The Small Scores Thread: Part 3!

[Cryptid Collector]

@shoboni
Steelbooks are just awesome.

I have quite a weakness for them(and special edition stuff in general)

If it's cheap enough I'll buy crap I might ever play just because it's a Steelbook XD.

[mumboking]

I have quite a weakness for them(and special edition stuff in general)

If it's cheap enough I'll buy crap I might never play just because it's a Steelbook XD.

Sounds just like what I do. (e.g: This)

[Cryptid Collector]

I have quite a weakness for them(and special edition stuff in general)

If it's cheap enough I'll buy crap I might never play just because it's a Steelbook XD.

Sounds just like what I do. (e.g: This)

It can be addicting(especially with movies, where you can end up with like five copies of the same thing because all of them have different bonus features).

I have like three copies of Army of Darkness(DVD and Blu-Ray versions of the Screwhead Edition, plus the old Bootleg Special Edition on DVD)

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I think I have more versions of the Resident Evil movies. Steelcase FTW.

[Fokakis79]

@ Fokakis - $5 is still not bad!  I hope you get it fixed.

@ Boshamp - Great find with Castlevania!

Yeah, its crazy how much they go for on eBay, even when its untested.

[troy78]

@Boshamp Castlevania Bloodlines- great game at an unbelievable deal! Congrats on that pickup!

[shaggy]

I got this beauty for $30 from Ebay.  The box and manual aren't in the best condition (pretty bad) but the cart is great!

[GrayGhost81]

With about 99% of my collection about 1700 miles away from me, I didn't think I'd be doing a lot of "scoring" for the short term future, but I can't escape the temptation of something good on a trading site or anything falling into my lap.

First I grabbed a copy of Eternal Eyes off of 99gamers. I had avoided it because of the critical hatred it has gotten but digging deeper I found it had been criticized for being "too short" and "too easy," and those two knocks against any game are like a siren's song that always draws me to it. Then when I saw a gamefaqs user review entitled 'This horrible game is another....Rhapsody?' I knew I had to have it. Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is one of my favorite games of all time. This copy of Eternal Eyes is missing the back cover. I was down with having a disc only copy of the game because of the horrible artwork, but it came with the manual in really nice condition, and what am I gonna do, throw it out? So now I just have an oddity that won't go on the shelf and isn't quite a loose disc that'll end up on a spindle.

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Next up is an almost too good to be true deal I got off 99gamers. I got this Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition and hardcover collector's edition strategy guide (to match my hardcover collector's edition strategy guide from the original game) both together for the credit equivalent of fifteen dollars. They are both in pristine condition too.

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And finally the only thing I've gotten that anyone here is going to give a shit about, a coworker of mine told me about six months ago that he had a unidentified Nintendo console somewhere at his mother's house. He thought it was an N64 at first, but after bugging him to remember to grab it for months and months, he finally picked up what turned out to be an NES and brought it to his own house. Then, for weeks upon weeks he was too lazy to tell me what games he had, or to bring it all to work. Finally, yesterday he brought in the toaster, two controllers, and the games pictured below. We had discussed him selling the lot to me in the past but when I finally got to see it, and calmly told him I was interested, he said "Happy Easter" and let me have it all for nothing. Never owned Crash or Darkwing Duck so I was psyched about those. Some of the rest are a good temporary collection that can eventually be traded off. The gold cart is just a Quattro Sports.

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[shaggy]

And finally the only thing I've gotten that anyone here is going to give a shit about, a coworker of mine told me about six months ago that he had a unidentified Nintendo console somewhere at his mother's house. He thought it was an N64 at first, but after bugging him to remember to grab it for months and months, he finally picked up what turned out to be an NES and brought it to his own house. Then, for weeks upon weeks he was too lazy to tell me what games he had, or to bring it all to work. Finally, yesterday he brought in the toaster, two controllers, and the games pictured below. We had discussed him selling the lot to me in the past but when I finally got to see it, and calmly told him I was interested, he said "Happy Easter" and let me have it all for nothing. Never owned Crash or Darkwing Duck so I was psyched about those. Some of the rest are a good temporary collection that can eventually be traded off. The gold cart is just a Quattro Sports.

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Is that Bayou Billy on the left?  What's the top cart on the left?  What's under Quattro Sport?  Tailspin?  Awesome find!!

[GrayGhost81]

Is that Bayou Billy on the left?  What's the top cart on the left?  What's under Quattro Sport?  Tailspin?  Awesome find!!

That Konami silver game is actually Jack Nicklaus. Top cart on the left is Bart v. The World, and yep that's Tailspin under Quattro Sports.

Just cleaned out all the carts and hooked up the system and everything works great! Super psyched!

[GamerNick]

Jealous Gray I still need to get Crash myself lol

[Slowman]

Nice, Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge.  I used to have that back in the day and I remember wishing I had a turbo controller. :p

[shaggy]

Got this thing from Goodwill.  I didn't even know they made this!

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Gray, did you forget some of us collect strategy guides, or play X360 games? Vegas is a great game, and I love hardcover strategy guides. The only problem with them is that when I buy them new, my wife doesn't like opening them...

Good score on both accounts, and enjoy Vegas if you haven't yet. It's not quite Fallout 3, but it's an enjoyable ride.

[GrayGhost81]

Gray, did you forget some of us collect strategy guides, or play X360 games? Vegas is a great game, and I love hardcover strategy guides. The only problem with them is that when I buy them new, my wife doesn't like opening them...

Good score on both accounts, and enjoy Vegas if you haven't yet. It's not quite Fallout 3, but it's an enjoyable ride.

Yes, pardon my snark. I just know that Nintendo conquers all on these forums. That strat was my favorite score since...the other one I got. They sure will look nice together.