/vr/ - Retro Games

Shipping is usually far too much to make anything worth it.

I did get my first Atari 2600 on there though. Cast about $42 and came with a bunch of stuff which wasn't listed or shown.

That's how I started my NES collection. Sometimes they'll have like "Lot of 10 NES games" listed and I buy those. If I get sports games or other ones I'm not interested in I just donate them to my local Goodwill.

Some of the bidders there are really retarded too. I've seen auctions where there are a bulk of shitty sports games and one copy of Earthbound go for $300+

>>547920

>shit ton of shitty sports games

yeah thanks OP

>Tfw all the Goodwills are eventually going to put their games online because they're easy as shit to sell online rather than in-store

>>547920
I've been on there before, and I remember seeing a lot more interesting items. Now all I see are knock-off playstation controllers and crummy sports and super hero games. What gives?

>>548280
I see. You have to search for the good stuff. Now I see some things. Though, I don't see any prices better than eBay.

>>548207
Not for a while. It still takes a special eye/knowledge to spot the "collectibles." Unless it's obvious or notable in some way, like a complete, fully working system & games, it's easier & quicker to just tag and shelve it.
They're not game collectors no more than they're purveyors of fine art. Earthbound is the same as Troy Aikman Football just as some long lost Rembrant is the same some art student's project.

>>547920

Almost singlehandedly ruined goodwill. That said, I've never used it. Finding games in person is so much more rewarding.

Wow a lot of these auctions are getting to eBay prices.

$101 for four Pokemon games one with no label.

Decent retro finds but overall not much better than Ebay.

Still, an amazing site for finding gifts.

>>549092
Nah, fuck ebay. Everything I want is always taken.
And last minute bidders always fuck me over.

>>549138
Quit bitching and learn to snipe. Jesus fuck.

DO NOT GIVE PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO RE-EVALUATE THEIR MAXIMUM BID.

>>549223
What's sniping?

Also, what are other places to buy vidya online?

>>549254
Bidding at the minute before anyone can one up you.

>>549138
You obviously didn't want it that much, else you would've put in a higher bid.

>>549261
>last minute

Hah. Try last five seconds (or ten seconds, if your internets are laggy).

>>548910
> Not for a while. It still takes a special eye/knowledge to spot the "collectibles."

That's exactly why they would sell them online. You don't have to know the value of a game that put up for auction online as long as your bidders do.

>>548973
You can sell a decent working pokemon game on ebay for like 25 bucks.

>>547920
Yeah, gee, thanks OP, why don't you go ahead and just let the whole fucking world know about it?

>>548910
My local ones must. I haven't seen any vidya(beside the occasional copy of coolboarders mixed in with the music) for several years.

Did find some pokemon figures a couple weeks ago though.

Shipping is way to expensive. Not worth it imo. Sometimes, you might get lucky though.

>go to men's clothing
>short shorts
>parachute pants
>tye-dye
>men's caprees
>motherfucking Jinco

I think I'm in love /vr/.

Fuck goodwill. They used to be cool before they figured out that games are worth something. There's a lady who works at my local GoodWill who literally hates me. I have no idea why. I'm a polite quiet guy and I try to do things to help out like straighten up racks and organize things that are untidy whenever I can to keep my karma high so I'll find something good. If I find a loose CD and then ten minutes later I find its case I go back and find the CD and restore it to its case. I actually help this lady but still she hates me. And I think I finally figured it out. She is pissed because I used to go in there regularly and clear out every game they had. They sold cartridges and everything for between 1 and 2 dollars so I'd bring $50 and walk home with a backpack full of 40 games. It was awesome. Now they sell games at $5 minimum including shit games like "Barbie's Hair Styler" and "Number Cruncher". I overheard this lady explaining to another cashier one time about how much money they had lost out on a few years ago and I think that's the root of it right there. She hates me because she thinks I got more than I deserve. Well Jesus christ. I was just taking advantage of their own pricing. I don't see how that entitles her to be a bitch to me. I bascially never go there any more. The games are just ridiculous prices.

>>549942
Well, look at the news. Every other week some soccer mom finds some piece of art or videogame in a goodwill that's worth thirty fucking thousand dollars, and all the employees there at the Goodwill were too fucking retarded to notice what was right under their nose. And deven though it keeps happening no matter how much they change the policies, none of these fucking imbeciles have an ounce of smarts in their head to think, 'Maybe I should figure out what games are worth shittons and keep an eye out.'

>>549918
They still make figures like that? I remember about ten years ago I bought a ton of Pokemon figures off eBay, I think there were figures for all 151 of the original Pokemon. I wonder if they're worth anything since I still have a few of them.

>>549942

Fuck people like this man. Especially at a thrift store. Those places are SUPPOSED to be cheap, you cant get mad if someone finds something valuable there.

And the worse part is that, exactly like you said, now that theres a whole "gaming craze" they want 5 fucking dollars for Madden 2008 and Elmos Adventure.

I find it ironic that the very employees that work at a thrift store miss the goddamn point of the service the store is trying to provide.

>>550002
Giratina, Ho-oh, and Lugia were preorder incentives for Platinum, HG, and SS respectively
I'm still angry that they refused to give me my Lugia

No idea about the Gardevoir one, I just got it for the hell of it.

>>550002
They're worth one full hotglue photosession, I'm sure.

>>550036
Oh here's an image of them. Must not be hard to find then if people still post photos of theirs.

I think they're actually official, as well.

>>550045
Pikachu creeps me out with his weird muzzle thing.

I want that Jynx.

>>550045

How much are they worth, does anyone know?
I used to have quite of a few of them, but being a dumbass kid they're all gone now.
I'd like to pick up a few of them.

Was at my local Goodwill last week. 12 Genesis games, 1 NES game, 5 PS1 games and 4 original Xbox games.
Every single one was a sports game.
I bought a 1994 compilation of early house music from 1987-1993. Was worth the trip.

>>550048
The Pikachu I have is in a pose that looks to be him doing the thunder shock move. Most of the others are the same as what I have, though.

>>550056
Yeah I'm curious as well since I can account for most of them, and if I find them all then I'd have a full set.

>>550060
>>550056
As someone with no expertise whatsoever relevant to pricing those Pokemon figurines, I don't know, $1-3 each?

>>550045
I want those Eeveelutions.

>go to local goodwill
>only vidya is Gran Turismo 3
>leave

>nothing but sports games

The classic sign of being beaten to the punch. My spirits always go low when I see a pile of sports games

>>550076
For some reason I think that's a bit high. Tbh I'd likely hold onto them since some of them are pretty neat.

>>550078

Mah nigga.

>>550087

>a bit high

yikes, how much do you think they're worth
I'd be happy to pay $3 for those, they look pretty well made

>>550087

>$3
>high

Dude people are kookoobananas for old pokemon stuff these days. If those are authentic and you have the whole 151 set I wouldnt be surprised if youd get 400+

>>550106
Idk, I'd be fine selling all of them for like $40, maybe $50? Looking at eBay, a set of 73 sold for $30. Some in that listing were repeats though, I really don't know.

>>550117
Ha, I don't know. But I may start looking for more of them and try to sell them all. I'd just start it at 99 cents and see where it goes.

I'm just not really too big of a fan of Pokemon anymore so maybe that's why I see them as being worth less.

>>550124

I have one of those old card price guides. Im pretty sure it also had the figures that were authentic, so maybe you should try to google it? Obviously any price it lists is bogus but youd be able to tell what was made by the Pokemon Company and what wasnt

>>550124

if you're selling them all for $50 I'm buying

i went to 2 thrift stores yesterday and no luck on finding games at all, in El centro california, they dont have a Savers, nor a Goodwill, only Salvation Army and a local one called Neighborhood Mission.

there is a store called Vintage Electronics but it only opens whenever feels like it.

>>550132
Yeah, if I can find all of them. They're all over the place since I got them so long ago.

>>550160
>only opens whenever feels like it
Like, what, do they not have any actual business hours? It just opens randomly? What kind of business is that?

Does anyone else want to purge the world of those stupid sport and liscenced games?

There's nothing worse than seeing that horrible white background complimented by "MADDEN."

>>550171
It's like the gaming and hobby shops owned by some fat neckbeard that is basically just a private clubhouse with no 'real' hours. Some forty year old basement dweller collected a fat inheritance because his parents finally kicked the bucket so he opened up a nerd fort that barely manages to stay in business and is just going to sit there and feed off the savings for a decade.

>>550196

EA is dangerously close to going social/mobile-only within five years, so you might get your wish

>>550196
>Go to local-owned game trading store
>Bins full of sports games
>Somewhere is probably landfills loaded with madden titles

>>550209
Heh, there's a place like that about 2 miles from me.

Been meaning to pop in to see if I could get anything for some old baseball/football cards.

Got Resident Evil 2 Platinum today for 2 bucks from a thrift store, but it only had disc 2.

Anyone know of a place I could get disc 1, or at the very least open an inquiry?

>>550219
They're always awkwardly uncomfortable. I've found one store like that (there's about four different ones around my town that are like I described) that is a somewhat normalish store. All the others, when you walk in it's the store owner and his friends lounging around, everything goes silent, and they all stare at you as if you came in and shit on the floor, and they just sit there silently until you leave. There's shit on the shelves and walls as if it's a business, but make no mistake. It is the autistic manchild's secret clubhouse and you're NOT welcome.

>>550230

I hate that feeling with privately run stores.
Record stores are really bad for that, too.
You walk in and there's some chubby poorly shaven guy behind the counter who watches you constantly and makes a "oh, you're buying THAT, huh" face when you make your purchase.

>>550254
Same kind of person. Some music enthusiast who hit 35 and had a mound of cash dropped in his lap or inherited a property and was able to open up a failing business in some niche market. It's their little condescension arena where they can judge every single potential customer. Good taste, bad taste, it doesn't matter, you're unworthy.

>>550230
Be happy for the dude. I bet he is awesome as fuck to be pals with. Fucker could probably teach you how to solder properly.

>>550275

There's one in my local area that has the music critic Piero Scaruffi's Top 25 greatest rock albums arranged in a display on the wall, and yet the guy acts like he's a highly knowledgeable music critic or something.
Surely if he knew what was what he'd form his own bloody opinion.
I've often considered asking him why he sucks Scaruffi's dick so much, but he'd probably pretend not to know what I was talking about.

>>550301

Yeah, but unless you're exactly the right breed of massively autistic you're not worth giving the time of day to.
That sort of person is more snobbish than an entire ballroom full of British aristocracy.

>>550301
Maybe he is awesome as fuck to be pals with. Too bad he hasn't made a friend since 5th grade, and all potential new ones are 'Outsiders HISSSSSSS'

>>550314
They are smug for a reason. Find out why and beat the smugness out of them through 2 player. I bet that dude will respect you eventually.

Unless he is a freemason. Then leave and never go back there.

ONE OF US
ONE OF US
GOOBLE GOBBLE
GOOBLE GOBBLE

>>550337
Do be an outsider and do him a favor. Apply video game problem solving skills and logic to him. You shall not fail.

>>550358
Throw open the door to his shop and bellow, "A CUSTOMER DRAWS NEAR! COMMAND?"

>>550369
That is probably a step in the right direction. Also make sure the place isn't a drug front or their isn't a S&M gimp dungeon located below it.

>>550254
>>550275
I hate people like this. I'll take my money elsewhere, thank you very much, and your store can rot in hell with an attitude like that.

However, there are two record stores in my town that actually have really friendly and welcoming staffs. A few towns over there's one that's literally run by actual hipsters. Never going back there again. inb4 "I'm only working here ironically"

>>550462
I like how if you don't support awkward and uncomfortable locally owned stores, then they hit you with the 'big business killing America' mom-and-pop sob shit.

If you didn't watch me like a hawk judging me from the moment I came in your filthy little nicotine-reeking store, I'd fucking buy something.

Sounds like people here get to offended about silly shit. These slobby fucks are the best friend you can possible have vidya related and yet you can't get over you own insecurities to acquire such a friend.

I'll be honest with you I give those fucks at gamestop devil eyes when they ask me if I want to preorder a fucking pokemon game... but that doesn't mean I think they are secretly judging me because I pre-order and purchased Soul Hackers day one.

Hell, I was clinching my fists when this other fucker thought he could tell me that I could not look at contents of a used Wiii box before I was going to buy. No way was I going to buy a Wiii that could not play a gamecube game. Then this little whiney tit sucker...

I wish I had a comic book guy or hipster faggot who understands things like this. Not some typical 20 something who automatically thinks I like the same shit as him or doesn't want to cut tape and take responsibility for selling to an obviously valuable customer who buys lots of video games.

>>550542

>>550563
Thanks for judging me. Hypocrite.

>>550542
>the best friend you can possibly have
Yeah, okay, well, that's all well and good if they're your friend. But if they just glare at you until you leave the store and treat you like a drooling pleb and don't even give you a chance to befriend them? If you ask them a question and they treat you like a retard and scoff at you openly with their pre-established friends who are all freeloading in the store?

Nobody assumes that the nimrod at the Gamestop counter is secretly judging you about your pre-orders, because they don't fucking care, and they have to act civilly to you and provide customer service, unlike the unwashed fat autist at a privately owned brick and mortar cornerstore who only opened up shop to have a place to hang out with his friends and play D&D and doesn't actually want to run a business.

>>550164
>Go to goodwill
>Look at teller that's closed
>Bunch of xbox 360 games in a case
>Maybe one original
>A beat up boxed copy of MADDEN for the n64
>Knockoff controllers
>Go to dvds
>Few cheap ps2 games, some dreamcast games that were missing the CD
>Wheel of fortune for the snes
>Lone GBA in the men's department
>See some beat up ghetto gamecubes and ps1s
>Leave
That was... depressing.

>>550578

Bro if you wanna act like a shit-stain at gamestop and hang out with greasy neckbeards be my guest. Just dont act like what youre doing isnt full blown autistic

>>550562
das is not super nintendo
das is normaltendo

>>550542
>I'll be honest with you I give those fucks at gamestop devil eyes when they ask me if I want to preorder a fucking pokemon game...
>Hell, I was clinching my fists when this other fucker thought he could tell me that I could not look at contents of a used Wiii box before I was going to buy.

you're a fucking loser, get off /vr/

>>550593
Also
>Go to salvation army
>One atari classics ps1 game buried under music CDs
>Boxed copy of Half life 2
>They wanted 60$ for it

>mfw the retro game store near me is run by an old guy and his wife
>theyre both super nice and he is very knowledgeable about all vidya
>mfw the old hobby shop near me is run by a group of guys that are all really cool as well, and even invite you to play D&D or MTG with them on their game nights

>>550618
Where is the 5 star post?

>>550542
Guess i must be lucky, the guys at gamestoop never ask me for preorders.

>>550629

Same here, they'll ask once because theyre required to, but theyre never pushy. Most of the guys there are pretty decent too, and are easy to strike up a conversation with

>>550045
Fuuuuuck DO WANT. I use to collect these. I still have some of them, but man, If I had the income I'd get me these.

>>549809
But there's no magical button in Goodwill's stores labelled "sell on ebay." Crazy as it sounds, each item you see up on that site is probably 3-4 hours of work. This includes:
picking out the item(s)
testing if necessary
photographing & doing any editing to it
writing up a description, possibly research too
And if it sells, negotiating with the buyer
taking payment
boxing & shipping
driving to the post office if they don't use a carrier service
paperwork, I'm sure the money is not all going into some manager's paypal account.

Plus there's also tracking and storing the items so some new worker doesn't accidentally shelve it, maintaining an area to pack items for ship, and hiring/training staff in the relevant skills ...think about some of the workers you see at GW, do you want him taking your credit card number?

In the end, it's just easier/cheaper move things to the floor in quantity and cross your fingers it's not your store that sells Stadium Events for 2.99.

I went to value village yesterday and the only games they had were sports games, Call of Duty 1 and some shovelware. In total it was like 10 games. What a waste of life

The last time I saw vidya at a Goodwill near me was a few months ago when they had a Game Gear lot going for $20. Pretty lame shit.

Before that, it had been about 2 years since the last time I saw vidya at a Goodwill, and it was a single copy of Sesame Street 1-2-3 for NES. I bought it

>>550856
sounds like all the good stuff were bought or employees went at the game pile and left the scraps

>>550874
Also of note: a local flea market seller told me that he buys up whole pallets of donated CDs from thrift shops before they reach the shelves to sell off at his flea market stand, so I have to wonder if there are game resellers out there doing the same

>>550780
They don't test. Only like 5% of the time does someone bother to test the shit.

>>550896
most likely. theyre probably buddy buddy with the store owners and get troves of old vidya

Sometimes you get lucky

I got Popful Mail, Dark Wizard, Eye of the Beholder, and Skullkeep all complete for $60 total last year.

Popful Mail was okay but didn't stand the test of time very well. Dark Wizard was probably my favorite of the lot.

>>550595
>if you wanna act like a shit-stain at gamestop and hang out with greasy neckbeards
I don't know where you live, but all my the employees at my local GameStop are actually pretty fit.

>>550217
>EA
>literally killing the earth

>>549942
todd?

>>548910
>Not for a while.

Already happening in California bro. Haven't found jack fucking shit in ANY Goodwill around here in years.

>$3 for a dreamcast VMU

>>550369
i'm gonna do this to every game store i find now

capcha: and ookagaa

>>549942
Jesus Christ that projection and autism.

>>548207
my goodwill puts just about every single game and console(including the fucking sports) for an instore auction. shit racks up over $200-$300 everytime.

>>549942
Well to be fair Goodwill was technically for poor people in order to make buying stuff a little easier for them even if it is older. It kinda makes that hard for them if some guy walks in every week and buys a bunch of their stuff. They probably view you as some asshole taking advantage of them. Not saying what you did is bad but I can see why some people would have a negative view on you for doing that.

>>551590
>Goodwill was technically for poor people in order to make buying stuff a little easier for them even if it is older.
I know you're probably just playing devil's advocate, but I don't buy that. Goodwill makes its money off of:

A) Receiving donations for free
B) Getting sales for cheap

So no matter which side you're on, you're contributing to their overall profits for disadvantaged folks. Just because you're not poor doesn't mean you can't shop at Goodwill and contribute to their cause.