>want to own original retro games >your most beloved games

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>mfw used to rent games from Hollywood Video/Blockbuster instead of buying them

Just buy an everdrive, faggboi

>>382959819
Why do you wanna own them? They're virtual entertainment. The plastic casing that contains it is meaningless if you're not appreciating the game directly.

>>382959819
Get a retropie m8. I bought one the other day I love it

>>382959819
Why didn't you keep your games you fag.

>>382960764
>>382960789
This

>>382960996
Enjoy your input lag.

Caleb choked hard as usual

>>382959819
*ahem*

emulators

I live in an Albertan town with a sweet-ass retro game store that sells them for around 20-30 canadian bucks

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>>382959819
>worked at vidya store long time ago
>got old school stuff cheap
>passed up some games thinking I'd just buy them later
>looking them up now

I really can't believe some of these prices. Wish I would've just bought more shit back in the day.

>>382961356
It doesn't lag at all lmao

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>>382961827

buy PS4 games now

you'll be a trillionaire in 20 years.

>>382959819

>Mom took me to retro game stores during that time when SNES/NES games were a couple of bucks
>Got all kinds of rare games without even realizing how rare they were/how expensive they would be
>Still have a Mega Man X with a 15$ sticker on it, Earthbound with a 25$ sticker, etc.

I'm still missing a decent few of the good SNES games, but I'm really lucky I own a lot of the more expensive ones still. Wish I could get a Mega Man 7 or Harvest Moon, I'll be damned if I pay that much for a video game.

>>382960996
I built mine a couple of days ago too. What games are you playing? Have you had any issue with MAME roms? I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Not their fault you're late to the party.

>>382961617
*ahem*

input lag.

>>382962000
I've seriously considered stocking up on PS2 and OG Xbox games since you can get them for next to nothing right now. It's like N64 and SNES games were in the early 2000s.

>Go to flea market just for shits and giggles
>Browsing the SNES alley to laugh at the ridiculously exhorbitant prices these scalping faggots are willing to put up.
>A link to the Past, a super common game, is 70$
>Look to the game right beside it.
>Another ALTTP cart with a sticker written "Reproduction" on
>It is also exactly 70$

I was talking to a guy I know who owns a retro shop where he collects and sell nothing but top maintained games either boxed or not and even he explained to me that the prices everyone sells old games for are inflated a sfuck and nowhere near representative of the actual value of the game. It's just a bunch of scalping faggots who inflate prices so they can sell a damaged cartridge at twice its full value just because they're the onky ones still selling these games.

>>382962112
I built mine Saturday my buddy is suppose to send me his game files. Right now I just have the two snes power Ranger games. Nes metroid and final fantasy. Also have Fire red and a hacked fire red room (sweet version)

>>382962205

I started to do that recently, been actively buying some of the "rare" and "classic" PS2 titles for like 10-15$ where I can find them.

Sell repros and you can feel the gift of giving.

>>382962000
This. especially bundled games released for the system that slipped under the radar

:3

>>382962454

It's ridiculous, and even worse that people pay these prices for this shit. I literally just went on ebay this morning out of sheer curiosity to see how much Harvest Moon on the SNES was going for. There are these fags selling it for like 210$ with half the label ripped off.

>>382959819
Just emulate them man, what could be the difference?

>>382961728
t...t....that's impossible.... those stores they.... they look up on ebay the general prices and adapt so that customers only save the shipping....

man if you weren't from /v/ I'd ask you to ship em here and I'd pay you but I can't trust an anon, not anymore

>>382962128
*ahem*

Doesn't matter unless you're a speedrunner in which case you should think about fixing your life

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>tfw when my friend sold me a SNES with 7 games including Earthbound for 40$ and I actually made money off that deal by reselling that SNES for 100$ since I already owned one

I'm going to hell

ITT people who don't understand collecting
>lol y wud u buy original spiderman issue 1 u can read it 4 free online

I just bought a mint copy of Chrono Trigger for 180$ CAN

did I do good? I hope so

>>382959819
Just get the Japanese versions of Mega Man X2 and X3. You don't need to read text to enjoy them

>>382961728
They're pirates. Realistic pirates can be had for $7 online and you can jew gamestore employees who can't tell the difference

>>382963827
I guess that's reasonable enough

>>382963723
Collector fags are just mindless consumers with no self control, there's nothing to get. Surprised that they're not all fatties.

>>382963897
I'd say get a flashcart but X2/3 use a special chip so you're boned on that end

>>382963809
This hurts. I bought a nice copy 7 years ago for $30, sold it two years later for $50... now it's that fucking much?

>>382963978
Anon, just go on ebay, your mind will be blown

>>382963918
>tfw I own Steel Battalion in mint condition

Only played it Once for an hour or so

the game fucking sucked and I regretted my purchase back then,but consider it a decent investment today

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>>382959819

You just gotta camp out and monitor auctions and wait for the deal to spring up, if it isn't one of the crazy priced ones like EVO you can generally get a fair priced auction within a week as most of these games are in high stock and only inflated due to the market brute forcing its prices. There's a shit ton of auctions of Crash Bandicoot N Sane going for the retail of $40 but there's a few trying to force $60 for example.

Keep an eye out for high auctions that have been sitting with Best Offers and try to make them budge 20%-30% (I've gotten people to drop 40%-50% for high cost items) or auctions with slight unnoticeable flaws or low activity. Ideally there's two or more running low cost auctions as the one that ends sooner will attract the most aggressive buyers and distract from the other. I also recommend going for CIB games as sellers think their carts are worth gold and barely discount from complete sets and they'll be that much more collectible in the long run.

Retail game locations are a hit and miss, most of them charge crazy prices but I supposed if you made friends with one they might give you fair deals. Everything went downhill when the amiibo crazy hit (got worse with NES mini) and it's just a matter of surviving in this collecting market. I don't ever see the prices going down from here although they'll stabilize a bit as people won't have enough money to pay the prices if they go any higher.

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>tfw on a reproduction cart binge because I'm making good label images
Terranigma is on the way, red cart shell

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>>382959819
>mfw I have MMX and MMX2

It's actually bittersweet because I want MMX3 to complete my collection and the longer I put it off the more expensive it becomes.

Typically I emulate or use a flash cart but sometimes I just want to own a physical copy of the game.
>>382963962
How much is the x collection? I bought the disk on ps2 a few years ago for $20.

>>382964154
$20 brand new on PS2, like $40 complete on Gamecube if I recall

>>382964082
Why? just buy a fucking flash cart?

>>382963723
>lol y wud u buy original spiderman issue 1 u can read it 4 free online
Why would you?

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>>382964073

>mentioning Steel Battalion around here

ANON STOP

>>382964152
I got X for 50 but it's like 300$ for X2/3

I can't buy this without feeling completely irresponsible and regret it even though I would outplay the fuck out of those games and always try to aim for original games

it's just too much

>>382962454

Was it just the cart or a complete box set? AlttP boxed is going for $110-$150 minimum now. It's only going to get worse once SNES mini comes out.

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>>382964082
Pic related for the label on Terranigma

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>>382964234
>wants a business
>gives the consumer complete access to every game
Not thinking straight, goy.

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>POST THE FIRST FEELING YOU FELT WHEN YOU PLAYED THIS VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hA71h3cLeE

>>382960275
>tfw I used to rent wild guns on snes and now it costs more than Earthbound

>>382964234
1. I like the idea of having fan translations of games and the like merging with my official collection.
2. Getting a flashcart would probably kill any desire to collect games.

>>382964601
As a actual jew not even memeing here I'll call that guy a fucking idiot. You can buy a flash cart for the price of two or three repo carts.

>>382963723

I bought Megaman X3 boxed for FIFTY FUCKING BUCKS back when I was 13 years old in 2004. Now a boxless cartridge with a badly damaged sticker goes around for 380 bucks. You can't tell me that in the span of a mere 14 years the value of the game has fucking tripled? How do you justify this? How do you justify selling a reproduction cartridge for the same price as an original? These are all issues part of having to deal with retro game sellers nowadays. I remember one of my friend bought the rarest game on SNES, apparently being Aero Fighter, for 180$ at an Ebay auction and back then, we both thought it was a lot of money for an old game and My rarest game, being Megaman X 3, is worth the double of that ammount a mere 10 years later.

>>382964651
Fuck off underage frogfaggot.

>>382964713
Flash cart owner here, I bought a copy of EB for $220. Not true, just means you actually like games. I'll play a game on a flashcart, if I love it I buy a real copy.

>>382964829
>Underage

Fun fact faggot there are people whos first console was a 360/PS3 who can post here now. I dont think someone who knows snes games fits under your underage category anymore

>>382964346
Some day, eh?

>>382962000
But anon PS4 has no games

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>>382964651
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBdsVEJsZmc
>>382964730
I think people just like having a physical cartridge to relive the old times. At least that's why I buy physical sometimes.

>>382964820

It's worse, it didn't triple in 14 years it tripled in about two years when a mixture of Amiibo scalping, NES mini scalping, media hype & youtubers drew attention to old games as profit. I have a copy of Metal Storm I've had since I was a kid and I remember being pleasantly surprised it was worth 50 bux a few years ago. It's now worth in the hundreds.

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>>382964934
Fair point.
Guess I'll just cap off the repro stint with SMT2 and then just stick to flash carts from here on out. For some reason I can't help but like having copies of these games as if they were authentic. But yeah, if I were to go full repro I'd generally be funneling money for no real reason, especially since some games keep getting new translations, like Fire Emblem 4 (which still isn't finished)

>>382965139
I would say just buy a real jap copy and play them via flash cart for English. I own some jap games that are text heavy, don't play them but I like having a real copy. Repos are just a huge waste of time to me.

>tfw had a snes when PS1 was the rage
>like 15 games, all gud gems DK1, DK2, DK3, Mario Kart, Mario RPG, Wild Guns, SF2, Top Gear, Super Metroid, Sparkster, Bomberman 2, Killer Instinct, DOOM (kek), Joe and Mac 2, Mario All Starts.
>use to trade games with a friend
>school was a public shithole
>games from my backpack would go missing
>fuck, sorry bro, I guess you can keep my game for it.
>it happens again
>like at the 4th time I say fuck it and check everyone's backpack
>find my game (my other friend's game) in the backpack of the stupid retard of the classroom
>"- told me to keep it hidden"
>the motherfucking nigger stole my fucking games and then had the nerve to pretend we were friends.
Motherfucking piece of shit nigger

>end selling the rest of my snes stuff
>get almost enough for a ps1
>mom got no moni, ask me to give it to her
>never see the money again
>end without snes nor ps1
TRUST NOBODY, NOT EVEN YOURSELF'S ELF

>>382965139
>ESRB rating
>on an SNES box

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MEGA DRIVE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
>phantasy star
>streets of rage
>golden axe
>shinobi
>shining force

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>>382966124
Yes, and?

>>382966223
Boxed shining force 1 instore near me for 60 bucks

Worth?

>>382966124
Mostly thanks to mortal kombat, it was basically why ratings came into play.

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>>382964820

I bought Snatcher complete with the light gun for $80-90 years ago and thought it was expensive then. Checked the price today and I actually said 'what in the fuck' loud enough that I woke my sleeping dog. Jesus christ.

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>>382966370
Nah, okay price but a bit high.

>>382964082
>>382964487
I'd love a Terranigma reproduction, but I don't know how to guarantee it would be the NTSC-patched English ROM and I'd want it to be on a normal gray cart.

I lived in a family where whenever I got a new console I had to give up my old one + games to a cousin or something. Luckily for me we somehow managed to keep all my old SNES & N64 games. I don't have anything particularly rare but I do have all the staples. Marios, Donkey Kongs, Zeldas. Based on the prices of the local classic vidya shop I realized I have about $700 worth of classic vidya.

Point being if there's 1 game I'm missing I don't mind spending some cash considering my collections are pretty much complete already.

>>382966597
Contact the site in question beforehand.
I was able to get the SMT1 ROM with Orden's bug patch and the automap hotkey

>>382966597
In Australia the same carts as the NTSC are used, Terranigma was released there. A official NTSC Terraningma exists, just rare.

>>382966713
I'd probably get one from AliExpress, which would be cheap but asking the seller would mean asking someone with a limited grasp of English.

>>382966728
I'm not risking traveling to Australia and getting killed by snakes and spiders just for a video game.

>>382966624

I had friends that had EVO Search for Eden among a lot of other games that skyrocketed in value. When we hit our teens I asked them what happened to all their games when we moved on to Playstation/n64 and they said their mom gave them away to some baby cousins.

I can just imagine those games getting shipped to South East Asia and rotting there somewhere.

>>382966908
That's exactly what I think of sometimes man. It sucks but I'm glad to have most of my old collection back at least.

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>Finally start working
>want to own physical copies of all the games I loved as a kid, but which I couldn't have due to living in a PAL territory (Earthbound, etc.) where none of that good shit got released
>Earthbound at this point costs $160
Factor in shipping to Australia plus exchange rates and holy fuck this hobby is expensive. Luckily this was a few years ago now so it's not as bad as if I were to buy everything at once, today; but still. I think if I buy anything else for my SNES it'll be an Everdrive because games like Megaman X3, Lufia, Pocky and Rocky, Hagane, Gargoyles Quest, etc. are just ludicrously expensive. I play all these on a HDCRT with an RGB-modded SNES mini and OEM controllers so it's otherwise as close to the genuine experience as one can get.

My god, just use the emulator, there's no reason today to have the cartridges, only enthusiasts will buy

>>382967448
>only enthusiasts
Hmm, it's almost as if you're on a forum meant for the discussion of videogames...I wonder...

>>382967236
>retro gaming in Australia
wew lad might as well collect rolex

>I hate other people because I was irresponsible with my own games

>tfw megaman 7 and x3 are going for $200+
>tfw have both

>>382962112
Holy shit, MAME works on those?

What's the most valuable game you own /v/?

>>382967561
/v/ is mostly casuals or just lazy people, /vr/ is for collector autism

>>382967736
R-Type III, Pocky & Rocky 2, or Space Megaforce. Dunno what their exact values are but I've been told they're expensive these days.

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>>382959819
>tfw i literally have no idea what happened to my n64, or genesis, and all the games for it. or my legos

seriously at some point in my early teens i had a gamecube and all that stuff disappeared somewhere

>>382967736

Big box Earthbound. Got it from my cousin when we were kids for about 30$.

>>382967736
Harvest moon back to nature

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>>382967736
Too many to list, but I own Pocky and Rocky, Wild Guns, Sunset Riders complete, Monster in my Pocket x2 complete, Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure complete, etc.

You can see a bit of the collection in this pic.

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>Have a bunch of old games and systems
>They're stuck at my Parents house after I moved out because they're too annoying to ship out especially when I plan on leaving this area soon
>No time to play them because of work anyways
Being an adult sucks.

>>382967736

While technically a game system and game etc., I have the Mother 3 Game Boy Micro bundle complete. A friend in Japan bought it when it came out and sent it to me as a Christmas gift.

>>382968046
same thing happened to my GBA SP and metroid fusion

weird thing is i still have the manual for zero mission

>>382969158
>parents want to move far east
>i dont want to
>i find a job
>i live alone
>find out mom sold off all my old vidya for liquor money

>>382969270
>having a shit family

feel bad for you fuckers.

>>382968910
ssshhhhiiiiiittttt niggah

when the fuck did you get SMASH TV?

>>382969513
can't really remember some of the collection are from my childhood and some are before the retro craze.

Reminder that repro grey cartridges don't look like the actual grey cartridges.

I'm getting an SD2SNES for every game that will work on it, to play at 60Hz. I still have my PAL copy of Yoshi's Island, at least it was PAL optimised.

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>>382969270
>leave part of collection at home knowing it's safe
>parents played older vidya and know how rare some of it is, etc., sister has no interest in it
>come back beginning of this year to get the rest of my things
>boxes opened up, games missing
>find out in the time I moved out my sister started smoking pot, etc. and stole some of my stuff

I wouldn't be that angry but the fucking bitch got into my Sega collection and some saturn games are missing.

>>382959819
I fucking hate the prices if games now. I'm a collector and shit like Earthbound being anything over $30 makes me want to vomit. Nearly all FF games being a lot too. None of those are rare. Just Jews being Jews

>>382969863

So what are repro cartridges anyway? A shitty game that got overridden or something?

>>382967736
Gold GB Camera, Lunar Star Sega CD, Prototype PS3 Super Slim, Saturn Bomberman, Popful Mail. Walking Dead Season 1 CE. That's just off the top of my head

>>382969863
The SD2SNES would be perfect if it could just emulate the SA1 or SuperFX chip.

>want to own meaningless bits of plastic and copper
>it is very expensive
>i will whine about it on vee

ok nice thread op

Who can recommend me good Genesis games?
The only ones I do want are either not in the US (Alien Soldier, Mega Man Wily Wars, Thunder Force 4, etc) or expensive (Gunstar Heroes)
Got:
>Vectorman
>Zoom
>Sonic 2
>Sub Terrania.

>>382961728
You better not be in Airdrie.

>the Atari 2600 is the cheapest console to collect for
>common games like Phoenix are as little as $2, and unless they were restricted for violence/porn, even rare games are below $20
>except for two games in particular that go for $50 to $60
>and they're the only 2600 games I actually like

Kill me

>>382971219
Undead Line
Gargoyles
Garfield
Pulseman
Alisia Dragoon

>>382971219
Zombie Ate My Neighbors
Ms. Pac-Man
Sega RPGs

>>382971523
Combat nigger

>>382959819
Tfw i own mm 7, x ,x2 and x3 for the super Nintendo ziplocked in bags.
Id never sell them.

>>382970485
Isn't there a flashcart that can play everything but costs like 250 bucks?

>>382971778

I need friends to play Combat properly. ;_;

>>382962086
I have mm7, is it really worth that much?

>>382972010
about $100 loose?

>>382972089

What the fuck is wrong with megaman's prices? They made MILLIONS of them! FUCKING MILLIONS!

>>382971982
I'll play with you
But if I beat you, you're going to have to suck my cock

>>382972157
lost most likely, and I believe 7, x2, x3 were low shipments.

>>382972157
It's rare :^)

>>382959819
retro game collecting is just expensive hoarding

>>382972253

No my dude, they were not. Every megaman game has its price up in the sky, every single one of them.

>>382972381

To be fair, Mega Man 2, which is probably the best one, is rarely higher than 40$ at most. Usually see it go for 25-30$.

>>382972327
even if you play the games?

I like playing games on original hardware but I long ago realized trying to actually collect retro games was only for the rich or stupid and just went with actual consoles but flash carts for the games themselves. Works fine so far.

Remember when you could buy somebody's old games in a cardboard box for like 20 bucks

Fuck the collector's market & resellers

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>>382972205

I don't need friends, they disappoint me.

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>>382972536

Mmm you are right, how odd.

>>382972536
It's really funny how the worst Mega Man games tend to be the most expensive ones.

>1, 5, 7, X3

>>382972592

if you just wanted to play the games

-you can emulate
-you can get repros (if they are available)
-you can get a flashcart

People who buys retro games always use they excuse that they want to play. But thats a load of bullshit. They just want to hoard the fucking cartridges in a box and try to get some nostalgia for having a piece of plastic in a shelf.

>>382961421
That's all he's ever good at. And punching his girlfriend.

>>382960764
Yes, goyim, buy a kikedriv-err, everdrive! Only $200 plus your firstborn's foreskin.

So honest question. Why the fuck has the retro market spiked up so much?

SNES and Saturn U.S. in particular have really soared and I cannot understand why other than it's become cool to buy retro games.

>>382972890
I don't know, maybe I'm totally 'old school' but I would still rather play on the actual cartridge. However, I do agree for the most part and I'm not inclined to repros since I own a couple myself (mainly ones that are english translated), but I won't buy a loose snes game for $100 since that's ridiculous, but if I can find it at a good price I'll jump on it.

>>382972890

Honestly, never pay more than $20 for an old game. That's all they are worth and if we all do that, eventually they will all be >$20

>>382972381
It really spiked after it became apparent Mega Man was a dead series. And yet, the most expensive ones, like >>382972805 said, are the ones that aren't even that good.

>>382972950
Did he punch himself out?

>>382970485
my understanding is that it could theoretically still happen

>>382970264
basically a fake/bootleg game; a cartridge made of a different plastic, box made from different cardboard.
They have their place though in some circumstances, e.g. Seiken Densetsu 3

>>382967736
off the top of my head i have megaman x2 and x3, earthbound and steel battalion with the controller

>>382972157

Till about three years ago the only games that were expensive were ones that were truly rare or niche, things like Lunar, Earthbound, certain Sega CD Titles. Now some of those games are considered cheap by today standards, others are off the map and all the famous titles even if there's 500 listings have jumped to over a hundred purely because they're famous brands that got revived and noticed by new generations or older generations got into the scalping market and everyone price matched.

Every big name game is expensive, Sonic Adventure 2 is 60 bucks, Super Mario RPG is 120, NES Zeldas are 50+, all the Mario Parties which everyone and their mom had are 80 - 100 + etc.

If you want to start collecting shit from your childhood start buying into your favorite PS1, Dreamcast games now since they're teetering on the next booms with Gamecube and PS2 following very close soon after. Genesis is somewhat ignored except for a few titles but watch out since that Sonic movie is coming in a year or two.

>>382971219
get earthworm jim, people who say the snes version is better are memeing
sonic 3, sonic & knuckles, sonic 2
castlevania bloodlines
strider

if you got a sega cd (it has no copy protection so you can burn a disk if you want):
snatcher, sonic cd, earthworm jim special edition

>>382974441
How about Earthworm Jim 2?

>>382971953
I started collecting specifically megaman games a few years before the retro craze started. the only things im missing are ports of anniversary collection, x collection and command mission, saturn versions of megaman 8 and whatever x games were on it.
last thing is tron bonne but it was already hard to find it when i started looking at a price under 200 bux

>>382974621
Both versions have stuff the other doesn't.
I think the genesis version is better
The HD version has it complete irc

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>>382973112

You should see the price of old super soakers or certain toys.

It's basically what you said, the generations that grew up on NES & SNES are now in their 30s or late 20s so they have disposable income and nothing better to do. Hipster types also are getting in with exposure from Nintendo collectable successes, Youtubers & movies like Wreck-It-Ralph. Information and markets move faster now so sellers develop a sort of subconscious collusion when one starts raising their price, combine that with people like you suddenly having an urge to pick up their favorite older game but with the difference of not knowing good pricing they assume it's the norm and feed the supply/demand.

>>382974621
not as good as the first imo but still a really solid game

>>382961356
>input lag

sure if you have shit display.

>>382962454
I honestly thought it had something to do with certain Gamestops now buying/selling older titles. Gamestop is everywhere, so I kind of figured when people who know next to nothing about games try to figure out how much to price a game for they'd look at widespread retailer. Gamestop would be the first one to come up and they'd put it at or around that price.

>see power gloves going for around $100
>MFW i literally have a shelf of power gloves in box

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>>382971219

Loose?

Rocket Knight Adventures (Seriously a fantastic game and probably one of my favorites on the system. The music is great as well.)
Streets of Rage 2
Wonder Boy in Monster World
Comix Zone
Dynamite Headdy
Ecco the Dolphin
Ghouls n Ghosts if you like frustration

I'd say Contra Hard Corps since it's a fucking blast but it has shot up in price loose and CIB.

>>382974821
>Earthworm Jim 1 better than Earthworm Jim 2
Nice wrong opinion

>>382975001
Aw fuck, I forgot to list Rocket Knight as one of the games I own. I got it for $10 and it's fun as fuck.
Streets of Rage 2 is one I forgot I need to get
Is Comix Zone cheap?

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What do you guys think of this listing?

>>382975119

I bought Comix Zone way back for maybe a few bucks. Last time I saw it loose in a shop it was around $10 IIRC.

>>382975269
i havent checked how much each of these games are worth now on their own but it seems pretty pricey. check to see how much each game is going for individually as none of these are particularly rare

>Youtuber puts out video
>"hey! Check out this game. It would be good to add to your collection."
>Price triples online as its nothing buy scalpers scalping each other.
>"well I guess that's what happens. Good thing I got it cheap before the prices blew up by posting this video!"
>Price never recovers

>>382975269
Don't bother. You can get SCV4, Zelda and the Super Famicom version of Super Metroid for $30 a pop.

>>382975519
you can sorta pinpoint where this started with stuff like AVGN

>>382975269
I guess it's fine. Moderate collectorfag here, prices are as followed.
>LoZ:ALttP: $35-40
>super metroid: $40-45
>contra 3: $50
>castlevania IV: $45
So about $175, I guess it's a okay but not a deal

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>Japanese Super Mario RPG is $10 after shipping
>an "acceptable" US cart is $50 on a good day
I chose the wrong time to collect for the SNES

>>382975916
Also what this guy said >>382975739

SM is the same between the Jap and US versions if you want it cheaper. Just pluck those tabs in your snes out and you're good to go.

>>382975761
AVGN I can see but he mainly reviewed shit games that even with their infamy, you won't be getting earthbound prices for Roger rabbit for nes.

>go to local pawn shop
>used to find some decent games among piles of shovelware and sports games
>now its all shovelware

i was able to get a large chunk of virtual boy games for $10 each back then, now im lucky if i can find the ones remaining to collect for under $60

>>382959819
this game is worth 200? I have a cart. fuck i should sell this shit and pay my cell phone bill for a few months.

>>382976081
I guess more like screwattack's content since they talked about good retro games pretty often

>>382976005
>>382975739
This is a double edged sword. Games like Super Metroid and Kirby Super Star can be replaced by their JP versions but then you have a massive price gap for text heavy games

>>382976205
There are tons of other ways to play x3 both legitimately and through emulation but it comes down to if it matters enough to you.

>>382976151
I found Tomba for $5 at Goodwill.
I got .Hack vol 1/2 and Parasite Eve for $10-15 each on different occasions
Hit pawnshops, thrift stores, and goodwills

>>382959819

>want to own original retro games
>physical retro game stores keep closing leaving only gamestops behind which stopped dealing with anything older than PS3 era

Last week my wife and I were on the side of town near a fantastic retro game shop that had a whole wall of rare NES/SNES game (some in original boxes) and all. Were going to go shop around a bit but the place was empty with a lease sign on the window. Fuck :(

>1999
>at a flea market in the country side
>boxes upon boxes on NES games
>guy is selling them for $1-$3 each
>parents won't let me buy them
>they said they didn't want me buying a game that probably wouldn't work
Once my dad found out how much those games go for now he actually apologized.

>>382976262
Where's the best place to import Super Famicom games that won't take over a month?

>>382976372
the issue is that they are being picked clean and most goodwills have either closed down or moved to areas much further than the traveling is worth.
in general i dont really actively seek out retro games any more but will always take a look if i happen by some

>>382962128
why are you memeing?

90% of snes games play at 100% on emulators. you dont even have to DL the emulators, just play them on one of the random emu vintage game websites.

>>382976493
Just choose EMS shipping. It's kinda expensive but you won't be waiting a month

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If you're interested in collecting I recommend jumping on the Wii bandwagon to find any hidden gems there.
Any good Wii game suggestions?

>>382976582
I've found plenty of gold and silver at those places but it's a hell of a lot of misses and not many hits.
You just have to be adamant and keep trying.

>>382976151
Unfortunately most pawnshops have moved to ebaying shit as they caught wind that a old game is worth it's weight in gold. I uses to enjoy finding something New and interesting but now it's all the shovelware shat into a box and any uncommon to semi rare games immediately go on eBay or stuck behind the counter with inflated prices.

>>382976727
most of the good wii games were scalped a long time ago like the prime collection, xenoblade and last story.
did the wii prime games ever end up on the eshop i want to play them but dont want to deal with aiming with analog sticks

>>382976727
>Wii bandwagon
So like all the Nintendo titles.
Oh and fuck Kirby: RtDL price

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>>382959819
>he can't afford an SD2SNES

>>382976727
Outside of Nintendo, what other games should I be looking out for? I can't think of any

>>382977181
Red Steel 2 is pretty cool

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>>382967736
Pokemon Box
Clayfighter: Sculptor's Cut
Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition

>>382977089
The SD2SNES can't play the Capcom chip games

>>382966563
my stomach hurts just looking at the new price

>>382959819
Every time a "Hidden gems for X console" video is posted, the price of your favorite game goes up by $5.

The fact that an unremarkable game like Earthbound costs over $50, let alone over $200 is what confirms that being a retro game fan has LITERALLY become a meme.

Games that received the Player's Choice mark, meaning it sold MILLIONS and there are LITERALLY MILLIONS of carts of these games out there, making them as common as any sports game regardless of quality, being expensive as fuck is fucking ridiculous. I shouldn't have to pay over $60 for Super Metroid or Super Mario All-Stars. I can't wait for the retro bubble and retro meme to finally end.

>>382963723
Well, why would you?

>>382977929
To be fair those prices are made using different listings. I'm sure some asshole or two put a new copy for like $10,000 and it may have fucked it up. New prices are difficult to make as you always have some asshole who thins anything in perfect condition is worth a fortune.

>>382977932
>The fact that an unremarkable game like Earthbound
Love this meme.

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>>382967736
This isn't everything valuable, but I can't fit it all in one frame

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>>382975519
>pat the nes punk one of the biggest collectors
>gets an email from a guy
>that guy says he wanted prove how shit the market is
>bought pretty much every copy of a shitty gameboy game for like $2 each
>he sets the price at $25
>now suddenly every other person is selling the game for $25 and the price never goes down
>game now goes for $35

7 minute video but the first few minutes is where this is summarized. Used game market is a fucking joke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKHk5U8tmfw

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>In middle school I traded my boxed copy of Metal Warriors for my friend's copy of Dino Crisis 2 which was fairly new at the time.
I have never regretted a decision more in my life.

>>382978234
Earthbound does suck though

>>382963962
X2 and X3 work on SD2SNES though.

>>382978234
Tell me what makes Earthbound a "masterpiece". The whole sucking Earthbound's dick meme started a few years after Smash Bros was released, and literally nobody knew who Ness was prompting hipsters and speculators to overhype the Mother and Earthbound games. It is a very outdated, very ugly looking game that's been surpassed many times by superior games even on the same console.

I can understand something like FF VI or Chrono Trigger being overhyped, but those games deserve all the praise they get. Earthbound is a very average RPG that came way too late to a platform that was chock full of games that kicked its ass in every aspect.

>>382964989
This loser

>>382978603
It was just a nice game with some unique elements. It had a original tone and setting unlike any other console jrpg. It was laid back and had a humorous tone to it. It was basically DQ in gameplay but added some dice elements such as enemies appearing on the overworld, the odometer for health, and the instakill feature.

I'm not saying it's a 10/10 masterpiece but it's a good game that has unique charm. You don't have to be genre defining to be good.

>>382973157
You're not "totally old school", you're just a fucking idiot with too much money.

I got a few snes games about 4 years ago for 1/3 of the price they're going for now and I regret not getting more. It doesnt really matter though, most snes romhacks I can play on my everdrive are superior to the vanilla games.

>>382967736
well I have xenoblade chronicles complete and zelda oot 3d (non nintendo selects). not much but i dunno.

>>382978873
I'm not saying it's a bad game, but it's certainly not a $200+ game.

I have harvest moon 3 and 64 both sealed, should I sell them and see how much I can get

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I'm building a list of retro vidya I plan to get. Any others I should keep in mind?
Hell, I'd love to see some NES examples since all the obvious ones are affected by the retro bubble

>>382972890
It depends on the system and personal preference anon. I wouldn't go out and buy an SNES just to play super metroid or castlevania but I will certainly get a GBA and metroid zero mission because a physicall gba cartridge is just comfier for me.

On a sidenote, this same argument fits perfectly in the SNES classic edition threads

>>382975269
>All 4 of those are going to be included in the SNES Mini for a third of the price
kek

There's no sense in buying retro physical now that reprocarts are becoming widespread. You're paying 200$ for something that more than likely isn't authentic. If it's something that can't emulate well then sure, but otherwise you're better off just emulating or getting a flashcart.

>>382978603
It's overrated but it's definitely not bad. It's mostly about the experience rather than the game being deep or revolutionary on a mechanical scale. Obviously it can't match most Square affairs but it isn't really trying to. I think its biggest issue was not offering anything new in the gameplay department. Mother 3 at least has the rhythm gimmick.

>>382979234
>a third of the price
You say that like people will actually get one for $80 and it won't be scalped

>>382979321
still though. its either $177 for 4 games, not CIB, no console or $200 (IF you get scalped) for 21 games and other shit

If I were some oil sheik I'd buy every and all SEALED HOLY GRAIL L@@K games I could get my hands on, and open them all in glorious 4K and post it on Youtube just to see all the collectorfag tears flooding the internet.

I'd make sure to get VGA 95+ graded games and open the case by smashing it with a hammer and then opening the game and throwing the boxes and manuals away.

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>>382977773
yes it can, everdrive doesn't, but sd2snes absolutely does.

>>382979239
Or just getting a higher-quality repro for a fraction of the "authentic" cart's price. Plus, it's still pretty easy to pinpoint if a cart is a repro or not. It's not entirely foolproof

>>382979057
All I'm saying it depends. I'm sure someone genuinely loves it enough to justify. A few years had it had that "trendiness" that was driving up the price but that doesn't seem the case.
>>382979110
Just buy what you want. I'll say this as a collector.
>unless it's something really cheap DO NOT buy a game you have never played before. If $20 or less this is fine, just some loss monesy, but don't buy to buy. Obviously if it's some shit like little samson for $5 you buy that without a thought
>research your shit, know what to expect for prices and what is and isn't rare
>always expect to pay maybe like $5 more, if over it probably isn't worth it
>NEVER order from China, EVER

>>382978265
A. If you check ebay right now you can get it for under $10 easily

B. Thats a common tactic in all sorts of markets. The not a bug of the used vidya market, it is a feature of modern open markets as a whole. That is unless official regulation is introduced and as we all know thats a whole other can of worms

>>382967736
I have Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, Super Mario RPG, Mega Man V (Game Boy) and Mega Man X.

>Buy a flash cart for the same price, but you can play 85% of the SNES library on it, including X3.

>>382979502
It's not about just the game, some people want the original games. It may seem weird but it's like any other hobby. A book collector could buy a book for like $5 but if they really love that book they may be willing to pay $500 for a first edition.
>>382979713
>Mega Man V (Game Boy)
Nice. A few weeks ago I saw a CiB one in the wild for $600, was surreal.

>>382979634
>unless it's something really cheap DO NOT buy a game you have never played before. If $20 or less this is fine
Yeah, I know. I've at least tried 90% of that list.
>research your shit
Oh trust me, I know that much. I'm getting the JP versions of Mega Man X2/3 and Kirby Dream Land 3 for a reason
>always expect to pay maybe like $5 more, if over it probably isn't worth it
I've been doing good with this.
>NEVER order from China, EVER
Even if, the shipping takes too long for my impatient ass, so no risk there

>>382979110
If you are looking to get shit while its cheap i highly recommend looking into PS1 titles. We are starting to see the same thing that happened with n64 a little while ago and what happened to snes games before that. More and more people are collecting and prices are starting to get both higher and more even across sellers.

If you have any interest at all in PS1 stuff look into it now before already moderately expensive shit like symphony of the night starts getting into the multi-hundred dollar range

I get a bunch of retro games when I go to Japan. The idea of old games becoming super expensive never caught on there so they're all dirt cheap.

>>382972950
SAY IT

>>382979876
Alright, so many "collectors" know absolutely nothing. There is one experience I can never forget where I skipped out on a game that costs $90 for $5 at a flea market. I will never live that down but it really taught how important is it that I research this stuff.

>Once worked at a goodwill store
>Always got first dibs on games that would come in
>sometimes rare cib, other times not so rare broken carts, missing label, etc
>was cheap as fuck because the manager knew nothing about games, plus i got store discount too

>>382980046
Bring back consoles with you. Japanese PS2's and such actually sell for a decent bit in the west. Famicoms arent a bad bet either

>anyone can emulate NES/SNES games easily
>Nintendo sells them on digital store for Wii(U) and 3DS for $10
>physical carts become ridiculously expensive instead of dirt cheap
What the fuck. Is this Nintendo-exclusive? I swear Mega Man Legends got a bit cheaper when Sony added it to PSOne Classics. And PS2 SMTs are cheap now that they got reprints. Yakuza games are "cheap" compared to prices for 2 just last year. Hopefully the HD .hack//G.U. knocks the PS2 versions' prices down

>>382959819
>tfw own X, X2, X3 and 7.

Didn't pay more than $10 for any of them.

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>>382976262
>tfw i got FF4,5,6 and chrono trigger boxed for only 100AUD
bless japan and all of them except 4 had a save on the final boss
>also got mother2 for only 20$ in akiba
tfw cant read jap but have menus memorized from english

>>382980225
I work at a used vidya store and we just sold a shrink-wrapped smash 64 for quite a pretty penny. It came from a good will one of the store owners frequents and when he was buying it he had to yell at the cashier to stop when the reached for scissors to get the shrink wrap off and make sure the game was in there. That shit was his pride and joy for years but you cant say no to cash

>>382980229
>Yakuza games are "cheap" compared to prices for 2 just last year.
That's because they just re-printed 1-4 earlier this year. Yakuza 2 was like $160 in January and then $50 in February because of it.

>>382979534
Do it Mohammed, do it for all of us.

>>382980227
Oh I got a famicom way back, but you need a special power adapter because voltage in the US is too powerful for these japanese electronics, it'll fry them over time.

Could one replace the ROM in a Japanese version of a game with the English version?
e.g. Could you put an English FF6 ROM into a Japanese SFC copy of FF6?

>>382979534
Only if the name of the channel is called Game Jihad.

>>382980463
It's not quite that easy.

>>382980521
Well duh.
I mean, could someone with experience in (de)soldering ROM chips (can't recall the proper term) do that?
Because I was wondering if this could make getting English MMX2/3 and a lot of RPGs easier

>>382979871
My Mega Man V I got it by trading a kid years ago for Solar Striker, the only SHMUP Nintendo has ever made. I never could have suspected that game would be that expensive.

>>382976964
The Wii prime trilogy collection is on the Wii u eshop for $20, I'm looking into buying it myself.

>>382980418
Sorry, I meant to type that they were reprinted like the SMT games were in 2012.

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>>382966223
>2 boxed copies of psiv and S2 because I forgot I already had them and saw they were 15$ each at that time
>Saw my original 2 boxes and I paid 40$ each the first time I bought them

I gotta keep better track of things.

Ill be going to Japan soon but i dont know much about rare japanese games. ill obviously look for Mother games and limited/special edition jap consoles but is there anything else?

>>382980749
Ah ok. Yeah there always seems to be a Nintendo tax on used games. The rarity or demand of a game doesn't matter when it comes to Nintendo. I remember a thrift store I went to had Madden 2005 for PS2 and Gamecube. PS2 version was selling for $2.99 and the Gamecube version was selling for $12.99

I bought Faxanadu for 4 buck the other day
Not sure why when its censored and I always just buy the japanese one

>>382981062

Yes, watch this before you plug in a japanese console in the US and blow a fuse in it out of ignorance about power conversion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36J_Ejnv2qc

>>382981128
Is it censored? I recall it being surprisingly intact, like leaving in smoking

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>>382976943
>or stuck behind the counter with inflated prices

I walked into Value Village the other day. They had a kinda beatup copy of Metroid Prime 2 sitting there, only $80. That's Canadian, but I'm sure they just saw the Prime Trilogy price on eBay and didn't know the difference.

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>>382962454
THE THREAT IS REAL!

i've been collecting for near 20 years and fuck this fucking bullshit with market values and shit.

if everyone just fucking lowered their prices, we wouldn't have this shit now.

wanna know how much Little Samson was CIB 10 years ago? 45 fucking dollars. i was at a retro con recently and i saw at the least 25 copies of the fucking game.

>>382981787
>value village
Fuck that place.

>>382973103
are you stupid

everdrives are 50 bucks

>>382981893
>Pit Fighter

>>382981787
Arn't ps1 dev kits worth that much anyway?

>>382963827
dude, even THOSE are going up because that is what everyone ELSE is being told to do by MJR and all the other YT ilk

also, speedrunners are grabbing carts too
thanks fucking caleb

>>382982495
Last I checked (a few years ago) a degug unit was worth ~$200USD

>>382968910
people like you are a fucking issue

got doubles?
GET FUCKING RID OF ONE, ASSHOLE!

let someone else have a CIB faggot!

>>382970218
besides 2 and 3, all the FF games are worth bunk prices. FF7 isn't worth more than $20 CIB now

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>year 2000
>16 years old
>get a job working in a video store
>funcoland has a bin of old dirt cheap nintendo games
>scrape together $200
>going to get all the games I always wanted
>make a list
>head into the store
>bin is gone
>clerk says they got rid of them
>everywhere in the tristate area shipped them to millville NJ
>apparently they are still selling well there
>skip school the next day
>get a friend to cut with me
>jump in my shit car and go on a road trip
>10 miles outside of millville my transmission explodes
>tow truck ride costs $200
>couple months go by
>new transmission and $200
>make it down to millville
>nintendo bin is cleaned out except for trash
>never get into collecting games
>15 years later on youtube
>cinemassacre video
>mike matei shows off his NES wall
>mother fucker explains where he got his NES collection
>tells the same story about how all the games got shipped to NJ
>says he pretty much bought the entire bin since carts we like 25 cents each

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>>382971953
>ziplocked in bags

>>382959819
Why? 8-bit and 16-bit consoles emulate flawlessly.

>>382971953
Fuck you Trevor

>>382981893
>Pit Fighter
>for $50
>the Genesis version of all versions

This is the ultimate proof of how much of a meme the retro market has become.

>>382982304
There's many versions depending on what you want to do with them. Some have fancier features and bigger ROM capacities.

>>382959819
>MetalJesusRocks
found your problem you watch ecelebs and suck their nigger cock, kys

Do I miss out on anything if I get a Chinese Super Everdrive? I ain't paying $90 for the baseline cart