Tiny Diggers – An iPad Construction Truck Game for Kids Age 2-5

This week’s haul may be the best yet. I was out very early today taking my daughter to her dance class and I passed a large garage sale. Knowing that it was a good idea to stop, I did, and my eyes caught the gamer’s table immediately. Two PlayStations were on top of the table, but I hadn’t noticed them yet. I had my hands on the crate beneath that was full of PS1 and Ps2 games. Before looking at what was there, I asked if I could make an offer for the lot. While the parents there scrambled to find their boy gamer, I fanned through the PS1 longboxes and double-disc cases, PS2 games, Xbox games, and even a Wii game.

I offered him $20 for the lot, and he took it. Taking a closer look I noticed Time Crisis and immediately looked around for Guncons. There were two on the table at a dollar each, so I took those too. While my daughter danced in class minutes later, I took inventory.

There are 35 pieces in the lot altogether. The jewel of the batch is most probably the near mint complete black label copy of Square’s RPG Vagrant Story. That game alone should more than cover the purchase. I expect the PS1 longboxes to draw some attention as well, particularly the somewhat obscure Jumping Flash!. I’ll try to sell one Guncon with Time Crisis and another with Point Blank. The Wii game is Cake Mania: In The Mix, which doesn’t interest me but is recent enough to sell. The Xbox games are pretty worthless, Halo and Star Wars Episode III. There’s also about a dozen sports games here including Cool Boarders and NFL Blitz which I’ll likely have to sell in a remainder lot. The rest of the games are popular but common titles like SOCOM, Gran Turismo 3 and a couple of Jak games, things like that. Rounding out the last few are some demo compilations and even an empty box or two.

Later today I bought what seems to be a broken Model 1 Sega Genesis for $15, but I may be able to fix it. On the bright side it had two working components I needed for my previous Model 1 from last weekend, so between the two of them I have at least one that works perfectly. And again, with a little multimeter and solder action I may have two. Either way, now I can sell my Model 2.