New Acquisitions, Volume 10

[QUOTE="cosmostein77"]

Boxing Day + Gifts:

Lips (X360) NEW 

Fracture (X360) NEW $19.99

Far Cry 2 (X360) NEW $29.99

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (PS3) NEW $19.99

someNONSENSE

Those are some good prices. Where did you find those deals?

Best Buy, 

Much to my surprise they had the best deals on Boxing day, Mass Effect, Halo 3, Gears of War  were all 20 bucks new. Farcry 2, COD5, Resistence 2, and a bunch of new-ish stuff was basically 30 - 50% off. 

Here are some unexpected deals that fell into my lap. Why does this always happen when I'm trying not to buy stuff?

Tom Clancy's EndWar (X360) - Special Edition with wireless headset - NEW - $50 - Best Buy had this on sale while the regular edition still sells for $60.

Call of Duty: World at War (X360) - Used - Complete - $25 - A coworker's 360 died so he was selling off his games.

Fable II (X360) - Used - Complete - $25 - From the same coworker.

He also let me have his broken 360 which is still under warranty. He was going to toss it in a recycling center rather than get it fixed for free.

Here are some unexpected deals that fell into my lap. Why does this always happen when I'm trying not to buy stuff?

Tom Clancy's EndWar (X360) - Special Edition with wireless headset - NEW - $50 - Best Buy had this on sale while the regular edition still sells for $60.

Call of Duty: World at War (X360) - Used - Complete - $25 - A coworker's 360 died so he was selling off his games.

Fable II (X360) - Used - Complete - $25 - From the same coworker.

He also let me have his broken 360 which is still under warranty. He was going to toss it in a recycling center rather than get it fixed for free.

pikadeth

That X360 is an awesome score...get that X360 fixed then sell it and fund some new purchases.

Haven't posted in a while work related things won't go into it :)

Scene It BOS Xbox 360 Gift
Wario Land Shake Dimension Wii Gift
Call of Duty 5 limted edition Xbox 360 35 pound

He also let me have his broken 360 which is still under warranty. He was going to toss it in a recycling center rather than get it fixed for free.

pikadeth

Yes people are weird. My cousins friend got the RROD and he chucked it in the bin! 

-Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (X360), used/complete, $35 or so from GameStop.

I also picked up the Guitar Hero: World Tour complete band set at retail to go along with the one-guitar version my wife got me for Christmas. So I have an extra sealed copy of the game...that's not a hint or anything (cough cough)...

... I've also been pretty sick lately...

Stranglehold (Collector's Edition) (X360) - new, £7.98

totalgridlock

Hope you feel better.  Stranglehold is a very good game. Very stylish.

I picked up the following from amazon.com (all new and sealed) :

Dokapon Kingdom, Wii, $19.99 (Atlus RPG, also available on PS2).

Star Ocean: First Departure, PSP, $29.99 

Final Fantasy VII NON GREATEST HITS- $25 - PS1 :o pristine condition, not a scratch, everything is perfect :o

Rhapsody - $15 - PS1

Xmen 2 - $5 - Genesis

Final Fantasy VII NON GREATEST HITS- $25 - PS1 :o pristine condition, not a scratch, everything is perfect :o

Rhapsody - $15 - PS1

Xmen 2 - $5 - Genesis

falconclan

Damn, nice find on a non-GH FF7

Final Fantasy VII NON GREATEST HITS- $25 - PS1 :o pristine condition, not a scratch, everything is perfect :o

Rhapsody - $15 - PS1

falconclan

Two good scores there.

Target had Patapon on clearance for $4.86 so I couldn't pass it up.

[QUOTE="falconclan"]

Final Fantasy VII NON GREATEST HITS- $25 - PS1 :o pristine condition, not a scratch, everything is perfect :o

Rhapsody - $15 - PS1

Paully3433

Two good scores there.

Target had Patapon on clearance for $4.86 so I couldn't pass it up.

Under $5, that's a must buy. 

didn't think id be able to pick these up but they were hella cheap

call of duty:world at war,ps3,new/sealed,$40 at target

far cry 2-ps3, new/sealed,$40,target

i may be homeless right now, but at least i'll have some games when i do get a place to stay. sounds crazy huh? i know...but i'm rationing 

Stuntman - 360 - $10

Mario Super Sluggers - wii - $20

Got some more stuff for Christmas and in the sales.

Gifts:

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (DS) - new

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (DS) - new

Infinite Undiscovery (X360) - new

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (PC) - new

from HMV:

Moto GP 06 (X360) - used, near mint, £4.97

from Game:

Final Fantasy III DS Strategy Guide - new, £3.99

Final Fantasy X-2 Strategy Guide - new, £4.98

I just randomly decided I'm going to start picking up some of the nicer strategy guides around. At that price for new and sealed copies I can't really complain :P

Also, on a side note for any UK peeps around here, high-street entertainment retailer Zavvi is currently in administration (thanks to the whole Woolies downfall and subsequent 2Entertain supply problem). They've got some pretty good deals on DVDs and some games at the moment, but look out for some even better clearance offers in the near future.

From Christmas and beyond:

• Tom Clancy's Endwar (X360) New - gift
• Dead Space (X360) New - gift
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) New - gift
• Call of Duty: World At War (X360) New - $35
• Fallout 3 (X360) New - $40
• Haze (PS3) Used/Like New - $13

OMG LOOK!!! Its another TGL spotting :oPaully3433

I'm an endangered species, dontcha know :P

It would seem my wallet is also at risk...

from Amazon UK:

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga - new, £14.99

Forgot to mention this one...

-Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (Xbox), used/complete, $15 or so from eStarland.

Now all I need is BMX XXX and I've pretty much got the Xbox Smut World Tour complete.

didn't think id be able to pick these up but they were hella cheap

call of duty:world at war,ps3,new/sealed,$40 at target

far cry 2-ps3, new/sealed,$40,target

i may be homeless right now, but at least i'll have some games when i do get a place to stay. sounds crazy huh? i know...but i'm rationing 

jsmoke03

I saw (and missed out on amazon's deal of the day that was CODWAW for $39), so maybe Activision is trying to move some copies before end of the financial year...  Good deal though, even for the homeless. 

Yagami-Iori I am totally coming over to your house and spending about a week in that room :PPaully3433

Yeah Yagami, that's pretty nice.  I love those store displays. 

Forgot to mention this one...

-Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (Xbox), used/complete, $15 or so from eStarland.

Now all I need is BMX XXX and I've pretty much got the Xbox Smut World Tour complete.

jollyroger78

Without The Guy Game, that collection is nothing! (It may be there, but good ol' GS seems to have the collections broken right now)

[QUOTE="Paully3433"]Yagami-Iori I am totally coming over to your house and spending about a week in that room :Paspro73

Yeah Yagami, that's pretty nice.  I love those store displays. 

Yeah, they are great to have. I was clued in by a manager around here that there is a Gamestop with a Gamecube kiosk close by (within an hour), so I'm going to see if they still have it and see if they'd be willing to get rid of it.

[QUOTE="jollyroger78"]

Forgot to mention this one...

-Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (Xbox), used/complete, $15 or so from eStarland.

Now all I need is BMX XXX and I've pretty much got the Xbox Smut World Tour complete.

Yagami-Iori

Without The Guy Game, that collection is nothing! (It may be there, but good ol' GS seems to have the collections broken right now)

Oh, my friend...I own (and have played completely through... :oops: ) The Guy Game. I just don't use GameSpot's collection tools. My collection is viewable here.

Here's a gift from heaven or Nintendo. I forget which...

Game & Watch Collection (DS) - Free from Club Nintendo for registering all of the crap that I buy from them and filling out short surveys about them.

Odama . GC . New . $1.60 (After using my Gift Cert.) . Slackers . R0
Animal Crossing: Wild World . New . $35 . Target . R0
Animal Crossing: City Folk . New . $40 (Target was running a special) . Target .

Here's a gift from heaven or Nintendo. I forget which...

Game & Watch Collection (DS) - Free from Club Nintendo for registering all of the crap that I buy from them and filling out short surveys about them.

pikadeth

I have to get on that. 

Castlecrashers - $15 - 360

Stuntman - $10 - 360

Mario Super Sluggers - $20 - 360

[QUOTE="pikadeth"]

Here's a gift from heaven or Nintendo. I forget which...

Game & Watch Collection (DS) - Free from Club Nintendo for registering all of the crap that I buy from them and filling out short surveys about them.

aspro73

I have to get on that. 

Okay, so I got on that, I'm 60 points toward getting the 800 points needed for the game and watch DS game.  It;s only for Ninty games and some games don't count eh?  Like Trace Memory? I also got no points for the 8 Ninty systems I registerd :(

All amazon, all new and sealed: (oh and all PSP).

hot pixel 49.99

rengoku 2 $12.99

sega superstars tennis $9.98

rainbow island: revolution $12.63

world tour soccer 06 $13.79

platypus $11.79 

[QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="pikadeth"]

Here's a gift from heaven or Nintendo. I forget which...

Game & Watch Collection (DS) - Free from Club Nintendo for registering all of the crap that I buy from them and filling out short surveys about them.

aspro73

I have to get on that. 

Okay, so I got on that, I'm 60 points toward getting the 800 points needed for the game and watch DS game.  It;s only for Ninty games and some games don't count eh?  Like Trace Memory? I also got no points for the 8 Ninty systems I registerd :(

I hear ya man, me and the wife were pretty unhappy with the lack of points on even some Nintendo games. W've got a DS collec tion large enough to pretty much get us there (between all the systems and games), but the spotty registraion counts even on the Nintendo games is hurting the amount that the points go up.

I don't remember what I posted before Christmas and I'm too lazy to go look so there may be some stuff in this post that I've already posted about before.

Here's the damage from the holidays:

Infinited Undiscovery, X360, New/Sealed, $14
Syberia, Xbox, Used/Complete, $4
Too Human, X360, New/Sealed, $23
Yakuza, PS2, Used/Complete, $13
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, PSP, New/Sealed, $6
Universe at War: Earth Assault, PC, New/Sealed, $8
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, GBA, New/Sealed, $26
Spongebob Squarepant: Supersponge, PS1, Used/Complete, $4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, PS1, Used/Complete, $4
Unreal Tournament 3, PS3, New/Sealed, $0 (gift)
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, X360, New/Sealed, $0 (gift)
Eternal Poison, PS2, New/Sealed, $25
The Incredibles, Xbox, Used/Complete, $5
Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Conspiracy, PS2, Used/Complete, $5
Spartan: Total Warrior, Xbox, Used/Complete, $13
Raze's Hell, Xbox, Used/Complete, $4
Tomb Raider: Chronicles, PS1, Used/Complete, $6
Sonic Adventure 2, DC, Used/Complete, $7

Assuming that I don't buy anything today, that would be the last of my 2008 additions.

Which would put my 2008 total acquisition number at: 192

[QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="pikadeth"]

Here's a gift from heaven or Nintendo. I forget which...

Game & Watch Collection (DS) - Free from Club Nintendo for registering all of the crap that I buy from them and filling out short surveys about them.

Yagami-Iori

I have to get on that. 

Okay, so I got on that, I'm 60 points toward getting the 800 points needed for the game and watch DS game.  It;s only for Ninty games and some games don't count eh?  Like Trace Memory? I also got no points for the 8 Ninty systems I registerd :(

I hear ya man, me and the wife were pretty unhappy with the lack of points on even some Nintendo games. W've got a DS collec tion large enough to pretty much get us there (between all the systems and games), but the spotty registraion counts even on the Nintendo games is hurting the amount that the points go up.

I was wrong, on the way home today I found Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey and Tara's Adventure, both CIB in pristine condition. $8 each. And Valkyria Chronicles, I just had to have this.

So that's it for 2008

I don't remember what I posted before Christmas and I'm too lazy to go look so there may be some stuff in this post that I've already posted about before.

Here's the damage from the holidays:

Infinited Undiscovery, X360, New/Sealed, $14
Syberia, Xbox, Used/Complete, $4
Too Human, X360, New/Sealed, $23
Yakuza, PS2, Used/Complete, $13
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, PSP, New/Sealed, $6
Universe at War: Earth Assault, PC, New/Sealed, $8
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, GBA, New/Sealed, $26
Spongebob Squarepant: Supersponge, PS1, Used/Complete, $4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, PS1, Used/Complete, $4
Unreal Tournament 3, PS3, New/Sealed, $0 (gift)
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, X360, New/Sealed, $0 (gift)
Eternal Poison, PS2, New/Sealed, $25
The Incredibles, Xbox, Used/Complete, $5
Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Conspiracy, PS2, Used/Complete, $5
Spartan: Total Warrior, Xbox, Used/Complete, $13
Raze's Hell, Xbox, Used/Complete, $4
Tomb Raider: Chronicles, PS1, Used/Complete, $6
Sonic Adventure 2, DC, Used/Complete, $7

Assuming that I don't buy anything today, that would be the last of my 2008 additions.

Which would put my 2008 total acquisition number at: 192

duncanr2n

Ruff Trigger is the only game in there I don't have that I want... (okay never mind turns out I have it).  Enjoy Yakuza.  Expect the load times and you'll enjoy it more. 

I was wrong, on the way home today I found Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey and Tara's Adventure, both CIB in pristine condition. $8 each. And Valkyria Chronicles, I just had to have this.

So that's it for 2008

duncanr2n

 

[QUOTE="duncanr2n"]

I was wrong, on the way home today I found Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey and Tara's Adventure, both CIB in pristine condition. $8 each. And Valkyria Chronicles, I just had to have this.

So that's it for 2008

gmsnpr

I'd like to pick both of those up at some point. They're pretty rare around these parts.

Anyway, yesterday I picked up a brace of FF DS games from the Zavvi clearout:

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (DS) - new, £14.99

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (DS) - new, £14.99

First games of 2009:

• Left 4 Dead (X360) New --- gift
• Hot Pixel (PSP) New $10
• Hot Brain (PSP) New $10

I'm starting off the New Year slowly:

1. Disney's Aladdin, GBA, new/sealed, R0, $4.99, Hastings
2. The King of Fighters 2006, PS2, new/sealed, R1, $5.00, Toys-r-Us
3. Monster Game PS2 component cable, loose, $7.19, Gamestop

First game of 09 starts it off with a bang.

Ikaruga, XBLA 800 pts.

[QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="aspro73"][QUOTE="pikadeth"]

Here's a gift from heaven or Nintendo. I forget which...

Game & Watch Collection (DS) - Free from Club Nintendo for registering all of the crap that I buy from them and filling out short surveys about them.

Yagami-Iori

I have to get on that. 

Okay, so I got on that, I'm 60 points toward getting the 800 points needed for the game and watch DS game.  It;s only for Ninty games and some games don't count eh?  Like Trace Memory? I also got no points for the 8 Ninty systems I registerd :(

I hear ya man, me and the wife were pretty unhappy with the lack of points on even some Nintendo games. W've got a DS collec tion large enough to pretty much get us there (between all the systems and games), but the spotty registraion counts even on the Nintendo games is hurting the amount that the points go up.

I would never ever condone such actions, but you could probably get the codes for Nintendo games by going to GameStop and taking them from the display boxes that they have. That would be bad though. Bad = Wrong. It wasn't a concern for me since I tend to buy lots of Nintendo products. Wii games are worth about 50 coins and DS go for about 30 coins.Wii Fit will net you 90 coins. Wii Sports doesn't seem to get you anything and registering your console only gets you a warranty extension.

 I made it 3 hours into the new year before I bought a game. LOL. Here's the damage.

Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds (PS3) - NEW - Wal*Mart - $14.98 - They had lots of games in a clearance bin, but most of them were garbage NBA, NHL, NFL, and some horrible Gundam game.

Guitar Hero World Tour (X360) - New - Target - $77 - This seemed to be as cheap as this game the game is going to get for a while. 

I also got a PS3 PS2 Memory Card Adapter for $5 from the clearance area at Wal*Mart. I don't see many of those around any more so it seemed worth picking up.

One last one from 2008...then the slowdown begins:

-Soulcalibur IV (X360), new/sealed, approximately $39 at Wal-Mart.

Since I technically work for the city that I live in, I get all the perks (if not the pay). This includes occasional random gift certificates, like the $25 one that I used for this.

My Gamefly package came in. This was all from a good sale they had after Christmas with free shipping. All used, but new game cases and booklets.

• NBA Ballers: Chosen One (X360) $5
• Deadliest Catc: Alaskan Storm (X360) $10
• Guitar Hero Aerosmith (X360) $15
• Supreme Commander (X360) $10
• Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (X360) $10

120 gb hard drive 360 - $20 after old HDD($40), and gift cards

Stuntman ignition - 360 - $10

Mario Super Sluggers - wii - $20

Ogre battle 64 - 64 - $20

Ys 3 - SNES NIB - $10

more tomorrow. 

120 gb hard drive 360 - $20 after old HDD($40), and gift cards

Stuntman ignition - 360 - $10

Mario Super Sluggers - wii - $20

Ogre battle 64 - 64 - $20

Ys 3 - SNES NIB - $10

more tomorrow. 

falconclan

I picked up that DDR Mario outer box and dance pad that I mentioned having a lead on a few weeks back.  The art on the box is torn on the back at the original circular tape seal b/c not everyone's as patient as I'd like, but it's in nice condition overall and the pad is still wrapped in plastic.  I paid $30 for it.  I was feeling a bit generous, perhaps.

My Gamefly package came in. This was all from a good sale they had after Christmas with free shipping. All used, but new game cases and booklets.

• NBA Ballers: Chosen One (X360) $5
• Deadliest Catc: Alaskan Storm (X360) $10
• Guitar Hero Aerosmith (X360) $15
• Supreme Commander (X360) $10
• Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (X360) $10

someNONSENSE

Some awesome buys/gifts over Christmas CCUers :)

Recently I've acquired... 

Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) - new - £19.98 - GameStation
Futurama (PS2) - like new/complete - £ can't remember - GAME
Persona 3 FES (PS2) - new - gift
Soul Calibur 3 (PS2) - like new/complete - in 3 for £20 - GAME
Call of Duty Trilogy (PS2) - new/sealed - £9.98 - game.co.uk
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) - gift
Quantum of Solace (PS3) - new - £20 - HMV
Quantum of Solace Official Guide - £4.98 - GAME
Timeshift (PS3) - new - £10 - HMV
Persona 4 Official Guide - new - about $25 (incl UK shipping)

Can't wait for Persona 4 to come to the UK :P

 I hit a few pawn shops today and came away with the following:

1. Natsume Championship Wrestling, SNES, n. mint, loose, R1, $3.5 (one for the Natsume checklist)
2. Power Piggs of the Dark Age, SNES, v. fine, loose, R4, $3.50 (trade fodder)
3. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, GC, n. mint, complete, R0, $6.26 (trade fodder)
4. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Player's Choice), GC, n. mint, complete, R0, $6.26 (trade fodder)
5. Starfox Assault (Player's Choice), GC, n. mint, complete, R0, $6.26 (trade fodder)
6. GC 1st-party 1019-block memory card, loose, R0, $4.51 (trade fodder)
7. Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge, X360, n. mint, complete, R0, $14.99 (looks laughably bad and uncommon)