Garage sale/Flea Market/Thrift store pickups/hauls. Post em here,

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found this last weekend. I don't know if I should sell it for more retro or sit on it and see if the value appreciates.

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I hadn't had a decent retro find in months until a couple of weeks ago when I scored this lot for $20. Maybe I'll get lucky at the flea market again tomorrow.

Found an import of Chocobo's Dungeon 2 with a handwritten note inside for progressions, can't read any of the kanji but got it for $10

I found Conker's Bad Fur Day in mint condition at the flea market and I bought it for 5$.

>Go to Flea market
>All games are overpriced as fuck because muh Ebay-like sites prices.
Fuck. I have some luck and find Sonic Wings and Wild Guns, both bootlegs for 2 dollars each one

I'm going to a flea market and a bunch of tag sales tomorrow, hopefully I'll have something to report back here then.

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>>3159770
Few months ago, wish i had a 2600 though....

>>3160148
Why did you buy them if you don't have a 2600?

>>3160157
I collect games like any type of game...

>>3160174
I hate collectors. If you're not going to use them why own them? To put on your hipster shelf? To impress people who visit your basement? Fuck you.

>>3160179
I hate poor stupid children who bitch about collectors. If you can't afford it emulate.

>>3160223
Go stare at your wall of games you'll never play, maybe you'll be able to feel like a true hipster then. Why would you want to hoarde video games anyway? What satisfaction do you get out of that?

>>3160148
You.

You are the problem.

>>3160246
>>3160179
Because $4 worth of Atari games is important right? Let him have the 2600 shit. Leaves the good stuff for the rest of us.

>>3159989
Nice, reminds me of when I got Ogre Battle 64 for $5 about six years ago.

>>3160238
You sound angry kiddo.

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Dollar each at the local Goodwill.

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>>3160650

How do you guys find flea markets and garage sales?

>>3160650
I know the person who wrote on those cartridges.
He was a neighbor of mine many years back.

I'm sad to see he let go of those.

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Thrift Town. The DMG had some vertical lines, nothing a soldering iron couldn't fix in 3 mins or so.

>>3160696
shit, dunno why it flipped it

>>3160674
:(

>>3160650
ok you had me going till i saw the Link to the past shit. like naw, seems like too good of a day there.

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Goodwill. Talked her down to 20 cuz there was no vidya cable

>>3160715
Now that I'm jelly of. We in the states only got a gold controller in certain sets, not a gold console itself.

>>3160723
I'm in Cali, we did get them, but as a Toys R Us exclusive. They issued them w/ 2 controllers as well, I just lucked out that both were there.

>>3160727
Huh. I could have sworn that was exclusive to Europe & Japan. I have a Toys r Us set too, but it only came with a gold controller while the console was regular black.

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>>3160650
>Frogger '97 for the SNES

Tell me more..

>>3160741
cool, yea we got them too. It has this odd jungle green cover over the cartridge port, if i was at home I'd snap a pick.

>>3160148

Night Driver is great.

There's a hojillion 2600s out there for cheap. Get one.

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Bought pic related today on a fleamarket, 100€ for everything, which is quite the deal considering Phantasy Star 4 alone goes for 150+ around here. Pretty happy about that. Did I do good?

The guy, clearly a reseller scum, also hat Demon's Crest CIB for 100€ (!!!). Until my stupid ass told him that the cart by itself goes for 100, so he looked it up and saw that CIB goes for around 500-800. Needless to say he put the game back in his van.... I hat myself for that....

>>3161808
>100€
>PAL
You done got yourself cucked, son.

>>3161815
So what should the price have been if all of those games usually go for double online of what I payed?

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I got these for $90 maple bucks about 2 weeks ago. The guy was right on too. I only stopped by to buy some cheap amiibos and then he mentioned NES games. He was going to sell off most of his games to someone that he knew was gonna resell them until I mentioned I'd buy some so he gave me first picks. SMB was thrown in along with 9 sleeves.

>>3160179
>>3160238
>>3160246
>REEEEEE stop buying cheap vidya that no one else wants which doesn't even affect me at all

>>3161846
Faxanadu and Monster Party was a good grab for that prize

Tag sales/flea market sucked today, but I did pick up these two interesting fellows at Goodwill, practically NIB too. Just $5.

The Mario one amused me, and I like collecing retro floppy disc games. The electronics kit, while not exactly /vr/ related, is pretty cool. Comes with an Arduino board, breadboard, and tons of electronic components, will come in handy when experimenting with some electronic components in the future.

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>>3161896
derp

>>3159853
GameCube is 15 years old at this point, give it another 5 or so years and the nostalgia wave for the system should start rolling, I would say sit on this.

>>3160083
I wonder how much longer people will be able to find cheap retro games at yard sales and flea markets? There are millions of copies, yes, but it's still a finite number, even smaller when you consider the number of games that have been lost or simply won't be sold at those venues. Eventually, the majority of retro games will be in the hands of collectors who know their value.

I don't care to take a picture, but today I got an Atari 2600 with 37 games(only double is Combat) and a set of wireless joysticks in the box. The system is dusty, but the games all look great. I've never tried the wireless joysticks, but I bet they suck. Probably gonna end up selling or trading them. Paid twenty.

About a month ago I got Castlevania, Contra, Turtles 3, and Mario World for thirty bucks at a Goodwill.

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Paid $6 ($2 each) for all 3 at a Catholic Church garage sale

>>3161846
Hell, aside from Cybernoid and potentially Bump'n'Jump (never played it), you got some great fucking games there. Well done, anon.

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>>3159770
Got all of this for 25 bucks

>>3160650
How the hell was this was goodwill? Don't they put their games online for auction?

>>3160664
What always bothers me about this is that the guy who runs across the screen spawns again before he leaves the screen. Is it shooped and that's just the joke, and I've just missed out completely? Or is this some /x/ shit? Could someone please fill me in?

>>3163960
lol
he just took a pic of his whole snes collection

I got River Raid for Atari 2600 with the instruction manual for $5.

Literally the best deal I've found in years around here.

Today I picked up for the NES: Talespin, Lode Runner, Renegade, Snake Rattle n Roll, Tecmo's Tag Team Wrestling, and Milion's Secret Castle, and Bionic Commando for GBC all for a $20. Yesterday I picked up Vice Project Doom, Nightshade, and Faxanadu for $10.

>>3162650
Why people always hating on NES cybernoid? I haven't played the c64 or speccy version but I thought the NES version is pretty fun

>>3161919
>ive it another 5 or so years and the nostalgia wave for the system should start rolling
it already has. scalp prices are already starting to hit.

WHERE do you guys find your local flea markets and garage sales?

We have fucking "Peddlers Malls" here which are like booths people set up and leave shit all the time like a store. Not an actual flea market.

>>3161808
Phantasy Star alone is worth 150 bucks.

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Yesterday I traded a couple of cards for a copy of Castlevania, and I found 2 CIB Earthworm Jim figures for $5 year

This is what I got today

Cards were hand picked. whole tin for $20
Each toy 50 cents each
Only two games, a dollar a piece.

Not too sure if Tekken will even work, honestly, but can't go wrong with a dollar, I guess.

>>3164729
>flea markets
Google?
>garage sales
Craigslist and those yard sale search sites that list garage sales in your area by distance and dates

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I just been buying imports lately since they're the only games I find dirt cheap anymore.

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Used one of those buy, sell, trade apps, saw someone selling this top loader for $90, I messaged the guy, guy was interested in trading it for an N64 instead. So I found someone selling a loose N64 for $15, cleaned it up, added an extra controller and ac adapter/av cables I had and traded it for the top loader. Top loader is in excellent condition, almost like it was never used. Been wanting a top loader for a very long time, glad to have it now!

>>3159853
I'd buy it from you if you were interested in selling or trading.

>>3163968
They don't call em spooks for no reason.

>>3163968
Yes, that's how they have found a loop sequence for the gif so it seems fluid and endless as opposed to having a definitive start and end.

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got a sega saturn for 25 bucks recently

>>3163960

For the most part, no. Most games are found in-store

>>3161925

People die. People go to college.

Their kids will either sell the shit dirt cheap, or their parents will.

>>3164756

>got a $110 game for a dollar
>probably didn't even know it

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Just snagged this at Goodwill. Was just stuffed in with the DVDs, I almost didn't see it.

Today was a good day

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>>3161808
whoa, i found the american version of talmit called marvel land. its at a shop though for $20

found all this for $40 at a market
hoping for more this year since this last weekend sucked

>>3167346
you take ANY turbo game you can find man
shit is near impossible to come by in certain markets

>>3167398
nice, i can't go to goodwills near me
the closest one is at least an hour away with clear driving conditions

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>>3159853
>3.00

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This is the only good game I have ever found at a garage sale, for only $4. I am going to try really hard to find something good this spring/summer

Found a megaman X3 cart in a box of games going for $20 at a local garage sale. I insisted the woman take $40. I imagine she's wondering just what was so valuable in her kid's old video games. The label is a bit worn but is in good shape otherwise.

>>3167497
holy shit, every X3 i've come across has ALWAYS had label damage

>>3167497
>I insisted the woman take 40
Good man.

>>3167497
>I imagine she's wondering just what was so valuable in her kid's old video games.

You're a dick for not asking if the woman asked if she could sell her child's video games and you're a dick for not asking the kid yourself.

I don't care that you offered her more for X3, snatching up a game from someone who wasn't there and might have wanted to keep it is a dick move.

>>3167672
If he cared about it he shouldnt leave it at his moms.

If hes just temporarily at college or something then he shouldve made sure she knew. Most likely hes one of those fucknuts who leaves boxes of shit at his parents when they move out. She probably aked him to take his junk multiple times.

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TFW all the fucking employees at the thrift stores here are buying all the games out of the back and selling them online

I want to break their necks

>>3167672
Let's just hope you practice what you preach anon. I know many would have tried to nigger her down to 10-15

>>3167497
>gave an extra 20 bucks for a 200 dollar game

You really are a piece of shit anon

>>3167681
>If hes just temporarily at college or something then he shouldve made sure she knew.
You imply that parents always listen to what their children ask of them. Many times I've heard stories where the parent says something along the lines of "oh, they're at college now so they don't need these anymore."

>Most likely hes one of those fucknuts who leaves boxes of shit at his parents when they move out. She probably aked him to take his junk multiple times.
You don't know that. Would you want your roommate, girlfriend, wife, or someone else who lives with you to sell your video games out from under you while you're not home?

>>3167706
I've never bought a game from a garage sale under circumstances like that.

>>3167743
The jap vers is like 25 burger bux on amazon

>>3167753
That's not the point and you goddamn well know it

>>3161846
Chip n Dale alone sells for like half what you paid. Good deal on some great games.

>>3159770
nothing retro but i did save pikmin 3 from a reseller

>>3167743
Why is it an issue? He could have not given her any extra money and just paid the 20 she was asking. If someone puts a price on something without knowing how much it's actually worth, that's nobody's problem but the seller's. They didn't bother to check how much it was worth, the buyer is in no way at fault for paying the asking price. He did more than he should have in this situation by paying her more than she wanted.

>>3167747
8/10 bait, well done but could use some pollish.

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$3. Needs a good cleaning though.

>>3159770
Thrift stores in my area never have retro vidya for sale. I imagine there's some reseller fucker that has worked a deal with them to buy all of their games off them as soon as they take them in.

And I spent a whole day visiting flea markets in my area, must have gone to 5 or 6. All of them had the same fodder, tons of overpriced shit and useless sports games. Absolutely terrible. I remember going to a flea market 15 years ago, or so, and nabbing sealed copies of StarFox and A Link to the Past for like 10 bucks each. I wish I could go back, knowing what I know now.

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15$ at a Donation center in my City.

>>3159853
This game is literally worth over 500 bucks right now family I would suggest flipping that shit

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What's the best option for a Canadian collector (around Mississsauga/Brampton/Toronto) to go about looking for retro games that aren't insanely overpriced?

>>3168464
Probably staring at Craigslist 24 hours a day, trying to buy the good deals faster than people who are trying to buy em cheap and sell with a higher price. If you get lucky you might get something good from a fleamarket too. We have a same kind of problem here in Northern Europe. Shit costs insanely much.

>>3168443
I had that blue Performance controller and the L/R buttons fell in after a few months. That thing sucked ass.

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>>3159770
Got this box for 50 bucks at the flea market

>>3167747
Then he shouldnt use his parents as a storage facility. He should know by that age if his parents listen to what he says.

He has only his self to blame if shit gets sold when he isnt around.

>>3168686
God damn Total global saturation

>>3167681
>>3168163
>>3167753
>>3168971
>>3167497
Get out reseller swine

>>3163960
he's making shit up

>>3168686
Why?

>>3169009
Lol

>>3169009
>REEEEEE anyone who gets a deal on something is automatically a reseller

>>3168686
Even if those games are just 2 bucks a pop, you still overpaid by a dollar each.

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>>3168464
>around Mississsauga/Brampton/Toronto
I'm in the same boat. We're pretty much fucked.

Everything in Toronto and the GTA is usually snatched up by one of the million reseller stores. Really your best bet is to go to garage sales early and hope you find something. The bigger the venue, the more luck you'll have, but even then it's insanely slim. Hell every now and then I ask if they even had games at the beginning, because nothing feels worse than going to one of those things only to find out they never had games to begin with.

There's a ton of thrift stores in Toronto, but I don't know what their prices are, or how we'll stocked they are.

If any of your buddies are into this kind of thing, ask them to help you out. You go to one sale, they go to another. Last year I found jack shit at sales, was pretty demoralizing tbqh famalam.

>>3168464
You again? I already told you where a couple of great stores were.

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Not bad for a little over $20 in my opinion.

Also both are ports of retro games so it counts I guess. Actually my first time playing rondo of blood, really good if a bit easier. Might be my new favorite castlevania.

>>3170245
There's more than one Canadian m8.

>>3167694

>Worked at thrift store/pawnshop
>get fuckton of games through storage units/buy from crackheads for 25 cents a piece
>Pay 70% ebay SOLD price (Priced 20% below. 50% employee discount)

HAHAHA! SUCKERRRRRRRRS!

And the best part?
>Know who all the reseller/scalpers are, as they are all part of a facebook group for the area
>Because it's a pawnshop, not only can I deny them service, but I can actually tell them to fuck off

>>3170615
>Pay 70% ebay SOLD price

Meant to say 70% OFF eBay sold price

>>3170615
>Gloating over working in a crackhead infested neighborhood
>Proud to make minimum wage
>Taking pride in smelling like moth eaten rags on a daily basis

>>3170664
>>Gloating over working in a crackhead infested neighborhood
Heroin addiction is actually an epidemic in NY, including Long Island, which is, you know, rich asshats. Other than that, the town is mostly artists, actors, and two of Hitler's decedents. Nephews, I think. I'm not even kidding
>Proud to make minimum wage
$400+ off the books each week isnt bad for a dude my age
>Taking pride in smelling like moth eaten rags on a daily basis
This literally makes no sense. Was it a projection that you hoped would stick? Because it failed horribly.

At worst, I'll smell like pot, because bossman smokes.

Stay man tho.

>>3170615
>you're a fucking crackhead man
>zozzle

>>3170673
>$400+
So you're preteen or what? My daughter makes more bussing tables part time.

>>3168686
All garbage titles

>>3170915
Edgy

>>3163960
I think it depends on staff. I've seen stores put cart based games out alot more recently but for a while there nothing at all on cart dropped. I think they now know the stuff that sells online and pull it before it goes out, but employees are flawed and some gold sometimes slips through the jew cracks.

>>3168686
Everyone jumped on that Atari guy as cancer when, voila, actual cancer emerges. I hope the sun is blocking a copy of Snow Bros or some actually decent title in there.

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>>3171521
How is that edgy in any way?
Do you not understand how that word works?
$50 for a box of low end NES games, and not to mention many doubles of the same game, is pretty trash.
There are three titles that are blinded by light and if one of those games is stupidly expensive warranting the purchase because the guy wouldn't sell the games individually, then that deal is incredibly stupid.

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>>3171640
Photoshop suggests they're probably pretty low tier as well. But if he bought them for resale, which is almost certain then he probably hopes over time he can raise the prices and at least make his money back. After all every less copy on the market is a bit more rarity. Isn't that how those people think?

>>3170885

Doubtful. If you were that old, you wouldn't be acting like you were straight from /v/.

You'd also be familiar with child labor laws.

>>3171521

What? That's not edgy.

That lot is primarily trash. Possibly even ENTIRELY trash, depending on the titles that the sun is blocking out.

And for 50 bucks too. Jesus

>>3162567
That deal is so ace I have a hard time believing you. I mean, the chances of finding a JP saturn game in the wild are small as hell. Anyone who imported that would also know that it has resale value. I wonder if someone died. Did you get the obi with it?

Bump?

>>3171807
>i'm younger than your daughter
Explains why you're so inexperienced and paid shit.

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Just when I thought all the deals were dead. I got the three on the left for $25 all together. Today was a good day.

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>>3159853
Holy fuck.

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Dear Gods of Summer Garage Sales:

Please let there be many retro games for sale, from those who do not know their true value.

Please let the scalpers and guys running the 3 (THREE) fucking retro game stores in town not get to them first, or the night before...

Please help me to find Link's Awakening DX, so I can undo what I did 11 years ago.

Amen... break.

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>>3180784
Amen.

Also, I wonder if it'll even get to the point where the scalpers have basically all of the supply, thereby causing people to lose interest. I mean the scalpers only have a business if other people are interested in buying stuff. But if the only people buying stuff are scalpers, then I imagine business would dry up pretty quick.

Also, in a couple of the used games stores that used to have a lot of retro stuff, I've noticed they've dialed back. They don't have as much as they used to.

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>>3180784
Amen to that, brother.

Oh lord of /vr/, let me find some of my old game boy/gba games again, that i may replace them after my little brother sold them for drug money.

May i find Cubeavore again, after my sister did loan it to her asshat boyfriend, who then sold it for drugs.

May i find Mystical Ninja once again, that i may play that which cannot be emulated, and lay a holy vengeance upon my little brother for selling my N64 and all games for a dimebag.

Amen.

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>>3180915
>scalpers have all the supply.
I feel like that might... never happen, very very slim chance yes if you exclude private collections. In including them, I'm implying that the private collections COULD at some point be bought by someone, or stolen, etc. that then makes them available to the public/scalpers/etc.

On the other hand, in a general public availability situation, think about this way: while there's obviously many that will be picked up by scalpers, the "natural process", or whatever bullshit, should make it so that finding old games at garage sales for appropriate/steal prices actually happens, and denies the scalpers to get them.

idk, just my thoughts.

>dialed back, not as much as they used to

I feel that it might be A. the stock available is "running low" (as stupid as that sounds), as in, the available stock that they can buy, along with the stock that's not in private hands (ie. collectors, or people who have not yet sold them off), or

B. it could just be your region. Locally, there's at least 3-4 fucking retro game stores, and only 1 is decently priced (not totally overcharging), which is where I got my Wavebird + Dongle for 15$CAD.

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>>3163995
>>3160714
>in his car
>visible drink in cup holder
>shitty car seat cover bs

I don't know... seems legit...
Not like LTTP is that rare, either.

>>3170369
>>3170245
Jej, hello, I am in the same boat, except I know where to go. 5 mins from me is a Salvation Army and Value Village, and the GGGS happens every year, so looking forward to that, along with the CCGS (both community garage sales).

IMO, locally at least (National Capital Region), looking on Kijiji is kinda worthless, in a sense. I have found some good deals on controllers and hardware in general, also a few games (got jewed out of a NFR OOT cart, couldn't back down so now I have 2xOOT, 1.0 and 1.2), but most of the time listings are overpriced, or are gone so fast you'd miss even seeing them originally, due to the large number of fucking reseller stores here.

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>>3180959
>Wavebird + Dongle for 15$CAD.
Holy shit where?

I'm in Toronto, and their is one store that's pretty fair, especially when it comes to consoles. Everywhere else in Toronto though ranges from "kind of overpriced" to "Who the hell do you expect is going to buy this?". Also there's a shit ton of these stores now. I remember back when A&C was the only real one, but now you can't fart without hitting one.

>>3180982
I've just got kijiji+craigslist on an RSS feed to my phone, so I can check easily a couple times a day.

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>>3180784
I disappointed the Gods today.

I was on the hunt for some original Xbox titles, and found a copy of Halo and the console for $30, but I passed it up out of fear it wouldn't work. Every other bit of my day was filled with sports games. Sucked it up and bought a non-retro game today, but when I got home, the disc was unreadable.

I hope they forgive me by June.

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>>3181585
So I posted >>3180982. Anyway, Ottawa, and I was at the Great Glebe Garage Sale (GGGS, if you're familiar, otherwise it's basically massive garage sale within the Glebe community). Walking towards Bank St. to try and avoid the massive amounts of people in-between streets.

Come across Chumleighs (.com), and inside there it was, behind the counter, either 15 or 20$, but by far the best purchase I made that day. I love using it from across my room to play GC games, especially since my wired has a fucky C-Stick that I need to reseat or replace.

>Kijiji + Craigslist RSS
It's a neat setup, but personally, I've kinda stopped collecting, or searching for stuff on a regular basis, just because I have so much that I haven't played yet, and am also waiting for GS season in hopes of some lucky finds, or whatnot.

>>3181585
Er, rather, the only thing that I REALLY want is Super Mario 64 for 25$ or under... ridiculous how people can overprice it.

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>go in, see these take photo for a chuckle.
>do a lap, take a look at the novels
>come back
>everything is gone
>literally been about 5 minutes

Z1's box was ripped, missing flaps inside, 2's manual was almost glued together and the cart was fucking disgusting.

They also a had a Pokemon XD special edition cube for $40, it was missing all the cables.


Toronto is the fucking WORST.

>>3182027
I just want a wavebird so I can play my dumb Animal Crossing game in bed. Perfect game to get you tired.

>>3182361

>Toronto is the worst

same goes for Mississauga and Brampton when it comes to these fucking places. how in the hell is $140 for a game "Value"?

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>>3182361
RIP in pip m8, that honestly sucks, but just keep looking!

>>3182529
Why are wavebirds so expensive to buy used? And what's up with the dongles being more expensive than the controller, and the meme of finding only a dongle??

What even is the price for ebay/game store WB's?

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>>3182554
I think the average price is about 30, which honestly is not bad.

>>3182553
>Mississauga and Brampton
That's literally where all of the scalpers live. Toronto might have it bad, but it ain't that bad.

>>3182361
these games dont even come close to the asking price on ebay. not even retro game stores ask for this much.

>>3182619
Nah, 1up games wants 189.99 for a cib zelda 1. Could be worse at Value Village

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Urgh, also got Zaxxon and Spiderman the other day,
I dont spend much on Atari games, rarely nothing more than £5

>>3182592
>30$
>acceptable
It's just Super Mario 64!! It's not even that rare smdh tbqhf!!!

So whose dick do I have to suck to get a decent N64 controller with a nice, original stick? Any advice? Just get lucky with yard sales and shit?

The new steel-on-teflon reproductions look much better than the garbage "GCN style" replacement sticks that are out there, but they aren't for sale yet.

>>3183865

I've never had a problem finding an oldschool N64 controller at my local gaming store..

Why don't you check yours, or if that doesn't work out then maybe check a pawnshop or something.

>>3183891
I've checked four stores in my area, they are all selling the new condition $10 chinese "retro game controller". Some of the store owners say that 1st party controllers just don't come through (nobody trades them in), and other stores have a handful of them in awful condition. At any rate, the owner almost always acknowledges to me that the 3rd party stuff is junk.

Maybe I should just order a Hori and call it a day.

Talked to some guy on Offer Up who was selling Banjo Tooie and Yoshi's Story which was what I wanted the most.
It was originally $40 but he wants me to trade my copy of Chibi Robo for them both. Don't really care for Chibi Robo and don't gain anything from selling it, so might as well trade it for a game I actually care about and give the guy a game he wants.

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>>3182361
>140 fucking dollars
What? I literally payed 5 bucks for a gold cart of The Legend Of Zelda at a Donation center i was helping at.

>>3168443
Here's mine

>>3183865
I got lucky with my last one. I found a yellow one at a pawn shop and the stick was almost pristine.

>>3184403
I'd be interested in your Chibi Robo if you want to sell or trade.

>>3184594
Ad I noted in that lost, I already am trading it. Sorry anon.

>>3184608
*As I noted in that post

>>3184608
Ah no worries anon

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$9 at Goodwill.

>>3182529
the new gamecube controllers have crazy long cables, if you're willing to go that route.

>>3186043
how much is bucky these days?
loose and cib

>>3186263

90ish loose

>>3186043
Cool Story Liar.

>2010+6

Still supporting the retro bubble

>>3163960
Only the good shit. Case in point: they had a copy of FFVII sitting near the register, and when I asked about it they told me it wasn't for sale. I complained and said if it wasn't for sale it shouldn't be visible to customers. The manager came over, explained they would sell it online, and gave me half off my purchase.

Fuck Goodwill.

There's 4 Goodwills all within 30 minutes of my house. Plus a big Donation Center and two other stores and a Salvation Army an hour away. And there's 3 pawn shops, a few thrift stores, a flea market, and a retro vidya store in my town, again no further than 6 miles from my home.

And yet, the only jackpot I EVER found was a PS1 and two controllers for $30 at the nearest Goodwill, and a guy had brought in all of his old DVDs and 6th gen games that same day, so I scored The MGS Essential Collection without the carton and some other PS2 shit. Otherwise it's barebones as hell around here. Most people are aware of value and pull reseller shit on CL. The retro store uses some system that doesn't account for condition and is littered with rape prices, making it pointless since I can buy anything they'd have online, faster, and for the same/lower prices.

>>3186043
I want to believe

>>3186043
That's funny because EarthBound never came in a box that size.

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5 bucks each

Movie trading company is selling a sega ganesis ver 2 for 34 dollars, should I get it?

>>3189434
No its not worth that much. Offer them 10 bucks

>>3189420
Mediocre to just playable.

Mickey Mousecapade isn't as bad as people make it out to be tough

>>3189413
And you are full of shit.

>>3167438
>dat game boy player disc
noice

>the only stuff I've seen at thrift stores recently is wii/ps2 shit, been buying cheap common NES games at the local retro store

>>3168262
You got a game from the PowerPuff Girls?

>>3186043
bad b8 m8

>>3186043
I think you got ripped off

>>3189616
Nope, I'm correct tho. That box size was only used for store displays.

>>3189719
Wrong again. All Earthbound boxes were huge because they had a full sized strategy guide instead of an instruction manual. The store display boxes were the regular size and said something like "For Display Only" on the front.

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>>3186043

$13 at local thrift store.

>>3189776
I concede, I misunderstood the scale from the image, you are correct. I thought that was the small box, but I see now that I was retarded.

>>3189898
Don't be so hard on yourself bro, honest mistake

>>3189964
Thanks, anon. I didn't need to be such a smartass, I gotta be more careful.

>>3189964
>>3190010

This is such a friendly board.

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>>3186043
>>3189895
$20 on craigslist. Did I do good?

>>3190113

I can't one up this.

Phone's not uploading the photo for some fucking reason, but I picked up Ninja Gaiden, Blaster Master, Punch-Out!, and an NES in-box (missing the power cord, everything else is still in plastic stapled bags) for $12.

Fuuuuuck yeah flea markets.

>>3186043
Fegout

>>3190113
You got ripped the fuck off.

>>3161919
>tfw I bought an orange gamecube with gba base + disc, 2 controllers all in new condition for 5400 yen

I'm fucking set. Let the resellers have their way with what's left.

>>3160674
>I know this girl irl, she went to my school, hah. knew she was a whore

>>3192138
Sounds like the resellers already had their way. I just paid 800 for a boxed purple one with gbp and 4 controllers. I paid less then 5400 for my first Q. If you want to overpay for any more stuff let me know I have a bunch I'd be willing to unload at those prices.

Today I got FFVIII discs only for half a buck.

>>3192371
800 yen as in 8 dollars? The fuck

>>3192602
I guess over there the gamecube is still considered worthless because of the Wii backwards compatablility

>>3192602
Roughly. As long as you stay away from the reseller tourist traps vidya is dirt cheap here. Thanks to the Wii GCs are mostly worthless. But $8 for 4 like new controllers is a good deal. The gbp is an added bonus. The console. Well it doesn't waste that much space.

>>3192915
How cheap are you talking? I just got into famicom and super famicom recently and from what I've seen on eBay a cheap famicom game is around 2-3 bucks, super famicom around 5-6. And I mean for action games and shooters and stuff that can be played with minimal skill in moon, not shogi or text-based games.

>>3193073
I've never paid more than $1 for a second hand FC/SFC game. But that means digging through shit at flea markets and being limited to what I find. I'm ok with that because I've been able to play roms since the early 90's If you want a specific game right now then a few bucks is a fair price. Especially compared to the shit US ebay prices.

Gonna go out tomorrow, anything I should keep a lookout for, aside from the obvious?

>>3193365
The not so obvious

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I rarely find retro games at thrift stores/flea markets anymore. Probably my most decent find lately is pic related at a GW for $3.

>i will never find a properly working N64 controller

The closest i've come is one with a control stick that wasn't shot, but the Z button was busted and one of the screws is fucked so i can't get in to clean it

>>3160762
Majesco pressed it real late in the game.

>>3162567
Damn, I am one jealous anon.

>>3167978
doesn't matter now, Pik3 is worth 19.99 now
and no, the OG box art doesn't make it a million dollars, the discs are even the exact same.

>>3171661
problem is they are all junk games that no one will buy. the first target is people who are looking for the game, second is "gamers", third is people looking to get back into it.

>>3195341
Resellers and scum bags will still try and scam somebody. "First pressing! RARE! L@@K!"

God a good chuck on these on an Ebay auction for $35 with shipping maybe 7 or 8 years ago, but I did snag Megaman 2, 3, Base Wars, Jackal, Blaster Master and Kirby's Adventure for a grand total of $3.50 at a flea market.

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>>3195396
And should probably have posted the picture.