New Acquisitions, Volume 9

• Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (PS3) New $5

 From the ol' bloggy:

During my lunch break, I went to the ol' Flea Market. One of the vendors I talked to got in a load of games all at once. So here I am, looking at the games one by one and setting them up ice and neat for her in her display area, while she goes and takes care of the rest of her area. xD I even got a customer to buy a few games off of her. xD Well the good dead payed off as I got first picks, and managed to nab a few titles I've wanted to play for a long time. I even fell within my budget ($10), so I got these 7 titles for $10 (she usually sells them for 2 for 5, or 2 for 3 depending.)

So, here's what I got (all cart only):

Rocket Knight Adventures, Genesis, R3

Separation Anxiety (Spider-Man And Venom), Genesis, R4

Battletoads/Double Dragon, Genesis, R4

Mazin Saga Mutant Fighter, Genesis, R2

The Adventures Of Mighty Max, Genesis R2

Battle Chess, NES,  R4

Venice Beach Volleyball, NES, R6(let me be honest, the total oddness of the cart shape is what made me buy it. :P)

So, helping people out, does have it rewards. :)

I tell ya if I had a 5200, I'd be buying some of the games that came in. She got in about 15 of these carts as i unloaded them from the three bags. I saw other things I wanted but, I'm budgeting my buys because of xmas, so no more then $10 a week. :P

Here are my acquisitions since Sept. 30th:

inkwolf

Nice stuff too I see, everybody :)

Great job GCM!

I picked up, from my fave local indy gamestore:

Death Jr, PSP, box & game only, $8
Platypus, PSP, complete, $5
The Fifth Element, UMD Movie, $8

I don't often post my acquisitions before I actually have them in hand, but I'm making an exception today...

From eStarland-
-Super Metroid (SNES), used/complete, $34.95
-Pac-Man World (PS), used/complete, $9.20

I've been griping about not having Super Metroid for a couple years now (pretty much since I joined this union). That filled a HUGE hole.

Picked up a couple of goodies, might add a few more also...

Reserved from GameStop:

Luminous Arc 2 - DS/$39.99

Chrono Trigger - DS/$39.99

From Target:

Guitar Hero Encore: 80s - PS2/New $19.99

From Toys R Us:

Genji: Dawn of the Samurai - PS2/New $5.00

On Friday I took advantage of a great offer at work to finally add my own DS Lite to my collection...

From WHSmith:

DS Lite Silver

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS)

Dragon Quest: Chapters of the Chosen (DS)

All new, all for £100. Should have been £150 for the lot, but we had a special day with £10 off with every £30 spent. I briefly considered picking up a Wii (would have got one for £120 rather than £180) or a PS3 (£200 instead of £300!) but my bank balance would have objected. It's been a while since payday. Shame.

I also picked up another game on Saturday...

From CeX:

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (DS) - complete, near mint, £2 (after trading in a DVD).

Intelligent Qube - used complete $10 (I remember playing the demo of this over and over again)

Star Wars the complete saga - new $20

Intelligent Qube - used complete $10 (I remember playing the demo of this over and over again)

killeer2007

You have got to be kidding me...I can't find that for less than about $65 complete! Who did you steal that from?!?!?

More games from Goozex.

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (GC) - Used - Complete - Also came with a memory card from the nice trader that decided to put it in as a bonus.

Trauma Center: New Blood (Wii) - Used - Complete

And this finally arrived along with its art book from Amazon today.

Eternal Poison (PS2) - New - $36.99

More games from Goozex.

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (GC) - Used - Complete - Also came with a memory card from the nice trader that decided to put it in as a bonus.

And this finally arrived along with its art book from Amazon today.

Eternal Poison (PS2) - New - $36.99

KenshinGirl

Go check out EP right away, its good stuff. Both Baten Kaitos are good games, and an extra memory card is sweetness.

[QUOTE="killeer2007"]

Intelligent Qube - used complete $10 (I remember playing the demo of this over and over again)

jollyroger78

You have got to be kidding me...I can't find that for less than about $65 complete! Who did you steal that from?!?!?

I forgot to add it's the import version, which goes for much less, heck I feel like I overpaid for it. 

I don't often post my acquisitions before I actually have them in hand, but I'm making an exception today...

From eStarland-
-Super Metroid (SNES), used/complete, $34.95
-Pac-Man World (PS), used/complete, $9.20

I've been griping about not having Super Metroid for a couple years now (pretty much since I joined this union). That filled a HUGE hole.

jollyroger78

-Super Metroid (SNES), used/complete, $34.95
I've been griping about not having Super Metroid for a couple years now (pretty much since I joined this union). That filled a HUGE hole.

jollyroger78

Sweet! If you haven't yet played it, I highly recommend it. It's a fabulous game!

More games from Goozex.

KenshinGirl

Mind if I ask how you're getting so many wonderful games from Goozex? Although I have not yet used their site, I know how it works and I'm pretty sure the only way to get stuff is by earning points through trading your games out to other people; I don't think you can just buy the games outright, correct? If you don't mind me asking, what have you been trading away? (Just curious.)

Intelligent Qube ... I forgot to add it's the import version,

killeer2007

What a coincidence, I just picked up the import of IQ on the last page as well! :P

Mind if I ask how you're getting so many wonderful games from Goozex? Although I have not yet used their site, I know how it works and I'm pretty sure the only way to get stuff is by earning points through trading your games out to other people; I don't think you can just buy the games outright, correct? If you don't mind me asking, what have you been trading away? (Just curious.)inkwolf

Well, you can also buy points if you want and use them to get games, but I don't do that. I get so many games from Goozex because my older brother and his friend give me their 360 games when they're done playing them. Since most of their games are ones I'm not interested in, I trade them in at Goozex for games that I want. The best thing is that most of the games I trade are still worth the maximum 1000 points. Some of the games I've traded in are GTAIV, couple of Guitar Hero games, Rock Band, Unreal Tournament III, Ninja Gaiden II, among several others. I think the only games of my brother's that I've kept for my collection was SCIV, Civilization Revolution, and Beautiful Katamari. I still have a pile of his old games that nobody has requested yet just sitting around in my closet. They're not counted as part of my collection until I am able to trade them for some games I want.

Mind if I ask how you're getting so many wonderful games from Goozex? Although I have not yet used their site, I know how it works and I'm pretty sure the only way to get stuff is by earning points through trading your games out to other people; I don't think you can just buy the games outright, correct? If you don't mind me asking, what have you been trading away? (Just curious.)

inkwolf

You can buy points for $5/100 points, with bonus points for larger packages (i.e. buy 3000 points for $150, get 400 points free).

my older brother and his friend give me their 360 games when they're done playing them. Since most of their games are ones I'm not interested in, I trade them in at Goozex for games that I want. The best thing is that most of the games I trade are still worth the maximum 1000 points. KenshinGirl

Damn. That's the way to do it then! :) I'll bet we all could use some more family and friends that just kept giving us free games. :D

I went to Best Buy to buy ink for my printer, why must I always walk through the game aisle to?

Populous DS - New/$24.99 with a reward zone coupon

EDIT: After looking at kenshingirls post in the off-topic forums, I decided to snag 2 goodies off amazon

Etrian Odyssey II - DS - New 19.99

Yggdra Union - PSP - New 19.99

Free Shipping

Good day ladies and gentleman of the CCU

ebay things:

Revelations: Persona - Mint and complete - $127.64 incl. insured UK p&p etc (that's £97.98 according to PayPal)

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean Official Guide - Like new - £8.32 incl p&p

Baten Kaitos Origins - Factory sealed/new -EDIT: $22.50 incl $10 p&p (£15.32 in total)

I had the first Baten Kaitos and it's guide before and enjoyed it till quite a way into the game where the battles weren't difficult but took aaaages, so I stupidly ebayed them out of frustration, now I'm left with fond memories of it's visuals and audio... Oh well, I got a good price for them, just have to get the game again :D I know many of you have been in the same situation before :P

EDIT2: For the sake of not double-posting, just got off ebay:

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (US release)- Factory sealed/new - $12.98 + $9.95 p&p (£15.72)

A new copy of the official soundtrack came free with the above game too :) Still cheaper than a used PAL copy, might as well get the US release if the sequels US only anyway I guess.

Everyone's getting Eternal Poison, when the hell's it coming to Europe?!!!

My amazon package arrived today with Eternal Poison.

Edit: I just remembered EP is my 99th PS2 game.

My amazon package arrived today with Eternal Poison.

Edit: I just remembered EP is my 99th PS2 game.

killeer2007

Nice EP is worth the money, also make sure #100 is something really freakin sweet!

Some randomness:

BloodRayne, Xbox, Used, Complete, $3
Gears of War 2, 360, New, Retail
Mirror's Edge, PS3, New, Retail
World of Warcraft: Wrath of Lich King, Collector's Edition, PC, New , Retail

GameStop
Rock Band: Track Pack Volume 1 (Wii, New, $30)
Rock Band: Track Pack Volume 2 (Wii, New, $30)
Left 4 dead (PC, New, $50)
Rock Revolution (PS3, New, $30)

Wal-Mart
Rock Band: AC/DC Live Track Pack (Wii, New, $40)

Battlefield Bad Company Xbox360 Used complete £15

Command and Conquer N64 Used complete £5

Have to give them away as gifts though, but I will need to test them to see if they "work".  A few hours should be sufficient enough to make sure they work.

More games from Goozex.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) - Used - Complete

Grandia II (DC) - Used - Complete

GameStop
Rock Band: Track Pack Volume 1 (Wii, New, $30)
Rock Band: Track Pack Volume 2 (Wii, New, $30)
Left 4 dead (PC, New, $50)
Rock Revolution (PS3, New, $30)

Wal-Mart
Rock Band: AC/DC Live Track Pack (Wii, New, $40)

castlevaniap

[QUOTE="KenshinGirl"] my older brother and his friend give me their 360 games when they're done playing them. Since most of their games are ones I'm not interested in, I trade them in at Goozex for games that I want. The best thing is that most of the games I trade are still worth the maximum 1000 points. inkwolf

Damn. That's the way to do it then! :) I'll bet we all could use some more family and friends that just kept giving us free games. :D

I know it's hard for some to trade/sell their games, but I've always stand by the idea that trading/selling in stuff to invest that's better for you and your collection is a pretty good idea. Especially for the harder and more expensive buys.

[QUOTE="killeer2007"]

My amazon package arrived today with Eternal Poison.

Edit: I just remembered EP is my 99th PS2 game.

Paully3433

Nice EP is worth the money, also make sure #100 is something really freakin sweet!

More games from Goozex.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) - Used - Complete

Grandia II (DC) - Used - Complete

KenshinGirl

• The Dog Island (PS2) New $10 --- Bestbuy
• Eternal Sonata (X360) New $20 --- Sears

• The Dog Island (PS2) New $10 --- Bestbuy
• Eternal Sonata (X360) New $20 --- Sears

BTW: One of these games marks my 700th game! :D
someNONSENSE

Congrats on 700, and my Sears never sells games :o

[QUOTE="someNONSENSE"]

• The Dog Island (PS2) New $10 --- Bestbuy
• Eternal Sonata (X360) New $20 --- Sears

BTW: One of these games marks my 700th game! :D
Paully3433

Congrats on 700, and my Sears never sells games :o

[QUOTE="Paully3433"][QUOTE="someNONSENSE"]

• The Dog Island (PS2) New $10 --- Bestbuy
• Eternal Sonata (X360) New $20 --- Sears

BTW: One of these games marks my 700th game! :D
duncanr2n

Congrats on 700, and my Sears never sells games :o

The one in my town quit a couple years back. I looted it mercilessly for quite awhile before they stopped...they always had stuff ridiculously cheap.

[QUOTE="duncanr2n"][QUOTE="Paully3433"][QUOTE="someNONSENSE"]

• The Dog Island (PS2) New $10 --- Bestbuy
• Eternal Sonata (X360) New $20 --- Sears

BTW: One of these games marks my 700th game! :D
jollyroger78

Congrats on 700, and my Sears never sells games :o

The one in my town quit a couple years back. I looted it mercilessly for quite awhile before they stopped...they always had stuff ridiculously cheap.

I think I looked last time I saw someone snag something from there and they were no where in site. Sucks to be me I guess.

Wal-Mart
Guitar Hero: On Tour -Decades (NDS, New, $50)
Sonic Unleashed (Wii, New, $50)
Zenses: Rainforest (NDS, New, $30)
Call Of Duty: World At War (NDS, New, $30)

Another game from Goozex.

Metal Saga (PS2) - Used - Complete

[QUOTE="jollyroger78"][QUOTE="duncanr2n"][QUOTE="Paully3433"][QUOTE="someNONSENSE"]

• The Dog Island (PS2) New $10 --- Bestbuy
• Eternal Sonata (X360) New $20 --- Sears

BTW: One of these games marks my 700th game! :D
Paully3433

Congrats on 700, and my Sears never sells games :o

The one in my town quit a couple years back. I looted it mercilessly for quite awhile before they stopped...they always had stuff ridiculously cheap.

I think I looked last time I saw someone snag something from there and they were no where in site. Sucks to be me I guess.

The Sears here has a table of games right down the center aisle that that always keep stocked with games costing less than $20.. The trick is checking back to see what new games they've added to the table. They also have a disgusting policy of keeping games on the table that have obviously been sliced up by thieves looking to remove the disk from the case.. It makes me mad every time I look through the games and see a handful of them sliced open in one way or the other.. Nevertheless, I come back for the occasional insane clearance prices and to see what's been added to the table. :)

Another game from Goozex.

Metal Saga (PS2) - Used - Complete

KenshinGirl

Another score, keep going you might catch up to me on the PS2 RPGs, someday :o

Another score, keep going you might catch up to me on the PS2 RPGs, someday :o Paully3433

Or I could just surpass you now by doing this. *steals all your RPGs*

Seriously though, I can't compete when I have such limited funds.

A few odds and sods over the last few weeks:

Little Big Planet (PS3) $49.99 NEW

Gears of War 2 CE (360) $69.99 NEW

MK Vs. DC Universe: Kollectors Edition (360) $71.99 NEW

Scene It: Lights Camera Action (360) Complete w/ Controllers $14.98

SingStar Country (PS2) NEW $29.99 

Eternal Poison (PS2) NEW $34.99 w/ Detailed Art/Instruction Book

Scene It: Lights Camera Action (360) Complete w/ Controllers $14.98cosmostein77

Whoa. Where did you find such a good deal?

Since no one posted after my last post, I will add to this one:

• God Hand (PS2) New $5 ---- Bestbuy

- 007: Quantum of Solace

- MotorStorm: Pacific Rift

ebay:

Yakuza 2 white label promo - new - £8.51

Eternal Darkness Sanity's Requiem official Versus Books guide - pretty much like new - £8.69

I never noticed how high of a score Eternal Darlness got, great game :) 

The aforementioned Pac-Man World and SUPER METROID!!! came in yesterday, so I decided to go out and celebrate by buying more games...

From GameStop-
-Shadow of the Colossus (PS2), used/complete/black label, $13.49
-Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (X360), used/complete, $8.09
-WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 (X360), used/complete, $8.99

If you go by order of purchase, Shadow of the Colossus (in which the GameStop dude slapped the red disc in the case and then tried to tell me it was because he was giving me the best looking copy instead of being lazy) is game #800. If you go by order of arrival, it's actually #797, as I have yet another eStarland order on the way.

I went Flea Market shopping today and Picked these up:

 For total of $4

Baseball Simulator 1.000 (NES), Cart Only, $2, R2 (forget the simulation part, the ultra league is where the fun is at: earthwuake causing bats, cannonball throws...sweet!)

R.B.I. Baseball (NES), Cart Only, $2, R1 (another Tengen Cart :P)

It took a bit of talking to the vendor but I go these 4 games to $7.

Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast (GEN), Great Shape, cart only, R3

Flashback (GEN), Cart only, Great Shape, R2

8 Eyes (NES), Cart only, Great Shape, R2

Speed Devils (DC), Complete, Great Shape, R2

This from there too:

Rise of the Dragon (SCD), Complete, Great Shape too, $5, R2

and this:

StarTropics (NES), Cart Only, Great Shape, $5, R1

[QUOTE="Paully3433"]Another score, keep going you might catch up to me on the PS2 RPGs, someday :o KenshinGirl

Or I could just surpass you now by doing this. *steals all your RPGs*

Seriously though, I can't compete when I have such limited funds.

[QUOTE="cosmostein77"]Scene It: Lights Camera Action (360) Complete w/ Controllers $14.98someNONSENSE

Whoa. Where did you find such a good deal?

Since no one posted after my last post, I will add to this one:

• God Hand (PS2) New $5 ---- Bestbuy

The aforementioned Pac-Man World and SUPER METROID!!! came in yesterday, so I decided to go out and celebrate by buying more games...

From GameStop-
-Shadow of the Colossus (PS2), used/complete/black label, $13.49
-Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (X360), used/complete, $8.09
-WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 (X360), used/complete, $8.99

If you go by order of purchase, Shadow of the Colossus (in which the GameStop dude slapped the red disc in the case and then tried to tell me it was because he was giving me the best looking copy instead of being lazy) is game #800. If you go by order of arrival, it's actually #797, as I have yet another eStarland order on the way.

jollyroger78

Lazy gets them nowhere with me. :P

As for SVR 07, I liked that game better then 08. I mean 08 has it's pluses, like the 24/7 mode, but I like the fighting system better in 07. If you ever want to tangle, get some achievements, or team up online, drop me a PM on live. It's one of the most played games in my xbox library. :P

My final games from Goozex until I get more points.

Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii) - Used - Complete

Puzzle de Harvest Moon (DS) - Used - Complete

is game #800.... jollyroger78

Congrats on 800 jollyroger78! :D

Some new stuff I got:

• Timeshift (X360) Used/Complete $15 ---- Gamefly
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (X360) Used/Complete $13 ---- Gamefly
• Xbox Live Arcade Compilation Disc (X360) Used/Complete $5 ---- GameStop
• Fight Night 2004 (Xbox) Used/Complete $2 ---- Vid Cycle
• Fable Limited Edition Bonus DVD (Xbox) Used/Complete $4 ---- Vid Cycle

Picked up an unexpected deal from Best Buy:

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command - PSP - New $4.99

I was away for a week training in urban search and rescue. Now I've returned and begun buying junk again. Here's the latest batch of goodies from Play N Trade and XBLA.

A Kingdom for Keflings (X360)

Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (NES) - Used - Cart only - $3.99

Hogan's Alley (NES) - Used - Cart only - $3.99

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (XBOX) - Used - Complete - $4.99

Machine Head (SAT) - Used - Complete - $7.99

Virtua Fighter Kids (SAT) - Used - Complete - $9.99

Shining the Holy Ark (SAT) - Used - Complete - $34.99

Virtua Fighter Kids (SAT) - Used - Complete - $9.99

pikadeth

[QUOTE="cosmostein77"]Scene It: Lights Camera Action (360) Complete w/ Controllers $14.98someNONSENSE

Whoa. Where did you find such a good deal?

Since no one posted after my last post, I will add to this one:

• God Hand (PS2) New $5 ---- Bestbuy

Blockbuster of all places,

It was a Gamerush location, all the others were labeled $59.99, and the lone one was labeled $14.98