/vr/ - Retro Games

Just got about 20 SNES games all complete in box from a yardsale in fantastic condition. They were $1 each.

Nothing too fancy, best games were DKC 1-3 but still what a find.

my friend's uncle gave him a bunch of stuff he had in the garage and I was looking throguh it and found the aladdin deck enhancer and two games and my friend didn't know what it was and i bought it for like $10

#winning

I'm dying for summer to roll around so I can hit up some yard sales

Found a Hudson Joycard for $12 at a flea market. I NEVER see Famicom stuff anywhere that isn't online, so I was quite excited. It's bigger and more comfortable than the stock Player 1 controller, plus TURBO.

Got a Sega Saturn complete with box, original packaging, everything, including near mint condition Croc and Sonic Jam for 15 pounds that I still owe to the previous owner. Her being my girlfriends best friend, it's forgotten about since I had bought us a few take away chinese meals since then for all of us. Just looking around to find cheap saturn games, not easy, even more so since I'm especially interested in the Panzer Dragoon series.

>>344785
No joke man. I have mapped out My Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays already. What are you planning to hit? Just yard sales?

>>344836
There's 3 flea markets within 30 minutes of my house. I hit up at least one every other week year round . But summer is by far the best time because you have yard sales + outdoor vendors at said flea markets.

>>344785
I got my first game system from a yard sale. It was an NES, and it came with Mario/Duck Hunt, a Dragon Warrior game and [ugh]Circus Caper[/ugh]. Plus a working Zapper.

I'm really looking forward to this summer.

>>344663
I've never seen a DKC title for less then €30 in my country, so I'd say that's a good deal. And they're good games too. I jelly.

i found an SNES mini, shenmue and a toploader controller today.
flea market season starts soon, brothers!
what treasures are YOU hoping to find?

I've never owned an SNES. I'd be really interested in finding one this summer. How good of a chance would I have of finding Super Metroid? Or is it like one of those Earthbound-type games that are extremely rare for some reason?

>>345064
nah, SM is pretty common, at least when i've seen it. should be about 20 or so, if the people know what its worth.

>>345039
is it somewhat rare in the UK?
its usually like 20-25 in US.

>>345064
Uncommon..but do-able

>>345058
Hoping for gameboy games for my pocket collection and a couple of gba sps

>>345096
UK uses pounds £, I'm in Belgium, most snes stuff is ridiculously overpriced (I've seen DKC, Mario and Zelda titles for €60-70...).
I'm not really a collector, but my friend is a big Nintendo fan, so I'm always looking out for their stuff.
But I grew up with SNES, sadly most of the stuff belongs to my little brother, so I bought a few little things for myself, for instance a working console with all cables, 2 original controllers, one with the original box, and 2 games (some football game and turtles in time) for €50, I thought it was a decent deal.
And Snes Zelda for €20 off a friend.

I bought my SNES with controller and cables for $25 last Saturday at a flea market. The retro game stores around me charge $50-$60 for one. I was a Genesisfag when I was younger.

>>345440
Bought my first*

>>344785

Too bad every single yard sale I go to has absolutely nothing vidya related other than current gen bullshit and even that is mostly just sports games.

>>344785
I wish I had some money to blow at yard sales/fleamarkets/etc.

>>345471
Sports games are like a plague. You will see them EVERYWHERE.

>>345573
Consider yourself lucky if you find a retro sports game.

>>344836

That's the only way to do it. You have to have a plan.

Have you guys ever watched Pat the NES Punk's "Flea Market Madness" videos? He has some pretty decent finds.

Deal hunter is crazy hard where I am in the UK. Living in the city means barely any car boot sales (flea markets) near by, and the UK just sucks in general for older games.

However, the other day on a facebook buy and sell page I got:
>Nintendo 64 console
>4 games (F Zero X, Pokemon Stadium, GoldenEye & Mario Kart 64)
>Official controller
>4 Mega drive games (Micro Machines V3, Paperboy 2, Sonic 2 & Mortal Kombat)
>2 Official Megadrive controllers
all in great condition for £50 ($75).

also it's not technically retro, but from a furniture and electrical charity shop I got:

>1 Gamecube console
>2 official controllers
>2 memory cards
>7 games (Zelda:TP, F Zero GX, Mario Kart DD, Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing, Sonic Heroes & Super Monkey Ball)
all in great condition, for £30 ($45).

but yeah finding old games at good prices is mission fucking impossible in bloody old England

>>345573

VGA GRADE 95++ ULTRA RARE $4,999.99 OBO

Obligatory.

http://youtu.be/7zljZ4WIJvs

I can't be the only guy who wants to punch this man in the face, can I?

>>345969
If you know how to punch people through the internet, he's right here:
>>345630

>>346013
One day I'll find the technology to anon.

Also, I'm headed for a Flea Market about 4 miles off from where I live on Monday. Supposedly, they sell some Commodore 64 stuff. I'm thinking I should have about $50 on me, what do you guys think?

Salvation army didnt have shit at their electronics section

a yard sale of mine was closing and they said they had some games inside but not selling but I saw their kids DS so its probably just DS games.

A pawnshop had an old guy selling an oddly shapped cartridge that looks kinda like this
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It was he man or something. said from the 83 so I turned it down, prob not good

>>345954
I'm really starting to hate this VGA Grade bullshit.

>>346073
It gets worse anon, they're selling this for double the price of Stadium events.

>>346161
>+$31.25 shipping

>>346073
What the fuck does it even mean?

>>346161
>50k
>for Kid Icarus

Unless it's signed by evey memeber of the devlopment team, was the very first copy made, is coated in gold and gives you super powers, how?!

>>344495
>FleaMarkets
Are swap meets okay too? Aren't they the same thing?

>>346209
Nah, swap meets typically mean you trade "this" or "that".

>>345954
>>346073
>>346161
So what is exactly is this VGA thing? I see it mentioned every time someone talks about ebay. I've also noticed everyone there tries to fucking rip you off by having the idea that everything before the Gamecube/Xbox/PS2 are FUCKING INVALUABLE TREASURES WORTH 30+ EACH FOR A USED CART

>>346203
Nothing. It's a bullshit system that allows these fuckers to jack up prices.

>>345630
Indeed. I cannot wait for the warm weather to find what Boston has to give.

>>346239

Pretty much this. I don't even know how they can claim "uncirculated". I mean, if you own it, it means it was produced for sale, and then sold to a distributor or other kind of store, who then sold it to a customer. Or even directly from the company to the customer. In any case, it's circulated. I mean, the only uncirculated things that exist are extremely rare one-of-a-kind finds like Simon Wai's Sonic 2 beta. That is uncirculated. A copy of Kid Icarus still new in the plastic is very cool, but it is not uncirculated and it is not worth $50k.

>>346205

It's a steal compared to the highest grade copy for the DS game Zelda: Spirit Tracks. They charge $15k for that game and it's only a few years old!

>>346013
Lol, ironic.

>>346297
Why would anyone charge 15k for a new game, is there something special about it?

>>346282
His dad must have worked for Nintendo, that's why it's uncirculated.

You know someone on the internet will believe that and pay 50k.

>>346297
What? You're joking, right? Please tell me you're joking.

>>346307
>is there something special about it?
IT'S VGA FAGGOT SOME GREASY GUY IN A BASEMENT LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT WAS 100. ONE HUNDRED NIGGA, THAT'S LIKE PRISTINE NEVER LOOKED AT BY HUMANS. 15K IS NOTHING

>>346328
Oh, so just because some sperm sucking faggot said it was a 100 in VIDEO GAME AUTHORITY score, it now costs 15k?

What a bunch of bullshit, it's the exact same gay piece of shit anyways, it's not even a prototype or testing version and it probably has the same exact game.

>>346326

Who's joking?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Legend-Zelda-Spirit-Tracks-VGA-U100-Nintendo-DS-NEW-SEALED-NES-SNES-N64-GC-/130862265730?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e77ffb582

This one was uncirculated because it was Miyamoto's personal copy that he rubbed his balls all over, but it somehow fell out of his pocket and onto the street, where a guy from Ottawa, Canada happened upon it by chance and took it back to his great land, having it 100% authenticated by the VGA fact-checker himself.

>>346458
Well, that's it. I give up.

Prepare to puke
http://www.sealedgameheaven.com/index.php?/topic/5151-vals-super-nintendo-super-famicom-collection/

>>346501
Games are menat to be played, not sealed away and sold for insane prices! And who the fuck decides these valuse anyway? Based on what?

These people are everything wrong with the retro gaming scene.

>>346501
>That Ranma 1/2 box art
Wat

>>346525
A nerd in his basement. Based on the fact that other gullible nerds will buy into it.

>Go to local goodwills daily
>Never anything gaming at all

>>346525
When they die, I hope their children, if they were lucky enough to spawn such, rip the games out of the cases and pop those fuckers in to play them

Probably my most valuable find ever was a Vectrex with a few boxed games for 25$ at a thrift store. It didn't come with the Vectrex controller though.

My most memorable find though, was getting Shantae at a local video game store for 5$. But then it just disappeared from my room and I have no idea where it is now.

>>344495
This is the only way I collect. It's a way for me to keep a severe limiter on my ability to complete my collections, which ensures that I will be able to pursue the hobby for decades to come. I also feel a sense of personal triumph whenever I stumble across a game myself, rather than buying it from a used game specialty store or eBay.

I don't really see the point of doing it any other way. It's like a lifelong treasure hunt. You can also set your own goals rather than just looking for the rarest games ever.

That being said, I haven't had the money to go collecting for a little while now. The last great thing I found was a ziploc bag with every piece of paper from the Dragon Warrior box (manual, guide, map) inside it, for 25 cents. I've had a copy of Dragon Warrior in the box for probably 12 years now, and that purchase gave me a CIB copy. Felt good. Even though it isn't really worth anything, it's the pride of my collection.

>>346556
This is the mentality I have with collecting too (collecting things in general, not just vidya.) I find the journey finding them and the story about finding them more valuable than actually owning the item.

>>346501

>No Megaman X3 sealed

Of course. The only sealed copies ever sold was on release day.

You know, if you want all sealed shit, that's absolutely fine. It really is. But you don't need some phony VG Grader to tell you that it's never been opened. This VG Grader guy is very smart to cash in on fools like this. He does jack shit and he earns a ton of money. Oh wait, he puts his holographic sticker on and puts it in a case. Wow.

Put up an ad on Kijiji asking people to let me know if there are any video games/console they don't want and how much they want for them.

Someone asked me if I'm interested in buying a GBA and GBC along with 5 shitty games and 4 decent games (Rayman 3, Pokemon Gold, SMW Advance, SMB Deluxe) for $100.

Not sure if I should do it. Feels like they're asking for too much, and I don't care for handheld games. Though, the Gold does intrigue me if the battery isn't fucked.

>>346573
Don't resent him; learn from his naked opportunism and make a nice career out of applying your personal opinion to other people's things for a fee.

>>346584
No. Tell them $40 or nothing.

>>344495

Does getting a free copy of Steel Battalion from a friend count as deal hunting or am I just lucky as shit

>>346501

This dude must be insanely rich

I found an atari 2600 yesterday at a pawn shop. It came with one joystick and baseball for 25 usd. I didn't know if that was an ok price and I was a little wary because the guy there jacks up snes prices to over ebay prices(24 dollars for dkc2). I checked around and it's either the vader 4 switch or the sears model, I can't remember exactly.

Should I get it? I don't really have an interest in atari but it would be cool to have.

>>346597
Thanks anon.

To be honest, I could give half a shit about another GBA since I have 2 SP's already.

>>346595

You're right. I'm never giving away free opinions on 4chan ever again. For real.

However I can only see his grading system blowing up in his face one day when he accidentally grades something as new/unopened when it was really previously opened and just shrinkwrapped again, or something like that. I'm just waiting.

>>346617
What do I owe you for them words, mister?

>>346614
No, don't do it. You could get way more atari shit for that

Also, wtf is going on with her ass crack?

>>346601
I would count that. I got a bunch of stuff when I worked at GameStop back in 2004, including free consoles (a Dreamcast with controllers and a TurboGrafx16 with a game in it but no cables) from people who came to trade them and then just dumped them when told we couldn't take older systems, a stack of 8 NES games from a coworker for $5, and some cherry PS1 titles from a longtime coworker and friend who was going through a divorce and trying to get back to basics. He came in to sell the games back for cash, so I quoted him the total the store would pay and then offered him $10 on top of that to buy them myself. Got Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen, Symphony of the Night (black label), Alundra, Kartia, Persona 2, and a few others of similar caliber for $65. Sadly, I promised my GF at the time I would recoup the cost by selling some of them, but I kept the rest. It was still a great haul.

>>346634

$50 should cover it.

>>346646
>>346646
Really? Everything I see on ebay or amazon is about twice as expensive. I'll go back and check it out again and ask to test it or try to haggle down to 15.

Its a vintage butt. Vintage retro arcade butts aren't really the same as the butts we see now.

>>344798
>dat GBP

Nice

Here area few of my better deals.

>Model 1 Sega Genesis
>Model 1 Sega CD
>32X with cable for model 1 Sega CD
>All power cables
>Copy of Sol Feace in the Sega CD
>$20

I also picked up a F-z1 for $15. A lamp had fallen onto it and burnt a crater into it. Cut out the damaged area and made a disc window. Custom 3DO $15. Not bad.

One time about 10 - 12 years ago I picked up Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for the SNES for $3 loose. Last time I looked on amazon a loose copy was like $90.

>>345923

As an American interested in British computer games, your best deals are probably computer games, i.e. speccy, c64, bbc. I've seen some great speccy lots on ebay for local pickup up north, like 200 games for 120 pounds

>>346297
I'm guessing you mean new? I sold both the DS Zelda games on ebay (single listing for ST and PH) for about $50.

>>346940
(I initially got them for 5 and 15$. Didn't like ST at all and I never planned on replaying PH so I decided to make a quick buck)

>>345954
>Like New
bullshit

Does anyone here collect vidya related books/magazines/strategy guides? Any stories/collection pics you got?

>>346691
That reminds me. A month or two ago, some /v/ Gamestop employee posted about how someone turned in the Prime Trilogy recently. Seems like the common case of someone not knowing what they're selling. Might've even been with the hardcase. Either way, he bought it the moment he got off work. I guess being a FUCKING GAMESTOP employee can have it's merits.

>>347012
I like collecting art books, but I'm not sure that really counts. I do like guides though, even though GameFaqs is free, some games really need you to have a visula map handy.

>>347093
Yeah, plus guides have beautiful promo art and are a lot more convenient than walls of plaintext and wiki sites. I just hate it when the publishers deliberately leave out details though. Also for stuff like LBP where every level is shitfull of collectables, they really come in handy.

>>347119
Also Animal Crossing ones are godsends.

>>347051
Yeah, although I never sniped turn-ins from random people. This guy and I were close buddies so I felt like it was okay. Still almost got in trouble for it, though. (The management doesn't like it because they see it as lost profit they could have made.) If my friend hadn't also been the assistant manager, I probably would have been written up.

>>347119
>I just hate it when the publishers deliberately leave out details though.

I have the Digimon World guide. This drove me nuts. The FF IX guide is the worst for it, though. Fuck PlayOnLine.

>>347051
>mfw I own Trilogy CE with the original slipcover and hard case, in immaculate condition, and had NO IDEA what it was worth until I looked it up just now

daaaamn.

>>347139
>lost profit they could have made
>friend is assistant manager
Yeah, I was kind of wondering how an employee would get away with that. They wouldn't care if you "sniped" though, right? The only time I've ever traded to Gamestop was sometime last year when they had this pretty good deal, where Brawl and NSMB DS (There was a bigger list of games) were worth like 25 and 30$ dollars. The employee seemed surprised when she rung them up and saw the trade-in value.

Either way, walked out with Megaman Zero Collection, Shrek 2(GC), and that Mario Baseball game for GC in exchange for those two games.
Kind of surprised they even had decent GC titles though, since this was one of the last months that they were going to stop buying/selling used GC games. I guess because of the Wii U release.

>>347158
Yup. There was a different brand for this LBP guide I got that didn't even have an item/bubble list. That and my Pokemon DPP guide (my mammy got it for $2 at some garage sale when I was about 15) only has entries for Sinnoh Pokemon.

>>347161
Yeah, people always seem kind of surprised when I tell them how much Conker, Xenoblade, and the Trilogy are worth online.

>>344495
>Past stories of great finds. (This can be yours, or someone else’s. Even folklore.)
>Making up stories about insane deals.
So you can't make up your own stories, but can post other people's made-up stories? Or just make up a story and say someone else did it? Or am I misunderstanding you?

>>347242
That's retarded. They're not worth nearly that much.
I think it's hilarious how the word "Rare" is used there, though.

>>347296
I think folklore as in you heard x person/x shop was selling some item for a low price.

>>347309
Yup. Apparently people on ebay think fifth gen games and below are worth fucking fortunes.

>>347331
Fortunately, Max here has devised a solution.

>>347331
It's funny, because you can get almost any used Rareware N64 game cartridge from most any hole-in-the-wall used game store for less than 10 bucks.
CIB is a different story, but not many standalone carts are worth more than $20, with some exceptions.

>>347358
Yeah, I've noticed that you can get the actual boxes/manuals cheap online, but for some reason if they're bundled with the game it increases the price a bunch.

>>347368

Are the manuals and other shit printed with serial numbers to match the cart, or am I retarded? I never thought about that before, buts that's the only reason I can see for the price jump.

Dude said the ps2 wouldn't read dvd's or ps1 discs, so he sold me it and all the games he had to me for like 40 bucks. Fixed the laser and it even reads blue/purple now. I feel like I should probably give it back to him but he wont return my calls, so whatever.

Once I talked to a guy about Final Fantasy IX for a long while at some flea market when the seller saw me eying it. Apparently he actually liked games a lot too. We talked for at least 20 minutes about it, and at the end he said I could just have it, no charge. No lie, he died of cancer like a year later.

>>347447
May he rest in peace. He did a nice thing.

>>347447
Is hard to fix the laser in a PS2?

I got my Model 1 Genesis, a six-button and a three-button controller, power and coaxial for $20 at a Goodwill, plus a couple games for an extra $5. Not too bad.
Unfortunately, that Goodwill, which stocked a shittonne of games, has since closed/moved.
At the new location, I got a half-working brick Game Boy for, like, $5.

>>347868
Probably just have to take it out and put in a new one. Don't even know if there's any unscrewing needed

>>347447
That's just sad.
A similar thing happened to me, twice. Looking for even the cheapest lcd game, I started rummaging through a box on some old man's stand at my local flea market. After a while the only vidya related stuff I found where an N64 Jumper Pak and a Wii Nunchuk. The old man started talking to me midway, and when I finished I realized I had only a couple coins left, so I couldnt buy the Nunchuck. The old man just told me to take it for free, but I refused, as I felt I was ripping him off, so when he insisted I offered the coins for the Jumper Pak instead. It came into use later as I got a 64 without one.
The second time it was the same thing, but with a different old man, a wireless mouse and 2 bucks. Apparently these people like to give stuff away to those who lend an ear.

A few years ago I picked up a Super Gameboy for $30 at a pawn shop I frequent. It was the happiest day of my life.
This place is really hit or miss too. And not only with stock, but with prices. But, I keep coming back so I guess it's not so bad. Cash Converters if it's in your area. check it out if you see one.

>>347971
Dude that's fucking expensive. I got one about 4 years ago at a Game Crazy for $4.

>>347963
This is why you always respect your elders

>>344495
Hahaha me and my friend bought this game for 60 buck. Just awful.

Lets see... Recently I went to a couple of local Goodwills and a thiftshop. Goodwill #1 had 4 different sports games for GB/C, but I managed to net myself SMB Deluxe for 3.99. #2 didn't have much of interest, just an alt controller for my Genesis with turbo and such (4.99). The thrift store had Sonic 3 & Knuckles for $4, which was nice. It was an alright time, I'm gonna head over again this weekend to see what they have.

CIB Hitchhikers for Atari computers, $24
Is this a good deal?
It was 40 a few moths back

>>348020
.... oh

>>347971
>$30 for a Super Gameboy

Uhh...

>>348043

>>347963

They seem to love polite young people, and I can understand why seeing as simple politeness is a dying craft. Even if I don't agree with their views and morals some of the time I still like to hear what they have to say and gain some of their wisdom if possible. Though, not all old people are wise.

But anyway yeah, I think they just like some conversation and getting to know people. Like my neighbor, deceased now, was a 90 year old man all alone who could barely get up off his couch. He would pay me pretty well to mow his grass and shovel the walk in the winter, I knew really he just wanted to see someone and have someone to talk to every now and then. So you'll see many older people who care much more so for company or to see the joy in young people rather than money. Greedy old people who care for no one exist, but they seem to be fewer in number.

Sage because my post is not /vr/ at all.

>>348045
I also once found E.T. and Blackjack bundled together for $2 at a Goodwill. I bought it just for the novelty; it currently sits on my shelf. I also found a blue GB Pocket there for $4. The contrast switch is a little finicky but for 4 bucks I'm not complaining.

>>347971
I've got some bad news. Super Gameboys are worth about $5. I imported a Super Gameboy 2 from Japan for $15 shipped. Unless you mean Gameboy Player then $30 is about right.

>>346048

I bet we would be pretty good friends in person.

>>346552

So that's why it's so rare. Copies of Shantae are straight up disappearing. It all makes sense.

>>347242

>xenoblade

Are sealed copies STILL going for $150.00+

It hasn't even been out that long. What's going on? I know it had a short print but damn.

>>347971

Pretty pricy for a super gameboy, but if you're enjoying it that much then it really was a great deal. How are deals where you live? Is stuff like that very hard to come by?

>>347242
those aren't even with box OR manual!
i mean, my copy is from a rental store, but...

Had a moderately decent score today, some highlights, paid $10 for a very clean PS1, I also paid $3 for shrinkwrapped new in box Intellivision games.

>>348342

>That 4.99 sticker on HM64

If a god exists why do such atrocities plague us? Were we created only to suffer?

>>345969
Mother fucker. I'm filling up with rage.

>>345969
>that sweet looking lady walks out with that huge haul of games.

I can't watch, I just can't. It's like when someone posts a "shock" gif and the first shot is of a cute animal. I just can't.

>>348070
plz respond

>>345969
My heart hurts. Ouch. Fuck. I can't breathe.

>>345969

That shit should be flagged. I mean there is getting a good deal and then there is totally ripping someone off. I wonder how that guy can even sleep at night.

>>345969
a dollar each and this asshole doesn't even give her at LEAST another 20 for all that.
I think i'm gonna become the anti big game hunter and show up wherever this asshole is and just tell people what their stuff is really worth...

AND this douche just SELLS it on ebay or something. those games are meant to be played faggot, not jewed out.

>>345969
my chest...

>>348725
Has anyone ever actually did the opposite of what these threads are about, and tell the seller about what they're selling?

>>348823
i'd only do it if the person is a re-seller asshole.
classic games like these should be found cheap, yes, but at least by people who will enjoy them and cherish them. not people buying them stupid cheap and selling them at ebay prices, laughing at their sealed, mint, near opened VGA graded collection.

>>348121
When it first came out. I didn't buy it at a retro hunt or anything. We where very young and dumb.

>>347296
My goal for these threads has always been to keep the validity of each post at a maximum. Folklore can be considered "making up insane stories" I suppose, but what I was getting at is something like >>347320 had in mind. Anything that contributes to the thread is great imo. My major gripe would be if someone posted a story they knew for a fact wasn't true, which folklore doesn't really fall under.

>>346556
These are the stories I love hearing my man. Who cares if your prized possession has low monetary value....it doesn't have low sentimental value. That CIB took you 12 years, which is an incredible feat, but the feeling must have been astoundingly great, much like finding a haul like >>345969 Anyways, kep fighting the good fight my man!

>>345630
I support you 100% by the way. People can call you a filthy reseller all they want, but the truth is that you are also a collector, and I see nothing wrong with finding homes for games where the people will enjoy them while getting paid to continue your collecting....though the Tron Bonne video made me cringe because I know you sold it....but it is all good, not to mention there were a few games your videos highlighted that I knew nothing about.

Just got a copy of F-Zero for the SNES CIB for $10. I know a shit ton of 'em were found, but was it a good deal?

>>349374
Not terrible, I have seen them go for less though. I think the going rate online is around 15 or 25 or something.

five dollar suikoden at an EB games.
it was only the disc but whatever.

All of this for $10. No manuals or cases, but stil a good purchase in my opinion.

>>349484
I had to replace the internal battery for Wario Land, but that's it. The rest save fine.

Not sure if this is the right thread, but any advice for a newcomer to retro collecting?

I've been hoping to increase my rather small collection but almost every game I want is ridiculously overpriced.

Pic related and it's just one of my many favorite franchises.

>>349495
Stay away from ebay. Don't give up because all you could find on your first day were shitty sports games from 2010.

>>349484
Damn man, good find.

>>349495
just keep at it, might take you a while, but you'll find what you are looking for eventually.

pro tip: at any garage sales, ask the sellers if they maybe have any older games that their children might not be using that they may have not put out. i've found TONS of good stuff this way as some older people forget what they have.

Hey folks. I am going to my local(large) flea market on Saturday and going to try and fine DK64/Conker's Bad Fur Day for decent prices. Do you think I will have luck looking for copies or should I just skip going and monitor Craig's List?

Ty

>>349515
Yeah, they were going for the whole $2 per game thing. They also had Glover (N64) but I already have it.

>>349504
I don't think all of ebay is bad. For some of the games that aren't all that rare I can find some decent deals. Maybe that's because there's a store in my town that charges even more than what one would find on ebay.

>>349484
You cannot fathom how jelly I am.

>>349527
There's no reason to not look. You might get lucky.

>>349527
>Conker's Bad Fur Day
What's the deal with this game? I have a copy from way back in the day, but is it super valuable now? I've seen it come up several times in the last few days.

>>349547
It's more of a novelty thing since it's so vulgar for a cartoony N64 game.

>>349547
Ugh, it isn't valuable at all. Just shit heads on ebay trying to rip people off. Scroll up, you'll see what I mean.
>>349553
>novelty
>implying
The game is fun as fuck.

>>349572
Too bad. I was hoping I could retire on it. But no, it is fun. In fact I may have to pull it out of storage soon. Feels, man.

>>349547
Several reasons if I had to guess:

It's Slightly Rare
It's Pretty unique
People like JonTron praise it so much
It's a good game

>>349596
>It's Slightly Rare

>>347971
I pulled one out of a box a guy was going to throw away at a flea market when I was 9 and gave it to my cousins because they had a SNES.

Because I like showing this picture, all these game where $1.99. Albert Odyssey is empty, game wasn't in the case so free case with all the stuff in it. Dragon Force was $1 at a yard sale, got the Saturn there for $20 that started me collection Saturn games.

I hate everyone in this thread

>>348634
Sounds good to me if it came with all that stuff.
I'd kill for the button.

>>349527
Ever found a copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day at a thrift store for $4?
I have.

Man. I went to so many mom and pop shops that used to rent out video games that closed down. I was there like every week at this one and I never even thought about hitting them up for their games once they shut down. I mean, I rented pretty much all of the games they had to offer but I remember some pretty rare ones (not at the time of course) like Terranigma and stuff. If only I had a time machine.

>>349695

Very nice, my friend.

>>349740
I got mine at a pawn shop for $.99. Got 13 other games but that made my day, just the cart but still made my day, never got to play it when it first came out now I can.

bought all of this this week for $60

I work for a pawn shop.

This came in... Gave 10 bucks for it. the bag to the left is full of games.

>>349856
err i meant right.

These threads always make me so fucking jealous.
I went to every thrift shop in town yesterday. The only pre-ps2 game ANY of them had was a copy of Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat for Playstation.
I really hate RTS games, but I bought it anyway so the day wouldn't be wasted.
Five bucks, disc, case, manual, everything perfect.
Still feel like it wasn't worth it.

>>349856
How is pricing of retro games in pawn shops on average would you say? More or less than market value?

>>345573

>sports games everywhere

>>349931

If you want money, don't sell your games to a pawn shop. If you just want to get rid of them fast like some kind of garbage dump that will pay you for them, then go ahead.

If you mean buying retro games from pawn shops? it wildly varies.

got all this plus model 2 Sega genesis for 80 bucks

>>349931
just depends on if they know what they have.

pawn shops will more then likely be expensive. go for flea markets.

I found a nintendo rob at a flea market. didnt have all the parts but i got it for a dollar and it worked.

>>345606
Two local games stores here have hundreds of them on the bargain shelves.

You can get like 20 of them for $5 or less.

Doubled my Sega Pico library today. $4 for the pair at Salvation Army.
Almost didn't go today, and almost didn't find them. I walked through a section of the store clockwise, then walked back counter-clockwise on the way out and saw the blue one flat up against the left side of a shelf. Further looking around revealed the yellow one underneath some some random things. Now I'm wondering if there's a Pico console that might show up (or already missed.) I woudn't mind a spare.

>>349989
>>345606
Why do people even bother? Who the fuck would actually buy all those outdated generic sports titles?

>>350006
Old games like Baseball Simulator 1.000 are fun as fuck.

>>349978
You never know. One shop here had a NeoGeo with two sticks and game for $200.

Several weeks later I went back and it was marked down to $50. fuck, yes, I bought it.

They also once had a TG16 + CD + travel case + games for $50. But that day my car was broken into in the parking lot. I discovered the Turbo because I went in asking if someone tried pawning my stuff. So I wasn't in the mood to be buying stuff at the time.

My favorite find?

>Live in Los Angeles
>Frequent Little Tokyo often because I love Japanese food (and I guess a bit of a weeaboo)
>See Buddhist temple festival
>Go for fresh made takoyaki
>See they have a yard sale
>Already love yard sales for vintage clothes, furniture and especially vidya
>I was not disappointed: found a Super Famicom for $5

This one is shorter:
>Someone is selling a Saturn and some games online
>Ask what they are. Includes Dragon Force and Guardian Heroes and all she's asking for is a $100
>When I arrive, I ask her why she's selling it. Apparently it was her ex's and she didn't know what to do with it
>His misery, my victory
On a side note, she was an assistant dean at UCLA.

Anyone have any experience game hunting in Phoenix? How stiff is the competition?

I'll be garage saleing in Chandler/Tempe/Gilbert most likely

>>350063
>100
Isn't that a pretty average price?

>>350090
For those two games together (complete) and Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter 2, memory card, two controllers and the console itself? Those two games I mentioned originally go for $100 each. I think I got a pretty good deal.

>>346501
I want to open and play all of those games

Just picked up Ducktales 2 for the NES 2 days ago.

>>349609
It is somewhat rare. It didn't sell all that well compared to many other N64 games, especially the other games made by Rare.

$80 worth of rare? Fuck no. Maybe $30 at most because it is a legitimately good game.

>>349596
>People like JonTron praise it so much

i praise it too, but i guess my opinion doesn't count because i'm not youtube famous.
i've told people since it came out, friends, people on the net, etc etc and the one thing they told me was "anon, it looks too cartoony, why would i play this baby shit?".

>>349829
meh, you could have done much better, i wouldn't have paid more than 40 for that. but, it depends where you got it from, i guess.

>>349969
>techno cop and EWJ boxes are almost the same

also, at a local shop, i found a bunch of older manuals. some of them were good like ToS and Sonic 2 battle, which i needed because mine are ripped to hell. the guy said they ranged from like 5-10 a piece! said some guy from another state was gonna pay that much for them and more... i never thought instruction books would go for so much.

>>350261
>4 CiB good Genesis games
>2 other relatively good games
>Console
>$40

>>350285
I honestly don't get why people care for manuals at all. Totally understand wanting the official cases/boxses, but not manuals

>>350261
>$3 for Goldeneye at the thrift store
>$30 for the system
>$7 for the rest of the games

>>350321
Thats what I paid for everything in specific

>>350301
CIB Genesis games aren't anywhere near as rare as CIB any other cartridge game.

>>350328
while this is true, they are still CIB, and in great conditions... Except for JP

>>345471
yfw in the future hunting for game it will all be stacks of sports games and call of duty games

>>350301
sure man, hell, i got earthworm jim special edition, flashback segaCD and a SEGA NOMAD for 50 DOLLARS!
and today, i got an SNES mini, a 360 controller, HDD and a toploader controller (along with something else, can't remember off the top) for another 50.

>>346048
Take a few hundred just in case you never know

>>350369
cod games sure, but like cod 3 and stuff.
AND it'll be for like 25 bucks because its cod.

>>350328
i'd say only certain games really, like gunstar heroes, TMNT HH or Sunset Riders, with its sexy lavender case.
i will say though, sega was smart making those hard cases, nintendo stuff is threatened by any amount of water.

>>350369
It's already like that where I live, except replace Call of Duty with more sports games.

I'm not sure I would call this a deal, but it was one of the first times I managed to get a few things I was looking for at what I considered a pretty good price.
Managed to find Crono Cross, GTA1 and 2, Crash Bandicoot 1, 2, and 3 and the first two Tomb Raider game. Guy wanted 50 mostly cause of CC and I managed to talk him down to 17 with some internet searching and that fact that Cross didn't have instructions, found the instructions the next day on the Bay for 2 bucks shipped.
not bad I thought. Unfortunately I live in the ass end of the country and there really is no such thing as Game Chasing in Florida.
speaking of which The Game Chasers both inspires me and PISSES me off at the same time lol

>>350390
I'm talking about in 20 years time it will be stacks upon stacks of old call of duty games

for any thinking of visiting M&M in Upland, CA
>walk in, no one at counters
>walk around for 4 minutes, someone comes to counters
>ask what the value of my Gameboy Light is
>"bring it in, let's see"
>first guy doesn't know, gets his superior
>2nd guy's eyes widen when seeing GBL
>"oh its a Gameboy Color Light"
>"yeah, these aren't that great. I can offer you $30 at most, why buy a B/W system with a front light when for $30 more i could get an SP with charger"
>stammering: "maybe a collector will pay about on-um $50 for it, but i doubt it."
>notice a GB Pocket, ask for price
>"$25, it's in good condition..add the worm light and it's basically what you have"
>scratches on screen (albeit, protector), discoloring + worn buttons, scratches on shell
>check pricing for games since i was looking for a couple
>$30 for Pokemon Gold/Silver
>$25 for Pokemon Yellow/Blue/Red
>$30 for Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
>$25 for any Donkey Kong game
>$25 for Kirby's Dreamland

they are on fucking crack. no way in hell i'm going to pay double the price on a single game, let alone a system (Genesis $40 with only one remote?). selection's not that great, a couple uncommon games here and there, but not worth the pricetag; i understand its business, but holy fuck..how much of an idiot do you make people out to be? AVOID AT ALL COSTS.CLOSE YOUR FUCKING MOUTH WHEN YOU EAT, THE LAST THING I WANT TO SEE IS FOOD SPEWING FROM YOUR MOUTH

still searching for another spot to buy games that won't fucking triple the pricetag that isn't craigslist. anyone?

>>350578
forgot..

pic related, no fucking way a Toys R' Us Special edition Gameboy Light is worth $30

>>350596
it is to them. they'll probably resell it $75-$100

do any of you get that dread feeling at some places, not like retro shops, but like flea markets and the like, when you find something that is ebay expensive and your about to give them money and they say something like:
"oh, i was told that one was worth 50 dollars by my kid" or
"hold on, let me check ebay quick"

>>349596
people were praising bad fur day before shit tron and before youtube so please dont bring up his name like his opinion matters at all

>>350665
at that moment i would just walk away. you know theyre going to jack up the price on a game thats been sitting inside a plastic storage container for eight years.

>>350665
no i have never had this happen and i have been going regularly to flea markets for about 2 years even if they did i would leave if they said a retarded price

>>344798
Holy shit bro, that's a nice find. I want one of those. I'd prefer a Sansui SSS for the longer cable, though; I have a couple US NES versions but I need one for my Famicom.

Also hell yeah, mah Famicom+Everdrive nigga. I just got a light gun for mine and this thing is SO much fucking cooler than the NES Zapper. Wild Gunman is fifty times cooler when you can cock the hammer back.

I have a couple stores around me that sell /vr/ games, which usually prevents me from going to places like goodwill and thrift stores. In addition, most of the time I go to these stores, I don't find any good deals or any games at all. Plus I really like going in and just looking at the wall of games and shit. My go-to store is The Exchange, and I just bought a Master System from there for $50.

>>350696
So many Famibros!

I recently found a bootleg famicom cart at a local goodwill, I was surprised to find anything Famicom related where I live.

(I'll post the cart next.)

>>350792

>>350797
What is on the cart ?

>>350842
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCrP3TaCYgc
(video shows its best game)

>>350854
That's a lot of fuckin games. I wonder how old the cart is.

That graphics hack is actually pretty sick. I love the wood pipes. It's kinda cute when you find a pirate game from the 80's/90's where you can tell they put some effort into their work. I've read a very interesting interview from a developer who made pirate games for Famicom and they did a surprising amount of reverse-engineering work almost unheard of by even today's romhacking crowd. Fun stuff.

>Be Turkish
>Have no Flea Markets, Thrift Stores, Second Hand Shops, Estate Sales, Charity stores
>There use to be a Retro Game Stores but It had a kike selling an Atari 7800 for $350 and and PES for PS1 for 65$
>Turkish Ebay and Craigslist is full of kikes
>Shipping from UK is hell
>I fucked up and dıdn't buy the 30$ 3DO and now It's 200$

>>352124
>$300 for 7800

How the fuck is this guy in business?

>>352135
Whoops, meant $350

>>352135
He isn't, now he is trying to peddle this shit online

>>350665
I tell them that they're not on ebay, they're at a podunk fleamarket filled with rednecks and Mexicans, and I offer them $5 again.

Good Morning,

Bump

>Go to several shops
>find nothing

Such is life in UK

currently in talks with a well known youtube user about getting a famicom with a disk system and 4 games for about $115.

When I saw the price I was like "ughhhh too much" then I remembered, on ebay alone its $50 for the console and $60 for shipping. and that's just a famicom.

Not really retro, but I found a copy of Steambot Chronicles at a farmer's market for 5 bucks, with the disc in near perfect condition, case, and manual. Yoink.

Decided to hit a couple of Thrift Shops today....

Found nothing except a copy of Assassin's Creed for 1.99
Not too terrible.....;_;

>>345740
Yes, pat the nes punk is great for this stuff. His collection is bafflingly good for so little.

Picked up a Hip Gear PS1 memory card and Mario/Duck Hunt for $4.50 yesterday. I live in a small, shitty town so I don't expect to find much.

>mfw the only NES on my town's craigslist is $100 with no games

Best thing I ever found in the wild was a black label FF7 and THPS2 for $3 each.

>>350696
Man nigga, I thought, for some strange reason, the Sansui was an NES exclusive. Yeah the everdrive is dope. I'm playing through so many translations, I'm stoked. Also, dude, HK Famicom? Mice.

>>353313
Yeah, there's a Famicom version of the Sansui. It's pretty rare, though. Interestingly, it draws the sound for its headphone port directly from the Fami's expansion port, unlike the NES version. (Not my pic, sadly.)

And yeah, a/v-modded HK. It's in pretty good shape, too. Sadly the a/v mod quality is pretty shit. I got it from gamedoctorhk, though I don't know if they're the ones who did the mod. I found a Yahoo Auctions seller selling very high-quality and non-intrusive (no holes to be cut in the shell; a/v routes into a single 3.5mm jack that replaces the RF jack in the same hole) a/v-modded Famis and bought a full internal board off of him for cheap (since I don't need a new shell or controllers). Hopefully that'll fix everything.

>>350310
Old manuals were actually over 5 pages and had some interesting things in them.

>>345606

My local retro game stores gives away free copies of SNES and Genesis sports games with every purchase. You can take as many as you like. Most people don't take any.

>Go to Goodwill
>Find pic related stack of generation 6 games and still sealed flight simulator 95 for $2/each

Not exactly retro, but it was a good day in general.

>>354120
pretty good but my goodwill would have all those games locked up in a glasscase for $20 each except SSX because no one gives a shit about sports games.

>>354227

I'm pretty fortunate to live in an upper-middle class white neighborhood so most of the stuff I get from Goodwill is for pretty fucking cheap, I often walk out there with vidya every week or so.

Found a boxed Gameboy and Kirby's Dream Land there for $30 together.

It's a shame most of the other stuff I lose out on is bought by resellers, was so close to getting a copy of Mega Man 5 there for $3

>>354281
Holy SHIT. I know they probably aren't THAT rare but I'd piss myself if I saw a boxed Game Boy in that condition.

>>354307

I was VERY, very giddy when I saw it in the glass case, I haven't really started collecting until a couple months back but I've been having great luck with Goodwill so far.

I can't wait 'til the weather warms up for some garage sales.

Found this 3-ish weeks ago.

A guy had picked it up when it came out the back of the Goodwill I was looking at, right as I rounded the corner he had it in his hands. After cursing to my self I look around the store hoping he would drop it.
I found a Collector Edition Spyro Riptos Rage and Abe's Odyssey while looking around though.
I then went to check-out and he was behind me, after buying the two games for $1.50 each I asked him if he would sell the Gameboy to me. Oddly enough he wanted to be a "blessing" and let me pay the price he payed for it, he wouldn't even take anymore than $5.50.

>>354441
>$5.50

No words.

Fuck though, I get super jealous of people who post amazing Goodwill finds. There's one Goodwill near me and they have fuck all in terms of games. Every time I've gone, they've had nadda except shitty old casual PC games.

There's also only one guy at the closest flea market who sells games and he charges absurd prices for everything. The guy who runs the local hobby shop was telling me the other day how he tried to buy Yoshi on NES from the flea market guy, unboxed and used condition...and the guy wouldn't accept any less than $60. $60!!! For Yoshi!!!

>>354281
haha that includes batteries!

SUPER RARE MINT CONDITION VGA 80 :)))))

>>357438

>$35 shipping

Makes sense. The VGA Gold certification must come with an actual chunk of gold.

>>357438
>NES SNES N64 GC DS U

I really wish people would stop this shit. Seeing your completely unrelated game show up when I'm searching for an entirely different console doesn't make me want to buy it.

>>357438
>Uncirculated
I bet it's probably an opened copy too

>>349374
I've sold them sealed for $25, so its not bad complete.

Bump, thread's been dead for a bit, let's revamp it.

Just went to a garage sale earlier and got a CIB Earthbound with guide and all for 10 bucks. Also got ff2, ff3, chrono trigger, secrets of mana, and lufia 2 for 2 bucks each loose carts. Pretty fucking happy right about now.

>>359707
YOU LIE.

>>359715
As absurd as it sounds, its surprisingly common to find one rare rpg with a bunch of others.

People who play certain types of games tend to play a good bit of them. I got an entire megaman lot of 1-8, rockman and forte, X1-3 snes/psx/saturn x3, and soccer for $30

>>359707
post pics

>>359707
Timestamped pics or gtfo

>>345740
he's a douchebag but those videos are cool.

>>345740
Oh I remember that guy from AVGN
That NES World Champion episode is probably one of the best AVGN videos ever. Right up there with the Castlevania series and Battletoads.

>>359820
Yeah but that story was probably bullshit anyway

reseller here
stay made /vr/edditors

>2010
>find Mega Man Legends 2 for $25 at swap meet
>2011
>very poor
>sell games so I can eat food
>figure I'll rebuy it later
>months later MML3 is canceled
>Mega Man legends 2 skyrockets in price

I want to die.

of course, I did sell my Final Fantasy 7 that same day and ended up finding a black label copy for $5 in November.

>>360081
I hope your children contact cancer of the pancreas you fucking nigger.

>>360092
>>360092
lol mad cuz i sell games so i can buy games that I can actually play on modern tecnhology with cash to spare for Moutain Dew™ and Doritos™ Nacho Cheese flavor

>Gave brother-in-law N64, games, controllers, and SNES games back before I started to build a collection, played them to death and just thought they were pointless relics sitting in my closet
>Realize how fucking stupid that was a year later
Well, at least it's not like I gave him anything too rare. Just stuff like Donkey Kong Country, Smash 64 (I really don't care for this game to be honest. Now that it's on Wii VC I don't give a shit about owning it), PStadium, Mario World...
Still sucked later on when I decided to start building up a collection and having to fucking rebuy an N64. Still haven't gotten another SNES.

Also I had afucking box full of manuals that I threw out when I moved into my current house.
It was full of Gameboy, Gameboy Color, SNES, GBA, and N64 manuals too. Totally regret it. And I think my copy of Sonic Advance might've been in there because I can't fucking find that game anywhere now.

>>360097
you're a really shitty ruseman.

>>360209
>imply

Everything pictured for 35€ (~45$). Not a steal but a fair price I'd say.