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Title: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Tupin on October 27, 2008, 07:24:21 PM
This could either be good or bad.

I saw a guy on Craigslist try to sell a normal NES with Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt and Mario 3 for $150.  :|

But I also got a brand new in box Genesis for $35 that I can tell was never used.  :)
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Triforceman22 on October 29, 2008, 04:57:21 PM
I found Sonic adventure 2 battle for 8$
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Tupin on October 29, 2008, 05:26:19 PM
Quote from: Triforceman22 on October 29, 2008, 04:57:21 PM
I found Sonic adventure 2 battle for 8$
Pretty good deal...
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Level_9_Chao on October 29, 2008, 07:44:33 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on October 29, 2008, 05:26:19 PM
Quote from: Triforceman22 on October 29, 2008, 04:57:21 PM
I found Sonic adventure 2 battle for 8$
Pretty good deal...

Yeah, I got Heroes for 12 so you beat me both ways. :-X
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Shujinco2 on October 30, 2008, 01:36:06 PM
A dreamcast for $15.00 with MVC2 and JGR, and a few others I can't remember.

Sold 5 minuites after seeing it. :(
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Kaz on October 31, 2008, 11:54:25 PM
every price for FF7

because they're all ridiculous
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Tupin on November 01, 2008, 10:11:44 AM
Quote from: Kaz on October 31, 2008, 11:54:25 PM
every price for FF7

because they're all ridiculous
I once saw a guy try to sell a copy of FF7 for $300 for he reluctantly lowered it down to $150 and refused to lower it any lower.
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Triforceman22 on November 01, 2008, 05:15:16 PM
I also saw Spyro 3 for 15$
And a Playstation for 10$ at the same store.

So I bought it. :P
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Nayrman on November 01, 2008, 06:41:20 PM
Oh yea, I saw some cool stuff at Anime Weekend Atlanta in September (I just remembered now).
Dreamcast for 100 bucks, but no real good games (only JGR for fifteen bucks), so I didn't want it
Sega Saturn for 70 bucks, but the onlny game for it was Sonic R (which I've played already, not to mention I don't care for the Saturn).
Oh, the most interesting thing I saw was a JAPANESE SUPER METROID for the Super Famicom for thirty bucks...it was freakin sweet, but the SNES is region locked, so it wouldn't work on my SNES so I passed it up...
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Tupin on November 01, 2008, 07:33:23 PM
Quote from: Nayrman on November 01, 2008, 06:41:20 PM
Oh yea, I saw some cool stuff at Anime Weekend Atlanta in September (I just remembered now).
Dreamcast for 100 bucks, but no real good games (only JGR for fifteen bucks), so I didn't want it
Sega Saturn for 70 bucks, but the onlny game for it was Sonic R (which I've played already, not to mention I don't care for the Saturn).
Oh, the most interesting thing I saw was a JAPANESE SUPER METROID for the Super Famicom for thirty bucks...it was freakin sweet, but the SNES is region locked, so it wouldn't work on my SNES so I passed it up...
SNES isn't region locked, the cartridges are physically different, but the software is the same.

All that prevents a Japanese game from working in an American SNES is two blocks in the cartridge slot that can be removed. You might be able to use a SNES Game Genie, but don't quote me on that. I slso found a site where they have it for $9.

Oh, and I passed up a CD-i today for $8 because I didn't have any money and that the thing must weigh as much as two or three PS3s.  :D
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Friendly Hostile on November 02, 2008, 12:54:30 PM
The fact that Conker's Bad Fur Day still costs, at the very least, the same as most new games.
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Tupin on November 02, 2008, 01:08:40 PM
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on November 02, 2008, 12:54:30 PM
The fact that Conker's Bad Fur Day still costs, at the very least, the same as most new games.
Loose, I see it around here on occasion for around $20. Pretty good for a game that had a small print run. Boxed however, it goes into around $60-$70 territory, and for some reason when factory sealed ones go up for sale, they usually go for about $100-$120.
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Friendly Hostile on November 02, 2008, 01:21:45 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on November 02, 2008, 01:08:40 PM
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on November 02, 2008, 12:54:30 PM
The fact that Conker's Bad Fur Day still costs, at the very least, the same as most new games.
Loose, I see it around here on occasion for around $20. Pretty good for a game that had a small print run. Boxed however, it goes into around $60-$70 territory, and for some reason when factory sealed ones go up for sale, they usually go for about $100-$120.
I can never find it around here.  I'd buy it used without a box for 20 bucks so long as it worked.
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Tupin on November 02, 2008, 01:39:37 PM
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on November 02, 2008, 01:21:45 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on November 02, 2008, 01:08:40 PM
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on November 02, 2008, 12:54:30 PM
The fact that Conker's Bad Fur Day still costs, at the very least, the same as most new games.
Loose, I see it around here on occasion for around $20. Pretty good for a game that had a small print run. Boxed however, it goes into around $60-$70 territory, and for some reason when factory sealed ones go up for sale, they usually go for about $100-$120.
I can never find it around here.  I'd buy it used without a box for 20 bucks so long as it worked.
N64 games are common around here, so are PS1 games. My town seems to have been split 50/50 on PS1/N64 ownership.

The only thing is, you can go into a store and buy rare N64 games, but rare PS1 games, forget about it.
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: SkyMyl on November 02, 2008, 07:25:18 PM
This (http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/longimmortal_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ) page.

Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on November 01, 2008, 07:33:23 PM
SNES isn't region locked, the cartridges are physically different, but the software is the same.
Isn't there an adapter to fit PAL and Famicom cartridges into an American SNES?
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: Tupin on November 06, 2008, 02:48:53 PM
Quote from: MasterYoungLink on November 02, 2008, 07:25:18 PM
This (http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/longimmortal_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ) page.

Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on November 01, 2008, 07:33:23 PM
SNES isn't region locked, the cartridges are physically different, but the software is the same.
Isn't there an adapter to fit PAL and Famicom cartridges into an American SNES?
Several adapters, or you can get a clone system like Retro Duo to play it.

The problem with using a Game Genie as an adapter is that later SNES games refused to boot if they were booted with a Game Genie.

If you look inside an American SNES's cartridge port, you'll see two plastic blocks preventing you from putting a Super Famicom game in it. Some people open up their SNES's and remove these blocks, which will allow foreign games to work. Nintendo used the same method of regional lockout for the N64, which can be bypassed even easier. 
Title: Re: Biggest "WHAT" in classic game buying?
Post by: jnfs2014 on November 15, 2008, 07:23:06 PM
Someone tried to sell a normal gameboy for $36.