Today was a good day:
Started off by picking up Toejam and Earl: Panic in Funkotron, and No one can Stop Mr. Domino at Electronic Discount Sales in Arlington. Then on the way to the mall to get some new glasses I spotted a store called "Entertainmart" and had to see what it was all about. Turns out they have a HUGE separate partition of the store for selling used games of all ages. Tons of stock, excellent prices, and the employees were very knowledgeable and friendly. I was amazed as this is typically a rarity in used game stores nowadays.
Anyways, they had quite a few boxed snes and nes games, I picked up Burai Fighter, Power Blade, Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu, Silent Assualt, Raid 2020, and Metal Fighter for $5 each, mainly ones I didn't already own, though I was tempted by a boxed Zanac. As I walked up to the counter, I noticed a lot more nes boxes behind the counter. It turns out they were all boxes for games they did not have. I then asked if they would sell them separately, and the guy said I could just have them for free. I was amazed, as most stores and employees would sooner throw away stuff like that than give it away. So I scored the rest of those nes (and the Perfect Dark box) for free.
Almost all of them have sleeves in em, many have photocopied manuals, some have originals, and a lot have extras, posters, Styrofoam inserts, etc. All of the inserts are crisp and mint, looks like they have never been opened/unfolded. Unfortunately they are all former rentals from a place called The Pharaoh Shop in Arab, Alabama according to many of the stickers on em and the carts, so they are far from mint. Most have pretty bad sun fading, and you wouldn't believe all of the stickers I already pulled off prior to that picture. Apparently that store was nuts for sticking 50 stickers on every game. Still they are in pretty good shape considering they were once rentals, in fact the labels on the carts have zero dings or scratches. Kinda like no one ever rented them.
Finally after that, while my mom and grandma were at Petco, I checked out the Movie Trading Company next door. Best selection on games of any Movie Trading Company I have ever been to. I picked up Kung-Fu Master, Airlock, and M.A.D. for the 2600 there for $2 a piece, and Rocket Knight Adventures for $3. They had a buy three get one free deal going on with the games (and my god did they have a crap TON of different 2600, genny, and n64 games so I can see why they would have such a deal) so I got one of the 2600 games for free.
All in all a good day indeed.
