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Most Prized In Collection - What you got + How Much $$?
Dr.Agon:
@Moviefan2k4
dude!, why do you even post in these types of threads?, is it just to antagonise people?
also $100 for Chrono Trigger doesnt seem too high, i know a friend of mine paid £100 for a japanese copy of street fighter 2 as soon as it came out...
games-go-round:
I gotta be honest - at the time they came out, $100 was about the going rate for Chrono Trigger and NBA Hang Time. Phantasy Star IV was the same was on the Genesis, as was Virtua Racing. I specifically remember shopping in a Target store when Chrono Trigger was new, and seeing it retail for $89.99. After sales tax, you're pushing $100, easy!
Cartridge games used to cost *A TON* especially when larger-format games (32 megabits of memory or more) became the norm for the SNES. The night I bought my Nintendo 64, in April of 1997, I remember going to Bigg's (remember that store?) and buying Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire for $84.99. That's just what N64 games retailed for back then - ask anyone that got Super Mario 64 or Pilotwings on launch day.
OOOOOOK, enough of that rant!
Most I've ever paid for a game: $160 for Panzer Dragoon Saga. I no longer own it, but I'm pretty sure I made my money back when I sold it. It's an EXCELLENT game, for those of you that haven't tried it out. If it didn't sell for $200+ nowadays, I'd recommend that every Saturn owner pick it up. If the going rate were more like $20 or $30, it would be a no-brainer.
Most prized game in my collection: Phantasy Star Online Version I & II Plus. I bought it when it was released from Best Buy, and Paid $29.99 plus tax. The game was released as a "budget" game at the time, though there aren't that many of them out there. Honestly and truly, I *LOVE* that game, and still play it on a regular basis. I only have about 30 games in my collection, and that one isn't going anywhere!
Runner-up for most prized game: Phantasy Star II for the Sega Genesis, complete with case, manual, maps, and hint book. I'm a fan of the entire Phantasy Star series, although this one and PSO I & 2 are the only ones I still own. Personally, I think that Phantasy Star IV is the best game in the series, but PS II has a lot of nostalgia for me. Seriously, a lot. I wasted a lot of time in high school with that game, and when I think of it's mindbender of an ending, as well as it's infamous "death scene" for a certain party member, I get chills. The day I beat it was one of my favorite moments as a gamer, and even though the game is clunky, poorly translated, and confusing as hell, I'll probably keep it until my dying day. It just means a lot to me, you know?
Anyway, awesome thread! I can't wait to see what comes next!!
AO007:
--- Quote from: Dr.Agon on July 31, 2012, 06:40:15 AM ---@Moviefan2k4
dude!, why do you even post in these types of threads?, is it just to antagonise people?
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Because he's a CheapAssGamer(tm).
mojoeskateco:
Most I have paid for a game: $130 - for a near mint Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Box Set for the PS1.
It came with everything and the box is in as close to new condition as you can get.
The pendant still had the pouch and the stand up figures were sealed.
I actually only planned to spend $100 on it, however, living in Canada customs got a hold of it and hit me with 13% HST and a $15 "handling fee".
I'm actually a lot like "Moviefan" in that I try to be thrifty, however, I will spend big $ on a game that I know will give me hours of enjoyment and Lunar II will do exactly that. Also, I understand the whole dwindling supply / increasing demand thing so I get that prices are going to keep going up so I can tell when people are pricing things fairly or not. I also have a good job that allows me to occasionally splurge and spend some cash on a more expensive game without hindering myself financially.
As for most prized it would probably be my SNES carts such as Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy II and III.
These were my favorites growing up and I like knowing that I can go back and play them on the original hardware as I played them when they first came out.
Moviefan2k4:
--- Quote from: Dr.Agon on July 31, 2012, 06:40:15 AM ---@Moviefan2k4
Dude, why do you even post in these types of threads? Is it just to antagonize people?
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Not at all, but the way I figure it, if folks are willing to mention how they pay tons of cash for a game, then I should have the same freedom to make my stance known against it. Even if I had $100 or more to spend on each game I wanted, I'd still look for the cheapest deal; its called being sensible. On average, I could probably get between 7 & 10 Blu-Ray movies for $100, maybe even more...so anyone spending the same amount on a 20-year-old game cartridge sounds very foolish to me.