Saw this at Half Price Books. Behind it is The Legend of Zelda for $40.00

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Anonymous Mon May 4 19:28:08 2015 No.2383814 [Reply] [Original]

Saw this at Half Price Books.

Behind it is The Legend of Zelda for $40.00

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 19:29:03 2015 No.2383817 I'm glad you remade this thread when the last one was deleted OP. I enjoy your blog.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 19:30:15 2015 No.2383821 File: 1.74 MB, 1936x2592, photo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2383817 It's because I tried to rotate the picture but failed. ;___; Here I successfully did it.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 19:31:56 2015 No.2383825 >>2383821 NICE BLOG

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 19:32:40 2015 No.2383828 >>2383825 says the guy who pays 30 dollars for smw

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 19:33:45 2015 No.2383830 >>2383821 Disgusting. Here soon that'll be $100 because "le retrogame is le cool."

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 19:40:27 2015 No.2383842 File: 12 KB, 560x407, reactionimage11.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2383825 Y-you too.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 19:44:24 2015 No.2383846 >>2383842 Nice /v/ meme 6th genner.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:13:06 2015 No.2383884 >>2383846 dank /vr/ meme bro

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:34:51 2015 No.2383915 File: 56 KB, 532x390, simpsonss7e20002.5529.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2383814 I can think of at least two things wrong with that store name.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:36:55 2015 No.2383918 >>2383825 no it isn't that blog sucked and I will not be subscribing

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:39:26 2015 No.2383921 >>2383814 my local game store has great prices on obscure titles, but popular shit like LoZ is 15-40$

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:40:28 2015 No.2383923 File: 253 KB, 1280x800, mylocalshitshop.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2383921 forgot pic

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:41:32 2015 No.2383926 >>2383923 hory shit metal storm is 60$

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:50:45 2015 No.2383940 >>2383921 Same here, Mario and Zelda are about $40 bucks, everything else, is $10 or $15 at most

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:52:14 2015 No.2383942 >>2383940 they are selling a fucking copy of chiller for 40$ and a copy of lil' samson for 150$. I love them and hate them.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:55:15 2015 No.2383948 >>2383817 >>2383825 >>>/a/

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:56:20 2015 No.2383950 >>2383846 >being a genwunner Take your nostalgia goggles off faggot, gen one Pokemon was terrible.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 20:58:53 2015 No.2383954 >>2383950 Do you even realize what board you're on?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 21:00:28 2015 No.2383958 File: 71 KB, 640x426, autismlord.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2383950 this competative pokemon player knows his shit

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 21:01:44 2015 No.2383960 File: 18 KB, 225x225, this should make anyone over the age of 20 very angry.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2383950 >gen 1 >gameboy

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 21:17:52 2015 No.2383982 File: 254 KB, 1280x800, fug.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2383923 This guy again op look, my store has the same price.

Anonymous Mon May 4 21:21:13 2015 No.2383985
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>>2383921
I actually like that. Rob the people who are just buying Mario and Zelda to look cool on facebook while using those high prices to keep the more uncommon games lower to draw in the guys who actually like video games.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 21:24:31 2015 No.2383990 File: 16 KB, 320x240, 1258680514453.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2383960

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 21:45:13 2015 No.2384009 >>2383985 I don't mind since I make enough as a single working male, but they need to put em down near 30$, i'd prefer that but it won't happen.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 22:07:52 2015 No.2384031 Did everyone completely miss the fact that the label reads "Super Mario 3d World?" I think OPs point is they priced it as the 3DS game.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 22:23:12 2015 No.2384057 $750 SNES game. Why? http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/vgm/5005836499.html

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 23:00:26 2015 No.2384135 >>2383960 >coax >depressed port I'm legitimately upset.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 23:02:48 2015 No.2384138 >>2383926 Of course it is. Game Grumps played it so all the 13 year olds and hipsters want it.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 23:11:23 2015 No.2384150 >>2384138 I've found the price usually only goes up for games they liked. Like I was hunting for X-Kaliber 2097 just as they reviewed it, but they sucked at that game so the price didn't spike, luckily for me.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 4 23:31:58 2015 No.2384181 >>2384138 Fucking christ.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 5 00:13:19 2015 No.2384239 >>2384138 Just emailed egoraptor about it. lel.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 11:19:51 2015 No.2386761 >>2384150 thats one aspect of our internet age that I hate. Fast & Furious picks a random old car and its auction value shoots through the roof. they do a game review and its ebay listings go up by 300%

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 11:25:27 2015 No.2386774 People like to over charge for games, everyone knows this, do you really need a million fucking threads complaining about it, fucking move on already, dear god.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 11:26:48 2015 No.2386775 >>2383985 not even hipsters buy mario and zelda to look cool you moron

>>	Anonymous Wed May 6 12:37:15 2015 No.2386873 File: 103 KB, 500x334, 2522907047_8ca3755bd5.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >lee trivino golf .99 That game is comfy as fuck

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 19:34:56 2015 No.2389469 File: 1.65 MB, 300x196, seattle.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2383915

Anonymous Thu May 7 19:40:48 2015 No.2389479
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It seems to me that there is a growing trend of playing genuine cartridges on imitation hardware, and this appears to me to be totally backwards and retarded.
Take these clowns for example, using a Retron 5 when there's 3 of them and a whole load of other guys they work with that could obviously source a fucking console, if they're being given games for free. They even complained about the controller in one video, it's like Jesus, use some fucking proper hardware.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 19:54:01 2015 No.2389507 File: 20 KB, 465x446, tumblr_l0lxskyHJV1qzmn4ho1_1280.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >go to le local pawn shop >le NES on display >ask le owner how much >le $10,000 dollars >my le face when

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 19:55:47 2015 No.2389516 >>2383814 I remember getting good deals on games at half price books 5 years ago. Now they're all over priced. I blame the hipsters who work at every half price books.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 19:58:02 2015 No.2389520 >>2389479 i love it, makes me feel superior

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 19:59:58 2015 No.2389524 File: 11 KB, 178x182, 1430415092895.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >TFW all the good sports games are always cheap as shit due to being sports games

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:08:38 2015 No.2389890 File: 4 KB, 125x123, 1426961780211s.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2389524 That feels good

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:09:55 2015 No.2389893 >>2389507 >le are you trolling or something? this isn't reddit

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:11:59 2015 No.2389901 >>2389890 >>2389524 if you actually like sports games from that era you are either insane or a masochist..

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:21:01 2015 No.2389915 >>2389901 What is >Tecmo super bowl >NHL 94 >Ice Hockey >Blades of Steel >Super Tennis

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:28:25 2015 No.2389926 >>2389901 If you blindly hate on sports games from that era, you're an idiot. Even a game like Golf on the NES is pretty fun.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:39:22 2015 No.2389941 >>2389479 In their latest video the game up and quit working when they entered a room. Guessing the Retron 5 may have had a hand in that.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:42:06 2015 No.2389947 >>2389915 tecmo super bowl blades of steel double dribble baseball wars NES golf then if you add SNES you get some great titles as well

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:51:30 2015 No.2389964 >>2383814 Not surprising. The best deal I ever found at Half Price Books was the GameCube version of Skies of Arcadia for $39.99 in perfect condition.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:55:09 2015 No.2389970 >>2389901 Confirmed for not knowing shit. The 16-bit era had some amazing sports games.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 7 23:58:52 2015 No.2389976 File: 462 KB, 320x240, giphy.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >mfw checking out half price books prices worst in town

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 00:31:52 2015 No.2390003 >>2389976 >go to the local HPB on Black Friday since I had nowhere else I wanted to go and dat OK $5 gift card >pick up Gradius for $5 >dedicated retro store up the street has it marked at 12

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 01:17:17 2015 No.2390079 >>2389976 You can still find some deals here and there but they're nowhere near as good as they were 10+ years ago - used to be a goldmine. Smartphones and speculators ruined everything.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 01:29:33 2015 No.2390098 File: 115 KB, 800x600, savers.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Oh, Savers!

E-Tan !OD.c6PSqx6 Fri May 8 01:38:31 2015 No.2390105

Ugh. HPB. Always so overpriced. The one in a town up has some really rare ps2 games that came with a watch for 150 buckaroonies.
And they have two copies.

Other than that, the typical range of mario games that are outrageously overpriced.

They're good for everything else though, got a sweet 'learn russian while you drive' cd for uber cheap, as well as their albums and cds are uber cheap. But whyyyyyyyy so much retro bullshit overpriced, it used to be so good!

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 01:45:36 2015 No.2390113 >>2389915 >>2389947 >no Nintendo World Cup >no Nintendo World Cup's famicom sequel >no Kunio-Kun Hockey spin-off >no Spike V - ball >no Hoops >no Crash and the Boys >no Capcom Gold Medal Challenge

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 01:46:19 2015 No.2390116 >>2390105 So if not $150, what is this really rare game worth?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 01:50:21 2015 No.2390118 >>2390116 If it came with a watch, it's Growlanser Generations, which goes for about $80 or so, depending on condition and complete-ness.

Anonymous Fri May 8 01:51:45 2015 No.2390120

>>2390105
Because the internet (YouTube) told middle schoolers and hipsters in their late teens/early twenties that buying le retrogames is cool and will make them popular in their social circles.

I mean what better way to be hip than pulling out the actual old as shit cartridge for some game from like all the way back in 1994 that the GameGrumps just started playing last week. Retro-nerd cred, bro.

I actually have no idea if kids do this, but who cares. fuck teenagers.

Anonymous Fri May 8 02:11:05 2015 No.2390147

>>2390120
I actually think it's more greedy ebayers trying to make money off of rich guys in their 30s and 40s trying to buy back their childhood. Or maybe a mix of both. Cue you getting angry because that doesn't play into your stupid anti-teenager rant.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 02:30:42 2015 No.2390164 >>2390120 >fuck teenagers I would certainly like to

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 02:37:18 2015 No.2390171 >>2390164 I like you ;)

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:29:46 2015 No.2390238 It kills me inside that I can find rare as fuck Xbox games like Battlefront II for $3 at my local thrift store but I cannot for the life of me find common retro games like Super Mario World for ANY price

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:32:41 2015 No.2390241 File: 151 KB, 323x309, bitchufuckinsrs.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2390238 please explain to me how battlefront ii is "rare as fuck" you can buy it on ebay for like 10 dollars

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:33:54 2015 No.2390245 >>2390241 oh, okay i was looking at the ps2 version, sorry but still, just because it's expensive doesn't mean it's rare, dingus

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:39:40 2015 No.2390251 >>2390245 I also got Mega Man X Collection for GameCube, a genuinely hard to find game

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:43:06 2015 No.2390258 >>2390251 if you can find more than one listing for it on ebay at any given time, it's not hard to find, dingus

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:44:27 2015 No.2390259 >>2390258 Its worth $60, had the same amount of copies EarthBound had (According to VGChartz which is a sketchy source but its all I could find) so I think it qualifies

Anonymous Fri May 8 03:46:59 2015 No.2390262

>>2390259
How can you say something is hard to find if you can find it with a few keystrokes and a click

Like I said, it doesn't matter how expensive it is
Earthbound isn't "omg rare" like everyone says either

It simply has a limited number of copies, which is why they go for so much

Ever hear of something called supply and demand?
Look it up

Anonymous Fri May 8 03:49:32 2015 No.2390264

>>2390262
>If you can find it with a few keystrokes and a click
I've seen fucking Nintendo World Champs auctions before AKA The holy goddamn grail.

Well, MMXC is the cheapest way to play nearly the entire MMX series and has low copies, its going to have high demand and low supply

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:49:44 2015 No.2390268 Imagine finding a Nintendo World Championship gold cartridge at a thrift shop who had no idea how much it was worth for like 10 bucks. Would you sell it? Last one sold for like 100,000

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:51:48 2015 No.2390271 >>2390264 If you can find it reliably every time, then it's not rare. You can't find NWC reliably every time, at least, not the authentic ones

Anonymous Fri May 8 03:52:38 2015 No.2390273

>>2390259
Is Earthbound rare? I thought I remember checking ebay on that not too long ago just out of curiosity and it seemed like a lot had recently sold and there were several options available.

I guess it is hard to define what "rare" really means in terms of mass-produced games. I think everyone can agree on rarity of things that were only distributed in limited quantity as prizes or other rewards, and stuff like prototypes that probably range from few (depending on how many prototype carts were distributed to stores and reviewers) to possibly one of a kind.

Off-topic, but eh. What do you guys personally consider to be rare?

Anonymous Fri May 8 03:53:56 2015 No.2390274

>>2390268
I guess it would depend on how bad I needed the money
I'm a poorfag, so, as much as everyone might hate me for saying so I probably would

I'd at least sell it to someone on here or something for a good price though so I knew it wouldn't be going to waste

>implying I can trust people on here
Well, no, but I don't have any IRL friends that are into /vr/ so, it'd be the best choice I think

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:54:21 2015 No.2390275 >>2383923 Yeah, Legacy of the Wizard for 3 bucks is a good deal.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:54:56 2015 No.2390279 >>2390273 earthbound is not rare, it's just expensive rare is something that you genuinely can't find on eBay or elsewhere reliably every time you look

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:55:55 2015 No.2390280 >>2390273 I consider expensive stuff to be rare because expensive can happen for a lot of reasons though nine times out of ten its low quantity

Anonymous Fri May 8 03:57:15 2015 No.2390281

>>2390280
no, nine times out of 10 it's because people are willing to pay that much for it

They find out how much people will pay for something, and then if people will keep paying that price they'll keep selling it for that much

...you didn't take my advice and look up "supply and demand," did you?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 03:59:27 2015 No.2390282 >>2390280 you seem to fail to understand that "limited quantity" is not the same thing as "low quantity"

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 04:00:07 2015 No.2390285 >>2390281 I know what it is Supply is quantity, demand is people wanting to buy it Sometimes both happens (See: Shantae)

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 04:00:33 2015 No.2390286 >>2390285 see >>2390282

Anonymous Fri May 8 04:00:54 2015 No.2390287
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>>2383814
Oh man, HPB used to be the shit years ago. It used to be a haven for retro games at reasonable prices, it was also good for finding shit like obscure imported anime & game artbooks & cheap animu DVDs. It's really gone downhill in the last few years with them going full ebay with their pricing, and there's also the matter of their online ebay-like shop, which is probably where all of the good shit is going. I live near two of them and used to visit them almost religiously, and both have been sucking hard in terms of selection & prices. The last good deal I got was a complete PS2 phat for $30.

>Half Price Books
>Half Price

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 04:03:03 2015 No.2390295 >>2390286 That is true. MMXC does how a low quanitity compared to something like Melee but it isn't as rare as some true low quantity like lets say Pepsi Invaders

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 04:04:51 2015 No.2390297 >>2390295 now you're getting it you're less dense than most people on here I'll give you that

Anonymous Fri May 8 04:05:22 2015 No.2390301

>>2389901
You kiddin? There's tons of great sports games in the olden days. In fact, I find it harder to source good modern sports games because of the iron grip that companies like EA hold over sports licenses, and nobody wants to buy a sports game that doesn't have real athletes in it.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 04:13:25 2015 No.2390312 >>2390297 Well, the more you know I guess Now I just hope I can find some goddamn retro games so I have a place here

Anonymous Fri May 8 04:14:07 2015 No.2390315

>>2390268
I would, I sell games I don't want to help fund purchase of games I do want, and from various times playing it I can tell that it offers nothing of interest to me. If someone wants to pay me a crazy amount for it then I won't stop them, just me getting closer to having a dream arcade or something.

Anonymous Fri May 8 04:16:21 2015 No.2390317

>>2390312
keep checking garage sales and thrift shops
it's a hit/miss deal
it's not having a collection that counts here, it's having a love for /vr/

don't be afraid to use eBay if there's a game you really really want assuming you have the money for it

I found countless mario games for $3 a piece, a fully working great condition SNES for $14 and countless other goodies just checking all my local thrifts (and some not so local) once a week

good luck, anon-san

Anonymous Fri May 8 04:23:59 2015 No.2390326

>>2390317
I've been going weekly because I keep finding Expensive, weird or uncommon PS2 gen like I found about half of the expensive Star Wars Xbox games in two weeks

But around here, even Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt is a unicorn, once per year so finding stuff I would want to play like DKC or Super Mario World is out of the question, lord help me.

Anonymous Fri May 8 04:27:02 2015 No.2390329

>>2390326
eBay is your friend sometimes.
SMW shouldn't run you more than $20, which could be well worth it depending on how bad you want to play/own it

as retro gaming gets more popular (a hipster is born every day) the prices are just going to keep going up, so keep that in mind

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 04:29:55 2015 No.2390330 >>2390329 Right now I'm probably just going to say fuck it and buy Virtual Console and compilations like MMXC because they are below FMV and its faster then hunting for half of a decade for SMW like I have

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 04:31:34 2015 No.2390331 >>2390330 >>2390330 Well, hacking a Wii is painfully easy, and it's probably the best possible option for emulating Nintendo titles If you have one, I'd highly suggest doing so.

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:53:56 2015 No.2394375 LOL I once found a complete minty copy of SMW at a flea market for $1. That was probably about ten years ago though.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 00:16:25 2015 No.2394410 File: 42 KB, 300x300, 1426292946875.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2389915 >>2389947 >>2390113 >no NBA Jam

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 01:15:12 2015 No.2394530 >>2390098 Whaaa... my Saver's has pretty good prices on video game shit. I picked up a dreamcast for $5 and have picked up an decent amount of cartridges for very reasonable prices.

Anonymous Sun May 10 01:45:42 2015 No.2394585
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>>2394530
Probably because they're "retro;" the SNES games were also $15. I don't remember about about the NES games that was in the box too (not shown.) The Gameboy, GBA, and DS games they have were maybe $3-5 depending on the title.

Spotted this in the same store some time ago.

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