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I just found a MINT copies of Leisure Suit Larry 5 (3.5 floppy VGA ver) and Mech Commander at Goodwill. They were tucked in with all the board games and puzzles. Seems my Goodwill thinks PC games are puzzles based on the size of the boxes. Got them for $1.99 each!

I'll post pictures of them later, since I'm at work and the boxes are at home.

Very cool!
Yeah that's where I found the monopoly game I posted. It seems goodwill employees don't know the difference between big box computer games and board games.

Sometimes you can find other cool stuff too, I just recently found a Tournament 2000 game console (1977) by Unisonic (Basically Pong), Blip a handheld pong game from 1977 by Tomi and Computer Chess (1979) by Conic. Blip and Computer chess are in the original boxes.

I also just recently scored a vintage Zenith portable television set (I payed 49 cents, can you believe it?!) from 1976 to play the Tournament 2000 on.

But yeah I'll refrain from posting pics of those since this is about software. 😜

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I've started combing goodwill shops again for old pc games and gear. Not much of anything in the retro department to report so far. There used to a bunch of discount movie-music-game places with big wire bins crammed filled that if you took the time you usually found cool stuff for cheap, but that sort of place seems to have vanished.

I found a copy of Jurassic Park: Trespasser not so long ago (jewel case+disc only). But I'll probably just toss it onto eBay.

If you're unfamiliar with the game, this Let's Play is well worth your time – even the abridged version. Dude has the voice of an angel.

i'd want to see trespasser at AGDQ 😜

Keep your eyes open guys, I just found a box of floppy disks containing the following games:

Oh No More Lemmings!
Hostage : The Resque Mission
Star Quake
Fighting For Rome
Dig Dug
Outrun
Ninja Gaiden
Golf
Mission : Attack demo disk (LHX Attack chopper, 688 Attack sub, Sturmovik)
Ticket To Win Demo Disk (Indianapolis 500 : The simulation, John Madden's Football, PGA Tour Golf)
Spectrum Holobyte 3 Game Sampler Disks (Stund Driver, Faces, Falcon 3.0)
and other misc stuff...

I payed 99 cents a jewel case and 99 cents for that whole box of floppies (Approximately 50 floppies)

I also picked up copies of:

(Jewel Cases)
Lode Runner 94 : The Legend Returns
Warcraft : Orcs and Humans
PYST (Parody of MYST)
King's Quest VI : Heir Today, Gone Tommarow

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The Bought these games today thread is full of awesome pickups and thrifting scores.

Also there's the LGR Thrifts series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbBZM9 … ofBZmDBuqNPnCdt - Plenty of motivation to get out there and scour your local charity stores for gems!

Oh good point! How did I miss that thread?
Except this thread is a tad different in that it specifies non online purchases.
I think random finds are much more exciting. 😀

Also yes I am subscribed to LGR I've watched all the videos he has made multiple times. (I also have watched Roadgeek (Since he is a fellow Packard enthusiast 😜 ), Uxwbill and MetalJesusRocks)

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The Windows game or the BAD ACTING Dos game? 🤣

I've had some nice finds at my local Goodwills over the past months or so.

Where In Time is Carmen Sandiego? (new, sealed)
Microsoft Office 97 Professional (new, sealed)
Microsoft Publisher 95 (new, sealed)

Each one was $5.

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Just found some more stuff today guys. Boxed copies (mint condition) of The Adventures of Willy Beamish (1992) and Redneck Rampage (1997). I payed 3$ each.

Goodwill typical destroys vintage gear for the metal value (even though the base value for the metal is at multi year lows) so what little they put out isn't that great.

That's true, but I still find good software there. 😜

My particular goodwill doesn't have anything to do with computers, they don't sell them or anything which is a shame because I love looking over vintage computer hardware.

Goodwill typical destroys vintage gear for the metal value (even though the base value for the metal is at multi year lows) so what little they put out isn't that great.

Not to get off topic, but in the Los Angeles / OC area (and quite possibly far beyond), all the Goodwill stores send all of their computer equipment to the Goodwill Computer Works in Santa Ana. They mostly have Pentium 4 stuff, but lately I've seen some Core 2 machines making their way onto the shelves. It's a great place to stock up on old PATA drives for cheap!

I've only seen one really old computer there, though: a Macintosh SE FDHD, so it seems they will put them out for sale if they have them. The guy I spoke with told me that they just don't see early '90s stuff anymore. 😢

I occasionally see old network gear and software, too; a shrinkwrapped full version of NT Workstation 4.0 being the latest example.

Anyway, that's why I never bother to stop into random Goodwills I see when driving - I know all of their computer stuff gets immediately sent straight to the Computer Works.