/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1431516]

Why is this even allowed? Is there no way to stop this, or is this the future of retro games?

[Anonymous No.1431518]

Kindly go to hell, op, I got my own dragons to slay right now.

[Anonymous No.1431519]

>>1431516
Is Earthbound good enough to warrant even 1/3rd those prices?

[Anonymous No.1431523]

>>1431519
No. Not at all. Its fun but not that good. snes prices are inflated as fuck.

[Anonymous No.1431520]

>>1431516
Collector fags hoarding all the good shit. Ebay sellers making bank of dem uLTrA +*R@RE# GAME$$

[Anonymous No.1431525]

>>1431516
This shit is why I avoid SNES like the plague and collect for cheaper consoles like Playstation and Genesis.

[Anonymous No.1431530]

It's legal because the one who are factory scealed are rare and in better condition, thats all! I actually have earthbound and i bought it used since i'm actually playing it... but for those who just want to collect it, it's better to have it in the best condition possible

[Anonymous No.1431531]

>>1431518
>Kindly go to hell, op, I got my own dragons to slay right now.

What could be worse than OP's...?

>$388.26 for a used manga
Jesus Christ, that makes me angry. I hope MI get reprinted just so that asshole gets BTFO, even though I'm just a Ranma fan.

[Anonymous No.1431532]

>>1431518
What in the holy mother of fuck happened here?

[Anonymous No.1431541]

I remember one time I saw some Snes games at a flea market. This mexican bitch actually wanted $40 for DKC1 and said it was suuuper rare. I told that cunt the game sold more than a million copies how is that rare?

[Anonymous No.1431542]

>>1431516
It is the future. There is no way to stop it.
If you find a good deal on a game you want, pick it up, but find something else to collect if you want to be a completest without having to subsidize resellers living in mom's basement.

[Anonymous No.1431548]

>>1431525
Really? In my experience, PS1 are vastly more expensive than SNES games.

A complete, used copy FF VII, for example, can go for up to $60 used, whereas I can snag a used FF V (for the Super Famicom) for $10 on Amazon.

[Anonymous No.1431546]

>>1431516
>Why is this even allowed?
Seriously, we're going to have another one of these thr-
>>1431518
HOLY FUCKING SHIT

[Anonymous No.1431553]

>>1431519
If you're a pretentious prick that sees subtext in everything yeah.

If you're into rpgs and want to see an attempt at a parody(its intention). Maybe.

Overall game play is very vanilla, dq+gimmick, but it has subjectively good aesthetics such as graphics and music.

Give it a try if you're in the mood for an easy to master game with some dry humor.

[Anonymous No.1431557]

>>1431548
Super Famicom games are not Super Nintento games

[Anonymous No.1431559]

>>1431553
The rolling health counter made Earthbound one of my favorite RPGs ever. Battles can get really exciting when you're dealt mortal damage, and start to scramble to quickly heal before it reaches 0. Always made battles so much more fun.

[Anonymous No.1431568]

>>1431548
A few PS1 games are expensive, but on the whole, you can buy a shitload of good PS1 games for a lot cheaper than what you'd pay for a shitload of good SNES games.

[Anonymous No.1431564]

>>1431548
I got my copy of FF VII for $10 at a local shop complete, and FF IX for $5. Of course, this is just personal experience. I just find that the popular titles for the Playstation (Crash Bandicoot, Croc, Gex, Medevil) are cheap than the popular SNES games (Super Metrois, FFII and III, LoZ LttP, Kirby Super Star). This is all from personal experience and not fact. Take that for what you will.

[Anonymous No.1431569]

You know the Wii U? The system barely anyone is buying, this is why you buy a Wii U, that and Super Mario 3D World.

[Anonymous No.1431571]

Why is this allowed?

[Anonymous No.1431572]

>>1431557
True, but the point I was illustrating is that if even SFC games, which are higher in demand by collectors here in the States, cost significantly less than the best selling FF game (to my knowledge) and the game that defined the Playstation, PS1 games are disgustingly overpriced.

In hindsight, I probably should've just said FF II/IV.

[Anonymous No.1431575]

I want a copy of dq7 us for ps1 complete, and not razor bladed.

That's $80+

If I could read moon? $5

[Anonymous No.1431581]

>>1431571
To be fair, it IS sealed.

I remember seeing that being sold in a Hallmark store near my house for $20 as recently as 2000. What a baffling game...

[Anonymous No.1431582]

>>1431516
>what is capitalism

[Anonymous No.1431584]

>>1431575
SE really needs to get going on that localization of the remake.

[Anonymous No.1431591]

>>1431582
Capitalism is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

[Anonymous No.1431594]

LOL

[Anonymous No.1431596]

>>1431584
For that reason alone I refuse to even buy bravery default used.

Being a gaijin dq fan is suffering. Even worse since I like the monsters series better and one of the few fags who prefers scouting.

[Anonymous No.1431601]

Remember kids, buy an Everdrive and don't support the reseller scum.

[Anonymous No.1431602]

>>1431594
:(

[Anonymous No.1431716]

>>1431516
>>1431518
>>1431571
>>1431594

[Anonymous No.1431725]

>>1431572
>SFC games are higher in demand by collectors here in the States (than SNES games)
Hahahahahahahahahhahahhahaah!

[Anonymous No.1431769]

>>1431518
>chinese comic books
>people actually read those

[Anonymous No.1431826]

>>1431532
He is using Amazon. Everyone on that site goes full retard with their pricing.

[Anonymous No.1431828]

>tfw just LAST YEAR you could find Majora's Mask on ebay for $26
>Now it's $60

[Anonymous No.1431839]

I'm just glad that I was able to find Project Justice for Dreamcast for $20 some years ago at a swap meet. Have you guys seen how much it goes for these days?

[Anonymous No.1431849]

>>1431519
No. It's a game that relies entirely on it's charm instead of actually being fun to play.

[Anonymous No.1431853]

>>1431594
Oh hey it went down. That shit was going for like 500 at one point.

[Anonymous No.1431861]

Shit, I just made a thread on /v/ about this:

>games with questionable prices

How the hell is this $100 nowadays? It's not a well-known cult classic, and I don't recall it having an extremely limited run or anything. Hell, it's pretty average when compared to other tycoon games out there.

[Anonymous No.1431869]

>>1431861
The console versions did have a limited run and it's a pain to run on a modern OS for dumb people.

[Anonymous No.1431879]

>>1431572
Nigger, you're crazy. PS1 prices really aren't that bad (for a game that had an average print run, you will pay 50 dollars at MOST). And you can't compare SFC and PS1, the Japanese market != the American market. Imports are not coveted at all by the hipster douchebags that are causing the SNES price inflation.
Here's a more sensible comparison to use:
>FF3 SNES complete copy: 110-130 bucks
>FF7 PS1 complete copy: 20-40 dollars
That's more what you should be comparing. Boxed SNES prices are crazy. FF3 loose is around 40-50 bucks even.

[Anonymous No.1431882]

>>1431879
FF3 has always cost that, though. There was never a point in time that its resale value (not talking about cheating grandmothers at yardsale) wasn't 40ish bucks. It went right from extremely expensive cartridge game to desired collector's item.

[Anonymous No.1431883]

>>1431516
The game is highly desired.
People are willing to pay higher prices for it.
Some sellers tick up their price to see how far people are willing to go.

[Anonymous No.1431892]

Since we're talking about crazy prices, how much should I expect to pay for a decent condition SNES? I keep seeing $70 when I look and that just seems high to me.

[Anonymous No.1431907]

>>1431882
I beg to differ. I got my copy with the box, map, and game for 30 bucks on eBay about 6 years ago. It only hit 40-50 cart only in recent times, if I recall correctly.

Even then, we could always use another example. Chrono Trigger, which used to be around 60 dollars? Super fucking Mario World being 15 dollars minimum despite being common as dirt? SNES games that were also ported to the Genesis being expensive despite it being either almost the same game or even an inferior version (Lost Vikings comes to mind)? There's tons of examples of how inflated SNES games are. PS1 games are not nearly as bad in comparison. I would love to dig out more examples if you need me to. These games have not always been this expensive.

[Anonymous No.1431919]

>>1431541

Dude, duh. It's RAREware!

[Anonymous No.1431923]

The best question here to ask is any game worth this price? I would say no.

Now if your rich go ahead and buy all you want. I still wish I had my old consoles and games. Not to sell but simply to have them and go back to play them the way they were meant to.

[Anonymous No.1431943]

>>1431516
>Is there no way to stop this, or is this the future of retro games?

As I see it, the only way to stop overpriced reseller bullshit is to convince companies like Nintendo to reproduce their older consoles and cartridge games that are both compatible with the original hardware in any combination, to devalue overpriced shit on the internet by making retro gaming with the original hardware (or close) 'in'.

Which is probably a bad idea in itself and would make collecting all that old vidya less meaningful.

[Anonymous No.1431980]

>>1431548
Really only the rpgs and a select few games are expensive on the ps1 but snes prices are getting crazy for even common carts

[Anonymous No.1431985]

Hahahahahahahahaha suck it dweebs gameboy prices aren't even half as inflated

[Anonymous No.1431992]

>>1431892
got mine for $10 at a garage sale and i live in Australia get good son or import a super fami instead

[Anonymous No.1432003]

>>1431518
I thought Maison Ikkoku was popular. Why the fuck would there be no cheap copies? I mean Inu Yasha volumes published in the 90s are like a buck each right

[Anonymous No.1432008]

>>1431601
As much as I used to be a hardcore proponent of owning physical games on this board since the beginning, seriously considering switching over. This shit is ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.1432015]

>>1431516
>allowed
By whom?

[Anonymous No.1432023]

>>1431518
I see through your ruse, ruseman

[Anonymous No.1432185]

>>1431571
Don't get mad at these VGA guys.

Think about it. They came up with a way to fleece resellers and no-play collectors that adds value in the eyes of utter morons, who in turn get fleeced.

Seriously, nobody likeable is losing because of VGA. They have to be sealed, so those copies were never going to be played anyway.

Whenever you see a VGA graded game, just be glad it's keeping reseller scum busy and keeping non-playing collector twats out of the better part of your hobby.

And remember to laugh at these people, because they are ridiculous specimens.

[Anonymous No.1432191]

>>1431591
>no capitulism is where you cant get mad at resellers because they are selling items for muney and people buy

[Anonymous No.1432198]

What are they thinking?

[Anonymous No.1432201]

>>1432198
>$50 shipping
why

[Anonymous No.1432316]

Learn moon and order games from Japan. There your problem is solved.

[Anonymous No.1432321]

>>1431575
I got myself the Jp version of Valkyrie Profile last week, best decision I ever made. You could almost hear my wallet sighing in relief.

[Anonymous No.1432320]

>>1431516
>Why is this even allowed?
Because the world doesn't revolve around special little snowflakes like you.

[Anonymous No.1432325]

>>1432198
Usually old PC hardware is really cheap on ebay. Picture related, I bought this for 6€.

[Anonymous No.1432332]

>>1432198
Are they seriously trying to pass old PC parts off as collectibles?

[Anonymous No.1432360]

>>1432332
Why aren't you collecting old PC parts?

[Anonymous No.1432364]

[Anonymous No.1432378]

>>1432332
Some people like PC's
Some people like collecting things.
Some people like collecting PC's and PC parts.

[Anonymous No.1432380]

>>1432378
I don't know why I put a comma in PCs.

[Anonymous No.1432384]

>>1432364
nexgen motherboards and cpu's are rare

[Anonymous No.1432389]

>>1432384
And still cheaper than some "rare" snes games.

[Anonymous No.1432394]

>>1432332
Nowadays Ultrasound cards, 3dfx and Number Nine cards are considered collectible items.

[Anonymous No.1432417]

>>1432394
Why Number Nine? Their cards were not that interesting:
http://www.vintage3d.org/n9.php

[Anonymous No.1432461]

It will only stop when people stop buying from these assholes, but people are fucking morons

[Anonymous No.1432482]

if I ever need $200 i'm going to replace my earthbound board with some shitty NHL96 game and sell it on craigslist under a pseudonym to some young kid who should know better.

[Anonymous No.1432495]

>>1431518
Man I am so glad I was on Takahashi's wild ride back in the mid 2000s when they were still printing this stuff.

I mean that's for the fucking second printed. That volume was fucking great but not 400 dollars great jesus

those last 3 though...

[Anonymous No.1432594]

>>1432417
Number Nine cards contain references to the Beatles.

[Anonymous No.1432605]

>>1432594
But they don't include something like picture related.

[Anonymous No.1432653]

>>1432201
Delicate object, requires an abnormally larger box because of padding
Possibly heavy
Shipping to potentially middleofnowheresville, Australia or Somalia or something

[Anonymous No.1432664]

>>1432380
>comma
That's an apostrophe you illiterate motherfuck.

[Anonymous No.1432924]

>>1431516
Ah who cares.

If they're really selling for that I'd be ordering up flashcarts and a nice label printer.

That and I'd laugh at someone who spent that kind of money for a game.

[Anonymous No.1432978]

>that feel when "retro" video games end up being more expensive than your "expensive" hobby

I don't even know what feel this is.

[Anonymous No.1432981]

>>1431569
Yeah really, or just emulate. I understand wanting to play on the original system but sometimes a line needs to be drawn.

[Anonymous No.1432992]

Nostalgia collection seems weird to me. Its like when people collect all the shit they use to play with as a kid, its just going to rot on a shelf or drawer taking up space.

A flashcart or modchip for nearly any game gets the exact same result for less.

And emulation with the right output to crt for most things is almost exact.

And beyond that emulation even without crt is pretty good with more controller options and ease of game selection.

[Anonymous No.1433432]

It is getting a bit ridiculous but I've come to accept it. I'm now willing to spend the money but I'm so worried of buying a fake/or relabeled one. Any tips to avoid that?

[Anonymous No.1434454]

>>1433432
>I'm now willing to spend the money
Fuck you
Just emulate it you gay cunt.

[Anonymous No.1434484]

>>1434454

Um... I have. And I beat it. I just would really love to have it as a part of my collection and play it on my crt tv.

>comfy as fuck

[Anonymous No.1434507]

>>1433432
I bought a copy recently. If they don't post pictures of the board (most don't) just make sure you can get a refund either through Ebay or Paypal disputes. Other than that, I noticed a lot of fake cartridges have poorly cut labels. You can typically see when they were cut with scissors or an exacto knife because the corners are somewhat jagged instead of properly rounded. Be wary of copies with mint labels/no physical defects.

[Anonymous No.1434547]

>>1434507

Okay thanks ! That seems like it would be a good way to tell. Thanks again anon.

[Anonymous No.1434593]

People actually let the bid get that high.

[Anonymous No.1434605]

[Anonymous No.1434638]

amazingly enough, some games have actually gone down in price since the retro boom.

of course, those are mostly imports like radiant silvergun.

we'll always have japan

[Anonymous No.1434642]

Stop what, the free market?

[Anonymous No.1434660]

>>1432992
It's become a common quarter-life crisis phase of this generation, an attempt to forever reclaim their childhood by collecting these tangible cartridges, fostering up memories of simpler, more innocent times.

[Anonymous No.1434668]

>>1434593
The fuck is scrawled on that Rogue Squadron?
I followed through to the listing to see the pics, in case it was someone cool's sig, but it's just gibberish and BBV.

[Anonymous No.1434675]

>>1432605
odd theres a picture of QLD in the upper left corner

[Anonymous No.1434679]

>>1434605
that's ridiculous, who's braindead enough to bid ffs!

[Anonymous No.1434698]

>mfw I can get all those ridiculously expensive games from japan for like 10-20$ each, 50$ tops for the rarer ones

Why people don't just order from there I will never know

[Anonymous No.1434702]

>>1434698
Wouldn't you need to know Japanese to play the games though?

[Anonymous No.1434703]

>>1434698
I usually do this too, except for RPGs. I can usually get by with what little moonrunes I know for fighting games and shmups and whatnot but I simply can't play an RPG in japanese.

[Anonymous No.1434704]

>>1434702
1) Most of these faggots won't even play the games in the first place, why they overpay for the american versions is beyond me
2) Many japanese games can be played with little to no knowledge of Japanese
3) Learning moon is the best money saving vidya related decision you'll ever make in your life

>>1434703
I honestly thought RPGs made good reading exercises. Granted I would only do that with games I'd already played in English, playing your first run of the game while struggling to read would be horrible.

[Anonymous No.1434706]

>>1434698
Whatever happened to that guy who made a thread on here like a month ago saying he was gonna buy and ship games that people wanted while he was in Japan?

[Anonymous No.1434707]

>>1434706
No idea, never saw that happen. It's not like shipping from Japan is expensive though. I'm in Europe and I pay 3 times the rates to ship from the US than from Japan.

[Anonymous No.1434709]

>>1434698
Yeah, really. You can get a CIB Japanese Majora's Mask for the same price as an American cart.

[Anonymous No.1434710]

>>1434709
Hell a few days ago I ordered Valkyrie Profile and Legend of Mana for 20 euros, shipping included. You have no fucking idea how much it would cost me to get the American version, especially since both were never released in Europe.

[Anonymous No.1434764]

>>1431516
>Why is this even allowed?

because free market

[Anonymous No.1434813]

>>1431559
Agreed, I think people give EB's battle system way too much shit. It's not revolutionary (nor was it trying to be) but it's fun enough for me

The non-random enemy encounters are also a blessing.

[Anonymous No.1434820]

>>1432594
This is actually pretty neat, I didn't know about this.

[Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco No.1435525]

We live in a free country and they can charge whatever they want. Don't like it? Don't buy it.

Then go to the local coffee shop and bitch about it to all your sandal-wearing earth-worshiping beatnik friends about how "America is like, a disease, man"

[Anonymous No.1435528]

>>1432664
>not calling them "sky commas"

[Anonymous No.1435532]

>>1432023
>reading anything by Rumiko Takahashi

She's like the Stephanie Meyer of manga.

[Anonymous No.1437242]

>>1435525

Your argument is apples and oranges. While capitalism helps Americans thrive, market manipulation only results in one person winning.

[Anonymous No.1437286]

>>1432482
you're a complete scumbag, buddy. but you must be aware of this.

[Anonymous No.1437292]

>>1431516
supply and demand, now go do your social studies homework cause you obviously missed a section

[Anonymous No.1437316]

>>1435525

If you want to pay attention to reality and stop living in a fantasy world, you will quickly see the world as being a little more complex than this. It's time to grow up, my friend.

[Anonymous No.1437329]

>>1434593
Only about $15 per game. Not the best deal but I have seen some of those games go for 20-40.

[Anonymous No.1437330]

>>1435532
Ranma and Urusei Yatsuura were pretty good.

[Anonymous No.1437351]

>>1437242
To be fair, Americans barely thrive on it. Free markets work the same way a cancer cell does; growth for the sake of growth.

I guess it depends on your definition of "thrive" is. Americans have it better off than a lot of other countries, but are digging ourselves into a hole with "muh free markets"

[Anonymous No.1437363]

Feast your eyes on this! Not only retro is affected by this madness

[Anonymous No.1437507]

>>1431516
And that's why emulators and official, digital re-released exist (see Earthbound for Virtual Console on Wii U).

[Anonymous No.1437512]

>>1437363
And I was complaining about Kickstarter scumbags.

[Anonymous No.1437520]

>>1431516
>is this the future of retro games?
It's the present of retro games.

[Anonymous No.1437537]

>>1435532
>Stephanie Meyer
Who?

[Anonymous No.1437597]

>>1431530
>Earthbound
>Sealed
top kek

[Anonymous No.1437769]

[Anonymous No.1437774]

>>1431518

DVD collector here. Talk to me after you see the price for the Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS box set.

[Anonymous No.1437789]

>>1437363
Yes, iphones and ipads and whatnot with flappy bird on them are going for ludicrous amounts of money but the catch is no one is buying them. I don't think a single one has sold.

[Anonymous No.1437795]

>>1437292
>>1435525
>>1434642
>>1432320
>>1431582

Yeah, this is about the weakest argument I've ever seen.

[Anonymous No.1438741]

>>1437769
Honestly if you want those prices go to a Garage sale or an OP shop

[Anonymous No.1438773]

>>1437795
>this is about the weakest argument I've ever seen.
It certainly is. Oh wait, you were talking about their arguments?

[Anonymous No.1440397]

Every time I see this I remember being at Toy's "R" Us in the mid 90's and seeing Earthbound for 50 bucks not thinking it would be good. But I did get Secret of Mana for 70 bucks so it worked out. But damm I wish i got Earthbound.

[Anonymous No.1440578]

>>1437789
I guess they're not "going" anywhere then are they?

[Anonymous No.1443286]

>>1431519
What game is worth $100+?
None.

[Anonymous No.1443291]

>>1437507
This is the solution to buying expensive games, unless you're a collector or something I'd recommend just buying a digital re-release.

[Anonymous No.1443297]

>>1443286
Not him and new to the thread but some rare as fuck games are worth 100, especially if theres no emulator for it
>Metal Wolf Chaos

[Anonymous No.1443302]

>>1443286
These days, apparently the full versions of Battlefield and Call of Duty. Also Steel Batalion, I suppose.

[Anonymous No.1443327]

>>1443302
As much as I am into Call of Duty, the full sooper dooper XTREEEEME Mountain Dew editions might cost $120 but they're sure as hell not worth $120 let me tell you.