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Post by icemann on Aug 25, 2022 17:40:03 GMT
Best find I've had in a charity shop was a Japanese (I think) version of Ultima VI - The False Prophet. Floppy disc original. Came with maps, massive manual, and a heap of other stuff. All for $2. Unbelievable. Super duper rare apparently.
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Post by mrjenzie on Aug 25, 2022 22:57:26 GMT
an OG xbox for 20 from BHF i volunteered in, now traded, had loads of fun with project gotham and links 2003 ... had both KotOR games and fable too
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Post by megamixer on Aug 26, 2022 16:53:37 GMT
an OG xbox for 20 from BHF i volunteered in, now traded, had loads of fun with project gotham and links 2003 ... had both KotOR games and fable too Constantly tempted to buy another Xbox purely for PGR2. That was such a great game with spot-on "feel" when it came to car control. The perfect blend of realism and arcade. Loved the Kudos system as well.
Even talking about it...
...but I don't have ROOM for an Xbox though!
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Post by kerr9000 on Aug 26, 2022 20:23:24 GMT
an OG xbox for 20 from BHF i volunteered in, now traded, had loads of fun with project gotham and links 2003 ... had both KotOR games and fable too Constantly tempted to buy another Xbox purely for PGR2. That was such a great game with spot-on "feel" when it came to car control. The perfect blend of realism and arcade. Loved the Kudos system as well.
Even talking about it...
...but I don't have ROOM for an Xbox though!
I loved all of the PGR games, I really enjoyed them... I grabbed a few 360 games from a charity shop at £1.50 each Civilization Revolution, Mercenaries 2 and Split Second Velocity. Not incredibly expensive games but all games I am very fond of. |
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Post by sega2006 on Aug 27, 2022 23:08:09 GMT
Very rare anything good hits mine but then theres a lot of scalpers in the area and the few remains are usually over priced by some halfwit who thinks they know how valuation works.
Luckier spots were usually old Crack Converters near the Library and very occasionally the shop round the back of my house, not so much games but retro stuff in general as thats where the Gumball Machine came from.
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Post by oldtimer on Aug 28, 2022 11:42:34 GMT
A Boxed Amiga 1200 for a fiver,quite a few years ago, but i still have it.
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Post by kerr9000 on Aug 28, 2022 12:17:20 GMT
A Boxed Amiga 1200 for a fiver,quite a few years ago, but i still have it. That's awesome, I've never even seen a 1200 in the flesh lol |
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Post by oldtimer on Aug 30, 2022 18:39:01 GMT
A Boxed Amiga 1200 for a fiver,quite a few years ago, but i still have it. That's awesome, I've never even seen a 1200 in the flesh lol At the time it wasnt collectable or worth much but so was a lot of stuff like that at the time which is when i bought the lions share of my collection. |
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Post by kerr9000 on Aug 30, 2022 18:58:45 GMT
That's awesome, I've never even seen a 1200 in the flesh lol At the time it wasnt collectable or worth much but so was a lot of stuff like that at the time which is when i bought the lions share of my collection. It's kind of the same with a lot of my stuff it was grabbed before people started madly wanting it and I wouldn't have half as much at now days prices. |
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Post by lupogtiboy on Aug 31, 2022 10:08:18 GMT
Yep, same for me. Boot sales, charity shops and friends giving stuff away as it was just seen as 'old tech and worthless'. I hardly see anything at boot sales now that I really like to collect, unless it's really broken or 3-part of it are missing. Or they want stupid money for it. I'm not going to a boot sale to spend £100 on an Atari 2600, but I'd happily pay £10-20 with a few games
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Post by kerr9000 on Aug 31, 2022 12:39:15 GMT
Not at a charity shop but I was recently given a bunch of Pirate PS1 games by a friend and in amongst them in a case is a Disc thats real its Hogs Of War, it is in a photo copied front and back cover but the disc is real... Upon telling them and saying hey it could be worth a little bit, theyve happily said sod it buddy have it enjoy it, so thats a nice suprise.
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Post by jetsetwilly on Sept 4, 2022 11:10:11 GMT
Extremely slim pickings in the charity shops near me. In fact, I'd say the last good find I had was Gregory Horror Show on ps2 for £2 about three years ago. Sold it recently for £50. I didn't want to, but circumstances dictated it. Now, it's just Wii Fit, FIFA and Call Of Duty or some cheapo tat on the PC. I think the staff have definitely got more savvy about prices though. The days of finding Castlevania Symphony of the Night of ps1 for £1.50 are long gone.
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Post by kerr9000 on Sept 4, 2022 11:19:09 GMT
Extremely slim pickings in the charity shops near me. In fact, I'd say the last good find I had was Gregory Horror Show on ps2 for £2 about three years ago. Sold it recently for £50. I didn't want to, but circumstances dictated it. Now, it's just Wii Fit, FIFA and Call Of Duty or some cheapo tat on the PC. I think the staff have definitely got more savvy about prices though. The days of finding Castlevania Symphony of the Night of ps1 for £1.50 are long gone. I got Gregory Horror Show on PS2 a simmilar sort of time to that... I never realised it was worth that much.. Funny how some games just creep up in price and others dont isent it. |
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Post by lupogtiboy on Sept 5, 2022 8:16:31 GMT
Had a trip to Portsmouth yesterday, quick hobble round Gunwharf then into the town afterwards. Had a quick look around the Heart Foundation shop and found Lotus Turbo Challenge 1 on the Megadrive for £5, so grabbed that. Was shocked when I went into CEX, they had a Nintendo Virtualboy for sale, no games £450!! I bought mine for £50 each off eBay when nobody wanted them!
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Post by megamixer on Sept 5, 2022 8:43:40 GMT
Had a trip to Portsmouth yesterday, quick hobble round Gunwharf then into the town afterwards. Had a quick look around the Heart Foundation shop and found Lotus Turbo Challenge 1 on the Megadrive for £5, so grabbed that. Was shocked when I went into CEX, they had a Nintendo Virtualboy for sale, no games £450!! I bought mine for £50 each off eBay when nobody wanted them! But it's NINTENDO. It's like diamond-encrusted gold, don't you know?
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