Post your rare finds from the wild

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:24 am

Anyone can go on ebay and track down a game they've been seeking, but it takes true grit to come across a gem in the wild.

The other day I came across a mint copy of Silent Bomber for the PS1 at the flea market in a bin labeled "PLAYSTATON GAMES $5". I hope to visit the east coast some day and check out Playstaton Island.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:44 am

Silent Bomber?!?! That game is freaking impossible to find for me....

I guess mine was RUN=DIM: Return to Earth for the Wonderswan Color which I got August last year. I just bought my WSC a few days before so I was wandering around Golden Shopping Arcade looking for shooty-type games for it. Came across that game, looked like a shooter from the back of the box, and forked over $130 HKD or so (don't remember exactly how much but I think that was about what it cost) and was quite pleased when I got home.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:56 am

Good topic, 8 1/2.

I don't know if it counts as "in the wild," but I found a copy of In the Hunt (PSX) at EB for $2.99 last fall, after having looked for it forever. The box was a bit worn, but the manual and disc were pristine...

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:11 am

I found a complete (or near complete, don't remember if it had the manual or not, I have to check) Shining Force at a yard sale for 7 dollars once. I also got some huge hauls of Atari 2600 games, including less common ones like Pitfall 2 and Gyruss for cheap at a couple yardsales. Other finds include two Intellivisions and some fairly rare games like Pac-Man for 15 dollars together and a Genesis with a couple of imported games for 20 dollars (maybe not the best find since the sides were cut off to fit, which works but doesn't look good, but I'm including it anyway since imports are hard to find at yard sales to begin with). I also found Parasol Stars GB for 10 dollars at a local EB. Does that count?

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:18 am

Not much really. My Nomad was a yard sale find though, although I didn't get an extrordinarily good bargain on it at the time.

roushimsx · Post by **roushimsx** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:28 am

I got a Chrono Trigger complete/boxed and at the time in damn near mint condition for $16 (unfortunatly poor storage has knocked the condition of the box down a good bit). Felt pretty good about that one. Ditto for picking up Lunar for SegaCD (6th printing) for $10 (mint condition).

more recently, I've been lucky enough to stumble on Star Soldier Vanishing Earth for $5 and The New Tetris for $15.

I wish I knew how rare Gitaroo Man was. I saw it for $8 a few weeks ago and passed on it... and now I find out it goes for like $80+ on eBay. Son..of...a...bitch.

oh and... <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Silent Bomber. That game owns

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:37 am

oh yeah, I found Splatterhouse, Galaga '88, Alien Crush, Devil's Crush, King of Casino, TV Sports Hockey, and Klax for the TG-16, a TG-16 joystick, a TG-16 pad, a Saturn demo disc (no idea why that was in the box) and a TG-16 all for 3-5 dollars together at a thrift shop.

OmegaFlareX · Post by **OmegaFlareX** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:42 am

The only thing I can think of is Dragon Warrior III for the NES. I bought it at Wal-Mart. No big deal, right? This was in 1995. It was one of three NES games they still had left. The price? $24.99. Fucking score.

PepsimanVsJoe · Post by **PepsimanVsJoe** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:43 am

At a pawnshop out and about I found:

Suikoden 2 and Einhander for $11 each.
Did I buy them? No I was broke at the time

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I came back a day later with borrowed money and they were gone.

russ · Post by **russ** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:55 am

Got a complete/mint version of Lufia 2 for $8 a while back. I work at gamestop, and since we no longer take snes games (or nes, or dreamcast, or genesis/md, or saturn), I offered to buy it off the customer myself. Talk about a lucky break.

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:09 am

iatneH wrote:Silent Bomber?!?! That game is freaking impossible to find for me....

Meh, it's nothing special. It's a lot better than most games out there, for whatever that's worth.

jp · Post by jp » Wed May 25, 2005 4:29 am

I found Winning Post for the Saturn at a used videogame store is decent condition and complete for $7.

Found a disc(s) only copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga at the same store for $4. Though I let a friend of mine buy it instead, felt he should get a chance to enjoy the greatness of it.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:35 am

Oh, here's another one. I found a complete copy of Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure at EB two years ago for $15 CAD (which I bought). And, not knowing how rare/sought-after/valuable it is, I gave it to a friend of mine as a Christmas present. $%#^#&^@$#^&%$#^!!!!!!!!!!!

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:51 am

iatneH wrote:Oh, here's another one. I found a complete copy of Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure at EB two years ago for $15 CAD (which I bought). And, not knowing how rare/sought-after/valuable it is, I gave it to a friend of mine as a Christmas present. $%#^#&^@$#^&%$#^!!!!!!!!!!!

Did it have the soundtrack too? If so, that's a hell of a present.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed May 25, 2005 5:12 am

8 1/2 wrote: Did it have the soundtrack too? If so, that's a hell of a present.

Indeed it did; the manual, inserts, game disc and music CD were all there.

Dartagnan1083 · Post by **Dartagnan1083** » Wed May 25, 2005 9:36 am

Far East of Eden IV....Mint..No Spine $10
Einhander...Complete $10
Shining the Holy Ark...Complete $3
REZ...complete $30 (still nice considering the inflation online).
Spatterhouse 2...Boxed $7

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:04 pm

Not quite on topic, but I just lost an ebay auction for a PS1 DDP, and I'm sad.

I didn't check it on Sunday to up my bid, so I lost it. Sold for 34 British lbs.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:16 pm

These are what I got last week from a shop at the other side of town:

Gradius Deluxe Pack (J) (Saturn) (Jewel case & Manual) - 10Euros
Gynoug/Wings of Wor (J) (Genesis) (New) - 20Euros
Clockwork Knight 2 (J) (Saturn) (New) - 20Euros
Galaxy Force II (J) (Genesis) (New) - 10Euros
Space Harrier II (J) (Genesis) (New) - 10Euros
Strider (J) (Genesis) (New) - 10Euros
Einhander (U) (slightly used) - 20Euros
Axelay (E) (SNES) (Boxed) - 10Euros

marcus12024 · Post by **marcus12024** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:14 pm

PS2
Rez - complete, in great shape, $15 from Rogers Video
MGS2 - complete, mint, $5, about two weeks after release...customer brought it back to SuperStore, they resold it for five bucks!
Frequency - new, $10, shortly after release

SNES
R-Type 3 - complete, box a bit worn, mint otherwise, $10

PS1
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino - complete, mint, $5

N64
Ogre Battle 64 - $10, cartridge only, mint

and the best find I've ever had:
purchased all at once last summer...
NES
Star Soldier
Gun-Nac
Abadox
Life Force
Adventures of Dino Riki
Alien Syndrome
Fantasy Zone
Gargoyle's Quest 2
Journey to Silius
Kiwi Kraze
Monster Party
all for $70, which might not seem great, until you consider the fact that all are complete, and mint - including reg. cards, nintendo power offers, dust sleeves, and the little styrofoam inserts!!

*all prices in canadian dollars

OmegaFlareX · Post by **OmegaFlareX** » Wed May 25, 2005 2:58 pm

russ wrote:Got a complete/mint version of Lufia 2 for $8 a while back. I work at gamestop, and since we no longer take snes games (or nes, or dreamcast, or genesis/md, or saturn), I offered to buy it off the customer myself. Talk about a lucky break.

Hahaha, I used to do that all the time when I worked at a game store. You can get fired for buying shit directly off customers while on the clock, but I didn't give a fuck. That job sucked.

roushimsx · Post by **roushimsx** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:03 pm

iatneH wrote:Oh, here's another one. I found a complete copy of Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure at EB two years ago for $15 CAD (which I bought). And, not knowing how rare/sought-after/valuable it is, I gave it to a friend of mine as a Christmas present. $%#^#&^@$#^&%$#^!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my god. I had no idea it was worth so much. I bought it back when it came out because I was hungry for an SRPG and found out the hard way that it was designed mentally handicapped preteen girls. If I can find the case for it, that bitch is going on ebay

Something I forgot to mention before was that I picked up Beyond Good & Evil for $10 ($40 off) after Christmas last year. Brand new. Steal and a half right there...that game was awesome.

russ · Post by **russ** » Wed May 25, 2005 4:50 pm

OmegaFlareX wrote:Hahaha, I used to do that all the time when I worked at a game store. You can get fired for buying shit directly off customers while on the clock, but I didn't give a fuck. That job sucked.

I think it's perfectly fine that we can take advantage of things like that (hell, even my manager has done it before), because the employees get fucked over by the corporate office around every corner anyways - I like to think of it as a reparation. Examples of them screwing us over? Glad to. Discount cut from 25% to 20%, then less than a year later down again to 15%, shortening employee appreciation from an entire month in length down to a weekend (as well as lowering the discount from it as well), and of course, cutting off sales of all classic systems as well as DC and Saturn. Sorry, I love bitching about my job.

On topic: one time, someone tried to trade in a complete Dreamcast system, but we told him we didnt take those anymore and said that there weren't any places that did. So what did this guy do? He left it at the store. Since we're all pretty close together, we decided to give it to the Assistant Manager, who's a cool guy and always wanted one (and later, I turned him on to the DC's shmup library, which he still plays today)

Post by **Ghegs** » Wed May 25, 2005 5:11 pm

Just today I found the PAL Capcom Generations (with 4 CDs) for 15 EUR at a local shop. Rockin'. I'll still be getting the new collection though, to have them all on the same disc, to get rid of the ugly black borders..and the few extra games don't hurt either.

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Wed May 25, 2005 5:21 pm

my more recent bargains are
all in gbp:
x2 - ps1 - 3
mobile light force - ps1 - 3
biohazard battle - md - 2
arrow flash - md - 2
ray crisis - ps1 - 3

and none shmup stuff
ff9 - 5
guilty gear - ps1 - 2

chuffed with the lot.

shouldn't have bought em really though as i'm totally skint now....

SPACE HARRIER · Post by **SPACE HARRIER** » Wed May 25, 2005 6:09 pm

Best deal ever,

An old man on a fleamarket sold a VECTREX(still in box!) with 17 games for $10..

Thanks unknown old man...

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed May 25, 2005 6:13 pm

I just got:
Zero wing (E) (Mega Drive) Cart only - "All your Base" translation for 5Euros
Sonic (J) - New - 10Euros
Thunder Spirits (J) (SNES) - New - 20Euros
Hell Fire (E) - Used with box & manual - 10Euros
Rander X (E) (Mega Drive) - Used with box & manual - 10Euros
Truxton (E) (Mega Drive) - Used with box & manual - 10Euros
Mega Turrican (E) - Used with box & manual - 10Euros

Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country, Wild Gunman all PAL & new for the SNES for 10Euros

& Mega Man 2 (E) (NES) - New - 10 Euros

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:19 pm

i found a copy of MUSHA complete, but with a little wear on the cover and cart label for $8.

and silent bomber is awesome, i should have bought a copy when they were still on the shelves.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:28 pm

I can't forgive my self for not picking these up when they were on the shelves:

Donkey Kong Country (E) (SNES) - Cart Used - 15Euros
Gley Lancer (J) (Used with box & manual) - 10Euros
Mega Man X3 (E) (PSX) - They were asking 45Euros for it though!
Zero Wing (E) (MEga Drive) (boxed) - 10Euros

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:46 pm

SPACE HARRIER wrote:Best deal ever,

An old man on a fleamarket sold a VECTREX(still in box!) with 17 games for $10..

Thanks unknown old man...

Ok, you win. I'd kill for a vectrex.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Thu May 26, 2005 3:42 pm

I found a complete copy of R-Type Delta, complete with manual and pristine disk, in a sea of Spyros and Resident Evils. Ok, maybe not that rare, but it was a good find!

It got a brand new CD case when it got home because its old one was covered with those ugly Gamespot stickers.

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