VideoGame_Discussion

nonamesleft wrote:

Yeah, and the boxes are in real nice shape. Had a Fallout Tactics, I prob sold for $30 or $40. Now have 1 on ebay, with no manual though, and box isn't that great, lowered price to net me $90 for it. Now I have this, in immaculate shape, manual. Prob going to try to get $130 or so for it. Manuals alone for rarer games usually sell for $30 - $35. Not to mention the condition is just outstanding.

Nice guy, don't know why he had a command and conquer game in french, couple of uk ones in there, but even still, the fallout trilogy will still net at least $10, maybe $20, didn't check. The sealed half lives, selling, just kept both witchers for my collections, one I had, but the Can with french with one less disc, keeping the us one that I got, selling the Can release. Also keeping solder of fortune II. So keeping 3 games, but keeping 1 over the other, so only 2. And that shelf is filled, nothing really, will dive in it when all these other games sell lol.

I like nice big boxes, but I won an alien vs. predator shirt that is too tight for me, got that message when I was in Jamaica, from a contest win, but it was a voucher I coulda banked on, still kinda did for the remainder but def a good time lol. The new half lifes, I'm a full life, the title coulda been better. Not Yet Parted with a sequel Half Reign. Nah, those are way worse, keep it simple, I got no idea, lol. Fallout Tactics, since I long ago departed with it, I'll also depart from it lol. Rollercoaster tycoons, never really liked sim games, I was an adventure game nerd, with some action games to keep the pace up, even on ps3, not just comp. Than got a mac, played diablo III, that was pretty much the last game I remember playing on the computer.

Porksta wrote:

You were in so much of a hurry that you PAID

for Picard.

Two seasons.

Jesus fudging christ, nail this post to the Fail of the Year thread

Oh, thanks for reminding me I bought it. Listed it last night and just sold it!

Went to a local thrift shop that stocks stuff from the California Goodwills and brings it here to resell, and picked up an LG Ultra HD Bluray player for a bit less than $8. It still had the $13 price sticker attached, heh. No remote, but I'll try to source a replacement from somewhere.

The thing works like a DREAM, and loads up discs super fast, compared to my ancient Samsung and Sony players, this is a beast.

$30 for the limited edition Yoshi 3DS with super smash bros. Just needs a charger and stylus

$100 complete in box a1418 imac, just needs macOSx installed over internet or usb

$4 broken switch lite (won’t turn on)

EclipseLion wrote:

Great finds bud! Especially that Yoshi 3DS. I'm hoping I can find a decently cheap 3DS down the road to replace my secondary 2DS.

Foxhack wrote:
Nice!

EclipseLion wrote:
Good stuff.

Refreshing to occasionally check out this thread to see the great deals people here find.

Jk, they do sell for a pretty penny tho, @EclipseLion

Oduomega wrote:

Exactly what I plan to do with it, since it’s cib

nonamesleft wrote:

The remote is going to cost me more than the friggin player. XD

Foxhack wrote:
I think that's how you know you got a super deal.

I found a FireTV 4K stick at the Amazon Dumpster store, but it didn't include a remote and I can't get it to pair with my phone. I suspect it's busted, but I won't know until I find a replacement remote...

This has been a weird week for remoteless finds, huh

If you can't pair it with your phone I'd imagine the Bluetooth or something is busted. And when I tried looking up remote replacements they're like 50%+ the cost of an actual Kindle Fire device.... So not worth it

Eh, it was two bucks, so I didn't lose much. I'll keep an eye out for a remote at the flea markets.

Foxhack wrote:

If you have an older Fire Stick those remotes will work on the newer models, obviously minus the extra functionality of the new remotes.

Frank wrote:

I don't, actually. I don't even have a TV. :p

I'll just ask some friends if they have spares...

I just nabbed Popeye 2 for $21. Here’s my story.
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I’ve known about Popeye 2 since The Lonely Goomba made a humorous video about it in the early 2010s. It looked like my thing, so I’ve kept a (pop)eye peeled for it. Shouldn’t be expensive, right?

Popeye 2 is bizarre. You probably haven’t heard of it, and most people haven’t played it. VGPC claims it goes for $18 loose, but $300 CIB. Despite this, loose copies rarely appear on eBay, and when they do, sellers usually call it rare and slap a $40+ price on it. There are some insane prices on this 8-bit novelty game.

I got a random urge to look it up at 2 in the morning, and this copy had just been posted. Seller confirmed beyond a doubt that it was legit (though you can already tell by the yellowing), and I snapped it up. Hope to play it soon.

@Frank You wanted to play it, right? Or am I misremembering?

SupremeSarna wrote:

Wow, great memory man! Yes I do, It looks like a very unique platformer.

Edit: also fake cartridges can yellow as well. Send me a HQ Pic of the front and back and I can verify it for you

I was never very good at it but I loved Popeye for Colecovision in the 80's. I have it on NES but I have an old system so its very frustrating to get it started so I usually don't bother with it. I wish they had made Popeye 2 for NES as I would've liked to have played it. I know I wouldn't enjoy on Gameboy as those tend to be clunky. I love Ducktales but playing it on game boy just wasn't the same for me to slow and clunky gamplay. Even still I hope you enjoy your Popeye 2 for Gameboy as its a classic character I wish they would bring back to tv and back on video games. Also it seems every game is listed as Rare on Ebay making the word meaningless to me. Or the popular word now on there is Authentic.

Authentic I can at least understand putting it in there with all the fakes out there. I'd be taking board pictures if I was going to sell on eBay these days.

You get a lot of people these days that do not know what they are selling and just hit "List Similar" which copies the title. Oh really, your disc only game is complete? Really?

Porksta wrote:

I've been lucky and gotten some sweet deals on items that were labeled wrong. But most of the time it is a problem.

eBay's new listing page on desktop is also pretty wonky, and it doesn't really let you select a lot of item specifics anymore. List Similar is the only way I can get it to pick the right platform at times.

Porksta wrote:

Yeah I'm pretty convinced most people listing do not read the condition guidelines either.

The seller said he was trying to thin his collection, so I’m guessing it was real and he just wants to get it gone for a reasonable price. It’s the lowest price I’ve seen it sell for and it had watchers, so I didn’t have too much time to dwell on it.

SupremeSarna wrote:
Got my CIB copy of Star Ocean Blue Sphere like this too. Good deal for ~$25 back in 2016, these days it's all over the place, lol. Not exactly a rare game, though.

Kommie wrote:

Update: Found an old remote at the flea market, tried it... and it paired with the stick just fine. It seems to work perfectly.

So what the hell do I do with this now XD

Foxhack wrote:

Kodi

Got a deal from a few provinces over. Paid $50, less than the original $25, but shipping was $24 + 13%. Got tracking for it, so it's enroute.
All these games are new and sealed in dvd cases or the oversized dvd clamshell cases:
Assassin's Creed Unity x2
The Crew x2
Rift Storm Legion
Prototype 2
Evolve
Borderlands Pre-Sequel

Guess evolve is the biggest prize there, and will def make me $45 back. And I'm glad to pay $5 for creed's unity and put 1 away in my collection. Than the rest is profit. Seemed alright. Passing on a few deals of late, but may get back into it or find a better deal lol

Just looked at it all again, and seems it's hard to get that much for it with it being at $45 CAD with shipping. Either way, double up and didn't have to go far out. There's lots of double ups. This one shipped, I was debating cancelling, but than I'm like, just do it lol

I found Game & Watch Gallery 4 (loose) for $11, plus a little shipping. Seller was cool.

SupremeSarna wrote:

Great game. Probably the best, and most content-heavy, of the Game & Watch Gallery games...

Man I want a new one on Switch!

I uh, bought a Pi. It was this innocent looking box at the flea market with some cables attached, so I looked at it, flipped the top open, and it was a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with a 32 GB SD card, two HDMI cables, and a power cable. I couldn't get the thing to boot (it just dies after) so I'm guessing the card is hosed and needs to be reformatted.

I also got six DVDs for the project, a Garfield typing game for PC, and a phone charger thing. Eh.

Lots of tools to get you going with either Raspbian or Retropie (which would be my recommendation). Later on if you decide you wanna do the “experimental” Dreamcast core you’ll wanna look up how to do a core/gpu overclock and you’ll want a heat sink and active cooling and get a good power source but it does Dreamcast pretty well once you get it set.

It's just funny. First my best friend gives me that old caseless pi, people here suggest I use it as a media player, then I find the Amazon Fire Stick, and now this.

It's like the universe is making fun of me not having an actual TV to use these with...

That is kind of a bummer.

Maybe the next item you score will be a TV.

Getting something new in. Didn't ship yet, or did, just at work, and will get at me later. Had good feedback, bought it and was going to locally pick up, but when something else got cancelled (someone else was going to buy something off me), it wasn't worth it to drive all that way. It would have still, just that shipping was easier. Anyways, no real clues, it's a brand new sealed game. It might be worth more than a new deus ex in box, and will need some help from y'all to price fairly, but already have a price I'll start it off in mind, prob shortchanging myself a bit, but don't want it to linger forever, it's rare no doubt though. We'll see.

Ok, so got the tracking number. Here's the scoop, he had 2 games for sale, one quake II mission pack ground zero new in box, and a use doom 3 resurrection of evil. I have a doom 3 I put away in my collection, so decided to buy the 2nd game. Both were $10 each lol. The first, once I checked ebay.ca, I saw he might have saw the price of new sealed in jewel. Did some more searching, and noticed nextremities or something like that is selling for about $250. Ground Zero saw a new uk, $618 on ebay. Saw used in box, uk for 199. Than a used uk for like 108. Prices vary, but I think I should put an auction and put it at $600. I'll make $500, gave the dude $30 for shipping both, it's prob closer to $20 or $25, but I was like whatever. The resurrection of evil is going in my collection, and the new quake is going for sale. The person that cancelled on me, as it was like 25 minutes away from there, and in the area, postponed it. Either way, awesome deal no doubt. Prob my rarest acquisition, and I did have a new deus ex that I sold for way less than it's selling for now lol. Good time to get it. Thoughts, for US release, worth more than $600. I am unsure, but that seems like a fair price and see if I get watchers, than 1 or no bids, if more, score, put it as a buy it now.

Pretty stoked, but may take a while to leave my shelf.

Today, got a new Need for Speed Carbon Collector's Editon with slipcover for pc, for $25 and I chipped in $5 than said $7 for delivery. Wasn't too far, worked out. Will prob make a bill off of it. Seen a Quake II new in box sell for $575 CAD, is the expansion rarer, just as rare or? The $25 deal was available for a while, but no one was grabbing it, and I thought, why not try it this way.

Got a copy of Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! for just under $15. Not amazing, but it’s nice to get an eBay win with little opposition.

The Game Boy always has something new for me to try. Maybe I can find a reasonably-priced Perfect Dark someday.