There is a place in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, called hall of hobbies. I got an original Xbox for only 40 dollars, works perfectly and I also got a New 3ds XL for only 60, again works perfectly. The games are also very cheap. I got a brand new copy of starwars battlefront 2 (original one) for 10 bucks! they are truly great!
Well prior to late 2013 they were super cheap, but 3DS reignited interest. I was able to buy a Virtual Boy in box with nearly every game except Jack Bros, and Waterworld for $20 in early 2013.
@@solarwalkman Correct but it didn't gain traction for nearly 2 years. Don't you remember Nintendo slashing the cost so much that they sold it at a major loss, and hoped games sales would make up for it. The first year it barely sold 1.5 million units which had Nintendo feeling concerned.
Yeah, I got my PS1 for only five bucks a year or so ago. It was the first retro console I ever bought, and I don’t regret it one bit. It came with this awesome fighting pad controller, which was perfect for Tekken 2.
Years ago I was able to find most of a Dreamcast in a box full of stuff for $20. I just had to buy the RCA cables which were about $7, and I was able to sell some of the other things for around $18. And then my grandma decided to put the Dreamcast in a box and place it where my rabbit could get it, and I had to spend another $7 on RCA cables. So in all I got a Dreamcast for technically around $16. And then I bought Skies Of Arcadia for $60. Edit: "One day ago?!" How did you post this the day before the video released?!
"Bit the bullet on Amazon and got lucky" That's how it was when I found a complete copy of Megaman & Bass on GBA on Amazon for $35. Usually it would go for double that. Too bad it later didn't work out when I got Crash: The Huge Adventure which had a legit case and manual but a super bootleg cart (easy replacement at least).
My big scores include: New Japanese Game Boy Micro in box for $32 Sealed copy of Final Fantasy IX PS1 (black label) $30 Sealed Doom and Killer Instinct on SNES $25 each Complete copies of Final Fantasy IV and VI on SNES $75 total Sealed Dragon's Lair on original Game Boy $10
Warrior of Zelda. That’s actually pretty standard. Those were the more common ones. Now GREY Zelda nes cartridges are slightly more rare but not by that much. They’re about 3 dollars more-ish. I mean I got my gold Zelda cartridge for 22
Keep an eye out for thrift stores, yard sales, and flea markets! One of my regular weekly stops is a local flea market, and a good portion of my collection has come from that one location. :) Good luck!
I bought a Virtual Boy at KB Toys for $10 new when they went out of business. About ten years later I sold it on eBay for $110 to some guy in France. Insane profit back then.
I was at a smaller store a couple months ago, and they had a CiB copy of Zelda II for the NES for $40. I told the guy I only had $35, and he actually gave it to me for that. So that's one more game on my CiB Zelda quest!
Well rip me because I don’t live in the US I live in Europe so bad luck (I found a ps1 with the video cable and two controller no DualShock for €2 (around $2.24) and its work perfectly)
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@UCfhY_yJJm2QDZLlW1R4L7nA As a stand-alone, independent creator with a day job, I totally agree. The issue arises when you begin to depend on UA-cam revenue to pay your bills, put food on the table, etc. These people literally can't afford to be so picky with their advertisers.
Collecting anything ubiquitous like Video Games is bound to be interesting because the market has a decent amount of stock. I collect Hot Wheels and I always have interesting finds because it’s a popular thing to collect.
I think my best score ever was also a Virtual Boy. This would've been early 2000's, say '01 or '02. A co-worker sold me his Virtual Boy and a near complete US set of CIB games all for $20. I never really thought much of it until many years later when the retro collecting boom started and a lot of these old games started going way up in value.
I go to thrift stores to find deals. Got a Sega Dreamcast for $7, got Okami for Wii for $5, Monster Hunter3, Metroid Prime 3 and Mario Kart and Mario Party together for $20. Star Fox Assault for $16 And Star Wars rogue Squadron for $6. Fit a Wii nunchuck, 2 Game Cube controller and game cube memory card for $2 Got a multi system splitter with system labels for $1.
Most goodwills suck, because they started accepting all the old garbage target doesn’t want. I personally like small thrift stores, as well as (Colorado only chain) ARC thrift store.
My biggest deal was getting any system I wanted from my parents for free,in exchange for good school grades and some household errands,which i had to do anyway😁
I’m a plush collector and I can confirm that the Mario & Luigi are valuable in this community. Mainly because plush UA-camrs like SuperMarioLogan and Cute Mario Bros uses those specific plushies. Because of that and the short supply they are valuable
Dude, are your videos getting more jump-cutty? Still one of my favorite Nintentubers but maybe I'm just realizing how many cuts there are. Also, pretty jealous of that 64 "definitely-not-Zelda-special-edition" controller.
Sealed copy of Cory In the House DS for 1.50 😎 Edit: in all seriousness, there was a summer when my local thift store was really hitting it. Got a copy of Majora's Mask for the N64, Paper Mario. For the GameCube, I found Resident Evil and Zero, Super Mario Sunshine, and Legend of Zelda OoT. Super crazy because all the games bought are $2 each.
Mine would be EarthBound for around $5-10 via FB Marketplace . It was included in a SNES bundle and it wasn’t pictured. Asked if she had more games and viola! Found Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance and Radiant Dawn at the same Sale both CIB for $1 each! Just recently got a CIB Pokemon HeartGold in a DS Bundle for about $5. (Included a unused Pokewalker!!) Found a sealed Grape N64 controller for $20 on Letgo And various other higher end games for dirt cheap via Facebook, LetGo, and Yard Sales. It’s so rewarding finding expensive games for a great deal! Nice video Nintendrew!!
A few of my best deals I've gotten are: -NES CIB with 4 games, 2 controllers, 2 Zappers $35 from Kijiji - D on Playstation big box cib for $5 from my local buy and sell Sold it for $115 - Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for $4.99 CIB - Silent Hill and Lunar: Sliver Star Story $30 CIB mint from Kijiji.
I work for a major videogame retailer. And we have a smaller competitor in the area. Owner is a really nice guy and I send customers to him all the time. I tell em to say that my store says hi. I walked in to his store with my kiddos and the owner gave me a Virtual Boy, a Sega Saturn and a Cowboy Bebop model kit of the Swordfish. This is why you be nice to competition.
My personal top 5 finds. 1.Mighty Final Fight $7 (gamestop) 2. 75 Saturn Games including a good chunk of the pricier titles (thrift store) 3. Toys R us gold N64 with gold controller near mint $25 (pawn shop) 4. Mega Man 5 $5 (Flea Market) 5. Ju-on for wii and Twilight Princess for GC $1 each (Garage Sale)
I remember one of my most impressive finds (I've found a lot of crazy stuff over the last 25 years or so) Was some near mints copies of mega Man 2 3 and I believe 4 at a Goodwill. I found some crazy nonexistent games at flea markets and thrift shops over the years.
Some of my best deals include: Metroid Amiibo 2-Pack sealed in box for $35 (this was very recent) Pokemon Sapphire for $8 GBA SP for $20 Fire Emblem GBA for $10 I have much better luck at flea markets than I do at retro game stores. You get a combination of yard sale-style booths from people who don't know the value and booths that go every week to buy and sell retro games. I highly recommend checking out all the flea markets in your area if you're looking to collect retro games.
I live in Illinois went to visit family in Massachusetts and I went to a game store there it’s very interesting how prices can be very different at other stores
these are all great tips, especially the first one! when i used to collect vintage My Little Ponies, i ended up going to the local flea market pretty often. one of the sellers there actually started to recognize me, and one day i came in and he pulled out a huge garbage bag full of My Little Ponies and said he’d been holding them for me because he knew i’d like them. bought the whole bag for $40 and there ended up being well over $100 worth of plastic horses in there. the guy knew his prices so usually tried to sell at market value, but since i was a repeat customer he would haggle with me and let me buy some real rarities for dirt cheap. so be friendly to your local sellers!!
I got these all for $1 each • Mario Kart Double Dash • Kirby Air Ride • Metroid Prime 2 • Wii Sports Resort Really every other game I’ve bought has been around market value
Thrift shops and flea markets at least were my go to spots for games. When the retro market went absolutely insane something like a decade ago it started getting worse and worse. A lot of repros and cheap Chinese knock-offs not to mention the same people as before charging way more for stuff in horrible condition just because the market was way stronger than before. Luck and timing are pretty much your best bets, also finding either decent people that won't super gouge you or people who just don't know what something is worth. Sadly you're more likely to find the latter than the former.
My brother got a NES, 10 games including castlevania, a boy and his blob, zelda 1 and 2 to name a few, a zapper, 2 controllers and a broken gameboy for £10 from a car boot sale. The guy who sold it to him didnt know the value and to this date thats been his best deal
I somehow have always just stumbled upon good deals through the years. A few include a Game Boy Micro and carrying bag for $25 at the local game shop, an NES with a Power Glove and various other accessories for $10 at a garage sale, a boxed Commodore 64 for $5 with a boxed floppy drive for another $5 at an estate sale the same day I got the NES, a free copy of Earthbound in a drawer of SNES games my cousin just gave me, and a free PS3 from my other cousin's friend because they didn't want it. I've learned through the years that if you're patient then good deals will come to you, and I'm happy that it seems to work out well a lot of the time.
My best find was a vintage fully working galaga cabinet for $100. Guess the idiot who didnt buy it looking back wishing he did now. Im gonna go cry brb
Back when I first started to get into collecting games, I remember really wanting to go to this local charity sale event. I thought this would be a good start to my game hunting so I went. Unfortunately, I missed my alarm and showed up so late the place was practically empty. Disheartened, I still looked around anyways and managed to find a FULL in box Dreamcast with BOXED controllers, like 20 games, and a bunch of accessories! The reason no one had purchased it was that the seller wanted to sell them all together but the Dreamcast was broken. Only wanted about $45 bucks for the whole lot so I bought it anyways. Took the thing to my local game store and it turned out to be a very small issue and got it fixed for free! Funny how it was my first retro console consider both the console and myself share a birthday 😁
My best finds both came from the same store. Local game shop that had Flintstones Surprise at Dinosaur Peak and Clay Fighter Sculptor's Cut for $5 each. They had them the day the store opened, so they were definitely great finds. I still have the price stickers on them as a sort of trophy.
Some other places I've found that can have a lot of great deals is Antique stores and Thrift shops. I've lost count of how many amazing deals I've gotten from those places... Metroid Prime Trilogy for $3, Final Fantasy 7 for $1, and even a Game Boy Player disc for $2 in perfect condition.
Seriously if you're willing to look it's a gold mine. That and flea markets were my go-to places back in the day. It's still good but you got to be real careful.
I came across a sealed GameCube Gameboy player in the blister pack, the "not for resale" Legend of Zelda 4 game promo disc (opened but with the manual) for less than $10 at a local thrift shop a few years ago. I think that may be my luck for life.
The single most effective way I have found of getting gaming stuff super cheap is to check out thrift stores shortly after Christmas. Since it's the time of year people are most likely to replace their old consoles, and the time of year people are feeling the most generous/giving, game consoles get donated in larger than normal quantities, and thrift stores rarely price them for highly. Just this past January I was able to pick up an original Xbox for $8, a DS lite for $7, a Wii for $10, a Dreamcast for $5, and a 1st Gen 60gb PS3 in excellent condition for $50, by stopping by different thrift stores once or twice a week throughout the month (and all of them worked fine)
I remember getting a bunch of random n64 games from my mom back in 2009, one of those games were clay fighters sculptors cut. At the time I never knew what the game was, and never had any interest in playing at all. Never knew the game was so rare and we ended up selling the game at a rummage sale for $30 (we just looked at what it was selling for online at the time)
Hey, my Wii's graphics card broke too! I had the same black dot issue, the pattern would appear over every single texture And when I played Super Paper Mario it was impossible for me to beat the 5th or 6th chapter because there's a cutscene where you have to fight 100 of these samurai guys that all load in through the same door at once, and the system couldn't handle it and would crash. Thought it was just the disc and spent a bunch of time trying to clean it, even bought a tool for cleaning dust and whatnot inside the disc reader But then I lucked out and bought 3 Wii's at an auction for either 50 or 100 dollars, can't remember, but got a really solid deal
My 3 biggest deals are all surprisingly Nintendo finds as well, and is technically a list of 4. The first was finding a sealed copy of Banjo-Kazooie at the local flea market. After speaking with the guy and buying a few loose carts for my collection (N64, about 68ish% complete), he told me he had a couple sealed games. A couple older sports games, WWF No Mercy (which I also bought), and Banjo. He said he'd sell me both WWF and Banjo for $65. Done deal. Second was my AGS-101 Gameboy Advance SP, that I bought from a co worker for a 12 pack of Heineken. No special story, he had it, I wanted it, he wanted beer. Boom, done. Third (and technically fourth) would be how I got my Gameboy Player. I was at a different flea market, about 25 miles from my house. Came across a booth selling trading cards, action figures, and some video games. I saw the disc for the Gameboy Player, $3. Snatched it up, just figuring I'd eventually buy the Player itself and save a little money. Flash forward about 2 years, and I went to this pallet liquidation shop with my dad. They have an area where they buy product return pallets, as well as pallets of old stock items and dump them in bins. Anything you find is $2. I have been going for about a year at this point, finding some great deals. S.H. Figuarts figures, MTG FatPacks, all kinds of stuff. This time, I walk in and boom, right on top are two sealed Gamecube controllers. In my basket they go. A little digging, and theres two 256block official Memory cards. In the basket they go. Final bin, didn't find anything. My dad calls out to me and asks "what the hell is this? It says Gameboy but I've never seen anything like it." I froze. I grab it and make my purchase. Complete Gameboy player for $5.
The Virtual Boy part reminds how when I did buy my own VB with a couple games including Sonic Jam for the Saturn. Jam was priced at $105 or so, but upon purchase it was outlined only for $6. I didn't realize it until I got back home.
I got a sealed copy of Star fox zero when I was lookin for left over Wiiu stuff, for only 8$ one time. And found legend of Zelda ocarina of time for GameCube at a goodwill for 5.99$, I usually see those for around 50$ #Goooddeals
These kind of videos always make me jealous... In Germany there is practically no Retro gaming store. The few that we have are usually run by scammers and dead after 3 years. *The best deal I ever got was on the PAL version of StarCraft 64 CiB (approx. 4000 units only worldwide)* online directly from Australia. Around 400 bucks for everything including shipping! That is about the price you usually find a lose cart if you can find any...
I live in a town of about 16,000 people. We have two small pawn shops that have some good deals on games. Anytime I check out used game stores in bigger cities the prices seem higher. Go for a drive to a smaller town, might be worth it.
The best deal I ever got was a copy of Fire Emblem Path of Radiance which I swapped an old copy of Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for. That game frequently goes for less than $5, whereas Path of Radiance is $70 or more, sometimes up to $100 if sealed.
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There is a place in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, called hall of hobbies. I got an original Xbox for only 40 dollars, works perfectly and I also got a New 3ds XL for only 60, again works perfectly. The games are also very cheap. I got a brand new copy of starwars battlefront 2 (original one) for 10 bucks! they are truly great!
Um nintendrew this video was posted 3 hours ago you are late!
*i bought a shrek plush with a Santa hat for 3$*
What’s the name of the store and can I get a rare piece of video game history from goodwill
I got a Sega Dreamcast for 30 dollars
What I like about Nintendrew is that he doesn't clickbait his videos. He really did get a Virtual Boy for 7 bucks.
And GTA is on gameboy
@Alfie Stott nah man I'd never sell a virtual boy
Well prior to late 2013 they were super cheap, but 3DS reignited interest.
I was able to buy a Virtual Boy in box with nearly every game except Jack Bros, and Waterworld for $20 in early 2013.
@@Super_Bros. but the 3ds came out in 2011
@@solarwalkman
Correct but it didn't gain traction for nearly 2 years. Don't you remember Nintendo slashing the cost so much that they sold it at a major loss, and hoped games sales would make up for it. The first year it barely sold 1.5 million units which had Nintendo feeling concerned.
Wow.. you don't always find a console that's cheaper than its own games.
Yeah, I got my PS1 for only five bucks a year or so ago. It was the first retro console I ever bought, and I don’t regret it one bit.
It came with this awesome fighting pad controller, which was perfect for Tekken 2.
In Colombia the VB games cost $35 USD
Flying Popcorn Juice I think channel members might get to watch videos early idk
I get that we that with retro games all the time - I managed to get a GameCube for £30 but a copy of Mario Party 7 for £50
Years ago I was able to find most of a Dreamcast in a box full of stuff for $20. I just had to buy the RCA cables which were about $7, and I was able to sell some of the other things for around $18.
And then my grandma decided to put the Dreamcast in a box and place it where my rabbit could get it, and I had to spend another $7 on RCA cables.
So in all I got a Dreamcast for technically around $16.
And then I bought Skies Of Arcadia for $60.
Edit: "One day ago?!" How did you post this the day before the video released?!
"Bit the bullet on Amazon and got lucky"
That's how it was when I found a complete copy of Megaman & Bass on GBA on Amazon for $35. Usually it would go for double that. Too bad it later didn't work out when I got Crash: The Huge Adventure which had a legit case and manual but a super bootleg cart (easy replacement at least).
Nintendrew: *sells collection
GameStop: I can give you about 4 bucks
If he has Conker's Bad Fur Day, he could grab $24 instead
🤣🤣🤣😂
I’d probably give at least $80,000
gives Xbox one ps4 switch 360 ps3 wii n64 ps2
GameStop: I can give you about 5 bucks
@@Mnrr6131 I give him 200 kr thats 10 dollar
That golden N64 controller was an amazing deal!
and you are golden freddy
Best deals in RETRO gaming
Mentions the Wii
I can already feel my body turning into dust, I’m so old
Wii = Gaming Hall Of Fame
I don't feel so good.....
This must mean my hair is going to start graying soon.
Wow, I'm retro!
I love the wii!
I got my N64 for 15$ with smash bros, Mario 64, Mario kart and other games at a yard sale
SulkyPanther3 whyyyyyyyyyyy
WudLegend whyyyyyyyyy not?
15$ THO WHYYYYYY U FIND THEM ON EBAY FOR LIKE 400$
That is an amazing deal
how
7 dollars for a virtual boy...
*reggie wants to buy 999*
*"These games are great!"*
Don't forget Virtue's Last Reward afterwards!
Lol!
Add another $7 for Aspirin for the headaches
It would be $6,993
My big scores include:
New Japanese Game Boy Micro in box for $32
Sealed copy of Final Fantasy IX PS1 (black label) $30
Sealed Doom and Killer Instinct on SNES $25 each
Complete copies of Final Fantasy IV and VI on SNES $75 total
Sealed Dragon's Lair on original Game Boy $10
tortuga388 idk if mine counts but I got Star Fox on snes for 9 dollars and mega man x for 7 at a time when they were expensive
Geez where do you live that's insane
I got a gold zelda cartridge for $20
Warrior of Zelda. That’s actually pretty standard. Those were the more common ones. Now GREY Zelda nes cartridges are slightly more rare but not by that much. They’re about 3 dollars more-ish. I mean I got my gold Zelda cartridge for 22
I found my aunties old game and watch in a box at my granny’s house
I have never once seen a retro gaming shop... thats what I get for living in Norway I guess
Keep an eye out for thrift stores, yard sales, and flea markets! One of my regular weekly stops is a local flea market, and a good portion of my collection has come from that one location. :) Good luck!
@@Nintendrew I'll be sure to do that, however how scarce they may be here. Thanks for replying :)
Nintendrew Pawn shops too! I got Super Mario Land 2 for like 5 dollars at a pawn shop
1 find a person who is clueless about video game console value
2 profit
No lie I found a DS lite at a charity sale for like not even a dollar. It came with that weight loss coach thing, but still was in great shape
The top two things you need luck and timing.
And yes ignorant people helps too.
i got a gameboy and a DS at a yardsale, gameboy was 3 dollars and the DS was 5 dollars. man these people were clueless about their worth
stonks
Stonks
Woah....I already have "Top Retro Gaming Finds Ever" video scheduled for this week. You beat me to it!! 🤣 Love this video my dude ❤️
The best deal I ever got was a 101 model game boy advance SP for only 1 dollar.
*I don't regret anything anymore.*
How?
You're very lucky 😔
Where?
I got one for free from my moms brother
I bought a Virtual Boy at KB Toys for $10 new when they went out of business. About ten years later I sold it on eBay for $110 to some guy in France. Insane profit back then.
I was at a smaller store a couple months ago, and they had a CiB copy of Zelda II for the NES for $40. I told the guy I only had $35, and he actually gave it to me for that. So that's one more game on my CiB Zelda quest!
Tip #1: make friends...
Rip me
I know how have beer
“Check out your local retro gaming scene”
*cries in Australian*
ahahahahahaha *sobs*
*cries in New Zealand*
HOW IS THIS COMMENT SO RELATABLE
*cries in Polish*
So relatable 😔
Yeah we don't have any Retro game stores in my city, and the retro stores in close city's don't really have good deals lol
Same
AwkwardOne yeah my city only has gamestop, it sucks
Well rip me because I don’t live in the US I live in Europe so bad luck
(I found a ps1 with the video cable and two controller no DualShock for €2 (around $2.24) and its work perfectly)
Germany and I feel you buddy...
For me it’s France so yeah
I live in the US, but where I live all of the retro games stores have shut down. Closest one is a state away.
Yeah. I feel you mate. I have to resort to buying online because there are NO stores with retro games in my area.
Third world gamer feel you
I found a ps1 at a local retro game store for $3 for parts,and when I brought it home plugged it in, it worked flawlessly!
I got a ps1 at a goodwill for 45 cents
RAP64 yep
FINALLY, someone who puts their sponsorships at the END of the video!!!!
It's often required by the company, when accepting sponsorships like these, to place the ad read within the first minute of video. I guarantee most every content creator would prefer to put their ad reads at the end for audience retention reasons, but very often it's not up to them. Refusing to place the ad front and center means not getting paid for them in those cases.
@UCfhY_yJJm2QDZLlW1R4L7nA As a stand-alone, independent creator with a day job, I totally agree. The issue arises when you begin to depend on UA-cam revenue to pay your bills, put food on the table, etc. These people literally can't afford to be so picky with their advertisers.
Putting them in the middle is the worst
@@smugsdeadchannellol6184 It is, isn't it?
That N64 controller was a steal!! Great vids too!! I love your videos!
My best deal was Pokemon Heart Gold. I got for it for $10 with the case, manual and everything except the pokewalker. I still can't believe I have it.
woah
I got it for free in emuparadise
Lmao jk
TechmoDude101 😂
This shows us how interesting Retro Gaming collecting is
Collecting anything ubiquitous like Video Games is bound to be interesting because the market has a decent amount of stock. I collect Hot Wheels and I always have interesting finds because it’s a popular thing to collect.
The reason why the Mario and Luigi Plushes are so high is because of SuperMarioLogan and CuteMarioBros
*sees virtual boy in thumbnail * me:yes let me play that thing
I think my best score ever was also a Virtual Boy. This would've been early 2000's, say '01 or '02. A co-worker sold me his Virtual Boy and a near complete US set of CIB games all for $20. I never really thought much of it until many years later when the retro collecting boom started and a lot of these old games started going way up in value.
@@rorz999 Same here. I remember seeing Virtual Boy consoles for $9.99 and Atari Jaguars for $19.99 in our local KB Toys many moons ago.
Best Nintendo UA-camr
I go to thrift stores to find deals.
Got a Sega Dreamcast for $7, got Okami for Wii for $5, Monster Hunter3, Metroid Prime 3 and Mario Kart and Mario Party together for $20.
Star Fox Assault for $16
And Star Wars rogue Squadron for $6.
Fit a Wii nunchuck, 2 Game Cube controller and game cube memory card for $2
Got a multi system splitter with system labels for $1.
I have an urge to go to Goodwill now.
Most goodwills suck, because they started accepting all the old garbage target doesn’t want. I personally like small thrift stores, as well as (Colorado only chain) ARC thrift store.
@@HospitableSpirit I go to more obscure thrift stores which has a better variety. Plus our good will closed down.
You should go to Cincinnati comic Expo. Its September 16-18 and its in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Duke energy building.
Always weird to see something from your city randomly on the net. I plan on being there.
My biggest deal was getting any system I wanted from my parents for free,in exchange for good school grades and some household errands,which i had to do anyway😁
Good for you dude. Not everybody is dripping in privilidge like you are my dude. Stay humble
John B calm the fuck down
Nice vid! Thanks for the tips! Im gonna find myself some cool stuff in no time 😄
No money to waste on collecting, I'm just here for that sweet Gameboy Camera theme.
That virtual boy is insane
I’m a plush collector and I can confirm that the Mario & Luigi are valuable in this community. Mainly because plush UA-camrs like SuperMarioLogan and Cute Mario Bros uses those specific plushies. Because of that and the short supply they are valuable
Dude, are your videos getting more jump-cutty? Still one of my favorite Nintentubers but maybe I'm just realizing how many cuts there are. Also, pretty jealous of that 64 "definitely-not-Zelda-special-edition" controller.
There’s this store near me that has old consoles and game and they sell them for about $5 to $10.
But this is still useful.
I got Pokémon yellow and Pokémon silver for 50 cents each at a yard sale
Sealed copy of Cory In the House DS for 1.50
😎
Edit: in all seriousness, there was a summer when my local thift store was really hitting it. Got a copy of Majora's Mask for the N64, Paper Mario. For the GameCube, I found Resident Evil and Zero, Super Mario Sunshine, and Legend of Zelda OoT. Super crazy because all the games bought are $2 each.
you should do more of these and also love the videos
Mine would be EarthBound for around $5-10 via FB Marketplace . It was included in a SNES bundle and it wasn’t pictured. Asked if she had more games and viola!
Found Fire Emblem: Path Of Radiance and Radiant Dawn at the same Sale both CIB for $1 each!
Just recently got a CIB Pokemon HeartGold in a DS Bundle for about $5. (Included a unused Pokewalker!!)
Found a sealed Grape N64 controller for $20 on Letgo
And various other higher end games for dirt cheap via Facebook, LetGo, and Yard Sales. It’s so rewarding finding expensive games for a great deal! Nice video Nintendrew!!
Early Wii sales, huh?
Does that overheated unit still has System Menu v1.0?
I can has system menu?
I got a brand new og 3ds with 1.0 for 50 bucks. Good?
A few of my best deals I've gotten are:
-NES CIB with 4 games, 2 controllers, 2 Zappers $35 from Kijiji - D on Playstation big box cib for $5 from my local buy and sell Sold it for $115 - Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for $4.99 CIB - Silent Hill and Lunar: Sliver Star Story $30 CIB mint from Kijiji.
A person I watch on YT bought 200 sealed copies of Deal or No Deal for Nintendo DS for about 60 dollars. He needed game cases for his DS collection
Clayfighter Sculptor's Cut is basically the Final Fight: Guy of the N64.
*I can’t actually comprehend that you got that virtual boy for $7*
Did I ever tell you about the time I got Pocky and Rocky 2 for 5 bucks
Stevonicle no
Yes you did
The best deal i got is a life time supply of SUPER MARIO 2 BABY
Mr Neddlemouse: The legendary Sanic Master Bro Reggie actually gave me knack 2 for the NES last year. One of the best moments of my life!
That's one a game of the year for quite some time
I work for a major videogame retailer. And we have a smaller competitor in the area. Owner is a really nice guy and I send customers to him all the time. I tell em to say that my store says hi. I walked in to his store with my kiddos and the owner gave me a Virtual Boy, a Sega Saturn and a Cowboy Bebop model kit of the Swordfish. This is why you be nice to competition.
I belive this is the nicest thing I read all week.
Cool that there is actual fair competition existing somewhere on this planet...
@@overlordalfredo The owner also sends us Christmas gifts. Last time it was a huge box of junk food. Play and Talk are good people.
Just today I got my hands on a PS Vita with a 4gb memory card, a case, the charger and 5 games for 100$!
XCaliber 23 that’s just insane man
@@yeetisland363 ikr!?
My personal top 5 finds.
1.Mighty Final Fight $7 (gamestop)
2. 75 Saturn Games including a good chunk of the pricier titles (thrift store)
3. Toys R us gold N64 with gold controller near mint $25 (pawn shop)
4. Mega Man 5 $5 (Flea Market)
5. Ju-on for wii and Twilight Princess for GC $1 each (Garage Sale)
I remember one of my most impressive finds (I've found a lot of crazy stuff over the last 25 years or so)
Was some near mints copies of mega Man 2 3 and I believe 4 at a Goodwill.
I found some crazy nonexistent games at flea markets and thrift shops over the years.
**sees Virtual Boy**
My god, you monster.
Why do you exist?
@@Link-ek3iw HEY LINK I THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T TALK!
It's probably one of the reasons that it's so rare it's because nobody likes it
Some of my best deals include:
Metroid Amiibo 2-Pack sealed in box for $35 (this was very recent)
Pokemon Sapphire for $8
GBA SP for $20
Fire Emblem GBA for $10
I have much better luck at flea markets than I do at retro game stores. You get a combination of yard sale-style booths from people who don't know the value and booths that go every week to buy and sell retro games. I highly recommend checking out all the flea markets in your area if you're looking to collect retro games.
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4SH_DI3S_4L0N3 carrion devo queen
I live in Illinois went to visit family in Massachusetts and I went to a game store there it’s very interesting how prices can be very different at other stores
Your hair game is on point. Looks like it's sculpted out of clay...
It's a wig
these are all great tips, especially the first one! when i used to collect vintage My Little Ponies, i ended up going to the local flea market pretty often. one of the sellers there actually started to recognize me, and one day i came in and he pulled out a huge garbage bag full of My Little Ponies and said he’d been holding them for me because he knew i’d like them. bought the whole bag for $40 and there ended up being well over $100 worth of plastic horses in there. the guy knew his prices so usually tried to sell at market value, but since i was a repeat customer he would haggle with me and let me buy some real rarities for dirt cheap. so be friendly to your local sellers!!
Wow, Nintendrew deserves way more subs
Mario’s Lawyer ikr
I got these all for $1 each
• Mario Kart Double Dash
• Kirby Air Ride
• Metroid Prime 2
• Wii Sports Resort
Really every other game I’ve bought has been around market value
I found these PS2 games for cheap long time ago:
Dark Cloud 3€
Rule of Rose 5€
Odin Sphere 5€
Thrift shops and flea markets at least were my go to spots for games.
When the retro market went absolutely insane something like a decade ago it started getting worse and worse.
A lot of repros and cheap Chinese knock-offs not to mention the same people as before charging way more for stuff in horrible condition just because the market was way stronger than before. Luck and timing are pretty much your best bets, also finding either decent people that won't super gouge you or people who just don't know what something is worth.
Sadly you're more likely to find the latter than the former.
Thank you for the tips
My brother got a NES, 10 games including castlevania, a boy and his blob, zelda 1 and 2 to name a few, a zapper, 2 controllers and a broken gameboy for £10 from a car boot sale. The guy who sold it to him didnt know the value and to this date thats been his best deal
On a Yard sale i found a full working SNES with 10 games for 35$
Must have been a Playstation fan
Were any of the games earthbound because if one was BOOM! profit
I somehow have always just stumbled upon good deals through the years. A few include a Game Boy Micro and carrying bag for $25 at the local game shop, an NES with a Power Glove and various other accessories for $10 at a garage sale, a boxed Commodore 64 for $5 with a boxed floppy drive for another $5 at an estate sale the same day I got the NES, a free copy of Earthbound in a drawer of SNES games my cousin just gave me, and a free PS3 from my other cousin's friend because they didn't want it.
I've learned through the years that if you're patient then good deals will come to you, and I'm happy that it seems to work out well a lot of the time.
have you found anything by tec toy brazils sega distributor
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My best find was a vintage fully working galaga cabinet for $100. Guess the idiot who didnt buy it looking back wishing he did now.
Im gonna go cry brb
Back when I first started to get into collecting games, I remember really wanting to go to this local charity sale event. I thought this would be a good start to my game hunting so I went. Unfortunately, I missed my alarm and showed up so late the place was practically empty. Disheartened, I still looked around anyways and managed to find a FULL in box Dreamcast with BOXED controllers, like 20 games, and a bunch of accessories! The reason no one had purchased it was that the seller wanted to sell them all together but the Dreamcast was broken. Only wanted about $45 bucks for the whole lot so I bought it anyways. Took the thing to my local game store and it turned out to be a very small issue and got it fixed for free! Funny how it was my first retro console consider both the console and myself share a birthday 😁
Some people: You know this is old and no one will want it unless I sell it for $2
Game collecters: Hey im not complaining.
My best finds both came from the same store. Local game shop that had Flintstones Surprise at Dinosaur Peak and Clay Fighter Sculptor's Cut for $5 each. They had them the day the store opened, so they were definitely great finds. I still have the price stickers on them as a sort of trophy.
So a Virtual Boy episode coming?
MFields2178 he already has a video showcasing the Virtual Boy’s complete library
ua-cam.com/video/bkJ7wRFvKpQ/v-deo.html
Some other places I've found that can have a lot of great deals is Antique stores and Thrift shops. I've lost count of how many amazing deals I've gotten from those places... Metroid Prime Trilogy for $3, Final Fantasy 7 for $1, and even a Game Boy Player disc for $2 in perfect condition.
Seriously if you're willing to look it's a gold mine.
That and flea markets were my go-to places back in the day.
It's still good but you got to be real careful.
Found 2 gameboys (original ones) for 20 bucks at an antique store
When you say "A whole bunch of money" how much are you usually referring to?
At least a $1000 for retro gaming but sometimes that ain’t enough
I came across a sealed GameCube Gameboy player in the blister pack, the "not for resale" Legend of Zelda 4 game promo disc (opened but with the manual) for less than $10 at a local thrift shop a few years ago. I think that may be my luck for life.
Ohhh! Retro Games! :D
The single most effective way I have found of getting gaming stuff super cheap is to check out thrift stores shortly after Christmas. Since it's the time of year people are most likely to replace their old consoles, and the time of year people are feeling the most generous/giving, game consoles get donated in larger than normal quantities, and thrift stores rarely price them for highly. Just this past January I was able to pick up an original Xbox for $8, a DS lite for $7, a Wii for $10, a Dreamcast for $5, and a 1st Gen 60gb PS3 in excellent condition for $50, by stopping by different thrift stores once or twice a week throughout the month (and all of them worked fine)
Best deal. My father had a golden N64 controller!
Edit: Not opened but the packages has been tried to be opened
I remember getting a bunch of random n64 games from my mom back in 2009, one of those games were clay fighters sculptors cut. At the time I never knew what the game was, and never had any interest in playing at all. Never knew the game was so rare and we ended up selling the game at a rummage sale for $30 (we just looked at what it was selling for online at the time)
Hey, big fan! I love your content!
Hey, my Wii's graphics card broke too! I had the same black dot issue, the pattern would appear over every single texture
And when I played Super Paper Mario it was impossible for me to beat the 5th or 6th chapter because there's a cutscene where you have to fight 100 of these samurai guys that all load in through the same door at once, and the system couldn't handle it and would crash. Thought it was just the disc and spent a bunch of time trying to clean it, even bought a tool for cleaning dust and whatnot inside the disc reader
But then I lucked out and bought 3 Wii's at an auction for either 50 or 100 dollars, can't remember, but got a really solid deal
Great, but I live in a small village in Spain... 😣
My 3 biggest deals are all surprisingly Nintendo finds as well, and is technically a list of 4. The first was finding a sealed copy of Banjo-Kazooie at the local flea market. After speaking with the guy and buying a few loose carts for my collection (N64, about 68ish% complete), he told me he had a couple sealed games. A couple older sports games, WWF No Mercy (which I also bought), and Banjo. He said he'd sell me both WWF and Banjo for $65. Done deal.
Second was my AGS-101 Gameboy Advance SP, that I bought from a co worker for a 12 pack of Heineken. No special story, he had it, I wanted it, he wanted beer. Boom, done.
Third (and technically fourth) would be how I got my Gameboy Player. I was at a different flea market, about 25 miles from my house. Came across a booth selling trading cards, action figures, and some video games. I saw the disc for the Gameboy Player, $3. Snatched it up, just figuring I'd eventually buy the Player itself and save a little money. Flash forward about 2 years, and I went to this pallet liquidation shop with my dad. They have an area where they buy product return pallets, as well as pallets of old stock items and dump them in bins. Anything you find is $2. I have been going for about a year at this point, finding some great deals. S.H. Figuarts figures, MTG FatPacks, all kinds of stuff. This time, I walk in and boom, right on top are two sealed Gamecube controllers. In my basket they go. A little digging, and theres two 256block official Memory cards. In the basket they go. Final bin, didn't find anything. My dad calls out to me and asks "what the hell is this? It says Gameboy but I've never seen anything like it." I froze. I grab it and make my purchase. Complete Gameboy player for $5.
I swear I heard the virtual boy story from you before, wasn't that video the same topic as this video?
The Virtual Boy part reminds how when I did buy my own VB with a couple games including Sonic Jam for the Saturn. Jam was priced at $105 or so, but upon purchase it was outlined only for $6. I didn't realize it until I got back home.
I got a sealed copy of Star fox zero when I was lookin for left over Wiiu stuff, for only 8$ one time.
And found legend of Zelda ocarina of time for GameCube at a goodwill for 5.99$, I usually see those for around 50$
#Goooddeals
My dad used to do clean outs so I get a lot of my systems and games free. Also my dad had quite the collection.
I got a GameCube and a controller with 3 games for $30
Rebel friend nostalga user 😂
I once got one for 5$ with 3 games along with a controller
I find a GameCube with 10 games and 4 controllers for $80 USD ($240.000 Colombian Pesos) in Colombia
Best Deals I’ve Found in Retro Gaming puts wii on the list damn the wii is retro now i feel old.
Me go on Let Go and got me Super Smash Bros Melee for 10 bucks in like New Condition.
Extra helpful tips for me. I see you posting pics of local game stores which are the same I hit. Bowling green collecting is surprisingly good
I swear game collectors have the best luck
These kind of videos always make me jealous...
In Germany there is practically no Retro gaming store.
The few that we have are usually run by scammers and dead after 3 years.
*The best deal I ever got was on the PAL version of StarCraft 64 CiB (approx. 4000 units only worldwide)* online directly from Australia.
Around 400 bucks for everything including shipping!
That is about the price you usually find a lose cart if you can find any...
You never find some of these consoles for cheap!
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I live in a town of about 16,000 people. We have two small pawn shops that have some good deals on games. Anytime I check out used game stores in bigger cities the prices seem higher. Go for a drive to a smaller town, might be worth it.
Hmm yes
My money in the bank is now gone
The best deal I ever got was a copy of Fire Emblem Path of Radiance which I swapped an old copy of Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for. That game frequently goes for less than $5, whereas Path of Radiance is $70 or more, sometimes up to $100 if sealed.