EBGames Morning Update Thread 01-11-06

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Here's the new thread. If there are any other links that you would like added or removed (sorted by system, rare games, etc), let me know and I'll take care of it as I have time. Everything else is included from the previous OP. N64 used link is here now, Playstation only shows used items, and DS (new and used) links are added.

Playstation used sorted by price, high to low

Dreamcast used sorted by price, high to low

Super Nintendo used sorted by price, high to low

Sega Genesis used sorted by price, high to low

NES used sorted by price, high to low

N64 used sorted by price, high to low

Gameboy Color RPGs

GBA used sorted by price, high to low

Xbox used sorted by price, high to low

 PS2 used sorted by price, high to low

GC used sorted by price, high to low

DS used sorted by price, high to low

Xbox 360 used sorted by price, high to low

New (as in sealed) Xbox, sorted by price, low to high

New (as in sealed) PS2, sorted by price, low to high

New (as in sealed) GC, sorted by price, low to high

New (as in sealed) DS, sorted by price, low to high

New (as in sealed) Xbox 360, sorted by price, low to high

New (as in sealed) all products by price, low to high

All preplayed products by price, high to low

All preplayed products by price, low to high

Accessories sorted by price, low to high


(These aren't from today, they're just here so you can find them)
PS1

Grandia
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/167504.asp


Persona
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/130360.asp


Rival Schools
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/151356.asp


Suikoden II
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/162744.asp

Street Fighter Alpha
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/120050.asp

Valkyrie Profile
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/183874.asp


Koudelka
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/181537.asp


Raystorm
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/136572.asp


Tales of Destiny
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/151362.asp


Threads of Fate
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/179725.asp


Brigandine
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/152489.asp


Kartia
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/148981.asp



Dreamcast

Gunbird 2
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/185315.asp


Power Stone 2
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/185306.asp


Project Justice
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/192073.asp


Mars Matrix
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/191229.asp


Starlancer
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/184391.asp



PS2

Robot Alchemic Drive
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/219769.asp


Skygunner
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/217216.asp


Zone of the Enders 2nd Runner
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/232739.asp


Component AV Cable (only 99 cents)
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/190826.asp



Xbox

Arx Fatalis
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/238411.asp



Genesis

Herzog Zwei
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/119223.asp


Shining Force 2
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118533.asp


Phantasy Star 4
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/147539.asp


Shadowrun
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118315.asp


Musha
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/117820.asp



Super Nintendo

Secret of Mana
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118036.asp


Ys III
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/119157.asp


Mario RPG
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/124976.asp


Chrono Trigger
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/119052.asp


Ogre Battle
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118985.asp


Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118476.asp


Earth Bound
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/118950.asp


FAQ:
How do I get those sticky yellow EB stickers off my case?
Buy a bottle of Goo Gone. They're usually $5 or less. They last forever and are a good purchase if you buy lots of used games. You can find them at drug stores or places like Wal Mart.

The bottle looks like this:
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When is the EBgames morning update?
Usually between 7am and 7:30am eastern time, Monday through Friday. There are no updates on some holidays.

How do I know the update happened?
The number of in stock games will drop to zero, then rise back up. This takes less than a minute.

I had game X in my cart, but it disappeared while I was checking out. What happened?
Someone else beat you to it. Just because an item is in your cart, doesn't mean it's reserved for you until you finish checking out.

How do you know how many copies of game X are in stock?
When the item is in your cart, change the quantity to a large number (like 99). When the page refreshes, the quantity will be reduced to the number available.

Are there any coupons I could use to save money?
CAG15 gives you 15% off used merchandise.
CAG16 gives you 16% off $50 or more worth of used merchandise.
SAVER gives you free shipping on orders containing used games and accessories. For some reason, Gameboy games do not work with SAVER.
 
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[quote name='hinkbert']Got No One Can Stop Mr. Domino today and it came complete, so that made the $1 raise in price worth it imo.[/QUOTE]

Good to hear, hopefully mine will come like that. If not it was still cheap and should be fun for a couple hours at least.
 
Thanks for the post about the Time Crisis 3. I have all of the games, but I needed another Gun Con. (The off brand does not shoot straight...)

Thanks!!
Matthew
 
[quote name='Danro']Danro's pick of the day:

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/258471.asp
price dropped from $24.99 to $17.99. Having owned it I can tell you its not the same type of Sims youre used to. Drop the interior decorating ideas and embrace some originality here. This is getting its own topic.[/QUOTE]

Can you explain it a bit? What to expect? What type of gamer might enjoy it? I'm kinda sick of the normal type Sims games... would I like this? Thanks...
$13.49 BC sounds great, though I know someones gonna get the last one. I'll probably wait till Best Buy drops it so I can get it $15 after GGC....

You fools! How could Lunar Legend for GBA still be in stock?!

https://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/228827.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/152198.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/134953.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/196465.asp

Oh hell yeah! Fifa 2001 for only $16.99?! This should have been sold out hours ago!
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/184815.asp (Note: this game is NOT actually rare, valuable, or even good at this point.... I am joking, if you couldent tell already)...

Ghost In The Shell.... This is almost something you never see in stock...

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/139887.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/128946.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/133592.asp

I got a complete and VERY good condition Motor Toon Grand Prix from EBGames.com when it was $1.49....
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/130258.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/126985.asp

I know someone out there was once looking for Toy Story Racer, though I'm sure not for this price....
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/198118.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/176945.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/143154.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/147485.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/153052.asp

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/175496.asp

And, finally... MY PICK O' THE DAY!!!

154082.jpg

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/154082.asp

Wait, you mean that Danro does the pick of the .... oops! ;-)
 
[quote name='Rozz']

You fools! How could Lunar Legend for GBA still be in stock?!

[/QUOTE]


No box/manual = no sale.
 
[quote name='uberzone']No box/manual = no sale.[/QUOTE]

Lol, funny you should meantion this. The copy I bought used at EB came complete and in very good condition. You dont really need the manual/instructions for this game. Its very straightfoward really, if you've played any RPG you'll know what to do. If you can live without possibly (or like 99.99% of chance) in getting instructions and original packaging and just want to play games for what they are meant for, then you'll enjoy this one.
 
[quote name='Rozz']Lol, funny you should meantion this. The copy I bought used at EB came complete and in very good condition. You dont really need the manual/instructions for this game. Its very straightfoward really, if you've played any RPG you'll know what to do. If you can live without possibly (or like 99.99% of chance) in getting instructions and original packaging and just want to play games for what they are meant for, then you'll enjoy this one.[/QUOTE]

See, most people who are buying the cheap games like that are buying themn for their collections. If I buy a game to play I don't really care about how complete it is. Most of the time though, I'm not going to care about it if it's an older game.
 
Damn, EBGAMES is still not working for me...I cannot log into it. When it finally loads, I get no pictures or nothing....it takes like 10 minutes.
 
[quote name='doubledown']Damn, EBGAMES is still not working for me...I cannot log into it. When it finally loads, I get no pictures or nothing....it takes like 10 minutes.[/QUOTE]

I had that problem last year or so. You don't run Kazaa or any P2P with a hosts file do you?
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']I had that problem last year or so. You don't run Kazaa or any P2P with a hosts file do you?[/QUOTE]

No, everything is shut down....I don't use any of those anyways. An FTP sometimes, but nothing else....nothing is running.
 
I got 3 of the 4 games that I ordered the other day, in 2 packages(well envelopes). And the only one that was complete was the "new" copy of Scrapland (no seal, only an antitheft strip along the side of the case).

My order looks like this, as of now:
Rival Schools - disc only, might have well been shipped in a ziplock bag, more supportive than their excuse for a case, that just about fell apart in shipping and knocked one of the discs loose. discs are fine

No One Can Stop Mr. Domino - disc only, case made it fine, but not the original. disc is in good condition

American McGee Presents Scrapland - damn EB and their "new" policy.

Front Mission 3 is god knows where
 
[quote name='craven_fiend']
Front Mission 3 is god knows where[/QUOTE]
I have an order from sometime in December for this game, and it still hasn't shipped. Good luck on that order.
 
[quote name='Tom']I have an order from sometime in December for this game, and it still hasn't shipped. Good luck on that order.[/QUOTE]

I figured there were still some outstanding orders for this, which is bullshit, as its on the site damn near every morning, and theres probably atleast 25 or so people that ordered it prior that haven't recieved it.

I'm all but done with EBGames.com, if I wanted to get a "new" unsealed game, I'd just go into the store and get it immediately, rather than wait for it to come and then find out its "new" instead of new. Plus their packaging is horrible and the game cases, well lets just say they're are better options than these cases.
 
it took me almost 2 months before my front missons 3 shipped...

i got 1 or 2 of them up for trades if you dont want to wait anymore


they are DISC ONLY though
 
Got my SaGa Frontier on Saturday...Disk Only. Hopefully I can take it to the local EBGames and exchange it for the complete one I saw the other day.
 
[quote name='craven_fiend']I figured there were still some outstanding orders for this [front mission 3], which is bullshit, as its on the site damn near every morning, and theres probably atleast 25 or so people that ordered it prior that haven't recieved it. [/QUOTE]

Same thing happened to me, but it DID come. I tried cancelling and reordering once, which didn't seem to help. However, it finally arrived -- about 1 month from original order date? Hmm, seems I should consider that lucky... But, it did come!!
 
[quote name='geepgal']Same thing happened to me, but it DID come. I tried cancelling and reordering once, which didn't seem to help. However, it finally arrived -- about 1 month from original order date? Hmm, seems I should consider that lucky... But, it did come!![/QUOTE]

Took me about 6 weeks to get mine but then it wouldn't load - had to return it.
 
[quote name='Staraang21']i think update guy has a case of the Mondays.[/QUOTE]

Might be just taking a nap. Or maybe an big update is coming.
 
[quote name='soulwish2003']$4.99 PS Silhouette Mirage - Pre-Played PS1[/QUOTE]

now, I just searched for that a minute ago and found nothing! i don't trust this search function very much...
 
i just bought an edge card yesterday, so hopefully i'll be joining you guys quite often with the updates...question though, how often does a ps1 game come complete? almost never? 1 in 10? i know there obviously isn't a set amount such as 1 in every 10 games, but just from experience? i know you can take the game back b&m without any problems, but i'm curious to see what i'm getting into
 
[quote name='The Successful Dropout']i just bought an edge card yesterday, so hopefully i'll be joining you guys quite often with the updates...question though, how often does a ps1 game come complete? almost never? 1 in 10? i know there obviously isn't a set amount such as 1 in every 10 games, but just from experience? i know you can take the game back b&m without any problems, but i'm curious to see what i'm getting into[/QUOTE]


I'd say 20-25% but maybe lower on rare titles . . . my thinking is that with the rare ones, we just keep recycling the same few copies. Order, return, order, return . . .

But I'd say I've ordered 40 PS1 games in the last 16 months and 12 have been complete.

Some have been complete gems: Klonoa, Diablo, Abe's Odysee . . .
 
[quote name='The Successful Dropout']i just bought an edge card yesterday, so hopefully i'll be joining you guys quite often with the updates...question though, how often does a ps1 game come complete? almost never? 1 in 10? i know there obviously isn't a set amount such as 1 in every 10 games, but just from experience? i know you can take the game back b&m without any problems, but i'm curious to see what i'm getting into[/QUOTE]

From my experience, 1 in 10 is about right. Sometimes you get lucky and 3 out of 4 will be complete, followed by 2 or 3 orders that won't be complete. I did get a Complete Suikoden II once. I never had a problem with returns.
 
[quote name='The Successful Dropout']i just bought an edge card yesterday, so hopefully i'll be joining you guys quite often with the updates...question though, how often does a ps1 game come complete? almost never? 1 in 10? i know there obviously isn't a set amount such as 1 in every 10 games, but just from experience? i know you can take the game back b&m without any problems, but i'm curious to see what i'm getting into[/QUOTE]

I've ordered about 20 PS1 games at this point, and only 4 have come complete. 1 came with the manual, but without a back insert. It really does vary too much between each person to determine a good ratio from what I've seen. I usually only buy the 2-3 dollar games though, so getting it complete normally doesn't matter to me.
 
Thanks for the input guys...it sounds pretty good. Unless it's something cheap that I can just throw my nephew's way, I won't keep a game unless it's complete. So I'll have to plan on taking a lot of stuff back...which seems worth the effort when it finally pays off.
 
I think my favorite moment of this update was finding a location "nearby" that has Alien Hominid for GC with the title "Fourth Avenue Live!" Now I want to travel an hour just to find out why in the world the shopping center or whatnot this EB is located has that strange name. If it was in the middle of a city I'd understand but this is Indiana here...it's probably next to a crop of corn or something.

Sorry, sorry, that's just the NYer in me lashing out a bit against all of these crops. But seriously though, wide open spaces makes me want to buy more games so I don't have to deal with the dead nature of the middle of nowhere. ;)
 
[quote name='Kapwanil']But seriously though, wide open spaces makes me want to buy more games so I don't have to deal with the dead nature of the middle of nowhere. ;)[/QUOTE]

don't worry, we all make up our own excuses as to why we want to buy more games...yours just happens to be a little more weird
 
[quote name='Number83']From my experience, 1 in 10 is about right. Sometimes you get lucky and 3 out of 4 will be complete, followed by 2 or 3 orders that won't be complete. I did get a Complete Suikoden II once. I never had a problem with returns.[/QUOTE]


agreed, i have a pretty large amount of 2-3 dollar "saver shipping" games with about 1-10 ratio being complete. Fortunately the ones that were complete were decent titles. Tekken 1,2, Fear Effect, etc.
 
[quote name='dafoomie']There was a Pulp Fiction Collectors Edition dvd for 99 cents, but it sold out.[/QUOTE]

i got 4 DVD at 99 cents and eb cancelled all of them last year..
 
My copy of No One Can Stop Mr. Domino came semi-complete, it has the original case and insert, but no manual. The disk is in good shape too, and theres only one little sticker on the case rather than the usual 5. I don't know where I could get a manual for this, but at least it will look complete from the side.
 
I got my Time Crisis III with Guncon 2 in Fed Ex today. It was almost mint and everything was clean. Heck, the game was still sealed. I played it for a bit so far, and its great
 
seems like more games are coming in complete. i got g-police 2 complete today along with klonoa and jumping flash 2 last week. hopefully this is a good sign.
 
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