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holy shit i found earthbound for $3

Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
edited April 2009 in Games and Technology
so yeah, i regular goodwill and the salvation army. sometimes, these places have gamez. sometimes they are old or hard to find gamez.
like today, i stumbled upon a stack of SNES titles, at $3 apiece:
earthbound
super street fighter 2
megaman X2/X3
and a few assorted sports games left untouched

seeing as how i also just bought a SNES there 2 months ago for $15, now i am going to enjoy more than super mario world over and over.
(also i mean, how hard is earthbound to find...)

so, where do you find your gaming treasures? do you yard sail or frequent flea markets?
or do you just shell out online for your prized games?
and what have is your most FAVORITESTEST game evar?

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    Push Button / Receive CatPush Button / Receive Cat regular
    edited April 2009
    great find! earthbound is great. for $3 it's amazing. i had to pay $30 for secret of mana 2 weeks ago :| but it was worth it.

    my friend told me about the deal on craiglist, but i have been wanting to check out flea markets for a very long time.

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    BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Yeah, for $3 that was an awesome find. I paid $20 US for it, and it was the Japanese version.

    For my finds, I found Shadowrun Genesis, Soul Calibur and RE: CV for the Dreamcast for $4 each at a Value Villiage. Sometimes Value Villiage is great for old PC titles too.

    Also found Mario Party 1-3, Yoshi's Story, Killer Instinct Gold, Harvest Moon Back to Nature, Yoshi's Story, and Megaman 64 for $1 each at a Blockbuster. They were just clearing them out too.

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    Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Zone of Ender 2 for $10 the other day at Game Crazy.

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    Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I once saw Ultima 1 through 8 for £2 at a car boot sale. I've never so much as installed them, but I figured I'd better be safe and get em anyway.

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    Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Local H Jay wrote: »
    so yeah, i regular goodwill and the salvation army. sometimes, these places have gamez. sometimes they are old or hard to find gamez.
    like today, i stumbled upon a stack of SNES titles, at $3 apiece:
    earthbound
    super street fighter 2
    megaman X2/X3
    and a few assorted sports games left untouched

    seeing as how i also just bought a SNES there 2 months ago for $15, now i am going to enjoy more than super mario world over and over.
    (also i mean, how hard is earthbound to find...)

    so, where do you find your gaming treasures? do you yard sail or frequent flea markets?
    or do you just shell out online for your prized games?
    and what have is your most FAVORITESTEST game evar?

    I hope ypu bought X2 and X3 as well as those are worth coin as well...

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Suikoden II for $10 at a Tampa flea market. Like new.

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    Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    nice, i did nab them, but i kinda was planning on keeping those. i'm probably selling earthbound once i've beaten it.

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    BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I don't know if this is worth mentioning, but I got a Saturn, two controllers, and 7 games for $80. Two of those were Guardian Heroes and Dragon Force.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Either Guardian Heroes or Dragon Force alone is worth $80, so yeah, steal of the decade.

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Local H Jay wrote: »
    so yeah, i regular goodwill and the salvation army. sometimes, these places have gamez. sometimes they are old or hard to find gamez.
    like today, i stumbled upon a stack of SNES titles, at $3 apiece:
    earthbound

    lucky bastard. Last time I checked eBay, there wasn't a copy under $80
    I found DK country 3 for two bucks

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    LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I got a DS lite, shortly after they came out, with NSMB, for like £20.

    You can't even get NSMB for that price now.

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    Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I got Twin snakes, MGS2 and MGS3 for twenty bucks total.

    Also got Shadow of the Colossus for five bucks.

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    Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I got Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 for the ps2 for a dollar.
    secret of mana for 50 cents
    act raiser for 50 cents
    little nemo for the nes for f'n free

    I do alright

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    bwaniebwanie Posting into the void Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    what's CvM2 worth nowadays?

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    Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    80-100 bucks

    if they're planning to release it on xbla like they say, that'll drop fast

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    ObsObs __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    Got chrono trigger for $7 once

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    XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Ultima 7 complete, with expansion and cloth map, for a few pounds in a charity shop.

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Oh yeah, Phantom Hourglass for a dollar

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    ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Oh yeah, Phantom Hourglass for a dollar

    D: How?!

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    ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I remeber finding dungeons and dragons dragonstryke for 6$ at some game shop. Its a Top down dragon shooter. Its awesome. Best dragons shooter ever.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonStrike_(computer_game)

    Finding the game for sale is the hard part.

    I found a dreamcast keyboard new for 50% off at my workplace, paid something like 12 or 20$ for it. I kinda wish I could adapt it to a PC- p/s2 slot or USB and use it as my gaming keyboard.

    My favorite was a 40$ dreamcast joystick for 6$ which I'll probably end up modifying into a 360 arcade stick.

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    RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    PS2, controller, 20 games (including the entire .hack series, RE4), 2 PS2 memory cards, 1 PS1 memory card for forty bucks

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Suikoden II for $10 at a Tampa flea market. Like new.

    I'd have bought 10 at that price.

    Suikoden's fucking rare as Rhodium

    Congrats to the op for the Earthbound nab, its a fuckawesome game!

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Impersonator wrote: »
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Oh yeah, Phantom Hourglass for a dollar

    D: How?!

    Garage sale. It belonged to a kid who won it from a contest, and didn't like it. He didn't even get the sword.

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    TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Impersonator wrote: »
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Oh yeah, Phantom Hourglass for a dollar

    D: How?!

    Garage sale. It belonged to a kid who won it from a contest, and didn't like it. He didn't even get the sword.

    They should sell that with an option to pay an extra $5 to smack that kid around.

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    A couple of years ago, I got SaGa Frontier 1 and 2 for $1.99 each at a local used game store.

    My crown jewel, however, is Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth (PlayStation version) for $2 at Goodwill.

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    Rigor MortisRigor Mortis Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    My crown jewel, however, is Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth (PlayStation version) for $2 at Goodwill.
    Man, I hope you believe in a god of some sort because that is some divinely ordained shit right there.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Except actually playing Hoshigami is like a trip through purgatory.

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    anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    That's awesome. I just went to a new Goodwill that had opened up to look for games, but found nothing. One of my friend's found a cheap Atari at a Goodwill before.

    As far as my deals go I managed to find Half Life 2 when it came out on ebay for 10 bucks.

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    KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I have 3 playstation 1's I bought at a goodwill just after PS2 came out. I paid like 2 dollars each for them. They thought they were cd players. (they kind of are..)

    I also got saga frontier for $1 and various sega games.

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    S0upS0up Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I bought a copy of Earthbound for 55$ at a local comic book shop. Granted it's not the cheapest buy ever, but considering I was working out a deal with a coworker for 120$ for his copy, it was pretty cheap to me.

    Oh, and I also got these other SNES games for free from my Aunt who claimed they were all garbage:

    Super Metroid
    Secret Of Mana
    Donkey Kong Country 1/2
    Zelda: A Link To The Past
    Super Street Fighter 2
    Super Mario All Stars
    Super Mario World
    Harvest Moon
    Yoshi's Island

    And many more. But those are the games that stick out.

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    Doc HollidayDoc Holliday Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I can't wait for summer to roll around so I can start garage sailing again. Haven't done it here in Portland, yet. Hopefully it's as good as Austin was.

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    zimfanzimfan Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    they have Earthbound completely new in the box at a collector's store at a mall near me

    it's 50$

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    zimfan wrote: »
    they have Earthbound completely new in the box at a collector's store at a mall near me

    it's 50$

    buy it and send it to me

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    zimfanzimfan Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    nah I've always seen it and been like

    fifty bucks? boooo

    then again I don't have a SNES so I wouldn't be able to play it or anything

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    DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm surprised that it's lower than the price it originally sold for at all.

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    zimfan wrote: »
    nah I've always seen it and been like

    fifty bucks? boooo

    then again I don't have a SNES so I wouldn't be able to play it or anything

    I have a SNES.

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    ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Doc Holliday wrote: »
    I can't wait for summer to roll around so I can start garage sailing again. Haven't done it here in Portland, yet. Hopefully it's as good as Austin was.

    It can be, But there is the rain factor here. Even in the summer.

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    ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    anoffday wrote: »
    That's awesome. I just went to a new Goodwill that had opened up to look for games, but found nothing. One of my friend's found a cheap Atari at a Goodwill before.

    As far as my deals go I managed to find Half Life 2 when it came out on ebay for 10 bucks.

    I paid 50$ for a mint atari 2600. I don't regret it. It has ZERO scratches and works.

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    anoffday wrote: »
    That's awesome. I just went to a new Goodwill that had opened up to look for games, but found nothing. One of my friend's found a cheap Atari at a Goodwill before.

    As far as my deals go I managed to find Half Life 2 when it came out on ebay for 10 bucks.

    I got HL2 at release for a buck 8-)

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    KaseiusKaseius Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Viscountalpha wrote: »
    Doc Holliday wrote: »
    I can't wait for summer to roll around so I can start garage sailing again. Haven't done it here in Portland, yet. Hopefully it's as good as Austin was.

    It can be, But there is the rain factor here. Even in the summer.

    I assume we're talking about the great northwest here.

    The weather has been kind of lousy lately, although it's finally nice today. A good change.

    also, I don't think I've ever really had a good videogame deal that stand out to me

    OH WAIT HOLY SHIT I GOT VALKYRIA CHRONICLES NEW FOR 27 BUCKS

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