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01. Oct 2006 at 21:25
 
Okay, after going all summer and finding nothing for the NES in the wild (Other than a Boxed copy of ChessMaster for $1), I finally got something worthwhile at a town-wide garage sale yesterday.  Out of all the sales I went to, only two had anything for Nintendo, and the one had obviously been picked through.

I wound up getting everything CIB:
8 Eyes
Abadox
Astyanax
The Black Bass
Ceasar's Palace
Championship Bowling
Clash at Demonhead
Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Eliminator Boat Duel (No Instructions)
Faxanadu
Ghosts & Goblins
Pinball
Pipe Dream
Road Blasters
Shadowgate
Silver Surfer
Snake Rattle & Roll
Swords and Serpents
Xexyz
Zoda's Revenge


All for 50$..unfortunately, most of the boxes are faded quite a bit on their spines...they must have been exposed to the sun for quite a while.  But all in all it wasn't too bad of a deal.  

On a side note, I wound up winning two semi-large auctions on random controllers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&item=170027671115&rd=1&sspa...
This one had 7 NES Controllers and 8 Genesis

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&item=250027720208&rd=1&sspa...
and this one was too colorful to pass up  Smiley
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Reply #1 - 01. Oct 2006 at 21:32
 
The other day I found Laser Invasion complete, Namco Pacs and the boxed collectors set of How to Win at Nintendo games as well as How to Win at Sports.  All for 10, not bad.
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Reply #2 - 09. Oct 2006 at 18:23
 
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The other day I found Laser Invasion complete, Namco Pacs and the boxed collectors set of How to Win at Nintendo games as well as How to Win at Sports.  All for 10, not bad.


Cool stuff Stan, are there three of four volumes of the "How to Win at Nintendo Games' series?

Amazingly, I found some games at a local goodwill where the only thing I had found previously was a sealed Super Sprint...they must have fired the person/people who would take all the games before they hit the shelves...either that or they're on vacation.  I wound up getting:
Xenophobe
Super Off-Road
The Blue Marlin
Fisher-Price - I Can Remember

for $3.84 total
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Reply #3 - 09. Oct 2006 at 18:49
 
That is some sweet games for dirt cheap.  Blue Marlin brings over 10 by itself most the time.  Good pick up.  The goodwills near me never have any game stuff Cry
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Reply #4 - 10. Oct 2006 at 00:34
 
NationalGameDepot wrote on 09. Oct 2006 at 18:49:
That is some sweet games for dirt cheap.  Blue Marlin brings over 10 by itself most the time.  Good pick up.  The goodwills near me never have any game stuff Cry
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that sucks...i pick up lots of nes games at my local thrift stores.  once a month a whole box of games will come in.  the best find i ever got was bubble bobble 2 for 3 bucks.
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Reply #5 - 10. Oct 2006 at 05:55
 
I'm still waiting for my Bubble Bobble 2 in the wild, they're out there it's not that rare.

Today I got SNES Tetris+Dr. Mario for $1.99 and PS1 Street Fighter Plus EX A for $2.99 twas happiness.

Best wild finds for NES were Duck Tales 2, Dragon Warrior 2, Big Nose Freaks and the assorted valuable commons (contra, bubble bobble, mega man 4-5-6) pretty often. All these are usually $1.99. Yard sales a lot of the time, sometimes pawns (seldom but sometimes).
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Reply #6 - 12. Oct 2006 at 19:03
 
i find alot of cameras at thrift stores for dirt cheap..if you know what to look for, you can buy them for around 5-10 bucks then resell for over a hundred Wink.  Good way to fund your hobbies Grin
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Reply #7 - 06. May 2007 at 23:33
 
I hope this is a sign of good things to come this year...As you can see I barely found anything in the wild last year.

I bought the following for 25$ (All loose)
SNES:
Battle Clash
Boxing Legends of the Ring
Chester Cheetah: too Cool to Fool
E.V.O. Search for Eden
King of the Monsters
Mario Paint
NBA Showdown
NFL Quarterback Club
Pilot Wings
Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Baseball Simulator 1000
Super Empire Strikes Back
Super NES Super Scope 6
Turn and Burn: No Fly Zone
Ultraman
1 Super Advantage Controller

Game Boy:
Game Boy Printer
Light Boy

NES:
1943
Airwolf
Bubble Bobble
Bucky O'hare
Dejavu
Faxanadu
Godzilla
Ice Hockey
Pin Bot
Rad Racer
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Silver Surfer
Skate or Die
SMB/DH
TMNT II
Wizards and Warriors
2 Standard Controllers
1 NES Advantage

Random junk:
Dragon Ball GT: Affliction DVD
a Walkman
2 guns and vest for Interact (Whatever that is)
Intel Play Qx3 Microscope (Hooks up to the computer)
Red Caesar III + Red Jack PC demo disc
Eidos Interactive Merchandise Pamphlet
Joe Grahe Baseball card (1994 Upper Deck)
Marvel Universe Series IV SpiderMan and Venom Hologram card
2 Christmas Card Tags
1 Large Tupperware Container
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Reply #8 - 07. May 2007 at 08:34
 
Great finds Limbo, normally i go empty handed also when visiting flea's and such. Now and then some cool stuff pops up like you found, very acceptable prices, congrats.
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