Best deal you got on shmup(s)?

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ryosnk
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Post by ryosnk »

Nice finds everyone.
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mirkvid
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Post by mirkvid »

i scored a new copy of mars matrix dc (jap version) for $20 once....that game broke my face!
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Damocles
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Post by Damocles »

Lessee...

Under Defeat (LE) for $60 made me happy...

Star Soldier on the PSP for $30 made me happy too...
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Post by dakidski »

Twiddle wrote:gradius V for 20 bucks

20 WHOLE DOLLARS wow
well, I just did the same. 20$ for a budget relase. its getting quite 'rare' in scandinavia. Took me 3 months to find a copy in that pricerange.
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Post by Arvandor »

Well, I don't know how good of a deal this one is, and it's partially non-shooter, but here you go.

Radiant Silvergun (complete), Akumojo Dracula X (disc only) for $144 total

Then the best two deals I've had on shooters, was

Giga Wing and Gunbird 2 (both brand new... Had that "I'm going to break this pulling it out of the CD case" feeling) for $25

and

Border Down for ~$40
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Post by neojma »

Ah, I'll get into this back from the dead thread...

I thought for a minute and nothing jumped out as a really OMG worthy good deal. Then I remembered my tate monitor. Found an ad for someone getting rid of a Sony PVM monitor - usually used for pro video field editing and whatnot. Anyway, it's a fantastic shooter monitor because it has RGB inputs and it's completely flat on the sides! Cube shaped because it's rack mountable. It's also built to take punishment, transportation, LAYING ON ITS SIDE... Even has handles :) And oh my, what a beautiful display for 2D pixel art.

Anyway, I paid the guy $40 for the thing. It's totally worth more. As in hundreds more. He was moving to a new small downtown apartment and didn't want it, I was thrilled and carried my new baby by its handles for like a mile walk downtown back to my car (no nearby parking ack!).

But yeah, I love that damn monitor.

Pictures of similar monitors here, mine is a slightly different model. 14". Feels like I'm in an arcade, I can't express how much I love that monitor.
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nem
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Post by nem »

I was thinking hard about any deals I've had in recent times, but I couldn't think of any. Well, not until you (neojma) told about your monitor.

Would you believe I got a similar 14 incher for free this past summer? A hospital near me was shut down so they threw quite a bit of stuff out. I found my monitor in a black plastic bag on top of some old computers. Apparently it was used for video feed from one of those small cameras that they stick in people :!:

Anyway, mine has no scart socket, but other than it is similar to the PVM14L2. It's an absolutely gorgeous monitor. Dead chuffed with it.
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Post by J-Manic »

:lol: I just bought my 3rd copy of G. Darius (PSone) for $5.99 at EBGames today. It's complete and in excellent condition. And I'm going back tomorrow to buy my 2nd copy of Mobile Light Force (PSone) for $3.99, which is damn near brand new.
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J-Manic wrote::lol: I just bought my 3rd copy of G. Darius (PSone) for $5.99 at EBGames today. It's complete and in excellent condition. And I'm going back tomorrow to buy my 2nd copy of Mobile Light Force (PSone) for $3.99, which is damn near brand new.
I have been looking trhrough all the G-Darius/G-Dariui -I've been trying to find one for about $10.00 for months... :(

On a lighter note I just got a good deal: 12.00 usd
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Post by J-Manic »

Mighty nice find there Pixel_Outlaw. You came up! All those for only $12?! That's a steal and a half.
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