RickR Posted March 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 RickR got lucky! A Rana disk drive for the Atari 8-bit computers. The cover is not attached, which probably means it's broken. Still....I drooled over these drives back in the 80's. So sleek. The LED display. Higher density. Even broken, it is welcome in my collection. A little box of floppy disks. And three Atari computer books. A label-less Intv game that I didn't have. A SMS game! (lucky thing to find). A complete DS game. nosweargamer, Rowsdower70 and jmjustin6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 Nice. I would have drooled when i saw those books. Great pick ups! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted March 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 The disk drive works! Not at first. It needed some repair. But all mechanical. The drive door/latch mechanism. It's so cool! chas10e, Rowsdower70 and jmjustin6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 RickR got lucky! A Rana disk drive for the Atari 8-bit computers. The cover is not attached, which probably means it's broken. Still....I drooled over these drives back in the 80's. So sleek. The LED display. Higher density. Even broken, it is welcome in my collection. A little box of floppy disks. And three Atari computer books. A label-less Intv game that I didn't have. A SMS game! (lucky thing to find). A complete DS game. Buzz Bombers is a pretty cool game. Good music. RickR 1 Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Todays half off monday thrift store grabs. Spent just over $10 for everything TrekMD, nosweargamer and RickR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Here is a closer pic of the football game. Have yall seen this game before? nosweargamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted March 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Today's lucky haul: Arch Rivals - GameGear Genesis Hardball and Jeopardy Sports Ridge Racer 64 PS2 Britney's Dance Beat - I bought this as a gag gift for one of my sons. Ha ha ha, I love being a Dad sometimes. nosweargamer, LeeJ07, Ballblaɀer and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted March 27, 2017 Report Share Posted March 27, 2017 Even though i still feel a little sick i couldn't resist getting up and going to half off day at the thrift store. Here is what i foun . Not sure if anyone remembers homestar runner and strong bad emails. But when i saw the cheat (the big yellow guy) i had to get em RickR, Ballblaɀer and LeeJ07 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted March 29, 2017 Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 Not thrift store finds, but rather Gamestop. Gran Turismo 2 for PS1, Chrono Cross for PS1, and Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors for the Wii. Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted April 6, 2017 Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 Todays thrift store finds. I was happy to find the pacman handheld. I paid $10 for it and the lady at the thrift store let me just have the shadow the hedgehog little Mcdonalds toy game nosweargamer, RickR and Rowsdower70 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2017 That Pac Man handheld is cool! I don't think I've ever seen one like that. Really cool find. jmjustin6 and Rowsdower70 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Arcadia 2001 in the box, and a PSP movie. Rowsdower70, jmjustin6 and nosweargamer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 Arcadia 2001 in the box, and a PSP movie. NICE! I always liked their quasi-INTV controllers. Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Battleship was $1. (early 2000's version. Looks like all the pieces are there, just missing the instructions) The Music Machine double VHS was 50 cents. I had the original Music Machine album as a kid. It was a late 70's Christian children's album with great music and great art. I bought the tapes thinking I might dig out my VCR and copy it to DVD for me and the kids, but it seems the art is not as good as the record art and after some research it sounds like they didn't use much of the great, original music. Now I'm considering flipping it on eBay. Still, not bad for 50 cents. And yes, the original album inspired the insanely rare 2600 game. Rowsdower70 and RickR 2 Quote The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 IMG_4979.JPG I bought the tapes thinking I might dig out my VCR You should keep a vhs/ vcr player out at all times haha nosweargamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 (edited) From Goodwill. Gamecube games found are an automatic "buy" for me. They are getting more scarce. Destruction Derby for PS1 - no idea if this is good or not...but racing and crashing are two of my favorite things...what could go wrong? Is it wrong to assume that anything labeled with the green "Greatest Hits" is probably decent? PS2 Defender. No idea if it's good...but it's Defender and Eugene Jarvis appeared via The Force to tell me to buy it. Edited April 19, 2017 by RickR LeeJ07 and Rowsdower70 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Todays thift store find. Apparently it is missing the 1001 question book. All o can get it to do is say yes or no. Anyone ever had one of these before? Rowsdower70 and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 I feel like the pics came out small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 A bundle of Atari joysticks! I always wanted one of the Commodore sticks. And I've never seen a "Prostick II" before. Congo Bongo is from ebay. jmjustin6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 (edited) So my goodwill friend called me today and she said get down here. So while i was waiting on here to grab these games from the back i found the gameboy sp carry case. So it was $2 a game and iff im not mistaken zaxxon should cover what i just paid for today Edited April 23, 2017 by jmjustin6 RickR, Rowsdower70 and Kid A 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 That is awesome! The stores in my area never have this stuff! I'm jealous! jmjustin6 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 That is awesome! The stores in my area never have this stuff! I'm jealous! Sadly i missed out on the boxed 5200. Oh well one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 OMG! A boxed 5200! Dang! Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 OMG! A boxed 5200! Dang! Yep got thrown into the compactor and crushed because the electronics manager couldnt get it hooked up to a tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 What?! I'm in pain. jmjustin6 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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