/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.687020]

Yard-sale find thread?

I'll start
>wake up 8 AM
>eat a huge ass omlette and coffee
>leave house with my wallet
>ride bike around neighborhood, no signs
>suddenly see this one spammed 4 times
>yes
>Roll in
>2 houses having one
>ask the 1st lady if she has any playstation, nintendo or sega game
>no srry :(
>Go into 2nd looking by myself
>Some arab and a neckbeard are in the garage
>They are selling music equipment, a CRT, and an xbox
>buy xbox for 25
>Go out on my journey, lugging huge ass xbox with all the cables and 2 controllers that arent S
>See another sign
>Nice spanish lady
>Eying a GBA, GBC, and a Pokemon board game
>lady offers it for 5
>buy it
>She smiles saying come again next time
>probably will
>I'm lugging so much shit now
>See last tag sale
>Its an old man
>he says hey you looken for nintendo shit?
>Yeah man
>i dont know what the hell this shit is, but you can buy it for 1
>its a big black NES carrying case with a power adapter, RF adapter, and cleaning kit
>Buy it
>I'm now lugging a garbage bag of this, xbox, GBC, GBA, and pokemon board game
>I cant even ride my bike home
>end up walking
>see another tag sale
>lady selling a ton of shit
>eye immediately catches NEO GEO AES
>Ask her how mutch
>Well my fucking husband is CHEATING ON ME! I'm selling all of his shit, you can have this for 50!
>tell her its worth probably 1000 dollars, with this many games
>she laughs her ass of
>I'll tell him that
>pay
>end up lugging this shit
>arrive at 1:00
>almost pass out
>now have bad headache
Was totally fucking worth it. Playing JSR:F now on the xbox.

Also does anyone know what value this NES black box has?

[Anonymous No.687028]

Fuck you OP. That husband lost his neo geo
he's likely as batshit insane as any other neo geo collector

[Anonymous No.687035]

Fucking nice, OP. How much did you spend in total?

[Anonymous No.687039]

>>687035
60$

[Anonymous No.687050]

WHY DID YOU FUCKING SUPPORT A CRAZY ASS FEMINIST DYKE BITCH YOU LITTLE SHIT FUCKFACE ASSHAT DICKASS NIGGER? YOU SHOULD HAVE WRECKED HER SHIT HNNNNNNNNGH

[Anonymous No.687053]

>>687020
Mad Jelly OP.

>me today
>Wake up at 7am
>withdraw £100 at atm
>go to 2 local Car-boot sales for 8am sharp
>only games being sold are novelty PS2 games like The Weakest Link, Pimp my Ride and other shit
>go home dissapointed and empty handed
>got a headache now

[Anonymous No.687068]

God dammit OP, good show. Sounds like a great day, I'd kill for an AES let alone with games and that cheap.
Pic of all the games you got with it?

[Anonymous No.687086]

>>687050

Go away. Can we have at least one board where we aren't trying to be super fucking edgy with every /b/ shitposter shows up to sound ignorant?

Just because you're anon doesn't give you a license to be retarded.

[Anonymous No.687124]

What state do you live in OP?

Thats amazing. I'm a yard sale veteran and even I'm impressed.


Make sure you put the neo on craigslist and explain how you got it. Don't sell it, just wait for the angry OMG THATS MINE email.

[Anonymous No.687150]

Why did you tell her the real value of neo geo? That's a good way to fuck up some nice deals like this.

[Anonymous No.687167]

>>687050
Her husband shouldn't have cheated on her then.

[Anonymous No.687179]

>>687167
That's kinda like saying when a dude takes a crowbar to his wifes car for cheating... Just... Naw.

You break up. And that's it.

>>687050
'cuz he got a neogeo for 95% off.

Some bitch sold her husbands Lotus Esprit or some shit for $5 on ebay. Imagine that led to an unhappy breakup.

[Anonymous No.687183]

>>687050
His punishment for sticking his dick in crazy, or making it crazy by sticking his dick in something else.

>>687150
Scruples. A rough disease. I have it too, and it costs me a lot of free shit.

[Anonymous No.687197]

Fuck you OP. Way to rub salt in the wounds

For 4 solid weeks I haven't found one single video game at any sale I've been to, and I've been to a shitton. I'm starting to lose hope completely. Maybe I should just stop wasting my time and halt my yard sale hunting completely.

[Anonymous No.687215]

>>687124
CT
>>687150
She had the 50 tag on it bro

[Anonymous No.687229]

>>687197
I'm with you man. I've resorted to church rummage sales only... baby clothes get real boring.

[Anonymous No.687264]

>>687215
Where the hell did you find an AES in CT? I haven't found anything older than N64 here all year.

[Anonymous No.687260]

>>687229
The last seven rummage sales I went to were all clothes, broken appliances, and piles of cheap-tier TVs. Also shit-tons of awful music.

I haven't seen a game system older than a PS2 in a rummage sale or a thrift store since like 2006.

[Anonymous No.687271]

>bike

If this is BGH i am gonna be pissed.

[Anonymous No.687296]

>N64 Red Controller
>Wavebird (Missing Battery Cover & No Receiver)
>Non-Nintendo Brand Gamecube Controller
>One Shitty Gameboy Sports Game
>Gameboy to Gamecube Adapter Cable

$1.00 Total

No games or anything else, that was my only find at one place. Everywhere else was awful

[Anonymous No.687321]

>>687264
idk but its awesome getting a few friends over so we can get drunk and play kof98
>>687271
Nah fuck him hes a reseller
i keep this shit 2 play
>>687296
awesome!

[Anonymous No.687352]

>>687150

I want to say I wouldn't have, but really thinking about it, I probably would.

[Anonymous No.687423]

>>687264
>CT

Are you in the hartford area? I was only able to go out after 10am and would kick myself so hard if I actually missed out on all that stuff. I know some guy's been trying to sell an AES and KOF 98 on htfd craigslist for months now.

[Anonymous No.687492]

so jelly... I suspect cheating husband might be going to jail tonight though after a thorough wife beating.

[Anonymous No.687525]

>>687423
I am. I used to have good luck in this area but I haven't found anything good yet this year. Yeah I wonder if it's that one.

[Anonymous No.687543]

>>687525
Goddamnit. Enjoy those games OP.

[Anonymous No.687546]

>VHS
>Common Vinyl
>Baby & Kids Clothes

Retro hunting is not an easy game. I find the best stuff at church sales and the like. Individual private garage sales have continued to disappoint me this year.

[Anonymous No.687558]

$6.00 for all of this

[Anonymous No.687569]

>>687558
ps1, unless it has RCA cable inputs is totally not worth it. Impressive on the Gameboy Color though

[Anonymous No.687584]

>>687546
I feel this. I live in Oregon and thrifting is like a religion here. The Goodwills here have stores referred to as "The Bins" which have huge, livestock sized troughs rolled out on wheels for people to elbow each other and dig for shit amongst literal shit (I saw a used cat box complete with litter in one once). It is beyond depressing.

[Anonymous No.687589]

>>687028
I wonder if he will show up on the neo-geo forums to tell his story.

[Anonymous No.687596]

>>687558

>all dat syphon filter

[Anonymous No.687615]

>>687423
yep, hartford!
>>687589
I'll show up and tell him I just wanted to play SNK arcade games without shelling out 600 for a MVS console, or 300 for an AES.

[Anonymous No.687616]

>>687124
Where in CT. I live in Bridgeport and I can't find any retro stuff anywhere other than game exchange.

[Anonymous No.687620]

>>687616
West Hartford

[Anonymous No.687629]

>>687569
also came with the power cable, a non-analog ps1 controller, and an ultra racer controller. All neatly packaged in a PS2 box, oddly enough.

[Anonymous No.687796]

>>687584

Ive never found any vidya there, though chances are the hordes of mexicans would grab it instantly anyway

shopgoodwill has some good deals though

[Anonymous No.687807]

>>687020
>playing JSR:F on the xbox
My african american.

[Anonymous No.687834]

>>687020
pics of your conquest today?

fucking so jelly of you getting a neo geo for 50 bucks. but part of my feels bad for the husband, ouch.

[Anonymous No.687843]

>Work every weekend at 5am
>Can't get out until at LEAST 9.
>Everythings picked clean by then.


Despair fills me.

[Anonymous No.687857]

shoulda fucked his wife too.

[Anonymous No.688163]

>2 weeks ago. In a pawnshop in holland (The netherlands).
>Shelf with about 40 ps2 games.
>Bought Prince of Persia, SSX3, Dragonball Z budokai Tenchaichi 3 and Capcom Collection II for €6,-
>Been playing budokai only. Game rocks!!

[Anonymous No.688228]

>>687020

I'm calling bullshit on OP's story. Timestamped pics of the AES and games or it most definitely did not happen.

[Anonymous No.688249]

Just saw this on Craig's List, about 8 hours too late.

[Anonymous No.689803]

>>688249
>The hand
What?

[Anonymous No.689849]

>>688249
I was ten minutes too late for this, not retro, but god damn. Fuck my life. I woke up late and missed it because my asshole landlord was arguing with his stupid friends while piss drunk in my goddamn driveway at 4AM.

[Anonymous No.689856]

>>689849

>everything shrinkwrapped
That PS3 is hot. As in stolen.

[Anonymous No.689859]

>>689856
It's in sandwich bags. Get your ass to Lens Crafters.

[Anonymous No.689889]

>>689859
NOBODY sells a PS3 that cheap. It's stolen.

[Anonymous No.690000]

>>689889
or a setup for a robbery.

[Slappy the DarkSim No.690009]

>>689889
Stolen by crackheads who need a quick fix.
No one sells something that cheap unless it's stolen by complete idiots.

[Anonymous No.690047]

>>690009
Or that kid REALLY pissed him off.

[Anonymous No.690052]

>>689889
Like nobody sells a Neo Geo and all the fixin's for $50.

>>690000
Like I'd ever go to Youngstown without my baby at my side.

[Anonymous No.690094]

>>690052
>CZ-75
Hell yeah, czechnology brofist.
How is that for a carry gun, anyways? I've always kinda shyed away from full-size guns for carry.

[Anonymous No.690120]

I went out to all of the craigslist garage listing that include something vaguely mentioning video games at about 1pm because my car was in the shop. Didn't find any cartridge games, but lots of old disc games.

They all said very few people have come (at all), and were selling ps2/xbox games for $1. But apparently someone went through several of them and bought all the cartridge ones at 8am.

But on the plus side, I got a 10 gallon aquarium with rocks and lights and bubbler and castle and shit for $2. What should I put in it?

[Anonymous No.690123]

>>690094
Oh my fucking god, it feels like a boat anchor on my hip, and is massively uncomfortable. I usually carry a P-64 in my pocket most of the time instead, if I'm going to places that are more upscale. The CZ is for out and about in short bursts, while the P-64 is fine for all-day carry with zero discomfort in the crap pocket holster I got for it.

[Slappy the DarkSim No.690140]

>>690123
I can't stand using smaller arms because they never feel powerful enough. It's half feeling like a toy, and half knowing that a .22 isn't gonna do anything but piss someone off.
I carry a Glock because cheap but potent. I used to have a Tec-9 with a hilariously illegal suppressor but had to sell it because reasons.

[Anonymous No.691263]

Man the one weekend I decide to go to some shitty show and get hammered has to be the weekend with ten million yard sales going on in my area.

[Anonymous No.691310]

>>687020
England is fucking useless when it comes to finding gems like that. We have "Car boot sales" where people flock together to sell their crap. Mostly Ps2/XBOX stuff if anything at all. I have a couple of wins:
>Be about 17, heading towards the end of the sale. One last walk around the place to find shit.
>See weird, cheap ass looking joy stick
>Dig around to find what turned out to be an Atari 2600 jr attached to it.
>Ask how much, £1.50
>Fuck give me it

And at another I found an Amstrad CPC 464 for £5.

Radio Rallies have yielded 2x Atari STs (One broken) and a 1970s Sony Solid State television which I use the 2600 with.

[Anonymous No.691347]

>>687558

[Anonymous No.691382]

I never see videogames are yard sales up here in Ontario, kinda sucks I'm pretty much limited to one gamestore near me and ebay.

Did find shining wisdom/shining the holy ark/albert odyssey in like new and MKR without manual for 180.

Best deal I've gotten so far.

[Anonymous No.691965]

Got all of this for $20 today from a friend

[Anonymous No.692342]

>>691965
damn, just getting PSO is worth $20 alone. are they complete?

[Anonymous No.692374]

>Years Ago
>Garage Sale with pretty much every Infinity Engine game and expansions
>Family wallet nearly empty, just pick up BGII and the Icewind Dales (but not expansions)
>Mom says she would have happily gone to nearby ATM a couple of days later.
>Was searching for this exact same garage sale for years afterward only to never find it again.
>Eventually pick up rest of games at other sales or auctions, but never at the price I would have given at that sale.
>Except for Pools of Radiance (new version) Fuck that game.

[Anonymous No.692378]

>>691965
I just got a dreamcast with games for $20 today too
Wanna trade me jet grind radio?

[Anonymous No.692386]

>>687167
stupid fucking female logic right here. Bitch this is why gamer nerds won't even touch you

[Anonymous No.692390]

>go to local Craigslist
>just 360s, Wiis, and PS Triples

There's exactly two retro items and they're both overpriced to the point that even if I talked the guy down to half price, it would still be more than twice what I'd be willing to pay.

[Anonymous No.692431]

>>691310
Where abouts in England are you from? It's pretty fucking awful here in Preston (North West), I've recently seen a PS1 with wires controller, memory card, a steering wheel and some driving game for £10.. anyone know if that's a good deal or not?

[Anonymous No.692442]

>>690120
your computer

[Anonymous No.692458]

>>690120
lobsters. Bitches love lobster.

[Anonymous No.692494]

>>690120
Lizards. They can guard your portable games.

[Anonymous No.692512]

>>690140

>Glock
>cheap

Pick one.

Really pricey handguns, even used.

>illegal
>suppressor

Pick one.

$200 and one ATF tax stamp later, nothing illegal about them whatsoever.

Please stop bullshitting on the Internet.

Also, video games. This is a video games board.

[Anonymous No.692546]

>>687039
I counted $86

[Anonymous No.692553]

Not yard sale find, but goodwill find. Snes with the power adapter, and a third party s-video cable (think its a tomee one as I have one that looks the same) and tetris & dr mario cart (Faded, but good deal) for $20, pics being taken shortly.

[Anonymous No.692606]

>>692378
Sorry man, that's like my favorite game on the system so far haha. Nice thing about Dreamcasts is that you can burn games, though. Just got Ikaruga, shit's fun as hell.

Yes, I realize owning the real game is a lot different. But with the Dreamcast I find myself not so much wanting to be a collector, but just a fan and player.

[Anonymous No.692737]

>>692553
I got the stickers off, but they need to be cleaned still. Sorry for the late response, I started to play it. Now if I find a nes for a decent price I can get rid of / sell my retron 3. 1 / 2

[Anonymous No.692743]

>>692737

[Anonymous No.692784]

>>692553
>>692737
>>692743
How did I do?

[Anonymous No.692810]

>>692784
pretty good, considering how many people overprice the SNES

[Anonymous No.692852]

>>692810
I thought so. There is very few yellowing. I'm happy with the purchase.

[Anonymous No.692873]

>>692852
my areas retro game store is selling cigarette yellow SNES's for $80 a pop. I'm pretty damn jealous, TBH.

[Anonymous No.692885]

>>692873
Damn $80, the stores beside goodwill if they have they go for $50 for nes / snes. Doesn't matter if they're cracked or yellowed. It's a damn shame.

[Anonymous No.692893]

>>692885
they also have 2 SNES top loaders for $100. Dunno if it's worth picking up one

[Anonymous No.692902]

>>692893
fuck, meant the revision 2 SNES

[Anonymous No.692909]

>>692893
I think u mean nes toploaders, That's not worth it, they are rare, but with no games... its a rip off.

[Anonymous No.692913]

>>692902
Not worth it still.

[Anonymous No.692918]

>>692913
>>692909
that's what I thought. Thanks anyways.

[Anonymous No.692924]

Anyone know if the price check thread is still alive?

[Anonymous No.692946]

>>692924
Why do you need a thread?

http://videogames.pricecharting.com/

[Anonymous No.692970]

I hardly find anything at garage sales, and I've been to a lot. There are much better deals to be had and games to be found at thrift stores and pawn shops. Anyway, I do have one story.

>community garage sale weekend
>almost everyone is participating
>wake up early, around 7am
>leave by 7:45
>the very first house I go to is our next-door neighbors
>huge stack of dvds on table with a few ps2 games mixed in
>see a bag of like 5 N64 cartridges with a $1 tag on it
>"Hey, so were you asking $1 for each of these, or $1 for the bag?"
>"$1 for the bag is cool, man."
>Mario Party, Mario Kart 64, Crusin' World, Episode 1 Racer, and Madden all for $1
>be happy the rest of the day even though I don't find anything else as good

[Anonymous No.692982]

>>692970
>episode 1 racer
>mfw I still have it on disc for windows 98
>mfw I still have the Wingman Force 3D that I played it with

[Anonymous No.693018]

>>692982
>flaminghotdoritos.png

[Anonymous No.693046]

>>693018
>no mountain dew
0/10 wouldn't bro op with

[Anonymous No.693047]

>2002
>official mandated yard sale day in the gated community I used to live in
>go to one house
>selling a bunch of N64 games for $1 each
>Tony Hawk 1, Tony Hawk 2, Goldeneye, Mario Party 2, Rogue Squadron, Shadows of the Empire, Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Stadium 2, etc
>thisisthebestmomentinmyentirelife.wmv
>just now realize that I just destroyed another kid's childhood and he's probably going to post on /vr/ about how his parents threw out his entire collection
I don't know what to feel

[Anonymous No.693141]

>>687053
supreme jelly of both of you.

>work late yesterday
>sleep in on accident
>miss all good sales
>have a headache

[Anonymous No.693327]

didnt see the thread before creating mine, 4chan being shit at deleting again...

btw there is only 2 authorized garage sales weekends in the year.

not pictured and details:
-orange nes zapper
-genesis cable and controllers
-Star fox Assault has Star Fox Adventures instead of the proper game in it (dont care that much since i have assault already)
-Suikoden 1 is missing the manual

prices if i remember correctly:
-NES stuff was 50$ (theres no power or video cables)
-Dark grey cart is a SNES cleaning kit (was in the NES box)
-Genesis stuff was 10$ (1 pad, 3 games,RF video and power)
-Suikodens were 10$ a piece
-Star Fox and Code Veronica were 2$each
-The 3 other ps1 games were 3$ each

[Anonymous No.694569]

>>687584
i managed to score a fully functional silver slim ps2 at the bins in Vancouver, WA. works better than my black slim model

[Anonymous No.694783]

>>693047
Feel glad, because if no one had bought them, they may have been dumped in the trash, or allowed to languish forever in the dark.

A tool is most happy when it is being used.

[Anonymous No.694797]

>>693327
Holy fuck, you know how lucky you are for a 10 dollar Suikoden II?

[Anonymous No.694824]

>>694797

i guess its karma for the poor quality of deals i had in all this year of hunting.

best deals i had so far were paying 50% ebay value on 3 snes games
Sunset Riders for 25$ at a local gaming store where games are overpriced as fuck
Nosferatu for 15$ in mint condition at a flea market
Space Megaforce for 30$ at the same flea market booth

[Anonymous No.694891]

got an atari 2600 and 95 games for 20.
not sure if i want to keep it though, its not as fun as i remember.

[Anonymous No.695280]

First yard sale weekend of the year! here in quebec we only have 2 weekend allowed per year... It suck but there's a lot of sales at the same time so its an intensive weekend.

I got everything (EXCEPT the virtual boy) for around $130 on many different yard sales. The weirdest thing I found was that japanese DK2 for 2 dollars in a poor neighborhood...

[Anonymous No.695326]

>>693327
>only 2 authorized garage sales weekends in the year.

where are you from?

[Anonymous No.695416]

>>687569
what do you mean not worth it?? It was $6.00.

[Anonymous No.696556]

>>694824
I've seen Nosferatu at a flea market like 3 weeks ago, The who was selling told me it's a really good game and it was only $20. I looked at it, had no idea what it was, and decide to not waste money on that game I don't know. I guess my brain had an off day

[Anonymous No.696575]

>>695280
I think that this pokemon's gameboy is kinda rare and expensive...

[Anonymous No.696582]

>>695280
How much for the Master Chief helmet?

[Anonymous No.696591]

>>696582
it was 5$ with the game

[Anonymous No.696686]

>>695326

soviet canada

[Anonymous No.696698]

>>696686
What does it mean by authorised?
Does some big brother corporation control such things?

[Anonymous No.696716]

>>696698
It's the same where I live, also in canada, and it's to stop business from selling as a yard sale without taxes and everything.

[Anonymous No.696717]

>>696698

nope, some cities autorise it if you buy a permit, but in the city i live in its free, but only 2 weekeds per summer.

[Anonymous No.696736]

>>696717
>>696716
Wow, I didn't think about it from a business perspective, that does make some sort of sense. How is that law(?) enforced, if at all?
I'm just curious, here in Britain, as far as I know, people can do what they damn well please as long as it's on their own property.

[Anonymous No.696789]

>>696736

they probably tell you to close the sale or give you a ticket...i guess.

[Anonymous No.697276]

>>687020
If it's true, amazing find OP, but I can't help but feel for the Neo-Geo guy. He was a collector and possibly a bro, but he couldn't keep his dick in his pants. He probably would have been better off never getting married in the first place.

For me I didn't hit the jackpot, but I did get a small lot of games for 3 bucks which included SSFII turbo and Super mario RPG.

[Anonymous No.697416]

>>688228
The jelly, it's delicious