Tag Archives: thrifting

Feels So Good

Posted on January 27, 2017 by hungrygoriya

The Spring-like thaw we saw in my area over the last week or two seems to have pushed some people into a pseudo spring cleaning mode! There has been a surge of used games showing up in thrift shops, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chuck mangione, demo disc, dragon quest, dragon quest viii, dragon warrior, feels so good, game boy advance, game collecting, japanese magazine, joe & mac, king of the hill, king's quest vi, kiwi kraze, legend of legaia, nes, new zealand story, nintendo entertainment system, playstation, playstation 1, playstation 2, ps1, ps2, retro games, sim, sim ant, sim city, sim earth, spyro, spyro collector's edition, spyro the dragon, tales of phantasia, the flintstones, thrifting, treasure of sierra madrock | 44 Comments

Five Dollar Awesomeness

Posted on November 11, 2016 by hungrygoriya

I went thrift shopping the other day since my best friend had come for a visit and hadn’t been to a thrift shop in some time. After finding her an Ugly Christmas Sweater for her pending annual Ugly Christmas Sweater … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged earthbound, four player action, game collecting, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, nintendo power, nintendo power poster, psp, retro games, thrifting | 22 Comments

Acknowledging Regrets: Pokemon Snap

Posted on August 31, 2016 by hungrygoriya

Last I left you all, I had been going on about how there was a copy of Pokemon Snap in the glass case at Value Village for $20. I had lamented about its cost and swore that I’d never buy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged assholes, game collecting, N64, nintendo 64, pokemon, retro games, thrifting | 14 Comments

Answering Ads: Pokemon Gold and Crystal

Posted on August 27, 2016 by hungrygoriya

I scour classifieds ads daily since good things tend to come out of the woodwork on a regular basis, especially when approaching the weekend. Last night, a person had put up about 15 ads for boxed Game Boy Colour games, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged game boy, game boy color, game boy colour, game collecting, nintendo, pokemon, pokemon crystal, pokemon go, pokemon gold, pokemon silver, pokemon snap, retro games, thrifting | 7 Comments

The Retro Gods Giveth – Kirby, Yoshi and The Simpsons

Posted on August 11, 2016 by hungrygoriya

The N64 console is not something I grew up playing, so I don’t have a lot of nostalgic attachment to it or its games, but I know that the system did have some successful installments in big-name franchises that I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged crystal shards, game collecting, hock shop, kirby, N64, nes, nintendo 64, nintendo entertainment system, retro games, simpsons, space mutants, the simpson's, thrifting, yoshi, yoshi's story | 12 Comments

Dabbling in Emulation: Xbox Softmod

Posted on August 10, 2016 by hungrygoriya

At Value Village the other day, my boyfriend and I were disappointed to find a whole bunch of extremely overpriced consoles in the glass case. $99 for an NES? $99 for a Wii with some virtual console games on it? … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arcade machine, coinops, emulation, hotswap, neo turf masters, softmod, softmod xbox, super burger time, thrifting, xbox | 3 Comments

Classifieds Finds: GameCube + Accessories

Posted on July 20, 2016 by hungrygoriya

My boyfriend and I were perusing video game ads on the local buy and sell site last night, and lo and behold… there was a GameCube for sale for $20. At first glance with no controllers or games and no … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged classifieds, game boy, game boy advance, game boy color, game boy colour, game boy player, game collecting, gamecube, retro games, super mario sunshine, thrifting | 10 Comments

Hock Shop Madness: More Zelda and Some Pokemon!

Posted on July 1, 2016 by hungrygoriya

First and foremost, happy Canada Day! Right now it’s raining where I live, but I’m hoping that the weather clears up for the fireworks display later this evening. There’s nothing quite like watching fireworks over a beautiful lake. Onwards! A … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged game boy advance, game collecting, gamecube, pokemon, pokemon ruby, retro games, thrifting, wind waker, zelda | 17 Comments

Thrift Store/Hock Shop Purchases

Posted on June 22, 2016 by hungrygoriya

After finding those GameCube Harvest Moon games while yard sale-ing this past weekend, it got me thinking about which other Harvest Moon games I wanted to pick up in the near future. Magical Melody was crossed off my list, but … Continue reading →

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Thrifting Gems

Posted on June 15, 2016 by hungrygoriya

Yesterday I paid a late-day visit to one of the local thrift shops and found a few games there. You may recall that I recently picked up a pretty poor condition Mario Kart 64, complete with dog bites. Well, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged game collecting, N64, PC, retro games, thrifting | 2 Comments

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