RadioPoultry Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) Some of my finds over the last month or so: Picked up these GameCube games in a Pasco, WA Goodwill. I still need to find a GameCube memory card for my Wii, but I have a couple controllers, at least. Found these two Competion-Pro joysticks at a Goodwill in Hermiston, OR. Haven't tested them out yet. I assume they were designed for the 2600 and the two buttons serve the same function, but it would be nice if they supported the 7800's 2nd button. We'll see! And I found these at a Idaho Youth Ranch thrift store in Boise. (I discovered there's a lot of thrift stores in Boise. I only had time to stop by a couple, though.) Edited February 11, 2019 by RadioPoultry RickR, jmjustin6 and Justin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 Paper mario thousand year door I think is my absolute favorite game I've played. Also Luigis mandion is also great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 This item is pretty old, but I've been looking for one for a long time with no luck. It's the Ms. Pac Man plug and play and it has the twisty knob for Pole Position control. It also has the little game key slot, but no cartridge (dang it). It had really old and dead batteries within, but I wasn't able to open it at Goodwill. I took a chance (only $5), and when I got home, the batteries were ancient. One had leaked, but not bad. I got it cleaned up pretty easily and it works fine. Justin and jmjustin6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted February 15, 2019 Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 One of the best plug n plays you can get right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 On 2/11/2019 at 3:26 PM, RadioPoultry said: Some of my finds over the last month or so: Picked up these GameCube games in a Pasco, WA Goodwill. I still need to find a GameCube memory card for my Wii, but I have a couple controllers, at least. Found these two Competion-Pro joysticks at a Goodwill in Hermiston, OR. Haven't tested them out yet. I assume they were designed for the 2600 and the two buttons serve the same function, but it would be nice if they supported the 7800's 2nd button. We'll see! And I found these at a Idaho Youth Ranch thrift store in Boise. (I discovered there's a lot of thrift stores in Boise. I only had time to stop by a couple, though.) I am SOOOO jealous of that Paper Mario. I have been coveting that game for years, but the prices it goes for online would make your eyes bleed. Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 On 2/14/2019 at 7:38 PM, RickR said: This item is pretty old, but I've been looking for one for a long time with no luck. It's the Ms. Pac Man plug and play and it has the twisty knob for Pole Position control. It also has the little game key slot, but no cartridge (dang it). It had really old and dead batteries within, but I wasn't able to open it at Goodwill. I took a chance (only $5), and when I got home, the batteries were ancient. One had leaked, but not bad. I got it cleaned up pretty easily and it works fine. I have that. It's great. Only downside is it doesn't save high scores. Later models do. Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 50 cents for a Wii game! jmjustin6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Oh man I remember that show. Man it was not good. Hey great price though RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 It's the library near my house. They have a little "for sale" area with books, DVD's, VHS, CD's, audiobooks, etc....everything is 50 cents. Once in a while, they have video games. I scoop them up. I've gotten a lot of sports games and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted March 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) A sweet RCA cassette player. This one is small and slim, and it works perfectly. It uses 4 AA batteries. Williams Pinball Hall of Fame for the PS2. Edited March 25, 2019 by RickR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 A couple of PS2 games for cheap. Atari Creep and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 Ah man, personally I LOVED Darkwatch. Justin 1 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 Todays goodwill finds. Was super excited to find mecha Godzilla. Then right under him was a smaller Godzilla I almost over looked. This Godzilla is kinda cool it has a ball in its stomach that you can control its tail with Atari Creep, nosweargamer, Justin and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 So, Dad and I were out in town running an errand, when we spotted a thrift store we'd never seen before. (I'm assuming it must be fairly new.) Went in, didn't find much at first. I was looking for video games, only found a couple PS2 titles, some old PC games, and one single PSP game. Also found a USB floppy disk drive from Sony, which I snapped up. Anyway, we were about to leave, and I'd brought everything to the counter, when I suddenly remembered I hadn't checked the toy section. I go over to the toy shelf, spotted FIVE Easy Bake Ovens (jeez), and was about to go back to the counter, when I looked down at the floor. There it was... A NINTENDO 64. I couldn't believe my eyes! I grabbed it up, ran to the two cashiers, who was ringing up my other stuff, and said, "This, too! I gotta have it!" The younger cashier and I talked about Goldeneye and Mario Kart. The N64 cost a grand total of $4, included the power brick, AND IT WORKS. Now I just need a controller. jmjustin6 and RickR 2 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 This was mentioned by someone on the AtariAge FB group, but someone also tagged me to tell me about it as well. It has been a long time since I bought anything from a thrift store, but one of these from the local Salvation Army... Now resides here... ... at the Ivory Tower Collections game room. jmjustin6 and Atari Creep 2 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 1 hour ago, CrossBow said: This was mentioned by someone on the AtariAge FB group, but someone also tagged me to tell me about it as well. It has been a long time since I bought anything from a thrift store, but one of these from the local Salvation Army... Now resides here... ... at the Ivory Tower Collections game room. Hey, that was me! So cool. Atari Creep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossBow Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 I was tagged by a friend of mine that lives in Dallas. He first found out about it from a completely different FB group he is a member of that features pics people take of crazy stuff they find or see in Thrift stores. Anyway, once that original group posted that it was a salvation army in Tulsa (where the ITC exists..), he tagged me and other collects in this area about it. Since the nearest SA was literally only 1.5 miles from my work office, I went there after work and sure enough there they both were. 20min later one of them was loaded up in my little work S10 and headed home with me. The story of the one you see posted doesn't quite end there. It met with a horrible accident when the wife came home. I spent the rest of Friday night and all day Saturday getting some lumber and channeling my inner carpenter skills to fix it hehe! RickR 1 Quote See what I'm up to over at the Ivory Tower Collections: http://www.youtube.com/ivorytowercollections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 N64 is a great console for it's time and still holds up well today. The last cartridge-based console. I personally never played Super Smash Bros. yet but do remember losing most of my early 20's playing Rush 2, F-Zero X, and most titles by Rare. I eventually grabbed Super Mario 64 which is really good but, alas, all that got traded off years ago. I now have another N64 with expansion pak and two games...both of which I never had before. Dr Mario 64 and Star Wars Rogue Squadron. Both are fun games but I do miss those N64 racing games. LeeJ07 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 I haven't had time to thrift shop in a long while, but I went this weekend and found these two gems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 Ooooo...Crazy Taxi! A DC classic on the PS2. Awesome pick-up! Great find on the Jeopardy! game even if I'm not a fan of the game show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Forgot to post this last week but I found an odyssey 2 in the box. Price on it was $90 me and the cashier both thought that was crazy. She suggested I talk to one of the cooler managers and he took $40 off. So I was happy with that. Today i found the killing joke (havent read or seen the movie yet) at goodwill range up for $1.50. I have heard amazing things about this one. Finally the last goodwill I stopped at today didnt see much but as I was leaving this thing cought my eyes. It's Mr. Pickles! The cashier gave me the strangest look and was studdering her words the whole time. RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 You got a great deal on the O2. The QFTR game is worth $40 alone if it's complete. Nice to see great deals are still out there. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 1 hour ago, RickR said: You got a great deal on the O2. The QFTR game is worth $40 alone if it's complete. Nice to see great deals are still out there. 👍 Yea it looks to be all there. Board, game pieces, game, and manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 hour ago, jmjustin6 said: Yea it looks to be all there. Board, game pieces, game, and manual. "Quest for the Rings" is probably my #2 all-time favorite classic box art (Adventure is #1). Look at it! Spectacular. Plus, I love how the box opens with the little ribbon stops. jmjustin6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted October 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 It's a good-news/bad-news situation here. Bad news: One of our local game stores is going out of business! Dang. Good news: I found some nice junk to buy at a nice discount. That Cosmic Ark is sealed! Atari Creep and MaximumRD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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