Ankos | 452 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I remember from last year there was a cool thread where @RegularGuyGamer asked what everyone's favorite find of 2022 was. I figured I'd go ahead and ask the same question for 2023 What was your favorite find of 2023? Also to spice things up: What was your favorite item that another VGS user found in 2023? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,563 Editorials Team · Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Thrift store find 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,812 Administrator · Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just now, Reed Rothchild said: Thrift store find Spider is exactly the kind of game I'd buy just to have so I can hand it to people and go "look at this crazy ass shit, that spider has a shotgun and a knife, he'll fuck you up" and this is why I have a huge backlog. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1nz | 615 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 This Bio-Hazard Battle rental was my favorite, as I didn't even know it exists and it wasn't even on sites/threads I know that collect that information. Never seen a red rental case for MD before this and never seen that kind of inner foam for MD rental before this, but who would fake this game out of all games. Other rentals are still being found, so it's not out of the question that it's a legitimate rental but I can't give its legitimacy 100% guarantee anyway: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wongojack | 220 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) A couple of impressive little games I discovered on PC this year were Mini Ghost and Dark Void Zero. Apparently Mini Ghost was a de-make of a re-made MSX game called simply Ghost. Anyway, it was on multiple classic platforms, but I didn't hear about it until it made its way into my Steam library. A nice little metroid-y game to enjoy. Dark Void Zero is like a "what if" Capcom game. I think it was on the DS, but I also found it in my Steam library and enjoyed my time with it quite a bit. I played a lot of these small-install, low-commitment games this year, so I might think of others. Edited January 6 by wongojack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrslam | 477 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 My favorite find was from a yard sale: a boxed light gun rifle for the original Odyssey, the first commercial light gun for home use, I think. Pictures are in the standard finds thread so I won't repeat them here. So many good finds that others had made me jealous. Don't think I could pick just one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wongojack | 220 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 3 hours ago, nrslam said: My favorite find was from a yard sale: a boxed light gun rifle for the original Odyssey, the first commercial light gun for home use, I think. Pictures are in the standard finds thread so I won't repeat them here. So many good finds that others had made me jealous. Don't think I could pick just one. Just FYI that you can attach any picture you've uploaded to this forum to any message. Just click on "Other Media" and "insert an existing attachment." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaMan52 | 2,452 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNESNESCUBE64 | 551 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 My favorite was finding a rare Nintendo Head On N arcade board on yahoo auctions japan. That was a fun project. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT | 97 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I did some trade ins to Retro Respawn in LA (great store credit BTW) and got BB2 and DK Jr. Math for my NES collection. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,577 Graphics Team · Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I can't really call any of my 2023 additions "finds", since I only do specific eBay hunting these days. But I DID "find" a manual for Taz [Atari 2600] in my stack of overflow catalogues and stuff - and that's a game I'm hoping to pick up one of these days, so now I'm halfway there haha! [T-Pac] 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,983 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 A friend of mine was getting rid of some boards, and I got myself one of the biggest shooter classics of all time, a game I'd never figured I'd actually own! 4 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,016 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 This was the worst year for yard sale / flea market finds I've had in a decade. However, I managed to get this gold toys r Us exclusive N64 in perfect condition for $50. By far my best gaming pick up throughout the year. 6 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,811 Events Team · Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 On 1/6/2024 at 7:13 PM, T-Pac said: I can't really call any of my 2023 additions "finds", since I only do specific eBay hunting these days. But I DID "find" a manual for Taz [Atari 2600] in my stack of overflow catalogues and stuff - and that's a game I'm hoping to pick up one of these days, so now I'm halfway there haha! [T-Pac] Taz is a blast. Great game! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,235 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 @RegularGuyGamer heck yaaaaa!! definitely a killer price for that lovely gooooooooold!! My favorite find last year was an nes classic mini at the thrift store for 5$ with 2 controllers - was missing the official power cord, but found it in the 1$ cords section the next day!! The kind of thrift find you get so very rarely, something you actually wanted but didn't want to pay full retail. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,936 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) Honestly I didn’t think I had anything worth mentioning but after further thought, I did get this pair of Game Factory carts from a seller. $300 for the pair. Edited January 22 by RH 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 2 hours ago, RH said: Honestly I didn’t think I had anything worth mentioning but after further thought, I did get this pair of Game Factory carts from a seller. $300 for the pair. Thats a killer deal. Awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,577 Graphics Team · Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 14 hours ago, RH said: Honestly I didn’t think I had anything worth mentioning but after further thought, I did get this pair of Game Factory carts from a seller. $300 for the pair. Sick - do either of them have a game loaded? [T-Pac] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,936 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 minute ago, T-Pac said: Sick - do either of them have a game loaded? [T-Pac] No, they don't. I track everyone one of these I spot, and I'll even contact sellers of newly discovered carts to get details on the ones they are selling. I add all of those details to a public spreadsheet I share and from time to time I necro-bump a thread I run giving updates on new details. Anyway, it's been a long time since I've found a new one with a game. The data in RAM is saved by battery, so we all know it's a matter of time before they are all blank. As an aside, I don't own one but I'd really like to find one with The Jungle Book on it. Most of those that are found have a specific ROM to this test market and it actually says something like "Blockbuster v.1.1" on the front screen of the game. I'm not sure if that ROM has been dumped but if I can ever find one when I have the cash to pick it up, I'll be dumping it for sure. But, we all know time is ticking for these games that require battery back-ups. Fewer and fewer will be found with games as time goes by. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergamboy | 61 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 For me, it was probably the original box art painting for Crazy Taxi for the Sega Dreamcast. It finally came to fruition in 2023 after chasing it for more than 3 years. Its a nice, big impressive painting for an memorable game, and one of a very small number of Dreamcast pieces that would have actually had painted art. By ~1995 everything was already transitioning to digital! 5 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attakid101 | 273 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Sucks that I gotta follow the Crazy Taxi original art guy but here’s what I got lol I’d been looking for this banner for years. I found a couple during that time but the nice ones were too expensive, and the affordable ones were too ugly. Finally found my Goldilocks. The reverse is just as nice as the front. That is to say, not perfect but display worthy. I feel I got a good deal on it. 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,016 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 12 hours ago, attakid101 said: Sucks that I gotta follow the Crazy Taxi original art guy but here’s what I got lol I’d been looking for this banner for years. I found a couple during that time but the nice ones were too expensive, and the affordable ones were too ugly. Finally found my Goldilocks. The reverse is just as nice as the front. That is to say, not perfect but display worthy. I feel I got a good deal on it. Damn, that hits me right in the nostalgia. What are the dimensions? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaze | 344 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I had a really good year in 2023, but this is easily my favourite item added to the collection in 2023. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKobold | 191 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 So, my favorite "find" of 2023 was obviously REBEL for Super A'can, but I paid 1.5 years of bento boxes for that, so it wasn't that much of a "find." This, however, was my best score of 2023. No manual, but a $3000 piece of cardboard for $275 ain't bad. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,812 Administrator · Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, DarkKobold said: So, my favorite "find" of 2023 was obviously REBEL for Super A'can, but I paid 1.5 years of bento boxes for that, so it wasn't that much of a "find." This, however, was my best score of 2023. No manual, but a $3000 piece of cardboard for $275 ain't bad. Man, the things that can slip by, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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