Originally Posted by xenozfan2 Was able to find a cd-i in a small pawn shop/thrift store. This is the only listing on ebay that I could find of the model I got. http://www.ebay.com/itm/PHILIPS-CDI-...item19d4bdcf5f The system only came with power cord but I still think it was worth it. Oh and they also had an arcade machine that was working but I didn't get to look at the name. He was only asking $60 for it and I might have to go back later and pick it up if the game is a decent one.

I'm jealous if you get ANY cabinet for $60.00. I've been watching a few around me and they're never less than 500-600 which is way too much for me to get.

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I stopped by a local thrift store today, found these for $35:



The Lost Vikings
Aliens vs Predator
Final Fight
Super Bomberman
Sonic Blast Man
Lord of the Rings
Gotcha Force

The SNES games are nice and minty, and I'm glad to finally snag Final Fight in great shape. I knew Gotcha Force was rare, but not $30-40 rare.

Originally Posted by leecy I stopped by a local thrift store today, found these for $35: The Lost Vikings Aliens vs Predator Final Fight Super Bomberman Sonic Blast Man Lord of the Rings Gotcha Force The SNES games are nice and minty, and I'm glad to finally snag Final Fight in great shape. I knew Gotcha Force was rare, but not $30-40 rare.

I bought Gotcha Force a long time ago when I still worked at GS and stupidly sold it, and since then haven't found a complete copy in good shape at all.

But the thing I'm most jealous of you finding is that AvP game ahha, I love that game, it's the beat em up right?

Originally Posted by tuffguycore But the thing I'm most jealous of you finding is that AvP game ahha, I love that game, it's the beat em up right?

Yeah, it's a beat em up. I haven't made it very far in it; I loved Final Fight when I was a kid though. My brother and I got the Super Nintendo soon after it came out and that was the game he picked to get with it. It's still hard for me to beat too; I've only done it a few times.

Man. I love the Gotcha Force game. Glad my bros and I didn't sell it. We regret selling our Zoids Game though. :/

I managed to "Snag" Pokémon Colosseum from one of the local Goodwills today for $3. Doesn't have the original manual, but the disc plays just fine. I've been wanting this game for awhile now.

Originally Posted by tuffguycore I'm jealous if you get ANY cabinet for $60.00. I've been watching a few around me and they're never less than 500-600 which is way too much for me to get.

Seriously. As long as it's in decent shape, $60 is worth it for any game cabinet.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast Seriously. As long as it's in decent shape, $60 is worth it for any game cabinet.

Well if my money ever comes in on my half.com trades I will buy it and post some pics.

Sold my Nobunaga's Ambition 2 for $50 this week. Went back to Game Xchange and picked up Megaman and Bubble Bobble for Game Gear which both should be good flips.

Also at Savers I took a chance on a Roomba iRobot for $20 and a brand new copy of Dallas Season 8 for 5 bucks.

Had my first good thrift store find in a long time.

Fat ps2 with cables, controller and memory card for $15.

Good deal because I needed a ps2 controller and could not find one for less than $15. Also needed some official Sony cables to include with a mini psone I was trading to amazon.

Extra bonus is the ps2 works better than the one I had already, which was giving disc read errors before I fixed it.

Plays everything fine, cd games, DVD games, dual layer games, psone.

Nice to find something reasonably priced at a goodwill. When I saw it in the case I expected them to be charging $40 or so.

Walked into a random thrift store today and found an xbox360 slim console for $20.

It had no cables or hard drive so I took it to my friend's house and used his cables to test it. The console ran perfectly and when I ejected the disc drive it had Modern Warfare 3 in it. !!!!

Edit: Btw does anybody know where I can get a power cable for this thing for cheap?

Wonder how gave away that and MW3.

Originally Posted by tuffguycore I'm jealous if you get ANY cabinet for $60.00. I've been watching a few around me and they're never less than 500-600 which is way too much for me to get.

Ever searched for or gone to an arcade auction? They hold one bi-monthly in Winston-Salem, NC and they usually end up giving away fully functional cabinets at the end - they're impractically large cabinets, though. For instance, they gave away a Jurassic Park III machine last time. My company bought a multi-cade machine for our office with 320 games (CAVE shooters, beat-em-ups, and fighters only) for $275.

Its been a while since i found something decent at the goodwill. But today was good.

found this

Final Fantasy III
Zelda
Mario World
Killer Instanct
Mario Kart
Sim City

Each one was 1.99

Originally Posted by kobun Its been a while since i found something decent at the goodwill. But today was good. found this Final Fantasy III Zelda Mario World Killer Instanct Mario Kart Sim City Each one was 1.99

Jackpot. I wonder if they were donated due to dead batteries. I have 3 LTTPs that all need a new battery. Just dont have the time to get that done.

Originally Posted by my2k2zx2 Jackpot. I wonder if they were donated due to dead batteries. I have 3 LTTPs that all need a new battery. Just dont have the time to get that done.

Just tested, they all worked, and had working saves.

replacing dead batteries on games is easy. I ve done about 10 or so pokemon games all soldered, which is the correct way to replace them..

My Xbox broke last week, so I started calling around to places to find a new one. Found a mom and pop store in a nearby town that was a day away from closing it's doors for good and got a brand new LE Halo:Reach Xbox with the 250GB HD for only $150.

I don't really care about Halo, but my buddy is a huge fan and was so mad the console was wasted on me lol. They had so many amazing deals, and almost all of their game stuff was still there. I didn't have any more money though :( They even gave me a few various PSP travel cases for free.

Originally Posted by Doomstink Ever searched for or gone to an arcade auction? They hold one bi-monthly in Winston-Salem, NC and they usually end up giving away fully functional cabinets at the end - they're impractically large cabinets, though. For instance, they gave away a Jurassic Park III machine last time. My company bought a multi-cade machine for our office with 320 games (CAVE shooters, beat-em-ups, and fighters only) for $275.

There's not much near me far as that kind of stuff is concerned. I think the closest one I've seen near my area is like 2 hours away, so that's kind of out of the question.

Originally Posted by leecy Yeah, it's a beat em up. I haven't made it very far in it; I loved Final Fight when I was a kid though. My brother and I got the Super Nintendo soon after it came out and that was the game he picked to get with it. It's still hard for me to beat too; I've only done it a few times.

Most beat em ups are hard as hell, especially for me as I've gotten older. Couldn't tell you why, maybe because I don't choose to play on easy now haha.

AvP I just remember it being awesome with all the weapons and the different shit you got to kill. And I feel like it was a decent length at that.

Saw a good condition copy of Rollcage for PSone at Goodwill for $2.00 I was tempted to buy. Loved it as a Wipeout spinoff back in the day, but knew that I would probably never end up playing it anyways. That seems to happen most of I time I see a good but not great game at GW.