We picked up a bunch of games while out and about yesterday:
Rampage (Gamecube)
Dashiell and Ray, my eight year old twin boys, have been dying to get this. We found a used copy at Gamestop for $10, which is the cheapest I've seen it. Basically you play as giant monsters and destroy famous cities. Looks repetitious but they're nuts about it. I like how the campaign mode is multiplayer co-op so they can play at the same time.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Xbox)
Project Gotham Racing (Xbox)
My friend Steve lent me these titles when he first gave us his old XBox, so I've played them both extensively. I finished Splinter Cell before but would love to play through it again, especially now that I know what to do for each mission. They're both really good games and for $2.99 each, again at Gamestop, I couldn't pass them up.
Balloon Fight (NES)
Blades of Steel (NES)
NES Play Action Football (NES)
T&C Surf Designs: Wood & Water Rage (NES)
Xenophobe (NES)
I hesitated to buy this on our first visit to Goodwill but later figured that $3 each wasn't much of a gamble. So, we went back. Even if we only play each a couple of times we pretty much get our money's worth. Cheap thrills. I really wanted Blades of Steel, which is a hockey game I remember playing back in the day. We already had Balloon Fight through the Gamecube game Animal Crossing. The boys really like it and having the actual cartridge is kind of cool. Football looked okay from the few downs I played. Xenophobe, not so good. Killing aliens is always pretty fun but it turns out the game is laughably basic and dated. The "Wood" part of Wood & Water Rage is an entertaining skateboarding game while the surfing game "Water" is almost unplayable.