April's (Not So) Foolish Pickups 2019

[PlayDoh003]

Ok, what? Why is that so expensive? Is it the last college football game?

Yes, it was, especially in light of all the controversy surrounding the use of player images without compensation (which would have been illegal anyway under NCAA rules), despite the fact that they never used their actual names. The NCAA decided not to renew any of their video game agreements after that, IIRC.

[Xerics]

Arrived by mail today. Only paid $35.99 for it. Label looks to be in fantastic condition.

[Tech13]

@Xerics
Grats on the really really great game. Try to look past the visuals and just enjoy the great story. This game had me shouting at the screen on my first playthrough.
Super excited for you if this is your first time to play it and a bit jelley too. 

[Arseen]

I went to re-opening (after some renovations during which they were pretty much fully open anyway... ) as they had Playstation VR Mega Pack (goggles, camera and 5 downloadable games: VR Worlds, Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Skyrim VR, Doom VFR and Wipeout Omega Collection) on sale.
Normal price 350 Euros, now was 250... so I bought 2...

I also found used PAL Bayonetta 2 Limited Edition for Switch cheap from ebay.
All parts present and in great, if not mint, condition altough Bayonetta 1 code is probably used.

[Xerics]

@Xerics
Grats on the really really great game. Try to look past the visuals and just enjoy the great story. This game had me shouting at the screen on my first playthrough.
Super excited for you if this is your first time to play it and a bit jelley too. 

I played it at a friends house many many years ago but never got more than a couple hours into it because his save battery went kaput so I never got to the ending.

[Dr.Agon]

Normal price 350 Euros, now was 250... so I bought 2...

There's a joke between Me and My Parents, (probably others share it too, we can't be unique...) Where we say if something is really expensive and the ad says, "only XXX pounds!", then one of us will say, "only XXX pounds?, We'll have 2"

Nice pickup by the way, enjoy!

[Bear78]

Had a great time at the Midwest Gaming Classic over the weekend!  Here are some pics!

Vendor Hall:





Complete NES boxed set (SE was a PAL copy though)


Some cool, unique items


Pinball / Arcade hall








and finally, here's my haul from the con:

[wiggy]

Started collecting master system the other day...





Aaaaaaaaaaaand I’m done.

[Tech13]

No pics but I got a wiimote white and a wiimote plus black, 4.99 for the pair at the thrift store. A bit dirty but they work and had no scratches or broken bits.

[wiggy]

Ugh. Photo bucket is so broken lately. It won’t resize images like it’s set to do for me anymore

[Bear78]

Didn't know where else to post this so I figured it could go here. When I started collecting years ago I never really thought I would have a complete set for any system. Even after I found a inbox 32x at a local store for a great price I didn't think I would end up with all the games for the system. Not long after buying my 32x my sister, who was working at a daycare at the time, told me there was a handful of old Sega games sitting in a closet there and they didn't even have a system. She asked if I would want them and I said sure. I figured it would be the typical common junk games (and it mostly was) but in there was a lone, cart only 32x game - Spider-Man Web of Fire. That was the spark to get me going. I thought since I had the hardest game to get, the rest would be easy! This was roughly 10 years ago and this past weekend, I finally picked up the last game I needed to have a complete cart set: Dion Sanders Stupid Expensive Baseball. Yes, I could have put this together a lot fast but that's not how I collect. A LARGE majority of these games came from local shops. Of course this isn't 100% complete as there are a few games missing manuals, posters, boxes, etc. but I couldn't be happier

[Nacho3]

Wow! That's impressive to see all together like that. I may be wrong, but wasn't there a FIFA game on 32X? Maybe it was PAL only.

[Bear78]

Wow! That's impressive to see all together like that. I may be wrong, but wasn't there a FIFA game on 32X? Maybe it was PAL only.

Yep!  It's a PAL exclusive but I would like to pick it up at some point.  There was also a Japanese exclusive game too, Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV but I'm not as interested in that one unless someone does a translated version of it some day (would get a repro).

[SegaNomadman]

Now THAT is an impressive set there man! I barely ever come across 32X stuff (and when I do it's always Star Wars Arcade for some odd reason...) so I'm impressed you were able to find those mostly local. Very nice indeed!

[Bear78]

Now THAT is an impressive set there man! I barely ever come across 32X stuff (and when I do it's always Star Wars Arcade for some odd reason...) so I'm impressed you were able to find those mostly local. Very nice indeed!

Thanks!  Yep, Star Wars, the golf game, and for some reason Moto Cross are the ones I tend to see... usually all loose carts.