General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: theflea on December 28, 2014, 01:05:41 am
Title: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: theflea on December 28, 2014, 01:05:41 am
Here's my personal best finds in 2014. Based on rarest or most wanted in my collection. Going through my list of finds there was a lot of good stuff this year. What where your best additions to your collection this last year?
- LSD (PS1) - Philips Tele-Spiel - Epoch Game Pocket Computer (CIB) - Commodore CDTV - Sonyo 3DO TRY with 2 games - PC Engine Super Grafx (CIB) - Sega Mark III (CIB) - PC Engine with CD expansion - Game Master with 5 games - Gamate plus 1 game. - Found Earthbound Twice at garage sales for $7 total and traded for Godzilla (T16CD) and credit. - Sega CDX - Legend of Zelda Game and Watch - Retro City Rampage DX (PS4) only 2000 made - Secret Scout (NES) - Acetronic MPU 1000 with game - Supervision with 7 games (CIB) - Harvest Moon (SNES) - Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP Zelda Edition - Nintendo 3DS XL Classic NES Edition - Nintendo 3DS XL Persona Q Edition - Dragon Fighter (NES) - Power Glove (CIB) - T16 TurboBooster Plus CIB - Gold Nintendo 64 system - Sonic the Hedgehog (SMS) - Wacky Races (NES) - Beauty and the Beast (NES) - Pepsi Man (PS1) - Famicom Revolver Style Lightgun - Gameking II - Power Strike II (GG) - 8-Bit Xmas 2014 (NES) - Class of Heroes 2G (PS3) - Magician Lord (MVS) - Knights of Valor: The Seven Spirits (ATOM) - Wayne's World (NES) - Game Boy Pocket Hello Kitty Edition - King of Dragons (SNES CIB) - Mega Man (GG) - Back to the Future II (SFAM) - Ghost Manor (T16) - Splatterhouse II (GEN CIB) - Ghostbusters (GEN CIB) - My Horse & Me: Riding for Gold & Fritz Chess (Wii) I had to search every Gamestop in NA to find these, and only 1 store had a copy of each game CIB. They are considered 2 of the rarest games on Wii.
BTW, would you guys like to see all the pic's I took over the years of everything I got this year? It was kinda fun going over all my finds this last year.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: Oheao on December 28, 2014, 01:13:39 am
BTW, would you guys like to see all the pic's I took over the years of everything I got this year? It was kinda fun going over all my finds this last year.
Yes please!!
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: maximo310 on December 28, 2014, 02:17:21 am
This year was very good for finds indeed: Ice Blue Nintendo 64 w/ Ice Blue Controller BC Fat PS3 60GB PS1(JP) Phantasy Star Online Episodes I+II CIB (Gamecube) Mario Kart Double Dash Not for Resale Ultimate Shooting Collection cib-Wii Ketsui Limited Edition PS3 Trigger Heart Excelica Limited Edition Dreamcast Gradius Gaiden- PS1 Xenoblade Chronicles-Wii Folklore-PS3 Kororinpa: Marble Mania- Wii Marvel vs Capcom 2 (JP)- Dreamcast Dragon Quest X Part 1(USB Bundle), and Dragon Quest X Part 2- Wii Bayonetta 2- Wii U Super Smash Bros Melee+ Super Smash Bros.(N64)
That's what I can think of off the top of my head; I've got to check my collection for more stuff. I will say that it has been a fantastic year for my Gamecube collection. Hell, most of these have been picked up in the last two months:
(http://i.imgur.com/1Nd3CyI.jpg)
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: bikingjahuty on December 28, 2014, 02:42:21 am
- Earthbound (Actually found it on Jan 1 of this year at a thrift shop for $5) - JP Operation Genesis - PS2 (actually found this one on Tuesday - $3) - Fritz Chess - Wii - Suikoden II - Tales of Destiny - Tales of Destiny 2 - SNES - CIB ($5 garage sale score) - .hack GU Trilogy - PS2
Probably more, but these are the only ones I'm sure of that I picked up in 2014.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: dashv on December 28, 2014, 03:33:58 am
Gonna limit mine to 10:
3DO FZ-10 with 28 games Tomb Raider Target and Survivor Editions and Hardcover strategy guide Tomb Raider complete series for PS 1 (thanks flea!) 2 Super Cobra light guns for PS1 (8 dollar thrift store pickup) WiiU Zelda Edition CIB with 20 games (14 digital 6 physical) bundle TG-16 with 2 games (thanks BurningDoom) Phillips CDi Ducktales 2 (thanks to a vgcollector who's name slips my mind right now) Xenoblade Chronicles Chrono Trigger collectors edition with soundtrack for the DS
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: byron on December 28, 2014, 11:42:06 am
- Earthbound (Actually found it on Jan 1 of this year at a thrift shop for $5)
It makes me happy that there is a place in the world where this can still happen. Thrift stores around where I live are all way to savvy for that.
All the big, corporate thrifts (Goodwill and Arc mostly) almost never have decent games anymore. They throw anything cart based and even most of their disk based stuff on Ebay, Amazon or their respective auction sites. I have several independent thrifts around town that I still can score big at on occasion. That's actually where I found Earthbound, and in the same trip found Shadowrun, CIB Breath of Fire 2, and some uncommon Soccer game for the SNES. It was definitely one of my best scores not just of this year, but of all time.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: turf on December 28, 2014, 02:44:08 pm
This was my best this year. Either it or the Popeye cabinet.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: karyann on December 28, 2014, 03:03:09 pm
I think that my favourite finds and buys of the year are, in order of acquisition:
Super Princess Peach Muramasa Rebirth Collector's Edition Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure Arc Rise Fantasia Afrika Dokapon Journey
And all of my import games, which are not necessarily rare or anything, but 2014 was the year of beginnings for them, so they hold a special place in my heart! Battle & Get: Pokémon Typing DS Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland Tingle's Color-Changing Balloon Trip of Love Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children (Red Book and Black Book)
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: kamikazekeeg on December 28, 2014, 03:15:39 pm
I forget all I found this year exactly...I found Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on PS1 for a buck. I believe I found the pile of Dreamcast games for around 2 bucks a piece earlier in the year, about 20 to 25 of them which was a super awesome find.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: htimreimer on December 28, 2014, 04:13:58 pm
my best fines was not in gaming in 2014 but got some other items that are amazing
super 8 camera set: it come super 8 camera with box and papers, super 8 projector (new old stock) and a few other super 8 items for 30-40 dollars from the thrift shop, its valued at 350-600 dollars
a rare record player that was only sold in canada that i got from a antique shop for $52 and once i get it restorated it. it will be valued at 500 - 1000 dollars
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: foxhack on December 28, 2014, 04:15:58 pm
Well look what the moose dragged in. Sup, htimreimer?
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: redblaze57 on December 28, 2014, 06:56:06 pm
As far as deals go That bundle containing Pokémon Red and Emerald I got around the beginning of Spring that day I also picked up a box of mostly SNES strategy guides and a few loose Dreamcast games for I think around $10 After that it was pretty much dead for me until I found Muramasa: the Demon Blade and Sin & Punishment: Star Successor for $0.04 each outside of that a lot of the imports I got were so cheap I was just basically paying for shipping
Outside of that I watched Alphaomegasin's video on his Resident Evil collection which reminded me about RE2 was on the N64 and I find it the next day at the closest place I could call my local video game store. So I guess that's worth mentioning.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: davifus on December 28, 2014, 07:32:43 pm
The only one's i can remember is probably the RPG game for the PS2 & NES esp. DW 2 & 4.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: htimreimer on December 28, 2014, 09:40:21 pm
Well look what the moose dragged in. Sup, htimreimer?
well life, me and my family moved back to regina, i have been hanging out with the lordkat community and a lot of other things
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: jcalder8 on December 28, 2014, 10:17:17 pm
I don't know what my best finds have been but my favorite is a 3D0 system and 45 games.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: Warmsignal on December 29, 2014, 01:22:31 am
It's all a blur, but mostly I just paid retail for everything. Can't really find anything good just sitting around somewhere for cheap anymore. I don't think I found even one slightly uncommon or slightly valuable game for cheap at any flea market this year. Kinda sad. Maybe a few incomplete PS1 games, but I don't count them.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: grimhope on December 29, 2014, 01:46:22 am
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis Complete Xbox- $20 Metroid II Gameboy Complete- $33 Gargoyles Quest complete Gameboy- $17 Sunset Riders Genesis complete- $15 Ninja gaiden II NES complete- $20 Fire emblem path of radiance gamecube complete- $20 Atari Karts Atari Jaguar complete-$60 R-Type III Snes Complete MINT- $50
But my best finds were through the website Gohastings.com. Early last year they had posted a sale that ALL Ps2 games would be on sale for $4.99 each. When the sale went live it was actually just a handful of select games that were $4.99. I was bummed out along with many of the fine people at cheapassgamer.com and many people complained to them. Around 2am in the morning the next day I was adding games that were in stock to my cart imagining how awesome it wouldve been to get them for $4.99, in the middle of adding a few games to my cart, all the games in my cart switched prices to $4.99!!! My haul included:
.hack quarantine complete Monster rancher 4 complete Jurassic Park operation genesis complete Haunting ground complete Wild arms Alter code F complete Suikoden V Complete Shining Tears Complete Shining Force EXA complete Magna Carta Box Set Complete Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Complete Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II Complete Champions Return to Arms Complete Gradius V Complete Grandia III Complete
Best Haul I've ever had. All For $4.99 a piece!!! or $7.24 a piece if you count shipping. I don't think I'll Ever top that one
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: dashv on December 29, 2014, 02:02:18 am
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis Complete Xbox- $20 Metroid II Gameboy Complete- $33 Gargoyles Quest complete Gameboy- $17 Sunset Riders Genesis complete- $15 Ninja gaiden II NES complete- $20 Fire emblem path of radiance gamecube complete- $20 Atari Karts Atari Jaguar complete-$60 R-Type III Snes Complete MINT- $50
But my best finds were through the website Gohastings.com. Early last year they had posted a sale that ALL Ps2 games would be on sale for $4.99 each. When the sale went live it was actually just a handful of select games that were $4.99. I was bummed out along with many of the fine people at cheapassgamer.com and many people complained to them. Around 2am in the morning the next day I was adding games that were in stock to my cart imagining how awesome it wouldve been to get them for $4.99, in the middle of adding a few games to my cart, all the games in my cart switched prices to $4.99!!! My haul included:
.hack quarantine complete Monster rancher 4 complete Jurassic Park operation genesis complete Haunting ground complete Wild arms Alter code F complete Suikoden V Complete Shining Tears Complete Shining Force EXA complete Magna Carta Box Set Complete Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Complete Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II Complete Champions Return to Arms Complete Gradius V Complete Grandia III Complete
Best Haul I've ever had. All For $4.99 a piece!!! or $7.24 a piece if you count shipping. I don't think I'll Ever top that one
Awesome haul indeed!
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: theflea on December 29, 2014, 03:02:33 am
awesome finds everyone. When I first started this I was going to limit it to top 10 but there was so much cool stuff I just added it all. lol Your list doesn't have to be "rare" or "Best deal" it can be any thing you picked up this year You where so proud to get it in your collection finally. lol I'll see about getting those pic's up. ;)
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: abe on December 29, 2014, 08:49:33 am
My best finds of the year were physical copies of Dungeon Keeper 2 (PC), Heroes of Might and Magic III (PC), Myst (PC), and Nuclear Strike (PS1) for 25 cents each. Dungeon Keeper 2 was definitely my favorite of the group. I put a lot of hours into it over the summer. :)
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: soera on December 29, 2014, 10:21:33 am
Im not going to put these in any sort of value or time frame, Im just going to list a few of the things I acquired last year that were among the most interesting or special pieces to my collection.
Retron 5 - I had this bastard on pre-order for like 6 months when it finally arrived at my door. All the different topics on different forums about how they would never release, that they were bound to be bugged forever, etc made me question whether I should keep my pre-order or not. Well, once they started shipping, I was glad I kept it but it still took over 2 months after initial shippings for mine to arrive but it finally did and now its a main piece in my living room. Turbo/Duo magazines - Ive been slowly trying to finish this set for a while. Striking out everywhere or missing very overpriced items, I almost decided to sell off what I have rather than trying to finish. I somehow ran into a guy who was selling virtually every issue I was missing (minus one) and I got them for a steal of a price. Then a nice Ebay auction netted me that last piece and its all complete now. DQ Heroes PS4 - I saw this item the day the pics started showing up online and knew I had to have it!!! Luckily enough I had been active in the "Save your change 4.0" thread and accumulated almost $500 in change already. I took the money to the bank, deposited it, and went and put a pre-order on it. It sits on the desk with me and Ive used it almost every day since it arrived. James "Buster" Douglas boxing (SMS) - The grail for NA SMS collection. Thanks to an amazing trade on this very forum, I acquired a really nice copy of this game to finish off my set. DQ Monsters Battle road victory controller - This is the one piece of my DQ collection that I had written off to "will never obtain". But fate happened and our very own Anruiukimi has a good friend in Japan who was able to not only get me a complete version of the controller but a complete copy of the game itself to go with it. And at a price that was within my budget.
I have made lots of trades and acquisitions over 2014 and all of them were special in their very own way so if I left off something that I got from someone on here, its not out of lack of interest or something like that. The ones I listed were just situations where it took a lot more effort or planning to get than the average transaction.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: argyle on December 29, 2014, 10:32:00 am
I had a lot of pickups that I was happy to get this year, but I'm going to limit it to 10:
Suikoden II Wild Arms 4&5 (with 5 being the complete Anniversary Ed.) Lunar 1&2 complete for PS1 Arc the Lad Collection, again complete Psychonauts for PS2 Haunting Ground Kuon (these 2 PS2 horror games are the only 2 really good found-in-the-wild deals on my list, I gave $5/each for them) One Piece Pirate Warriors 2 CE Destiny Ghost Edition Tomba 2 Strategy Guide
Several of those were thanks to people here on VGCollect. :)
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: foxhack on January 02, 2015, 02:00:57 pm
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: amauriel on January 02, 2015, 02:48:18 pm
Not a cheap deal by any means, but this was the year I got my Holy Grail, White Whale, or what have you.
As my reward/present/whatever for completing my Master's degree, I splurged and got the Mother 3 GBA Micro. I had to wait a few months after my degree was finalized because I wasn't willing to spend $800+ on it and although I'm not usually obsessed with something being complete, I really wanted this to be.
Everything else I found or purchased pretty much pales in comparison to that.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: abe on January 02, 2015, 04:19:13 pm
Not a cheap deal by any means, but this was the year I got my Holy Grail, White Whale, or what have you.
As my reward/present/whatever for completing my Master's degree, I splurged and got the Mother 3 GBA Micro. I had to wait a few months after my degree was finalized because I wasn't willing to spend $800+ on it and although I'm not usually obsessed with something being complete, I really wanted this to be.
Everything else I found or purchased pretty much pales in comparison to that.
I really wish I had bought one of those when they were regularly going for around $300 complete. :'( Congratulations on getting one!
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: karyann on January 03, 2015, 12:52:56 pm
As my reward/present/whatever for completing my Master's degree, I splurged and got the Mother 3 GBA Micro. I had to wait a few months after my degree was finalized because I wasn't willing to spend $800+ on it and although I'm not usually obsessed with something being complete, I really wanted this to be.
Congrats for the system and for your degree! :)
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: davifus on January 03, 2015, 02:44:20 pm
Not a cheap deal by any means, but this was the year I got my Holy Grail, White Whale, or what have you.
As my reward/present/whatever for completing my Master's degree, I splurged and got the Mother 3 GBA Micro. I had to wait a few months after my degree was finalized because I wasn't willing to spend $800+ on it and although I'm not usually obsessed with something being complete, I really wanted this to be.
Everything else I found or purchased pretty much pales in comparison to that.
Congratz
How much do they go for now? I remember when they were around $200 a few years ago which i still regret not getting during that time.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: amauriel on January 03, 2015, 10:17:06 pm
I got a super good deal on mine at about $450, complete, from another collector here in the United States. I've seen ones without the Franklin Badge go for around $500, and I've seen them go as high as about $900, depending on the condition of the components.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: MJMaranan on January 05, 2015, 03:50:39 am
Finally bought a Sega Genesis, which gave an epic nostalgia trip. Thank you to blipcs76!
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: davifus on January 05, 2015, 11:26:39 am
I got a super good deal on mine at about $450, complete, from another collector here in the United States. I've seen ones without the Franklin Badge go for around $500, and I've seen them go as high as about $900, depending on the condition of the components.
Wow, I should of gotten it when it was around $200.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: badATchaos on January 05, 2015, 01:48:31 pm
Conkers Bad Fur Day for $40USD from a used game store. I was surprised because the owner is usually on top of things.
Original PlayStation for free from a friend.
Not a video game but I bought a Nintendo Left RX (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsvMfeRpTKc) for 30 dollars. Damn steal compared to what people have been asking for them. I've been on the look out for a few years now but I finally snagged one.
Title: Re: Best Finds of 2014
Post by: topspot123 on January 08, 2015, 08:45:08 pm
I've shared this here before, but here is my best find of 2014.