April 2014 pickups

[TDIRunner]

Nice! Now you just gotta pick up a second arcade stick and make yourself one of those modified SD card's and this thing really becomes worth the pick-up. Let me know when your all set up, I've got a full library ready to go I can send over!

OK.  You have my attention.  I wasn't aware of any types of mods for this thing.  Do you have any good links I can resarch?  I've had one of these for a while now and I like it, but I wish there was more I could do with it.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like we will see much more from the maker.

You haven't seen the "mega pack" and "classic packs"?  There is a decent amount of support, surprisingly.

I consider all of those releases to be 1 release. So for me, the support has been minimal.   I'm still happy with the purchase, but I wish they did more.

[shenske]

This had been a good collecting month for me.  

04-27-14
Donkey Kong Country - Tropical Freeze (WiiU)

04-25-14
Ghost Squad  (Wii)
Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker HD, The  (WiiU)
Super Mario 3D World  (WiiU)
Splinter Cell Conviction  (360)
Star Ocean - The Last Hope  (360)
Metal Gear Solid - Portable Ops  (PSP)
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Sega CD Model 2 (console) --------------------> SO EXCITED for this! I've never had a working SegaCD.
     (I've spent the last 4 hours trying to figure out how to properly burn backups/hacks but i'm having one hell of a time!)
Sega Genesis Model 1 (console)
 
04-23-14
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine  (GG)
Resident Evil - The Umbrella Chronicles  (Wii)
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe  (360)
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Black Sega Sports Dreamcast w/ VGA Cable (console)
 
04-20-14
Rocky  (SMS)
Ninja, The  (SMS)
Global Defense  (SMS)
Columns  (SMS)
Alex Kidd - The Lost Stars  (SMS)
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Retro Duo Portable (console)
 
04-17-14
Tales of Symphonia - Dawn of the New World  (Wii)
 
04-14-14
Metal Gear Solid V - Ground Zeroes  (PS4)
 
04-13-14
Fire Emblem - Seisen no Keifu  (SNES)
Fire Emblem - Monshou no Nazo  (SNES)
 
04-10-14
Wolfenstein 3-D  (SNES)
Super Star Wars - Return of the Jedi  (SNES)
 
04-09-14
Mario's Early Years - Fun With Letters  (SNES)
Kirby Super Deluxe (Kirby Super Star)  (SNES)
Mario's Early Years: Fun With Numbers  (SNES)
Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun  (SNES)

[Falconhood]

Latest Video Games:
NES 720 by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
Ion iCade Mobile clearance by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
Ion iCade Core for just 10 bucks by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
RetroN 3 by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
Colecovision Turbo by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
Colecovision Super Action Baseball by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
Colecovision Mouse Trap by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
Retro Gamer 127 by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
and Toys:
Lego Marge and Lisa Simpson by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
Star Trek MiniMates Sisko and Dukat by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr
Marvel Super Hero Adventures Iron Man and War Machine by Playskool Heroes by SacredKnightOfTomorrow, on Flickr

[noemann]

just bought SFC Pinocchio CIB.
pics when it arrives.

[Megatron]

Some decent pickups from my local Gamer Xchange::

Mega Man X-2 and Super Double Dragon - $75 for both.  Had to haggle him down a bit.  His prices were good, but still kind of high given the condition of the carts and labels.  X-2 is escpecially bad, but nothing a new cart and label can't fix.




Earthbound Uncut - $49.  I haven't seen this game in physical form yet, so it's cool to actually hold it.  Not a bad price for this particular repro either. 

[BadChad]

When buying SNES repros (especially from game stores), be sure never to pay over $65 for a repro cart. Their not worth any more than that regardless of the game. Accept Star Ocean/Star Fox 2 which can run a little more due to the extra work involved. But even those are easier to make now than they were a few years back.

[Arseen]

Yeah there is certain site that sell 10 for 300 bucks with free international sahipping.

[Megatron]

Yeah, I have a few already.  I usually buy from various sites that offer discounts on multiple carts.  The sites I use, however, have never had EB Uncut for less than $65, if they have it at all.  

But very good point.  People can easily be caught up in the "wow" factor of actually holding some of these games.

[Arseen]

People can easily be caught up in the "wow" factor of actually holding some of these games.

I know the feeling.

I think I have around 30 at the moment, more waiting to be ought.

I have spend bigger bucks on few wierder ones like Starfox 2 Over-clocked with FX2 chip and save function.
That and Starfox Over-clocked were total of 350 bucks including donors and postages.

[Megatron]

People can easily be caught up in the "wow" factor of actually holding some of these games.

That and Starfox Over-clocked were total of 350 bucks including donors and postages.

Wow.  That's impressive.  And more than I typically spend on anything, game or otherwise - that said, if they ever put out a Zelda/Transformers/Mass Effect title that had a lot of drool inducing extras, I'd probably bite.

[FireJoker54]

I've been lucky these days. Found a second rare game for a good price.
$30 for Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn. This one came from a movie/video game renting place. I was surprised to see it even had all the inserts including the Club Nintendo card, which is uncommon there.


I also got 6 PS2 games for $10 shipped off of ebay.
Sly Cooper, 2, 3, Devil May Cry(loose), NHL Hitz Pro and NHL 08

[TDIRunner]

On Saturday I stopped by the local flea market and found the following for $30:
•   Mario’s Time Machine for SNES with original sleeve
•   Instruction manual for Super Mario World/Super Mario All Starts SNES combo
•   Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis for Game Boy Advance (remake of the original)
•   Game & Watch Gallery 4 for the Game Boy Advance
•   Two first party Game Cube memory cards







I also found the following for $50:
•   PSP model 3001 (which has the video out which was a REQUIREMENT for me)
•   PSP case, memory card and charger
•   Burnout Legends CIB
•   Cars Race O Rama CIB
•   Burnout Dominator disc only

[noemann]

Finally got this package due to Easter.

SNES Pop'n Twinbee CIB and Smash Tennis CIB
SNSP-PT und SNSP-JA




 

[sheep2001]

Pop n twin bee is one of my favorite games on snes.  A lot of fun.  Good pickup.

[noemann]

Pop n twin bee is one of my favorite games on snes.  A lot of fun.  Good pickup.

  I agree with you, Sheep. Pop'n Twinbee is a great game. I like it.
I paid 42 euro for the lot plus shipping. About 47euro total. Not bad since I see Pop'n Twinbee selling for 60euro these days. I had it at 6,50 until someone kept bidding in the last minute. The bidder drove the price up to 29,50 and I was maxed at 30 LOL. What an auction. I was sweating. I could not believe that this guy wouldn't stop. He kept trying to out bid me. I guess that he really wanted it or he was shill bidding or he was mad that he couldn't get it cheap, so he drove the price higher to stop me from getting it cheap. LOL. All of this happened within the last two minutes LOL

anyway, I don't always buy games to keep them. I often buy just for scans. I hate to buy so many CIB but no one is scanning, so I suppose I have to seek the games and scan. I will not be keeping these two games. I'm going to scan quickly, then sell. I'm after a rare game with a poster and this cash will help. I already have a cart only and i'm happy with that plus scans.