Growlanser Generations & Heritage of War

[TDIRunner]

I've never heard of these before, but I saw them at my local flea market.  They guy wanted $120 for the pair.  One appears to be factory sealed, but it may have been resealed by someone.  They seem unique, but I wanted to resarch them before spending that kind of money.  Both are CIB.  I've bought a lot of stuff from this guy.  He is pretty good about dealing on stuff.  I'm sure he would go $100.  Anyone have any advice?

[Blumpkin]

Huh, I never knew this game was worth anything. eBay has the selling price in the wide range of $50-130, leaning more towards the $130 side.

I have the deluxe edition too but never broke into it. It's unfortunately been a dust collector for me.

[Bear78]

TDI, you are hitting my territory... GC flea market right? I have bought both of those games from that guy before.  They are sealed.  He bought a case of both of them a long time ago and has just been sitting on them ever since.  When he sells one, he puts another out.  He's a tough guy to deal with but you can usually get him down some with a little haggling.

[TDIRunner]

TDI, you are hitting my territory... GC flea market right? I have bought both of those games from that guy before.  They are sealed.  He bought a case of both of them a long time ago and has just been sitting on them ever since.  When he sells one, he puts another out.  He's a tough guy to deal with but you can usually get him down some with a little haggling.

Yep.  Route 66 Flea Market.  I hit that place up every once and a while.  I've bought from that guy more than any other shop there.  His prices are set to eBay which kind of sucks considering it’s a flea market.  However, he is willing to deal.   

On Saturday, I paid that guy $30 for the following (his asking price was $50):
•   Mario's Time Machine for SNES
•   Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis for Game Boy Advance (the remake of the original)
•   Game & Watch Gallery 4 for the Game Boy Advance
•   2 first party memory cards for the Game Cube
•   The instruction manual for the Super Mario World/Super Mario All Stars combo

Just out of curiosity, what did you pay for those games?  Are they worth it?  I’ve never heard of them before and I would probably only buy them for the collectability.  Typically, I will only buy for collectability if I’m getting an extremely good deal.

[Bear78]

I think I paid around the $120 for the pair... maybe a little less but it's been a while back now.  They are obscure JRPG's that are supposed to be really good... but mine have been collecting dust as well in my "to be played" list.  These are rarer / uncommon PS2 games, especially the first Generations which was one of Working Designs last releases and the fact they are both sealed is a plus.  There is also a PSP game that goes in this series that is one of the higher priced games on the secondary market.

[TDIRunner]

Thanks for the tips.  I might go back.  Knowing that he probably has several copies will make it a little easier to barter with him.  I might offer him $80 for the pair and see what happens.  If he takes it, great.  If not, no big deal because I don't feel like I MUST have it.

Maybe you don't want to give out your secrets, but are there any other places in the St. Louis area that you have good luck with?  I haven't found too many places other than the game stores (Slackers, Trade-N-Games, Newfire, V-Stock, Gamebusters).  Obviously we have a bunch of Game Stops as well, but I haven't been in one of those in about three years......

If you haven't heard, Newfire in Maryville will be closed for 2 months while they remodel.  They have some pretty good deals right now since they are trying to build up some sales and cash before they close.  As far as I know, they are open until the end of April, so there is a little bit of time left.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/vgd/4400561855.html

[Bear78]

Hadn't heard about Newfire doing the remodel, might have to check out their sale.  You pretty much got it covered. Not sure where you are located but Arnold has Bodach's Games (pretty good prices, will haggle a bit), Arch City Gaming in Bridgeton (prices around eBay or a bit over but sometimes a deal can be found), Prestige Electronics in Bridgeton (good prices and good guys there), and Retro Games in Belleville, IL (prices are hit and miss but can haggle).  There are a few other places but they mostly do newer games (PS2 generation and up) like Play N Trade (multiple locations), Gamez Unleashed (Belleville), GameSwap (Central STL), and Games Swap (Bethalto, yes, different place).

[TDIRunner]

Hadn't heard about Newfire doing the remodel, might have to check out their sale.  You pretty much got it covered. Not sure where you are located but Arnold has Bodach's Games (pretty good prices, will haggle a bit), Arch City Gaming in Bridgeton (prices around eBay or a bit over but sometimes a deal can be found), Prestige Electronics in Bridgeton (good prices and good guys there), and Retro Games in Belleville, IL (prices are hit and miss but can haggle).  There are a few other places but they mostly do newer games (PS2 generation and up) like Play N Trade (multiple locations), Gamez Unleashed (Belleville), GameSwap (Central STL), and Games Swap (Bethalto, yes, different place).

I'm in Granite City and I work in Alton.

Bodach's Games - Been there a few times.  Great employees.  Pretty good selection.  It's just a long way out.

Arch City Gaming - Never been there.  Will have to check it out.

Prestige Electronics - I was there on opening day.  The owner is a really good guy.  They had a really small selection back then, but he was working on improving that.  Haven't been there in a while and I'm wondering what there selection is now.

Retro Games - Another good one, but there selection is limited.

Play N Trade - I was there once, but I'm usually looking for older stuff.

Gamez Unleashed - Haven't been there, but it sounds like they have mostly newer stuff as well.

Game Swap - I've been to the one in Springfield, since I'm from there originally and my parents are still up there.  I've found some really good stuff at good prices there, but the older stuff is definately limited.