Tanooki | 4,925 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Well Fri/Sat worked out really well for me, and I threw in a bit extra here too. The extra is a pair of 3 Game mail calls, pulled from facebook and ebay respectively there which were quite good deals and the games in great shape. That out of the way, that old FASA game is 100% complete, all of $5 too from a goodwill which was nice. The box front, back and top sides bulged due to it as they had collapsed from time, basically imploded. Came to it's rescue using a thin cloth wrap over and a hot iron with some steam and it's flat once more. Then today went out to try and find this multi-adapter for 3DS in the car, did find it and it goes back to SP too (score) new too, and while there in a discount bin fished out Chu Chu Rocket and Top Gear for $6 together (CCR is a $15 game now which surprised me), and then I slipped into half price when grabbing carry out and found Burgertime for $4(now a nearly $30 game...why?!) and the other two were $1/ea. Pretty happy how all this turned out. I need to find a case/inserts for True Swing now, just couldn't say no for a dollar. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,925 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 No picture, but worth totally mentioning. Facebook marketplace had for $125 and I got it at $100, a New 2DSXL Orange/White style, a nice semi-solid thick case with it, charger, and 9 games (3 3DS, Mario 3D Land, Monster Hunter Stories, and Pokemon Ultra Sun and the DS games are kid filler stuff.) SHe wasn't kidding when her kid was fickle and barely touched it, almost not used at all, not a single scuff, smudge, scratch or anything to it. I'd be shocked if it saw more than 10-20 hours use at all, and wouldn't think twice of it coming out of a sealed box I opened being new. Also for a doller, got Sim Town for PC(Win3.x/95) and since I run Win3 in custom DOSBox setup that's a win. Also got at the same location for that for $6 a 50 year old early vietnam era US first aid kit, some external wear, inside excellent with the original sticker in there with the strap and latch rolled up too. I'm thinking I'll slip it inside shortly, give it a big cleaning and use it to store some gaming stuff. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croagunk | 798 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Bought Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn for the 3DS today. Looks like it’ll be tons of fun! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,690 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 All were great deals so I couldn’t pass them up. SOR3 is missing the manual (anyone selling one?) but the price reflected that and then some... was still a killer deal for just the box and cart so I jumped on it. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,783 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 43 minutes ago, Strange said: All were great deals so I couldn’t pass them up. SOR3 is missing the manual (anyone selling one?) but the price reflected that and then some... was still a killer deal for just the box and cart so I jumped on it. Wing Commander is a classic on the PC, curious how it translated to the SNES? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,399 Editorials Team · Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 41 minutes ago, avatar! said: Wing Commander is a classic on the PC, curious how it translated to the SNES? My write up was (relatively) positive. Tanooki loves it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,925 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 23 hours ago, avatar! said: Wing Commander is a classic on the PC, curious how it translated to the SNES? 22 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: My write up was (relatively) positive. Tanooki loves it. I wouldn't I'd say go as far as love it, at least the SNES one. The PC, definitely. Best space combat simulator outside of maybe the original TIE and Xwing games, and even then it's down to semantics of franchise fanboying. The SNES game is mostly positive, kind of surprised how well it turned out. The one glaring flaw, password system, the second lesser one, it's just not as silky smooth to turn when flying as a PC+joystick setup as it 'ticks' a little but nothing bad enough to make you miss your shots but is obvious if you played the source (DOS) release. Also might as well grab the secret missions sequel, it's the add-on packs the old DOS game got to round out the story. The real crime is the sequel was FINISHED for SNES by some Americans for a Japanese outfit (Pony Canyon) and then Pony shelved it instead of having it sent to the print house for the media/packing because it was 1995 and they thought the N64 woudl be out that year. Since then it has gone missing, either completely lost, or in the hand of some selfish sort who bought it and buried it completely. There is a known Japanese bidder on yahoo auctions who does this, hateful prick, so I hope he never got it or it's as good as dead until he dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,783 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 16 minutes ago, Tanooki said: Since then it has gone missing, either completely lost, or in the hand of some selfish sort who bought it and buried it completely. There is a known Japanese bidder on yahoo auctions who does this, hateful prick, so I hope he never got it or it's as good as dead until he dies. You have my attention, do explain?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,925 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, avatar! said: You have my attention, do explain?? I'd like to, it was discussed I think back when NintendoAge was hopping and I was active there. I really don't recall the name or details, maybe the nolans brought it up, someone active in prototypes did. All I have is a vague memory that there is this Japanese buyer who has been around for I'm guessing now at least a decade or two who scours his local buy/bid spots for rare treasures which include prototypes and this person will pay what he's willing, and if he gets it, it vanishes into the mists. He doesn't share the data, doesn't share images of the boards, chips, any added paperwork perhaps, nothing. It's just you take the images from the old sale/auctions and well, that's it, as it's gone. i wish I had a name, I'd research it for you this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_profile_name | 230 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) Stuff I got in February.gba games: ngc games: other random stuff, including a Japanese ags-101 that unfortunately needs a screen replacement, a manual I was missing for sma3/smw2, and the post from from metroid 2: Edited March 2, 2021 by sg17 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguy | 766 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) My pick ups from GameStop last week: Good: Puyo Tetris 2 (new) $30 Better: Moving Out $10 Betterer: Pokemon Sword Plus Expansions (on the cart) $55 Even More Betterer: Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha Collection (new) $27 Best: Go! Go! Hypergrind $0 I posted last month that I got a CIB Path of Radiance from GameStop for $110. Well, at some point after that, this CB copy of Hypergrind came in to the same store. GameStop doesn't sell it, so they can't take it as a trade in. I don't know the specifics as I haven't yet talked with the manager yet, but she tucked it away and it's been sitting in their drawer with my name on it for the past month waiting for me, free of charge. Yes she's awesome and yes I'm going to get her a "thank you" gift. Edited March 2, 2021 by Aguy 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,089 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Aguy said: this CB copy of Hypergrind came in to the same store. GameStop doesn't sell it, so they can't take it as a trade in. 99% chance they told the customer “we don’t take this in” and they said “whatever, I don’t want it” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 1,996 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I gambled on some used Switch games that are half off on the GameStop website. I came out 4 for 5 with the cases! Can't complain. I ended up with these 5 for left than $50 shipped. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,399 Editorials Team · Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Had to run into town so I stopped at GameStop. Prices were reasonable so I grabbed these, and then got $15 in discounts for reasons. So $38 in total. Conversation with the clerk Hey, can I interest you in the protection plans? Only $3 each. Nah, I'm good. Are you sure? *points at pins*. These will get scratched? Uh... no, I'm good. Are you following all of the new Pokemon releases? You can pre-order them. That's okay, I'm more of a Shin Megami guy. Do you want to preorder the Shin Megami? Nah, not until Atlus has their shit together and a release date *looks mortified* 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,926 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 @Reed Rothchild I 100% stopped going into gamestop for the high pressure sales. But at least you blew his mind. Atlas? We dont sell maps, idiot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid | 413 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Recently arrived misprint disc 1 plays disc 2 and disc 2 is normal. A slightly more interesting thing about it is that the laser etched codes are correct and the data still wrong 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croagunk | 798 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Got my Super Mario 3D All-Stars posters and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury lanyard Nintendo rewards in the mail today. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenpp72 | 1,221 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) Not all new but, new entries allowed these pictures. I... think this is all the games Sega, Atlus and Rare did but if I'm wrong I'd like to know. Edited March 6, 2021 by goldenpp72 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser | 598 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 I got this lot recently for $280. I think I can keep Gun-Nac and a couple others and still recoup most of my money selling the rest. Also grabbed this sealed gun bundle of The Hunt Championship Edition for Switch for $57 shipped. I was looking around on eBay and there seems to be a variant of this with a download code instead of a physical game. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD | 1,347 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Got these this week... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,186 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Next week's going to be exciting for me, but in the interim, a few things showed up or came my way this week. Last week, my wife heard that EB was going to do a virtual line up for PS5s, so she checked it out and was able to order one. While she was doing that, I was out running errands and picked up the pre-order I had for Bravely Default II; it's pretty neat that a poster and coaster set came with it as a pre-order bonus! I picked up a new copy of Sakura Wars which I had slept on for the longest time, and my younger brother gave me this Steambot Chronicles demo while I was helping him sort through - and cull - games from his collection. The game I was really excited for though was Battle Bull. I came across the name of the game about 2 weeks ago and looked into it...man, is this game ever up my alley! In a lot of ways, it reminds of Lolo, but in any case, it's a ton of fun. Good luck with the finds everyone! 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,689 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 A few more stragglers came in this week. The Annapurna Interactive Collection is the standard edition to go along with the Special Edition I grabbed from iam8bit a while back. Other stuff is just a few more random additions. I better get back to collecting this week or I'm not gonna have anything to post next week! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,690 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 20 hours ago, goldenpp72 said: Not all new but, new entries allowed these pictures. I... think this is all the games Sega, Atlus and Rare did but if I'm wrong I'd like to know. You guys make me want to get into GBA more and more every day lol. Did Sega do that Revenge of Shinobi game? I had heard that it was unrelated to the Genesis/MD series but I could be totally wrong about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenpp72 | 1,221 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Strange said: You guys make me want to get into GBA more and more every day lol. Did Sega do that Revenge of Shinobi game? I had heard that it was unrelated to the Genesis/MD series but I could be totally wrong about that. Sega didn't make the game but I believe it was still intended to be 'within the series' so to speak, the same company who made it, also made Altered Beast for the GBA. Neither are particularly great titles however. If it wasn't intended to be a part of the Sega series though, I'd consider that pretty cheeky from the devs, heh. http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/the-revenge-of-shinobi-game-boy-advance/ Edited March 6, 2021 by goldenpp72 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proveaux | 105 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Today's mail call and thrift finds. Knocked a couple variants off the list. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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