post the steals you've gotten for games

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:55 pm

so I was going to ask what the going rate for Raiden III is since I got it used in very good condition this past week for only $15 but thought I bet a lot of you have gotten good deals as well. so what good steals have you guys gotten?

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:20 pm

I got Mushihimesama (PS2) for $70 from Zebra Airforce.

Raiden III can be bought at Wal-Mart for like 10 dollars now. :p

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:25 pm

Momijitsuki wrote:I got Mushihimesama (PS2) for $70 from Zebra Airforce.

Raiden III can be bought at Wal-Mart for like 10 dollars now. :p

wal-mart doesn't carry it anymore. I asked for it a few months ago and they said they stopped carrying it.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:48 pm

if you payed $15 for a US raiden 3 used, you got ripped off....

they have it NEW for 9.99 at my local game store...and its still not selling....lolz

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:49 pm

jonny5 wrote:if you payed $15 for a US raiden 3 used, you got ripped off....

they have it NEW for 9.99 at my local game store...and its still not selling....lolz

umm hey, when I see a game that I saw only once and never again I got it. they had some other shmups but nothing worth getting or stuff I have already.

Matsunaga · Post by **Matsunaga** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:51 pm

I got MUSHA for $5 off ebay, it's quite a bit higher now.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:34 pm

I got XII Stag for £9. Thats two subway meals I could have eaten instead.

Octopod · Post by **Octopod** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:54 pm

I got Gradius 5 for $15. I wouldnt call it a steal but it is a decent price. Raiden 3 is "worth" way more than $15 imo so id call it a good deal regardless.

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:55 pm

lilmanjs wrote:
Momijitsuki wrote:I got Mushihimesama (PS2) for $70 from Zebra Airforce.

Raiden III can be bought at Wal-Mart for like 10 dollars now. :p
wal-mart doesn't carry it anymore. I asked for it a few months ago and they said they stopped carrying it.

Maybe in your area; I just saw it there a couple of weeks ago when I went to stock up on ramen noodles. :p

LSU · Post by **LSU** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:42 pm

Blast Wind for $40 shipped on ebay a year or so back. Missing the spinecard, but otherwise perfect. Was a 'buy it now' too.

Reko Mushi figure (the one that comes with the OST) for $8 on ebay UK site a few months back. Nobody else bid on it apart from me, I was flabbergasted.

DBH87 · Post by **DBH87** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:03 am

Ibara for 25 gbp a sealed one went for 140 the other dayon ebay

Raiden 3 pal 11.99 worth triple that now

Radiant Silvergun minus spine 38gbp

mushimesama limited edition 40gbp

USA Raiden 3 $15 is no great deal at all my friend

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:33 am

Mushi PS2 1,500 yen

Esp PS2 1,500 yen

cheers idiot indie game store

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:05 am

GG Aleste 1 for 25 dollars

A bunch of NES games, inculding Legacy of the Wizard and Magic of Scheherazade for free from my uncle

Final Fantasy 7 PSX for free from a friend

A bunch of Intellivision games (including some rare-ish ones like Thin Ice), two intellivisions, manuals, a couple intellivisions, and all the hookups needed, including a box that works great for hooking up multiple older systems for 15 dollars.

Gun Nac NES for about 7 dollars

GBC Shantae for 7 dollars.

Kururin Paradise for about 20 dollars, new.

Various GB games for cheap from Gamestop. Some like Great Greed and Kid Icarus were only $1.49. Tennis was only a penny.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:18 am

None of my deals really stand out. I paid pretty good prices for almost all the shooters I have, but none were "steals" either.

The closest I can think of is getting a brand spanking new copy of DOJ (minus shrink wrap, but ... the CD felt like it had never been pulled from the case), for $35.

Giga Wing and Gunbird 2 for $25, both new for the Dreamcast was another pretty decent one.

Baron · Post by **Baron** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:43 am

Recently? I suppose picking up the USA Raiden Project for Playstation near mint and complete in the old longbox for scant more than 10 bucks at a Gamestop. Going back further, in 2001 a fellow forum member of a now defunct gaming forum sold me his Radiant Silvergun for $55. He didn't want to make any money off it at a gamer's expense - he just wanted the money back it had cost him.

*sniff* What a great guy that guy was. Hey guy, if you're out there - thanks.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:47 am

Muchi Muchi Pork for 50k yen x2 (2008)

Sigma Raijin for $300 (2007)

JP DSL, flash cart, micro SD card, $80 (2007)

JP PS2 and 6 games, $120 (note they were all crap bar Tales of Rebirth) (2008)

Sealed DC Ikaruga for $25 (2005)

Mushi LE $50 (2006)

JP 360 Core for $200 (2006)

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:48 am

Gley Lancer, complete and in great shape for $4 at (get this) an EB. The folks knew it was a Genesis game, but the name wasn't on their computer's game list. So, they put it in the "other" category they had back then with 32X games and such at the time, and that category went for a uniform $4.

Power Strike II at a flea market. It cost me about $6, and it was complete.

Apparently, Aero Fighters for the SNES was a good deal at $2.99 (cart only).

SMS copy of Ninja Gaiden (yes, there's an original NG game on the Master System). It was about $6 too, and complete as well.

Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo, missing only the spine card, for $40. Very good shape too.

MegaMan X3 for the SNES, great shape, cart only, for $10. A classmate wasn't happy with what EB was going to give him, so I offered ten. He accepted, we went to his car in the school the parking lot, he got the game out of his trunk, he got $10, and I got an expensive game for a lot less than what eBay lists it at.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:54 am

The Coop wrote:SMS copy of Ninja Gaiden (yes, there's an original NG game on the Master System). It was about $6 too, and complete as well.

Ninja Gaiden Gaiden. Great game.

-Ikaruga (GC) for $15. Most of the game stores I've been to charge more like 40 or 50.
-Nanostray (DS) for $5.
-Gradius Galaxies for $5. It also had 2 loop clear data for Easy and Normal, and 1 loop for Hard.
-R-Type DX for about $2.99.
-Not exactly a shooter, but Gunstar Super Heroes for $5 as well.

Didn't we once have a topic like this?

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:58 am

Gradius Deluxe Pack (PS) - €5
Steel Empire (MD, jpn) - €2
Musha Aleste (MD, jpn) - €10
Eliminate Down (MD) - €80
Choutetsu Brikinger (Neo Geo CD) - €80
Shock Troopers (MVS, complete kit) - €20
Donpachi (PCB) - €20
Raiden DX (PCB) - €50
OutZone (PCB) - €40

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:58 am

Right around the time when Gamestop decided to stop dealing with PSX games, I found a near-mint, complete Einhander in their blow-out PSX bin for $9.99. That was a good day.

thamasha69 · Post by **thamasha69** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:40 am

Gigawing DC - $5 (local gamestore used)
Hori Digital Pad GC - $12.99 (see above)
Xbox 360 Japanese HDMI model boxed w/ wireless controller - $41 (ebay - stuck drive, but I had a fix

)
Intelligent Qube - $2.50 (Gamecrazy bargain bin)
G Darius - $2.50 (see above)
Gekioh Shooting King - $2.50 (see above)
Sigma Raijin w/ Jamma harness/test button - $305 (ebay)
Treamcast DC VGA cable/box newer model - $30 (ebay)
Mobile Light Force 2 - $4 (is that really a deal ?! lol)
Castle Shikigami 2 - $6 (Gamestop)

The above purchased within the last year.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:47 am

Oh, I forgot a shmup deal. I found a complete "big box" version of The Raiden Project for $10 at a flea market. Even the registration card was still intact, and the CD/Manual were in great shape too.

Now if I could just find a similarly conditioned copy of Einhander there to replace my current disc-only copy...

Antic · Post by **Antic** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:08 am

I picked up a copy of Raiden III ($9) from Gamestop and I couldn't get it to work. I couldn't get it past the memory card screen. I took it back and traded it for Sega Genesis Collection.

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:15 am

Bought a mint copy of Gradius Deluxe Pack PSX from some guy on Ebay out of Cali, took him a week to reply to me because he was out of town. Got the game with shipping for around $54 (I've seen it go far higher), felt like I walked away with a million dollars.

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:34 am

Never really got any "steals", but I guess GC Ikaruga when it came out for $19.99. That was msrp btw.
I don't consider $15 as a 'rip-off'. It's harder to find stuff in some areas locally.

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:43 am

I got 'Last Hope' LE -FREE ! ! !

-its a long story, but my bank account had a few unauthorised transactions and my bank froze my account for a weekend and then reissued new debit cards to me.
In the meantime, a payment was supposed to come off to pay for Last Hope LE and also my new Nokia N95.
-Neither payment ever came off- so i ended up not paying for either.

I can only assume that the bank thought that they were both 'unauthorised' transactions as well and ended up paying them then replacing the money into my account!

How lucky was that?!?!?!

Other than that- i've got 'Trizeal' only paid about £20.00 for it from an ebay seller. -Surely worth more than that?!?!

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:25 am

NAVVARR wrote:I got 'Last Hope' LE -FREE ! ! !

Got a regular Last Hope for free ^^
At the Leipzig Games Convention '07.
I played Last Hope at the redspotgames booth, some redspot guy came to me and said if i'd make it into the 3rd stage i'd get the game and a DC for free.
Never got the DC, though

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:40 am

I just a few days ago I won a JPN Megadrive on eBay for £1 which was nice.

I got Raiden on PCB for £15 because of a fault so small I've never noticed it.

Raiden DX and Gradius Gaiden (Promo Version) (Both JPN) for around £10 each was a pretty good deal too. Not amazing, but pretty nice prices in the UK. for something bought in an import store.

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:01 am

Got a free copy of Gradius V a few months after it was released. I bought it on eBay and it was taking ages to arrive, so I emailed the guy about it and, assuming there had been a mix-up with his supplier, he said he'd get 'em to send another copy out. Both flopped through my letterbox the very next morning. Weird!

Also got a mint copy of the Saturn version of Battle Garegga for £25 a couple of years ago. Not sure how much it tends to go for these days...

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:14 am

Got the entire Ibara figure set + OST & book for nothing.

Long story though.