What's Your Biggest Gaming Get?

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Question: What is your biggest gaming get? What is the best deal you've got on a game purchase?

http://kotaku.com/5055662/whats-your-biggest-gaming-get

[steve520]

hmmm...best gaming get ive had quite a few...

I got my wii a few weeks after it came out for 200 bucks. Cuz someone didnt want it. It included 5 games and 2 controllers too.

I got a free slimline PS2 from someone who didn't want it.

Bought a entire guitar hero 2 set for 25 bucks

just a few lol......

[quzar]

I got the only known copy of Speedster II (http://www.atarihq.com/reviews/jaguar/speedster_2.html) to ever have been put into circulation for free. It was being thrown away at an auction I was at. Saw the Jaguar strapped to the inside of one of those little kiddy rides and decided to pull the cart out. Didn't know what it was at the time, but the guy there said I could have it for having helped him move some machine earlier. Turns out they sell for 300-500 USD.

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Definetly my biggest gaming get.

[pimpmaul69]

i repair video game systems and i work out of a video game store. i got a sealed tengen tetris for the nes, a cased and booked custers revenge for the atari, a boxed princess tomato for nes, boxed lolo 1,2 and 3 and several other boxed nes games for a grand total of 5 dollars. that is the best purchase i had done of all of the great deals i have gotten

[newb_fo_life]

Meh,I got a g9 for 50 euro,saw it in shop called peats,100 euro there :P

[dejkirkby]

I got a PS3 for free. (with a phone contract)

[mike_jmg]

Back in the day I got a snes for around 600 mexican pesos (10 mexican pesos = 1 dollar) back then they were going for around 1200 mexican pesos, at least here in my city

Another one
my broken 360 at least here I got it cheap, cause here they're going for 4600 mexican pesos (460 bucks, yes I know it is a stupidly high price but the worst part is that is true). Well I got it in exchange for my phat psp and 50 bucks for the repair

[Eviltaco64]

An Xbox for $10.
Or a Gamecube for free.

[____anders____]

I got the only known copy of Speedster II (http://www.atarihq.com/reviews/jaguar/speedster_2.html) to ever have been put into circulation for free. It was being thrown away at an auction I was at. Saw the Jaguar strapped to the inside of one of those little kiddy rides and decided to pull the cart out. Didn't know what it was at the time, but the guy there said I could have it for having helped him move some machine earlier. Turns out they sell for 300-500 USD.

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Definetly my biggest gaming get.

oh damn, you take the prize :D
i just buy the consoles and mod them to get the games for free, but i bought an atari 2600 with 8 games and 2 joysticks for less than 10 USD a few years back :) they're really expensive now. .:D

[gutbub]

I don't think I've gotten a good deal on any games. Well, about a year ago, I got a dreamcast and about 40 games, for less than $100.

But my favorite thing involving games I ever did was, a few summers ago, I bought a game in the beginning of summer. Then every week, I would go back to gamestop, a trade it for another. It was like having unlimited one week rentals all summer long.

[osgeld]

dunno, theres a few in my history

got a 32x for 10$ brand new ... course so did everyone else

got a atari 5200 from one of my bosses, still in its original packing (plastic over the chrome, foam, ect,ect,ect) it probably was bought super cheap and plopped in the closet

got my psp for free from a buddy, his bro knocked it off a dresser and busted it, i fixed it, its still my only psp

and theres a whole slew of computers, but were not talking about trs 80's are we

[alanparker05]

A snes with 27 games, 3 controllers and a super scope which i found in a skip... i was walking my dogs and someone was moving home and rented a skip for all the junk, i saw the box for mortal kombat under some plaster board, did some digging and found the rest

[phsychokill]

not realy a gaming get but I got £100 for my PSP box when they came out as people on ebay didnt read the descriptions.

other than that I got time crisis 4 with gun for £20 instead of £60 due to people at stores not checking prices on price match bbecause they knew of the offer I was getting matched that didnt actualy include the game.

[Broonale]

28 Atari Jaguar CD add-on drives for $10 to $18 each that needed very little in the way of refurbing.

[dejkirkby]

not realy a gaming get but I got £100 for my PSP box when they came out as people on ebay didnt read the descriptions.



People who use this con really piss me off.

[MicroNut]

Sega CDX for $20...
came with everything including the box in great condition.

[SupRay]

I got a R.O.B. the robot (NES) for $10 fixed him up and now he works as good as new (however good that was).

After about two levels of Gyromite I get board of the game and turn it off.

I also got the Power Glove, can't remember how I got it so I am guessing it didn't cost me much if anything.