Main > Consoles
coupla dreamcast questions
pmc:
--- Quote from: orntar on March 04, 2004, 02:24:18 pm ---where are you people that get these great deals located? i got bubkiss, goin all over town. two rumblerpacks 2.19 each and arf switch thingy for 1.99, thats it! boise, idaho, by the way. >:(
--- End quote ---
Outside of Boston. I went shop-hopping (bottom feeding) for Dreamcast garbage on Sunday and I got:
[*] VMU for $1.99 at Gamespot
[*]Rumble Pack (or whatever it's called) for $3.99 at EBGames. This was my expensive purchase! ;D
[*]HighFrequency brand control pads (translucent red and purple) for $2.48 each at ToysRUs
[*]ToysRUs branded black control pad with included rumble pack for $1.98
[*]GameShark Lite at ToysRUs for $1.98.
[/list]
Plus a few games for under $5 each from each of the three locations. No notable titles.
The EBGames (Framingham MA) had two empty cardboard Dreamcast boxes on their shelves. Assuming each box has a DC to go in it, then they had two as of Sunday. I think they wanted $20 or $25 for it (I don't really recall).
Anyone ever hack one of the HighFrequency control pads? I bought 'em to smash open and connect to my cab (as per the other conversation in this thread). If they are a problem, I can go back to ToysRUs and get two more of their branded controllers.
abrannan:
--- Quote from: orntar on March 04, 2004, 02:24:18 pm ---where are you people that get these great deals located? i got bubkiss, goin all over town. two rumblerpacks 2.19 each and arf switch thingy for 1.99, thats it! boise, idaho, by the way. >:(
--- End quote ---
Rockville, MD, just outside DC. There's a density advantage here. I've got 4 Gamestops, 3 EB games, 2 Toys-r-uses, 2 Circuit Cities, a Best Buy, and a CompUSA within a 10 minute drive. Add 5 minutes to that and I get another Gamestop, EBGames, Toys-R-us, and CompUSA. It also borders one of the more affluent areas around DC, where all of the parents already bought their kids DCs, and are only interested in the latest and greatest systems. I heard a woman in EBGames talking about how her sister's kids each had their own copy of each current game console. 1 household with 3 PS2s, 3 xboxes, 3 Gamecubes, and 3 Gameboy SPs (And I'll go out on a limb and say 3 Gameboy Advances as well).
This is also a bit of a rare time as three chains are all going clearance with their Dreamcast stuff (T-r-U, Gamestop, & EBGames) at the same time. Toys-R-us tends to be a great spot to go when they're clearing stuff out because gamers tend not to go there (Their normal prices are lousy, they're rarely directly in the mall with EB and such) and when they want to clear something out, they price it to MOVE. I remember passing up on an opportunity to buy a TurboGrafix 16 there when I was younger. IIRC, it was a new system for $30, and a near full selection of games for $1-$2 each.
Generic Eric:
I got a good deal in the beginning of Feburary. EB was selling the Dreamcast console w/ 1 controller for $9.99, provided you bought a game. Well this EB didn't have any games, so I got the Dreamcast for $9.99.
Since then, I have picked up the fishing rod (a bit steep @ 19.99) and the arcade stick for $7.99.
Just the other day, I bought Chu-Chu rocket for 2.99. Thats a fun little game. Its kinda like the adventures of Lolo for NES if any of you remember that one. Oh well.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[*] Previous page
Go to full version