The dust has settled, now to sort thru the picks!Buy 2 Get 2 Free EndedIt has been a very busy over two weeks for me! I bought the uncommon hard to find games the week before, in anticipation of the sale. I even refunded and repurchased some games that were just over the seven day window. The Buy 2 Get 2 Free was a price match deal. For example if one game cost 20 dollars and your second purchase was three dollars, the two freebies had to cost three dollars or less each. On top of hunting for complete disc based games with cases and manuals, the logistics involved of finding all the games I liked vs the free matched price values. I ended up making a sweep of several local Gamestops, price matching the freebies as I gained enough. GBA carts were tough to find, but I did manage to track down a few great ones.

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How far will an OCD collector travelI could not have timed a vacation any better. It just so happened to fall on the same week as the Gamestop sale. I already cleaned out most the local Gamestops the week before in anticipation of the sale. I hit a remote small town Gamestop on the way to San Francisco and picked up some real winners! Also found a Gamestop in San Jose worthy of the
Retro Store Listing. A huge store that has six full basket displays full PS2 games! The employee mentioned they had eight baskets at the beginning of the week. The eye opener was the fact that most of the games were complete in original cases, manuals and cover inserts. I even found a 99¢ game complete in the case with a crisp game manual!

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My Finds - Over 50 games!
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME, THIS IS BEYOND OCD RIDICULOUS!I love the online Gamestop site search! A night before plan for the next days game runs. Luckily Gamestop has a seven day window on refunds, a simple matter of refund and repurchasing to get all the freebies. I'll post as I test the games with info of each game along with
my usual include link for others to help in their search. Some of my previous purchases I already posted, became freebies this week!


Here is the first pic, some GBA games. Three I already own, included here for the History interest. The
98 in 1 GBA cart is a Hong Kong special, a ton of GBC full games. Yes that many GBC games packed in there along with GBA
Warioware 4. No battery which means no saves though. But it does have an in game hidden Menu that offers rapid fire and instant non power off access to any game. No need to reboot.
GBA Mario vs Donkey Kong - $19.99http://www.gamestop.com/gba/games/mario-vs-donkey-kong/32950I have been keeping an eye on this one. Not too many twenty dollar GBA carts catch me to purchase. I already own the grey
GB Donkey Kong 94. Both of these games get their roots from the original Arcade Donkey Kong. In addition to Mario climbing stairs and jumping, there are new moves and a goal of getting a key to unlock the next level. Jumping on buttons to turn on and off walls, ladder and platforms. One of the best platform games for the GBA!
GBA Donkey Kong Country - $19.99 FREEhttp://www.gamestop.com/gba/games/donkey-kong-country/26316The classic SNES game right in the portable, very clean looking. I am so tempted to get the other two GBA versions as well. The GBA version has extras compared to the original. There is a couple of extra mini games. A fishing game and a match the
Bust a Groove/Move dancers
Parappa the Rapper style.
GBA Castlevania Double Pack - $9.99http://216.39.86.61/gba/games/castlevania-aria-harmony-2-pack/41775Two Castlevanias in one rare cart! Both
Harmony of Dissonance and
Aria of Sorrow are in this cart! Any Castlevania fan has got to get this one. I love the strobe affect when your character jumps or does L and R attacks. Is
God of War weapon of choice inspired by those chains?
Crap, the battery is dead. I'll have to solder a new one in. A hopeless hope, will the GBA recharge the internal cart battery?
GBA Pinball of the Dead - $2.99http://www.gamestop.com/gba/games/pinball-of-the-dead-used/32204The purple one on the bottom right, I already own the big font labeled version. Strange there are two different labels, maybe a revision in the game somewhere? House of the dead Fans will love this one, even has the great cheesy voices. A very good pinball game, choose green or red blood splatter.
