Over 700 games and Still Growing!

Just got back from my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore and came back with a pretty decent haul. 19 Sega Genesis games, 2 Sega Genesis RF Switches, a power supply for a Sega Genesis, Mortal Kombat strategy guide, 5 Sega Genesis controllers, 6 SNES games(Including The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past and Mega Man X), and a Super NES system for $84. I then went down the block to Goodwill and picked up a complete in box NES Advantage joystick for $5. All of this in addition to recently brokering deals for 21 SNES games from a friend at work and a deal for about 25 NES cartridges, a NES top loader, and a SNES system bringing the total of my complete game collection to over 700 games!

Two More Games for the Collection!

A Complete Original Sonic the Hedgehog that was released with the Sega Genesis console(*Note the "NOT FOR RESALE" on the cover), and a complete Star Trek:Deep Space Nine - Crossroads of Time game for SNES. SWEET!

More Epic wins today.

I went to Roses today and got the Transformers Legends figures that were supposed to come out at Wal-Mart(but never did). I got Megatron(G1 Gun Mode! YES!), Starscream, Optimus Prime, Prowl, Bumblebee, and Trailbreaker. And over at Goodwill I got Strider 2(PS1)(w/ Strider 1(PS1) Disc) in great shape for $0.50, as well as a Mortal Kombat Trilogy Strategy Guide for $1.

eBay SUPA WIN!

I bid on an auction on eBay for Star Trek 25th Anniversary for Game Boy. I was the ONLY bidder. The auction ended at $2.99 with around $2.45 S/H. I ended up paying around $5.50 give or take for the game. Now I know you're asking what does this have to do with the picture of Star Trek 25th Anniversary NES? Well, the game in the picture is what I received. Now I have no idea if there was a screw-up at eBay or not, but I do know that I am much happier with this game. This game sells for no less than $27 on eBay and I got SUPA lucky to get this for so cheap! SCORE! :-D

eBay again.....

Rad Racer II
King's Knight
Legacy of the Wizard

More eBay wins

I also won auctions for Rad Races(NES) and The 3D Battles of WorldRunner(NES) W/Manual* (*WorldRunner is the first game Square released on the Nintendo Entertainment System(NES) in America). And a coworker at my job sold me a copy of Ranma 1/2:Hard Battle for Super NES, so that's a good addition to my game collection.

My eBay Purchase

The other day I purchased some games from eBay, the auction I won is for 7 NES Games. The Games are:
John Elway Quarterback
Duck Hunt
Track and Field
Tennis
Super Mario Brothers
Othello
Pro Wrestling

My Latest Goodwill NES Game Harvest

I went into my local Goodwill and lo and behold, they had more NES games!They have started getting pricey lately though,with their game prices gradually moving up from $2 to $4 each. Seems like they noticed that every time they get retro games in, I come by and clean them out. So anyway, I couldn't talk them down from their $4 each price, and picked up 16 games ayway. I picked up:

Deadly Towers
Vice Project:Doom
Dynowarz
Gauntlet II
Rampage
Ironsword:Wizards and Warriors II
Wizards and Warriors III
Godzilla 2
Yoshi's Cookie
Solar Jetman
The Adventures of Lolo
Dragon Spirit:The New Legend
North and South
Skulls and Crossbones
Karate Champ
Thrilla's Surfari

They had more games, but they were games I already had as well as being pricey at $4 each. I would have bought all 29 games and split the extras with my friends, but they would have had to come back down to earth and had a more reasonable price tag of around $1-$2 each.

My recent awesome eBay purchase

My roommate kept an eye on an eBay auction for me for Clock Tower and Resident Evil 3 w/Dino Crisis Demo Disc. The auction went off for around $45 with shipping. The discs came in about 2 days and were pristine. I mean I'm not sure if either game's disc had ever seen the inside of a PS1. For those in the know, getting a complete pristine copy of Clock Tower can be a little pricey at times, but getting it with the pristine RE3 complete with it's Dino Crisis Disc, was a good deal.

Change of direction for my blog...

My blog is going in a new direction. I will be talking more about my adventures in retro game collecting and while I will occasionally post a personal opinion blog, they will be less profanity filled than they have been. Hope that you all enjoy my posts from now on and PLEASE drop me messages if you like the blog or not and any comments you have are always welcome.

Just an idea.....

Since so many game series are getting compilations on PS3(i.e. God of War Collection, Tomb Raider Trilogy, ICO/Shadow of the Colossus, Sly Cooper Trilogy etc.), why not a Final Fantasy collection? I could definitely see Square-Enix releasing a compilation of all versions of Final Fantasy 1-6, PS1 classics versions of Final Fantasy 7-9and Tactics, PS2 versions of Final Fantasy X, X-2, and 12, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and pretty much all other spin off FF games like Vagrant Story, Ergheiz, Final Fantasy Adventure 1-3, etc. Just up the resolution on the games add trophy support fr all games and they would ALL fit on ONE Blu-Ray. AND they could add FF commercials and other background info. I can almost guarantee that such a compilation would sell like hot cakes even if it was priced at $100. Final Fantasy sells like crack to addicts, so this one is a no-brainer.....so what's the hold up? Does Square-Enix just not like easy money? I mean it can't cost that much to port these games over to PS3, and make a massive profit on these games, so....... just sayin'.......