/vr/ - Retro Games

i went to a shitty game kiosk at the mall and they must of had 20 stacks of mario party for n64 all priced for $40 each.

>>1735671
a retro game kiosk in a mall? you're shitting me

>>1735671
Sounds like that loser from that thread a few weeks ago actually went ahead and did it.

>the key to a successful business is being a niche market
>mario games only
>only like 10 games only
>People will love that shit

>>1735680
Looks like one of those shitty indoor swap meets to me.

>no knowledge for video games at all
the absolute worse right here
I recently stopped by a game shop since I had an interview nearby and I know it's more of a tabletop place but they really half ass everything else so you'll see loose comics from 3 years ago, random manga and anime on a shelf to the side and overpriced nerd shit everywhere. Obviously the worse was the video games, now it wasn't the overpriced NES and Genesis games that bothered me because who the hell is going to touch a generic sports game for the price, it wasn't even the mis-marked NES that said SNES for $100. The worse offender was the 2 $60 N64's with 3rd party AC and A/V cables where they (along with the rest of the vidya related items) SHRINK WRAPPED THE N64 CONTROLLERS.
Those poor things were done and you knew the poor bastard that would eventually over pay for the system would end up with a faulty stick and no way to enjoy the system

>>1735718

>>1735663
>Ebay has condition like new look at the photo a dog has eaten part of the case

Super vague descriptions on craigslist.

>NES with 20 games $120 firm
Yeah, because people are going to drop triple digits on games they have no idea what they are. If you can't even be bothered to list the games, why should I bother to contact you to figure out what the games are?

>>1735663
I have a long one but its good

>live in Cincinnati in the barren industrial zone
>discover a retro game store opens up within walking distance of house
>Looks awesome on the outside
>Walk inside and its a blockbuster from the 90s with the games just chilling on metal racks
>"whwatevs they gots games"
>$50 for pokemon red with a sticker on it that says "battery dead"
>Soda stained copy of streetfighter 2 - $65
>retro=rare apparently
>the owner is dealing with a customer
>go ahead and check the place out incidentally get a peek at the owners managers office through the door way
>ricer pc
>WOW posters
>food and stacks of diet pepsi errywhere
>looks like a bedroom
>pot stank hits me in the face

Up to this point i dont care, I cant judge a man for enjoying himself at a place he owns but then suddenly

>on the way out I hear him trying to sell a psp to a grandmother that actually wants a psvita but doesn't understand the difference
>flask back to when my grandmother got rooked into buying a regular NES when the super had just come out by a shitty KB toys manager.
>quickly formulate a way to interject myself into the conversation and tell the lady the truth without looking like a snide asshole
>a middle age mother says "the vita is the newer one, you want that"
>owner says "Oh... whoops even I get confused with all the systems out there"
>can see the lies in his eyes
>he looks at me nervously
>I leave without buying or saying anything
>place was gone after 3 months
>mfw

>>1735702
pretty much. everything was overpriced. some lady selling toys had super mario world behind a glass counter for the low low price of $30

>mfw I went to a retro game store today and saw they wanted $120 for a SNES

>NINTENDO GAMES FOR SALE ^-_.@@
>Mario 1 $15
>Baseball $20
>Golf $15

One store has tons of good games that will sit there for all eternity, because the owner way overprices them. He makes his money as a middleman for system repairs, I recall him saying one day how he doesn't need to sell anything so long as the repairs keep coming in.

So there sits stacks and stacks of good NES games, few if any that ever sell because of the high prices, it's depressing. It's like being teased, I'd love to have a ton of what he's got in there, but even ebay is cheaper.

>be BR retro game boy collector
>everything is labelled rare
>everything absurdly expensive
>150 bucks for tetris for gbc
>200 bucks for pokemon Blue since it's "cool" and "nerdy"
>a wannabe hipster from college buys a pokemon red cartdrige for 130 dollars and destroy it to make a "retro usb"

Oh how I wish to trip to japan and buy some nice games, or even garage sales in us. How I wish

>entire shelf of Sonic 2
>$8-10 each
every single time.

$5 game bins are great, until you realize that every game in there is still overpriced for $5. Does it seriously kill them to ask $1-$2.50 for junk games? A buck TOPS for most sports?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a61N8imsyxE
$159 Australian dollars for a standard black Nintendo 64

>>1735796
Muh overhead

>>1735803

It's better to clear out the unsellable crap for cheap and make a little money, than to mark it up high and have it sit which makes you no money.

>>1735796
Factor in shipping on those games if you were to buy them online, and you're getting close to or above the $5.

Most of the crap that's under $4 anymore is sports games and mario + duck hunt. This market really sucks

>>1735821
If you want cheap ass games go for current gen stuff. Prices are dropping like flies. Then in ~10-15 years we'll have nostalgia babies for PS3 and Xbox 360

>>1735765
You know what's REALLY sad?

The day will come when the repairs stop coming in and the store will go belly-up.
If that guy is like any of the reseller scum in my area, he'd be much more likely to destroy his vidya than to sell it all at liquidation prices.

That's how you separate the true vidya lovers/sellers from the profiteers...and it seems the profiteers are winning...

>>1735718
> (along with the rest of the vidya related items) SHRINK WRAPPED THE N64 CONTROLLERS.

There's a place by me that does this too. They shrinkwrap the entire console, and game carts that are over a certain price threshold. I have no idea why they do it. I asked one of the people there and he didn't know either, that's just what they're supposed to do. It seems random sometimes though, I've seen a beat to shit OoT shrinkwrapped, next to an unshrinkwrapped copy in perfect condition, next to Bad Fur Day without it.

This is up for auction on Ebay right now.
>listed as "acceptable"
>no game
>no poster
>current price 12.19$
>already has 3 bids on it
>mfw

>>1735971
collector faggots gonna collect

>>1735974
lol

>>1735947

It is sad. When I say overpriced to the point that nobody wants it, I'm talking in the realm of $45 Mega Man 4, $15+ any NES Double Dragon. Basically anything worth having for the NES is behind the counter, and you don't want to be asking for the price, because you're not going to like it.

Another story, is that I actually met two faggot resellers at a flea market. They go skim all the games there and take it to their shop to resell. I actually went and checked it out, tons of games, but they were quite the fuckers. They were good to me personally as people, but just seeing their business and talking to them for a bit really shows that they're just a bunch of awful fuckers. Although I'm sure the vendors at the flea market could give a flying fuck since their stuff is getting bought, but to me out there looking for games it's hard to not want to brutally gut the resellers.

I am a reseller, heaps of games in my collection, heaps of cash from ebay.guess what, no fucks are given...

>>1735971
Acceptable is the lowest possible you can list something as dude.

>retro game store in Ashton, Manchester England.
>go in and drop like £25 on a good chunk of PS2 games
>Tekken Tag doesn't work
>return it to the store, mother comes along because she's doing something in Ashton too
>explain the situation to the woman behind the till
>'Sorry, we don't do refunds.'
>suddenly the woman and my mother start arguing, I move away and browse the games trying not tp burst laughing
>woman accuses me of bringing in a faulty disc to get money back
>my sides
>eventually woman calls up store owner, says he won't do refunds
>she explains the situation to him, he tells her to refund us
>she is red in the face and trembling

Rewind Collectibles in Ashton. Great shop, okay prices, TERRIBLE STAFF WHEN THAT WOMAN IS AT THE TILL.

>>1736000
Would you consider that acceptable? That was my point...

>>1736002
Another, a couple of days ago.
>trekking across Tameside hitting up pawn shops, Cash Generator/Converters and charity shops for PS1/PS2 games
>Find Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare for PS1
>99p
>go to till, buy it
>the discs are already inside, not put in at the till. Already a bad sign.
>open case, one disc only.
>have to fill out a reciept with too much personal information
>'We don't check for stuff like that, you see'
>I tell her she needs to, otherwise she's ripping people off in the name of charity.

>>1735663
Who the fuck cares about cases? Apart from the mentally challenged "collectors" and the like, I mean.

The game's the point. If the disc/cartridge is intact, what else do you fucking need?

>>1735701
i remember that guy
>no really it's a great idea, no one wants any other games anyways!
>MONEY MAKER!

>>1735947
Here is the story of a reseller trying to be a good guy
>be me.
>be a collector.
>Collecting gets pretty spendy.
>Become reseller to finance collection.
>Buy people's whole collections, keep the games I don't have, sell doubles.
>Resellers in my area start jacking up prices.
>I am selling an NES on Facebook for $80 with 5 games
>A reseller PMs me that I should be asking that for the system alone
>I tell him to please let me do business in peace
>A few more message me
>Appearantly I am ruining it for them for selling ONE "cheap" NES system
>Sell system
>Smile all the way to the bank with my $80 which was a good profit.

Then weeks pass. It's yardsale season again.

>Start to see usual resellers
>NES loose for $125
>Games all indevidually priced
>SMB/DH $20
>TMNT $40
>A bunch of people waiting in line to get gouged
>THIS is why it's so expensive.
>THIS is why I had to get into selling
>I post a link to the pricecharting.com page for each game.
>Comes to a about $100 for the system and ALL the games
>All the people in line just drop like flies from his post
>He messages me "You can't do shit like that fucker!"
>"Its worth way more than that!"
>"Its worth whatever anyone's willing to pay for it"
>I offer him $40.

>>1735739
i just got a sega saturn off ebay that, in the description, said something along the lines of:
>looks like a big ass dog bit out a chunk on the back

works fine

>popular retro game is expensive because it's popular
>obscure retro game is expensive because it's obscure

Super Mario World shouldn't be that expensive, yet they keep asking 30-40 bucks for it. Absolutely ridiculous, it was included for free with some SNES packages back in the times, and the game sold so well anyway so it shouldn't be considered as rare and expensive.

You guys must have shitty game stores in the area. The one i go to is reasonably priced. Nes are 30, snes are 50, n64 are around 45 and when they have conkers bfd its about 55. A friend of mine works there and throws me a deal every now and then, i picked up LTTP for 10 last time i was there

>>1736063
>I am selling an NES on Facebook for $80 with 5 games
The hilarious part is that you seem to think you're fucking generous, too.

Holy fucking shit.

>>1736103
I don't think I'm being generous. I think I am selling it for the average, instead of price gouging and further driving up the average.

>>1735701
top kek.
I remember that thread, god that guy was a retard.

There's a 'retro' game shop in my area.
The guy who owns it has a day job. He's a lawyer or something? Not sure. Routinely see him in town in a suit and tie going into or coming out of a high-rise office building near my office. That building houses a lawfirm, so far as I know, but perhaps he works in accounting or PR at the firm or something.
Anyway, his store? It's only open Saturday and Sunday and only from noon to five and outside of those hours by appointment.
The prices at which he sells are fair, but the hours fuck me so that's the only pet peeve I have. That, and the fact that it lacks a bathroom.

He refuses to sell on eBay or Amazon because he finds that buyers are skeptical about having such reasonable prices on the games he offers without trying the game in action first, so he only sells from his store front. It's in a modular rather than a building proper. Basically, a shipping crate with electricity for heating, cooling and lights.
There's no bathroom, not even for him.

Fuck the hours, though.

>>1736080
Thinks can be common and rare at once. Every person who owns a SNES wants a copy of Mario world. It's just THE SNES game to own the same was Mario 64 is on the N64. If everyone wants a copy even common stuff can become rare (see furries and buzzlight year)

>>1736125
in demand =/= rare

>>1736104
are those 5 games worth like 12 bucks each

>>1736125

>>1735947

Wait what? Why would he destroy the video games and gain nothing instead of liquidize? In what scenario, even the most Jewish of the Jew, would that be preferable?

>>1736129
12x5=60
NES is worth ~$40

All together, that's $100 by your logic. I sold it all for $80. Sounds about average to me.

>>1736138
>being reseller
>care only about money
>inventory piles up and stays unsold
>decide to leave the market
>keeping all that inventory becomes expensive
>can't wait to liquidate it all, time is money
>trash compactor is cheaper
>????
>profit!

>>1736121
>the fact that it lacks a bathroom.

Do you go to buy stuff or take a shit?

>>1735772
>BR
>Not buying stolen games on fairs
Got the same red cartridge for 15 reais in a good condition.

>SNES! NO CORDS, CONTROLLERS, YELLOWED FROM USE
>40$

And that's when I said fuck it and sprang for one of those reproduction NES/SNES combos. Cheaper, comes with two controllers and the cords and i had enough left to get a super cheap SNES game for it.

It'll tide me over until I can go steal the one sitting in my neighbor's front yard. I doubt it works but that can be fixed.

>>1736156
Well, what if I'm having a nice, long chat with the owner or some other enthusiast whilst perusing vidya of old... then suddenly have a need to loo? SOL then, idnit?
Even the owner laments the lack of facilities but he only lives a short bit aways away from the shop so he can walk the few dozen yards over to his flat to have a wee.
Since the shop is just about dead centre of a residential area and the nearest café, bar or whathaveyou is a good ways away, customers are basically fucked.
I sometimes think the guy's taking the piss and he actually has a loo hidden somewheres about but he swears up and down that the back area of the shop is just storage for more vidya.

>>1736208
>Fat smelly neckbeard comes on
>"Hey, can I use your loo?"
>"Er..er..we don't have one, sorry! He..hehe.. I have to go to my flat to pee when I need to"
>"Oh, wow, that sucks man!"

He has one, you just need to shower.

>>1736103
poor much? thats fair for a system released 30 years ago. Just because you remember it like yesterday dont make it so

>>1736154
>Trash compactor is cheaper
The horror.

THE HOOORRROOORRRR

>Item is overpriced on shelf
>Repeatedly offer eBay low price minus 20%
>Repeatedly get turned down
>Later, item is gone
>"Oh we had a clearance event - 60% off"

>store sells n64 and jumper paks separately

had a high rate 'broken' n64's coming back to them for a while

My biggest Pet Peeve.

EVERY SINGLE GAME is listed as "RARE/ULTRA RARE/ONE OF A KIND"

Even PSP games that are a few years old are like that now. Also, sellers LOVE getting "sealed games" as an excuse to increase the price dramatically? What's the point of a sealed game? I collect them, but I'm a gamer. I open and play games.


Is shit this bad with you americans too?

>>1736237
>fat
>smelly
>me
lolno
I could wax indignant on how wrong you are and explain it all , but nah. I'd rather keep on the topic at hand.
I do smell like civet arse, though. In the nicest sort of way, of course. You know. Cuz it's used in making colognes and fragrances and stuff.

To go back to the subject of the thread, I did see a post to CL the other day. It's gone now or I'd otherwise post the link but the poster wanted the US equivalent of $1200 for a lot of thirty-four NES games, most of which were not even CiB. No accessories. No console. Just the cartridges with a few being CiB, or so claimed the poster. Ridiculous, really.

Man that must suck for you guys.

>Retro Store about a mile from my apt.
>Guys that own it are really cool and friendly
>Games priced fairly (of course there's the occasional overpriced game, but they don't just look at what a current listing on eBay is and start there)
>A bunch of arcade and pinball machines on the back wall
>Have consoles hooked up so you can make sure the games you want to buy work
>Tons of CIB options that don't break the bank

I love my little store.

flea markets on the other hand...
>table full of 2600 games
>5:00 each
>tell them they'll never move them at that price
>"They're rare!"
>see them the next few weeks still trying to move those games

but on the other hand
>Get to flea market early so I can see right as people set up
>Normal people usually price their stuff really low, it's just shitty resellers that try to shill their sun bleached madden games
>see a guy put down a pile of NES games
>Imediately check it out
>MM2, MM3, Mario2, Mario3, Punch Out, Ninja Turtles, a few others I can't remember
>Get them for 2 bucks each

I sometimes feel bad when I get really good deals like that, but I just remind myself that it's on them for not having done their research, and it's probably stolen good anyway.

>>1736328

Another time at the flea market
>See some fat dude with a bunch of NES and Sega stuff.
>See a power glove
>I know their dumb but I always wanted one as a kid so I ask him if it has the TV sensors too
>He says he didn't know it needed sensors
>Ask price anyway for shelf candy
>80 dollars
>NOPE
>About to leave but I see that he has a Model 1 Genesis hooked up to a Model 2 Sega CD (I already had a model 1 Genny but I needed a SCD)
>It even had the metal plate and the little black plastic chunk that makes it look good on a Model 1
>Ask him how much it is JUST for the Sega CD
>He says "I don't know what that is..."
>Point to it "Just this side part"
>"Sorry, I have to sell it as a bundle"
>"Oh, okay. How much are you asking?"
>20
>Buy that shit up
>Start to leave with it
>"Wait a second!"
>He hands me a bag
>It comes with this stuff too
>All the cables, 3 6 button controllers
>"Thanks bro!"

>>1736004
It's certainly acceptable to other people, seeing as they're fucking bidding on it.

>looking for a game cube controller on Ebay
>"Overall very good working and cosmetic condition."
>16.81$
>see pic

I can understand if it's broken and you don't want to fix it, but at least clean the damn thing!

>>1736053
The case and the manual.

>>1736342

>see used system
>see price
>price is 5 dollars less than it would be brand new

why even bother putting it up for sale? with such a tiny difference in price people are obviously just going to pay the extra 5 and get it brand new

>>1736208

There's this thing called "public liability insurance" and usually part of the stipulations are that you don't let any customers into the designated staff-only areas. It costs more to insure when you have stuff like public bathrooms, plus if you have one bathroom you need to get another so that there can be a male and a female, and you have the legal obligation to train staff on cleaning and sanitation for it and stuff... So basically he probably has one, it's just way more hassle than it's worth to let customers use it.

You would probably do the same too, rather than have to go in there an clean out some neckbeard's sloppy remnants every night after closing.

>Huge lot of games
Just 3

>Vintage games!
From the 90's

>>1735971
>no game

Why the fuck are people biding on it? It has no goddamn game with it, it's easy enough to find a template online and just make a repro box using that.

>>1736053
I like to have a box/case and a manual, but I'll buy without either. I can always do up my own boxes and most cd cases are just your average jeweled case with a slip of paper inside. Manuals are easy to live without, but I like having them if they're nice-looking.

>>1735743
i'm glad that story had a happy ending lol

>>1736157
In fairs is rare find in good conditions.

>>1736063
your doing god's work keep it up

>>1735772
I Always say : go in fair to find cheap games or just buy Wii+ crt Tv or just emulate on Pc. Retro game in heuland now is nearly impossible starting from zero..
I need learn eletronics...

>>1736373
But that's wrong.
Wholly. Utterly. Stupidly. Wrong.
For one, you're assuming the shop in question is in the same country, region/state/province, county/township/administrative area and/or city/town/village as you. The law varies widely and wildly place to place, even between two neighbouring municipalities.

Secondly, I've never in my life ever seen a single independent shop, café, restaurant or other place of business with separate bathrooms for each gender let alone separate bathrooms for staff and customers. Ever. And I currently live nearly 5000 miles away from where I was born and over 8500 miles away from where I grew up. Been the world over, Anon, and I've never seen an independent business with separate loos for either sex.
Finally, and this is the big important bit, shut up.

>>1736063
>be me
fuck off.

>>1736154
that should be illegal, fucking resellers, and people say why they are scum?

>>1736154
Fucking Usnians, why can we be like Japanese Retro Market?

>>1736328
>Man that must suck for you guys.
>>Retro Store about a mile from my apt.
>>Guys that own it are really cool and friendly
>>Games priced fairly (of course there's the occasional overpriced game, but they don't just look at what a current listing on eBay is and start there)
>>A bunch of arcade and pinball machines on the back wall
>>Have consoles hooked up so you can make sure the games you want to buy work
>>Tons of CIB options that don't break the bank

Cool Story Bro

>>1736328
>but on the other hand
>>Get to flea market early so I can see right as people set up
>>Normal people usually price their stuff really low, it's just shitty resellers that try to shill their sun bleached madden games
>>see a guy put down a pile of NES games
>>Imediately check it out
>>MM2, MM3, Mario2, Mario3, Punch Out, Ninja Turtles, a few others I can't remember
>>Get them for 2 bucks each
>I sometimes feel bad when I get really good deals like that, but I just remind myself that it's on them for not having done their research, and it's probably stolen good anyway.

Cool Fantasy Story Bro

>>1736560
>>1736563
>Replying to obvious bait including a picture of flood damage from Australia not trash compactor damage from the US)

>>1736564
give them your business son, don't let the cool folks go under.

>>1736138
A lot of resellers have the mentality that 'if I can't sell it for what I want, nobody can"

They believe if they can't sell it for eBay prices, whoever gets the game will.

Basically, immaturity and inability to cope with being a sore loser.

>>1735998

>>1736406
>repro
You are the cancer.

>>1735958

It's a stupid people thing. The thing you need to understand about the under-educated, barely literate, almost a danger to society level of stupid - people - is that they operate on some kind of level that a person with a shred of intelligence cannot hope to conceive.

What they do, that seems simple, and easy to them, is a mother fucking complex nightmare to a person with common sense. What seems simple, and easy to understand is brain surgery to them. You will reach a point where your only conclusion is that they make each decision regarding a complex problem by doing some kind of Raindance and then winging it.

amidoingitrite?

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-old-video-games/calgary/n64-classics-for-sale/605473873?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

>>1737108
actually people who care about boxes and bid on shit like that are cancer are you in denial?

>>1735663
Everything about This guy on rt 1 Edison NJ

fuck him. Fuck him so hard. Supposidly he's out of Biz, good riddance. He tried charging $30 for pacman for the 2600 and $20 for saturn AV cables.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/swap-edison-5

>>1737108
No, he is the cure.

>>1736349
that was faked actually, they are clearly being pushed off the edge

>>1736569
where did you get that impression? it even says "flood" in the filename.

>>1735663
>win a good amount of games from a seller so I can get combined shipping like the jew I am
>Lose 2 auctions by a dollar (Legend of Dragoon and Grandia) not overly peeved, I put in max I wanted to pay for them and went out for dinner
>get back and send dude a request for a new invoice for combined shipping (from like 112 dollars (lol) to 15)
>pay it immediately
>wake up today
>your shit has shipped
>2 auctions you bid on have been relisted
Literally what. Guy should've just sold them to me for -1 dollar.

>>1737328
Anon I recommend you go to Digital Press in Clifton. The staff is friendly and the prices are generally fair. IMO the best part it their mini arcade, they have some Japanese rhythm game, Nintendo Play Choice 10, a cabinet with a wheel for various racing games, a Taito physical game called Ice Cold Beer (look it up, it's cool), a cabinet with maybe 10 or so fighting games on it, another loaded with Raspberry Pi and well over 100 games including various shumps, and an OG Donkey Kong 3. Once a month they have a gathering where they let some customers bring in boxes of various games and consoles to buy/sell/trade, a tournament of a competitive game, and a high score contest on one of the cabinets. You can tell whoever runs this place actually loves gaming, especially retro. They even have a mini "museum" which is a windowed display that honors a franchise that changes every month or so. Any /vr/ anon should stop in if they're ever in the area.

>>1737383
yeah, my friends love it. I have a newborn to watch tho so i havent had a chance to check it out yet.

i also just love talking about how shitty the rt1 dude is

>>1735796
I know one store that takes in a lot of loose disks. They fight this by bundling together half a dozen or so disk-only undesirable games and sells them as packs for a buck each. They make good cheap coaster packs.

>>1736121
Sounds like a shitty store if he wants it to succeed he needs more regular hours

>>1737465
I think it's just a hobby. As mentioned, he's got a day job.

>>1737473
Still doesn't mean he couldn't hire a manager or something to give it more regular hours

>>1737315
Mein Calgarian Nigger you are doing it very right.
That 2x profit on Mario Party :)

>>1735663
>bastards want 20$ for pokemon red but they'll literally throw xbox and ps1 games at you for 2 or 3$
which is nice, but shit, I want some OG pokemans

>>1737465
>Sounds like a shitty store if he wants it to succeed he needs more regular hours

And a bathroom.

Dear god the store needs a bathroom. I can't count the number of times I've needed to shit while surfing for retro video.

>Condition: Like new
>Former rental store game, has a few small scratches. Disc only

>>1737493
I guess? Honestly, I think the guy just uses the modular as storage for his collection and sells doubles of what he's got, so it's not likely in his best interest to hire anyone.

>>1737327
Seems legit enough

>>1737498
Even video game trader has better prices than that. I hate the bitch that runs that place too me and my friend that lives on edmonton trial like a block away always talk about burning it down.

>>1735663

>Literally 20 copies of FFVII at a store
>Almost all of them are GH copies or missing the inserts entirely
>The single most common and easy to find PS1 game ever
>you can get it on eBay for $20 most of the time
>Store wants $30-$50 for each copy

I get the whole "supply and demand" element there, but come on. That game hasn't been worth $50 since 1997. Not to mention that they just sit. And sit. And sit. And then they sit. And what happens next? THEY SIT SOME MORE! So it's not exactly like the demand actually outweighs the supply or something. They're just greedy fucks.

Then you see fairly common PS1 games, but still sealed, so the price is absolutely astronomical.

Saw a fucking $199 copy of Parasite Eve last year at the mall. I mean, it WAS still sealed, but come the fuck on.

>>1736317
very. if its sealed then its worth hundreds. even a common shitty sports title is worth loads of clams to a reseller.

>>1737586

>go to favorite local store last week
>find Parasite Eve on sale for 20 bucks, case is absolutely atrocious
>go up to register and ask to take a look inside, discs and inserts are fucking pristine
>nab it, take it home, replace the cases with generic jewel cases I keep for this exact reason

Voila, instantly like new. I'm just going to play it anyways so looking for sealed would make absolutely no sense. I've saved so much money on otherwise expensive games by buying complete but used because people think that the a busted jewel case matters.

>>1735663
>eBay pet peeves?

The MOTHERFUCKING Global Shipping Program.

>>1737629
Yes fuck it to hell.

>>1737629
I don't use ebay very much, what's wrong with the global shipping program?

There's a piece of shit who runs a chain of game stores around Philly who was at a local game convention this past weekend.

They apparently sell copies of SMB/DH for $12.99 because in his words "The dumb fucks will buy it". He supposedly pissed off a lot of the community while badmouthing the general customers he gets. I hear nothing but horror stories about people who attempt to shop there.

I don't like to name drop, so seriously fuck this guy. Thankfully I live in jersey so I don't have to deal with it locally.

The one store that sells retro around here blows. I'll stop by occasionally because they sell 2600 games for $1 a pop regardless of the game. I got a Very good condition NES Dr. Mario for $4 once, a like new Gran Turismo 2 for $3, NES Game Genie for $5, but that's all.

I'm not paying $30 for Link to the past or $15 for Super Mario Kart. $20 for Punch out is too much. There's 4 copies of Sonic 2 with $5 slapped on them. $80 for a SNES is too fucking much as well.

Well, I'm moving to St. Louis for work in a week. Does that make me a winner?

Not much of a pet peeve, but more of a full on outrage

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/vgm/4545786581.html

>>1737754
Honestly, who would think something like this looks good? Even those dumbass NES controller ones look better than this.

>>1737770
I don't even think retards would wear that. What a waste of a perfectly good cartridge.

>>1737339
Man, has Disney ever formally apologized for that shit?

Not that I care, because they're animals, but it seems kinda messed up that some Disney employees filmed themselves drowning a bunch of rodents and everyone's apparently cool with it.

>>1737770
Ass burgers with extra ass.

There was a CL ad advertising "sega genesis with 80 games" for $30. I went in naively assuming I found someone who was desperately trying to sell off old stock from an out of business shop or something. Turns out it was some atari-flashback style genesis emulation machine. I have never gotten so mad over a CL ad until that point.

>>1737328
Bwahaha I remember this guy. He had 4-5 big shoeboxes full of Atari 2600 cartridges and the only ones that were less than $15 had majorly damaged or missing labels.

>>1736345
>searching for Gamecube/SNES/Saturn controller on eBay
>have to open at least 25 tabs for items below $25 that aren't obviously broken from the thumbnail
>close 10 of those tabs after getting a closer look
>9 more tabs closed because full image is 100x250 with shit lighting
>3 more gone because seller rating is 68%
>down to 3 controllers that aren't overpriced/demolished/intentionally obscured
>all 3 are filthy
>buy one
>clean it
>good as new

I know not everyone is willing to dismantle a controller to clean it like most of us, but you couldn't take the 30 seconds to wipe off your controller before taking photos?
And fuck the 22 other sellers too.

>>1737615
I honestly don't get why resellers don't do this.

>take literally 1 minute and 60 cents (if you buy in bulk, probably less) to replace a case
>your game suddenly goes from
>"acceptable"
to
>near mint

I swear I've single handedly increased the value of my entire PS1 collection by like 50% or more just by replacing the cases.

>>1737829

I bought some stuff that came with some controllers and fight sticks games, and a console.

The fightsticks were disgusting I had to wipe it down with bleach and magic erasers and shit to get it off. They also stunk like cigarettes so I wrapped them in dryer sheets for 3 days. I havent even looked at the controllers since I have a bunch but they were incredibly rough.

Its just appalling what some people do to these things.

>>1736362
>looking for Game Boy
>originally sold for around $50 new
>broken systems
>missing screen panels
>scratches and cigarette burns
>yellower than a vile of piss
>not a trace of battery covers while EXT port cover is firmly in place
>corroded contacts
>$60 starting price
>fuck you if you want a Play it Loud model

Why?

>>1736380
>vintage games!
PlayStation end-of-life release title/PS2 multiplat

>>1737509
I was able to find all of the GB/GBC Pokemon games, including Pinball and TCG, on eBay and I don't think I payed more than $15 for either one of them. Hell, Pinball even had the somehow elusive battery cover.

>>1737754
This is the first time I've ever actually considered murder over a fashion choice.
Hipsters are truly the enemy of physical retro gaming equipment.

>>1737694
Ask 30 Bucks for shipping to mexico because of Racism, even if the item has listed Free Shipping (but they NEVER.....breathes.........indicate is only for the US)

>>1737967
what can we say, we only use mexico for yardwork and cocain

>>1737967
>>1738007
Yeah its fucking racism dude. A box thats like 1ft x 1/2 ft x 1ft with tracking costs 28 dollars from Canada to the states, so you can take your Beaner-logic somewhere else.

>>1738025
You have to pay more for it to be processed by customs

>Local place rips prices straight from Ebay
>SUPER METROID WITH THE GUIDE FOR $110
>They constantly pester a colleague and I for a few weeks about this shit.
>For some reason a copy of Action 52 was $90 and a guy specifically stated that he sold it for $300

What were they doing? How are they still in business? I do not know.

All I know is you can usually knock a few bucks off the price dealing with them, games that aren't Mario are decently prices, and they have no idea what they're doing.

>>1737967
Mexico of course no one wants to ship there

>>1737835
most people try and sell "acceptable" at near mint prices, so it wouldn't make much of a difference regardless

>>1735663
I think I've finally just started to deal with modern retro game pricing, I don't buy most games since most of it is out of my price range or are extremely over priced compared to an online pricing, but I've come to deal with it.
Besides I have my good days when I get great deals. I think the only really stupid thing that pisses me off is the "Mario Tax".
The only "great" finds I've ever had were a $15 NES with like 7-8~ games and a Super Nintendo I got at a half price day at a thrift store for $10.
Those finds were like 5-6~ years apart, so hopefully down the line I get fucking lucky with something good.
But I will splurge from time to time, I think by the end of this year or next year I'm going to invest in a Jap N64 and a Disk Drive.

>>1738102
>Mario Tax
Most of the Nintendo games while good, are actually not that good. At least, not good enough to justify their price.

PS1 is where its at. Although I've garnered a rather substantial collection and now the games I want are the expensive ones (3 dollars from every pay check goes to Tron Bonne fund) and I've been looking at PS2 for good finds and even modern consoles are getting dirt cheap pricing because everyone assumes they're worthless because Xbox One and Ps4 are out now.

PS2 hunting is going to get expensive, I'd strike while the Iron's Hot.

>>1738117
>Most of the Nintendo games while good, are actually not that good. At least, not good enough to justify their price.
This so much
>PS1 is where its at. Although I've garnered a rather substantial collection and now the games I want are the expensive ones (3 dollars from every pay check goes to Tron Bonne fund) and I've been looking at PS2 for good finds and even modern consoles are getting dirt cheap pricing because everyone assumes they're worthless because Xbox One and Ps4 are out now.
True, true. I've actually been enjoying picking up obscure games, particularly on the PS1 since there are so many games and it's new territory for me. Recently bought a PS1 game called Star Fighter Sanvein and it's great albeit some what short.
>PS2 hunting is going to get expensive, I'd strike while the Iron's Hot.
Oh god you're so right, thankfully I'm getting started on the good shit too.

>>1737694

The company they ship through will go through whatever you're sending and discard packaging materials to save money or some shit.

>>1738330
Havent heard of that or had anything of mine wrecked. I've had stuff broken, but thats because USPS are pieces of shit and just throw stuff on the ground.

>>1738336
I boxed up something for a friend going to Europe through their international program. Six layers of bubble wrap, styrofoam blocks, and plastic bracing.

When it arrived, the buyer complained that it was inadequately packaged and broken. The pictures he sent showed the box badly bent and dented, with only a scrap of bubble wrap, some crumpled newspaper, and a used tissue.

Despite our proof that we overpackaged the item, my friend had to refund the guy and pay to have it sent back.

I haven't dealt with international since, but that's a good enough reason for me to avoid it for a while yet.

>>1738349
You can do international, just don't go through the global shipping program. I've only mostly ordered a game or two and they've just been in bubblewrap sleeves, which is what I would've assumed I was getting regardless of international postage.

>>1737754
>Buy sports game
>remove label
>slap reprinted goldeneye label on it
>Turn it into belt buckle

I rarely even bother with retro game stores around me anymore since their prices are usually ridiculous. I do most of my retro game shopping at thrift/pawn stores nowadays. Its really refreshing seeing N64/SNES/NES games for $3 or less.

>>1736128
in demand + fixed supply = hard to come by

>>1735748

Was it CIB? Only lightly used? Could be a reasonable price, anon.

>>1738349
I've bought plenty of stuff from the US on eBay (scandinavia here) and they have never been mishandled on the way. Some sellers are willing to ship for economy but some insist on using the most expensive ones there is (30 $ for postage only for a boxed NES game? forget it). It sucks though that many will not ship international because of bad experiences.

Also all these stories about actually having the chance to buy games on stores and swap meets are depressing. Even if they're expensive, you should appreciate having such a big market you can actually find games that way.

>>1737843
OG Gameboy was like 89.99 bruh

best christmas ever

>>1738464
What format do places like Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland use anyways? Is NTSC-U your best option? Is there no market for PAL in your area?

>>1738480
Well, it's more or less a preference thing. Some collectors swear in the name of PAL-B SCN releases, which are the ones sold originally here in Finland. Some are hardcore for NTSC saying that games should be run on the original speed they were meant to.

And there's more casual collectors who buy what they want like me. I usually buy NTSC or Japanese versions when there's no PAL available or PAL version is super expensive. Most people just buy PAL B games without caring for area codes and stuff.

(PAL A is UK/Italy area which games won't work on PAL B without modding the NES - great, huh?)

My shelf is a mismatch of all kinds of releases, some boxed, some loose, games from all over the world.

>>1737568
isn't it funny how long that MK4 machine's been there?
and how they have a fucking "display case" filled with a bunch of CIB sealed n64 games, stuffed toys, tins, whatever. Oh yeah, and the one in forest lawn is even worse.

Can anyone identify the game in question?

>"selling game console"
>"2 controllers, 5 game, cable"
>no pictures, no game names, no details, no information what he is selling

Why do people do this? I know not everybody can be video game experts, but c'mon the console usually has its name written on it!

>>1738587
NBA All-Star Challenge

>popular retro game is super expensive because it's "super rare vintage super mario xD xD"
>obscure game that is actually rare costs almost nothing

I once went to this pawn store/antique shop that had a vidya section where Sega Saturn games cost half the price of PS1 games just because Saturn was less popular.
Not angry about this, just confused what the hell is going in their heads when they price the games.

>big vidya shop has a retro gaming section
>all the games are ridiculously overpriced
>same overpriced collection of mario/duck hunt and NHL 96 stays untouched for years because nobody wants to buy their overpriced shit games
>one day their retro gaming section just disappears

I can only imagine them dumping those games to garbage bin.

>buying games from local retro spot
>pay for all my shit, walking out
>see some middle aged woman walk in with a TurboExpress to sell to the store
>no more fucking disposable income to nab that shit

Happened to me yesterday, almost she'd tears.

>>1738617
I know that feel.

>go to flea market
>see a table filled with old PC big box games
>see all the classics, douk 3d, wolf 3d, doom, system shock, deus ex...
>as I approach the table, some huge gargantuan of a mega nerd walks to the table and starts to browse the games
>have no room in front of the table
>he picks all the games I wanted and buys them
>mfw all that's left are some educational discs for windows 95

>>1738620

I feel for you.

However, not to be obtuse, but the gargantuplanets are usually the most beta. Just get in their personal space and nab what you want. They won't say shit and being a dick for a couple seconds is worth it when there's rarity/a deal at stake.

>browsing same shop
>see Vagrant Story and Xenogears, 25 and 30 each at a distance in the case up front
>Captain Rotund and I see each other looking at the games, make eye contact
>I tap the speed force at the very limits of my ability, rending time and space apart in my wake
>Captain Rotund begins to roll at an unholy speed, leaving canyons in the earth that scientists will study for millennia to come
>I perform a tesseract, everything in existence between the games and myself are suddenly rendered null and void in my path as I struggle to prevail over Captain Rotund as he exponentially gains speed like a fucking Miltank on meth
>my efforts become worthless as his mass distorts the gravity around him and he reaches the counter first, but in a last moment of defiance, I hail Ca'Shi Er, arbiter of all materium, in desperation at the end of the counter
>Ca'Shi's all-powerful gaze settles on my reverent facade first, bestowing his grace and benevolence upon me
>Receive the sacred artifacts from my newfound ally as the feral cries of the defeated Captain Rotund ring across the realm

Not ashamed in the slightest, and I'm happy every time I see those two in my collection.

>>1738595
I ran across such a CL ad last night. The seller had the audacity to post 'don't ask me a bunch of questions because it's all answered here.'
It's fucking not.
The ad said "nintendo with some games, some wires and some paddles. $50."
Doesn't say which Nintendo, which games, which wires and how many paddles. I wasn't interested in the ad itself but wanted to know what games the poster was selling only to be met with this bullshit. Also: no pictures.

>>1738627

Sup /fit/

>>1738634
What if it was some unreleased prototype of SNES and multiple copies of Earthbound?

>>1737754
Dr. Pavel, I'm MI6.

>looking for Dreamcast games on my country's equivalent of CL
>this dude's ad "Dreamcast with almost every game released for this region - ask for specific games"
>sweet, ask him for both Shenmues and Evil Twin
>"they're 1€ each"
>dude what
>agree to do it anyway, thinking the man just wanted to get rid of it asap
>when I'm asking him for his bank details, he asks me if I want him to burn any other games
>are you serious

Charging for burned games, can you imagine it

>Price labels stuck onto the inside cover of a DvD case or anywhere else that damages the case
I bought a bunch of PS2 game yesterday really cheap and the shop stuck the price under the plastic sleeve and now i can get it off. It wouldnt be so bad if it wasnt on the part you see when its on a shelf.Apart from that i dont care about much else. I dont see many retro game shops where i live so im just happy when i see one.

>>1735998
>no fucks given
>income from digging through trash

No shit trailer fag

>live in a small city
>mostly retired people
>thrift/pawn shops rarely have the vidya
>5 known NEET flippers always get everything because no responsibilities
>their parents must have finally told them to get their shit together
>they all open Le Nostalgia stores
>everything WAY overpriced
>condition varies from decent to garbage
>mostly the latter
>no one buys anything
>mfw they run out of sheckles and go out of business in a few months

>>1738564
yeah they are both really really bad sometimes you can find a good game at a fair price. I got sunsoft batman for NES for 5 bucks once thats about the only good deal I had there though. I live up near edmonton now so I don't get to check it out that often but whenever I am in calgary their stock never seems to change. They have had that cabinet full of the same shit since I was like 14 I swear.

>>1735998

Hell yeah.

Squeezing the life out of dumbass collectors is a gorgeous thing.

>>1738785
You can replace jewel cases for single cd games and no one will ever tell

>>1735998
>resell
>make about 3k a month on ebay after fees
>0 fucks given, come to /vr/ and laugh at the hate

I'm here for information, not some strange set of morals dictated towards plastic, if I can make cash off plastic bullshit then I'm making cash, 99% of the time I've already got what I'm selling anyways

>>1738931
this is happening everywhere dude, same shit in my town. These places will be gone in 3-4 years completely when retro video consists of xboxone and nintendo 3ds titles.

>>1736345
>anon was talking about biting the rubber bumper on the joystick when he was mad.

Huh.

Good ol nes, snes and sms controllers could handle being thrown at a concrete floor by 4 year old me.

Here's a cute story I'll never forget
>~2011
>Go into old vidya store I just found, fairly obscure
>Browse around, everything seems pretty reasonably priced
>See a CIB Majora's Mask CE Copy in a display case
>$14
>Pick that shit up
>Fast forward to 2014
>Store has become much more popular from advertising
>Go back in
>See loose copy of Majora's Mask in same display cabinet
>$49.99
>my fucking face
I heard they got new management, but fucking hell I could've choked.

>>1735958
When you have a shrinkwrap machine, and you need to look busy when your boss is there, you'll shrinkwrap just about everything.

>>1738453
Wish I could understand your joy. The pawns shops around here have an absolutely pathetic selection of games, and the games they do have are worse than eBay prices.

>>1738739
Are you me? i had the same problem a few weeks ago
>Guy selling dreamcast, vga box + cables and controllers + "50 games"
>£30
>maybe.jpg
>message him and ask what games
>5 'real' games and 45 downloaded

nope

>>1738620
Worse than that:
>Go to flea market
>Seller has a box of Dreamcast games
>ALL CASES ARE EMPTY
>seller swears that there were disks in there that morning

>>1739125
~$45 USD for DC and 5 games and the VGA box is an awesome deal you kike.

>>1738453
all the pawn shops here just have sports titles.

Not really a peeve, but confuses the fuck out of me. It seems to happen a lot when dealing with a store that has huge mounds of unorganized games.

>looking through mound of N64 carts
>heavily beat up, dirty Mischief Makers cart for $15
>meh
>keep digging
>slightly worn cart of Mischief Makers, $12
>ehhhh
>dig some more
>almost flawless cart for $8
It's like the mound was haggling with me.

>>1738785
I hate when that happens too, I found a amazing condition Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego (looks like the tape was never removed) from a half-priced books store, but I'm afraid to take off the price sticker in case it ruins the box,

>>1735663
Theres a guy on my local craigslist that wants to sell a N64 game bundle for $300 firm but the only "expensive" game he has is Conkers Bad Fur Day.

>>1735971
give that some work and youl have a nice pile of shit

Once again a classic case of "why bother bidding early?" All it does is ramp up the prices for everyone. Might as well have just waited 'till the last minute.

>>1739334
why does it matter if you bid early or not? If you want to pay 210 putting in 210 at the last minute isn't going to save you money if another bidder has already set his max bid. That shit only works if you are actively in a bid war with some fag and need to sneak one in before he can manually update his.

>>1739334
>>1739340
You may as well set your max and forget it. You'll get bid up regardless unless you get lucky and theres a single auction with near zero interest.

>100 games
>For 210 dollars
Thats a resellers wet dream chief. He puts every game regardless of value or condition at a minimum of 3-5 dollars charges a bit for shipping and he's laughing all the way to the bank.

>watching an auction
>guy puts in his bid on the first day the item is listed
>sporadic bids after a few days, but no one beats the max bid
>guy comes in and bids at the very last second
>his max bid was the same as the first guy's max bid, so he lost

>>1735663
time for anger folks!
>work at charity shop
>often get games and sometimes consoles
>they refuse to sell them
>send them to 'the depot'
>one day go to 'the depot'
>fucking huge warehouse
>"where's the games?"
>"oh, we just bin those, no one wants that shit"
>they show me the skips outside
>there's one just full of broken cds, dvds, games and various electronic stuff
>closer inspection results in a saturn and a sack of saturn games crushed under a 30" crt, smashed with a toaster.

>quit charity shop when they didn't care
>they never let me buy the games before shipping them away

>>1739340
Well, bidding at the last second minimizes the risk of the other bidders being able to change their mind about their max bid.

>>1739143
I didn't say the problem was the price, the problem was he was selling burned games as if they were the real thing you nitpicking cunt

>>1739367
Wow, I'm mad bro.

>>1739367
Why. Just why. Whether you're the most generous saint or the most soulless corporate scumbag, I don't see how anyone could possibly think that THROWING THINGS AWAY is a better solution than selling it for dirt cheap.

>>1739125
>idiot.gif

>>1735701
I've never seen someone that ignorant before on /vr/

>>1735743
you're a good man, thank you.

>>1735772
lel got tetris for the gameboy for $2 last week

>>1739496
>>1736138
>>1736154
>>1736974
Looks like the resellers have found a new tactic to ensure that nobody ever gets good deals on vidya.

>>1739496
just wanna say that electronics can be recycled but most places won't pay for the transportation and even the manpower needed is seen as too much.
why pay to recycle, why pay for the space it takes up, just dump it. companys do this all the time. from movie negatives to machinery. dumping is just cheaper.

shit will never stop.

>>1739658
I can't even accept this explanation.

>need to get rid of 200 NES games

>results of trashing games:
>games gone

>results of selling games for 50c each:
>games gone, $100 extra for the business

Hell even GIVING THEM AWAY FOR FREE makes more sense than trashing them. That gets rid of the excess supply but at least that would let you retain a few scraps of humanity.

>>1735663
>seaching ebay for hours
>finally find game listed for a completely reasonable price
>$10 shipping

>>1739734
That's me on every day off from work. I don't even know why I check e-bay anymore. It's either stupid overpriced, or the shipment is like $13 on a game worth $10.

>>1739698
You're assuming a lot, like you're going to get rid of these NES games in a day.

Dumping is easier. You don't need to get bubble wrap and fill out an address and take it to the post office, you don't have to have it sit in obscurity for years, its just gone, lost to the ages.

>>1739734
>>1739771
>check ebay
>place a few cities away
>sounds legit
>mostly free shipping (this is rare, I'm Canadian)
>pick up a huge lot of games
>2 I really want.
>armored core for 5
>grandia for 30
>Shipping.
>20
>each

Still on the fence about whether or not to go for it. I paid 20 for armored core not too long ago but was gonna get a second copy for back up or resell scumming.

>>1739698
remember, to them it's just unsold product taking up space.
it's a shitty thing to do i know but unless you wanna go to these places and whipping out your wallet, there'll never be an end.

hell, kids toys and books go to be binned instead of schools and hospitals. let that sink in.

>>1739801
>You're assuming a lot, like you're going to get rid of these NES games in a day.
I don't think it's too much of a stretch to assume that NES games for free-50c would be in the store for very long.

>>1735947
>If that guy is like any of the reseller scum in my area, he'd be much more likely to destroy his vidya than to sell it all at liquidation prices.
Do people actually do that?

>>1736063
>>A few more message me
>>Appearantly I am ruining it for them for selling ONE "cheap" NES system
Ha
I love it when shit like this happens in stories, real or fake
>waah! your low prices and more effective financial overheard is hurting my business!
literally this is the free market working and people are complaining
If you have any more greentexts, please bring more reseller tears

>>1739367
That's fucking awful
I'm actually a little mad after reading that

>>1739448
he wasn't though it sounds more like he was throwing them in with the console because he no longer had a use for them.

>>1739801
>You're assuming a lot, like you're going to get rid of these NES games in a day.
SNES games for 50c each would fly off shelves if it's a Goodwill or any local vidya store. Hell, I would buy shovelware sports games for 50c each if I had the chance -- that's how desperate I am and how void of good deals my metro area is.

>>1737629
Stop living a 3rd world country

>>1739954
>SNES
typo

>>1739954
exactly I usually stay away from buying garbage even if its like 3 bucks but for 50 cents to a dollar I would buy just to have the replacement parts

>>1738785
Easy enough to replace ps2 cases it's worse when it is on a cardboard box

>>1739125
>he didn't buy the vga box

>>1739334
Wait are any of the games listed ?
or could these all be sports and ljn games

I just wish people would take care of their games like Japanese collectors do.

>>1739910
Yup, one particular incident I can remember (beware, tear-jerker moments ahead):

A while back (4 or so years ago, shortly before the retro bubble's exorbitant inflation), someone opened up a retro hobby shop in my area. Lots of good stuff; however the video games in the store were incredibly overpriced, even for the pre-bubble era. As was expected, there was little to no business, its closure would be inevitable.

Fast forward to 2013, the retro bubble is in full swing and, as I predicted, the shop had closed down and the owner nowhere in sight. I was browsing the other shops nearby and I had just bought a Full Throttle at a liquor store.
CAUTION: READER DISCRETION ADVISED
As I finished it and went to throw the can away, I noticed a small reflective glint at the bottom of the trash can. I reached in and pulled out a copy of Skate or Die! broken in half down the middle, no ROM board in sight. The fucking owner had been throwing the games away.

>>1736162
>And that's when I said fuck it and sprang for one of those reproduction NES/SNES combos
Are you this desperate to throw away your money? Just emulate the fucking system if you have to play it that bad instead of buying hardware with an emulator on it

>>1740347
I did the research and the one I'm buying has a NOAC/SNES Motherboard combo, so only half of it is emulated. The SNES part is the part I care about anyway, and the reviews for it are glowing with praise - and I was looking at reviews that were six years old. The system's undoubtedly gotten better.

I hope one day someone just straight up starts manufacturing the original systems again. Until then I'll stick with my cheap reproduction. At least this way I'm only paying through the nose for the games.


As for Emulation... eh.

>>1740289

>>1740369
>I hope one day someone just straight up starts manufacturing the systems again
They already are
RIP gaming

>mfw decent little retro store near me

>>1735663

>caseless copies cost as much as copies with case and manual
>store sells you scratched games, but refuses to take them back for trade or return
>glass case full of NES carts that aren't rare but are over priced
>store buys things just as set pieces
>owner takes all good games out of the store and puts them on eBay for 3 times the reasonable price
>$69.99 for an SNES
>$40 for a Genesis
>$50 for an NES
>$60 for a Retron 3...
>20 copies of the same game in the glass case. All over priced and sit for months
>all sealed games automatically marked tor $100 or more
>tons of games in the back room that no one is allowed into
>owners play favorites and sell games to their friends at lower prices
>customer asks a question, no staff member has an actual answer and just sort of bullshit them
>"rare" games marked for $100 and up. Basically just there to draw people in to look at them.
>refuse to budge on prices at all, even when shown evidence that they're bullshit
>fucking retro remix albums playing constantly
>There's always that one staff member or regular customer who's a hopeless weeb with no life that acts like a fucking spaz and tries to make friends with absolutely everyone but fails because he's totally socially inept.
>they don't take or sell retro PC games at all
>won't take handhelds without the battery covers, unless a staff member trades it in, then it's totally fine.
>refuse to take third party peripherals at all, but still sell them...

Yeah, retro/used stores are fucking great...

>>1740643
>There's always that one staff member or regular customer who's a hopeless weeb with no life that acts like a fucking spaz and tries to make friends with absolutely everyone but fails because he's totally socially inept.

I'm curious why you felt the need to include that, it doesn't fit with the rest of the story at all.

>fucking retro remix albums playing constantly

I don't see a problem with this, unless it's generic OCremix shit.

>>1735748
not really overpriced...
only a tad bit.

>>1740643
>they don't take or sell retro PC games at all

i can see why on that one. most stores will SIT on PC games, good or bad, for years and not sell one game. I couldn't even sell them a boxed copy of SS2 or deus ex because of that reason.

all that other shit is pretty spot on for 90% of game stores though. hell, once i took a bunch of games and systems to a store and they were going to give me $150 cash for shit like several pokemons, various gameboys, N64 with games and a few saturn games. if i sold it online i could have made well over $400, but i hate dealing with ebays bullshit of "send out your item and get your money 3 weeks later".

>>1740289
>>1739910
>>1735947
>>1736154

No, No NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>1736154
>>1735947
>>1736138
>>1740289

The horror stories were true........but who is to blame for that, shows like Pawn stars?

Umm. When you sell somethingmon ebay its instantly paid into your paypal account which you can spend immediately. Or transfer to your bank account and have cash in 2 days...not sure which ebay site you have been using

>>1735765
>>1735947
>>1740289

I don't understand why these people don't just stick to doing system repairs. What's the point of buying all these games if the overall sales will be minimal and they ultimately destroy the bulk of the games in the end?

>>1740289
Fucking despicable.

And I always wonder why I rarely see old video games at charity stores like Goodwill or the Salvation Army.

I know of a pet store that has a video games section with a ton of games for the older consoles (N64, Snes, etc.). One day, when I get a job, I'll pass by and pick up all of those games before the owner decided to toss them out.

>>1740682
Are you retarded? If you pay over $20 for a snes then you got ripped off badly.

>>1740809
a pet store that sells videogames?
get a job there and live like a king.
>play diddy kong racing against the actual animals

Nothing is worse than being a retro collector in a country where the only viable option is pretty much Ebay.

I was looking through craigslist and stumbled upon this.

I don't even know.

>>1741023

also this is pretty lame

>>1741023
>>1741030
These aren't even -that- bad dude. Its 18 games + a handheld with the chargers and shit. I've seen people charge 100 just for the handheld with nothing.

>>1741030

>>1738587

I see it has the thing to plug into that thing on your wall, but does it come with that thing you plug into that black thing to control your character and give inputs too?

>>1740809
>one day, when i get a job
No matter how you look at this statement, it's pathetic. Either you're underage or you're a fat, sweaty, neckbearded derp.
So sad.

>>1741292
I've been rejected from every job that I've signed up for so far.

Literally every job.

>wanted to buy Paper Mario for my younger brother
>go to Gametraders in Moonee Ponds (I am shaming this store, I don't care)
>guy behind counter wants $300 for a new copy of the game
>go to Gametraders in Highpoint.
>buy Paper Mario preowned for $50.
>this was in 2003 and dude wanted $300 for Paper Mario.

Gametraders is the worst. Also,

>last year
>Gametraders Highpoint has Parodius for Sega Saturn
>$60
>think "whatever" since i wanted the game for a long time
>the fucking CD has disc rot.
>clerk "i'll run this through the CD cleaner and it should be good to go"

A wretched business.

>>1741402
>disc rot

>>1741385
charity shops accept volunteers. you have to deal with alot of shit but keep at it. it'll give you experience, keep people off your back about 'omg get a job' and you can save them precious games!!!

>>1741385
Bathing regularly as well as keeping decent oral hygiene and well-groomed facial hair (if any at all) will get you in the door at most retailers. Those are quite definitely the only three things that can keep someone from getting a McJob or a position at whatever your local equivalent of Migros, Carrefour, Tesco or Walmart is.
Basically: don't be slovenly.

>>1741438
Hygeine isn't the fucking issue here.

>>1741445
With that attitude, you might be right.
Perhaps one is unhirable because s/he is a bit of a pratty twat.

>>1741445
Get some qualifications then you useless neet.

>>1741535
>Need qualifications
>Can't get any without a job
>Job won't hire me because I lack qualifications

Its a never-ending cycle.

>>1736154
This reminds me of a story

>Go to large flea-market a couple of towns over with some friends
>Find out there's a retro game stand
>Find it and nearly vomit
>Huge shelves of dirty half broken consoles stacked on top of each other
>Literally 20 Genesis's stacked in there all dusty and gross
>Games and excess consoles just laying all over the floor behind the counter
>Can barely tell what he has because all of the games are stacked in the back and he has no list or anything.
>The guy is barely there at all because he's too busy at his other "used electronics" stand
>When he finally comes over to talk to us he just steps on all the stuff laying behind the counter like it's no big deal

It's a painful memory etched permanently in my memory. I still remember that poor, broken Gamegear laying in the corner all sad and abandoned, and seeing some of my favorite games covered in dust and grime.

>>1735974

Bought the loose cart yesterday. I need to find the case, manual and map. Where else are you going to find those things except eBay, CL, etc?

It's super sad. I need a Mega Man X Box, A Lion King Box and the box for A Link to the Past and I used to be able to just find them in a junk box at a flea market. Now I have to look at eBay and pay $40 + shipping for cardboard.

And I say "need" and "have to" and of course I don't HAVE to do that stuff. But some of us like the challenge in playing the games AND finding them. That's kinda how all collecting hobbies are. It's relative.

>>1736154
I'm actually crying.

>>1741927
Did you go to college?

Work a job. ANY job. I've been out of college 2 1/2 years and just now landed my first job in my field. I've did landscaping and working at Subway since. Just keep at it. I know it's hard to keep positive bro. Do I fucking ever.

>>1739367

>>1742313
Already finished college

>>1741927
you get qualifications at school college and university not a job you dingus, stop wasting our oxygen and contribute to society you waste.

>Stock Photo
Nope, fucking dropped. If you can't be assed to take a picture of what you're selling I sure as hell won't be assed into buying it.

>>1742539
I buy stock photo items from japanese sellers, they very honest with their listings. When they say some small scratches the CD is usually like new condition. Even things that get B graded are still in good shape because they seem to have higher standards.

>>1742549
>Japanese seller
>ITEM IS JUNK AND IS IN HORRID CONDITION
>BOX IS SHAME TO ALL OF JAPAN
>MANY APOLOGIES

>receive item
>styrofoam divider is broken
>console is has a minor scuff
>box is just bumped up on the corners

O noes, it is terriballs. I will never buy from the Japans a-gain.

>>1742561
yep pretty much this hahaha

>>1742490
Already finished college, but jobs don't give a shit about a degree these days

>>1735718
>>1735958

Sounds like a G2K games. If it is the reason for the shrink wrap, at least my store, is to protect the case or product from sticker residue and/or show proof of being unopened in case of return.

But what's the deal with the N64 controllers being shrinkwrapped? How would that harm them?

I've fucking had it, /vr/. I'm sick of these flaky Craigslist assholes. I'm sick of being the one giving THEM money, only to have to chase them down for a good time to meet, etc.

>seller is selling Legend of Mana for $30, Monster Rancher 2 for $20, and Legend of Legaia for $30, all in excellent condition, like new
>hop on that shit on Thursday, contact them, unfortunately our work/other schedules won't let us meet until Sunday (tomorrow)
>I offer him $10 extra to hold the games for me until then, been extremely polite and upbeat during the texting, he agrees
>Message him today to make sure and confirm everything is all set, he doesn't respond
>Message him again later today, doesn't respond

Fucks sake. If you did do the dick move and sold to someone else after telling me otherwise, at least just let me know so I can clear my schedule. I turned down hanging out with a friend for this shit.

>>1742712
423 game buyers?

>>1742723

I don't see how I could have been any more polite.

>>1742723
Send him the King James Bible by SMS, one letter at a time, over the course of a few years, and one message per hour.

>>1741927
THIS

>>1742490
Those are not qualifications for entry-level jobs, you dumbfuck. Employers want work experience.

>>1736063
Lol how do these people think business works? I can get an NES in the box with at least one controller for $40 from a trusted reliable local store, that is my standard. If anyone goes higher than that I simply ignore them. It's called hanging your own rope, and these people love it.

>>1735663
>local pawnsshop
>only place to buy vr
>biggest boner for ps1
>metal gear solid 3.50
>buy it and all other ps1 games whenever i go their
>owner takes notice to shit i buy
>weekslater.jpg
here are some examples of faggotry
>die hard trilogy 10 smackeroos
>tekken 1(platinum) 15 cash moneys
>crash bandicunt (platinum + no book) 10 hard earned gold coins

i was so fucking shocked at the huge jump in price that i never went back, ever.

>>1739367
oh god how do i hide this post everytime i see it i want to cry, i just want to pretend shit like this never happens

>>1741927
No, it's a bullshit cycle, completely self imposed.
>Fake resume (HOLY SHIT I'M LYING IN THE REAL WORLD)
>Real menial job
>Profit

>>1742928
some people are actually competent enough to check your work experience
seems more often than not they'll check your jobs than your references so if you lie you just completely fucked yourself

>>1740289
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have fun.

>>1736063
shit man, i sell NES's for like $30 usually with 2 or so games. the ONLY thing i've sold at $80+ was a CIB NES and that shit was mint.

>>1741963
i stay away from buying genesis bundles for the sole fact that no one wants to buy the system. i already have a model 2 w/CD and when i get that sweet sweet CDX one day, im giving the model 2 to a friend.

i couldn't sell a genesis for 5 bucks and at that price its not worth it to me because the other games in the bundle would be shit like sports or sanic games and even if i put it up to 15 bucks, it would sit so damn long.

same with PS2 and Xbox, gamecube as well, even with mario games and at a fair price no one wants to buy.

>>1742928
I've actually been toning down my resume for menial positions at large stores like Best Buy and Target.

But some employers will ask for references, and they WILL check.

>>1743128
>rare product
>basically everyone between the age of 25-40 has owned one in their life
fuck this gay earth

Guys, this isn't your fucking blog. Take your employment issues elsewhere.