Data Age, Sesame Street, etc.etc.....(clears throat)....

[Grig]

I forgot these also came with that Oakland CL lot:

 

 

I also got these at goodwill for $1 each: all have the instruction manual (except Seablade) and all discs are in great shape

 

I snagged these up at a thrift store in Modesto for about $35, they are from the 1950s and 1960s, all look complete (with decals unused) and only one or two pieces glued together

 

So I originally stopped at the yard sale for these N64 games. I got all 23 for $55:

 

I started asking if he had older retro stuff and he began pulling out tubs and boxes. I purchased every tub and box he pulled out. So the N64 games (which are mainly for me and the kids) cost me $55 and everything else ended up being $135. This is what I ended up with for $135:

 

C64 games - Airborne Ranger and Gold Medal Games is complete. Top Gunner is still sealed. The C64 handheld is missing the battery cover:

 

Intellivision lot: One game is unknown. One of the gold discs are missing.

 

TI-99/4A lot: I hope the controllers work ... but they are in good physical condition. The B&W book is a Scott Adams Official Adventure Hint Book. It contains solutions for Hulk, Spider-Man and Buckaroo Banzai.

 

More pics to come (obviously i would not pay $135 just for that)!

[Tanooki]

Not bad. I scored stuff today which isn't ever a given anymore. For my kid a spotless DSLite pink complete even had the bag with the manuals in it, and it was within a nerf gold plastic white foam trim/body shock case for $30. Also got her a rainbow watercolor looking new beanie baby bear for a school thing.

 

What was cool though for $5 I got all but #11 and #16 of an original run series of The Punisher Magazine comic from 1989-90 which recaps all the original material -- and in a nice set of slips in a binder too. Also for $1 a 1950s MB home game of Sticker all complete in the box, it's like this tall box with 3 wheels in it and 4 sticks and you spin the wheels and try and get between 1-4 sticks, 4 apparently is super hard to figure out(genius so they say.) Also got this oddly really nice Jakks tv game that's for Pinball and 2 of the 3 games (to me) on it are really fantastic, neat thing even has a little pull out plunger to fire the ball off. Also got handed to me a 1987 pvc roger rabbit I had to clean up and a qix gameboy game.

[Asaki]

I do not know what the large power supply is CO-70091-011.

Looks similar to my +5v adapter for the 600XL, but the model number is different.

 

Remember the internet golden rule: Don't like something? Don't look at it. It's so easy!

AFAIK, that would require a very complicated plugin script.

[Grig]

to continue my $135 yard sale score:

 

The Uforce is missing the inner packing. The Advantage has the styrofoam and the instruction manual

 

 

The Intellivision box is beat and chewed but the unit looks nice. I am missing the Jaguar power supply but from what I've researched it is an easy fix with a 9v or 10v Genesis model 1 power supply.

 

 

The OMNI even includes the 8 track cassette game

 

 

This is the version with the detachable controllers. The unit looks brand new.

 

 

Unfortunately no power supply or DK for the colecovision but it is in very good condition. The games are in bad shape but hopefully it all works.

 

 

The Action Max box is almost completely destroyed but the inner styrofoam is there and the unit looks clean.

 

 

I will post one more update pic for the box of Atari "old arcade junk" as the guy called it.

[Good_Times]

I forgot these also came with that Oakland CL lot:

 

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I also got these at goodwill for $1 each: all have the instruction manual (except Seablade) and all discs are in great shape

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I snagged these up at a thrift store in Modesto for about $35, they are from the 1950s and 1960s, all look complete (with decals unused) and only one or two pieces glued together

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So I originally stopped at the yard sale for these N64 games. I got all 23 for $55:

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I started asking if he had older retro stuff and he began pulling out tubs and boxes. I purchased every tub and box he pulled out. So the N64 games (which are mainly for me and the kids) cost me $55 and everything else ended up being $135. This is what I ended up with for $135:

 

C64 games - Airborne Ranger and Gold Medal Games is complete. Top Gunner is still sealed. The C64 handheld is missing the battery cover:

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Intellivision lot: One game is unknown. One of the gold discs are missing.

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TI-99/4A lot: I hope the controllers work ... but they are in good physical condition. The B&W book is a Scott Adams Official Adventure Hint Book. It contains solutions for Hulk, Spider-Man and Buckaroo Banzai.

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More pics to come (obviously i would not pay $135 just for that)!

 

Nice! I actually have some of those 'TI-99' carts in storage. For years I didn't even know what they were, lol. They are like SNES carts with a more pronounced ridge and they feel like they're built to withstand a jackhammer.

 

Now see, your pic illustrates exactly what I mean about the N64: Out of those 20something games, I'd be interested in playing maybe two. Maybe. The NES & SNES have such amazing libraries, wtf happened, N64 ??

[Tanooki]

N64 has a solid library but it's small, like 1/2 or less the size of the NES and SNES systems so you have far fewer chances of finding something worthwhile. It breaks down even worse when you figure (maybe I'm dramatic) half the games on the system were sports, racing, and wrestling games. That leaves like a pool of maybe 150 titles to find something that fits your tastes which is fairly slim.

[RodLightning]

N64 has a solid library but it's small, like 1/2 or less the size of the NES and SNES systems so you have far fewer chances of finding something worthwhile. It breaks down even worse when you figure (maybe I'm dramatic) half the games on the system were sports, racing, and wrestling games. That leaves like a pool of maybe 150 titles to find something that fits your tastes which is fairly slim.

 

N64 is probably subject to generational taste. I prefer 2600-7800 era myself. I have a younger cousin who grew up in the 90s and thinks N64 is the indisputable king of consoles.

[Good_Times]

Can you guess the game I found recently based on:

 

 

I'd offer another hint, but I've already given away too much.

[Tanooki]

 

N64 is probably subject to generational taste. I prefer 2600-7800 era myself. I have a younger cousin who grew up in the 90s and thinks N64 is the indisputable king of consoles.

No doubt. N64 for me was out when I was in college and the Cube arrived just after. I probably enjoyed around 50 games on the N64, but of those I would venture around 30 I'd still consider worth bothering putting any time on anymore which still at 10% of a system library is not a bad thing. For me my period really is the NES-SNES (I was 8 and 14 when they came out in '85 and '91) but outside that Gameboy 89-07~ (GB to GBA) still is the active thing I care about now. In all fairness though I prefer the GC more than the N64. N64 caused me to go multiplatform and get a Turbo Duo, and play more handheld than console games too.

[+GoldLeader]

Can you guess the game I found recently based on:

 

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I'd offer another hint, but I've already given away too much.

 

I'll take a stab and say Leisure Suit Larry.

 

This should be a pretty good guess considering I don't even know those games, and therefore assume they are for PCs or something.

 

I guess one of the things that really grinds my gears is when you see a game but have no idea what system it's for. I don't really use my computer to play games, but why is it so hard sometimes to just label what machine you need to play it?

[Atari PAC-MAN Fan]

 

I'll take a stab and say Leisure Suit Larry.

 

This should be a pretty good guess considering I don't even know those games, and therefore assume they are for PCs or something.

 

I guess one of the things that really grinds my gears is when you see a game but have no idea what system it's for. I don't really use my computer to play games, but why is it so hard sometimes to just label what machine you need to play it?

 

Who doesn't like Leisure Suit Larry?

 

It's OK if you don't. Everyone has their own opinions.

[RodLightning]

to continue my $135 yard sale score...

...I will post one more update pic for the box of Atari "old arcade junk" as the guy called it.

Wow...jaw dropping haul. It's more like you picked up an entire diverse collection, truly outstanding. Also pretty cool to get a Jag system in there.

 

[RodLightning]

What's with 'caring' enough to even point out the gifs? Life's far too short - loosen up, you'll live a longer/better life.

 

Remember the internet golden rule: Don't like something? Don't look at it. It's so easy!

AFAIK, that would require a very complicated plugin script.

There's also an easy feature built into AtariAge for handling unwanted content or unsolicited life advice (and internet smart-asses) called the ignore filter.

[Grig]

last of the yard sale pics:

 

tons of controllers - paddles, atari joysticks, a keypad set with holder, a few pointmasters and a nice wico boss.

 

a boxed wico trak-ball (the boll seems to roll very smoothly) and a wico 5200 controller w/masterplay interface

 

atari 7800 with controllers and power supply.

 

a few boxed 5200 games and a 2600 converter

 

another light sixer with power supply

 

and a few more common 2600 games

 

well that's it.

[+FujiSkunk]

A 5200 Masterplay and a VCS adapter? Dude...

[HoshiChiri]

Man Grig, that's a hell of a haul!

 

If you do any work on that C-380, do me a favor an take pics? I've got one that works, but jitters. I don't wanna open it up without having some sort of idea of what's in there (since I'm still very new to the idea of fiddling with a system's innards.)

[Good_Times]

There's also an easy feature built into AtariAge for handling unwanted content or unsolicited life advice (and internet smart-asses) called the ignore filter.

EXACTLY, so USE it and keep the whiny/bullshit comments to yourselves!

 

Without that little magic button, AA would be nearly intolerable these days.

On that note - buh byeeee!