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Another spectacular weekend for finds. Judging from Friday's treasures I thought it was going to be a Sega heavy weekend unlike the last couple weeks which were primarily Nintendo games. But, it turned out to be more of a hardware heavy weekend, in fact, I got 2 new systems, one of which is something I never thought I'd find and is a true piece of gaming history.
This was from a neighborhood sale, most of the other houses just had overpriced crap. My dad got a nice Craftsman breaker bar with a 1 1/4" socket and a 1" adjustable wrench for $1 and we got a bigger sliding board for my niece for $2 at other sales in the neighborhood.
Anyway, at first I just saw the DS game (there was another one I didn't want) that was marked $5, so I offered $3, but she wouldn't budge on it. Then I saw another couple tables of stuff in the driveway (the house was on the corner and most of the stuff was in the yard opposite the driveway) and on the table was a box of Genesis games and the system marked $12 and a boxed Genesis 2 marked $5. So I offered $20 for it all (I normally would have gone lower, but since she didn't budge on the DS game, I knew she wouldn't budge much on the Genesis stuff either), and she accepted it. So in the end, I did get the SimCity Creator for $3. The Genesis games on the right are the ones I needed, so I was able to fill in a few holes, even if they aren't CIB like I want for Genesis games.
This came from another neighborhood sale, a much nicer neighborhood actually. This was the only worthwhile thing in the entire neighborhood. It was marked $5 and she said it had everything but the controller. The inner box was hard to open so I looked in a little slot to make sure it had the system in it, I could the Genesis in there so I offered $3 for it, which she accepted. I was really excited because I had wanted a Genesis 3, so a boxed one was really cool to find. Sadly, once I got home and figured out how to open the box, I found a Genesis 2 in it. That made me really mad, but the hookups are still sealed in their plastic baggies, so it's not all bad. Now, I just need to find a cheap Genesis 3 to put in the box.
I saw this at a garage sale on Saturday, and at first dismissed it as a kid's toy guitar based on the toys surrounding it. But I went in for a closer look before leaving, and realized it's a GH3 wireless guitar for Wii, and then saw the sticker price of $4 (it was originally marked $5). I tried opening the box to make sure it was all there, but I couldn't and then I realized it was because it was still sealed. I offered $2, expecting a refusal, but she agreed on it. So I walked away with it for $2, I'm thinking of leaving it sealed in the hopes of it being worth a pretty penny in 15-20 years, but that might just depend on when/if I get GH3 for Wii.
 
This nice little entertainment stand was marked $15 and the DS games (both CIB) were marked $2 each. I offered $10 for the stand and games, but she countered with $12, which I agreed with. The stand needs a little cleaning, but it's in great shape otherwise, I just need to find a place to put it and the shelf I bought last week in my gameroom. I'm hoping I can fit the majority of my PS1 collection in the CD racks, and I'll probably fill in the shelves on the side with the rest and hopefully have room for my smaller collections on the remaining side shelves.
This stuff came from a huge pile of stuff on the curb with a free sign. It looked like an eviction, but one person's loss is my gain. We completely filled the truck up with stuff from this place, we got a little tikes kitchen set (looks almost new) and a little kid's toy workbench (looks new), and really heavy John Deere styled kid's tricycle as well as all kind of odd n ends. Pictured are the best things that I kept for myself. The Xbox 360 box doesn't have anything in it other than all the manuals, inserts and packaging material, I only got it in case I find a cheap loose 360 sometime.
These came from my old trading partner at the flea market. He hasn't been there since the building burned down last year since he doesn't like using the portable toilets they have now, he only set up because he was in town. I had already traded the games I brought with my other guy, so I had to pay for these. Spelling and Haunting were $1 each, and Aerobiz was $3. I was thinking Aerobiz was worth more than it is, but it's still a game I've been wanting to play.
These came from a guy that always has games but I never buy any from him because they're usually overpriced and he doesn't give bargains. But I asked how much they were anyway because I knew I didn't have Shooting Range, he said they were $3 each. I started walking away because I knew he wouldn't take anything lower. But to my amazement, he said they were now $2 each. So I went back and double checked my list for Shooting Range and the others. Those were the only two I needed though.
This came from my normal trading partner. I traded a loose Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Adventure Island for the Super Mario Galaxy Pre-order coin, and paid $10 for the 5200. It seems to have everything but the manual and the controllers. Can someone tell me how to hook up the 5200 and what the plastic thing in the middle of the picture is? I see there is one cable coming the system (the standard composite RF cable of the era) but I see no place to plug in the power cord on the system. Does the power cord go into that box, then an A/V cord from the box to the TV and the cord coming from the system to the box? That's the only thing I can figure, but it doesn't seem right.
These came from a new vendor at the flea market that fixes/sells arcade machines. He had a bunch of older system boxed and for fair prices. He had a boxed NES Action Set for $35, but the box was taped up and not in the greatest shape, a big box of boxed TI-99/4A games with system and some accessories for $50, and a boxed Odyssey 400, but I passed on that stuff and almost passed on the Fairchild, but I came around to my senses and went back to his stand and bought it along with the 2600 games. The games were $1 each and the Fairchild was $25, but he wouldn't budge on the price, so I paid $27 total. The Fairchild is a personal Holy Grail because of its historical significance more than anything else. It has everything needed to play including a strangely rigged adapter so you don't need an RF switch, but I think I'm going to undo it and just use an RF switch.
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