January 2015: Post your finds from the new year.

[Megatron]

I kind of went a little overboard today with craigslist...that place can be dangerous.  I bought a 50 game PS2 set (well, i WILL buy it, as I have to get it tomorrow), but I also got this:

SNES Mini with all cables and 2 controllers (1 third party)
2 NES games (FInal Fantasy and Zelda 2)
8 SNES games
A whole stack of NES manuals

Guy was asking $100 for everything.  Reason he priced it low was that he wasn't sure if the SNES Mini worked, as he couldn't get it to turn on.  But what really sold me on this was the manuals.  These are mostly in great shape, especially the good ones (Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Zelda, etc).  I was also very excited to see the maps for Final Fantasy and Zelda.  So I was willing to take a chance on a maybe broken console.



All of the games work great with no problems.  Some stickers or marker on some, but easily removed. 



As for the maybe it will maybe it won't console, it works fine.     Evidently the guy's AV cable wasn't working, and he couldn't get the LED power light to turn on so he assumed it wasn't getting any power...what he did not know is that there is no LED power light on the SNES Mini.  So the system was working just fine, but he had no way to see it since his AV cable was shot. 

[RealPlumpBox]

Good P/U for $100 there Megatron!  I still need to get a SNES and N64 system buuuut im to cheap right now.

Anyway here is so more stuff from me.

First up I hit 3000 plaza population.  After it hits 3000 the plaza population just says "3000+"  I wish it kept the total running I want to see how many I can get before the system is done.




Second I got this small lot off Ebay the other day.  $31 fror the lot.  It will be my 3rd Gameboy but these four games are the first Gameboy games I ever owned and im 30!  Anyway I plan on backlight modding one of the Gameboys.  I hope it is not to hard.......

[wiggy]

Backlighting DMGs is a snap

[RealPlumpBox]

Backlighting DMGs is a snap

Have a good tutorial for a beginner?

[Mel]

I kind of went a little overboard today with craigslist...that place can be dangerous.  I bought a 50 game PS2 set (well, i WILL buy it, as I have to get it tomorrow), but I also got this:

SNES Mini with all cables and 2 controllers (1 third party)
2 NES games (FInal Fantasy and Zelda 2)
8 SNES games
A whole stack of NES manuals

Guy was asking $100 for everything.  Reason he priced it low was that he wasn't sure if the SNES Mini worked, as he couldn't get it to turn on.  But what really sold me on this was the manuals.  These are mostly in great shape, especially the good ones (Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Zelda, etc).  I was also very excited to see the maps for Final Fantasy and Zelda.  So I was willing to take a chance on a maybe broken console.



All of the games work great with no problems.  Some stickers or marker on some, but easily removed. 



As for the maybe it will maybe it won't console, it works fine.     Evidently the guy's AV cable wasn't working, and he couldn't get the LED power light to turn on so he assumed it wasn't getting any power...what he did not know is that there is no LED power light on the SNES Mini.  So the system was working just fine, but he had no way to see it since his AV cable was shot. 

Would you be able to scan any of those NES manuals?

[Megatron]

By manuals do you mean the covers or every page?

If it is every page (which I assume), there are some that look like they have never been used, so I don't want to bend them out of shape.  But for others it would be fine.
For instance, Castlevania games and TMNT games have beautiful, flat manuals so I won't be opening those.  Others, like say Ninja Gaiden or Gauntlet have clear signs of wear, so I would be open to some of those.

Which ones were you looking at?

[scarmullet]

Salvation Army was selling these as board games for $3. They reduced them to a buck a piece since they were video games (the one I go to, all video games are a dollar)

[TDIRunner]

Salvation Army was selling these as board games for $3. They reduced them to a buck a piece since they were video games (the one I go to, all video games are a dollar)

That is a crazy awesome fine and deal.  

If you don't plan to hang on to any of those, let me know.

[larryinc64]

Plumbers Don't Wear Ties is worth a lot.   I'm somewhat jealous. That is a game I always wanted, but it is not a good game, so it is not worth the money to play it.

Nice find. I need to get more 3DO games.

[larryinc64]

Cregslist Pick Up from 2 days ago. Was $250, I offered $180, countered $200, Accepted, Was not able to get a ride to him, Paid extra $20 for him to drive to me.

Atari Jaguar System - With Box, Manual, Tray, OEM AC and AV wires, Controller.

2nt Controller with box, side flap torn off.

Games:

Alien Vs. Predator
Club Drive - Box (Destroyed)
Cybermorph - Pack In (Sticker on system box corner)
Evolution: Dino Dudes - Manual, Box (Destroyed)
Raiden - Box (Destroyed)
Soccer - Box
Tempest
Trevor McFur In The Cresent Galaxy - Box and Trey

I also ordered a CIB Iron Soldier on eBay for $15

Any more games I should get?