Hit the jackpot at a garage sale

Strapping Scherzo · Post by **Strapping Scherzo** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:12 pm

$14 bought me the following 58 NES games (25 cents each!!! 2 were for 'free' I guess):

Operation Wolf
Castlevania 3
Star Tropics
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Classics
Legendary Wings
Dragon Warrior
Solomon's Key
Astyanax
Rygar
Gradius
Megaman
Megaman 2
Megaman 3
Megaman 4
Megaman 5
Megaman 6
Shadowgate
Bionic Commando
Trojan
Code Name: Viper
Gyromite
Kid Icarus
Wizards and Warriors
Spelunker
Ikari Warriors
Metal Storm
Ninja Gaiden
Iron Sword
Tetris
Guardian Legend
Battle of Olympus
Snake's Revenge
Life Force
Ghost n' Goblins
Castlevania
Demon Sword
Batman
8 Eyes
Track and Field 2
Goonies 2
Contra
Blaster Master
Final Fantasy
Golgo 13
Metal Gear
Low G Man
Arkista's Ring
The Immortal
Golf
Duck Tales
Faxanadu
Clash at Demonhead
Super C
Legend of Zelda
Gauntlet 2
Mickey Mousecapade
Double Dribble

And $35 got me a Turbo Grafx 16 with CD system with the following HuCards:

Neutopia 1 and 2
Bloody Wolf
Blazing Lazers
Dungeon Explorer
Legendary Axe 2
R-Type
Victory Run

and the following SuperCDs

Ys Book 1 & 2
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
Final Zone 2
Cosmic Fantasy 2

I'm quite happy right now.

The TG-16 system wasn't even out, but I saw Final Zone 2 and I asked, "Do you have the system for this?" and then I described it.
And one of the daughters running the sale said, "I think we have it in the basement"
Score!

I'm even happier with my new NES collection. All 6 Megamans. Yeah baby! I just had Megaman 2 before today.

Post by **melancholy** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:16 pm

You suck.

That's all I really have to say to this topic.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:16 pm

You lucky bastard. That is an amazing deal.

Strapping Scherzo · Post by **Strapping Scherzo** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:21 pm

And my wife said to me, "$35 is too much" and I whispered to her "No, I'll show you ebay when we get home"

abydos1000 · Post by **abydos1000** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:26 pm

A few of those NES games are on the rare side, right?

btw.... you really suck

(congrats on the deal)

AuroEdge · Post by **AuroEdge** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:31 pm

A store just opened in the local mall that sells old crap like that.

SadisticSaviorX · Post by **SadisticSaviorX** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:31 pm

two words:

Holy Crap!

Strapping Scherzo · Post by **Strapping Scherzo** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:38 pm

SadisticSaviorX wrote:two words:

Holy Crap!

Those were my words exactly when she called me from the sale (I was home originally). I made her read off every game they had so that I pick and choose. But then we she got home with the first batch of 36 games, I noticed that I had a Megaman 5 instruction book but no cart. So we went back together and found out she didn't name off everything. I ended up buying 22 more NES games and the TG16. Many have instruction books. None have boxes.

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:46 pm

You lucky you....

Congrats on the deal

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 6:23 pm

The whole MegaMan series?

I'd pay that much for just those.

compacho · Post by **compacho** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 6:31 pm

melancholy wrote:You suck.

That's all I really have to say to this topic.

DCFan2004 · Post by **DCFan2004** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 6:37 pm

You lucky son of a bitch.

JuddWack · Post by **JuddWack** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:39 pm

StriderXg2 · Post by **StriderXg2** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:55 pm

most of those you picked up go for at least 20$ each, such as Donkey Kong and Final Fantasy, and the Mega Man series. And Kid Icarus, yess...i may have to find you. but..still..only thing i can say is i got MM2 for 69 cents. a while back.

Ceeg · Post by **Ceeg** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:02 pm

Not for any reason, but whats your address >_>

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:59 pm

Good deals. The tg-16 cd unit can and will fetch lots on ebay, and both the second Legendary axe 2 and Bloody Wolf are two of the best games for that console,imo.

And Kid Icarus is da bomb, yo.

Overall, I'm jealous. I once found a pong console at a local yard sale, so I've never found anything that cool.

Strapping Scherzo · Post by **Strapping Scherzo** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:10 pm

I know, guys, I'm an ass!

The sale was run totally by females; a mom and three daughters, I think none older than 12. My guess, is that this collection belonged to an older brother (or maybe the dad?!) who long grew out his video games, which I can't imagine. But I bet if he actually knew what his family sold his collection for, he'd shit bricks.

There is a tiny dark side to this story, the spindle in the CD drive is flush with the rest of the bottom of that compartment. So the CD can't actually spin and, therefore, doesn't work. I don't know if:

A) the spindle has been pushed in and must be pulled out somehow, or
B) a part is missing from the spindle that would raise it up

The spindle has a metalic smooth surface, as opposed to a more grippy surface like on my DC or PSOne. So my guess it is the missing part theory. Any suggestions? My HuCards are working for now.

AgentGreen · Post by **AgentGreen** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:04 pm

Wow... In my last yard sale I only made out with a freaky blue puppet thing, a couple GBA games, some VHS movies, and FFVII for PSOne. You've got me beat

Safety in Nimbus · Post by **Safety in Nimbus** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:12 pm

Bastard.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:49 pm

Wow, just wow. Never gotten sh*t at a yard sale. Bah. I've gotten some sweet deals on eBay though.