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Wow, BGG actually said something useful.
 
After reading his mention of a Game Crazy clearance sale, I popped into  
the local GC I used to work at.  Asked the one guy working there about  
it, he had no idea about it.  The one shift lead was in the office on the  
phone with the manager.  They were discussing the sale as I walked into  
the store.  The manager had told him to make sure to call me, and a few  
other guys to make sure we knew about the sale.  So there is indeed a  
clearance sale starting the 28th.
 
I had a few items put aside for myself, some for my collections, some for  
resale/trade.
 
Genesis
Virtua Fighter 2 - $9.99
Castlevania: Bloodlines - $9.99
 
Playstation
Magic: The Gathering Battlemage - $19.99
Grand Theft Auto: Director's Cut - $12.99
Xenogears - $24.99
Diablo (2 player edition) - $29.99
 
Nintendo 64
Paper Mario - $29.99
Super Smash Bros - $24.99
Dr Mario - $19.99
Mario 64 - $19.99
Goldeneye - $12.99
New Tetris - $29.99
Perfect Dark - $6.99
 
Super Nintendo
Super Mario Kart - $19.99
Super Punch-Out - $14.99
Legend of Zelda: LttP - $19.99
 
NES
Romance of the Three Kingdoms - $9.99
 
Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure 2 - $24.99
Dead or Alive 2 - $14.99
Star Wars Ep. 1 Racer - $19.99
Alone in the Dark  - $9.99
 
Total Retail Cost - $387.79 + tax
What I'm Paying - $105 + tax
 
Might pull one or two more games out tomorrow when I stop in to pick  
those up.
 
--  
___
Chuck Whitby - Founder
East Coast Gaming Expo
http://www.ecgx.com
"It's the games"

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I had read about this sale on another forum, so I hit the one Gamecrazy  
store in my town.  Looks like word got out big time as there were already  
two guys there buying a ton of stuff.  I did get some nice scores though to  
fill some holes in the collection:
 
N64
-----
 
Yoshi's Story
Mario 64
Zelda: Majora's Mask
 
 
Gameboy
-----------
Dragon Warrior III
Wario Land
Wario Land 2
Wario Land 3
Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Mario Tennis
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Harvest Moon
Bionic Commando
R Type DX
Donkey Kong
Mega Man
Resident Evil Gaiden
Gradius
 
......and Adventure Island for free since it wasn't in the computer.  
 
    All the PSX and N64 games were picked over big time.... and I pretty  
much have everything I want already for the DC.  No one was touching much of  
the old school Gameboy however.  Time to give my neglected NES style GBA SP  
a workout.  
 
    This is so dang tempting too that I have a feeling I'll be back over  
there this weekend to see what's left.  Did anyone else get any nice deals?  
How about you Space Boss?  Man, it's been forever since I've typed out a  
brag post.....
 
Aaron

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I picked up everything I had on my list at www.toomanygames.com/games.txt  
and also added in 2 copies of Mega Man 3, a Mega Man 4, and a Mega Man 5  
for $5 a pop.  8*)
 
 
--  
___
Chuck Whitby - Founder
East Coast Gaming Expo
http://www.ecgx.com
"It's the games"

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If anyone sees the SNES Mario RPG and doesn't want/need it, I would love to
get one.  The stores here didn't have it.
 
Dane.
 
"Chuck Whitby" <intvsama@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> I picked up everything I had on my list at www.toomanygames.com/games.txt
> and also added in 2 copies of Mega Man 3, a Mega Man 4, and a Mega Man 5
> for $5 a pop.  8*)
>
>
> --  
> ___
> Chuck Whitby - Founder
> East Coast Gaming Expo
> http://www.ecgx.com
> "It's the games"
>

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I bought both copies that turned up at GC around the holiday season.  
B1G1F.  8*)
 
"Dane L. Galden" <chigroup(at)ix.netcom.comCHANGE(at)TO@> wrote in
news:%Mbce.964$7F4.862@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net:  
 
> If anyone sees the SNES Mario RPG and doesn't want/need it, I would
> love to get one.  The stores here didn't have it.
>  
> Dane.
 
 
 
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___
Chuck Whitby - Founder
East Coast Gaming Expo
http://www.ecgx.com
"It's the games"

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Did very well today. Picked up the following:
 
N64
 
Rush 2049
Bust a Move 99
Conker's BFD
The New Tetris
Megaman 64
 
NES
 
Megaman  5
 
SNES
 
Earthbound
Chrono Trigger
Megaman 7
 
 
All in all, I think I did pretty good.

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Chuck Whitby wrote:
> Wow, BGG actually said something useful.
>  
> After reading his mention of a Game Crazy clearance sale, I popped into  
> the local GC I used to work at.  Asked the one guy working there about  
> it, he had no idea about it.  The one shift lead was in the office on the  
> phone with the manager.  They were discussing the sale as I walked into  
> the store.  The manager had told him to make sure to call me, and a few  
> other guys to make sure we knew about the sale.  So there is indeed a  
> clearance sale starting the 28th.
 
Went into the local GC and didn't seen anyone there shopping, nor
any signs indicating a sale. Only when I inquired did they mention
the sale. Buttt...I was able to get three games I have wanted and
were still there...
Zelda:Link's Awakening (original GB version)
Dragon Warrior 1&2 (GBC)
Duke Nukem 3D (Sega Saturn).
 
There were still a number of higher-priced games that would be included
in this sale, like DC DoA 2 (already have) and Phantasy Star 4.
Actually, their selection was pretty much the same as they usually
have (believe me, I looked to see if they had the SNES Final Fantasys
or Chrono Trigger...they never have them). But I am happy
with what I got.

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It was too bad that majority of the PSone and Dreamcast games had broken
cases and no instructions.... Those certainly weren't worth $5
 
I typically only buy N64 games if they are in original boxes...
 
Really odd that 99% of their Sega games were loose (considering they came in
plastic boxes originally)
 
No obscure NES titles
 
No obscure SNES titles
 
I bet it was picked through by the workers ahead of time
 
Bought a FF Origins (whooops already owned it!) and couple Dreamcast
titles....
 
I can't wait for the garage sales to kick in full force!
 
VastFear
 
 
"Chuck Whitby" <intvsama@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9645AA9233195intvsamaverizonnet@199.45.49.11...
> Wow, BGG actually said something useful.
>
> After reading his mention of a Game Crazy clearance sale, I popped into
> the local GC I used to work at.  Asked the one guy working there about
> it, he had no idea about it.  The one shift lead was in the office on the
> phone with the manager.  They were discussing the sale as I walked into
> the store.  The manager had told him to make sure to call me, and a few
> other guys to make sure we knew about the sale.  So there is indeed a
> clearance sale starting the 28th.
>
> I had a few items put aside for myself, some for my collections, some for
> resale/trade.
>
> Genesis
> Virtua Fighter 2 - $9.99
> Castlevania: Bloodlines - $9.99
>
> Playstation
> Magic: The Gathering Battlemage - $19.99
> Grand Theft Auto: Director's Cut - $12.99
> Xenogears - $24.99
> Diablo (2 player edition) - $29.99
>
> Nintendo 64
> Paper Mario - $29.99
> Super Smash Bros - $24.99
> Dr Mario - $19.99
> Mario 64 - $19.99
> Goldeneye - $12.99
> New Tetris - $29.99
> Perfect Dark - $6.99
>
> Super Nintendo
> Super Mario Kart - $19.99
> Super Punch-Out - $14.99
> Legend of Zelda: LttP - $19.99
>
> NES
> Romance of the Three Kingdoms - $9.99
>
> Dreamcast
> Sonic Adventure 2 - $24.99
> Dead or Alive 2 - $14.99
> Star Wars Ep. 1 Racer - $19.99
> Alone in the Dark  - $9.99
>
> Total Retail Cost - $387.79 + tax
> What I'm Paying - $105 + tax
>
> Might pull one or two more games out tomorrow when I stop in to pick
> those up.
>
> --  
> ___
> Chuck Whitby - Founder
> East Coast Gaming Expo
> http://www.ecgx.com
> "It's the games"
>

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Went back today and bought a gold copy of Majora's Mask, Mario Tennis,
and Mario 64 for N64. Pickings were on the slim side today.

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Relic wrote:
> Chuck Whitby wrote:
>  
>> Wow, BGG actually said something useful.
>>
>> After reading his mention of a Game Crazy clearance sale, I popped  
>> into the local GC I used to work at.  Asked the one guy working there  
>> about it, he had no idea about it.  The one shift lead was in the  
>> office on the phone with the manager.  They were discussing the sale  
>> as I walked into the store.  The manager had told him to make sure to  
>> call me, and a few other guys to make sure we knew about the sale.  So  
>> there is indeed a clearance sale starting the 28th.
>  
>  
> Went into the local GC and didn't seen anyone there shopping, nor
> any signs indicating a sale. Only when I inquired did they mention
> the sale. Buttt...I was able to get three games I have wanted and
> were still there...
> Zelda:Link's Awakening (original GB version)
> Dragon Warrior 1&2 (GBC)
> Duke Nukem 3D (Sega Saturn).
>  
> There were still a number of higher-priced games that would be included
> in this sale, like DC DoA 2 (already have) and Phantasy Star 4.
> Actually, their selection was pretty much the same as they usually
> have (believe me, I looked to see if they had the SNES Final Fantasys
> or Chrono Trigger...they never have them). But I am happy
> with what I got.
Went back in earlier today; except for some titles gone (including  
Phantasy Star 4), most were still there. Spent 15 more bucks to get:
Super Mario Land 2 (GB)
Fighter Maker (PSX)
Dark Savior (Saturn).
I was talking to the cashier and he mentioned that at a
GC north of here, someone had bought 800 dollars worth of
games and nearly cleaned them out.

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I updated my list with all the new stuff I bought today
 
http://toomanygames.com/games.txt
 
The games without prices next to them is what I bought today.  They didn't  
even have all the good stuff out on the floor.  They brought me 3 BIG boxes  
FULL of NES games to rummage through, most the NES games came from there,  
the rest came off a display they had on the floor.
 
 
--  
___
Chuck Whitby - Founder
East Coast Gaming Expo
http://www.ecgx.com
"It's the games"