/vr/ - Retro Games

mega man 7 jumped up to $150 out of fucking nowhere.

>>726127
Japanese version is around $25 just for the cart

>>726137
yeah but no.

>>726127
>Wanted to get some megaman x games
>X-2 upward of $150

the fuck

>earthbound will never be below even $150 again...

>>726163
>Not playing the PS2 Megaman X collection

Was laright

>>726163
lol I think X3 is the worst for that

>not using emulators

>>726179
>tfw I went to my parents house this weekend and found my copy of earthbound with instruction manual
>about to sell it for $200

I kinda feel bad about it but I need the money bros

>>726179
>one copy sold for $130 three days ago
>about 6 copies sold for under $150 this past week

yfw

> everyone buying the game you want are retarded collectors who won't even play it
> you're the only special snowflake who will love shadowrun and care about it
Have you ever considered everyone else buying it is on your same boat, except with more money to spend? Probably not.

ebay ruined everything

>>726179
While I just paid $150 for EB a few weeks back (got tired of waiting) it will go down in price whenever the Virtual Console release comes.
Now the question is whether its a noticeable drop (more than half what it is now, to $30-$60) or a slight ($100-$120) instead remains to be seen.

>hacked my xbox this weekend
>spent Saturday downloading ever NES, SNES, GENESIS, N64, PLAYSTATION, GB, GBC, GBA and MAME game I would ever want to play.
>7 gigs
>Xbox will now be the only thing I play
To be fair, I'll leave my snes, nes, genesis, xbox 630, PS3 still hooked up.

>>726205
I like to think I'm special

>>726209
pls don't hack me sir i'll do anything

>>726192
>playing video games

>>726209
>xbox 630
Is this the console released between the 360 and xbone that's all that we wanted it to be?

>>726220
It wakes you up at 6:30 every morning so you can connect it to the internet

>>726229
mite b kool

>>726217
>posting on 4chan

>>726208

I'm wondering what's going to happen to Shantae.

Prices at 150+, yet it's being released on the 3ds VC on June 20th

>>726176
It's hilarious that the PS2 copy of all the games goes for $10 while the Gamecube one spikes up to $60.
It makes me really think that it's the Nintendo fans that make these awful price values.

>>726209

I did the same thing a while back to my original xbox. Chip and all that.

Only thing I -HATE- is that I have to use the original xbox controller, or a ps2 controller with an adapter, since there are no other opions. I hate that.

>>726208
It will be pretty big
FF7 went closer to 100 before the PSN version came out.
Now it's hard for it to sell at $50

>>726284
You ready for this? The PS2 version is less circulated than the GC version. This is not the first time this kind of stupid has happen on the market.

>>726263
Shantae on 3DS VC was only announced recently though. We've got until the end of the year for Earthbound.

Fuck, though, I mean, I hope it does drop...

All those games I saw in stores for cheap years ago, now they're worth benjamins. God damn it.

>>726287
But the xbox/ps2 controller setup has become pretty standard.
Didn't know there was a way to use a ps2 controller on xbox though.
I mean, I'll miss the Nes simplicity, the SNES controller is a simplified dual analog, and the genesis controller was balls anyways.

>>726290
>PSN version of FF7
How'd I miss that?

>>726290
I honestly don't think it will affect the game price too much. Chrono Trigger was pretty much unaffected by the DS release.
I feel like if anything it will increase, because people will be thinking 'oh wow i really want the original version now!"

>>726293
Wait wait wait

There are LESS ps2 MMX collections than Gamecube ones and the price is still doubled?

Shit IS bonkers.

Sorry for just repeating what you just said, I want to make sure I understand it correctly because it is the exact opposite of logical

>>726304
>How'd I miss that?

No idea bro, it caused a huge shitstorm when it happen in the collector communities across the web.

>>726205
defensive manbaby who paid $100+ for a game detected

>>726308
>Chrono Trigger was pretty much unaffected by the DS release.
CT use to sell for 150-180 for just the cart now it's lucky to sell for 80. That said it was rerelease about 5 times

>>726293
>>726309
X Collection on PS2 got reprinted about a year ago and is still in print right now. Go check Amazon. It used to go for about $40 before the reprint, as did the Gamecube. The Gamecube version, naturally, hasn't gotten the reprint, so the situation kind of explains itself.

>>726308
>'oh wow i really want the original version now!
I promise you in the next year or so when this hipster geek craze goes away that number will be very small. If were lucky that will force prices down to much more reasonable prices.

>>726321
Still makes no sense why one would go for three times the amount.

>>726334
What is supply and demand?

http://pollystreaming.com/Looney-Tunes-By-Word-of-Mouse_v11937

>>726334
Because it sold for shit back when it came out and it had a way shorter initial shelf life than Anniversary Collection. After 2006 X Collection on both systems up until the PS2 reprint was really, really tough to find and got really expensive around 2009 or 2010 or so. As demand increases over time, prices go up. Now that supply on the PS2 version is more than meeting demand, the price dropped like a rock. However, people looking for the Gamecube version are out of luck, and that price is just going to keep increasing.

Same thing happened with every Atlus game on the PS2. All of them, especially Disgaea, Nocturne, and Devil Summoner 1 used to be ridiculously expensive; now every single one of them except Rule of Rose (Which I can almost guarantee is going to get printed again) got reprinted and now they're dirt cheap.

The cause of suffering is desire.

You want to play the rare SNES and Genesis games because their prices are through the roof right now.

Instead, try collecting the rare Playstation games. I know it's not /vr/ but lately has been the perfect opportunity to inflate your PS2 collection.

>>726357
>Playing PSOne games on my PS3

Xboner indeed.

>>726351

Rule Of Rose...

That is the last game I need for my "horror" collection. I just can't justify dropping $100 plus on it!

>>726346
>>726351
Right but who owns a GC but not a PS2
Better question for the same cost you can buy a PS2 and the game and maybe even another. It just seems crazy anyone would spend $60+ when they can spend $50+ and get a whole system and the game.

>>726407
It's also crazy to buy any game you can emulate for free.

And assuming everyone who has a gamecube would have a PS2 is stupid.

>>726431
That's why I went a step further and brough up if you have the money for MMXC for the GC you could just buy a PS2 and get the game with money left over.
That's what bizarre about it

>It's also crazy to buy any game you can emulate for free.
I'm not disagreeing with that either

>>726304
>Genesis controller was balls anyways
Those are fighting words mate.

>>726396
Did you like that game? I couldn't really play it myself.

>>726448
that fucking picture

I laugh every time.

>>726462
reminds me of my uncle's old house. He had a full size chicken suit that he left staring out his attic window toward a small restaurant next door

>>726448
Genesis controllers are good. Genesis arcade sticks are great. Saturn arcade sticks are stellar.

>>726454

Yeah from the bit I played with it.

I just finished the 3 Fatal Frames and Haunting Ground (need the bikini x.x) and while those were creepy, I can see why ROR got crap back in the day, it is really twisted.

>>726476
I love me some fatal frame anon! Is haunting ground any good?

>>726539

I thought it was quite fun. Very "Clock Towerish".

>>726121
>tfw prices are inflated because of asshole "collectors" who don't even play the games and just let them rot on a shelf

I honestly hate other sellers more then collectors. Every single time I see a game selling for a good price some faggot with over 1k feedback comes in and drives it up. Can always find the faggots with the same listed feedback selling things overpriced.

>>726547
Oh hell yeah I'm going to go see if I can pick this up now. Thanks!

Nothing wrong with emulation...I sold my entire collection years ago because I needed the money, and ever since then I've realized that owning the games doesn't make them any funner to play.

>>726121
Are you seriously complaining about fifty fucking dollars? Are you aware that most games on the market today are sixty bucks, right? I don't understand how people complain about the cost associated with retro vidya. It is so much more cost effective than contemporary.

>>726608

Not all of us have loads of disposable income to spend on a single game...Between buying games and eating for the week, food is more of a necessity.

>>726615
It wouldn't take long to save fifty dollars, even without "loads of disposable income."

If all you want to do is play the games, then just get an emulator and the roms.

If you're gonna be such an autistic purist that an SNES usb controller and a desktop monitor doesn't do it for you, then only pills can help you be happy.

The only reason those prices are so high is people lose all common sense trying to recapture the nostalgia of their childhood

>>726623

Sure thing, kid. Sadly, I live in the real world where I have to pay real bills and buy real groceries.

>>726630
>not buying fake groceries
Pleb.

>>726627
Basically this. If you don't have the money to buy the retro games you want and you don't have the time to treasure hunt and trade for them and you didn't have the wherewithal to hold onto them since childhood then you cam STILL easily play them through emulation.

>>726476
Rule Of Rose was one of those games that I really like the concept of when it was released, but then I saw reviews weren't all that stellar and I decided I couldn't drop the money for it. Now I just wish I could pick it up cheaply like any other PS2 game

>>726636

Teach me how I can live off of fake groceries, and I will happily grind GP to buy them.

>>726627
I do have the money to afford them I'm just too cheap in general to justify paying so much for a 20 year old game.

I used to think it was ridiculous to even care about such things as I emulated everything I wanted to play but I just recently got my childhood snes from my parents house and started playing my old games on it. Maybe that makes me autistic I don't know. But there's just something about having the game cartridge and putting it in my snes that makes it that much more fun to play.

When I open up my emulator now and start scrolling through my full snes romset, I'll pick a game and play it for about 5 minutes before I close it out. Somehow it just isn't the same.

>>726630
If you put $10 a month back you got the $50 item in 5 months.

>>726762
It's because you are not invested.

>>726762
Get a flash cartridge?

>>726779
Flash cartridges are surprisingly expensive.

>>726775
Thats probably it. Sad thing is before I actually found my snes in my parents attic I didn't give a fuck and could genuinely enjoy games on emulators.

I think it's probably because I have no self control and abuse save states on emulators so the games provide no challenge anymore.

But I do really love having the actual game cartridge. Kinda makes me feel like a kid again.

>>726630

The people who say "kid" as an insult and can't save $50 easily are people who have no prospects in life and made nothing of themselves and therefore work shit jobs where they can't rub two pennies together. Sounds like you're worse than a kid to me.

>>726762

I hook my computer up to my TV and use a USB SNES controller. I can't tell a difference.

If it only works when you have the physical cartridge, then you need to realize it's not the gaming you're enjoying. You're just trying to relive your childhood.

Not trying to tell you how to enjoy your gaming, but you're about to spend a lot of money on something that is free just to recapture your childhood experience.

If that kind of emotional thinking is what makes you happy, then no one here can argue against it. We're just telling you why and why it's not optimal

>>726769
No no, this is simply impossible. This anon has not a penny to spare, what with all the real bills and groceries he has to tend to.

>>726630
News flash. In the adult world, we typically manage our finances so that we have a bit of disposable income left to you around with. If you are literally incapable of socking away a little dough every check in order to pay for something like Shadowrun, it isn't because you're especially mature. It's because you're a fucking loser.

>>726630
Not to be on the dick wagon with the rest but it really isn't that hard to have the extra money saved up assuming you have self control. I cut back on spending for a few months to save up for some Saturn games and it wasn't that hard after I got past the first week, like dieting or anything else it's just learning self control.

>>726794
I don't disagree. You're totally right. I just can't help myself. My entire childhood snes collection is just loose game carts and all I've been thinking about recently is buying UCGs and printing out covers for them.

I've become what I used to make fun of. People paying a premium for something they could get easily for free.

>>726794
What USB SNES controller do you use, and what cords do you use to get the vidya from the computer to the TV screen? Also, will it work on a Mac?

>>726820
See there are those of us here on /vr/ that more or less seriously collect and there are those of us that say fuck that and just emulate and there are a lot of shades of gray in between but you seem kind of stuck at an unpleasant place between the two.

>>726790
I'm another one that's in between. If a game means a lot to me, I want to physically own it. Those are my nostalgia games and my favorite games and the games that interest me. But then, for the rest, I am perfectly content to emulate as long as I've got a USB controller.

>>726846
Well I wouldn't call it unpleasant. Fortunately I have a pretty awesome snes collection from my childhood and it'll take me months to play through them before I even need to buy a new game.

Don't get me wrong, I'm fucking ecstatic that I found my snes(not to mention my genesis and my dreamcast) I guess I'm just finding out the pains of being a collector because I really desire having an awesome shelf of games. But I'll only be buying games I actually plan to play.

>>726869
>>726820
I was in your guys shoes till I luck out and got a Job at a reto game store.Now I've lost a lot of my urge to own classics and am just happy to play them regardless of condition or if it's emulation.
I think what helps is I always get to see these rare/popular games come in so I don't get that coveting ting to have it.

I got a brand new megaman x sealed on ebay for 12 dollars plus shipping. PS2 version of course.

>>726883
That lust to own always gets my fucking goat. It's honestly kind of miserable, but I'm sure most of us here already know a bit about that.

So happy I got Shadowrun on both consoles before its popularity exploded. Why did it get so popular anyway? Both games were cult hits before but lately seemed to surged in popularity. This didn't happened around the time that atrocious next gen shadowrun game came out either.

>>726896
No I got that lust but really when you go in 3/4 times a week in a store for 10 hours and see how much of this stuff comes in it can really wane your craving, we have gotten Shadow Run, Earthbound(twice), Megaman X3, and a Sega Saturn with Guardian heroes all in the same month. It becomes a big eye opener how strange/weird it is to lust to own them.
That said I have a pretty good life with next to no real stress so maybe that has a big factor in it.

>>726127
>emulate MM7
>have a buy after emulating policy
>see the price
>mfw

Good thing I don't always follow all my policies.

>>726121
>The game is $50+
>I'll never play it

Time to stop being young and find a job.

If you really want to play it, paying once a nice price shouldn't be that horrible.

After all, new games are expensive, and Shadowrun was 50+ when it first came out.

Of course the stupidly inflated prices are infuriating, but you can't say that you'll never play it because it's $50, that's just ridiculous.

>>726198
You're quite a piece of shit to

1) sell it
2) follow the stupid bullshit prices and even higher

Thanks to people like you, the game will only be sold for higher prices until no copy can be found under $200

>I won't pay $50 for a video game!
>they should all be 50p at a boot sale!
>nevermind a new release is often $60+!

jews general

>>726328
I wonder what the hipster will be all around next year?

Maybe retro will be so mainstream they'll have to focus on even farther in the past, or maybe the hipsters will start dressing up like Star Trek characters?

>tfw the big black glasses will be traded by LaForge's googles by every hipster

>>726396
What, Rule of Rose is $100 in the US? Damn, in Yurop we can find copies everywhere for 10€.

>>727017
I know.

I'm doing it anyway ;_;

>>727045
I'm sure you're selling it for crack money!
SHAME ON YOU ANON!

SHAAAAAAAAME

>>727001
I dont know about anyone else in this thread, maybe I'm just an autistic homeless fuckwit, But I've never been able to justify paying more than $20 for any game, ever. Even with current consoles I usually limit myself to used copies and play the "good stuff" in about 6 months when the price drops (or I pirate it). The only exception to that in about 3-4 years was when I pre-orderd New Vegas, but then again it was $20 cheaper since I got the PC version, and it came with a bunch of other cool shit that balanced it out in my mind.

>>726794
I'm kind of in the same boat as the guy your replying to. Its hard for me to emulate because I've got the entire library of X console to sift through. If one game starts to get tough I just swap to a different one. It sounds retarded, but the though of getting off my ass and swapping out the cart, combined with a limited library is enough to make me stick with a game. And it's not nostalgia either, as the only console's I had as a kid were Gameboy's and PC's.

>>726121
Everybody is pissed because retro prices are going up, but isn't it just the way it goes?
If something is old, rare and/or has a lot of demand, isn't the price supposed to rise?
I hear people talking sh*t all the time about those damn "resellers" and "hipsters" and "jewbay" but I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about it.
I don't think that people who appreciate and collect old toys, postage stamps, vintage clothing or antiques is having a better time: they have to spend a lot of money for it.
At least a retrogamer can always emulate.

>>727429
It depends on the region and the game. In Japan most JRPGs are pretty cheap (you can get a boxed Crusader of Centy for $20), but over there what's expensive is western games that no one here would ever pay that much for, like the Japanese version of Soviet Strike for Saturn for $60.

I make bootleg SNES games and sell them on Ebay for half the going rate of the actual game.

9/10 people who buy them attempt to resell the game for the going rate

>>726290
>FF7
Such a shame that people never realized how godlike the PC port is. It has native gamepad support and insanely high quality songs. Physical copies of the PC Port (like all PC games) rarely go for over $10.

Anyone found any auctions for Mr. Gimmick? All I got is manuals.

>>727574
nintendoage is your best bet mate.

>>727464
What country are you from nigger? That PC version runs for $35 & up.

>>726209
Modded xboxes are cool as fuck. That's what I run all my emulators off of too. I also use Xbmc to store all my shows/movies and porn and having all my Xbox games copied to the hard drive is nice. I have 4 networked around my house for LAN parties and shit.

>>727464
Those are some cool rose colored glasses there.

There are tons of the problems with the game, and the songs are not "insanely high quality". They are just midi, and will usually sound notricably worse.

I first played FF7 on PC. I thought the game was great, so I played it all the way through, but I still remember having loads of issues with it. And I didn't even know about the backgrounds being stretched to the wrong resolution back then.

The worst part is that NES/SNES prices are being driven through the roof by these retard hipsters who couldn't possibly be old enough to play anything before the 5th gen, but act as if they were there in 1987.

Fuck all of you.

>>728029
ah jeez notta thisu shit again

If you lived near me I'd give you a good price for my Shadowrun.

>>726660
Yeah I'm definitely a buy fag but I get emulation. These days I don't have much money to waste on games so I emulate a lot more. I've always tried before I buy though.

What I don't like is the dicks that have an opinion on how I choose to spend the money I earned to spend on whatever the fuck I want. I enjoy having shelves lined up with games and playing on the real hardware. I enjoy the process of seeking out killer deals and watching my collection grow.

>>726396
> tfw i bought Rule of Rose for $40 from that one /v/-operated retro store before they went full judaic
I don't even know why i bought it, since i had played the game before and it wasn't QUITE worth the $40, but i'm happy with the outcome. It's legit scarcer than Panzer Dragoon Saga, and it's a fun game to boot.

>>728070
I was gonna say you could always buy a flashcart, but yeah, I get your point, I'm the same.

>>728029
> you had to BE there, man, you just don't GET it
> us oldfags huh
> using the word 'hipsters' to identify 'people i don't like'
Jesus, >>>/out/

>>728090
>Panzer Dragoon Saga

I swear I'll buy it one day, when I have a good job. Even if I have to pay $500+

>>728103
I don't have the slightest want to have PDS, even if i had a Saturn. Not even getting into the retarded pricing, so many people want it because it's rare that it ends up not being rare at all because all serious Saturn collectors have it. If that made sense.

>>727429
Well those other markets by majority are controlled more by rarity of the item and not pure demand.
Earthbound Should not sell higher than $50 but because sellers are actually hording copies to keep the demand up it's fucking things over in the price department.

are the MM X games really worth much or are the prices just inflated for no reason?


I had X1-3 and the collection on PS2 and was just curious.

I always find it interesting when I have games that are worth something and I didn't even know it.

>>728117
So videogame resellers are now like the De Beers corporation?

>>728134
Not rare at all, insane demand.

>>728137
ahh okay.

>>728137
>>728143
Well, literally everyone who is still buying SNES games these days is going to want a copy. Not surprising.

>go to weekend flea market
>see SNES game I've been wanting to add to the collection for a year now
>pick it up
>the guy says "$50"
>check online, it's currently worth $15
>think about the whole profit thing, offer him $25 for it
>he denies saying, "I saw it on ebay, it's currently going for $50 there."
>mention to him that it's currently worth $15, show him the site, and again offer $25
>"No, no deal. $50 or no game. That site fake."
>Go three tables down.
>See SNES games.
>Guy there pulls out the game I was just looking at.
>Me: "How much?"
>That guy: "I'll offer it to you for $20. I saw what just happened to you to that guy down there. I'm not that much of an asshole, and I'm a game collector myself."
>Tell him how appreciative I am and pay the guy $30 instead for courtesy
When will those idiots stop with the ebay bullshit? "Because I saw it go on ebay for so-and-so dollars does not justify the price." It's a baseline on what to go on. It's one of the many factors that go into how much it's worth.

>>728093
I wouldn't mind a flash cart but I think they're kind of dumb for the price. Paying that much to play pirated roms when I can do that on most of the devices I already own. I prefer to emulate on my Xbox. It also makes playing older games on an HDTV not look like absolute shit.

One of my tricks for getting better deals on older games is specifically buying ones with dead save batteries. Most carts are roomy enough to solder a battery holder on the board. It's a project any first timer can do if they're willing to give it a go. Every battery backed game I get gets a battery holder and fresh battery. So in 25 years if it needs a new battery anyone can just pop in a new one.

Some one gave me a free copy of Final Fantasy III for the snes recently because it was 'glitchy' and had a dead battery. Took me about five minutes to clean it and put in a new battery. Works perfectly.

And when I sell games on amazon I always note the fresh battery and charge $7 more. Which is the cost of a name brand cr2032 and battery holder. People from YouTube also hit me up from time to time for new batteries which I do at cost if you send me the game with a SASE. If you send the battery I'll do it for free. Most people tip though. I just enjoy keeping games from getting tossed out.

>>728170
>>728169
>>728070
You guys are treasure hunters not buyfags

>>728109
PDS is a lovely game if you're a fan of the series. I regret not buying it for $140 when I could have. Definitely not buying it for its current price. I spent $30 on a Saturn modchip and played it that way and have no regrets.

>>728184
>only buying things I like
>"treasure hunting"
Hahahahaha, make me laugh more.

>>728186
I'm sure it is, bro, but i'd be hard-pressed myself to buy any game for more than $150, no matter how good.

>>728184whats the difference? I guess a buy fag is the dummy that doesn't get good deals. I wait till I can find it at the best price possible not just snapping up the first eBay listing without knowing the going rate or comparison shopping.

>>728186
I got my PDS off the shelf brand new for $60

>>728191
One man's trash is another man's treasure

>>728194
That's exactly what I mean by buyfags. the ones who inflate the bubble

>>728194
He thinks since you're not interested in it for a quick turnaround profit that you should totally ignore market value and get taken to the cleaners on every transaction.

>>728213
Tell me more about what I think

>>728193
Me either that's why I didn't. How foolish i was to think its price would cool down. The only old game I've dropped money on was $90 shipped for a copy of snatcher. I justified it by being part of my complete North American metal gear collection. That's the only series I collect for in a serious dip shit collector way. I have every NA metal gear game, all redundant versions all games with cameos and shit.

>>728218
I started doing that with Final Fantasy, but at some point i realized there were WAY TOO MANY games (we're talking close to 200 here), the collection would be mostly redundant, i was spending a shitload of money on it (while neglecting the rest of my collection) and a load of people already collect it too, so i stuck with what i've had.

I plan on doing that with Silent Hill, which is a MUCH more manageable series.

>on /vr/
>complaining about people buying /vr/
hue

>>728243
I like your Final Fantasy cigarettes

>>728264
lel

I own a desktop and I like to play my video games at other people's houses.

By the logic of this thread, people who collect books or music are nostalgia fags who don't know shit about entertainment, and that is very debatable.

>>728243
Yeah most of the metal gear games are dirt cheap. The past year or two has been rough with everything coming out on ps3 and 360. I still need mgs3d, 360 hd collection and revengence and now the new ps3 collection that has the interactive comic for mgs2. I'm waiting for all that shit to be as cheap as possible. So my collection was a complete collection until the 3ds game came out. I've got to much other shit to play and waste money on at the moment.

>>728286
The fact that MGS3+ were all huge sellers, even contributing to Playstation's market position but now are bargain bin games speaks volumes about the hype machine.

>>728310
No. It only shows they have plenty of copies produced and in circulation.

>>728348
Sorry Dude they're FMV ordeals that nobody, probably not even you, wants to replay.

>>728310
>>728380
MGS3 alone sold close to 5 million copies, which explains the prices, and "nobody wants to replay it" so hard that it got an HD rerelease (two with Legacy) that sold like water in the sahara. Your little attempt at le trolling is futile.

>>727035
that's a load of horseshit.
show me right now. i'll buy em all.

>>728671
rule of rose is at the VERY least 30e here

I got mine for around that price, but that was 3-4 years ago

>>728674
Are you the anon with the 2spooky PAL collection (with echo night beyond and shit)?

>>728549

Pretty much this. It's hard to charge a lot for a game when there are millions of copies in existence even if its a desirable game, especially with all the rereleases it received

Is /vr/ open to the suggestion that some of these games, like Earthbound, are great works of art and are WORTH the going prices? People pay a shit ton more than fifty bucks for paintings and carvings. And you can't even play those.

>>728842
Right; the mass produced generic plastic shell and printed game label are art. That's what you are paying premiums for. Makes perfect sense.

>>728842
Paintings and carvings weren't mass-produced and sold for $100 complete once.

>>728852
I'm not saying that the physical copies are what's worthy. I have no problem with emulation--that's how I play. But, the way I see it, if someone doesn't want to emulate and prefers hard copies, it doesn't make any sense for them to bitch about the cost. If that's how they want it, it ought to be worth it to them.

>>728860
That's an entirely different argument, m8.

>>728857
>What is etching
>What is pressing

>>728879
It's incredibly obvious from the post i quoted that he meant stuff like Picassos and Caravaggios, not dimestore paintings.

>>728857
>>728852
Humor me for a second, though. Assume that free emulation did not exist. Also, there are no more retro video game carts or hardware available anywhere. There is a service that lets you play retro on your computer, but you have to pay.

Is your favorite game worth one hundred dollars to you?

>>728915
No digital download is worth that much.

>>728915
There are plenty of items I can't emulate that I won't buy because of cost.

Can't emulate an airplane...
Can't download a car...
Could probably emulate a pinball machine, but fuck that.

>>728915
On the condition that there are absolutely no other ways of playing it at all, yeah, possibly. But we're talking an hypotetical scenario that ignores pretty much everything about the medium and doesn't really serve as basis for anything. Not to mention EB is considerably more expensive than $100.

>>726121
>tfw when all the games you want to play are retardedly expensive
>tfw when

That face when when.

>>728929
There's the difference between you and me, then. Experiencing video games as an art form is genuinely important to me. My favorite game is literally priceless to me. I suppose I'm an autist fucktard, but I genuinely love video games. Especially classic vidya. I'd save up and drop $100 to play Sweet Home without a second thought. Even if it was just a digital download.

>>728948

>>728948
You can't emulate a pinball machine because there's no code.

>>729002
I could recreate the machine in a computer.

IE, a pinball videogame.

>>729009
That's not an emulation, that's a simulation.

>>729031
Fair enough.

>>728974
>Sweet Home
It really is that awesome. I should buy one of the unlicensed translated cartridges cib while they're still available.

>>726258
>being on the internet

>>729058
I got one of 'me off eBay. I'm wanting to pick up the timewalk games copy as well, with that sick as hell blood red cart and the box and everything.

>>729074
I see one right now on eBay with a weird bloodspatter pattern case. Looks like there's some guy that custom manufactures them for you for $25 plus a donor game like Zelda (for Sweet Home). I should just buy pic programmer already. I was all set to as I was working on my Nintendo Vs. Unisystem cabinet until I discovered you still need correct PPUs that you can't write. There's a million uses for pic programmers though.