/vr/ - Retro Games

Conker's Bad fur day

Conker's.
But it's more because I'm a poor piece of shit.

>>2295147
fuck ebay, did you try local flea markets and craigs list like sites instead?

You can't really blame the resellers for the fact that collectors are willing to pay stupid prices for games.

>>2295147
probably demon's crest snes
E.V.O. snes
also Earthbound...
not sure though.

Azure Dreams and Survival Kids for the GBC.
Feels bad because I really wanted to play those.

Snowboard Kids 2 will forever be unobtainable

Gimmick

>>2295226
if you're into playing and not collecting junk then get a flashcart

>>2295194
Oh, no, you absolutely can. With reason too.

>>2295239
it's not like you're gonna die if you don't buy some useless piece of plastic with sentimental value

I have strange tastes in games. I think earthbound was the only thing I have like that.

Snatcher, though to be fair that one actually IS rare.

Streets of Rage 3 / Bare Knuckle III
Shinobi III The Revenge of the Ninja Master
Castlevania: Bloodlines

I don't even care about the case or the manual, I just want the cartridges.

>>2295232
I'll leave that as a last resort.

Mario party 3

>>2295310
>Shinobi III The Revenge of the Ninja Master

Where are you from, Anon? I think you can get a pal cartridge for like 20€ on ebay.

Does that actually apply to The Misadventures of Tron Bonne? A while back I heard this game was the hardest to find, and even the copies avaliable are as expensive as they can be.

>>2295325
reasoning?

>>2295245
agreed. just get flashcarts you cucks.

Super Smash Bros

>>2295390
Normally, I would rather get a genuine copy, but all the reseller scum is making me closer to buy an Everdrive.

>>2295147
Earthbound... and flea markets etc are out of the question because the game was never even released here.

>>2295227
>Own SBK2 (PAL)
>read comment
>look on eBay

Sweet. I mean I'm not gonna sell it but it's cool to know

>>2295310
I got Castlevania: Bloodlines for 20 dollars cib at a local game store a couple years ago. It's really good, but not on par with Super Castlevania IV.

>>2295147
None. Because I'm a Genesis man. God-tier games for reasonable prices.
Get fucked, Nintendrones.

Kick Master
Metal Storm
Duck Tales 2

>>2295194
I grudgingly agree with this.
I have no plans to sell any pieces in my collection, but if I did I would obviously get the most out of it as I possibly can.

>>2295523
Yeah. The sad thing is if you try to do something good for the community and sell at a reasonable price, I would wager that there is an exceptionally high chance that someone will buy it from you just to resell at full reseller rates. If you undersell, you are just setting yourself up to get cucked.

Mega man x2 and x3

Also earthbound except emulators and wiiu VC

>>2295379
Friend Tron Bonne isn't actually that great.
If you're a fan of the MML games you're better off just playing those.

Tron Bonne is a kind of Mini-game collection, and while its pretty good its not even close to worth the price of MML or MML2. I beat it in 6 hours.

Worms armegeddon on 64. I was about to buy it years ago when it was $26 and thought it would come back down. Now I'm a sad boy. Did buy conker's at the time for like $20. Gotta try to remind oneself of the winfalls.

>>2295147
Keio Flying Squadron and Snatcher
Though honestly those are just my collectorfag tendencies (ive played both via burned discs)
Twinkle Tale and Pulseman are two others I'd love to own but probably never will because theyre so insanely expensive

>>2295387
I have a GBC and several games.
If I get a flashcart, there will be no point in collecting anymore.

I'm about to buy pic related for 90€. Sue me.

>>2295630
I bought this game, when stores tried to get rid of their SNES stuff to make space for newer consoles. I got super lucky and paid the equivalent of about 10€. Only downside was that they had put like ten different price labels on the box so that I damaged it when I tried to remove them.

>>2295637
>box
lucky son of a bitch. Hagane with box costs around 700€ here. The 90€ I'll probably pay are for the cart only, with part of its lable torn off ;_;

>>2295147

>Wild Guns

Fuck.

Sweet, I just found a copy of Earthbound for <$200.

>>2295530
This is the worst part. I don't even wanna join the BST threads anymore cuz you know some people just resell shit if they get it on the cheap.

>>2295630
Beautiful, make sure you frame the cover.

For 90euro that's an overall great investment!

>>2295691
That looks like a pirate/repro

>>2295701

No shit Sherlock, what gave it away?

>still insisting on physical copies
Welcome to 2015 where we download everything from the internet, guys.

>but mah real hardware!
Flash carts.

>>2295713

>>2295706
Well the official seal looks different and I don't think any snes games have esrb ratings.

MUSHA. Fuck my life.

I actually like the idea of virtual console because if you're a casual you won't care and would just buy it from the eshop while the resellers cry about how their precious cartridges go down in value.

Super Adventure Island 2
luckily for me though Super Metroid is easy enough to get since the Jap version is essentially the same as NA

>>2295517
Can't even bring myself to shitpost, you made the right choice, anon.

>>2295226
you mean these two, anon?

>>2295847
If you're a casual and don't care, you would just emulate.

>>2296067
only the scum emulate, even casuals have taste

There is literally nothing

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wrong with reselling video games.

>>2296076
Collectors and resellers are different sides of the same coin.
They're both essentially looking to rip someone off, one way or another.

>>2296049
Yup.
Really want to play them someday.

>>2295149
Now more expensive than Panzer Dragon Saga. That's stupid.

>WAAAA! SOMETHING I WANT ISN'T FREE! WAAAAAH!

Jesus this board has got some of the most entitled babies out there. Fuck off to China if you wanna be a commie so bad.

>>2295518

I bought Kickmaster for about 15 bucks about 10 years ago. It's crazy how much people want for it now. It's basically Castlevania starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

>>2295695
>>2295530
I definitely agree with you guys and it sucks that this is a thing, but I wonder how much it could be possibly worth to a reseller, depending on the game.

Like earthbound, we all know is not worth $500 or w/e the jerks on ebay sell it for. So selling it at a reasonable price of say, $50, is asking to cuck not only yourself but the community at large.

But say a game that goes for above what it should go at, but not a ludicrous amount. Like FFIII SNES. I've been watching the sells on eBay and it goes between $50-60, sometimes as high as $75. Selling it at a reasonable price of $30 or $40 bucks means if a reseller decides to try and cuck you, they'd only be making at best $25 bucks. And when you factor in the time it would take them to buy it off you, repackage it, put up a new post, resell it, ship it, etc, they wouldn't even be making any money. The time it would take them to resell it is worth more than the money they would gain from a resell.

Just a thought I had. It's a fucked system we're in for sure, but I think we all have the chance to do some good and make the community a little better.

>>2296049
>survival kids GB
Aw man! nice find, anon. There's a flea market near my house with your standard black guy who sells retro and new-ish video games at ridiculous prices. He has thousands of games there, and he's had that game for years. He wants $100 for it though. I want it so bad but I'm not paying that bs. Seems like such a fun game.

Maybe it's time to go full beta uprising pepe on him and steal all his games, he has tons of rare titles like that

>>2295147
>>That game you will never own a physical copy of because of hipster scum driving up the price
FTFY

>>2296075
eshop is paid emulation tho

>>2295630
get a flashcart for the same price

>>2296340
But Anon, its not "hipsters", its people just like you, except wiling to pay the money.

>>2295232
>>2295390
>>2295713
>>2296350

Every goddamn collection/reseller thread. Stop shilling your flashcarts.

>>2296384
>Advocates buying an original game cartridge for a highly inflated sum
>Accuses others of shilling
Come on, now. If you keep using that word to describe everything, it's going to lose all meaning.

>>2295517
The prices people want for Mega Turrican are pretty stupid.

>>2295226
I found an Azure Dreams in a box at a yard sale. Guy wanted 50 cents. There was also a Mega Man Legends in there.

>>2296384
just suggesting the logical way of doing things

>>2296408
happened a while ago

>>2296316
If he's had it for years, I'm sure you can barter it down. There are benefit to dealing in person.

>>2295226
I want Azure Dreams for Playstation. YEE. ZUS. That and Symphony of the Night. Can you believe there's one double nigger on ebay who want's $700 for a sealed SOTN?

>>2296310
Lol 25 dollar profit? Resellers will bother for 3 dollars profit.

>>2296352
Aside from being lazy millennial impulse buyers co-opting hipster fads I suppose we are just like me.
I mean we have the same number of limbs, digits, ect, so there's that.

>>2295147
you can own anything if you suck enough dick or pay enough money for it.

take ownership over your life and what you can obtain instead of blaming your poverty.

>>2295147
Stadium Events

>>2296541
> YEE. ZUS for no reason
>actually using the phrase double nigger ever
/b/ just called, they want you back.

>>2296821
shut up, you are just as bad as the troll you are responding to, dear god

>>2296893
OH MAN you just HAVE to get a physical copy of a game that is ORIGINAL and not reprinted with a different name, your OCD LOL, so quirky.

>>2296920
It's more about the sentimental value/memories you have of the game. But sure, keep having heart palpitations over something completely inconsequential to your life.

>not even mad tho :)

kk

R-Type III

Shit's too expensive and Super R-Type wasn't very good.

I'm OP of the other "aw shucks guise the prices are shit" thread on /vr/ right now, and The past week I've been coming the slow realization that flashcarts are honestly the only thing left for the people who want to play and enjoy retro games, short of just emulating games on a pc.

I'll be ordering an everdrive soon, but I'll keep all the stuff I own now. I have a list of stuff I want, mostly just things to make my current games CIB+cheap games, anything over 40 bucks is just gonna get it's ROM put an a SD card.

Ignorance would have been bliss.

>>2296293
>China is still a real communist regime
>Things are free
>You can find real licensed video games

Oh, anon, you so silly..

>>2296982
Reproduction Cart. 35+shipping from chipmasters.

>>2295517
heh, tell me more about musha, grindstormer, splatterhosue 3, crusaders of centy and that punisher game.

>>2295517

>>2296294
i bought that game last summer for 17 bucks at a store that usually goes high end price wise for games like that. im shocked people are asking 60 bucks for it these days.

Lufia 2
Last I looked it was as expensive as Earthbound. And I still need Chrono Trigger but that too is prohibitively expensive.

>>2295147
Shantae
Trip World
E.V.O.
.//Hack.GU series
Xenosaga series

>>2297015
The first 2 xenosaga games aren't more than 10 dollars, only the last one is "expensive".

>>2295149
>tfw I bought a used cart for $4 at a thrift store about two years ago.
I'd never played it before, either. I wish I'd had it when it was contemporary for those multiplayer experiences.

>>2295226
Found Survival Kids for $5 at a thrift store a month ago. Don't give up hope on that one. People generally tend to be stupid with the Game Boy games.

almost every dragon quest game ever. not moon efficient enough yet to buy such a text heavy games jap release

>>2297015
I feel that G.U series hard. I have the original 4 but i dont have a few hundred dollars to spend on such a small amount of games.
also anything on gamecube worth playing is going for ridiculous amounts

The amount of dough people want for a copy of Super Bonk and Super Tempo is ridiculous

resellers can go fuck themselves

>>2297075
>mfw the Japanese cart is usually always a brazillion times cheaper

>>2297075
>Super Bonk
Buy the TG16 version, it's better anyways. The Japanese ones are even cheaper.

>>2296316
steal his shit, man

>>2297036
Here on my ranch, they are as price as an human liver

>>2296503
>>2297053
I envy you guys.
Where I live, my only option is buying off ebay. There are no thrift stores or yard sales here.

>>2295147
>the economically illiterate peasantry genuinely believe that retro videogame speculation is a bad thing for the market

Muh efficient free market muhfuggers

>>2295147
Chrono Trigger and Earthbound. Unless I get extremely lucky at a garage sale or thrift store. Also suikoden II and several others. I refuse to pay over 50 bucks or so for a retro game.

>>2297235
Why do you have to write like that? Like an asshole? Jesus.

>>2295310
i thought these were only 30 bucks each? i dont want to look now.

>>2297268
Why do you hate market efficiency go- I mean friend?

>>2295387
Because I like to clutter my house up with shit

>>2297278
I'm not saying anything about market efficiency, I'm just saying you don't have to respond to OP like he's a retard, you know?

We here at /vr/ have to stick together otherwise we're no better than the machine, remember?

Wouldn't care if would just get released on the VC.

>>2297296
Forgot image.

>>2295325
Suffocation, no breathing!

>>2297298
>>2297296
You can find a Japanese copy for a little cheaper. There is region lock, but if you don't want to mod your console you can use a Game Genie as a pass-through.

>>2297301
Made my day with that one

>>2296672
thats pretty sad imo

Ive been working a wageslave job for a year and i think about what my time is "worth" all the time, and its about $7.50. Which is peanuts, I know. And I live in a state with not a great minimum wage. In other states people could be making $3 an hour more for the same job.

That means their time is worth substantially less than even $7.50 an hour, which makes me wonder how they exist at all.That doesn't make sense to me. That's such a little profit...how is the time investment worth it to them.

>get a flashcart

why not just go full poorfag retard and play emulators?

>>2297429
Because a flashcart is basically identical for most systems, unless the cart had special chips such as the SNES and Virtua Racing. The console can't tell the difference, and neither can you.

Emulators are totally different, they're reverse engineering the system, which is why they're filled with bugs.

>>2297403
Good ol federal minimum wage. Sorry Anon. Americans really have no idea how fucked over they are. And yet most people still think unions are evil, or that raising minimum wage will put people out of work. It's insane.

Conker's and Earthbound

I've never played Conker's and I really love BK and BT. I don't enjoy emulating so I'll just have to wait.

Super Real Mahjong Special for the PC Engine.

costs 2700$ on Facebook....

>>2296895
I think it's applicable to someone asking $700 for a video game. Also, to those guys selling empty jewel cases for $50.

>>2297161
Well that's an unusual simile, care to enlighten us?

>>2295630
>>2295637
>>2295696

Update: I just bought it and am excited like a little girl. Can't wait for it to be delivered.

>>2295171
At least in my area flea markets are 10-20% higher in price than ebay. And craigslist is the worst, I saw a copy of Zombies ate my neighbors on there for $75, mutherfucker wouldn't even travel

>>2295147
>Bucky o Hare
>Sword Master
>Gargoyle's Quest 2 (own it, but the PCB is dying, i need a good PCB)

>>2295518
>>2296294
Crap, i own kickmaster and ducktales 2 but havent found Metalstorm for shit!

>>2297690
i forgot, i need Zelda II (had a bad experience with a repro seller, while he refund me, i lost my zelda II and now i cant get it at a decent price anymore, i even still own the empty cart, STUPID)

>>2296494
See MUSHA, GleyLancer, et cetera.

HAHAHA, OH WOW
Free postage, though.

>>2297298
Anon I'm willing to sell. Got an offer?

>>2297690
How is the PCB dieing?

>>2296981
>I'm shitting up the board with more threads bitching about price
Thanks for that

mario party 3

>>2297921
well........not well

sigh...........

the game still works tough, but god knows for how long...............if only i knew how to solder.

>>2297970
Also got ripped off on Kickle Cubicle, the game costed me $18 shipped from MercadoLibre (which in many ways is worse than cockroachbay), but the asshole sealer, scrub it with scoth.

game works but man, that SUCKS!

Been pretty lucky so far trying to complete my saturn collection. Aside from Panzer Dragoon which I had since I was younger, I don't expect any difficulties until I start working on Japanese exclusive games.

Just got Legend of Oasis relatively cheap for example.

>>2298049
Yeah, good thing those working designs games are pretty easy and cheap to come by nowadays, since they printed too many.

>>2297917

cart only? cib?

>>2297970
soldering is very easy

Pic related

>>2298085
like how easy?, what i need? please don't be harsh on me, i am being honest

>>2298164
Go to catalog and find repair/mod general thread and ask there.

>>2298164
Just a soldering iron, and solder at its most basic. Read a couple of online guides (someone has suggested mod generals, and I'm sure other boards could help, e.g. /diy/, and have a few practice shots.

The stuff cost me about £20 in britbong dolla when I did it.

>>2298164
It depends on the work but it's fairly easy.

I would recommend that you keep the following saying in mind in order to ascertain the difficulty of any given project:

If you're about to solder,
Be sure to remember
That unlike my boner
The smaller, the harder.

>>2298734
Pretty sure it actually goes

WHEN you're about to solder,
Be sure to... etc.

Important advice nonetheless.

>>2298164
you dont need to solder to fix that game, just clean the edge connector.
http://www.retrorgb.com/cleangames.html

>>2298164
super easy. check out lots of youtube guides - there are tons of them that focus on retro vidya repair in general.

After fucking around with it a little it becomes a simple task

maybe start by just soldering wires together. then try solder a wire to a PCB. then try a resistor or something. You'll see it's super simple

All you need is a soldering iron and solder for electronics for starters. You'll probably want to get a solder remover vacuum or braid, and some flux.

have fun

Funco/EB/GameStop used to have so many games that are "rare" now for pretty cheap. Games that would be a pain in the ass to get at a reasonable price now, I'm so glad I got back then. 1997-2001 was a great time for 3rd/4th gen buying, 2001-2005 was a great time for 5th gen. From maybe 2007 to present, 6th gen games have gotten pretty cheap, unfortunately you still see places get wiped out of the good deals very quickly.

Here's some of what I picked up over the years:

Klonoa:DtP (mint) $15 used at GameStop
Castlevania:SotN (near-mint, black label)$10 used at EBGames
Sunset Riders (SNES, new) for $8 at KB Toys
Strider 2 (new) $10 at Zellers
PSone with LCD screen (new) $50 at FYE

Others I got at what were definitely unreasonable prices, but today would be considered low:

Secret of Mana (cart only) $30 at FuncoLand
EarthBound (cart only) $90 on Amazon.com

>>2298881
Yep, I totally agree, my experience buying used games was the same. Around 2004 I used to get tons of used PS1 games for cheap. Back then nobody gave a shit about Persona or Suikoden. SNES rpgs were around 20 to 40 bucks, nothing crazy like now.

I stopped buying used games a few years ago. Prices were getting silly and I figured I had enough anyways. Still struggling with if I should sell stuff or not, I'm 30 and don't really play them anymore.

>>2297970

>Dirty contacts.

So fucking what, get a tissue.

>>2298890
Yeah, and for this reason I will forever hate myself for "waiting for the price to drop" on a lot of games...if only I could have seen what the future brought.

Also that reminds me about Suikoden, I remember getting the original new at Ames for $15. Literally the only thing I ever bought there, even though they had tons of new 4th gen games discounted there, but I never got any because I sold my older systems in '98 like an idiot and thought I was through with them.

KB Toys (especially their outlet stores) and Ames had some of the best deals before they went out of business, now that I think of it. So, so many things I stupidly passed over.

>>2295310
I got Shinobi III for like 10 or 15 bucks recently.

>>2298909
>Dirty contacts
>so fucking what get a tissue
>not realizing those are actually oxidation residuals that eat the plate.

>>2298851
>http://www.retrorgb.com/cleangames.html
>recommending BRASSO, an abrassive that's gonna eat the golden plate out of your board

Dude, i know that i have to use the good alcohol, (the isoporpylc one) and a white eraser, i did that already, and i removed the dirt of my game.

those specks you see are actually oxidation residuals, alsmot like holes, they have eaten away those parts of the board, the game still works but barely.

(i also have 2 games with that issue, Megaman 3 and Talespin, damn it, why is it always with capcom titles?)

Power Stone 2
Brave Fencer Mushashi
Megaman Legends
Panzer Dragoon Saga

Living in the Midwest can be suffering, sometimes.

>>2299090
Capcom has a history of using cheaper metal alloys in their carts.

I think it's funny that people today can't get Metal Storm for a good price. I got it from a Game Crazy about 5 or 6 years ago for 50 cents. Had no clue what it was and just bought it for the art.

Glad I got it.

Now what I'll never be able to afford is Demon's Crest.

>>2299487
I think it's funny that people today can't get Demon's Crest for a good price. I got it from a flee market about 5 or 6 years ago for $1.50. Had no clue what it was and just bought it for the art.

Glad I got it.

Now what I'll never be able to afford is Little Samson.

Not exactly /vr/, but the DQ V DS remake.

reseller scum are conveniently ignoring the recent reprint and still selling like it's ultra rare.

>>2295147
metal warriors... worst part is I remember being a little kid and renting it over and over from blockbuster but never buying it :(.

>>2299465
care to elaborate?

>>2299506
>bait derailed alert!
>I think it's funny that people like you came to shitpost

>>2299547
Funny enough, everything I posted it true.

>>2299090

you just need to repair the traces with some flux and wire. Those traces are pretty huge so it shouldn't be too hard

>>2299315
>go to local antique store
>mostly dusty old furniture and wooden toys, plus a few VHS tapes
>see copy of Megaman Legends just hanging out
>open up the case
>mfw no disc inside

In retrospect, I dunno why I didn't just buy the case. Could've been worth something.

>>2299691
>In retrospect, I dunno why I didn't just buy the case. Could've been worth something.

Oh please no, you wouldn't believe the lows sellers at cockroachbay had sink too.

Just bought these two off ebay. It was a hit to the bank account, but I feel so much better knowing I have them! Both are awesome games!

>>2300051
Wow friend, must have taken you forever to click buy it now~~~

>>2296993

Jesus Christ. I know businesses are there to make money, but whoever tagged that sticker should be ashamed of themself.

>>2295147
A lot of Genesis titles.

>>2295218

I was given evo and earthbound by a friend of a friend. I didn't know how lucky I was until last year

>>2295147
The Neverhood.
I'v wanted to play it for years, but people on ebay want 40-100 dollars for it.

>>2300387
Japanese version is 15 bucks on Amazon.

>>2295147
MUSHA

>>2295517
This.

inb4 Alien Soldier, Monster World IV and Mega Man: The Wiley Wars

>>2295149
You can still buy the oXbox version for like $30.

But yeah, I feel your pain. N64 used to be so much cheaper to collect for. If you have any love for Gamecube or Wii I'd start buying the games now, I'm sure they'll meet the same fate as SNES and N64.

>>2295691
Earthbound Uncut. So, all those sex scenes are spliced back in, huh?

Obviously a pirate copy, come on anon.

>>2295687
I feel you. I have so many games in box (FF3, FF5, Kirby's Adventure, etc) but I will never even own a missing label copy of Wild Guns because everyone wants at least $70 for a copy that looks like someone took a massive shit on the contacts.

I might not get Super Metroid.

A few years back it was going for <£20. I thought it would drop to £10 or so in time. It climbed to £40-45 in the space of a single year and has stuck around that since. Can't buy it, feel like a schmuck for even thinking of doign so, a 125% price hike? Fuck off.

>>2300449
30 for game only, almost twice as much with case/manual

Are these games worth something?

>>2300387
Wow, I still have it cib.

I play it through scummvm though, you should use that route if you just want to play it

>>2300387
>Game store I go to had it for $30
>Was between pay days at the time so I decided to wait.
>They sold it before I could get it.

Maybe someday...

>>2295518
>mfw I found Metal Storm for 30 pesos
>In this state

I think I shouldn't complain tho.

>That game you will never own a physical copy of because of reselling ebayer scum

Lufia II Rise of the Sinistrals
Megaman 7, x2, x3

>>2300515
>mfw I forgot pic

>>2300482
That super mario bros. game looks pretty unique. I looked it up and it's about an Italian plumber! crazy.

why do people like getting fucked in the ass so much? flash cart or emulation

>>2300518
It's just the PAL edition of YOSHI,>>2300482
"oh so baity", douche.

>Captcha: Gambr

>>2300516
you lucky bastard, but was it recently?

>>2297889
tfw i should have gotten this when it was only $30 at a used gamestore

>>2300675
Yes, last weekend on a trip to Mexico, along with these ones.

>>2300518
You probably thought you were funny but you just came across as a prick.

>>2300707
How much did you pay for Shatterhand?

>>2300707
>>2300719
and Journey to Silius

>>2295149
I have the cartdridge only, i used to have it cib when i was a kid but i threw the box and manuals to the trash, it still hurt to this day

>>2300719
>>2300721
50 pesos each one, that was like.. 3.3$ each, or 13$ for all of them

>>2300749
>>2300707

Congrats man, you did well.

the latest lucky bless i got was Kickmaster at 60 mexican pesos ($6) from the story i previously told here >>2296467 and this one has spiked at $40-70!

Also, i got 2 Shatterhands! the one pictured and the one i need to "restore" >>2296901 but that one was a bit more expensive, that one i literally rescued from a podunk of a flea market in Obregon city (Obregon not Oregon) at 50 mexican pesos, and only because i will restore that one for a good friend of mine as a gift, the one i own is in minty condition, and i only payed 35 mexican pesos ($2) but that was back in 2010.

Also got Princess tomato in 2008 for 38 mexican pesos and Journey to Sillius for $3 that same year on a swap meet at calexico, along with TMTN II and ZELDA for the same price.

and finally, i got Ducktales 2 from a guy living in a house who found me at a flea market in december 2007 if i remember right and we went to his house, and i was scared cause i tought he was gonna mug me, but no, he had the games, and sold it to me along other games (some of which i dont own anymore) for 15 MEXICAN PESOS!

A FUCKING DOLLAR!

and that's how i got Ducktales 2!

man those were good times

>>2300816
>Obregon

Heh, that's pretty close from where I live, I bet you frequent or sell stuff on some of the facebook groups from Sonora, and Baja California, right?

>prices from 2008 are never going back

Man, I should have lurked more back then.

>>2300665
The NES is pretty much the only console I can totally understand emulating.

The controllers are total ass. The console is expensive. The console needs a 100 dollar mod to put out fucking RGB. Disk system games. Enhanced audio. Mono only output without a mod. Famicom pin differences.

Meanwhile, emulators are cycle perfect. You can hook up your old CRT with S-video or something in 2 seconds.

Owning a NES is the mark of a fool. Owning NES games is the mark of a retard.

>>2300948
you can say the same for snes and genesis

>>2301285
They both require little to no work, and it's very cheap. The NES is in a totally different league.

>>2301310
Good thing people haven't figured out the snes has a lot of low quantity good rpgs yet, or they would be expensive.

>>2301334
A flashcart is 50 bucks.

>>2301337
emulation is free, if you are going to mod your system you may as well emulate anyway, it does not matter what system it is. Being an austist and going for rgb mods and using flash carts is completely pointless unless you love nostalgia so much it causes you to think improperly.

>>2301343
>mods
>nostalgia
>being this mad

>>2301361
How the fuck did you interpret that post as being in any way mad?

>>2300174
In a way it did, because he had to spend time to work in order to get the money to "click buy it now".

>>2301381
>2015
>Not living off grandparents trust fund

>>2300883
>I bet you frequent or sell stuff on some of the facebook groups from Sonora, and Baja California, right?

Dear lord NO, FUCK NO!, the stuff i buy i definitively play and enjoy, plus i only buy the games that are worth in my eyes (i actually don't care about titles like Castlevania I, Kid Icarus, Metroid, Final Fantasy etc).

Dude, no offense but you just remind me how HORRIBLY AWFUL the facebook groups have became, SPECIALLY here on mexico and those states you mentioned, while i have buyed from some of them, sometimes, when something worth pops out, most of them are no worth the pain and time, because most of these fuckers are in there for the money and some of them are for legitimately abuse people off when

A - they always ask 200 mexican pesos ($16) for a good game REGARDLESS of the state of said game

B - Most of the ones selling Good titles NEVER PUT THE DAMN PRICE ON THE POST and use the Inbox trick (the infomercial trick as we call it) to bait people into thinking it is cheap

C - They often tease people by posting pics of games they bought for dirt cheap, and have No plan to sell them (It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that those aren't "recent purchases" groups but SELL GROUPS!)

D - This is an extension of C, when they do have the intention of selling the game, they use B to bait people and they LOVE to dodge any question of how much they pay'd for it and where to get it because of fucking course, they love to pretend to be "big spenders" (when they pretend that they payed the prices that they ask for the game when it's pretty fucking obvious that they got it for almost nothing) and to fool people into thinking that this is how the system should work now.

Yes i have found SOME stuff at a fair price, but you have to dig trough the shit, and quiet frankly, is not really that worthy.

Please don't compare me with those leeches.

>>2301472
PAID. Holy shit, why do people on this board never know how to spell a simple four letter word?

>>2301482
Holy shit! because that guy stated that he was a mexicunt and english is not the first language in Mexico!
I can understand everything he say, Why you can't? is English not you first language?

>>2301482
congratulations, you are a poser! you must be that guy who posted this >>2300051 to be a poser when you got actually paid ebay prices.!

keep being part of the problem.

>>2300948
Paying $100 for an NES is the mark of a fool. RGB modding an 8 bit system is the mark of a retard.

>Dear lord NO, FUCK NO!
Ahh that's a relief, I really don't want those guys hangin' around here as well.

Sadly, I'm stuck with those groups, those guys pretty much took control of the market in this state, to find something good you have to actually beat those hunters, wake up early and comb all the flea markets and garage sales before they do.

>C - They often tease people by posting pics of games they bought for dirt cheap, and have No plan to sell them

FUCKING THIS: WHOO LOOK WHAT I GOT TODAY, JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW.

And the worst thing is people actually suck their cocks with those pictures, not to mention you can find the same fucking 10 people on all groups from here, they're like the Council of Retro Market, always sucking dry every flea market and garage sales all around the state, just to sell them 10x their price on those groups.

But yeah, everything you said its true, sadly.

Quick question anon, where do you get your stuff, I need to get out of that cycle.

>>2301518

Meant to reply

>>2301472

Snowboard Kids Plus.

>>2301518
>Quick question anon, where do you get your stuff, I need to get out of that cycle.

Well, i do frequent 2 flea markets in my city but to be fair i only tend to find semi decent stuff (and on occasion, gems) on one, that is indoors, but there are times in which i find nothing worth.

i think they were only 3 times i actually boght from those facebook groups, and last time was when i bought Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers for 100 mexican pesos ($8), not too bad considering that new copie i own is in pristine shape (my old one i payed really dirt cheap, like 15 pesos with the guy i bought ducktales 2, BUT KEEP IN MIND, that was YEARS ago in 2008, and that copy was in beat up condition, and i actually trade it in for Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle), and i actually got Little Nemo teh Dream Master for $3 on those groups in mint shape (already own the game but i trade it for Street FIghter 2010, big regret).

Those where the only times i got lucky with the facebook groups, but like i said, those were the diamonds in the rough.

Most of my stuff i got it from flea markets way back in late 2007. when i started buying NES games because i wanted to enjoy the system again and move out from emulation.

the swap markets i frequent are, Tianguis Nuevo Mexicali, Tianguis el Caballito (used to hang around after in between breaks of collage around 2008 - 2010, there i got some good games back then) and the one i frequent the most but i only occasionally got lucky is the "Sobreruedas" of sundays near where i live.

sometimes if i can i go to one that is at the edge of the city which is failry small, and almost has no games, but there is when i found my copies of Shatterhand, The magic of scheherazade and a mint copy of Astyanax.

Fun fact, some games i already own on terrible shape and was able to re-bought for good copies at good to reasonable prices and used the spare copies to trade in sometimes.

holy fuck I can't understand this thread anymore, I swear to god this is a .mx forum

>>2301565
One cousin taht i love so much gave me some money as a birthday gift and i bought on the month of my birthfay (november) and NES at 300 pesos which included SMB/Duck Hunt and a free 2nd game, and i choose Startropics, then i remember in december buying Stinger (TwinBee 2) and out of all games, Mappy-Land that year on "Tinaguis el caballito" and then i bought on the flea market near my house Ninja Gaiden II (which i only played once on real console, and once on emulation) and then bought the next week the other games along with Ducktales 2.

>>2301575
I'm sorry anon, let's see...

Castlevania Legacy Of Darkness
Kirby Dreamland 3 and SuperStar
Tales of Destiny 1 and 2

>>2298881

could just buy it on PSN right now for less than $1.

>>2300482
>German nes cartridges
Your games aint worth shit.
SCN master race!

>>2295543
this but only x3. I was able to get x2 for like 5 bucks around 5 years ago. I guess there's always rockman x3 I suppose...

>>2301364
Because it was riddled with the butthurt poorfag emufag catch words

>>2295327
I feel you, man. I have had 2 since I was a little kid and I love it to death, I just wish I had some more mini games via 3, ya dig?

>>2295720
Untrue, anon

Terranigma. I get seriously triggered when I see the amount of 'factory sealed' CIB sets on eBay.

as of right now i really want the old snes rpgs like mario rpg and chrono trigger but i haven't had any luck at yard sales. my area for some reason i cant find any snes games found lots of n64 and nes stuff though

>>2297693
I have Zelda 2. I'm really bad at it (stuck forever on the second temple), so I think I'd be willing to part with it to someone who would take care of it. Wanna work out a deal?

>>2301827
>tfw not that anon.
>tfw missed out on a chance to get a deal on Zelda 2

>>2301832
Well, I haven't heard back from that anon, so the deal is open.

>>2301803
>Factory sealed sets

I don't want to believe this is a real thing. for christ sake people who actually know about terranigma can't really buy into this

Isn't zelda 2 cheap?

>>2301959
Anyone stupid enough to believe it deserves to lose their money.

>Buy MML 1 and 2 from ebay
>Beat both, don't really want them anymore
It's not always worth it, OP.

Incidentally, how much should I sell them for?

>>2295149
got this CIB from a rental store
fun game, multiplayer was a blast, but I can see why the game is expensive due to the fact it was the last game put out on the system or close to it.

who still was buying N64 games in 2001, ya know? its the same deal with other systems, NES in 94, SNES in 98, N64 in 2001, GC at least had its last game coincide with a brand new system launch title

>>2302064
whoops...

forgot my PIC
and yeah, this guy thinks he is going to sell that shit. I got into a fight with him over a N64 transfer pak he had labeled at $25 fucking dollars when those things are $5 at best. it looked like it said 25 cents and he laughed at me, saying some shit about it being worth money.

and he was also an older guy, like 50's old. stop stealing our games you old fucks!

>>2302039
depends, how much did you spend?
i'd sell them at bro prices, don't become the jew.

>>2301808
SNES games are seeming to dry up in my area too, i haven't seen any in a dogs age. last lot i got was beyond amazing, made up for not really getting any SNES games for almost the entire flea market season.

I have seen far more NES and N64 stuff and its all either junk or stuff i already have. i buy it anyway though to save it from being bought up by the jewseller and horderfags, i then sell then at the patented "Bro Price", which is 50% Ebay retail value. I also do a bit of background check to make sure its not going to a jewseller or their ilk.

>>2296541
I'm actually really happy I asked for Azure Dreams years ago back when we found it on ebay for $10. Best of all it was pretty new, not a single scratch on the disc.

Still one of my favorite playstation games, but I usually emulate it anyways nowadays whenever I have the urge to play it.

>>2302065
This triggered me. It reminds me of the time I went to one of the larger flea markets in the area. I was happy to see one of the sellers with a permanent stall specializing in old games, and started browsing his inventory. What I saw was almost exactly what was pictured in your post. I even offered to purchase a broken SNES controller he had thrown into an electronics waste bin; the wire was cut off, and I figured I could salvage some of the internals. He wanted $10, so I immediately declined and departed. I later stopped by a bunch of Mexican guys selling a bunch of random cables and broken appliances, got Sony and Nintendo branded A/V cables for $1 each.

>>2296384
Honestly when I can buy a good flashcart for less than the price of a single game, then fuck buying the game.

>>2302093
please don't say triggered.
say it pisses you off or makes you mad as fuck.
you know, like an adult and not a faggot?

>>2302065
>depends, how much did you spend?
£70 for MML2, I think? MML1 I honestly can't remember, it's been a while.

>>2296384
You bitch about inflated prices but continue to cave in to them by purchasing their goods, even though you do so grudgingly.

Just get a flashcart. The only winning move is not to play.

>>2302105

holy shit this just triggered my gayness

>>2301861
I'll give him a week. I'd rather give him a chance. If he doesn't respond I'll shoot an offer

>>2301827
how much would be the cheapest shipping to mexico with tracking?

>>2302387
Like, 10 bucks, maybe? I honestly have no clue. But you do realize that Zelda 2 sells for like 15 bucks, right? I'd sell you mine, but I won't be able to get to it until around Easter. If you'd like it fairly quickly, then eBay is your best bet. I'd be happy to sell you mine for half that, though.

>>2298881
Yep, now is the time to buy 6th gen stuff. Just the other day I found Klonoa 2 for $0.99 at a local game shop that was clearing out their PS2 games.

Snatcher for the sega cd, seriously there's not a game in the world worth this much seald or not this is ridiculous....

>>2295713

you know you are in a board about retro games right? Or you just trolling. Anyway.

>>2303342
Ok dokie. ill be waiting dude.

>>2303804
Factory sealed, my ass.

Wild Guns

>>2300883
>>2301472

>C - They often tease people by posting pics of games they bought for dirt cheap, and have No plan to sell them (It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that those aren't "recent purchases" groups but SELL GROUPS!)

right now some ass-hat is admitting to me via messages that a game there (ikari III, the good one) is ONLY there as bait and has no plans to sell them.

cant post link cause retarded system.

>>2304196
Okay. You wanna give me an email so I can contact you to work out a payment scheme?

>>2303804

blank cds are 50 cents

>>2304479
is it secure to post it here? because i have an idea.

contact me at DA via PM gatucaman is my username

>>2304540
i know there it says that i don't use the account nor post there, but i still check my messages regularly.

>>2304540
>>2304546
DA, as in DeviantArt?

>>2296256
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Azure-Dreams-game-for-Nintendo-Game-Boy-Game-Boy-Color-and-GBA-/291392261445?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item43d8550d45

this isn't half bad of a price

>>2304558
>>2304546
>>2304540

Yep

Top kek. About twice as expensive as a few months ago.

>>2295147
ikaruga on dreamcast

>>2304645
Uhhh Not really

>>2295147
Street Fighter Zero 3 (sega saturn)

>>2295218
Man I had bought earthbound for 8$ back in the day. I gave it to my cousin after my snes broke. He later pawned it.

>>2304676
It is dweeb

>>2295720
that shit came halfway in snezs lifespan. due to mortal kombat,

Mega Turrican for genesis

>>2304571
Alright, I just messaged you. Your art pretty cool, BTW. Very close to the original Mega Man series.

>>2298881
Kind of curious. Is the Wii version of Klonoa a good enough substitute? Or is there something gravely wrong with it?

>>2305947
thanks bro.

>>2300449
I have a factory sealed copy of Pikmin 2 still, I tell myself someday I'll sell it for huge gains, but in truth I'll probably keep it just to feel good about owning something valuable.

>>2300449
Gamecube is already just as expensive as N64. Most of the top shelf games people think about when you mention the gamecube already go for stupid amounts. Anything first party goes for like 25-50 bucks. Even multiplats cost like twice as much as they do on PS2/Xbox for whatever reason.

>>2306387
Haha, what the hell is happening. I want the fad to die, please. Here soon Wii shovelware will be "L@@K VINTAGE RARE" and copies of Coldstone Creamery the Game will sell for $50 used.

>>2306403
Nintendo has always been retard expensive. The Wii was the first real time they sold enough units to mask the price fixing. As soon as the resellers buy up all the popular cheap Wii titles, they'll be 500 bucks each.

>>2306387
Well unlike the N64, the Gamecube actually has a lot of good titles, just less then the PS2.

Combine with the fact that a lot of it is probably collectors and resellers trying to stay a step ahead of the curve since they've seen whats happened with NES-N64/PS1/Saturn prices. It makes "sense" to buy stuff thats newer since its quite readily available and people are often trying to sell to upgrade to the next hot thing. Look at the shit like the Amibo. Its partially a Nintendo Fanatacism thing I think, but PS2 has been steadily increasing in price as well, although its been kind of kept in check with the mass amounts of HD-collections and releases.


tldr; The Video Game market is fucked and you're facing an uphill battle from now on.

>>2306381
Yeah, I heard people keeping items in hopes of them going up works out very well for industries, and never has any sort of negative massive drop in price and interest because of it.

>>2306456
>people whining about the second hand video game market when most consoles are still pretty cheap, and they're all hacked wide open so flashcarts and modchips cost next to nothing
I bought a PS1 the other day, it was 10 bucks. The modchip cost me 6.

I cannot understand anyone who complains about the second hand market when it's fucking obvious scalpers are going to move in on shit that takes up no space and can be resold to idiots for a fortune. Nobody is stockpiling Nintendos yet and selling them for 200 bucks each, so there's nothing to worry about.

I really want a copy of Sonic Jam and those .hack PS2 games

Also I was lucky enough to get this on ebay for $30 a while back, I miss back when N64 games cost nothing back in 2006.

>>2306523
Such a good fucking game.

>>2295548
I'm selling. It's basically brand new. Make an offer. I can even transact though eBay if you'd like.

>>2304702
One copy sold for that price. Many others didn't. But please, buy them all at that price because you're convinced that's what they're worth.

>>2306475
If you're not aware of the long term increase in prices and have only heard about short term fluctuations but not experienced them, you must be incredibly young.

>>2306481
>Nobody is stockpiling Nintendos yet and selling them for 200 bucks
The eBayby population seems to think they are

pretty much, if you weren't looking for games from about 2008 or so and back, everything now is just going up. hell, i see people in NJ selling NES and common titles for $80-90!

wtf? i can go to a market and get that shit for nothing, people just need to spend a little time on the weekends looking for stuff.

funny thing is though, stuff like Magical Chase used to be like $300 or so CIB, now its like 5k CIB or something. I will always hate the people who want to be jews about this shit, if you wanna make money, do stocks or some shit.

>>2306663
$20

>>2297078
>Searching PSone games
>DISC ONLY COPY VERY RARE!-120 dollars!
>Rental stick on top
>See the Japanese version
>Complete, clean, and only 20 bucks with free shipping

Ogre battle 64

>>2306994
>(cont)
>Feel like laughing and crying at the same time
>Wait for the weekend
>Head to the flea market
>Buy it for 100円
>Take it home and play
>Feel sorry for white children

>>2295194
Who's worse, the junkie or his dealer?

>>2307338
what does a flea market look like in Japan?

>>2306972
Let's be reasonable here...

>>2295630
I sold that for $175. Was in horrible condition.

the guy traded in like $500 worth of games at the time for $100 worth of N64 stuff for his kid.

Lots of in box NES games, FF games, a top loader Nintendo and just a ton of shit

He knew it was valuable but didn't give a shit.

I hate resellers, but I hate "collectors" even more. Oh I'm trying to sell ducktales 2? Thanks for the 30 dollar offer, and thanks for cussing me out when I say no to your neckbeard face.

>>2307409
it sucks when you're actually trying to collect something but the majority of people are scumbags who just want to buy low and sell high

>>2307354
Pretty much like a flea market anywhere. The only difference is things that have a price tag on them. Instead of a dollar sign they have a yen sign, They also have an extra zero on the end because the exchange rate is 1:100 and things are 1/10 the price.

>>2307409
>I hate resellers, but I hate "collectors" even more
Me too. The only thing I hate more than both are the kids who bitch about them.

>>2307598
Good thing you are bitching about me bitching because otherwise you'd just be so above me right? Keep trying to buy 100 dollar games for 30% of their price.

>>2307626
>thinking 30% of BIN is a good deal

>>2307691

I know you are trolling but I need to explain numbers in-case you aren't, for your benefit.

30% OF is not 30% OFF

30% OF 100 is 30,
30% OFF 100 is 70.

Kirby's Dream Land 3 - CIB japanese

>>2307354
heaven

>>2307797
>Japanese
English is even harder

>>2295147

I don't pirate and I don't like digital releases much. As long as a game is under $150 I will cop.

>>2295147
super metroid & castlevania 4
I refuse to pay over $30 each

>>2308097
Maybe you can hope you can rip some old man off at a flea market anon.

>>2308102
Hopefully one day…
I had an opportunity at castlevania 4 for $35, but I was feeling cheap.
and I got chronotrigger, FF2, super bomber man & Tetris attack for $10 each from a guy who's baby momma was making him sell off his video game collection. So the deals are out there.

Just gotta get out there and get lucky...

>>2308112
>Chrono Trigger
>$10
Come on, anon. You shouldn't steal games from others.

>>2297941
look what i got faggots Mario party 3 and Conkers bad fur day ( with the label ripped off....)

>>2309175
>Not alphebatized
Shiggy diggy

I really want Kirby Dream Land 3 for SNES. Played it as a kid and enjoyed it. But its 80.00 bucks right now. Gees. I know I can easily buy the dream collection with it packaged into the game, but I just got this SNES and am on a quest to buy up what I enjoyed as a young tot.


Maybe some day. Or perhaps a Christmas present idea.

>>2309204
i go by game series

>>2296408
>>2302103
>>2302117
What is the point of /vr/ if you guys consider retro game collectors shilling cucks?

>>2309175
>with the label ripped off
At this point you might as well just be playing the game on an emulator.

>>2309246
label dont matter if the game itself works

>>2309251
In a collection a game without a label is no better than not having the game at all. If you just want to play the games, use an emulator and leave the carts to the real collectors.

>>2308097
I'll sell you my copy of Super Metroid for $30
plus $9.99 shipping and handling

>>2306925
>One copy sold for that price.

Nope. I searched online markets in Netherlands, Germany, France, UK etc. all offered around 250-275 yuroshekels. Please do your research before posting, it upholds the quality of this board.

>>2309260
>collector/scalperfags
Also since this is N64 we are talking about, good luck with emulators.

>>2295149

Conker isn't that expensive. You can find a copy for under $60

>>2309217
To talk about playing the games, maybe.

>>2309525
>I suck at google
Sucks to be you then. That item did sell for that price. It's a silly high price but it's a simple fact.

>Please do your research before posting, it upholds the quality of this board.
The irony.

Put getting this game on the backburner and before I knew it, it was 60 goddamn dollars.