Weirdest games you found in the bargain bin

08-05-25 02:00 PM

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So I was at this thrift store the other day and ended up grabbing this super random PS2 puzzle game about trains for like a dollar. It actually turned out kinda fun lol. Its always wild to see all those obscure titles you never hear about just chillin in the discount bins. Whats the weirdest or most random game youve picked up dirt cheap? Did it turn out to be a hidden gem or total trash? Share your bargain bin stories

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10-06-25 08:12 PM

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I picked up pokemon Leaf Green for like 4 euros at some flea market near my grandparents' place. At this point I had never played a Kanto game so it was a completely new region to explore. I knew a lot of the pokemon already though.

I also picked up this dinosaur game where you could choose your dinosaur and then you had to grow, develop your skills and fight other dinosaurs to survive. I was a dinosaur kind of guy growing up so kid me thought it was the coolest thing ever! Probably won't hold up by modern standard and I don't even remember the name of the game, so it will always be that cool dinosaur game in my mind

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10-07-25 10:22 PM

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A couple years ago I was at Anime NYC and there's this one store that imports things from Japan and sells them for way cheaper than they would cost to get them normally. I found a copy of the original NI No Kuni game for the DS. It came with a special box and an art book, and it was never released in America and I was able to get it for like $25. Definitely not a game I ever expected to find while shopping in NYC.

A couple years ago I was at Anime NYC and there's this one store that imports things from Japan and sells them for way cheaper than they would cost to get them normally. I found a copy of the original NI No Kuni game for the DS. It came with a special box and an art book, and it was never released in America and I was able to get it for like $25. Definitely not a game I ever expected to find while shopping in NYC.

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01-22-26 02:59 PM

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I've gotten all kinds of random games. Most of mine were cheap from second-hand stores. There's a few I had really good memories of, one of them being Fire Emblem 7, also just known as "Fire Emblem" in the US. There's a lot of smaller games I enjoyed as well that are still in my collection, just that I don't remember all of them quite as well. I should check back on them - I know the Harry Potter JRPGs were pretty good, as well.

I've gotten all kinds of random games. Most of mine were cheap from second-hand stores. There's a few I had really good memories of, one of them being Fire Emblem 7, also just known as "Fire Emblem" in the US. There's a lot of smaller games I enjoyed as well that are still in my collection, just that I don't remember all of them quite as well. I should check back on them - I know the Harry Potter JRPGs were pretty good, as well.

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04-29-26 06:31 PM

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I wouldn't know where to start, I get alot of my games second hand. But when I was volunteering at a thrift store several years back and Vintage Lane was being set up there were like three copies of the ET Atari game....though seeing any video game in an antique store is enough to make my hair go grey

I wouldn't know where to start, I get alot of my games second hand. But when I was volunteering at a thrift store several years back and Vintage Lane was being set up there were like three copies of the ET Atari game....though seeing any video game in an antique store is enough to make my hair go grey

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07-31-26 05:00 PM

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I'm pretty sure my first exposure to Crash Bandicoot was Crash Bash, which I know we got out of the bargain bin some time after release. I'd call it "weird" at the time at least, since it was my first exposure to the IP, and since it's nothing like the rest of the titles and is a pretty blatant ripoff of the then-popular Mario Party games... but the developers still clearly tried really hard to make something fun and unique. Funny enough I still really love that game to this day and wish they'd rerelease it lol

I'm pretty sure my first exposure to Crash Bandicoot was Crash Bash, which I know we got out of the bargain bin some time after release. I'd call it "weird" at the time at least, since it was my first exposure to the IP, and since it's nothing like the rest of the titles and is a pretty blatant ripoff of the then-popular Mario Party games... but the developers still clearly tried really hard to make something fun and unique. Funny enough I still really love that game to this day and wish they'd rerelease it lol

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