Mayhem in 3D for Xbox 360

I procured another one of the games on my summer of Xbox 360 gaming list.

I found out about this game several months ago, when I saw a You Tuber pick it up for the PS3. Since Destruction Derby 1 & 2 on the Original Playstation are some of my absolute favorite games, I just had to get myself a copy of Mayhem in 3D for the Xbox 360.

So I started watching eBay auctions, checking Mercari and looking at local pawn shops.

Average eBay auction sales were about $18.00

I did see one at a pawn shop, it had a $14.99 price tag on it, and I didn't want to pay that much

So, I happened to be perusing Gamestop.com and I saw 1 store within 100 miles had one, for $4.99! Wait, what, $4.99 really?? So as soon as I got home form work my buddy and I shot over to the Gamestop and I picked it up, for $4.49. I used his Power Up Rewards. Oh and my 8 year old also got the exclusive Detective Pikachu Pokemon card that Gamestop was offering, so it was a win / win all around.

But.....

NO Artwork or Manual.......UGH!

Sidebar Rant: People, What the Hell are you doing with your cases and manuals, Seriously? UGH!

However, As I had been watching eBay I knew someone has been selling the artwork, manual AND 3-D glasses themselves that I never see included in the auctions, for $4.99 shipped. So as soon as we got home, I hopped online only to get to eBay and find out that the auction had ended.... DOH!

But wait, it had the see relisted item button, so I clicked the button and boom! There was the auction I had been looking for, relisted, AND with a discount, it was $4.44 shipped! 

and

It arrived about 7 days later, and in Great Shape! 

The 3-D glasses were still sealed together in plastic.

Got out and extra 360 case I had and got it all together

Nice

So, for about half what the item generally goes for,$9.00, I got a great complete copy!

I played the game for awhile, and I really like it. It is presented in a comic book style, with the only colors being Black & White with a Red sky, and the occasional Yellow lettering. I have bad eyes and thick glasses, so I am not going to be opening the 3-D glasses and trying them out.

I AM however going to be keeping an eye on Gamestop.com and if I see them near me for $4,99, 

I will be buying and flipping them, especially if they are complete!

Thanks for Looking, more pickups soon!

Box of Retro Video Game Goodness Part 2

I got everything cleaned up. and tested what I was able

First up the Playstation stuff, which I was able to test on a PS2

The Perfomance MultiPlayer Adapter

the Interact PS ProPad

Works

the Sony 4 Player Adapter

Everything including the cord cleaned up real nice

I was able to all the Nintendo stuff Cleaned up, but I don't have a way to test any of it, with my NES Packed away. But, in general NES stuff is fairly durable, and I don't forsee any problems.

The A/V cord

the AC Adapter

And once I removed the duct tape, there was nothing wrong with the cord!

the Controllers

Just like the AC adapter, after removing the duct tape, there was nothing wrong with the cord.

and the EA 4 Play adapter for the Sega Genesis

All in all some nice pickups

Box of Retro Video Game Goodness Part 1

My daughter was up at her moms house cleaning out her old rooms, and came across this box of misc video game wires and accessories. Let's see what we got here.

Looks like a few multitaps, some controllers and other misc wiring.

A Sega Genesis multitap, I will be keeping that.

Sony (Keeping) and 3rd party Playstation multitaps

THAT needs a good cleaning......

An Interact PS Pro Pad Controller

A Playstation A/V Cable

Playstation I/O Port cover

AC and A/V Cables for a Nintendo Entertainment System

Duct Tape ;/

never a good sign.......

Along with a pair of Nintendo controllers

Overall some very cool stuff, and for the price of free, I'll take it!

More Pawn Shop and Thrift Store Game Pickups

We'll start with a couple older pickups I never got up onto the blog, the pics have been sitting on my camera's memory card. anyway on to the games!

First a couple Pawn America Pickups

Super Monaco GP II for the Sega Game Gear, .25 Cents!

Red Faction II for the PS2 for $3.00

I have had this game on the Original Xbox since the early/mid 2000's. The original Red Faction (Which I have had since then) was released on PS2, but not on the Xbox. Now I have both on PS2. This is one of the first games I remember having destructible environments. I remember going into an office type room with cubicles and pillars and being able to shoot everything up.

Speaking of Red Faction

Red Faction Armageddon for the Xbox 360

Unfortunately the newer Rad Faction games (Armageddon and Guerrilla) are no longer FPS games. 

I picked this up in the lot I got the Bonus DVD Copy of Timeshift with

Next a few $2.00 Salvation Army Scores.

 X-Squad for the Playstation 2

 Fur Fighters for the Playstation 2

 Dog's Life for Playstation 2

A great game, One of my older daughters had this game back in the early/mid 2000's and loved it. She must have played through the game 20-25 times. Looking forward to seeing how my youngest daughter likes it.

And I rarely buy Nintendo stuff, But I do occasionally, such as this

Super Luigi U for the Wii U

When my wife and I bought our Wii U (Blog Here), we wanted to buy the edition of Super Mario Bros. U that had Luigi U on the same disc, but they only had it without (Blog Here). Then I swear a week or two later, they had the version with both.... So anyway, I picked this up at Gamestop for $20.00.

Alright, now onto my pickups from this weekend (Saturday May 4th)

At Half Price Books

Wipout Pulse for the PSP for $2.00, No Manual though

Seek and Destroy for the Playstation 2 for $2.00

Robotech Battlecry on the Original Xbox for $5.00

I have had this great underrated game since it came out, but on the PS2. Since I prefer the Original Xbox, I have wanted to get this and Robotech Invasion for it.

Next from Savers

 Lego Star Wars The Video Game

Complete and nice condition Nintendo Gamecube game for $3.00

And finally  from Pawn America

Wolfenstein The New Order for $5.00

I also picked up a bunch of DVD's, that's it for now, Thanks for looking!