/vr/ - Retro Games

Finds like this keep you hunting.

Great Day

Going from garage sale to garage sale trying to find some small deal on video games isn't worth the time or fuel cost.

>>954316
That's why you walk.

I saw an NES bundle at Goodwill that had 4 boxed games, 2 loose, the console and 4 controllers for $40. I probably should have gotten it, but passed. Goodwill has gotten somewhat crazy on prices lately.

>>954316
> doesn't like the thrill of the hunt
I love this attitude. Stay home and complain. More deals for me.
Some of us love the thrill of the hunt

I wish there were things like this near me.
There is only a flea market every Sunday with always the same people.

>>954316
Keep thinking that way. It leaves more stuff for those of us who look for it.

Found all of this for $20 a few months back. I've had more great finds since then too.

>>954349
Damn, nice haul.

I'm about to score this great haul. He hasn't responded to my email, but it's practically a steal to get such rare classics.

http://collegestation.craigslist.org/ele/3973976690.html

>>954481
Except no, and those are all of the most common games on the system. If you buy that you are getting ripped off.

>was ready to drive two hours to buy this
>realized I could buy a refurbished MVS cabinet for $100 more
>realized I have access to a truck that could haul it
>realized I could buy a ROM cart for $50 with every worthwhile game instead of spending $100 each on AES games
>realized I have room for it in my basement
>realized that I don't feel like hiring someone to move it down there
>realized I shouldn't be spending $500 on anything right now
>tfw

Posted this in an earlier thread, but last Saturday, the only garage sale I went to that had video games, and when I asked, I was pulled around to their backyard where these were sitting in garbage bags ready to get thrown out, along with an N64, a broken PS2, and a bunch of other common N64 games. It took a lot of time to clean the gross brown grime off these.

>>954481
It's a fairly good deal, but none of those are rare.

$10 at goodwill included tetris, super mairo land 1&2, and pokemon red.

Nothing particularly rare, but I did score this lot a couple days ago for $5. All sealed, except Mafia, but I just wanted a copy of that for my personal collection.

>>954481
i wouldn't pay anymore more than $60 for an n64 WITH a game. and even that's a ripoff.

is it me, or does everyone else have to take apart their vidya to clean out whatever scum we think is in there when they get home?

>>954746
I clean the inside and outside of all the games I acquire. Found a store tracker chip from a rental store in one of the games which I thought was kinda neat

>>954750
>yfw it's still activated

>>954746

I only clean the outside because I'm not willing to crack them open and clean the inside too.

However I do clean plastic cases like jewel cases very thoroughly and I also replace rusty staples in any manuals I find too

>>954772
I threw it away so they'll never find me

>>954746
I always clean the contact points, the plugs, and the cartridge pins.
My consoles are not whores.
Everything in insert into them is clean and sanitary.

I am less concerned about what I touch but generally do clean any human interface device I buy.
I usually disassemble controllers to clean the points and to get out any fat kids cheetos.

I typically don't disassemble the consoles unless I suspect a problem.
Like a cat pissing in fan >>949432
But I usually do clean them and check for bugs, especially after this nightmare thread :
>https://archive.foolz.us/vr/thread/263526/#264060

>>954746
I always clean the contact points, the plugs, and the cartridge pins.
My consoles are not whores.
Everything I insert into them is clean and sanitary.

I am less concerned about what I touch but generally do clean any human interface device I buy.
I usually disassemble controllers to clean the points and to get out any fat kids cheetos.

I typically don't disassemble the consoles unless I suspect a problem.
Like a cat pissing in fan >>949432 →
But I usually do clean them and check for bugs, especially after this nightmare thread :
>https://archive.foolz.us/vr/thread/263526/#264060

I once bought a PS1 at a flea market for 10 bucks, I aready have one so I sold it for 15. end of the story.

>>955172

Rot in hell, reseller scum.

Bought a CIB PS1 Dualshock, with everything in very good condition (seriously, it had the polystyrene, and even an unopened memory card in the plastic bag which had the manual) for £24. It was reduced from £50, it also came with a free Steering Wheel, so I guess I did okay.

I checked online, and the Dualshock PS1 was about £40, and the steering wheel probably pushed that up to £50 I'd imagine.

>Find a loose Conker's Bad Fur Day at some small lot at Broadacres
>$3
>3 years later, sell on ebay because I have a PC that plays Project64 really well
>get $50

>>955184
Is that a problem for you?

I went to garage sale today and all that had were a bunch of Wii games. Honestly not a bad price, some good titles like New Super Mario all for $3 each. If I had a Wii I would've gotten them. I didn't want to be reseller scum and screw over some family who might wander by later to get some good games for their kids so I didn't buy anything.

I had a few really good finds this summer but nothing this month

>>955184
he made $5 I don't think he's a serious reseller. Personally I would have just left the PS seems like a waste of time

>>954331
At least they're not just putting up all their video games on the Goodwill auction sight. Shit goes for way too much on there and the shipping/handling charges suck.

>>955256
>sight
My brain. Site*

>>954331

I was at Goodwill today, they had some NES games like Mario 3, TMNT and Dr. Mario in a glass case right beside jewelry. I dared not even look at the price.

That being said they had a complete copy of NHL 95 in great condition sitting out on the "undesirable" game rack for $2. Even though sports games are cheap as shit and undesirable as fuck, and even though EA made, NHL 95 is a pretty good Genesis game. I was happy with it

OP! What is that blue controller peripheral for the snes? Is it comfy? It looks fucking amazing. A brand name would be cool too because I would like to buy one.

>>954331
I hear you man, at least your Goodwill has a decent selection. All mine has are 2 Playstation consoles at $25 each (no cords, controllers, nothing)

>>954981
I once got a Gamecube (not retro I know) off of Amazon from a seller in Florida. A small insect crawled out of the box. Although I doubt he survived a Philly winter with a broken heater. Poor little guy.

And I once had a microwave inexplicably infested with bugs. I blame my sister being a disgusting slob in the kitchen. Weird thing is that they could survive being nuked in there.

I guess it goes without saying that anything you buy secondhand should be cleaned and inspected before you set it up. Anyway, the last secondhand thing I got that counts as retro is MediEvil from a thrift shop. Only $1.

>>954332
there is nothing but shit where i live.
best find i found was a black gamecube with no cords a pac man world 2 game and no controller

>>954981
>My consoles are not whores
Mine are, that's why I have like three of each.

>>955342
I have no idea. Never seen it before.

It's actually purple, the same color as the bottom two buttons pleb camera and it's called the Super Score but I can't find any info about it. There is no manufacturer printed on the bottom or anywhere else. The controller just snaps in snug and It feels kinda like a thick Sega 6 button. It's got some crazy finger groves on the back. It adds weight to the controller and feels comfortable but why you would ever change the snes paddle is beyond me. Cool novelty tho.

>>954545
>ready to get thrown out
GODDAMMIT WHAT
AT LEAST GIVE IT TO GOODWILL OR SOME SHIT
WHAT THE FAAAAAAK

This. >>954328

Even if I win some sort of power ball mega lottery, discovered my parents bought a pile of Apple & Microsoft stock in the 80s, and a golden cow takes a shit in the back yard, I'll still be at Goodwill every weekend.
And grousing over some Game Boy game tagged at $5.

>>955830
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=105697 you must have not looked very hard...

Yard sales for me are great sometimes, lots of retro/not retro finds because no one really knows what it is. Last week my dad brought home a shoe box with 007 and OoT loose carts, a gameshark, a memory card, controller cleaner, and some other controller peripherals for N64, and strangely a GB ac adapter, for like 50 cents or some shit.

Flea markets around here are another story lately, I completely stopped going because mine are being dominated by Ebay faggots who think everything is the second coming of Christ and need top dollar for a loose cart of even terrible Nes/Snes games.

Posted in an earlier thread, but found Swordquest Waterworld at a flea market for $5 and Rule of Rose (not retro) for $25

Sorry about the lack of pictures but its packed away right now because I am moving in a week. I picked up a fully working Unisonic Olympian 2600 with box, Styrofoam, manual, and all wires for 35 bucks. The shovels on the RF box ripped off when I plugged it in, but I bypassed the entire box with a RCA to Coaxel adapter.

>>956359
Lucky. I know two of the Swordquest games are common, one is rare, and one was never made, which one's the rare one?

>>956519
Earthworld & Fireworld are as common as dirt.
Waterworld is uncommon, and the most playable of the three.
Airworld was never finished.

>>955270
Last time I was in Goodwill they had Airwolf, I think cib, for $20. I think it's only worth about $12-14.

>>956308
> you must have not looked very hard
Did you actually read that thread you linked to? or did you just get lost on your way to >>>/v/

There is absolutely no worthwhile information in it as the same question I asked is not answered. I did find that thread yesterday and ignored it for being worthless.

>>956308
> you must have not looked very hard
Did you actually read that thread you linked to? or did you just get lost on your way to >>>/v/?

>>956308
> you must have not looked very hard
Did you actually read that thread you linked to? or did you just get lost on your way to >>>/v/

There is absolutely no worthwhile information in it.

>>954349

Think Doris will miss her stuff? Or that she was the one selling it?

>>954508

>pic

BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAA

>>957163
I got 007 for $3 because "someone wrote on it"
I get a big kick out of carts with names on them, especially if they have saved games. It gives 'em character.

Do you guys delete old saved games on your carts?

posted this on /v/ because ps2 and xbox don't count as retro and got no replies.

Side arms and sports game: $13 for both [/Spoiler]

The rest: $2 each

my local goodwill has 2 model 1001 ps1 consoles for 10 bux each. anyone think i should pick em up?

>>957570

Only if they are not very advanced.
Always keep the full ones for the next player :)

>>957608
$10 is about retail price.
The psx controllers without the analog sticks are little harder to find but still relatively common.

I just got back from hunting. It was kinda dead and the only game I found wasn't /vr/ related (Dead to Rights for PS2) and the case didn't even had a CD, but hey I bought Rocky and Who Framed Roger Rabbit on VHS for $1. But no matter I'm going to the flea market tomorrow and plan on going early so hopefully I'll make a good pick up or two. Anyway nice pick-up OP.

>>957673
>>956352
>>955689
>>954332
hunting is a GRIND
and usually you go home empty handed
but if you get lucky, and hit it big, all those dead end days just disappear into the fog of your memory and the rush consumes you

obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zljZ4WIJvs

>>957785
I do agree with this, though around my state, or more specifically, my area, I have 2 pawn shops, and yard sales everywhere during summer, and retro games specifically seem to be never ending. Yard sales always seem to yield for me, whereas flea markets and thrift shops never do.

>>957785
I cannot watch videos like that. I've never struck anything that would be OH BOY WOTTA HAUL and been able to keep it. I had almost every Master System game at one time.. lost it due to some major bullshit. Got it all at a garage sale in 1998. Now I have maybe 16 SMS games.

Found a TG-16 a LONG-ASS time ago at a creepy garage sale. $10, no games, 1 controller. I've since bought an Everdrive and a TurboTap, and Bok's Adventure. I haven't seen any other HuCards since Toys Я Expensive was selling them back in the early nineties.

>>957785
Holy fucking shit what a lucky bastard, lucky just like this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0byAVf-yBTs

Garage Sale.

80$.

i fucking scored.

>>957864
YOU MOTHERFUCKER.

As pissed as I am, that is a really nice find. I tip my hat to you.

>>957864
I don't want to believe this. I really don't. That's such a steal that it has to be a fake. What are the odds of the same garage sale selling that many rare games all in great condition still in the box.

I'm jealous regardless

>>957864
Why would they have two copies of Ocarina, with one sealed? Yeah, no.

>>957864
Factory sealed OOT

my diiiiick.

>>957892
One is the Gold Cartridge, one is the orginal. I wanted them both.

>>957864
posted your collection you have amassed via ebay saying it's from a garage sale, nice one m8

>>957901
Dont be jealous.

Why is everybody tweaking out?

idk what people are talking about, but the Gold OOT is not sealed, the lighting makes it seem that way, and the other OOT, i put a protective case around it, just like i did Gaia.

>>957864
Are you going to open them, Anon?

>>957649
>PS1ControllerProgression

You are missing plenty of steps there. They first had analog only pads, then a rumble pad, then the dual shock that had both. I think. There might even have been more steps.

>>957589

Shenmue 2 for £2 is pretty impressive, that game is usually 9x as much.

>>954594
nice, not many pc dudes on here

Got a sealed copy of Elder Scrolls 1 for a dollar from a rummage sale

bow down

>>958438
Do you plan on removing that price sticker or will it damage it?

>>958451
the top label is already fucked up, as seen in the picture

i doubt removing the price tag will do a lot of damage. maybe i'll just leave it there to show how much of a badass i am

>>958458
>the top label is already fucked up
Didn't notice till now, sucks but hey owning the game is great. Did you buy it at a thrift store (assuming from the price tag) or did some person price it at a garage sale, which I really fucking hate when people do that.

>>958463
got it at a tiny thrift store. a lot of places around town have started to charge collector's prices, and this is one of the last stores that doesn't.

and i plan on selling it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnkZjz956yA&feature=c4-overview&list=UU6FSXpkcJno-zSpFKbNL2xg

Garage sales are the goat, pic not related but I did get some of those games at garage sales.

>>958469
I hate resellers.

>>954594
Well done. I actually paid full price on the Diablo chest recently because I found one that still had Diablo 1 in it (and the box wasn't in good shape).

>>958474
>some
Which ones?

>>958475
>I hate resellers.

Sooner or later that will be one of /vr/'s local memes.

Why are console games so expensive, while you could get almost any PC game for a realistic price? Is it because you could easily pirate on PC? Or because not many people owned computers back then?

>>958438
>sticker on label

>>958475
i collected for about 10 years and recently sold my collection. it funded me throughout about 4 months of unemployment.

i'd love to start up a collection again but it really opened my eyes to how legit reselling can be as a secondary income, and at this point in my life i could really use the money.

>>958487

link to the past and Mario rpg for around 5 a piece.

>>958507
i just ripped it off and it didnt make a mark at all, not in the least bit. it was perfect.

im going to try to glue the top label down probably, ive done it before and no one ever notices

>live in Southern town that's big enough to not be a trailer park shithole, but too small to be any where near 2013
>one of the only perks is that the retro bubble hasn't come here yet
>still getting vidya at yard sales for really cheap
>no roving jew-squads of neckbeards and happy merchants buying up everything

>>958517
wow, pretty cool. I always wanted Mario RPG but since the it has the Mario name and it's an RPG made by Square I can never find it for a good price.

Traded in my copy of Tomba! and a sealed Last Story for this bad boy

>>957785
Pretty much, I know how that goes. Huntig is a fucking grind, but when you strike gold you get the fever again.

>>958508

Textbook example of reseller scum. You won't be earning praise here

>>957841
>Holy fucking shit what a lucky bastard

Sure it's lucky, but that was someone's collection that was sold without their consent, and it was sold to a reseller piece of shit at that.

Every time I see that video posted, it depresses me because it's a reseller taking massive advantage of someone who's selling shit without consent.

>>958718

I feel the same way. When I see that video, I imagine how I would feel like if my mother or girlfriend decided to just take my shit and sell it. It doesn't even matter how much money I would get. It would just feel like shit.

>>958695
lol

>>958495
It's been going on pretty much since /vr/'s inception

>>954508

$400 for a practically new Neo-Geo with original packaging. This idiot deserves to be scammed.

>>958695
but dracula x is a shitty gutted version of rondo of blood, why would i want to keep it anyway?

>>958971
Gotta point. It's got a boss ass port on PSP and its available on Wii virtual store. You could sell Dracula X and make enough to buy that port and a PSP.

>>958517
Damn lucky find, especially in the wild at that price

>>954316
Driving what are you obese or something walking master race

nonretro found a ds charger that's it

>>957864
lol overpaided

>>959385
>Driving!?!? What are you, obese or something? Walking Master Race
fixed.

Popped on this today for a $1. Came out alright after a cleaning. He said he had a system but couldn't find it. I left him my number.

>>957864
>>958438
>>958619
Love it

>>958525
> no retro bubble
You are lucky anon, there is no doubt the retro craze is in full swing. TV shows about pawn shops, storage sales and Pickers got people thinking all their old garbage is worth money or they wannabeapickertoo.jpg. I was at an auction in my city and I heard a couple of greasy dudes talking to each other saying things like, "Been outta work for awhile so I says, Yea, I'll be a picker too." I've never lived thru a bubble before and it's a trip to see the prices just rise and rise and rise. In a way it's cool that units end up for sale and not in a dump but there are fewer gems out in the wild now, and the price gouging is depressing.

Popped on this today for a $1. Came out alright after a cleaning. He said he had a system but couldn't find it. I left him my number.

>>957864
>>958438
>>958619
Love it

>>958525
> no retro bubble
You are lucky anon, there is no doubt the retro craze is in full swing. TV shows about pawn shops, storage sales and Pickers got people thinking all their old garbage is worth money or they wannabeapickertoo.jpg. I was at an auction in my city and I heard a couple of greasy dudes talking to each other saying things like, "Been outta work for awhile so I says, Yea, I'll be a picker too." I've never lived thru a bubble before and it's a trip to see the prices just rise and rise and rise. In a way it's cool that units end up for sale and not in a dump but there are fewer gems out in the wild now, and the price gouging is depressing.

Found pokemon gold and operation C for a dollar each. Operation C's label is toast though. And pokemon had no save file on it to admire, but I checked and it looks like the battery is working.

>>959886

How would one clean a slightly yellowed PAL SNES?

I assume take the case off, and use some sort of cleaner.

Oh, and I just bought Resident Evil for 50p, they had Tomb Raider 1 and 3 there as well, should I get those?

>>959886

>pawn shops

There's one really fucking bad pawn store in my city. I have been there two times. All of his games start at $10, no matter what system or how shitty the game is. He had a Megaman 8 black label I wanted... for $40. His prices keep getting higher too. When I asked him about it in January he said $30 and I still passed cause I know you can get them for $20 on ebay. When I ask him for a better deal, he says no way. I asked him about game gear games too... he has about 7 and he wants $5-$20 each. There was Strider Returns, last time he wanted $15 for it and now this time $20. None of this shit has moved an inch since I last inquired about it. I'm just gonna stop going. It's getting too wild.

Guy is weird too. He's some ugly fucker who's store is so cluttered that you can't even walk or see half the shit, and when you ask him to look for something he barely gets off his ass to do it. Very rude, won't haggle at all either. He's a pawn shop and he's charging higher than ebay prices but won't haggle. What in the fuck? Also, when I was looking around some 16 year olds came into the store to sell their guitar. He asked them for two pieces of ID, they said they only had 1 school ID. Then he asked if they were 18 and they said no, they were 16. So he said he cannot buy from them legally. Then all they had to say was "come on" and he bought their guitar from them saying "it's just a formality". Shady motherfucker.

It makes me sick to my stomach too. The dude easily 2000 games in there across all systems, and it's like that anything non-SNES or NES will ever see the light of day until he closes down and has to liquidate it. Son of a bitch.

>>959975
>Shady motherfucker.

Narc on the bastard. Anonymous tip line about what you saw, get the cops to keep a closer eye on him until he inevitably slips up.

Note, normally I'm not the kind of fucker to narc on a dude, but when said dude is as egregiously shitty as described here? Do it.

Any good deals today guys? Got Pic related for a total of $6. Retro was $1, non-retro was $5. the cleaning kit is complete, but not sealed.

>>960031
Forgot pic

Just snagged first print copy of US Final Fantasy 7 for five bucks from a garage sale. I know it is a first run copy because it is the same one I rented from the video store the week it came out here in the States back in 1997. Still in good condition, though a touch faded instruction manual.

Went right next to my copy of Warsong on the shelf.

>>959942
ask over at the wikia thread >>935878
some of those guys are wizards

>>959942
> Tomb Raider 1
definitely
check the disc for scratches, proper manual etc.

>>959975
pawn brokers are typically scum preying on other people's desperation. if you do what >>960005 suggests, definitely do it anonymously. I personally think it's bad karma to narc on him but that is entirely your call.

>>960031
>>960032
> cleaning kit
very cool

>>960057
> Final Fantasy 7 for five bucks
win

>>960130

The Tomb Raider is the platnuim edition one, and it doesn't come with a manual I don't think.

>>960113
Cool, thanks.

Found a copy of Air Combat in a local Cash Converters in Geneva for 2 francs. Was absolutely covered in tape but I managed to tear through most of it. Gonna open it up and check the disc and the manual conditions.

>>960246
...Oh.

$5 each.

>>960246
>>960258
That sucks, but I also wonder why Europe and Japan got the nice jewel cases and the US got shitty ones.

I know a guy that owns a video game store at a flea market near me and he's going to sell me a Sega 32x for $15 without cables. Sadly I won't be able to pick it up until next Thursday. Though I can just buy the link cable from Amazon or Ebay.

I think it's a pretty killer deal. What do you guys think?

My local Goodwill has had a dry spell these past few months in terms of actual video games, but I managed to get Mario All-Stars for $2 today. So that's something I guess.

>>960324
That console is pure shit

Take a shit on it and post it here

How much SHOULD I have spent on this?

>>960325

Well worth it

I haven't been able to find SHIT in Toronto lately.
Goodwill, 2nd hand stores, nothing

>>960357
$4.98

>>960393
Welp.

>>960394
Well tell us. What did you pay. Its okay.

>>960401
3 times that...

>>960394
>>960407
$4.98 was a joke (mine). You did well. Back in '01-'03 there was a legit shortage of good condition Saga Frontier 1s on ebay and the price spiked above retail for used copies, but it's come back down for all non-sealed copies.

>>960421
OK then.

>>960338
Getting it mainly for Tempo and Knuckles Chaotix + a few other games.

Scored this little guy at a yard sale today and
>http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/vgm/3961823628.html
at a flea market yesterday.
Not too bad for 6 bucks each.

>>960505
I wonder how clean you could get that piss snes with some retrobrite? Are you going to try?

>>960507
nah. I already have a non-oxidized snes. I'm probably just going to either sell that one or sell mine and keep the piss yellow one. If i keep the yellow one, i'll just take it apart and give it a red yellow and green paint job for a Metroid theme.

>>960505

The oxidized plastic look kinda like golden... nice

Got a PS2. Controller broken. Can't find any in stores. Got angry, went to auction site. Package with broken PS2, 3 controllers (not originals) 64MB memcard and some weird audio -> USB converter around 26$. Bought it! Another broken PS2 + AV cable, it's in my city, no post!!! The bidding was hard as hell and... got it for 3$ ;)

Now I got a bunch of PS2 stuffz here, too lazy to try them. Noregrets.jpg

>>960505
My SNES is piss yellow like that too.
You say you're going to paint it? I might try that as well, any specific kind of paint?

>>960612
>PS2
>;)

Considering how terrible my area is for anything worthwhile, I did pretty good.

Found a few PS1 games today:

Parasite Eve (Black Label)
1Xtreme
NBA Live '99
Playstation Underground Jampack (Demo disk)
Playstation Interactive Sampler vol.8 (Another demo disk)

All the above for a whopping $1.

Had a round of PS1 the previous week as well:

Final Fantasy VII (GH)
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Vigilante 8 2nd Offense
NFL Blitz

These cost me $4 total.

>>960730
You know, I've heard that if you use a typewriter eraser, it cleans it back up to original color. Never tried it personally, but a friend of mine tried it and he said it worked.

For yellowing;

http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/

>>960539
you might want to consider deoxidizing it anyway, before you paint it. if the chemanon from that other thread is right, and i think he is, an oxidized snes is more brittle than a deoxed one

>>960737
Here, just tried the controller with some fightan games.
It's a fucking dream.

>>958619
fiscally sound deal, that being said tomba is the shit and i wouldn't trade my copy for the worst megaman game on the snes....imo

Got this Game Gear with Sonic Triple Trouble and the Game Gear PowerBack Rechargeable Battery all for $20.

I never owned one before so I'm happy, but man is this thing HUGE

>>959385
Not the same guy, but over here on Long Island it takes me nearly 45 to walk to my local Gamestop thats 7 minutes away by car. For any thrift shop that might sell retro games it'd take me an entire afternoon.

If you can walk to those locations it'd be great, but if you're in a situation where you constantly have to drive back and forth to do any exploring it's not worth the money in fuel. It's why I've personally resorted to online shopping and only check shops if I happen to be passing the area.

>yard sales

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xdbp-nS2I

>>961472

>that Nomad

>>954594
>PC games
All dat value.

>>954594
>got Diablo 2 for $2 used
>cd key worked
Should I get D1 for PSX or should I find a PC copy?

>>961540
Do you have friends who will play it with you? PSX has better multiplayer, but is more expensive. PC is like Diablo 2 in controls, making it a good single player game. Really depends if you prefer keyboard and mouse or a controller, or if you want a cheap copy.

>>954594

>those CompUSA stickers

R.I.P ShitUSA

>>961415

Good deal, provided the screen works

>>961472
>1st gen genesis

dat mono sound

>>961562
screen works during gameplay except when it's doing the title card for an act and there are lines going vertical per sprite. It's acceptable to me, it doesn't bother me.

Although I may investigate a way to replace the screen and instructions to with a LCD screen. A LCD Game Gear sounds lovely.

>>957864
>factory sealed
Doubt...

>>959942
Turn on camera flash.

Last weekend I was looking for a copy of the first Panzer Dragoon on ebay, just for giggles. Came across it and Zwei for $40. Guy talked to me and said he had a bunch of other Saturn shit and said he'd toss it in for $60 more, shipping included. Astal, Clockwork Knight, Bug!, Nights, and a couple other games I can't remember. Also threw in some white Saturn controllers. Could be getting scammed, but the guy gave extra pics willingly, and it should be coming in in a few days.

>>961597

There is no camera flash on the Vita

I have no other camera I swear.

All for $80. How did I do?

>>961617
>No boxes
You got ripped off

>>961607
This is the rest of that haul.

>>961617
If you clean them up and sell them on ebay, you've got a mighty nice profit there. Rougher than I'd put in my collection, personally, but I'm just OCD as hell.

>>961617
>Earthbound
I'd say you did pretty good there.

>>961617

>>961617
>Terranigma
Well there's at least one repro in that lot. Good looking haul though.

>>961472
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xdbp-nS2I

heh, I've watched your vids before

>>961617
What happened?

>>961472
So which one are you the edgy emo or the neckbeard ?

>>961556
RIP indeed.

Whats the average price for n64 games nowadays? Went to a swapmeet earlier, and the lowest price I saw was $10, just for a messed up cartridge and that's it. And then for the more popular games like OOT, and Mario, they were charging up to $30! Thought to myself that can't be right...

note: just looking to get some old games I missed out on, not looking to collect, figured I;d ask here.

>>960730
Not sure even how to paint consoles at the moment. When I have some time I'll figure out how to paint is without messing with how things fit together

$10 for Fear Effect and $20 for FF VII. Doesn't have the artwork/manual though.I probably over paid.

>>961876
Probably considering I payed 30 dollars for a first run of Final Fantasy VII with the masterpiece misprint, black label, in fantastic shape with manual.

>>961876

I bought FF7 for 30p once

Don't worry, it was original 40p but it went down.

>>961959
Well you also have to take into consideration the inflation on video game prices right now. They are higher than ever. So you may be buying something for $30 that could really only be worth 15-20.

>>961876
>$20 FFVII
I've never met a seller that has FF games that are not overpriced. Usually they know of the titles popularity. $20 is how much I bought a complete and a black label copy on a ebay auction.

Also-
I found Jade Cocoon at a Flea Market, bought it for $2 because I told the lady it was a 2 disc game and was missing a disc. At the time I genuinely thought it was a 2 disc game. The lady was selling a lot of complete PS1 games for $4. I also bought World Destruction League - Thunder Tanks for $4 which a later found out it wasn't a rare game.

PS1 games titles I can never find in a Flea market-
Dino Crisis , Parasite Eve, Persona, Mega Man titles. Has anyone spotted one of these titles at a flea market before? Maybe the Dino Crisis games but I've never seen a Persona title at a flea market. On ebay Persona 2 complete game sell from $50-$100.

>>962019
I'm looking now and I'm seeing them all around $40+

>>962036
I take that back. I've seen a few that are going for a little over $20, but after that it's a huge jump up to $39.99 (FF VII)

>>961964

Yeah, I saw online you could get FF7 for £15 at least, but I saw it go as high as £40.

>>954349

Shit, son. A lot worth over $200 easy, for $20.

>>954792
> replace rusty staples in any manuals I find too
what a simple yet fantastic idea

>>954496
If he tried to purchase that lot game by game plus the system elsewhere, he would likely exceed $200.

Today.
Two Goodwills.
Two Salvation Army storess
One Savers.
Zero finds.

Or rather, zero purchases. Goodwill had some PSX games in those old giant cases (Ridge Racer, Twisted Metal) and Savers had a bag of about 6 Game Gear games for $5. But nothing I was interested in.

>>960265
>>961472
>>961607
>>961629
outstanding

>>960338
> Take a shit on it and post it here
10/10
I spit up my beer

>>960505
> dat luscious checker-boarded yellow patina
hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng

>>960737
did you get that amp too? Pioneer?

>>960740
> Parasite Eve (Black Label)
jelly

>>961415
heavy too
and a battery hog
curious, do you have sound / speaker problems?

>>962019
Found both my dino crisis games at a flea market with in weeks of each other

>>962160
Not buying ps1 longboxes full retard

>>962151

Thanks. It usually only happens to plain paper manuals, anything with higher quality glossy paper is almost always fine. That said, if rust damage has hit the manual, it's impossible to fix. So I just replace the staples to prevent further damage

For a place that usually has fuck-all, this was great.

The fruits of yesterday's labor. Garage sale. $5 for all of it together, although I'm not sure how the poor guy even ended up with a SNES with no components in the first place.

The NES didn't power up at first, but when I swapped the 9V AC original power adapter for a 9V DC one I happened to have lying around (the robust rectifier in the NES will handle DC just as well as it handles AC), it worked perfectly.
The controller's cord was a little torn, and you can see where I took it apart and covered the rift with electrical tape (right at the base of the controller itself). The Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge appears to have a little water damage, but I already have on in perfect condition anyway.
The NES and controller are quite yellowed, which I haven't seen very often on NESs (not like you see on SNESs...), but after a good disassembly and wash to get the grime and cheetos off of them, I decided that they're good enough. I could do a hydrogen peroxide treatment for the yellowing, but since I'm just going to set this one up for people to play duck hunt in my apartment, it doesn't really matter if it is in perfect condition or not.

Since I don't have power, video, controllers, or games for the SNES here at my apartment, it's untested. Hoping to hit some thrift stores today or tomorrow and see if I can't at least get some games and controllers for the SNES. Even if I can't find power or video cables for it, I know that the SNES has the same voltage regulator as the NES, so the same power supply I'm using for that should work (And 12V DC should work too, in a pinch, though it will heat up more), and I suspect that I'll be able to rig up something good enough to get at least some kind of picture out of the multiport, at least enough so that I can test if the console is working once I have a game in it.
In a week or so I'll be able to pick up my NES RF adaptor, which I believe will work just fine with the RF jack on the SNES.

>>962638
You abandoned your thread on /v/, but I still want to know: how much?

>>962638

mad_jelly.jpg

>>962654
>>962662
Don't hunt me down pls
$10
All were complete save for Xenosaga and Maximo, and SH3 had the soundtrack (not sure if that's for all copies or preorders or something)

>>962638

>Maximo

>>962667
I heard it's a spiritual sequel to GnG, so I nabbed it

>>962669

It is. The second Maximo game lost its GnG feeling though but it's still a great game.

>>962667
>>962654
>>962662
Oh, and there's a funny story behind this.
I spent all morning hunting whenI say one of the garage sales being raided by two guys who go and buy vidya in order to resell them (it said so on the fucking truck)
Luckily, they only found board games.
The next sale I ended up barely beating them, nabbed those. They mad.
I was gonna buy FFX, but I already had a copy

>>962674
Wow, nice work. If I saw those guys I would probably punch their dicks off.

Oh, and I DID find Legend of Dragoon.
I didn't buy it because it was JUST Disc 4

>>962679
No you wouldn't.

>>962679
with your bear hands?

>>962684
Well then it sounds like you DIDN'T find Legend of Dragoon AFTER ALL.

>>962691

Of course.

That amendment is not there for nothing

>>962734
NO I have NOT.
DON'T ask WHY I decided to DO that.

I found a boxed Intellivision in a Goodwill yesterday, but look at the fucking tape they put on it.

>>962176
no sound/speaker issues so far. Quite the steal

>>963032

God why. I thought Goodwill was well aware of jewgold prices

found this stuff today. 15 for everything.
im keeping the batman 360 controller
i hear 7th guest is kinda tough, true y/n?

if you can't see games are:
doom
7th saga
gemfire
drakkan
wild arms 1
ff7
fft
re3
battletoads n double dragon
beyond oasis
hotd 2
pso
not pictured are dungeon explorer for sega cd and a handegg 2010 for 360 i got for free

Picked up a copy of Tengen Ms. Pac-man for $9.50 at a flea market today. Did I do good?

>>954545

>Earthbound
>Anywhere near the garbage
>MFW

>>955184

>Those people in the window staring at Sperglord Junior

I'm about to jump on this I think. The games alone are around $55 in value according to price charting. I'll see if I can talk him down based on the conditions of the items but I think It's a pretty good deal.

Just ordered Yoshi's Island from a local site, for €14. Not a bad deal imho.
And sortof retro, it can play the old gameboy games too, my gameboy player for the Gamecube finally came in the mail, cost me €20.
Oh, and last week I got Pokemon Silver, now I got gen 1 and 2 complete, cost me next to nothing too since I got a few double in an extremely good deal, so I can resell those for normal prices and make back the money I payed for the others.

>>963324
*Crystal, not silver. Took me a while to find it for a nonretarded price.
Now I'm hunting for the trading card game, so far I never even saw it for sale on my local sites...

Look what I just found.

>Go to Flea market
>Only game related thing I found was a PCPstation
>Go to a 2nd hand store
>SNES:100$
>Go to Goodwill
>Only game I found was NHl 2007 for PS2
Why must Toronto suck so much dick

>>958726
Like this?

why have PS1 games depreciated in value so much? is it entirely because of hipsters? does CD-based software simply not look cool enough on a bookshelf?

>>963520
>being an untrustworthy asshole (if she's telling the truth)
>having an untrustworthy asshole for a gf
>letting an untrustworthy asshole have access to your possessions so she can sell them
my sides, ingurland

>>963520
There are so many things that are wrong with this

Well

>>961415 here

I just pulled out the game gear today and now the thing doesn't work properly. I turn it on and it turns off by itself after a second. Supposedly, this is a capacitor issue.

Anyone know where I get can this fixed?

I hope that most of you guys' actually play the games you Jew instead of selling them for a jacked up price.

OT: I see garage sale signs occasionally but I have never actually ventured to one.

>>963486
Similar situation here. There is one game store that sells retro shit for jacked up prices, Goodwill/Salvation Army always has nothing except for shitty sports games. :l

A tragic comedy in three acts with FAGS literal, figurative and acronymical.
Laugh at my tribulations for they mirror your own
Scenes happen out of chronological order

> Be me
> My trophy racks are full with the meat of a thousand hunts over three hundred months
> All I want is a fucking Nintendo brand 60 to 72 pin adapter without paying $30 for a damn Gyromite on Ebay
> Wife manages to get me into the city, near the dirt mall where I know for a fact there's a little old Asian lady with stacks of NES carts.
> Flea Market closes at 7 on Sunday. Get there before 5 because I know places be closing early.
> Enter anxiously. The chain link is wrapped around her stall. My dreams are all dead and buried.
> Try to salvage the trip by checking all the Mexicans game booths
> Over 9000 "Original Nintendo? No. No mas"
> Holy shit a white guy with a video game booth! Perhaps some caucasian camaraderie?
> He's playing fucking CoD with some kids. Pic Related. Ignoring me. I'm looking around back in his stacks.
> Shit this cracker has like fifty Saturn games tucked away but I can't read the titles!

Cot's
Are you on the edge off your seat yet?

Haggled this lot down to $30, will probably seperate and sell it for a profit of $50 total

>>963629
>saturn games
>can't decipher the spines

>>963683

No way dude, that's COLLECTIBLE and RARE sell it for $100 at least.

I picked up an original Game Boy for £3, so did my friend

it was actually in GAME, I was looking for a cheap GB Micro so we asked if they had anything out back. They came out with 2 'faulty' Game Boys, and the system said they were £3

the 'faults' were that one of them was a black screen (the contrast was down), and the Nintendo logo didn't show properly (like they all do when there's no cart inserted)

good find

>>963629
> Try to read Saturn games without bothering dude's game.
> Circle around both trying to see them
> Lean over counter cranking neck. Hey, maybe this might be a signal he's got a customer?
"Hey, can I help you? You don't need to lean over my counter like that"
> Great my normal charm isn't going to do it here
> "You got NES games?"
"Maybe" (wtf?) "What do you need"
> "I'm looking for five screw black label ca-
"I don't got it"
>Oooookay... "Well I see you got some Saturn titles up there could you tell me what you have?"
"I got what? Titles?"
>"Yeah those Saturn games"
"Maybe I can help you with that what do you want to know?"
>"Umm.. What titles do you have?"
> goes behind counter and pulls out a little clipboard with game lists broken down by system
> "Oh okay you got game lists cool I didn't see these"
"Yeah it's so dudes don't need to lean over my counter"
> Fuck this list has Shining Force 3 on it, which I need. Panzer Dragon Saga, Shining Wisdom, Dragon Force.. How am I going to turn this around and Geh this guy to deal with me?
> Decide to start slow and test the waters "How much for Alone In The Dark?"
> goes behind counter to hidden computer and typity type type. Great.
> "What do you go by? Ebay low?"
"I go by supply and demand."
> "So... Ebay?"
"Supply and demand. What game again?"
>"Alone in the Dark"
"One Eyed Jacks Revenge?"
>"The list just says Alone in the Dark"
"That's the only one for Saturn"
> Is this guy fucking with me? "Then I guess it must be that one"
"I don't have it"
> Then why is it on your fucking list? By this point I've had it dancing with this guy. "How much for Shining Force 3?"
"I don't have it"
>"Panzer Dragoon Saga"
"I don't have it. All the RPGs are gone"
>"So what do you have?"
"I gave you the list"

So I burned down his kiosk and fucked his daughter.

> In my next post, the non-/vr/ tale of how I almost got a sealed Devil Summoner and Indigo Prophecy for $20 but failed then later the ultimate minor redemption and more!

>>963732
Wow what a dickhole who obviously doesn't care to make money.

Soon as a reseller pulls up eBay I leave

>>963773
Well I couldn't say for sure he was looking at Ebay that's why I asked and also why I tried a test game first but he was dead set on fucking with me. What did this guy think that he was king of the fucking dirt mall just because he's the only vendor who's circumcised?

>>963792
Yeah, I guess stick around and see if you can't catch 'em slippin. Still, just the whole attitude and the guy wouldn't even like pull the games out for you.

Even god damn GameStop will do that much for you.

>>963817
We can all be glad he's dead now. One less scum sucker.

Got Bubsy, MK, and F-Zero for $16 at a local vidya store. I think the retro bubble already hit here, though. All of the big-name games like Mario and Zelda are fuck-expensive. I saw SMRPG with box for $80.

>>963732
This guy is just fucking with people he thinks won't give him the premium. The guy probably thinks he'll hit a point where a stupid person will overpay for his shit. I hate people like this. He's only interested in fucking people over.

/v/ didn't care,so I'll post it here. Not Retro, but payed $6 for everything.

My pickups this morning.
$35 for the Saturn
$40 for all the games.
My wallet kind of hurts but I couldn't help myself.

>>963878
Woah, Xenosaga in a clear case? That's a pretty decent haul.

>>963890
>that rug
But nice find. Love me some Centipede.

>>963892
I put in the clear case. My dad has a shit ton of them and he let me have them. That's why it has a serial number and control number on it. The original case had been chewed up by a dog or something, but the cover was still good somehow.

>>963890
Goddamnit, I need to buy another Saturn. Mine looks like crap, and I overpaid for it. NEW RF CABLE CAME WITH IT THOUGH.

Good luck with getting Saturn games, kind of hard (if not impossible) to find them around my area.

>>963906
I never thought of putting PS2 games in a clear case, but it looks pretty nice. There's something I find great about the PS3 cases, even though they're the stupidest size ever.

>>963709
Oh my god, this comment is just priceless.

>>963923
I love clear cases and hope that I one day have enough clear cases for all my games. My dad only had like 50 something cases, so I only put the bad cases in clear ones so I can make them last. Looks tacky compared to the others, but if you can make them all match, it would look fantastic I bet.

>>957570
acetone and gone, easy fix if you wanna remove it

>>963890
favorite system of all time pictured

>>963892
It didn't originally come in a clear case. I have a preordered copy.

>>963968
Any Saturn games you'd recommend for someone new to the console?

>>963683
Reseller scum none of that is worth more than $30
fuck off to /v/

>>957570
Not usually. Something neat about having a save or two from someone else, gives me joy to pop in a game and see something from someone's life.

Most interesting was a copy of Strange Journey with two saves and over 80 hours of playtime invested.

>>963982
Not that guy, but I'd definitely recommend Gungriffon. One of the first couple games I got for the Saturn (rather recently too), and copies run pretty cheap even with unbroken cases (got mine for $17 on ebay).

Yeah, I ebay sometimes, not a place for good deals, I don't recommend it unless you can hunt down some good deals.

>>963997
To better explain, Gungriffon is an FPS mech game, fun as hell, kind of clunky, but amazing controls. Arcadey, has a kind of ruthlessness about it, but it's definitely a hidden gem on the console.

Here's some gameplay! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZdYDe47nyU

Darius Gaiden is another cheaper game. Fun as hell shmup with about 26 levels, not bullet hell, but more like Gradius. I didn't even care for shmups until I picked up this game, and while it might not be the most amazing, it's definitely a fun as hell game that I've poured a TON of hours into.

Here's some gameplay for Darius Gaiden!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eS8is560Fk

>>964038
Thanks. I'll check them out for sure.

>>961629
OH SHIT, the white controllers.
i wanna dip my balls in it!
lucky fuck.

>>963730
>>963890
>>963413
>>963890
success

>>963312
>>963827
retail prices but still ok

>>963589
see
>>960113

>>963520
isn't that illegal?

>>963591
usually keep, occasionally trade, rarely sell
if I sell, I find the lowest opening bid on eBay and start my auction under that with no reserve and honest shipping. I sold a Majora's Mask to a kid in Toronto for $10. That included shipping from the US. He wrote me a long thank you note after he beat the game. Was pretty cool.

>>963263

>9.50
>Haggling for cents

Get out of here, Schlomo.

Went out this morning and found nothing at the garage sales I visited, this is the 3rd time this week and I usually find at least a PS1/PS2 game I'm interested but nope just clothes. I got kinda pissed but shrugged it off and went to the mall with my bud to do some window shopping and get some food. After that we decided to go to the Play N Trade and started laughing at their fucking rediculous ass prices (Mario/Duck Hunt for $15, Ninja Gaiden for $25, and even more I can't list it was fucking bad). They even had Earthbound behind their glass and I was furious they managed to buy that from some guy for (probably) a couple bucks, but I don't know if they'd be willing to pay for games like that but the game was being sold for $345. After some browsing I was losing hope but managed to get these 2 games for $5. Eh, at least I got something and they're pretty damn fun, especially "The Guardian Legend".

>>963263
was it in the box?

>>963982
i am that guy.
i would recomend..
shooters: sokyugourentai, cotton boomerang, darius gaiden
rpgs: shining force 3, shining the holy arc (1st person dungeon crawler much like the first shining game (in the darkness)), panzer dragoon saga, dragon force
sports/racing: winter heat, sega rally, virtua racing
fighters: every capcom "vs" game (xen vs streetfighter, marvel vs.,etc.), virtua fighter 2 and remix, fighting vipers, anarchy in the nippon
platformers/action: die hard arcade, rayman, bug too, astal
misc (minigame/puzzle type): virtua photostudio, body special 264 - girls in motion, miniskirt police, tempo

>>964114

...No. According to this (http://www.rarityguide.com/nes_view.php)) it should be worth $11, so not too bad, I guess. The guy originally wanted $15.

>>964139

Didn't intend to post that, but whatever.

>>964105

>Earthbound
>$345

Please tell me it at least came with the box...

>>964145
It's alright, I had a chuckle.

>>964148
Nope, but it's okay to release your anger I'm fucking tired of that establishment any way. They were fucking selling Tetris (NES) for $35 even though they had like 10 copies of it.

>>964158

Thanks. So, did I do good or was I ripped off?

>Buy from guy at a flea market
>Talk about a SNES
>He asks where is it
>I point it out
>Notice later the SNES is gone
D-did I support a reseller?

>>964165

Yep. Now the only way to redeem yourself is to commit sepukku. Sorry about that.

>>963257
not much retro, but i bought the 360 controllers to resell to fucking gamestop. got all of them for less than 5 bucks and they go at GS for like almost 26 per controller with the deal going on now.

>>964219
You probably could've done better selling them for like $30 on ebay or something. I don't get why more people don't try and undercut GS, usually you get more money that way anyway.

>>964236
Nevermind me, with shipping costs, you wouldn't gain much of anything.

>>964236
i looked on ebay, all the controllers were selling for 20 or just about 18-22. nothing was selling above 30 unless it was one of those chrome controllers.

>>964165
How much was it? I doubt he will be happy with the turn over.
>work at a retro store
>people come in all the time with "rare" SNES's
>want $70+ cash for them
>make it clear will only offer $20 because we sell them at $45
>complete flip out because that means they only made a profit of $5 or less
>swear at me and tell me they won't come back
>they always come back a week latter and begrudgingly take the offer of $20
Seriously most 'resellers' have no idea what they are doing and the few that do are playing it as a hobby not a full time thing.

>>964236
ebay is not as cut and dry as you think.
They charge sellers and buyers can be awful when it comes to feed back, also people are reluctant to buy from sellers with less than a 100 feed back so you would be sitting on stuff like that for awhile.

>>964249
>>964243
Yeah, I just realized what I was saying the second I typed that out. Pardon me for that post.

>>964089

>>963312 here, I talked to this guy on the phone and turns out it's just a kid. Couldn't get shit done today because he didn't know when his dad would be free. However, when he mentioned price he said "You're wanting to pay the $50? " and I just said "...Yes." If I can get this for fifty I'll be very happy, but I'm guessing his dad will go by the ad.

I feel stupid for making that other thread now and not seeing this one.

Managed to get a Ghalleon puppet (with beat up box) for $10 today because someone traded it in at my store and we didn't have a category.

>>964245
Good on you guys for not bending to these assholes.

I paid $27 + $6 shipping for this today. I was the highest bidder (18 bids) with a last second bid. Was it a good deal? Someone else bid the same amount as me but I bid a second or two earlier so I got it.

>>964139

>$15

Kick him in the face the next time you see him for me, okay?

>>964272
That is amazing.

>>954305
Snaged a GB color, Kirby's Dreamland, Kirby's tilt and tumble, Kirby's Adventure and PS1 Soul Blade for $10.00

>>964274
Any Aleste game for under $40 anymore is a good deal.

They are all fucking expensive anymore, even the imports.

>>964280

Noted, thanks a lot. Yeah, I hadn't seen GG Aleste 1 in a while, and it seemed to be going for a low price. Of course it went up in the end, but I guess me and my fellow bidders were more frugal than usual.

I hope to find a Power Strike 2 for cheap sometime, but we'll see.

Why the fuck do people show up at flea markets and pull the "not for sale" bullshit? Common sense says don't bring shit to a flea market if it isn't for fucking sale.

I almost got into a fist fight with a guy at the flea this weekend over this sort of shit. No, I wasn't the aggressor. Coming to blows over goddamn video games is stupid.

Anyways this weekend I picked up an HD model Genesis for $10 at the flea, an audiophile PS1 for $5 at goodwill, and a couple of games no one here would care about at a retro store.

After this shit the fucking flea market can kiss my ass. It is literally nothing but resellers at this point. There's six fucking booths run by the same group alone not counting the 5-10 other resellers set up independently.

This retro shit has gotten retarded.

>>964270
haggle friend
haggle
it's a skill you need to master for all aspects of life outside of /vr/
all prices are negotiable

>>964328
I'm willing to go to resellers if they're not huge dicks about everything. For instance, there's this really creepy hole in the wall reseller that I can barely even stand up in the store (I'm 6'6", so that doesn't mean much). Reason I go there is because the guy is nice. I could get better deals often, but he makes a point to undersell places like Gamestop for newer games, and he offers cheap controllers, often will just say "If it breaks, bring it back and I'll give you a new one." Really nice guy, if there's something newer I'm looking for, I'll usually go to him first.

>>964328
>It is literally nothing but resellers at this point
Jesus man I feel your pain. If it wasn't the reseller it was me who cleaned out the place, and that isn't saying much since there wasn't any "amazing" pick ups that happened there. It's had going to flea markets now because of resellers and it's even more difficult going to garage sales because people are selling online or because they go on sites like E-Bay and sell for the new price at a garage sale/flea market stand. Unfortunately some thrift stores I goto are also dry, last game I got was Medal of Honor for PC.

Fuck all the goodwill's in my area, they charge waaaay too much money for their games, all games are no cheaper than 6 bucks, and they check ebay for prices.

They wanted 40 bucks for The Krion Conquest on the NES and a sealed parasite eve for 90 bucks, Its fucking absurd.

Sometimes you might luck out and get a psx game mixed in with the cds, got Legend of Mana for 2 bucks.

Fuck them though.

>>964345

That doesn't sound like a reseller to me. I mean, obviously he is one but all retail stores are resellers. The idea of a reseller is more maniacal than that

>>964348
People need to stop being soft about prices. Sure, there'll always be some guy who buys Chrono Trigger for $80 for some fucking stupid reason, but if these resellers keep this shit up, they're going to collapse the worth of all their products. There's the smart ones that realize the best way is to have a wide array of goods and then there's the fucking stupid assholes that don't know what shit is worth and price their crap ABOVE ebay for some fucking retarded reason.

>>964345

There's exactly one reseller who is decent and I can stand, but all the rest are fucking assholes. Especially the ones of the "cartel" as we call it of which half of the flea market resellers belong to.

>>964348

Last year I got up every weekend early and went hunting at yard sales and found lots of stuff. There was competition but I was able to beat them about half the time.

This year, fucking forget it. Not only are there MORE resellers but there are HIPSTERS in on this shit everywhere. Everything is gone before the bell rings on these sales. It isn't worth my time and money to search any more.

Thankfully I have most everything I want at this point. It kills me seeing my hobby raped and exploited by such scum.

>>964357

The problem is when those resellers don't budge no matter how long they wait, which seems to be a recurring theme. I've seen the same reseller posting $500 PDS on local classifieds every 3 days for 2 years now

>>964165
> D-did I support a reseller?
not really
the community is incestial, swapping wares all the time
you could argue you are supporting them by even going to flea market
It's all part of the game of collecting

>>964272
>>964274
>>964278
success

>>964328
> This retro shit has gotten retarded
It's a sickening feeling watching our hobby being ripped away from us
It used to be about the games, the community and the passion for gaming
Now it's just another collectible genre raped by greed

>>964356
The guy is an older dude that I'm pretty sure just runs the store because he wants something to do. There's no real gamestop or anything like that in the town he's in, and it's pretty obvious he probably hits up a fair number of craigslist ads and garage sales. From what I can tell, his idea of profit is getting a couple bucks off of each thing he sells, figuring most people will buy more than one thing. It works too. Shame that asshole kids in town steal from the guy.

>>964363
Oh man, I wanna fucking hug you right now no homo of course . This year it's fucking ridiculous how dry yard sales/flea markets/thrift stores are. From asshole resellers or hipsters it makes me never want to wake up in the mornings either. But I'm still gonna try. I'm just gonna wake up at like 6 or 7 and go walking around my neighborhood and hope to get lucky, I'm not giving up until I see hope just shatter right in front of me. I wish luck to you as well friend.

>>964371

See, when resellers claim they're providing a service, they don't do shit like this. You buy a game for $10 and sell it for $15, that's a fair mark up. Even if that game is Chrono Trigger, you know? It's about serving the customer, and you get customers by making the best deals. Unfortunately some people are just too stupid to open their eyes and look around past the first retro wow so rare store they see

>>964378

Let me give you some inspiration. In June I got all this for $40. One of the SNES was broken, so I sold it for $10 to a guy who fixes them. I gave the extra controller to a friend. The rest is where it belongs: in my house

>>964363
Resellers can be good if they work it as something like a hobby. Truth be told, I'm not totally bugged by resellers going through garage sales and whatnot, so as long as they don't add more than $10 to the pricetag. Gas costs money, and there should be something of a finders fee.

The ideal reseller is one that respects the collector, tries to make a living, but not overdoing it. Trouble is that a lot of resellers seem to have no issue doing this kind of shit
>>964364 right here.

>>964356
This /vr/-exclusive concept of "resellers" is hilariously one-sided and naive to me.

I promote its perpetuation completely.

>>964386
Thanks, I hope to get a haul like that one of these day.

>>964386
>>964395
let me point both of you to this
http://yardsales.lizndom.com/p/yard-sale-guide.html

i've never hunted so thoroughly myself, but if you go to the main page, they used to blog about their finds

>>964394

I don't believe the reseller concept is native or exclusive to /vr/ at all

>>964401

I actually figured out most of the tips in that guide myself. First thing I do when I find a console is shake it. If there's bugs inside... you'll hear them.

God damn, you will hear them

>>964379
>It's about serving the customer
Yeah, I want everything to be cheap and served on a platter too, anon.

>>964394
To be fair, the good guys out there are fairly rare. You can find them, but you have to look, sometimes a good deal away from where you live. Resellers won't give you garage sale steal kind of deals, but the really good ones are a place to frequent once every so often if you're looking for a nice copy of something, or you want a game now and don't want to pay for something on ebay.

For me, I'll pay more money to a nicer person than less to an asshole. I'm not giving the asshole my money, even if he has something I really want. Well, thus far.

>>964416
Have you seen this video, it's kinda old but damn it makes me squirm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLaZtUli-_M
What's worse he bought it online.

>>963732
Scene two of the sad tale of how Anon didn't get his elusive Nintendo brand 60 to 72 pin Famicom converter.
Scene is a "cool dude" used video store. Soundtrack is progressive hip hop.
Supporting characters: Full sleeve tattoo clerk, goatee assistant manager.

> Pull up to store, turn off Google Nav. Man this place looks pretty cool and big too I bet they have tons of cheap loose NES games.
> They have about 30. No black labels except Golf and 10 Yard Fight, all three-screws.
> Decide this is the kind of place I should check out thoroughly. Lots of weird stuff - guitar amps, slot machines, some import stuff, lots of controllers, two huge tubs of $10 360 power supplies, many used bagged various accessories like Gamestop used to always have.
> Buy pic related for 9.99, ever since I got my PVM I've been taking every opportunity to step up my cable game and this is a bretty pitchin' cable.
> Notice a scibbly sign about PS2 games being buy one get one free. They have Indigo Prophecy and a brand new SMT: Devil Summoner both tagged $20 each. I can't leave them at that price.
> Offer the sweet Sony betamax VCR I had in my trunk up on trade. They want it but can't take it in without the owner(?) Or I dunno somebody with an even cooler beard and/or possibly a coke habit? Just going by what I know about game stores from personal experience.
> Decide to actually pony up and pay the $20 but the tattoo guy rings it up. $40! "Aren't PS2 games bogo?" Turns out it's only used games!
>So I wasted like 20 extra minutes and I thought the thrifts were open till 9 but they were only open till 6 on Sundays so I missed out on 1.95 that I was gonna go to (I got into one just as they were closing. No black label NES)

Polite sage for not retro.
Next up, the actual /vr/ score of the weekend featuring literal fags! No not bundled twigs!

I got a very nice haul I'll be sharing with you later tonight.
I think you'll be surprised by the variety of items.
On a side note, I met a really cool guy at a yard sale that's really into technology, including old stuff. He had pic relatedfor sale. He wants $400. What do?

what is a good price for ff7 on ebay, i figure 30 is right.

>>964416
>>964424
i bought a snes off ebay a few years back and it was full of bugs. even after taking it apart and thoroughly cleaning it, i couldn't get the stench out of it
ended up leaving a super famicom to super nes adapter in it so my games wouldn't pick up the scent. poor thing reeks now

>>964394
It's not so much one sided as it is just black and white.

>>964435
If it doesn't have the TG 16 or Genesis Module, it's not worth it.

>>964456
how is it black and white?

>>964435
Build quality makes a big difference with LD players since they're inherently analog devices, but I don't know that specific model. Usually panasonics are pretty "consumer grade," but if the guy knows what he's talking about, his price is probably close to fair.
The most expensive laserdisc player you'll find for sale will be on the order of $1000, and the cheapest you'll find are usually around $40 (or $10-$20 for ones that have something wrong with them).
In general, they're moderately rare finds. You'll see an LD player about as often as you see Dreamcasts, and maybe twice as often as you see Saturns.

If you've never owned a laserdisc player, you have no need for a top of the line model. Get yourself the cheapest one you can find and start amassing a collection of discs (make sure they're in good condition as well! Since the discs are also analog technology, they can "warp" over time and lose fidelity if they are stored improperly or mistreated!). Once you've got your feet wet on that, and got a killer bigscreen CRT to watch it on (not to mention contemporary dolby sound system), THEN you can start thinking about upgrading to a more "perfect" model.

>>964462
end of the day you either agree or disagree with the concept. there is really no middle room because the moment you make exceptions it loose all ground on what you stood on.

>>964439
>>964424
>>964416
my skin is crawling

>>964464
i see dreamcasts all the time and i've found 2 saturns this summer alone. so im assuming a ld player is an easy find then?

>>954305
>be 17
>estate sale
>see n64, 2 controllers, memory pack, rumble pack, 10 games which included super mario 64, star fox, diddy kong racing, madden 2002, majoras mask and OoT, and a few others
>$30
MM itself is worth $30

>>964459
This. Even with a Genesis module it wouldn't be worth $400 although it would be close.

>>964432
>Now it's time for the payoff!
So my mom has been wanting one of these cruiser style bicycles that are popular with hipsters right now but are also like the bikes she rode a hundred years ago. She bought one off the sidewalk for $30. I was like "You should ride it before you buy it!" and she was like "I have sandals on!" and I was like "You better get some shoes on!" and she was like "But someone might buy it before then!" so she bought it without riding it and sure enough when she rode it the pedal spindle wasn't tight enough and slipped when she tried to go uphill. She wanted me to go with her to take it back but the guy was really nice and said he'd fix it.

Anyway, on our way to that there was this garage sale. It didn't look that interesting but we checked it out anyway and holy shit there was one of these first gen tabletop arcade games that I love so much for only $1! When I went to pay for it and a couple others (pic related) I noticed that the two guys who were running the garage sale (approximate age, 50) were... pretty friendly with each other... and then it occurred to me that their stuff was pretty... fancy... but still guy stuff.. You know what I'm saying?

So I'm trying to pay for this stuff and they're like "Who'th thtuff is thaat?" "I think it'ss Tommy'ss" so this was some kind of "community" sale. I get them back to the car and realize that they all smell like approximately 200 chewed sticks of Juicy Fruit but I don't think any of them have been up anybody's butt so I count it as a score even though the Caveman isn't as valuable as one of my licenesed Coleco ones it's so freaking cute! In fact, it's so cute I think I may post another pic close up of its display running its attract mode.

>>964515
If you see that many, you either live in an anomalous location (or somewhere outside the US?), or you hit a lot of sales. Either way you're probably due for seeing an LD deck or two.

When I give those rough out-of-the-ass estimates, my basic assumption is that you can get a dreamcast anytime, anywhere, if you're willing to use the internet and pay "fair" price ($40 or so for the console alone), and that there are at least a couple Saturns in every craigslist region, but you aren't likely to see them "in the wild" on people's front lawns.

For your reference, in my region I get:
31 results for searching "sega saturn" (gotta filter out cars and such by using the word "sega"), 1 of which is in my immediate area
31 results for "laserdisc," 1 of which is in my immediate area
And 100 results for "dreamcast", 3 of which are in my immediate area.

So I guess the ratio of dreamcasts to saturns and LD decks is close to 3:1 than 2:1, but more or less my rule seems OK to me.

>>964537
I haven't cleaned it yet and the screen's pretty dirty so there's some halos because the LEDs are so bright. I wonder what the substances coating it are...

>>964523
Estate sales are awesome, but you gotta get there crazy early. It's prime hunting grounds for resellers; one estate sale I showed up to, and soon as I found the room with the games in it, there was a dude shoving every single thing he could find into a duffel bag. I told him to calm down a bit, and he replied something along the lines of "I gotta eat."

I did find a CIB copy of F-Zero for my trouble that he missed, at least.

>>964538
Of course I should add that those results are totally unfiltered--the vast majority of them are for laser DISCS or Saturn/Dreamcast GAMES, not players/systems. However, we should reasonably expect a correlation between the number of those sorts of things and the systems needed to use them for sale, in a given area, for obvious reasons.

I'm just trying to say that there aren't actually 31 Saturns for sale within 50 miles of me.

>>964549
I dunno what kind of place you were at, but I've never been to an estate sale that had anything more technological than a sewing machine. In my area at least, 100% of the time, they're old ladies who died and left a house full of costume jewelry (with one or two pieces of real gold mixed in, which you can make big bucks off of, but that's another story...) and ugly antique furniture.

Moving sales were always my favorite. Rich families trading one McMansion for another, and willing to sell everything in it for next to nothing, just so they can start over buying things from scratch. The real trick to scoring like that is just to know which areas in your region are wealthier, so you can skip the neighborhoods populated exclusively by medicaid recipients and old black ladies, and find the disillusioned too-rich Gen X-ers selling mansions full of computers, big screen TVs, and vidya.

>>964549
Well, what happens is, these estate sales are created by people that swoop in when an estate goes up for sale, and do all the heavy lifting of selling stuff. The one I went to was run by monsterestatesales.net. Usually, estate sales are garbage, but most of the time they usually post pictures of everything that's available. They put me on their mailing list and send me notifications of estate sales they're doing that have video games; there was one last week that I wasn't able to go to, but it had a bunch of N64 and GameCube games.

>>964579
Oh, so you can actually take advantage of the commercial-estate-saler system? That would make all the difference in the world, I guess. I always hated those "run by a company that has already inventoried and priced everything in the house" sorts of affairs, but I guess if you had them working on your side, telling you where to go to get the good stuff... I wonder how easy it would be to sign up for something like that myself? I guess I'd have to know the name of the commercial establishments in the area.

>>964601
Next estate sale you're at, ask the people running there that you're interested in video games, and give them your e-mail. It can't hurt to at least try.

>>964549

>A reseller complaining about resellers

We're through the looking glass here people

>>964619
How is that complaining? I'm just relating a story about estate sales, and giving advice on how to approach them; very few of them actually have video games, but if you have the resources available to check out what they have, you can probably score big.

Picture is what I missed at the estate sale I didn't go to.

>>964432
FYI, unswitched multi-system cables are always bad because they lead to the video signal reflecting off every connector and/or system connected to them, resulting in ringing. Stick to discrete cables.

Reviving the thread with my yard sale purchases. (Some things are older than others.)

Silver Nintendo DS lite, with GBA slot guard, and 5 games all with cases and manuals excluding scribblenauts as pictures.

Found this comical monstrosity today. I think they charged me $5 for it, Streets of Rage is in the slot. Haven't cleaned it yet, (and it looks like the alkalines did its thing,) so it's looking grungy right now.

The GG is contained completely in the bottom part, the shell pretty much doubles the size of things.

>>964941
For got to mention, everything pictured above for $10.
Next:

NES cleaning kit - $1.

>>964946
Quick Start brand NES arcade stick and and Professional Organizer GB game - $5

>>964949
Lunar 2 book and box (no game)
Looked cool so I bought it.
$1.

>>964952
2 NIB GBC accessories and GB cleaning kit with translucent case - $10

>>964945
yeah, if that handheld was not bulky and heavy enough already.

>>964956
Platinum gamecube, power cord, game and memory card. - $3

>>964960
N64 gameshark, Nintendo Wifi adapter, Nintendo TLOZ deck of cards (unopened, still in factory plastic) and Red Dead Reception deck of cards (also in factory plastic) - $2.25

>>964967
Boxes PSX with MGS blue discs.
Paperwork, baggies, etc. -$5

>>964968
This was inside the PSX, any idea what it is?

>>964969
Put the disc in and find out?

Probably a demo disc or something promotional.

>>964969
Demo disc.

You couldn't check that for yourself?

>>964969
Collector edition guide books, ones lab led not for resale and PoP has limited edition lithograph included. -$3

>>964969
Looks to be a demo/sampler disc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTQahQqIl_s

>>964976
GBA and link cable - $1

>>964968
>negative five bucks
>>964976
>negative three bucks

>>964982
1987 Samsung Celebrity CRT TV with simulated wood grain. -$3.

And yup, that's it.

>>964957
For comparison...

>>964983
Are you really cracking down on the fact I didn't separate the "-" from the prices? Lel.
I'd expect that from other boards. You're better than that /vr/.

>>964981
I HAD THIS
so many hours i poured into the disk exploring every possible corner of everything milking every demo for what its worth,
i miss savoring games out of pure starvation for them

Has anyone ever thought about meeting up and filming a game hunt or two, like Retro Hunters or Game Chasers?

>>964628
>>964549
>>964523
I've never been to an estate sale, is it like an auction? where I look at an item then bid on it later?
or do you see something you want, track down the seller and make an offer?

>>964628
any idea what that stuff went for?

>>964941
>>964945
>>964946
>>964949
>>964952
>>964956
>>964960
>>964967
>>964968
>>964969
> Metrosexual Hipster
i've seen your posts on /vr/ before and can never tell if your trolling
explain your name
are you shit posting?
or did this actually buy all this?

>>960246
Isn't that the platinum edition case anyway? Long box is black label.

>>965057
Yeah bro you got me, its all an elaborate ruse. I hate video games. Le epic master troll shitposter reporting for duty.

Gonna start collecting after a 5 year hiatus.

Any tips?

Stores to avoid?

Websites to use?

It's been a while.

>>960246
You overpaid. I buy copies of Air Combat all the time just so I can repair the cases of other games since it is by far the cheapest framed jewel case to obtain.

>>965089
>Any tips?
Persistence. if you're going the thrift route, don't expect to be swimming in things your first weekend. I visited 8 stores this weekend and only made purchases at two, one was nothing game related.
Then there's this old picture I post from time to time.


>Stores to avoid?
All of them and none of them. Things can vary by region and timeliness.

>>965047
It's basically a glorified garage sale, except it's inside the house, not outside. It's usually for getting rid of bigger things, like furniture, but most of the time everything inside is up for grabs.

People usually have estate sales if the original owner dies or they're moving from one big house to another big house, so usually it's old people crap.

>>965081
>Not having a model 1 Sega CD.
Get on my level

>>965143
We have a grandstand sale here. Its basically the entire fairgrounds is a garage sale. for 3 days. And its a video game gold mine. I obtained 3 nintendo 64's, 2 were complete with controllers and cables. A gamegear, doom 3 for the xbox, sonic 3d blast for the genesis, and a playstation 1 with metal gear solid, gex enter the gecko, gex 3, final fantasy anthology and breath of fire 4. Alltogether I spent 70 bucks.

>>965161
I don't know if I'd call that a gold mine per se, but that does sound pretty cool. Where was this?

>>965161
lewis county fair in Washington.
Well that was nothing compared to what all they had for sale. There was a Famicom, a few Nintendo's, I saw 2 copies of ocarina of Time, a copy of Final Fantasy VII, and some dude was selling a massive Super Nintendo bundle, with 4 controllers, 18 games, and a super scope all for 40 bucks. The SNES was one of those slim models.

>>965149
>implying that's my entire collection
huehuehueee

>>965190
Seriously, he doesn't even have the box. Pleb.

>>965057
I can verify and confirm that this dude's yard sale/random find/thrift shit looks almost identical to my yard sale shit except I have a lot more. Based on how long I've been doing it, my guess is that this guy has been doing it approximately weekly for almost but not quite ten years. My specific guess is... seven years.

>>965190
Then lets see your model 1 sega cd.

>>965206
I don't think he has one. His collection looks so similar to mine, including the way he has it organized. That looks like his Sega shelf that's somewhat been invaded by the NESs except, like I said mine's bigger (I have a model 1 SCD and an X'Eye on mine). He MIGHT have one hooked up right now and be able to make us look dumb... But I'd bet fiddy he doesn't have a Model 1 AND ab X'eye oe ONE of 'em would be in that shelf.

His Nomads might be with his portables instead of with other Jennies. Mine are.

>>965212
Well so far he hasn't posted it. Now this is just me but I don't bluff. And if someone calls me out on what I say i have, I am usually very quick to post pic with timestamp to prove them wrong. So far this guy hasn't made any effort.

>>965192
No you're right, I don't have a model 1. But just because somethings not on the shelf doesn't mean I don't have it. I got the box to my model 2 CD tho.

>>965217
Something about him strikes me as the kind of tripfag who doesn't have the good stuff hooked up, either. Just some hipster piling it up. Like how he didn't know that disc was a Jampack and he's owned it for who knows how long.

>>965225
Yeah he could be a hipster. The very kind of guy who buys stuff purely for show. The very kind of guy who has caused this inflation in the retro video game market.

>>965212
>>965217
>>965225
Wouldn't be surprised if samefag.
>Like how he didn't know that disc was a Jampack and he's owned it for who knows how long.
Got it yesterday, usually they're labeled with some kind of indication. Christ is this /v/?

>>965232
Well, he is claiming to have paid some very low prices but we might possibly presume as much as that hipsters made retro gaming cool and it's the popularity that has driven demand to outstrip supply.

of course then we couldn't blame resellers

>>965237
You claimed your collection was bigger. And from that recent post you sort of hinted towards owing a model 1 sega cd. So do you have it?

>>965232
Yupp I do it just for show so I can impress all you awesome people on the internet.
>>965240
c
>>965220