the small score's thread

[Wempster]

Well it was my birthday on the 4th and my old roomate sent me a little present. He found Electroplankton at Gamestop for $60!!  I think its more than a little absurd to pay that much for a ds game, even one released in such little numbers, but he bought it and sent it to me.  The weird part is hes a collector too, but instead of keeping it for himself he sent it to me. 

[Tondog]

Indeed. The disc isn't in the greatest shape, but the game was complete in box so I figured what the hell. If it was not the game it is and not worth that much on ebay, I wouldn't bother getting it. Since it is Einhander and because it goes for absurd amounts on ebay, I couldn't refuse. Luckily the game played  just fine in my PS3.

Usually in situations like this that involve a really valuable or sought after game, I'll sell my grubby copy on eBay and re-buy a better one. Not sure if that's your cup of tea though...

I won't do that because I'm too damned lazy.

Well it was my birthday on the 4th and my old roomate sent me a little present. He found Electroplankton at Gamestop for $60!!  I think its more than a little absurd to pay that much for a ds game, even one released in such little numbers, but he bought it and sent it to me.  The weird part is hes a collector too, but instead of keeping it for himself he sent it to me. 

Sounds like a little much, even for Electroplankton. But still, it's a neat "game".

[Crabmaster2000]

A quick Ebay search showed that $60 is about the normal for Electroplankton. I didnt find any cheaper but quite a few that cost more after shipping costs.

[Feechy]

What seemed to be the worst day for collecting for me turned out to be a great one:
Super Smash Bros: $10 N64
Tetrisphere: $10 N64
Topgun: Danger Zone: $2.99 MSDOS
NHL Powerplay '96: $2.99 Saturn
All Star Baseball '97 Feat. Frank Thomas: $2.99 Saturn
Bug!: $2.99 Saturn
Corpse Killer: Graveyard Edition (A sequel you say...): $2.99 Saturn

Pretty good finds I'd say.

[blcklblskt]

All for .99 cents at Play n Trade (plus 10% off thru a promo)

N64
Tony Hawks Pro Skater
Pokemon Snap

Genesis
Light Crusader
F-15 Strike Eagle II
F-22 Interceptor Advanced Tactical Fighter (CIB)

At the flea market:
Game Gear w/ AC tap and Sonic the Hedgehog $4

[Sirgin]

Great finds Feechy and blckblskt (pfew, hard name to type )

[Mr. Ksoft]

Good day for games for me, even though I won't have time to play them much...  I bought some new and used stuff.

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Gamecube:
F-Zero GX (used) $8
Viewtiful Joe [Player's Choice] (new) $10
Viewtiful Joe 2 (used) $3

PC:
Spore (new) $50 (I've been waiting for this for years! )

Also, not pictured:
Wii stuff:
Wii Fit (new) $90 (my mom has been wanting it for a while and finally found a copy)
We Ski (new) $30 (my mom also wanted this for use with the balance board)
2000 Wii Points card (Now I can get Megaman 9 when it comes out, w00t!)

[Sirgin]

Gamecube:
F-Zero GX (used) $8
Viewtiful Joe [Player's Choice] (new) $10
Viewtiful Joe 2 (used) $3

PC:
Spore (new) $50 (I've been waiting for this for years! )

Nice finds

I was looking at Spore myself today when realising I don't have the money for it right now

[James]

I wanted Spore a lot when I first heard of it. Suddenly it's snuck up on me and been released.

Too bad it only limits you to three activations per licence... or so I heard from some bloke off the internet. If you install it three times you will need to buy another one for ~$50

[Sirgin]

Too bad it only limits you to three activations per licence... or so I heard from some bloke off the internet. If you install it three times you will need to buy another one for ~$50

That would be lame. Isn't it enough that you have to put the disk in for playing a game?

[Mr. Ksoft]

If you run out of activations I think you can call EA and apparently there are certain reasons that they will allow you to make more installations (reformats and etc.).  I guess their method makes sense, though, because you don't need the CD to play the game.  It's also better than their original idea of having it have to authenticate online every 10 days.

But of course, in the far future when Spore is no longer produced, we'll all have to use hacks that remove the activations.  Although, really I hate having to use them for games I legally purchased.  (This is probably why this is the first PC game I've bought in almost 3 years... I don't like putting up with that stuff often, and my computers and their poor quality drives tend to reject legit discs as copies, so I stick to consoles.  But I couldn't pass up Spore.  No way.)

[blcklblskt]

Today's flea market scores:

Mario Kart Double Dash!! and GC controller - $10

Sonic the Hedgehog (CIB, not for resale) - $2

Game Boy with a "Handy Boy" light/screen manifier - $2

MK:DD is practically new.  The guy said it was played once, and I believe him; everything was flawless.  Even the inserts were still in the original packing order.

[MrFizzle]

today at a goodwill i bought
a jungle green n64
clear green controller
red controller
2 memory cards
6 games:
Roadsters
F-zero X
Donkey Kong 64
007 Goldeneye
Starfox 64
South Park

all for $50

also there was an old gamestop receipt taped to the back of goldeneye

[Sirgin]

If you run out of activations I think you can call EA and apparently there are certain reasons that they will allow you to make more installations (reformats and etc.).  I guess their method makes sense, though, because you don't need the CD to play the game.  It's also better than their original idea of having it have to authenticate online every 10 days.

I'd rather have it that you have to put in the dvd each time you want to play rather than this.

It's nothing special to install a game more than 3 times over the years. (new PC, reformats, installing it on another PC, ...)
I hope EA will drop this restriction when the game is 5 years old or something, otherwise people will have to resort to cracks just to play a legal game.

@MrFizzle: Very nice deal! I was doubting about the clear green N64 for a while when it was up on eBay but went for the regular grey one in the end.

[James]

I picked up Spore Creatures on the DS for £12, new and sealed. Morrisons are having a special on top chart games. All chart DS games are £12. Everywhere else is over £25, so £12 for a game released just a few days ago is pretty good.

It's not too bad so far but the tutorial is dragging it a bit.