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April 2013 pickups! Get some!!!
Nacho3:
I know right? Guess it only cost me $7.79 :)
JDavis:
These are technically late March pickups, but I'll post them here because I just got around to taking pics. I haven't cleaned or tested any of them yet either.
First, since RetroZone is getting out of the repro business, I figured I should stop putting off getting their NWC repro (and grab Battle Kid while I was at it)
Next, hitting up my local game shop:
That picture came out way blurrier than I realized. It's:
NES - Gumshoe $4.99
GBA - Dragonball Z Supersonic Warriors $4.99
N64 - Wipeout 64 $3.99 (technically free due to their policy of 3 games $4.99 or less for $10)
SNES - Phantom 2040 $0.99
I love the local game store here, but they have a small selection (being in a small town) and don't deal in SEGA stuff at all. There's a chain of stores (Vintage Stock) that have several locations in OKC, but since that's at least an hour's drive away I don't go to them very often; usually only on the rare occasion that one of their "buy 2 get 1" sales (usually around holidays) coincides with one of my days off. As it just so happened, they were having one for Easter weekend and I had that Saturday off. I also happened to have about a dozen Genesis sports games thanks to the box Hughes sent me that I intended to trade in. I planned out a trip to visit four of them plus the asian market in OKC.
At the first store, after trading in the Genesis sports games and getting a whole $3.85 in store credit :roll: I picked up:
GBA - Bubble Bobble Old & New $9.99
GBA - Drill Dozer $4.99
GB - Gargoyle's Quest $3.99 FREE
That's it. Not the greatest haul, but I had more stores to hit up. At the next location I got:
PSP - Lunar Silver Star Harmony $16.99
Wii - Wario Land Shake it! $14.99 (first time I've seen this one not horribly sun faded)
NDS - Picross DS $9.99 FREE (I'm a bit of a picross nut, and this one's been hard to find ever since Picross 3D came out)
GB - Ducktales 2 $9.99 (Didn't even know this port existed. Much more affordable than the NES version)
SMS - Space Harrier $7.99
GEN - Animaniacs $3.99 FREE
Nyko brand PS2->GCN controller adapter $2.99
At this point it was getting late, and I thought the asian market closed at 8 (they actually closed at 8:30), so I skipped one store and went to spend about $70 on asian food.
Then I went to the last store and got:
NES - Bubble Bobble $19.99
GEN - Herzog Zwei $19.99
PSP - Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy $14.99 FREE
GBA - Game & Watch Gallery 4 $4.99
NES - Barker Bill's Trick Shooting $4.99
32X - Virtua Racing $3.99 FREE
SMS - Rastan $2.99
SMS - Kenseiden $2.99
NES - Pinball $2.99 FREE (thought this one had a pin converter in it, since it had the telltale asymmetrical pins, but alas: nope)
... Finally, something I got in March that isn't exactly gaming related, but is certainly retro and I imagine relative to many people here's interests:
MUTAGEN!
NES cart for scale.
wiggy:
Gargoyle's Quest rocks!
Bear78:
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--- Quote from: Bear78 on April 03, 2013, 12:29:12 PM ---Wiggy, thanks but I don't need them (Unless you want to sell me a battery cover :P) as the receiver only works with 2 controllers.
BadChad, yeah, had to sneak that in there :P
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They are the original Sega 1st party ones. Kind of uncommon. Just keep an eye on eBay and Amazon for a good deal on one with a receiver. You should be able to get a set (Receiver and 2 controllers) for around $50 if you want a good deal. CGR did a review of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubgAKns75kc
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Figured it couldn't hurt to have extras, especially if they're cheap ;)
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Sent you a PM ;)
RealPlumpBox:
First off TMNT SOTO AMAZING PICKUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Next Sorry for the HUGE incoming post I was super b usy in march to post anything. Lots of O/T at work and busy on days off. Lots of Gaming and lots of non gaming so be prepared! I quoted them for size.
Some movies to watch with the GF. She never saw Congo so for 3$ i had to get it to show her.
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Beat Co-Op last week. its a fun action game. Not like the first to AT ALL no scar factor but fun no less.
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Working on GoW Co-Op currently, and Dragon age was actually 4$ new at Best Buy!!
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Another Best Buy deal for 7$ new
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20from the buy/sell/tradeover at Shmups.com
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Some banging ass snacks
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I have a soft spot for Hard cover strat guides. Its funny because I NEVER use them and thing they are stupid. But the HC ones have great interviews and art work that I just love.
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Another Strat guide and Best buy sale 6$!!
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Fun game and beat it in about 12 hours.
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Oh yeah!! I now have a Mii plaza population of over 1000!!!! People in Seattle lover there 3DS!!
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Will start soon
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More delicious snack food!
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Ebay buy. 40$ shipped!!! I love CAVE Shmups.
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Emerald city Comicon stuff.
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Another Shmup from Shmups forum
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A Vita with A year of PS+ and some headphones, and a case.
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Some Vita games
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Upgraded my 3DS memory stick.
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More Strat guides.
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New 360 Shmup.
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A guy at Shmups forum gave me this for free when I bought another saturn game I posted earlier (Layer Section)
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