More Video Game Pickups

Couple misc video game pickups this last week

Made a quick stop at Goodwill on the way home from work one night, and picked up a couple games.

Trauma Center Second Opinion for the Wii

Guitar Hero Live for the Xbox 360. I do want to get this game, but on the Xbox One. And I double checked after finding this,there was No Guitar Controller to be found in the whole store. Just gonna flip it, The Game by itself sells for around $20-25.00 on eBay, then I will buy the Xbox One version, New with Guitar for myself.

I had some Money from eBay sales burning a hole in my virtual Pay Pal pocket and was perusing auctions for complete Sega Genesis games, and I found one I had to have.

 Fatal Labyrinth, Complete and in Great Shape, $9.00 Shipped

Also got some more misc artwork I needed for a couple games from the place I order from.

Artwork for the PS3 Rainbow Six Vegas 2 I Picked up back in October at Salvation Army for a Buck , it already had the disc and Manual in great shape, in a Generic Gamestop case/art.

Sega Genesis Home Alone, I picked up the Cartridge last week, Still need a Manual though.

Home in their cases. I know I have an extra Clear PS3 case around here somewhere.....

Gamestop is doing a promotion for the Doom game coming out in May, with some collectors cards.

I had forgotten to go for the February card until the 29th, so we went to the local Gamestop and while we were there my daughter asked if we had to come back tomorrow (March 1st) for the March card? The guy said Nope, here ya go, and gave us that one too.

I plan on buying the Collectors Edition of this game when it comes out 5/13/16, and these will go with it nicely.

I love Doom, one of my absolute favorite game franchises. I remember playing the original on my Buddies Packard Bell 286 Computer back in the early 90's, and have been a fan ever since.

New Pickups for the Wii U

Was out Grocery Shopping at Walmart today, and my Fiancee I Decided at the same time, we needed a few things for our new Wii U.

We picked up a new game for us to play together, New Super Mario Bros. U

We played a few levels, and it is great fun! Now to find New Super Luigi u, Yeah I want the separate disc version, in the Green Case.

And, the Wii u Pro Controller for me. Shaped like an Xbox 360 Controller, it is perfect and a much better controller to use, in my opinion, that the standard giant pad that comes with the Wii U or a Wiimote. Now I can finally play Metroid Prime 3 for the Wii, now that I have a Proper Controller.

Video Game Thirfting Pickups 2/25/16

Hadn't been out with my daughters in awhile, so we decided to go out Thrift Store Game Hunting.

Picked up a few things

First stop was at our favorite Salvation Army, Where I picked up a few NES games

Karate Champ, Top Gun (an extra) and R.C. Pro-Am

Then we swung into the Savers down the street, where we found nothing, a close Goodwill where we again came out empty handed, and then over to another Savers where, yep, nuttin.

It was getting close to the time we had to head home for dinner, and I decided to swing into 1 more goodwill that I had not been to in awhile, and made a nice little score.

Mission Impossible for the Original Xbox

Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition

And, in my opinion the best pickups, Sega Genesis Games! Home Alone, Virtual Bart and World of Illusion. I had been wanting to pick up World of Illusion for my 5 year old, as she loves to play the Genesis and one of her favorite games (besides any Sonic) is Mickey Mouse Puzzle Challenge. I cleaned it up, and played for 15 minutes myself, LoL.

That's it for this week happy web surfing!

More Video Games and another Console Pickup

Few more Game Pickups for your viewing pleasure. Made a quick stop at Goodwill one night last week, and found a few games to add to the collection.

A Couple PSP Games, Coded Arms and Pursuit Force, Both complete and in great shape!

And a few Original Xbox Games, Midnight Club and MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch. Both Complete and in Great Shape as well.

And, my Fiancee and I were out shopping on Saturday, and we had been talking back n forth over the last year, year and a half about picking this up, so since she got her taxes back, decided to pick this up.

A Nintendo Wii U

That's all for this post, thanks for looking!

Video Game, Accessories AND Console Pickups

Lots of misc pickups and things to share, everything from the 70's through 2015. Games, Accessories AND Consoles!

We will start off with one of the presents my Fiancee got me for X-mas, Star Wars Battlefront for the Xbox One.

It is the Walmart Exclusive edition with the Topps Trading Disc

Next up, I got my Fiancee a new copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii, she loved the first game, so I had to get her the 2nd.

I was going through my NES games, and I had mentioned to my Fiancee that they had remade Ducktales. She said she used to play it all the time on the NES and loved it, so I used that as an excuse to pick her up a new copy for the 360.

Next up, is a small Goodwill score I had. A new sealed copy of Metal Gear Solid Peace walker for the PSP, and Colin McRae 04 for the Original Xbox.

And my daughter picked me up a few games for me as well from a game store, Thanks Sweetie!

 Knight Rider for the NES

Sonic 3D Blast for the Sega Genesis

I also ordered some accessories for the Sega Genesis. 

A Sega Mouse to complete my Wacky Worlds Game

A Team Player 4 Player Adapter in Box

Box had a few Toys R Us Clearance stickers

Stickers Cleaned Off

And for some Console pickups. My Fiancee's Stepdad goes to auctions and buys things to resell, and sometimes keep for them. I got a call asking if I would help him sell some game systems he had got in a box for $25.00. He said there was an Atari and a Sega. I said I had been looking for an Atari, and might be interested in that for myself. I assumed the Sega was a Genesis, as those are all over. When I opened the box, I was surprised and wrong.

Turns out it was a Sega Master System with a Shinobi Game. I hadn't planned on getting/needing a Master System, as you just don't see them very often. I was just going to get a Power base Converter and play Master System games on my Model 1 Genesis. There were no cords or controller, but the Genesis Model 1 uses the same hookups, and a Genesis controller works with it as well.

Hooked it up, and it Works Great!

And there was also an Atari 2600 with a stack of games. I had been looking to pick up a 2600 for awhile, so was happy to get this.

Haven't tested the Atari yet, have to get an adapter for the A/V hook up, I don't have a TV old enough to have the 2 screws on the back to try it out.

And he told me to just give him the $25.00 he spent to buy it, and they were all mine, Nice!

Free Gamestop Power Up Rewards Points

1/15/2015: I started this blog, to get back into writing, and I did for awhile, but I have abandoned my book project yet again. But, also to share my Video Gaming finds, share my opinions about some music I enjoy and bitch about whatever was bothering me on a particular day, and I have been having fun with the blog, so here ya go.

1 Year of Blogging, and how am I going to celebrate? By giving you, my readers a gift. Although it more fits with my Gamer readers, anyway I am going to tell you how I get Free Gamestop Power Up Rewards Points, without Shopping at Gamestop.

With the power up rewards program, you get points for every dollar you spend at Gamestop, whether in store or online. I, however no longer shop at Gamestop due to the extremely poor customer service I received when Battlefield 4 came out, and again the very next week when I had 2, yes 2 bad experiences in the same trip, while picking up my Call of Duty Ghosts Hardened Edition pre-order.

Anyway, I am a member of the website www.e-rewards.com  Where you fill out surveys and earn Money to put towards certain rewards. The surveys are anywhere from a couple minutes to fifteen/twenty minutes or so, and for the most part I just fill them out here and there while I am watching Youtube, or TV, or whatever. I also once got a check for $75.00 cash, just for filling out a week long log of my cats eating habits.

There are 3 Rewards Tiers for Gamestop: $25 gets you 5,000 Rewards Points, $50.00 gets you 12,500 Rewards Points and $100.00 gets you 30,000 Rewards Points. I always get the 30,000. I then use those points in Gamestops Power Rewards Catalog, and get 8 $3.00 Xbox Live Currency codes, so basically $24.00. I just did this last week, and looking back in my email I had just done it 3 Months ago as well. So about every 3 months, I get $24.00 in Xbox Live Currency, for free, just for taking a few minutes and filling out surveys. Xbox Live is what, $60.00 a Year? This pays for that right here.

And I also get Free, New games. as I blogged about: http://daveswickedthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/09/free-titanfall-thanks-gamestop.html Ok so I had to go in the store to get that, but I was the using free points/credit I got through e-rewards, AND I got more rewards points from using the certificate.

Gamestop is paying for free games and a bunch of Xbox Live Credits for me, and I don't even shop there.

Thanks Gamestop! 

The Sega Genesis Triumvirate

I now have 3 of the 6 games that, to me, are an absolute must have for the Sega Genesis. Road Rash 1-3. These are 3 of my most favorite games of all time, Hands Down.

I finally broke down and ordered a loose Cartridge and Manual for Road Rash 3 for the Sega Genesis. As I had posted in a previous blog, I had picked up the artwork in a deal I did for a lot of Sega games, and I was hoping to find one locally, but I had a few bucks in my PayPal account, and decided to blow $20.00 shipped on a great condition Cartridge and Manual.

 The Triumvirate

And they they are, Three of the Six, Funnest, Must Have Games on the Sega Genesis.