September 2012 - Recently Added To Collection/Recently Purchased

[atariboy]

So I took a trip to Portland this past weekend and I went to Portland Retro Gaming Expo. This was a last minute decision to go, and I went with like $40 in my pocket. Here are my fines for the weekend:

24 Intellivision Games (Manuals, Inlays, Boxes) - $15 (there actually was more but I'm not counting Dupes)
30 hard shell Game Gear Cartridge Cases - $2
Shadow Squadron - Sega 32X - $1
Skindiver - Atari 2600 - $5
Crash Dive - Atari 2600 - $1.50
BMX Air Master - Atari 2600 - $3
Fathom - Atari 2600 - $1.50
Winter Olympics - Game Gear - $.50
Godzilla: The Series - Game Boy - $.50
Hoyle Card Games - Game Boy Color - $.50
Animorphs - Game Boy Color - $.50
Link's Crossbow Training - Wii - Free
Gamester - Game Boy Advance SP - $1
Super Pinball Behind the Mask - Super Famicom - $1
Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle - Super Famicom - $1
Toride - Super Famicom - $1
Men In Black: Alien Escape - PS2 - $1
SimCity 2000 - Sega Saturn - Free (Case In Great Condition)
High Velocity - Sega Saturn - Free (Small crack on front of case, Hinges intact)
Kinect Adventures - Xbox 360 Kinect - Free
Scene it - Xbox 360 - Free (includes Game, and 4 controllers, CIB)
Final Fantasy XI online - Xbox 360 - Free
2 DS Car chargers - $1
Suicide Mission - Atari 2600 Super Charger - $.50
Smurfs Save The Day Sound story Cassette #1 - Atari 2600 - $.50
10 Commodore 64 floppy disk games - $5

All in all not a bad weekend, nothing really special but it was great that I was able to go.

[disgaeniac]

I was in a Barnes & Noble today (had an old gift-card that I've kept forgetting to use)...

...and, they actually had a surprisingly decent section of books dedicated to video games.

Anyhow, I ended up buying this *REALLY* cool Persona 4 art-book w/ tons of pics, art, interviews, etc.

I forget the name of the company that makes these books (I've also got the same size & kind of books by the same company for Ar tonelico & the Atelier series), and I must say, that they are all very nicely done.

I usually only get these books when I have a gift-balance to use-up...as they run $40 - $50 per book 

[desocietas]

Is it the official design works series?  they came out with one for P4 and P3 at the same time, I think.  they're pretty sweet for sure.

[disgaeniac]

Is it the official design works series?  they came out with one for P4 and P3 at the same time, I think.  they're pretty sweet for sure.

I'm pretty sure that's the one.

It's by "Udon", and the top of the book's spine says "Persona 4" in English, and in the middle of the spine (where English titles are usually found) is all in (I think) Japanese...

I've seen four of them, so far:

1). "Tony's Shining Art" (don't have),
2). "Ar tonelico" (have),
3). "Atelier World" (have), and
4). "Persona 4" (Just got:)

[blipcs76]

Last weekend was a bust.  I went to a garage sale that listed Nintendo and Atari, and it was an N64 with two games and he wouldn't sell separately.  Then I hit one that had a Genesis, Sega CD and 32X with about 20 games, half being common Sega CD games.  She wanted $125 for all, but I only wanted a few games.  I pulled four fairly common games and she wanted $40 for the four games!  All I ended up with last weekend was a vintage Donkey Kong plush, which was nice.

Today we were in Omaha, so I hit some game stores in the area that I know carry retro stuff and I found a few decent deals.  I picked up:

720
Jurassic Park
Image Fight
Alpha Mission
Soccer
Mystery Quest
Taboo
Demon Sword

and the great find of the day:
Kid Icarus (CIB)!