Brace yourself for this long post.
Wow, I guess I sure got lucky today. I hadn’t originally planned on yardsailing today, but when my dad and I were running some errands, we saw a sign for a rummage sale at a now closed school. A soccer team was having a sale there. I thought that this might be where I score big. Most of the people were my age (15-19 years old), so I thought this would be good. When I entered I noticed a guy had an n64, 3 controllers, 4 games, and about 10 ps2 games. He was asking $5 each for Mario Kart (Which I bought) and $5 for Diddy Kong Racing, and $2 each for two sports games. I already have a copy of Mario Kart, but I thought I couldn’t go wrong for $5. At about the third table I spotted what I was looking for. A box filled with NES and SNES games, and a smaller box of 9 games right beside it. I put the small box on top of the big box, because I assumed they were together, and asked how much they were. A girl said that they wanted $1 each. I asked if $20 would be fine, but she wasn’t sure and had to wait for the person running the table to return, and all of a sudden some lady (not even working at the sale) interrupted me, and that got my blood boiling. We had a nice little chat that went like this.
Her: 20 dollars? Are you serious?
Me: Yeah, why not?
Her: Well they go for a lot more at a flea market or ebay.
Me: Well this doesn’t look like a flea market or ebay, does it now?
Her: Well they could get a lot more if they sold it at a flea market or ebay.
Me: Listen, this is a fundraiser for a soccer team. If they want to sell them on ebay or at a flea market, they can. But it doesn’t seem as if they want to, seeing as they put on this sale.
Her: Well that’s still low. Some guy was looking at them earlier on today.
At this point I noticed that she had a bag in her hand that contained a nes, and possibly a few games, I’m not sure.
Me: Well he didn’t buy them. And if you ask me, it seems as if you’re a little angry that you paid a bit too much for that NES there, so why don’t you mind your own business. Also, a fair number of these games are sports games, which aren’t worth much at all, and there aren’t any manuals, so they wouldn’t sell for much on ebay.
(Turns out there were some manuals at the bottom of the box)
At this point she just turned around and left, and I waited for the person who was selling the games to return.
So the lady selling the games returned, and I CIF’d a crisp twenty in her face. She looked hesitant, and said “ummmmm… I guess”. I also noticed a rumble pack and a transfer pack for N64, but I was all out of cash.
Also, as I was leaving I heard the interrupting lady saying “I know it says $5, but will you take $2.50?”
Geez, some people.
Pics before the list.
Sorry, I suck at taking pictures.
Out of all of the games I only had two of them before, so I'm happy.
For $25 canadian, I think I did okay.
Here’s the list of the games I got, all cart only unless otherwise stated.
NES
Wrath of the Black Manta
Wizards & Warriors
Friday the 13th
Battletoads
Jackal (With Manual)
High Speed – World’s #1 Pinball (With Manual)
Bases Loaded
Sky Shark
Back to the Future
Marble Madness
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Legend of Kage
Blast Master
Ninja Gaiden
Casino Kid
Super Mario Bros / Duck Hunt (x4, yes, 4 copies)
Kings of the Beach
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
Spy Hunter
Final Fantasy
Faxanadu
Karate Champ
Viper
Vindicators *
Super Sprint *
Track and Field 2
Nes Open – Tournament Golf
Monopoly
Gauntlet
Death Race *
RBI Baseball 2 *
Milon’s Secret Castle
SNES
Skyblazer
Wing Commander
Pro Quarterback
Beavis and Butthead
NHL 95
Stanley Cup
Super Caesars Place
NHL 97
Monopoly
Super Scope 6 (x2)
Super Slam Dunk
Sonic Blast Man
Mario Paint (Without the mouse)
Super Game Boy
Game Cleaner
N64
Mario Kart
Triple Play 2000
Memory Card
MISC
22 NES Dust Sleeves
1 SNES Dust Sleeve
4 Plastic NES Cases
Zelda – The Adventure of Link instruction booklet.
Marble Madness Manual? It’s a small sheet of paper about the length of a snes cart, with some info on it.
Megaman 2 Manual
Tiny Toon Adventures Manual
3 Game Genie Booklets, 1 very large one, two smaller ones. All have market and writing on them, but I can’t complain.
Now with the asteriks. I noticed that these games do not have the Nintendo official seal, and have different cartridges. Can someone shed some light on what's the story for me?
Also, I'm pretty new to collecting (First year). Can someone tell me some must play games I got, or some that are valuable?
Thanks.