So while we were on vacation I noticed over at CAG that Gamestop was having a used game sale. A buy two get one free deal, and you could also get free shipping. And since the Wii has backward compatibility with the Gamecube system I loaded up on some old Gamecube games that I had always wanted to play but never gotten. I managed to pick up the Price of Persia: Warrior Within and Prince of Persia: Two Thrones, the second and third installments of the Prince of Persia series (I had played the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time a long time ago and really enjoyed the puzzle aspect of the game). I also picked up the Zela Four Swords game, as well as Spider-Man 2, X-Men Legends 2 and another random Batman game. In addition for the PS2 I got Rayman 2, Mark of Kri and Rise of Kasai. All these could be mine for the low low price of under $50. Now given they way Gamestop assigns the free game I had to place multiple orders (instead of assigning the free game as next most expensive, it would always pick the current cheapest game), but that was okay since I also choose the basic shipping option (which with an online coupon was free), and according to the shipping description it would take over a week or more for the games to arrive (they claimed 2-5 days for processing and 5 days for standard shipping). So imagine my surprise when we arrived home on Sunday night and all the games were sitting there on our doorstep. Looks like I have enough games to keep me entertained for a while. And considering how costly some of the new Wii releases can be I'm surprise more people aren't opting to locate some of the better Gamecube games.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Used Games Bonanza
So while we were on vacation I noticed over at CAG that Gamestop was having a used game sale. A buy two get one free deal, and you could also get free shipping. And since the Wii has backward compatibility with the Gamecube system I loaded up on some old Gamecube games that I had always wanted to play but never gotten. I managed to pick up the Price of Persia: Warrior Within and Prince of Persia: Two Thrones, the second and third installments of the Prince of Persia series (I had played the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time a long time ago and really enjoyed the puzzle aspect of the game). I also picked up the Zela Four Swords game, as well as Spider-Man 2, X-Men Legends 2 and another random Batman game. In addition for the PS2 I got Rayman 2, Mark of Kri and Rise of Kasai. All these could be mine for the low low price of under $50. Now given they way Gamestop assigns the free game I had to place multiple orders (instead of assigning the free game as next most expensive, it would always pick the current cheapest game), but that was okay since I also choose the basic shipping option (which with an online coupon was free), and according to the shipping description it would take over a week or more for the games to arrive (they claimed 2-5 days for processing and 5 days for standard shipping). So imagine my surprise when we arrived home on Sunday night and all the games were sitting there on our doorstep. Looks like I have enough games to keep me entertained for a while. And considering how costly some of the new Wii releases can be I'm surprise more people aren't opting to locate some of the better Gamecube games.
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