/vr/ - Retro Games

I dont buy retro hardware anymore, so 0. Last game I bought was Chrono Cross and the disc stopped working like 10 hours in and it really pissed me off. I bought a copy of RE2 a few years go but haven't even played it, would rather just emulate the GC port with the ML upscale mod.

>>7274771
ZERO. I have almost everything i wanted. And i am not paying scalpers. Collecting is over for me.

when it's not free

I'm not a hoarder or mentally ill so nothing. Granted I already have a very small collection of older consoles/games I truly love already anyway. Boxes are just a vessel for game data.

>>7274771
50€

It's not worth it anymore. I'd rather just emulate. The only people who lose out when you emulate are scalpers. I used to go out to my local store with $100+ every month and see what I could find. There's no point in trying to collect something when it's vastly overvalued.

>>7274771
None. I'll pay whatever I need to if it's a game I know I'll like. I'm not poor. lol

>>7274771
What, you mean you don't want to shell out hundreds of dollars for stickers and ROM chips that cost less than a dollar to manufacture, or optical media perhaps? Especially with 20+ years of use and ambiguous reliability? Oy vey!

Kiosk collecting isn’t for the average video gamer who complains about $80 gamecube games. I look out for kiosks and have 4 of them to my name hooked up in my garage, never payed more for $2000 for one(pokemon snap blockbuster kiosk), and lowest I paid was $700 for a sega genesis kiosk. Different price points for different collectors, don’t get angry because you find it too expensive. It’s not a stupid decision for me to buy stuff like this, but that’s because I can afford it. I also buy video games collections from eBay, collectors getting out of the game, ect, if you wanna start talking *money*, I’ve dropped well over $10,000 on a single collection before. Seriously please stop complaining about things you can’t afford. Most retro game collectors are like this, poor and picky, and complain about spending 60 bucks for tmnt on snes. And you are the kind of collectors I hate talking too. It’s like talking to a middle schooler when you are in college, you can’t take them seriously.

$40

>remember bargain bins of n64 games at gamestop for dirt cheap
>finally have disposable income
>now those are gone
>same games are all bogged to high heaven
>even crts are getting scalped now
Its not getting better is it

>>7274771
The most I have spent for an old game is $32. For a console: $75.

If it costs more than $15 I'm out.

>>7274771
bout tree fiddy

>>7275745
Unless you got in early theres basically nothing left now. All the good games got scalped and are being sold at outrageous prices.

If I felt like being retarded enough, I could see myself going up to 1000$ for a cartridge.

For discs, my limit is around the 150-175 range, which means unfortunately many neat-o Saturn imports will be out of my range.

2$ on GOG

>>7274771
Zero.
Only retards don't pirate

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>>7274801
>>>/v/
Fuck off zoomer poorfags. You'll NEVER FIT IN

Spent 300 on a MiSTer set up and said no to scalping jew.

>>7274771
Console + flashcart / empty disks

@7276005
take your meds, sweatie

Stimulus checks were the worst thing to happen to retro gaming.

>>7274771
buying? All I do is sell. I made $700 in December selling mostly GameCube games.

This should give you an idea

>>7276107
Literally the same. It was my holy grail ever since I played the demo as a kid. I don't think I'll ever go any higher unless it's some incredible limited edition thing.

>>7274771
I won't pay scalper prices and I won't buy clone consoles or FPGA devices.

>>7274771
Spent $85 for a loose copy of Einhander for Playstation 1 a few days ago. I dont regret my purchase at all.

>>7276062
what were you trying to do here?

I'll spend up to $100 bucks on a handful of games but I don't have anything I'm not willing to turn around and sell someday.
Personally I think the line gets crossed when someone buys something just because it's rare, not because it's actually fun/worth playing. Like people who own Paper Mario TTYD I understand, people who own Pokemon Box I do not.

>buy an n64 cart for $30
>/vr/ laughs at me

>>7274771
I paid $200 to maybe get an Analogue Pocket at some point in the future... so probably that.

>>7274771
$30 if it’s something I sorta want, $50 if it’s something rare and I really want it. $70 if it’s ultra rare and something I’m a huge fan of.

That being said, one of the rarest things I own (an unopened copy of Solatorobo) I bought back in the day just because I was a fan of CC2.

>>7276521
Back in the day at regular price*

The amount you're willing to spend really defines a collection and a collector.

If you only want to pay miniscule amounts for old games because for some reason these desirable luxury objects have no value, your collection will be small and likely feature only one or two uncommon games you've been lucky to find at Goodwill.

If you're willing to pay more, you can have a large collection full of hard to find games. These things are collectables, they have secondary market value.

We're too far out from a lot of generations now to be able to find stuff cheap at garage sales/thrift stores. I saw a copy of Snatcher go up for sale this summer, being sold by someone who didn't know what it was. I offered 500, a low ball but a lot of money for those not in the know. I didn't even get a response, this person was so overwhelmed by messages.

If you want to collect games on the cheap, PS4 is the thing right now.

Also for everyone advocating for emulation, that shit is full of inaccuracies and is at best a pale imitation of a true experience.

>>7274771
I made a list of games and consoles I want to collect and I created a system on numbers which I've followed since I was 14. An example is like: number of the day (sunday) is 48, number of the day (monday) is 49 then when the week ends I reset it to like. Sunday number is 49 and monday's 50. I use those numbers in everyday things like prices on eBay. I use that number as a ceiling and go down by three dollars every search. Also I buy new retro stuff everytime I beat a game or get big bucks or it's close to Christmas, Birthday and Midyear.
Why yes I am autistic, how could you tell?

>>7276370
Some people on this site think that replying to a post without linking directly to it serves as some kind of insult or downvote or something.

>>7276569
I dont think the ps4 even has enough exclusives to consider any amount of them a “collection”

I want to buy as much as possible to show anonymous strangers on the internet with written notes

>>7276170
>be me
>start auction at $10
>auction ends @ $100
>I am the villan.

"these people will never learn"

>>7276743
I usually bid at an auction at the last minute at the cheapest price, with the max bid of 1000.

>>7276731
Bloodborne
Uncharted 4
Uncharted Lost Legacy
Ghosts of Tsushima
The Last Guardian
Gravity Rush 2
13 Sentinels: Aegis of the Rim
Spider-man
God of War
Persona 5


Are off the top of my head? If we're talking about owning games physically that are also available on PC/PSN, the PS4 is the far superior choice to the Xbone just because of the exclusives I listed.

If you're into digital games, then PC is obviously the better option for anything multiplat, but I like owning physical copies of the games when they're available.

>>7276569
>Hurr durr emulation sucks
I can't believe you used a time machine and came from 2005 just to make this post.

Anything that would require step down/up, or a 50hz converter. And video signal mods. Both are because it's just rabbit hole bait, and I already own a bunch of shit i don't play often enough.

>>7276780
What I have learned is that the pull of nostalgia is incredible.
It's cool when you take advantage of it but it
s awful when you realize how much it suck for
us'.

>>7274771
I try to stick to buying backwards compatible consoles to save space and money.

>>7276807
Yeah. I wish I could go back in the days when people weren't so crazy about collecting retro video games.

>>7274771

I basically buy a Flash cart every now and then. I bought a boxed copy of Illusion of Gaia for 30 last year, but that was pure me wanting to have it.

>>7276569
>that shit is full of inaccuracies and is at best a pale imitation of a true experience.
lol no

>>7276107
Nice. Hope you're enjoying the game. I remember playing this game as a kid.

>>7274801
Zero, i actually sold off all my physical stuff because i needed the money and didn't have any breathing room in my home.
I've been 100% pro emulation since then. I really never liked hoarding, it felt pretty cumbersome at stupid for me to be buried in old plastic and boxes at that point.

>>7276569
>that shit is full of inaccuracies and is at best a pale imitation of a true experience.
I guess that's how collectors try to convince themselves that they're not throwing their money away.

>>7276782
You forgot about the best and most collectable PS4 exclusive. Also Persona 5 is on PS3 too.

>>7277008
And yes, I realise pic is on PS3 too, but that version is so gutted it may as well be a different game.

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>>7276569
>emulation
Emulation is like a photocopy of a game. You get like 90% of the experience.

>>7274771
5 bucks.
And only if I absolutely can't make the old version run on a 64bit system. Otherwise it's exactly 0 bucks

>>7276569
People are bitching too much about prices. Yeah they went up because millennials are having midlife crises, but unless youre trying to nab Earthbound or something incredibly rare, old carts are still $20-$60, which is about the same price you'd pay for the average game today anyways (and lets be fair, those old games youre paying $60+ for are better and more replayable than most of the shovelware garbage pushed these days, and it doesnt even need an online subscription either.) Even the most broke among us can afford a classic console.

I'd only consider sealed OG boxes and arcade cabinets to be enthusiast-only tier, and theyre best left in ownership of professionals who know how to maintain and repair them anyways.

>>7274771
A bit

$200

>>7274771
Whatever money's necessary to emulate it with the lowest latency possible at full speed.

Y... you don't buy game husks, do you?

>>7274771
Once I have an Everdrive or softmod for my console of choice I stop spending money on games themselves, opting to put that extra money towards peripherals, memory cards, light guns, video switchers/converters, etc.

Speaking of which I'd like to get a capture card for old consoles. I already have an AV splitter I tried an old Hauppauge capture card my buddy gave me but it's a piece of shit and it doesn't work anymore. Any recommendations that aren't going to be crushingly-expensive? I really don't want to spend more than a hundred bucks if at-all possible, HDMI support would be nice too but not necessary.

Bump

>>7274771
No FPGA, no clone consoles and no scalper prices.

>>7279660
But anon, you can't get anything at non-scalper prices anymore.

>>7274771
35,000 Ugandan Shillings

Paid $300 for MMX3. Just really wanted that one

>>7279663
Not true. I've been able to buy video games at a low price at my local retro video game store.

>>7277008
>tfw found a pristine copy of this at gamestop last year
>they didn’t know what they had and were selling it for 30 bucks

I was pretty damn happy. It plays like a mecha game but with Kaiju instead. It’s also the only game that really captures that toku feel and it went completely over the heads of American journalists.

>>7274771

Around fifty bucks. I don't mind emulating stuff that's stupid expensive. Can't even remember the last time I bought an older game that wasn't on PC.

>>7274771
$3 on steam discount sales
Free epic games
Retro: emulation
Ps1 modchiped
Ps2 freemcboot
Not retro ps4 jailbreak

>>7276437
>mention I wished I could buy a copy of Gimmick!
>MUH EMULATOR I WANT TO CHOKE YOU RETARD YOU BUY FUNKO POPS
I can't tell if it's poor europeans or just zoomers who just discovered emulators

>>7274771
I usually always go for sealed. I will not buy used. When looking for these brand new condition retro games, I don’t ever wish to pay over what the MSRP was. Very few occasions have I.

>>7279752
Why is x3 so stupid rare?

>>7274771
$20

>>7277123
Yes, you are a retarded cheapass brainlet

>>7276569
Lmao fuck off reddit spacing shill homo, nobody needs to pay $500 or close to it for any game anymore

The most expensive single purchases i've made recently have all been hardware/peripherals, and I don't like going much over $100 in that case. anything above like $50 for a game is out of the question, because i'm not a braindead consoomer.

>>7280338
Rare games seem like an ok investment. If i buy an Earthbound cart now it will say the same price or appreciate and I can still play it all I want. If I actually do need cash i can always sell it, because collectors will never die.

>>7280282
Couple reasons:

1. Late SNES release - January 1996
2. Capcom was slowing down shipping on the 16 bit titles as the generation came to a close
3. It was a fairly expensive release - 74 bucks, which adjusted for inflation is about 122 USD today.

A lack of interest, low supply and relatively high price for a game that was released on a five year old console.

>>7280337
Not even once

>>7280648
Damn. Even though its the worst SNES megaman its annoying I cant finish my set without shelling $300.

>>7280361
Most of the boomers got what they wanted; its just scalpers scalping scalpers now. If you want to invest go to wallstreetbets

>>7274771
Original retail price; inflation not factored in. If it was £40 then, then that's what I'll pay for it now, and not a penny more.

>>7281097
Guess you'll have to emulate

>>7280903
I wouldnt call it investment, but rare games dont ever really drop in value so theres very little risk to holding them.

>>7281102
No, I have a job. That's why I can buy the things I want. Crazy, right?

>>7274771
$50 for a sealed game, $30 used. And I don't buy anything older than 6th gen, that shit you can easily emulate with no downsides. And never buy PC games.

>>7275782
>Kiosk collecting isn’t for the average video gamer
You're right. It's for autists.

>never payed more for $2000 for one(pokemon snap blockbuster kiosk), and lowest I paid was $700 for a sega genesis kiosk. Different price points for different collectors, don’t get angry because you find it too expensive. It’s not a stupid decision for me to buy stuff like this, but that’s because I can afford it. I also buy video games collections from eBay, collectors getting out of the game, ect, if you wanna start talking *money*, I’ve dropped well over $10,000 on a single collection before. Seriously please stop complaining about things you can’t afford. Most retro game collectors are like this, poor and picky, and complain about spending 60 bucks for tmnt on snes. And you are the kind of collectors I hate talking too. It’s like talking to a middle schooler when you are in college, you can’t take them seriously.
Just because you're retarded and can afford to be ripped off doesn't mean it's smart.

>>7281202
Being a wagecuck is a sad excuse of a job. Also, you're not going to get old games for their MSRP (especially new) unless they're shit/no one wants them

>>7280073
It was I who actually told you that in another thread. I'll just be making myself comfortable here. Ahhh. And yes, even CONSIDERING buying Gimmick for what it goes for is mad retarded and there are zero gains from doing so.

>>7274771
Probably around $350 USD for a game

>>7276782
>Bloodborne
>The Last Guardian
These are the only ones in your list worth buying

>>7276792
Even in 2005, you could finish most games up to PS1 in an emulator, with up to 4th gen and many arcade games being in "close enough to perfect, shut up" territory.

>>7277131
The assets and code are there in full, 1:1 in the ROM and most actually retro systems have had cycle accuracy for so long. You can use any display or controller if that's what's bothering you.

I know what it really is, though. You need something in your life. You need your failure shelf and game husks, and you suck dick and researching anything and using computers. I can't imagine being that retarded. I was getting MAME to work when I was in middle school in the late 90s.

I won't pay over $300 for a copy of Ninja Five-Oh.

>>7281301
>wagecuck
I fucking hate commies. You are a blight. Get a job, you worthless lazy shit. And I never said I wouldn't emulate if the price was too high. What is the topic of this thread, brainlet?

My limit is that I don't want FPGA consoles/devices. It's either original hardware, or I emulate the damn thing if I can't get my hands on it.

>>7280302
>spending money on things that are easily emulated is the smart thing to do

>>7274771
Anything more obscure than Dreamcast gets emulated.

>>7279123
Diamond vc500

>>7274771
It depends, nowadays I only tend to spend big money on rare retro Metroidvanias.

>>7279964
Based

>>7279964
>steam
Cringe inducing

I make shit tons of money so financially, no limit. But I have a huge backlog at this point, enough to keep me entertained all the way to my deathbed even if I were to by nothing else ever again.

>>7281409
Yes, work your body to death for Mr. Shekelstein to get pocket change.

>>7274771
I just can't into retro shit anymore unless it's a steal. Emulation has gotten to that point where it's far more viable, and in the case of the Dreamcast and Saturn - sane.

>>7274771
Tre fiddy

>>7282006
Me at the rythm wich i play even if i dont buy more now i have for many years playing considering a will replay a game if i really liked it.
I mostly replay the same stuff instead of playing new games,new games scare me in a way,its like i have to learn another thing entirely starting from scratch.

At the moment, $0. I live in a 400sqft studio apartment, so due to the lack of space I have only a large flatscreen television I use that fills up most the room along with my bed and furniture. I had to sell my entire gaming collection ~4 years ago for a few thousand dollars to move out, it sucks but at the time they were mostly collecting dust.

My dream would be to have shitloads of money so I could just buy new-in-box consoles and games and then open them up and slowly go through them again in my own custom gaming room with equally pristine equipment. But I'm poor as fuck so that won't be happening any time soon if ever.

>>7277292
Jesus Christ

>>7282453
What are you even talking about? You can choose who you work for. You can work for yourself even. Stop being a lazy worthless piece of shit.

>>7274771
System and flashcart. That's it.

>>7281369
Holy projection Batman

>>7274771
I spent $230 on that PS1 SpongeBob game

Most I ever paid is $100 for Persona 2 EP. I wish I owned Valkyria Profile but I'm not that insane.

fuck, it just keep getting worse as the things i want are more obscure. ODEs and flashcarts are a godsend since i don't give a shit about collecting but those are expensive too.
Some big ticket items from 2019-2020

Vectrex + Flash Cart + All Overlays: $500
McWill Lynx II + Flash cart: $300
Boxed Complete Neo Geo: $530
x68000 Complete w/ Monitor: $600 (shipped from Japan)
MSX2 x3, MSX, MSX2+: $550 (I kept finding good deals on them from overseas or locally. Some had PSUs or controllers I wanted. )

I'm eyeing Virtual Boys now. I have a flash cart coming in a few months but those have been memes for awhile so they're pretty expensive.

really about $500 for a single piece of hardware is my limit and that's only maybe 1-2 times a year. I can say i do enjoy all these things and exploring less popular libraries is a blast. learning a little Japanese has been really fun.

You can blow some big bucks going really deep on a single console especially if you want to do a full game set attempt.
I considered NES back in the early 2000s when it was doable but i've since sold most all my games. Biggest sale regret was a boxed complete NES ROB set I sold in the early 2010s. I got good money for it and I hav plenty of NES stuff. I didn't like the whole box collector shit but the actual ROB is such a cool thing to look at and fiddle with. I bet I couldn't get a loose one for less than $200 today.

Thanks for reading my blog.

>>7274771
0

These days I sell it all

>>7281915
Thanks anon. I do have a Roxio capture card already that looks similar, but I was never impressed with the video quality, would this thing be a substantial upgrade or should I stick to what I already have?

>>7274771
I haven't really had the opportunity to set one, really. I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere, so the closes place I can find retro vidya is the local pawn shop, which I check regularly. It's great because they don't give a fuck what they have, as long as it works and they sell it for more than they bought it for. Last time I was there, I picked up a pristine copy of Conker's BFD for $50, a Super Game Boy for $15, and a japanese Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland for $5.
The nearest actual retro store is a 3-hour drive away, and I only stop there if I roadtrip with one of my buddies to offload MTG cards we don't need to card shops around the city. I also refuse to buy shit online because fuck scalpers and fuck chinks taking 2 months to ship a couple old games.

>>7274771
I literally work so I can buy retroshit at this point.

>>7274771
I set my limit as the price the game was new adjusted for inflation. I set an exception for SNES and before where I dont care to buy the boxes.

>>7274771
I have a 3ds that I play a lot of nintendo consoles on. I plan on getting a psvita for psp/vita/ps1 gaming. I would buy an emulation handheld once one is good enough for ps2 emulation. Otherwise I don't play games on my PC or use consoles. I just like handhelds

not enough

Shit collectors talk about what they will buy
Bad collectors talk about what they paid
Good collectors talk about what they have found
Great collectors tell you about they’ve stolen

>>7289462
>finding games in the wild

>>7274771
If an used game cost as much as modern game

>>7289478
>>7289462
>Stealing is better than buying and selling

>>7286338
Don’t fuck with the virtual boy. The concept is neat but in playing anything on that gave me the worst fucking migraine after 30 minutes to an hour.

Couldn’t even enjoy the games I was retro collecting.

buy?

Max I've paid was 60€ for Snatcher, so I guess that's my limit.
Actually stopped buying retro when prices skyrocketed, now I only buy either cheap stuff or good opportunities.
Bought 2 Gameboy cartidges the other day that actually came boxed with everything, it was a nice suprise and probably my best haul in years.
Thankfully there's still consoles you can get for cheap.

>>7289498
>implying it's not
ok rabbi

>>7289478
>posts soijak
Boomers win.

>>7276995
Its industrial strength cope

>>7276569
>for everyone advocating for emulation, that shit is full of inaccuracies and is at best a pale imitation of a true experience
okay, so mod your console then

>>7289795
this, owning a multiple consoles is cool but shelves and shelves of games is retarded when ODEs, flashcarts, and softmods exist

>>7289847
That's like, your opinion man

>>7289847
Not everyone wants to buy ODE's/Flashcarts/Softmods. Gamers like myself love to collect physical copies of games.

>>7274771
Imagine paying for games

>>7291651
I don't pay to play. I pay to own and to make poorfags butthurt

>>7291651
I'll only pay if I feel it's more convenient to me than pirating.

>>7291651
I pay to collect. It's not my fault you're too poor to have your own collection.

>>7274771
$20 for a game, $60 for a console.
I have my childhood games and I'm fine with emulation and flashcarts. I only buy physical if I find them cheap.

>>7274771
>buying shit that is free
>OY VEY FUCKING BUY THE RETRO SHIT, WEAR THE FUCKING MASK, WHAT ARE YOU SOME TYPE OF POOR FAG?
Emulation is superior, if you want the original hardware go for it, but play retro video games. End of discussion.