What Great Bargains did you get Games & Systems?

[Jesse813]

125$ isnt too bad for a CDX considering that usually sell for more on Ebay. as for my deal of the day I picked up a RAM Cart for the SEGA CD for 1$ at the local thrift store. it works perfectly.

[Youngie]

Final Fantasy 7 (PS1) boxed without manual: 0.50c
Final Fantasy 7 Platinum (PS1): boxed without manual €1
Final Fantasy 9 (PS1) CIB: €3.50
Final Fantasy 8 (PS1) CIB: €3.50
Myst (PC) boxed: .50c

All from charity shops.

[WarmSignal]

I'm currently collecting Sega CD, so my recent "bargains" are:

(All complete)

Tomcat Alley - $1.99
Who Shot Johnny Rock? - $1.99
Kids On Site - $0.01
Prize Fighter - $0.50
Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine - $0.75
Supreme Warrior - $3.99
Mansion of Hidden Souls - $4.99
Ground Zero Texas - $1.99

Maybe not top notch games, but the prices are about right.

[genesisguy]

Bargains? None to speak of for me. I've picked up some games for .50 cents to around 2 bucks. I've also spent 20-30 bucks on consoles via ebay when I know if I waited I coulda got one at a thrift for around 10 bucks. I think you have to draw a line at whats a bargain if your saving 5-10 bucks is it really that much? Most times I'd rather just pay the ebay price instead of hunting around for months.

[Baloo]

Just got Gunstar Heroes today in a Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine box for $5.

[jerry coeurl]

That is a find, congrats! Also gj on the RAM cart for a dollar, jesse.

[Jesse813]

Yes I've realized that too after looking on Ebay and Amazon. the lowest I saw there was 35$ for the Cart and 60$ CIB. luckily I saved 59$

[Baloo]

That is a find, congrats! Also gj on the RAM cart for a dollar, jesse.

Thanks.

And yeah, those RAM carts are super expensive. I saw one on eBay once, they wanted like $65 for the cart alone I think. Kind of ridiculous unless you have a ton of Sega-CD games that need saving I guess. Nice find Jesse.

Final Fantasy 7 (PS1) boxed without manual: 0.50c
Final Fantasy 7 Platinum (PS1): boxed without manual €1
Final Fantasy 9 (PS1) CIB: €3.50
Final Fantasy 8 (PS1) CIB: €3.50
Myst (PC) boxed: .50c

All from charity shops.

Now that's a deal. You should be jailed for such a steal!

[sketch]

I forgot I picked up a few good PSX titles at thrift stores. I found both Castlevania Symphony of the Night and Einhander at thrifts for $7 each. Thrift finds are few and far between these days, thanks to eBay, so I was pretty stoked by both of these.

[Jesse813]

damn that lousy Ebay

[kool kitty89]

Final Fantasy 7 (PS1) boxed without manual: 0.50c
Final Fantasy 7 Platinum (PS1): boxed without manual €1
Final Fantasy 9 (PS1) CIB: €3.50
Final Fantasy 8 (PS1) CIB: €3.50
Myst (PC) boxed: .50c

All from charity shops.

If that's the Windows 95 version of Myst good luck... I don't think there's a patch to fix it for newer systems, as the main problem has to do with it's use of an old (and since incompatible) version of quicktime. The DOS version may work though. (obviously with an emulator)

[Youngie]

Now that's a deal. You should be jailed for such a steal!

Us both. Sounds like you got a great deal too

If that's the Windows 95 version of Myst good luck... I don't think there's a patch to fix it for newer systems, as the main problem has to do with it's use of an old (and since incompatible) version of quicktime. The DOS version may work though. (obviously with an emulator)

It's for Win 3.1/Dos. Doesn't work

I'll figure it out sometime. I have some old machines anyway.

[Baloo]

Us both. Sounds like you got a great deal too

Why thank you.

[Ace]

25 bucks for a complete in box 32X back when there were very few on eBay and cost more than 75 bucks.

As well as this:

-5 bucks for Contra
-A trade-in for Super C(I traded one of my homemade MegaDrive A/V cables)

Buying both locally at almost every shop would cost in excess of 120 bucks, and I don't exactly know their running value on eBay.

[kool kitty89]

It's for Win 3.1/Dos. Doesn't work

I'll figure it out sometime. I have some old machines anyway.

Hmm, you are usig a DOS emulator, right? Like DOSBox. (which is open source)

If you run Win XP or earlier you may be able to use something simpler like VDMSound instead, but that only really helps if you can get the program running w/out sound in the first place. (basicly it just for sound emulation as XP and earlier windows versions support Dos executables to some degree, but without sound support)