gulag picture radio Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Genesis - carts only - $1.00 each Tiny Toons - Buster's Hidden Treasure Hard Drivin' Ms. Pac-Man (supposedly one of the best ports?) Earthworm Jim Spiderman/X-men Arcade's Revenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wccw mark Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 went to one of my local goodwills today and found: ah3 thunderstrike for sega cd(complete)$2 ground zero texas for sega cd(complete)$2 mortal kombat 2 for snes(cart)75 cents project nebula for trs-80(cart only)$1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 past few weeks... saturn with 6 games 15.00 xbox with 8 games 60.00 harvest moon n64 3.00 10 nes games in trash 2600 in trash table top bowling arcade thing in trash centipede/millipede gb 1.00 few more i forgot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Had a good night for finds. Spiderman CIB PS2 1.99 Pocketbike Racer CIB X-box .59 Earth Defense Force SNES 3.00 Castlequest w/man NES 4.00 Ducktales 2 NES 4.00 Target Earth Gen Free Vectorman Gen Free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 table top bowling arcade thing in trash You couldn't possibly have found a puck bowling set? What is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemoose Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Earlier this month a co worker gave me her family's "old Atari stuff" (as she puts it): Atari VCS "Darth Vader" with two Atari brand joysticks, two "flight stick" style (nothing special), a pair of paddle controllers and a "Video Game Storage" unit-plastic base and amber colored transparent dust cover. Moon Patrol (complete in box) Mean 18 Ultimate Golf (Atari 7800)-complete in box, just the top cellophane is open. By the looks of it both of these games were purchased at some clearance deal (I'm guessing maybe Big Lots-the price sticker coloring looks similar to BL's) and her parents grabbed a bunch without looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Nice bunch of goodies today: - NES console plus third party joystick controllers that look pretty flakey - $3 (all carts were $1.50) TMNT II arcade Mach Rider Tecmo Baseball Fighting Golf Rambo Silent Service Adventures of Link Blaster Master Section Z Iron Sword Legacy of the Wizard Marble Madness - Genesis Super Monaco - CIB $1.50 Super Hang-On - CIB $2 Cyberball - CIB $2 Fatal Fury $1.25 Classic Game Boy in GB shaped case in awesome shape - $6 r2d2 under the dome DVD - $1 thank you for smoking DVD - $1 MiniDisc player - $5 the longest most intense boombox I've ever seen $7 K'nex roller coaster kit - $5 (even as an adult, I'm dying to build this!) "professional" xylophone - $8 (had to throw that in!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Today's find: Sega Nomad with power supply, Sonic 2 cart, extra controller (Blockbuster 3-button), $7 Bad news: the plastic screen cover is broken. Good news: the Nomad works fine Bad news: it's a Nomad, so even though I resoldered its power plug when I opened it up to flatten out the cracked screen cover, the power plug is still flaky. Good news: it's a NOMAD EFF YEAH! (my third) It was bad design on the part of Sega to use a coaxial plug on top like that, sticking up vertically. There's just too much movement on a handheld for it not to get an intermittent connection. Maybe I should try adding some monster capacitors in there to give it some "hang time". FYI, how to open a Nomad: 1) remove the four phillips case screws (all but the lower middle one) 2) jam a gamebit (large size, same as SNES/N64 consoles and Sega carts) into the lower middle screw hole 3) push a ratchet handle onto the gamebit and drive it into the slightly smaller hole 4) once it starts turning, the case bottom will separate - keep turning until the case comes apart 5) do not put that stupid gamebit screw back when done, it's better to just leave the hole empty (if you have a truly dead Nomad, consider it to be a source of four donor case screws) To remove the analog board assembly: 1) disconnect the flat cable to the digital half 2) disconnect the cables near the volume and brightness controls 3) there are seven small screws holding the analog board down - do not unscrew the middle four, they hold the screen on! 4) the analog board should come right out 5) pay attention to the red power switch cap - you will need to replace it before screwing the board back down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Not too much today. Yard sale had a SNES mouse sitting in the "free" box, so I grabbed it. Don't have any supported games yet though, so I can't test it. Estate sale had a dirty TI99/4A sitting on the floor of the garage with $10 sticker on it, I passed. Then I looked in the basement and found a set of set of of TI joysticks for $4 so I got them. Of course they don't work, but I think I can use them to mod some CX-40's to work with the TI99 instead. Non-game, but nerdy: A Star Trek: Next Gen phaser TV remote for $5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Yesterday I took a quick trip to local village for laundry and found about 50 yard sales there. The village was having Sunflower festival this weekend and many people often hold sales during that time as there's usually more poeple coming from out of town. Of all the gaming stuff I spotted, only one was of interest to me. I found a complete boxed Coleco Amaze-A-Tron. (First time I saw it I thought it was Tron game) The box was in raggy shape but the game unit appeared to have been played once then put back in plastic bag and left alone for the next 20 years. No battery corrision, and the manual is in excellet condition. Also included is the 4 pieces so it's quite complete. The price? one quarter. =) =) Piccy here (on top of today's Detroit Free Press): Box: http://personalpages.tds.net/~wilykat/DSC02765.JPG Unit + manual + 4 pieces: http://personalpages.tds.net/~wilykat/DSC02766.JPG (both covers installed on back) Today I went back to visit the Share Shop as it's only open Monday, Wed, and Saturday. Almost everything there is $0.25 unless otherwise priced. Today, I found something I never expected to find: a working Palm m100! Not up to today's standard but still good enough for shopping list (so I don't need to remember which 2600 games I have) While the m100 won't replace the other PDA I currently use, I can afford to "lose" this one accidently and not worry about the cost of replacing since I paid... 25 cents! Piccy http://personalpages.tds.net/~wilykat/DSC02767.JPG battery cover included, no cable but not hard to deal with. stylus included is not original and considering tight fit, I'm guessing the stylus was meant for different unit. The original sale reciept from buy.com is included showing the unit was sold on July 2, 2001 so just a hair over 6 years old now. No listed price though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Yesterday I took a quick trip to local village for laundry and found about 50 yard sales there. The village was having Sunflower festival this weekend and many people often hold sales during that time as there's usually more poeple coming from out of town. Of all the gaming stuff I spotted, only one was of interest to me. I found a complete boxed Coleco Amaze-A-Tron. (First time I saw it I thought it was Tron game) The box was in raggy shape but the game unit appeared to have been played once then put back in plastic bag and left alone for the next 20 years. No battery corrision, and the manual is in excellet condition. Also included is the 4 pieces so it's quite complete. The price? one quarter. =) =) Piccy here (on top of today's Detroit Free Press): Box: http://personalpages.tds.net/~wilykat/DSC02765.JPG Unit + manual + 4 pieces: http://personalpages.tds.net/~wilykat/DSC02766.JPG (both covers installed on back) Today I went back to visit the Share Shop as it's only open Monday, Wed, and Saturday. Almost everything there is $0.25 unless otherwise priced. Today, I found something I never expected to find: a working Palm m100! Not up to today's standard but still good enough for shopping list (so I don't need to remember which 2600 games I have) While the m100 won't replace the other PDA I currently use, I can afford to "lose" this one accidently and not worry about the cost of replacing since I paid... 25 cents! Piccy http://personalpages.tds.net/~wilykat/DSC02767.JPG battery cover included, no cable but not hard to deal with. stylus included is not original and considering tight fit, I'm guessing the stylus was meant for different unit. The original sale reciept from buy.com is included showing the unit was sold on July 2, 2001 so just a hair over 6 years old now. No listed price though. I see you read the Freep, where in Michigan are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolGamer88 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Hey everyone. So I was out today at yard sales and I happond to actually find an Atari 5200. I have never seen anything Atari 5200 in the wild before...over my 8+ years of yard sales I have been to...aside from a couple games here and there. it had: The Atari 5200 system with power cord, 2 controllers, Owners Manual, and switchbox manual...but no switchbox. Frogger in the box w/ manual Qbert int he box w. manual Kangaroo with manual only Countermeasure cart only Pac-Man with manual only Galaxian with manual I asked em if it worked and they said it did the last time they used it(who knows how many years ago it was) It was all dusty as hell as well. I asked em how much they wanted and they asked me how much i'd pay. I actually said I'll give you $5 as its dirty as hell and you dont have the switchbox and no idea if it stilll works. They took it! I couldnt believe it. I also got a working console only Sega Genesis model 2 for $1 So I spent a total of $6 on all of that. Pretty good I would have to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Hey everyone. So I was out today at yard sales and I happond to actually find an Atari 5200. I have never seen anything Atari 5200 in the wild before...over my 8+ years of yard sales I have been to...aside from a couple games here and there. it had: The Atari 5200 system with power cord, 2 controllers, Owners Manual, and switchbox manual...but no switchbox. Frogger in the box w/ manual Qbert int he box w. manual Kangaroo with manual only Countermeasure cart only Pac-Man with manual only Galaxian with manual I asked em if it worked and they said it did the last time they used it(who knows how many years ago it was) It was all dusty as hell as well. I asked em how much they wanted and they asked me how much i'd pay. I actually said I'll give you $5 as its dirty as hell and you dont have the switchbox and no idea if it stilll works. They took it! I couldnt believe it. I also got a working console only Sega Genesis model 2 for $1 So I spent a total of $6 on all of that. Pretty good I would have to say. don't feel bad.. my automatic response for wild finds when people ask me to name a price is usually $5 as well, for any thing.. as it is, if you don't know, then you don't care, and yer just there to dump it. take advantage of the situation.. that $5 is $5 the seller didn't have before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I see you read the Freep, where in Michigan are you? Mayville area. I usually get free press if Flint area paper isn't available. Mayville paper is only 1 newspaper a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolGamer88 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Hey everyone. So I was out today at yard sales and I happond to actually find an Atari 5200. I have never seen anything Atari 5200 in the wild before...over my 8+ years of yard sales I have been to...aside from a couple games here and there. it had: The Atari 5200 system with power cord, 2 controllers, Owners Manual, and switchbox manual...but no switchbox. Frogger in the box w/ manual Qbert int he box w. manual Kangaroo with manual only Countermeasure cart only Pac-Man with manual only Galaxian with manual I asked em if it worked and they said it did the last time they used it(who knows how many years ago it was) It was all dusty as hell as well. I asked em how much they wanted and they asked me how much i'd pay. I actually said I'll give you $5 as its dirty as hell and you dont have the switchbox and no idea if it stilll works. They took it! I couldnt believe it. I also got a working console only Sega Genesis model 2 for $1 So I spent a total of $6 on all of that. Pretty good I would have to say. don't feel bad.. my automatic response for wild finds when people ask me to name a price is usually $5 as well, for any thing.. as it is, if you don't know, then you don't care, and yer just there to dump it. take advantage of the situation.. that $5 is $5 the seller didn't have before That is very true. And that i$5 got me a 5200 I never had before...so it works out for the both of us...a tad more me than it does them but thats cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wccw mark Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 got yesterday at various goodwill stores(half off day yesterday) road rash 3 for genesis(complete)$1.50 pro pinball fantasic journey for psx(complete)$1 tomorrow never dies for psx(complete)$1 rainbow six for dreamcast(complete,had 2 copies of the game in the same case)$1 altered beast for genesis(complete)$1.50 nintendo game secerts volume 2 50 cents namco metal arcade joystick for psx:$1 madden 07 for xb360(has "not for resale" on disc)disc only:$4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaRoss Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Ok, here is a weird spot to find games but I was happy. I was walking downtown here in my small town of Clintonville, WI and in this box on the side of the road marked to go to the garbage dump I found 7 Sega Master System games and 2 Genesis games all with boxes and missing a few manuals. The games are as follows: Master system- Hang On/Astro Warrior Double Dragon Altered Beast Casino Games Reggie Jackson Baseball After Burner Alex Kidd In Shinobi World Genesis Games- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle PGA Tour golf II I dont have the systems to play them, but for free, ya cant go wrong!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technosis Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Here's a batch of games I picked up over the weekend.A few are from a garage sale, the remainder from a used game store: The NES games , ATV Offroad Fury II, Carmen Sandiego, and my loose doubles of Boogerman, Syd of Valis, and Atomic Robo Kid are trade fodder. @RaRoss: That's a cool find. Imagine how much other stuff probably went to that dump over the years........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 (edited) Yesterday was one of those days that keeps me thrifting. I found a bona-fide Atari 2600 (four-switch woody) with eleven cartridges, power supply and third-party joystick, all for six bucks. The Atari needed some work, so I got to play doctor, replacing the RF cable and cleaning the contacts in the power and color switches. After that, she played as good as new! Some of the cartridges weren't so lucky. A couple had their PCM's knocked out of whack, apparently victim of some overly curious kid. Question for you hardware techie types: The power supply seems to work well enough, but I happened to try it on my Krokodile Cart, and the cart never would read or write correctly. When I tried the cart with another power supply, it worked fine. So, should I be concerned about the original power supply? Is it normal for the power output to be "sub-par"? Is it likely to get worse? Does it hurt the Atari to use the power supply? Edited July 22, 2007 by skunkworx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Yesterday was one of those days that keeps me thrifting. I found a bona-fide Atari 2600 (four-switch woody) with eleven cartridges, power supply and third-party joystick, all for six bucks. The Atari needed some work, so I got to play doctor, replacing the RF cable and cleaning the contacts in the power and color switches. After that, she played as good as new! Some of the cartridges weren't so lucky. A couple had their PCM's knocked out of whack, apparently victim of some overly curious kid. Question for you hardware techie types: The power supply seems to work well enough, but I happened to try it on my Krokodile Cart, and the cart never would read or write correctly. When I tried the cart with another power supply, it worked fine. So, should I be concerned about the original power supply? Is it normal for the power output to be "sub-par"? Is it likely to get worse? Does it hurt the Atari to use the power supply? well.. I'm not really hard core techie per say.. but if yer trying to use a 30 odd year old wall wart then you could very well be dealing with some dirty power issues.. I'm not familiar with the Krokodile kart myself, but seeing thats its newer technology, it might need a little higher tolerances for power usage.. as for the VCS, I think you can actually run the board of a nine volt battery just fine.. once again.. I'm not that techie when it comes to it, but I would say that it would be good practice to make sure the wall warts are producing the required out put, and when necessary, use an appropriate after market product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLove0378 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 as for the VCS, I think you can actually run the board of a nine volt battery just fine.. How would you go about running the system off a 9V battery? I've heard it could be done with the Flashback 2, but a real VCS? That's news to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Had a small weekend for finds. SSX Tricky CIB PS2 3.00 MX2002 GBA 2.99 Star Wars Clone Wars/Tetris Worlds X-box .50 X-box Controller 2.00 SNES Super Scope .99 PSOne Console 1.99 2x NES Dust Sleeves .10 SNES System Manual .10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 as for the VCS, I think you can actually run the board of a nine volt battery just fine.. How would you go about running the system off a 9V battery? I've heard it could be done with the Flashback 2, but a real VCS? That's news to me... by no meens do I think it would be practical, and the Mah's are off, but the board runs off of 9v DC more theoretical, than practical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Banner day at the thrift. Mostly Playstation, but that's kind of cool as Iv'e been playing it a bunch lately. I have one of those arcade cabinet kits that uses a game console, and I've got Playstation in there. A lot of the games I've got are pretty fun (though many do not lend themselves to the stand-up arcade experience), and the games that came at the end of the PS1's life are pretty amazing graphically. Playstation PSone unit + component cable: $7.50 Duo analog flight sticks: $3 = PS games, all $2 Miss Spider's Tea Party Tony Hawk 2 Spongebob Squarepants Rainbow Six Army Men 3D Motocross Mania Syphon Filter Medal Of Honor Underground Star Wars jedi Power Battles Spec Ops Ranger Elite = SNES Kablooey: $1.25 = Xbox Sims Bustin' Out: $2.50 = 15" high sparkly new looking Waco Jackpot Machine: $10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 as for the VCS, I think you can actually run the board of a nine volt battery just fine.. How would you go about running the system off a 9V battery? I've heard it could be done with the Flashback 2, but a real VCS? That's news to me... Safest way would be to just wire up a 9v battery snap to a 1/8 inch mono phone plug (tip positive) and plug it in like you would the AC adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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