I just hit the motherlode

I went to Gamestop yesterday looking to get a copy of Hyper Lode Runner for Game Boy that I had seen there the week before.

The current manager told me that all of the old Game Boy games were 75% off, in addition to the 10% for having their discount card. Apparently the previous manager had been using his position to have all the other Gamestops send their Game Boy games sent to his store so he could pick out the ones he wanted for himself.

The store had 3 large boxes worth of games. According to their inventory, they had 172 copies of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Game Boy Color game, 50+ of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, and 30+ copies of Pokemon Pinball. I bought 112 games (only a few of them are duplicates my brother wanted), and it made no noticeable difference in their stock. The grand total for my purchase was approximately $85. The transaction was so big that it crashed their system, and forced them to redo it as two separate transactions.

Here's a crappy picture of everything stacked together (I hate camera phones):


And here's the receipt:


I'm sure more than a few of the games are crap, but for the price, hey, why not give them a shot.

List!

Original Game Boy:
Alleyway
Arcade Classics 1: Asteroids & Missile Command
Arcade Classics 4: Defender & Joust
Baseball
Bases Loaded
Batman
Battle Arena Toshinden x2
Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure
Blades of Steel
Bomberman GB
Chase HQ
Cosmotank
Crystal Quest
Cyraid
Daedalian Opus
Dexterity
Double Dragon
Dr Franken
F1 Race
Game & Watch Gallery
Go! Go! Tank
Golf x2
HAL Wrestling
Hatris
Heianky Alien
High Stake Gambling
In Your Face (Bought solely for the title)
Jeep Jamboree Off-Road Adventure
Killer Instinct
Klax
Kwirk
Marble Madness
Metal Masters
Mickey's Dangerous Chase
Micro Machines
Monster Truck Wars
Mortal Kombat 3
Motocross Madness
NBA All-Star Challenge
Nemesis x2
NFL Football
Ninja Boy
Ninja Boy 2
Operation C
Out of Gas
Paperboy x2
PGA Tour '96
Play Action Football
Prophecy: Viking Child
Radar Mission
Rampart
Revemge of the Gator
Ring Rage
Robocop
Robocop 2
Samurai Shodown
Serpent
Side Pocket
Skate or Die: Tour De Thrash
Snoopy's Magic Show
Solar Striker
Speedball 2
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Super Chase HQ
Super Off Road
Super RC Pro AM
Tecmo Bowl
Tennis
The Adventures of Star Saver
The Chessmaster
Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break
True Lies
Turok: Battle of the Bionosaurs
Turrican
Urban Strike
Vegas Stakes
Wave Race
WWF Super Stars

Game Boy Color (Black Cartridges):
Frogger
Game & Watch Gallery 2
Grand Theft Auto
Midway Arcade Hits: Joust & Defender
Midway Arcade Hits: Moon Patrol & Spy Hunter
Montezuma's Return
Mortal Kombat 4
Pocket Bomberman
R-Type DX
Shadowgate Classic x2
Wings of Fury

Game Boy Color (Clear Cartridges):
Aliens: Thanatos Encounter
Bionic Commando
Deja Vu 1 & 2
GTA 2
Klax
Marble Madness
Mega Man Xtreme 2
Pokemon Puzzle League
Rampage 2: Universal Tour
Rampart
Rayman
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories

Game Boy Color (Rumble Cartridges):
3D Ultra Pinball
Hole in One Golf
Perfect Dark
Pokemon Pinball
The Little Mermaid 2: Pinball Frenzy (What? Its Pinball)
Top Gear Pocket

Original Game Boy:
Batman
Daedalian Opus
Double Dragon
Game & Watch Gallery
Mickey's Dangerous Chase
Motocross Madness
Nemesis x2
Operation C
Robocop 2
Solar Striker
Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break
The Adventures of Star Saver

Game Boy Color:
Frogger
Game & Watch Gallery 2
R-Type DX
Pokemon Pinball

Are, imo, the best/most playable games out of them all (though I haven't played all). I've never even heard of some, like Out of Gas. And Cyraid's definitely not as cool as the cover art would lead you to believe. Otherwise, decent haul.

No love for "In Your Face"?

Figured it'd be a basketball game.


I'd prefer a 'Not in the Face' title for a game, though.

Yeah, its a shitty basketball ball game from 1990.

I found an "in your face" under the backseat of a car I bought a long time ago..

Motocross Madness is a fun time waster.

Dude excellent find.

you spent more time typing out the list than you'll spend playing the games.
I bought about 100+ music cds when they were getting rid of their music
for less than 80 cents each.
it was a great receipt too.
other notable purchases was when they were clearing out NGpc games for around 5-10 bucks.
got about 10-12 games then.
good times.

GBC Bionic Commando is amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing.

Where is the Kwirk love? That was a GREAT puzzle game. Also, how is the lode runner? I love that series on c64.

Sadly, Hyper Lode Runner, the reason I went there in the first place, was already gone. I can't even find a rom of it.

rarehero said:

you spent more time typing out the list than you'll spend playing the games.
I bought about 100+ music cds when they were getting rid of their music
for less than 80 cents each.
it was a great receipt too.
other notable purchases was when they were clearing out NGpc games for around 5-10 bucks.
got about 10-12 games then.
good times.

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The last big haul I got from a Gamestop was a few years ago when they were cleaning out their N-Gage stuff. I don't think I payed more than a couple dollars each for brand new, still shrink-wrapped games.

T.A.P. said:

The last big haul I got from a Gamestop was a few years ago when they were cleaning out their N-Gage stuff. I don't think I payed more than a couple dollars each for brand new, still shrink-wrapped games.

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I still have some ngage stuff that was clearanced.
I don't remember opening any of it.
just kind of threw it all in a box somewhere,
it's wasting space on a shelf back at my folks.

Eh, overall it isn't that great, but it has a few good games on it.

Any chance you'd sell Ninja Boy 2? I have the box/instructions...just need the game to complete it.

Jon

Looks like a great lot of games. That's an instant collection right there.

All the Gamestops that I've been too already cleared their stock of gb and gbc.

Jon said:

Any chance you'd sell Ninja Boy 2? I have the box/instructions...just need the game to complete it.

Jon

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Maybe. I want to test it out to see if I like it. I'll let you know.

Holy crap thats impressive, works out 75c a game! For that price I'd have been tempted to buy their entire stock and sell it on eBay.

I don't know, I think you'd have trouble selling 172 copies of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories.

Awesome haul! Wish I could find a store with GB games. If you ever want to sell some of them let me know. I'm desperate for some of those titles!

Man very lucky you are indeed! What a steal!