Help! Need To Buy An Nes, Fast For Cheap

DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
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<div class="IPBDescription">before Christmas</div>Arg. Well I'm a bit in a pickle right now. I need to get an NES + some games before Christmas, yet I'm on a budget and still want to find a good deal and not just get taken to the cleaners...

I need to get ahold of a NES, a new 72pin connector (just in case, they're only $10), Metroid, and SMB1. Those are absolutely must-haves, but it'd be nice to also get ahold of Zelda, SMB2&3, and the more the merrier after that...

The kicker is, I have a max budget of $60. Yeah...

I've already done the Ebay, Gamestop/Funcoland, Game Xchange thing. No dice...

Any of you guys know where a good spot (from a USA site) is to get what I need by any chance?
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  • CobyCoby Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8210Members
    Oh the horror! Isn't the snes enough for your hunger of old dirty games? Nes?
    God forgive this man... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    He said in IRC it's not for him, try to help him out.

    You could always go to froogle.
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Coby+Dec 7 2003, 05:12 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Coby @ Dec 7 2003, 05:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Oh the horror! Isn't the snes enough for your hunger of old dirty games? Nes?
    God forgive this man... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Die.

    I'd rather play most older games than some of the crap that gets kicked out the door these days.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    I posted in the other topic... and I guess you ignored it.

    <a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004SVYQ/qid=1070838416/sr=8-5/ref=sr_8_5/104-8465833-8540719?v=glance&s=videogames&n=507846' target='_blank'>Amazon.com</a> has some stuff.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Amazon's are insanely expensive...

    $60 for JUST the NES... friggin crazy...
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    True, you can get a DreamCast for cheaper... but being that it's like new, I wouldn't mind to pay if I had the money and I really wanted one.
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited December 2003
    I have had a lot of trouble trying to replace my borken NES for cheap (actually, its probably repairable, I'm still working on it...). I don't know if this is a solution for you or not, but if you look really hard you can get a SuperJoy for around $30. Elsewhere you can probably find the NES->Famicom adapter needed to play US NES games on it.

    For those who don't know, a SuperJoy is a pirate Famicom device, it uses an NES-On-A-Chip so it fits inside a controller similar to the N64 one. They have a 60pin Famicom port on the back and generally come with some odd amount of games built in (usually alot less then they claim on the box, since they count 'variants'). Since they use such low amounts of power (run off 4 AAs), and are really small, they are used to make portable NESs. Check out Ben Heckendorn's <a href='http://www.classicgaming.com/vcsp' target='_blank'>site</a> to see how he is doing it.

    Speaking of Ben, Anyone know where I might be able to get a working 2600 for cheap? I used to own one, long long ago, but stupidly gave it away.

    Edit: Oh yeah, and some games too. Specifically: Adventure, Combat, Asteroids, and ET (Just so that I can say I own a copy of the worst game ever programmed in two weeks that was so bad that they steam rolled and mass-burried a huge amount of carts.)
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Dec 7 2003, 03:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Dec 7 2003, 03:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Arg. Well I'm a bit in a pickle right now. I need to get an NES + some games before Christmas, yet I'm on a budget and still want to find a good deal and not just get taken to the cleaners...

    I need to get ahold of a NES, a new 72pin connector (just in case, they're only $10), Metroid, and SMB1. Those are absolutely must-haves, but it'd be nice to also get ahold of Zelda, SMB2&3, and the more the merrier after that...

    The kicker is, I have a max budget of $60. Yeah...

    I've already done the Ebay, Gamestop/Funcoland, Game Xchange thing. No dice...

    Any of you guys know where a good spot (from a USA site) is to get what I need by any chance? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    DOOM, I thought you just bought an NES and games?
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    I got a SNES + some games...

    This is for a friend though, for christmas, he wants a classic old school NES...
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  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    Froogle, I told you a few posts back

    <a href='http://www.froogle.com' target='_blank'>click darnit!</a>
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    ooohhh... i thought you had just mispelled google. :P

    no luck w/ froogle either though. :(
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    edited December 2003
    What about <a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3064174187&category=3617' target='_blank'>this</a>? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    EDIT: It's over already... You're too late... And that guy was pretty determined to get it. Ended at $71. Sorry... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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