WhyNotZoidberg

Oh man I love Rival Turf. One thing it did right was including coop lol. Also on SNES you’ll have Fighter’s History, a 2D fighter that doesn’t even try.

Seriously even in the 90s it was relatively easy to get that info. Plus pulling off hadoukens and shoryukens and lightning kicks isn’t even the beginning of how to master SF2. They can all be avoided and countered with normal attacks.

8/10 for me if and only if we are talking about the original SF2 World Warrior. Not 9 or 10 since it has been improved upon many times over and players can find everything that makes SF2 great in every further improved version, starting with Champion Edition and culminating at Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. SF2 put in place genre defining concepts and mechanics that are still at the core of fighting games today.

Final Fight 3 is quite the experience. Probably my favorite beat ‘em up on the SNES.

MFF is higher tier in its respective library.

My favorite is Pinball.

Welp I hit the local auctions again this week. I’m not to too proud to admit that I got caught in some bidding wars and I ended up paying more than I’d like, especially since most of these items probably won’t move fast. There were these nice Game & Watch knock-offs and a Nintendo vs. console. I don’t have the battery for the DK Hockey but the Play & Time and Game & Clock (those names lmaooo) handhelds all work. Mega Man 3 also. There’s a functionning DS Lite with the charger, RE 3 GH and some NES Carts that went for much less than I anticipated, the RE3 disc is super clean so no complaints here. Nintendo stuff is always strong and I went crazy bidding on this CIB Turok 3 without realizing just how rough the box was. Paid almost full retail dammit. SML 2 went for about half-price, go figure, and I couldn’t let anyone else catch that 3DS lot with Metal Gear 3D. The cases are grimey af but that wasn’t going to stop me. There were plenty of PS2 and og XBOX lots, I grabbed these 2 because they were clean enough and had some more desirable titles like Sly and Sly 2, along with Dukes of Hazzard. Lastly I got too involved in the bidding for this CIB Fire Emblem 30th anniversary bundle and I completely overlooked the box’s condition, blinded as I was by my competitive ego. The book inside is still sealed, but the see-thru cart was obviously displayed before. At least the game download code scratcher is intact. I should have been more reasonable and only got items at 50% off vgpc since they aren’t exactly all hot sellers, but it’s all too easy to get enthralled during bidding when things heat up. total paid: 1018,98$ CAD expected value: 1491,38$ CAD gains: 472,40$ CAD

Okay ladies and gents. I managed to hit two stores out in a remote neighborhood this week. Slim pickings this time around. First I snagged these DS and 3DS games. The clerk agreed to discount them from 10$ each to 5$ and I had to pay taxes because I had no cash on me and I paid with my debit card. 11,50$ spent. I am now reminded that I’m still looking for Bit.Trip Saga Complete for my Wii collection. Hopefully one comes along soon. The second store I went to had a better selection of cart based games, but most games seriously overpriced and the guy would not come down at all. I didn’t want to leave empty handed so I grabbed these 3 XBOX games. Not the craziest titles but they all have sold consistently for me in the past so I’m confident I can make buck. The deal I got is far from excellent, paid 30$ for the 3 (vgpc 45$) but since I had a better deal on the first grab it averages out favorably. total paid: 41,50$ CAD expected value: 74,84$ CAD gains: 33,34$ CAD

@Galdius man you should really find a way to play Gunblade on the Wii. That 90s arcade shooter feel is real. Exhilarating stuff.

I voted vertical, maybe because I played a bunch of Raiden in the arcade. One of my favorite shmups is Life Force, and I prefer the horizontal levels in the game.

I saw this programmable Dreamcast disc at an auction house. Any info on what this is? Forgot to snap a pic of the bottom layer but it looks like there’s data on therefore

Im gonna try and get one if only for the 6-button controller.

Poutine on pizza tho

Acquired this sweet TMNT2 with the Pizza Hut coupon still attached. Paid vgpc average 130$ CAD but I still feel this is a good deal because of the above-average condition this is in. VOID IN QUEBEC?!?!? That’s some bullshit lol.

Back with the latest. Values are $CAD. Here is a small Fb Marketplace score. I remember getting my personal copy of 3D Dot Game Heroes at a swap meet. The seller let me have this and Catherine for 15$ total. Good days. I can’t believe the jump in value here. Got it for 45$ shipped and that leaves a lot of room for profit when vgpc average is 71$ I was sent to work in the town of L’Assomption and wouldn’t you know it, there was a collector/memorabilia shop right next to where I was going. They were advertising cards, coins and sports stuff and so I figured it wouldn’t hurt to walk in and ask for games. The owner said he normally doesn’t deal in games, but that he had just acquired some Atari stuff. There were a bunch of super commons but also two double-enders and a Snoopy game with a pretty nice front label (top label is half torn). And somehow a loose Genesis game snuck into his bundle. Didn’t know much about it but I grabbed it. The price was hella right at 50$ for the 4. total paid: 95$ expected value: 213,22$ gains: 118,22$

Good topic! In 1995 I was torn between the PS1, N64 and Saturn. The PS1’s flat launch line-up probably helped me remain patient. And I had the opportunity to try Mario 64 at the « Megadome Nintendo» (those who know, know) and I was sold there and then. Of course I still got a PS1 later down the line lol. Interestingly, I was really, really into Virtua Fighter 2 and sort of felt bad about not getting a Saturn, so with the promise of Virtua Fighter 3 on Dreamcast I blind-bought that system and in the end I never even owned VF3. So you could say Virtua Fighter 2 sold me a Dreamcast.

I’m in Canada.

All right second post in the same day! This isn’t from a pawn shop however. A local auction house had some video games lined up and I won some veryyyyy nice items. First there’s this huge bundle of Wii games, all CIB and very clean overall. The main attraction is of course Fire Emblem, but I already have that. I’ll pull Trauma Team from this and maybe one of the Final Fantasy game if I don’t have both already. Also snagged a working Black Jack Game & Watch. The Wii lot cost me 211$ including taxes and buyer’s premium. Honestly I would have liked to get it for about 50$ less. Feels like I overpaid if all I wanted was profits. There were a couple lots of big box PC games I slept on, but this one had some names I recognized and I won it for 37,34$. Ultima has the map. The numbers! total paid: 354,06$ expected value: 745,02$ gains: 390,96$ Nice $core.

Here are the latest First is a bunch of smaller print games I buy through a facebook group dedicated to these things. The idea being to save on shipping and to guarantee availability. No refreshing the LRG website hoping to get in queue and buy before they sell out. Next are the Wii and 3DS stuff. I have been looking for a decent deal on Shantae forever, I settled on paying CIB price for sealed copy. Metroid Federation Force is another sealed 3DS game and I lifted that from a bundle I got to resell. Now Spyborgs is an interesting purchase, the cover and back cover wouldn’t let you know it, but this is a beat ‘em up by Capcom and it’s entirely exclusive to the Wii. It flew under my radar for super long and when it came recommended in a video I was watching I knew I had to have it. Got a fair deal on Layton vs Wright (40$ CAD below VGPC) and so I pulled the trigger there. Only game from the series I still need is Miles Edgeworth Investigations now. Rodea is also sealed, and won’t remain it, and I think this is lifted from another bundle. I finally found my CIB Gun.Smoke. That’s a pretty hard game to track down CIB! I have childhood history with that game so I really wanted it, in this variant. Mega Man 6 is also a favorite of mine, my favorite in the NES series and I won that on ebay (from one of you guys maybe?). It actually closed _below_ my maximum bid so can’t complain there. Ran me 325$ CAD shipped/customs, that’s actually very good. Return Fire comes from a local fellow hunter who dug it up. It has a couple things going on for me: it’s a staple of the 3DO library, it’s a longbox PS1 game and it was featured in the movie « In the Army » with Paulie Shore lol. My dude gave me a decent price so I bought it off him. Lastly I needed a new 8BitDo controller to play with the SNES Classic. The HORI Fighting gamepad for it is garbage.

Let’s get started! This week’s hunt was awesome. I don’t expect every hunt to be as good as this. The following come from 3 different shops I got to visit while working in a suburb that’s about an hour drive away from my house. First thing to do when walking into a pawn shop is to check the bargains section. Often it’s 5$ games or a 3/10$ type deal and one can typically find some games there that are worth 10$-15$. Sometimes even more. This is how I got the surprising Freddi Fish game, which according to VGPC is worth 18,36$. Same deal with Mortal Kombat and GTA Episodes [Platinum Hits] for XBOX 360 and Raw for XBOX: paid 5$ and expect to sell them for 15$. Next thing to do is to seek out the Wii games. Indeed the Wii shelves are usually full of little treasures because shops sometimes don’t know what to do with games that don’t say Mario or Zelda on them. Helloooo Deer Drive Legends. Listed at 10$ and discounted at 4$, VGPC has this one at 35,59$ currently. Great score there. Get only N64 games with good label because you can’t fix a damn N64 label. Any kind of rubbing to remove marker or stickers will also remove color from the label. Finally, always engage is friendly small talk with the employees and/or managers there as you are shopping around. It clears the floor for healthy negotiations later on. What I’ll do is gather a bundle of games that are priced at or below VGPC and work from there. The SNES games I got look like crap, but the labels are all good, save some glue or sticker residues and that’s easy to take care of. I was very suprised to find The Brainies there. From the games pictured here I will keep Metroid Federation Force. It’s sealed and I don’t have it. Another game I’m probably keeping is Canada Hunt for the Wii. It’s not worth much but I just think it’s cool to have a game specifically located in Canada. Of course I’m curious about Front Mission so I’ll probably try it out and decide later wether to keep or flip it. And now the numbers: total paid: 428,46$ expected value: 820,82$ gain: 392,36$ $olid!

My job requires that I do some driving around. Whenever I find myself in towns or regions I don’t visit often, I make sure to hit thrift shops and pawn shops. Pawn shops have been a great source of jobber items for me, so let’s document those findings here. Prices and VGPC values will be $CAD.

No one-offs? Ok. Batallion Wars started on GC, and there’s a sequel on Wii

Would Tin Star and Uniracers be considered IPs in this thread?

Bump! Looking for something new.