I Came, I Saw, I Laughed

Codiekitty · 09-16-2003, 05:47 PM

When I first got my braces, I had to get some chicken noodle so I could actually eat something. There was a Wal-Mart on the way to the orthodontist's, so I got some chicken noodle from there. There was a GameStop in the works right next to it.

It opened, but I didn't go there until I had to get my wires tightened on day, again for chicken noodle from the Wal-Mart. They had about five Shining Force II's for $40 apiece. Even though Marth said SF2 was better than SF, I was not paying $40 for the sequel of a game I didn't like.

When they were having the "But Two, Get One Free" sale, I was combing the bins for anything that looked interesting. I soon found the price of SF2 had fallen from $40 to a measly $10. I instantly grabbed it and bought it.

The other day, I looked it up on eBay and people are paying $40 for it. I payed just $10 for what all those guys are paying $40 for (I can't say if it's a bad deal or not, because I haven't played enough SF2 to determine if I like it or not)

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About three weeks ago, I bought a Super Scope Receiver, and it came very quickly. It was $4, and the shipping was $4. 8 bucks total.

Two weeks ago, I got a Super Scope. $2 for the gun, $6 for shipping. Another $8. The gun came today. I immediately stuffed it with eight batteries and ran it down to my room. Sadly, it didn't work. Nothing rattled in either of the two, so I was confused and upset.

Then, something hit me. I remembered that in most Zapper games, you had to put the Zapper into the second player slot. So, I stuck the receiver into the second player slot, turned on Tin Star, and got a different screen from when I played with a controller. I fired, and...

BANG BANG BANG!

So, I paid $16 for what everyone else on eBay is paying $35 for! Okay, Falcon's Revenge was $3 (if not, free. I don't remember if I bought Bayou Billy with it, which was the free one in that visit. It's only a buck for a reason), but Tin Star was free because of the "Buy Two, Get One Free" sale

My only disappointment: It doesn't have the aiming piece, and the Cursor button doesn't work in Falcon's Revenge: Aiming is hell in that game without it.

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I really just made this topic for the Super Scope, but felt like saying any other times I can think of when I made off like a bandit.

homer · 09-16-2003, 06:22 PM

Shweet!

(I miss the smileys

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DarkLordYoshi · 09-16-2003, 07:37 PM

Cool.

cell84 · 09-16-2003, 07:41 PM

What?!?! You got Tin Star, Falcons Revenge, SF2 AND a Super Scope?! NO FAIR!!111one But congrats on finding these rare, fun games. (thumbs up)

Introbulus · 09-16-2003, 08:45 PM

Super Scope?!?! Cool! The closest thing I have to a Super Scope is a tiny lego peice that sorta looks like a black Super Scope with holes. I wonder why they stopped making stuff like that for Nintendo...?

homer · 09-16-2003, 09:06 PM

Those were the [FAKE GANGSTA]SHIIZZ NIIZZ MY HOMI[/FAKE GANGSTA]Okay enough of that. But seriously, Those were awesome.

DarkLordYoshi · 09-17-2003, 05:51 AM

They need to make a Zapper or Super Scope-esqe gun for Gamecube.

09-17-2003, 04:07 PM

Damn, I wish I had your luck.

, I was lucky to get Tactics Ogre the Knight of Lodis for $54.99, though at that time, it was really really hard to find.

And while we're on that topic, I'm sure you'll be glad to hear that my gamestop had Ecstasy Star III and only wanted 15 dollars for it, and Phantasy Star IV was 30. [img]smile.gif[/img] If we still had our Genesis, then I would have bought PSIV right there.

Codiekitty · 09-17-2003, 06:05 PM

You should have bought PSIV anyway. $30 is a steal on that game.

Then get another Genesis off of eBay. I owned Blaster Master 2 for almost a year before I got a Genesis, and Blasting Again for a couple of months before a Playstation Anything entered our house (I originally played it on my brother's PS2 when he first got it, then played it for a little bit when I got a PSOne).

Oddly, both scenarios of "Games before system" were both Blaster Master games. Why? I decided to collect a copy of all five Blaster Master games at one point, whether or not I owned the system. Yes, I got them all (and the only one I haven't beaten on the actual thing without a cheat device is BM2, which I have never played on the cartridge).

I looked through my receipts, and as it turns out, Falcon's Revenge was actually $2. The sale had ended when I bought it, but it wasn't $3.

[ September 17, 2003, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: CodieKitty ]

Kramerica · 09-17-2003, 08:35 PM

$16? Wow! Good find. Good prize. Ding!

09-18-2003, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kramerica:
$16? Wow! Good find. Good prize. Ding!

Please tell me you're kidding.

Codiekitty · 09-19-2003, 01:16 PM

^ I'm sure he's serious, and I don't understand why he shouldn't be. $16 for a working Super Scope is damn cheap compared to what it normally sells for these days.

**Dylan** · 09-19-2003, 03:36 PM

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09-19-2003, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CodieKitty:
^ I'm sure he's serious, and I don't understand why he shouldn't be. $16 for a working Super Scope is damn cheap compared to what it normally sells for these days.

16 dollars for a working super scope is a steal.

supperdish · 09-19-2003, 05:02 PM

Darn you. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Great finds though!

Also, how are your braces coming along? I got mine off today!! WWWEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

imported_Jonathan Resop · 09-19-2003, 05:11 PM

Sweet. I never played the SS very much. It always looks rather weird. I still need to get UN Squadron though.-jay

Jathys · 09-19-2003, 07:22 PM

Mmm...chicken noodle....

Codiekitty · 09-20-2003, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Douglas-Scarface lives.:
16 dollars for a working super scope is a steal.

...okay, I'm confused. Just a minute ago, you were acting like $16 for a working Super Scope was a ripoff.

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Here's some comments I have on some of these things:

The Super Scope hurts. It might have just been the way I was holding it (I didn't feel the need to put it on mys shoulder because I didn't have the aiming piece, so I was holding it like a machine gun), but after I beat the Asian guy in Falcon's Revenge, I had to turn it off 'cause my arm was so sore.

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Today, Shining Force II pissed me off for the first time since I've had it. I was playing it this morning, and the phone started ringing. I went to answer it, but didn't recognize the number and didn't answer. After that phone stops ringing, our other line starts. My mom hears that one, answers it, and starts talking to the person on the other line. I wait around to tell her somebody called on the other line, but she was taking WAY too long, so I returned to my game. It's frozen. For some unknown reason, I start tapping the cartridge. All it does is make weird beeping noises come from the TV. I turn it off, waited a few seconds, turn it back on...

"Woops! File 1 has vanished!"

At least I wasn't that far in the game. I was at the scenario where they were ripping up the boat for lumber, and some guy vanished.

[ September 20, 2003, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: CodieKitty ]

Yoshinator · 09-20-2003, 04:03 PM

I never got to use a super scope. I always wanted to play Yoshi's Safari and Falcon's Revenge, but I heard Yoshi's Safari is really easy.

-The Yoshinator

celebi134 · 10-03-2003, 03:10 PM

^^ Weird...this reminds me of some "ACE-?" virus hoax I read about. go to the McAfee or whatever it is Site for more information.

[ October 03, 2003, 03:10 PM: Message edited by: nEwBiE aLeRtOrZz ]

09-16-2003, 05:47 PM	#1
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,143 Thanks: 121 Thanked 174 Times in 120 Posts Points: 46,811.72 Bank: 3,021,450.74 Total Points: 3,068,262.46 Donate	When I first got my braces, I had to get some chicken noodle so I could actually eat something. There was a Wal-Mart on the way to the orthodontist's, so I got some chicken noodle from there. There was a GameStop in the works right next to it. It opened, but I didn't go there until I had to get my wires tightened on day, again for chicken noodle from the Wal-Mart. They had about five Shining Force II's for $40 apiece. Even though Marth said SF2 was better than SF, I was not paying $40 for the sequel of a game I didn't like. When they were having the "But Two, Get One Free" sale, I was combing the bins for anything that looked interesting. I soon found the price of SF2 had fallen from $40 to a measly $10. I instantly grabbed it and bought it. The other day, I looked it up on eBay and people are paying $40 for it. I payed just $10 for what all those guys are paying $40 for (I can't say if it's a bad deal or not, because I haven't played enough SF2 to determine if I like it or not) -------------- About three weeks ago, I bought a Super Scope Receiver, and it came very quickly. It was $4, and the shipping was $4. 8 bucks total. Two weeks ago, I got a Super Scope. $2 for the gun, $6 for shipping. Another $8. The gun came today. I immediately stuffed it with eight batteries and ran it down to my room. Sadly, it didn't work. Nothing rattled in either of the two, so I was confused and upset. Then, something hit me. I remembered that in most Zapper games, you had to put the Zapper into the second player slot. So, I stuck the receiver into the second player slot, turned on Tin Star, and got a different screen from when I played with a controller. I fired, and... BANG BANG BANG! So, I paid $16 for what everyone else on eBay is paying $35 for! Okay, Falcon's Revenge was $3 (if not, free. I don't remember if I bought Bayou Billy with it, which was the free one in that visit. It's only a buck for a reason), but Tin Star was free because of the "Buy Two, Get One Free" sale My only disappointment: It doesn't have the aiming piece, and the Cursor button doesn't work in Falcon's Revenge: Aiming is hell in that game without it. -------------------- I really just made this topic for the Super Scope, but felt like saying any other times I can think of when I made off like a bandit.

09-16-2003, 06:22 PM	#2
homer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Omicron Persei 8 Posts: 3,911 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,612.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 3,112.00 Donate	Shweet! (I miss the smileys )

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DarkLordYoshi Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Gender: Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 593.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,093.00 Donate	Cool.

09-16-2003, 07:41 PM	#4
cell84 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Jai Guru Deva Om Gender: Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,836.38 Bank: 1,359.39 Total Points: 4,195.77 Donate	What?!?! You got Tin Star, Falcons Revenge, SF2 AND a Super Scope?! NO FAIR!!111one But congrats on finding these rare, fun games. (thumbs up)

09-16-2003, 08:45 PM	#5
Introbulus Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Time, Space Posts: 4,159 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 9 Posts Points: 4,827.70 Bank: 1,217.40 Total Points: 6,045.10 Donate	Super Scope?!?! Cool! The closest thing I have to a Super Scope is a tiny lego peice that sorta looks like a black Super Scope with holes. I wonder why they stopped making stuff like that for Nintendo...?

09-16-2003, 09:06 PM	#6
homer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Omicron Persei 8 Posts: 3,911 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,612.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 3,112.00 Donate	Those were the [FAKE GANGSTA]SHIIZZ NIIZZ MY HOMI[/FAKE GANGSTA]Okay enough of that. But seriously, Those were awesome.

09-17-2003, 05:51 AM	#7
DarkLordYoshi Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Gender: Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 593.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,093.00 Donate	They need to make a Zapper or Super Scope-esqe gun for Gamecube.

09-17-2003, 04:07 PM	#8
Sim Kid Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Damn, I wish I had your luck. , I was lucky to get Tactics Ogre the Knight of Lodis for $54.99, though at that time, it was really really hard to find. And while we're on that topic, I'm sure you'll be glad to hear that my gamestop had Ecstasy Star III and only wanted 15 dollars for it, and Phantasy Star IV was 30. [img]smile.gif[/img] If we still had our Genesis, then I would have bought PSIV right there.

09-17-2003, 06:05 PM	#9
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,143 Thanks: 121 Thanked 174 Times in 120 Posts Points: 46,811.72 Bank: 3,021,450.74 Total Points: 3,068,262.46 Donate	You should have bought PSIV anyway. $30 is a steal on that game. Then get another Genesis off of eBay. I owned Blaster Master 2 for almost a year before I got a Genesis, and Blasting Again for a couple of months before a Playstation Anything entered our house (I originally played it on my brother's PS2 when he first got it, then played it for a little bit when I got a PSOne). Oddly, both scenarios of "Games before system" were both Blaster Master games. Why? I decided to collect a copy of all five Blaster Master games at one point, whether or not I owned the system. Yes, I got them all (and the only one I haven't beaten on the actual thing without a cheat device is BM2, which I have never played on the cartridge). I looked through my receipts, and as it turns out, Falcon's Revenge was actually $2. The sale had ended when I bought it, but it wasn't $3. [ September 17, 2003, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: CodieKitty ]

09-17-2003, 08:35 PM	#10
Kramerica Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 154 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 551.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,051.00 Donate	$16? Wow! Good find. Good prize. Ding!

09-19-2003, 01:16 PM	#12
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,143 Thanks: 121 Thanked 174 Times in 120 Posts Points: 46,811.72 Bank: 3,021,450.74 Total Points: 3,068,262.46 Donate	^ I'm sure he's serious, and I don't understand why he shouldn't be. $16 for a working Super Scope is damn cheap compared to what it normally sells for these days.

09-19-2003, 03:36 PM	#13
Dylan Banned Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Teenage Wasteland Gender: Posts: 6,313 Thanks: 969 Thanked 973 Times in 446 Posts Points: 34,626.72 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 34,626.73 Donate	Chouette, Codie! Chouette indeed! ************************************************** Visit Dil's Mario Page! And while you're at it, visit The Official Website of the Action Force 5!

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supperdish Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: +3><@$ Gender: Posts: 4,033 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 6,094.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 6,594.00 Donate	Darn you. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Great finds though! Also, how are your braces coming along? I got mine off today!! WWWEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

09-19-2003, 05:11 PM	#16
imported_Jonathan Resop Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,084.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,084.00 Donate	Sweet. I never played the SS very much. It always looks rather weird. I still need to get UN Squadron though.-jay

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Jathys Newbie Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 529.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,029.00 Donate	Mmm...chicken noodle....

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Yoshinator Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Amherst, MA Posts: 6,778 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,402.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 3,902.00 Donate	I never got to use a super scope. I always wanted to play Yoshi's Safari and Falcon's Revenge, but I heard Yoshi's Safari is really easy. -The Yoshinator

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celebi134 Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Tygex World, An Alternate Reality Gender: Posts: 1,829 Thanks: 13 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,556.00 Bank: 510.00 Total Points: 4,066.00 Donate	^^ Weird...this reminds me of some "ACE-?" virus hoax I read about. go to the McAfee or whatever it is Site for more information. [ October 03, 2003, 03:10 PM: Message edited by: nEwBiE aLeRtOrZz ]