Collection Milestones

[Nerdy]

PAL Dreamcast games.

[RetroRage]

So my buddy is having a baby and wants to get rid of all his old video game stuff to make room for the new bundle of "joy".  I had no idea what he had, I just knew he had a ton of old nintendo games tucked away in a cabinet somewhere he hasn't opened in years, probably decades.  So I cut a deal with him and bought all his NES games for $150. 

well as it turns out, he had 108 NES games, so I basically paid $1.39 for each game.  Mostly commons and nothing special really, but 40 of them were CIB so that's a pretty sweet deal.

I'm not sure what the value is for a lot of these games.  I started collecting seriously pretty recently so I'm green on all that.  If anyone wants to teach me a few things we'd be best friends for life!



But this one stood out immediately.....



Completely mint, not a single scratch or dog ear.  It even still has the plastic bag that the cart is packaged in and the little styrofoam piece that it sits on in the box.  I about shit my pants.  I know it's not Bubble Bobble 2 or anything, but it's definitely the biggest score I've made yet so I'm pretty excited about it.  $1.39 for TMNT Tournament Fighters for the NES CIB! 

[Duke.Togo]

Wow, that is a really FANTASTIC haul. I'm still looking for a TMNT: TF myself and to get that with everything else at such a price is nuts. I know WildBil is looking for CIB NES games he doesn't have if you are looking to turn a little profit, and if not that is a great way to build your collection!

I couldn't tell what the SNK game was because of the reflection, but it looks new and sealed. Awesome.

[RetroRage]

It's Mechanized Attack, and I wish it were sealed....

but it was just a troll from the 90's, laying in wait for 22 years to disappoint the crap out of me.  The top of the plastic was split with a razor blade so he could slide the box in and out.  I'm guessing he kept the plastic because there's a label on it with a description of the game.  Cool I guess, but it's still open :/  I'll take a picture of the label and upload it later so you know what I'm talking about

[RetroRage]

And as far as trades go I'll be interested in the future-ture-ture (sorry my friends and I do that whenever we say the word future, I couldn't help it).  But I'm still building my room, so I'm hanging onto just about everything new I pick up right now.  I do have 6 PS2s and 4 PSones that I'm willing to unload though

[wildbil52]

That really is a phenomenal haul.  Check Werewolf to see if it has the mini comic it was packed with.  That's the piece that is usually missing.

[RetroRage]

Got it!  rad

[singlebanana]

Stopped in at a random Goodwill on the way from my kid's baseball game tonight on a whim.  They had a rack with CDs and I happened to notice a few NES games.  I started looking them over and found the usual commons: John Elway's QB, Top Gun, World Cup Soccer/Super Spike V'Ball, and then I saw a copy of Break Time: The National Pool Tour.  All of the games were priced $7 each.....uh, hated to pay that much, but it was Goodwill, so the money went to a good cause.  Anyway, the "milestone," right.  This was a great find for me, since I now have a very short list of NES licensed titles.  Break Time is the 650th NES game I have added to my collection.

[RetroRage]

very nice banana.  i'm never lucky enough to even find one NES title at goodwill.  its either sports titles for ps2 or nothing.

[Duke.Togo]

Wow, that is great Banana. You're closing in on the home stretch.

[Zagnorch]

Picked up my first PAL-region title today-- A CIB Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior for the PS2-- even though I don't even have a PAL-region PS2. But for $0.50, I figured it'd be a nice addition to my stack anyway.

Now I'm looking at the blurbs on the back cover, one of which reads, "Starring the voice talents of Tom Baker and...

...BRIAN BLESSED?!

HOLYFREAKIN'CRAPIT'SGOTBRIANBLESSEDINITIGOTTAGOPLAYTHISRIGHTTHEHECKNOW!!!OMFGOMFGOMFG--

--oh yeah, I don't have a machine to play this on.

Son of a--

Hey, wait-- I have the NTSC version of it in my collection!

OMFGICANHEARBRIANBLESSEDSPEAKWHENIPLAYTHISMYLIFEISCOMPLETEOMFG!!!

*GAAASP*

Whew, I'm a little lightheaded right now... I'm gonna sit down for a bit.

[Zagnorch]

Got my first Japanese Dreamcast title and piece of hardware today.

[nupoile]

Got my first Japanese Dreamcast title and piece of hardware today.

Well don't keep us guessing! Come on, details! Pictures! This isn't Psychic Generation.

[nupoile]

Got my first Japanese Dreamcast title and piece of hardware today.

Well don't keep us guessing! Come on, details! Pictures! This isn't Psychic Generation.

...and then I thought, "hmmmm, maybe he put it in the small scores thread....."

[Zagnorch]

Got my first Japanese Dreamcast title and piece of hardware today.

Well don't keep us guessing! Come on, details! Pictures! This isn't Psychic Generation.

...and then I thought, "hmmmm, maybe he put it in the small scores thread....."

Aaaand then what didja do?