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I check them out every once in awhile since people have said they have found deals. Man they overprice their games $40 for a used Zone Of the enders or Superman 64 $30.00.
I also sometimes see a Genesis system and lots of Amiga games and some loose Nes carts.
Any Goodwill stories?
Korian
I check my local Goodwill on occasion but I never find anything there. In my area, the pawn shops tend to be a better source of good finds.
I found Golden Axe Warrior complete at the salvation army last year, as well as a complete NES with all the parts since in the plastic. Not much else of worth, but a new one just opened that I heard had a ton of games.
Either I'm in the vicinity of phenomenal Goodwills or you three live by some horrid ones. It's very out of the ordinary to go to a Goodwill or Salvation Army here that doesn't have at least three consoles and two or so dozen games.
Some are quite good, too. I once found a stack of complete SMS games: Phantasy Star, Zillion, Zillion 2, Fantasy Zone, Fantasy Zone 2, Montezuma's Revenge, misprinted Monopoly, and Miracle Warriors.
I'm going to Goodwill and Salvation Army right now. Be back soon with a full report.
As for good finds in the past, I found a limited edition origional mint unopened copy of Loom for the PC. It is so cool, only costs me $9.
Master System, complete with 3D goggles and light gun +
Phantasy Star, Space Harrier 3D, Out Run 3D, Missile Defense 3D, Rocky, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, California Games, Rastan, Hang On/Safari Hunt, Cloud Master.
Almost all of the games were mint, with those promo posters still inside.
I got it all as a package deal, $10.
That was a long time ago though. :)
Recently, I got Strider and Super Street Fighter 2, for JP Megadrive, still shrinkwrapped. Five bucks for the pair.
See very few games for newer systems but I've found some decent stuff:
Shining Force 2 for Genesis- brand new unopened $5
Kirby Super Star .25
Maniac Mansion complete and mint for PC .50
Unopened near mint Headmaster Transformer from 1987 (found it in 2000). 2.00
The only thing I found was Civilization: Call to Power for $5 in really good shape.
i had no idea it was ported to PC.. neo, how does it compare to the NES version?? i really liked that game.Quote:
Originally posted by neoalphazero
Maniac Mansion complete and mint for PC .50
It's the other way around: ported to NES from PC.Quote:
Originally posted by johnk_
i had no idea it was ported to PC.. neo, how does it compare to the NES version?? i really liked that game.
Tonight I found:
A) I'm a dumbass.
B) THey both close at 8 PM.
Well, I haven't played it :P . Don't own a computer, I web browse on a DC. I can tell you the graphics do look more detailed and sharper from the NES version. And the control should be much better since keyboard commands replace tapping a D-pad. The extras really beat the NES version. A poster/hint sheet, huge manual, and a hint book that can be decoded with a piece of red film included. In case you didn't know, there was a sequel to the game called "Day of the Tentacle" released for Mac and PC(?). *-neoQuote:
Originally posted by johnk_
i had no idea it was ported to PC.. neo, how does it compare to the NES version?? i really liked that game.
Hey, I thought you were broke and had to concentrate on saving your money?Quote:
Originally posted by Master
Tonight I found:
A) I'm a dumbass.
B) THey both close at 8 PM.
I gave up food.Quote:
Originally posted by StriderKyo
Hey, I thought you were broke and had to concentrate on saving your money?
And I'm a dumbass. Thanks for the reminder...
Stupid videogames. :(
I should track down my local Goodwill sometime. Living in a big-ass city like Dallas probably means lots of goodies to potentially procure :p
I just live in a crappy area, so taht's why my salvy's suck. Although I still have to check out the new one.
As for Maniac Mansion, you could blow up the hampster in the original PC version, but not later versions (NES, CLassics set, and the version in Day of the Tenticle). Yes, Day was on PC (Lucasarts makes more for PC than Mac, I don't think they have a Mac exclusive title). With the continuing of the Monkey Island series, I'm really surprised there isn't more Manian Mansion games. Still, the original is the best in terms of replay value since it was different depending on which kids you picked.
The Goodwills around my area are okay. Sometimes they do have good stuff (See Sqoon's first post), but lately their games are overpriced and the games they do have aren't worth picking up. There use to be lots of consoles and games, but they have seemed to vanish. I guess Sqoon and I aren't the only ones going to Goodwill to buy games.
My lastest purchase at Goodwill was a complete SNES. The box is messed up, but the stryo is in good shape. Hopefully I can find a complete SMS or Genny. Last time I checked, one of the Goodwills still have complete 3DO games. They are priced at $10 and now they have taped up the boxes so people can't steal the game. Too bad too, the games were in perfect condition until the stupid Mexi's had to ruin them. (I'm not a racist, but Mexican people who work at, well, everywhere and can't speak english are getting me lately.)
I had quite a find once...
Atari 5200 w/ 2 controllers and a big bag 'o games:
Galaxian
Joust
Dig Dug
Kangaroo
Q*bert
Mario Bros.
Defender
Pac-Man
Congo Bongo
Super Breakout
Pengo
Jungle Hunt
Centipede
Pole Position
The system was $16 and the bag of games was $3(!). The controllers don't work, of course, but it's nice to just have it around... The 5200 was the system I grew up with, but my parents gave it away a number of years ago. I'm sure I'll get around to tracking down a working controller someday.
The coolest part was that the bag of games had nearly all of the games' instruction books with them, too!
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Originally posted by dummy
Master System, complete with 3D goggles and light gun +
Phantasy Star, Space Harrier 3D, Out Run 3D, Missile Defense 3D, Rocky, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, California Games, Rastan, Hang On/Safari Hunt, Cloud Master.
Almost all of the games were mint, with those promo posters still inside.
I got it all as a package deal, $10.
That was a long time ago though. :)
Recently, I got Strider and Super Street Fighter 2, for JP Megadrive, still shrinkwrapped. Five bucks for the pair.
....
some people have all the luck :(
holy mother fucking shit
YOU MEAN THEY HAVE VIIDEOGAMES AT SALVATTION ARMY & THEY SELL THEM CHEAP????
WHY HAVE YOU PPL NOT TOLD ME THIS BEFORE???
I remember once we gave some old cloths to the salvation army, some jerkwad came to pick them up & asked if we had any pizza to eat!
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Originally posted by WTFer420
I remember once we gave some old cloths to the salvation army, some jerkwad came to pick them up & asked if we had any pizza to eat!
hashahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
The Goodwill no longer accepts video game systems, or VCRs and stuff like that any more. The lady that I talked to said that like 50% of the time they don't work, so they will no longer accept them.
I got an odyssey 2 (sp?) at mine for 5 dolla.
Wow good finds! I guess being at the right place in the right time is true. Really they also have silent auctions for a small lot of games mostly PC and maybe an X-box controler nothing special.
Anyone work at Goodwill? if you had to sort what came in maybe you could find some treasures early on. I imagine that is what happens unless employees aren't allowed to have first dibs.
Korian