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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #375 on: February 25, 2014, 12:26:11 pm »
Actually they solved the bulky Xbox gamepad issue with the 360, but they're still larger than the rest. The original Xbox one was ridiculous, though (someone's gf had to buy a smaller third-party one because the official one was too large for her hands)
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #376 on: February 25, 2014, 01:28:09 pm »
LOL I was actually including the 360 pads. :P I just hate the Xbox series altogether anyway for obvious reasons (M$). ::)
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #377 on: March 05, 2014, 02:47:43 am »
Monday I got Lufia: The Ruins of Lore for the Game Boy Advance, complete in box. The guy was charging $55 for it but since the box is damaged with an inch long hole on one side, he sold it for $35.
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #378 on: March 05, 2014, 03:57:58 am »
Today I acquired a NES (the original one!), complete with 2 controllers, Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt and Metroid, for about $100. Metroid itself was $30, the rest was $70.
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #379 on: March 05, 2014, 03:04:39 pm »
Good purchase :D. Also for Metroid, do you mean $30 including taxes?

Also I just got Chrono Trigger DS for $15.
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #380 on: March 05, 2014, 04:27:08 pm »
Nice pickups guys.
By the way I should post pictures of my Dualshock 3 mounted phone case. It's the ultimate solution for mobile retro gaming. :P
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #381 on: March 05, 2014, 08:35:11 pm »
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on March 05, 2014, 03:04:39 pm
Good purchase :D . Also for Metroid, do you mean $30 including taxes?

Also I just got Chrono Trigger DS for $15.
No, I've put all the taxes in the $70 or something... So it's actually $60.
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #382 on: March 05, 2014, 09:42:07 pm »
Quote from: Yuki Kagayaki on March 05, 2014, 08:35:11 pm
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on March 05, 2014, 03:04:39 pm
Good purchase :D . Also for Metroid, do you mean $30 including taxes?

Also I just got Chrono Trigger DS for $15.
No, I've put all the taxes in the $70 or something... So it's actually $60.
Oh I meant taxes for Metroid, not the NES/SMB.
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #383 on: March 18, 2014, 03:23:27 pm »
My copy of Journey to Silius finally arrived at Free Game :D (I just grabbed it a few minutes ago). Some of the best NES graphics (although most of them are because they only used 1 color per tile and about 2 per map, allowing extra shading) and music. :D
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #384 on: March 19, 2014, 02:55:14 am »
Nice, Sunsoft really had some great stuff back then. Funfact: Journey to Sillius was originally meant to be a game based on The Terminator Movie. However, Sunsoft's license ran out during the making of the game. Some graphics and story (and obviously the title) were changed as a result.

Just picked up the original  Japanese Pokemon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow for $36.50. :)


*Edit* Worth mentioning: I also saw a Sega Genesis clone at Wal-mart for $30. It has 60 games built in and 2 hard-wired controllers. However, it also has a cartridge slot. Thinking about getting one. :D
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #385 on: March 19, 2014, 03:13:00 am »
Yeah I remember they lost the license. It sucked because it would have been an amazing movie based game, something that is very rare.

Also nice about the Sega Genesis clone. I didn't realize that Walmart started selling retro-related consoles and accessories, although I heard that they are gonna accept trade-ins soon (although I bet it will be like Gamestop and they won't accept retro games).


Also I might not buy as many new games in the near future, because new games are now launched at $69.99 instead of $59.99 in Canada, thanks to the CAD dollar now being worth $0.90 USD >.<. I seriously hope that the dollar won't start falling back to 90's values, because look at how much games costed in Canada back in the days O.O




I even saw a GOLF game for $99.98 once *.*

Don't wonder why most kids just rented games instead of buying them.

Even Sega CD and Playstation 1 games were ridiculous at first despite being CD medium. I remember all of them were $80 (or even $90 for Sega CD games) before they finally started dropping to $60 in 1999 or so. PS2 and Gamecube games did the same thing.

And to think that EA wants to charge $69.99 USD for PS4 games at launch. This means we'll pay $79.99 here or more >.<
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #386 on: March 19, 2014, 10:55:44 pm »
Also the fact it was more expensive producing games on cartridges back then, hence the massive switch to CD-based supports around when the Nintendo 64 came out. Nintendo was pretty much one of the last to abandon cartridges in favor to CDs for non-portable consoles after a failed partnership with Sony who went on to produce the PlayStation, first of the name.
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #387 on: March 19, 2014, 11:07:06 pm »
Indeed, but back then, even some CD-based games were more expensive than today. Most Sega CD sports games were about $70 in USA. The $60 standard arrived around the Sega Saturn days.

That said, even today there are games that are more expensive than normal, excluding limited edition gimmicks. Shin Megami Tensei IV for the DS, for example, was $50 on launch, while all other 3DS games launched at $40.


EDIT: By the way, earlier this afternoon I got Metal Gear and Gotcha for the NES, along with Bravely Default for the 3DS.
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #388 on: March 23, 2014, 12:24:18 pm »
Loot from the retro fair. Cost me about €95
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Re: Your best video game pickups.
« Reply #389 on: March 23, 2014, 03:21:55 pm »
My eyes went straight to the GB Player, then the blue Kirby and SSBM. :D Nice finds ! Do you have the boot disc for the GBP ?
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