RickR Posted July 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Look for little boxes. For example, I use a watch box for Gameboy games. LeeJ07, nosweargamer and jmjustin6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Slim pickins today. Gamecube controllers are so hard to come by, I decided to grab this third party version anyways. And I thought buying the Director's Cut of Star Trek: TMP would be a "Wise" decision. Starbuck66 and TrekMD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 The Gamestop controller works pretty well IMO. Anyone else have one of these, and what do you think of it? I do like that the controller and wire match my Wii color-wise too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck66 Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Slim pickins today. Gamecube controllers are so hard to come by, I decided to grab this third party version anyways. And I thought buying the Director's Cut of Star Trek: TMP would be a "Wise" decision. Star Trek TMP and Star Trek V are the only original Trek movies I don't have on DVD or Blu Ray. Have all six on VHS though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 I have that exact controller, and it does work great. I would like an original controller, though, because I like purple. RickR 1 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 A nice Disney posterboard (mounted on wood) and a very nice pong machine with light guns! jmjustin6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Wow awesome. I love the style of the old light guns. Thing looks like a real Tommy Gun LeeJ07 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Today was another good day. I went to goidwill and my friend who works there said she was happy to see me. They got some Nintendo games in. She pulls them out and i bought these all for $20. They also had a Ds case. She told me to come back tomorrow she said she saw some NES games, but couldnt remember where. Finally i can play some sbes star wars!! LeeJ07 and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Slim pickins today. Gamecube controllers are so hard to come by, I decided to grab this third party version anyways. And I thought buying the Director's Cut of Star Trek: TMP would be a "Wise" decision. That version of TMP is worth watching. The editing and the updates to the special effects really help the movie's flow. Don't get me wrong, it's not a fast paced story regardless, but it does flow better. Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) Here's something that seems to be a rare item. (Found it at Goodwill a few weeks back.) "Test Pilot" from Radio Shack. Can't find a year, but it might be from the early 90s? I think I remember seeing this in the old catalogs, but I could find hardly any reference to this on the internet. Not that great as either a game or a simulation (maybe it needed more testing?), but it has some interesting features. There's an LED on top that lights up at times as a warning, and the whole game vibrates when you start to go off the runway or crash. Edited August 1, 2017 by RadioPoultry jmjustin6, LeeJ07 and RickR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) Goodwill finds: I bought the minions case for $2 because I thought GBA carts would fit nicely, and indeed they do. I bought the Spongebob tin ($1) for Gameboy carts, and they also fit perfectly. Interesting (only to me) fact: Gordon Ramsey has the same birthday as me. Hell's Kitchen was $3. Edited August 5, 2017 by RickR Starbuck66 and jmjustin6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 The games fit perfectly. And now I have an excuse to buy more. Starbuck66 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 I need boxes like that. Really nice, indeed. Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck66 Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 I got a copy of Civilization IV complete at Goodwill a couple weeks back for 7 bucks, but I'm having difficulty getting it to work on Windows 10. Still a steal, and I'm sure I'll get it working at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck66 Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Star Trek TMP and Star Trek V are the only original Trek movies I don't have on DVD or Blu Ray. Have all six on VHS though! I actually have to revise this statement now... got ST I-VI on Blu Ray for 15 bucks yesterday! TrekMD and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck66 Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 My recent acquisitions. None of them were really thrift store finds. Oh well. Link's Awakening was a Facebook find for all of $11. Advance Guardian Heroes was another Facebook find. Dragon Quest V was from Gamestop. Super Scribblenauts was a Wal Mart purchase. 20170726_120554.jpg Link's Awakening is one of my favorite Zelda games, great pickup! LeeJ07 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 More good junk today: USB turntable was $9 Gamecube controller was $2 SMS game and PSP bowling game were $12 for both. I bought this because I've never seen an SMS game on card before. nosweargamer, Starbuck66, Justin and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 More good junk today: USB turntable was $9 Gamecube controller was $2 SMS game and PSP bowling game were $12 for both. I bought this because I've never seen an SMS game on card before. FYI - That SMS card game is supposed to be the only one that won't work on a Power Base Converter & Sega Genesis combo. I'm curious if that is true or not. 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...
RickR Posted August 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 FYI - That SMS card game is supposed to be the only one that won't work on a Power Base Converter & Sega Genesis combo. I'm curious if that is true or not. Untrue. I have that setup (Genesis + Power Base Converter) and this game works fine. I wonder if it glitches or something after a game starts or something. But for now, it looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 FYI - That SMS card game is supposed to be the only one that won't work on a Power Base Converter & Sega Genesis combo. I'm curious if that is true or not. Untrue. I have that setup (Genesis + Power Base Converter) and this game works fine. I wonder if it glitches or something after a game starts or something. But for now, it looks good. LeeJ07 and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Link's Awakening is one of my favorite Zelda games, great pickup! Yeah, I already have the GBC version, Link's Awakening DX, on the Virtual Console, but I've been wanting to get the actual physical releases of the various Zelda games. Their prices seem to be getting a bit steep for the original carts, though, so when I saw that one for the fairly reasonable price of $11, I decided I should definitely get it. MaximumRD 1 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Found these today at the thrift store. Everything was $1 so happy on that. The rug was $2. Sadly this awesome thruft store i keep finding all my great stuff is closing august 29th. But i may have convinced them to.let me go look in the back on the last week. They tell me there are still mountains of stuff back there. Who knows what ill find! RickR, Starbuck66 and TrekMD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Oh also i went to the game shop near me and they have an Atari lynx complete in box for $150. Good price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Model 1 or 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Model 1 or 2? I think model 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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