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People really paid $100+ for brand new N64 games back in the day.

>> No.7887293

People still pay $100 or more for retro games today, zoomie

>> No.7887298

No wonder they cling so hard to the same 5 games everybody had, they brainwashed themselves into thinking those are the best game of all time to justify the ripoff.

>> No.7887302

>>7887293
so the price of the 3DO in its day was OK because eventually it goes for above that?

>> No.7887327

>>7887287
>$100+
In the US? Maybe only if you adjust for inflation. US N64 games usually cost in the $60 to $80 range at launch.

>> No.7887340

>>7887298
Doubt it. Many people who weren't even alive back in 1996 are now paying prices higher than orginal mrsp.
And speaking of brainwashed fanboys, you are also one. Maybe not of N64 but probably some other console, which is why you feel the need to shitpost fanboy stuff here

>> No.7887369

>>7887287
First party Nintendo games are worth every penny.

>> No.7887371

I thought they were like 60 dollars.

>> No.7887382

>>7887287
Games retailed at $79.99. The only $90 game I ever saw was Perfect Dark

>> No.7887389

>>7887298
you could say that about all consoles that generation outside of Playstation, faggot.

>> No.7887392

Maybe in the USA. In based Europe people used euros instead.

>> No.7887395

>>7887287
I rented or bought used.

>> No.7887401

>>7887340
Jesus fucking Christ, did you go "no u" on every damn N64 thread on the board? Take a break.

>> No.7887403

>>7887401
I'm surprised he didn't go on a tangent talking about how OoT is the most influential video game ever.

>> No.7887413

>>7887287
I'd pay $100 dollars for her to glaze my face like a donut.

>> No.7887424

I never remember any game costing triple digits at any point when it was new.

>> No.7887427

>>7887401
Nah, it's you being obsessed with the n64, probably had other people call you out on your fanboyism in other threads. This was the only n64-related thread I checked, and mostly because OP's zoomer thoughts were funny
>>7887403
Nice samefag

>> No.7887429

I never saw a game above 59.99. 100$+ is bullshit

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>>7887427
oh lawl, again accusing everybody else of being a samefag. it's you really

>> No.7887440

>>7887431
I don't know what other people you argued with but it's evident you waste time on threads about consoles you don't like. Definition of rent free
Also
>Using screenshot as a response to samefag
Really?

>> No.7887453

>>7887287
I remember them being 60 or 70 at most back in 97/98 here in the US.

>> No.7887454

>>7887440
>I don't know what other people you argued with but it's evident you waste time on threads about consoles you don't like. Definition of rent free
Nah, you're always there defending N64's honor using the same arguments, so much that anons start recognizing your style
>Using screenshot as a response to samefag
educate me on a better way to show you're wrong. I replied pretty quickly after your post and I had to solve a captcha, maybe you can edit screenshots that fast but I can't.

>> No.7887469

>>7887453
In fact, games have always been 50-60 dollars.

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>>7887287
That's what ultimately doomed the cartridge, as games required more and more storage the cost became prohibitive past a certain point.

And it's a shame because cartridges had way more SOVL than discs or downloads but I don't know if there was any way for them to sustain their usefulness past the N64 era except for portable stuff.

>> No.7887476

>>7887454
What writing style? Where am I defending the n64? I'm simply pointing out you waste time on fanboy wars, which you evidently do as you confirmed you've been shitposting in other n64 threads and even think everyone who replies to you is the same person.
As for samefag, maybe lurk more but there's not really any way to prove it. Editing it with inspect element is super fast and easy.

>> No.7887534

>>7887382
No they didn't fuck off

>> No.7887537

>>7887382
That sounds like Canuckbucks, though.

>> No.7887538

>>7887469
PS1 games were $39.99

>> No.7887542

I remember saving up $65 for donkey Kong 64. It cost more because of the rumble pack. Pretty sure games were normally 50/60$ max

>> No.7887557

>>7887538
I find it extremely hard to believe that PS1 games were $40 and N64 games were $100 in the US.

Here in Ireland brand new PS1 games were IRE£40 while brand new N64 games were IRE£60, though some 3rd party titles started at IRE£50 or less. It was annoying, but with N64 games you knew you were getting a cutting-edge game and proper 3d graphics which cannot be said for any PS1 game.

>> No.7887559

>>7887557
PS1 games were $40, and greatest hits games were half priced at $20. This is why the system sold so well

>> No.7887568

am I the only one who remembers Turok costing an eye? I am europeen btw

>> No.7887570

>>7887557
they really were
and the greatest hits were half that price dude

>> No.7887595

>>7887287
no?

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ITT: Dumb niggers who can't remember prices and zooms.

>> No.7887789

The carts I remember buying were about $40-60 which is about the same price as 360 games, the last console I ever bought for in a store.

Different stores had different prices of course, Toys R Us wasn't the only store that sold games. It was about $50 on average to buy new n64 boxed games at the rental place I went to.

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>>7887293
> People still pay $100 or more for retro games today

>> No.7888664

>>7887557
In the US, most PS1 games were around $50 at launch, and most N64 games were around $60. There was a little variance higher and lower but nothing approaching $100.

>> No.7889041

>>7887287
>People really paid $100+ for brand new N64 games back in the day.
No, they didn't.

>> No.7889079

>>7887382
I remember it being $80 around launch, there was a chip shortage. Then it went to $60, then to $50.

>> No.7889626

>>7887287
No, they didn't.

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>>7887287
Did they?

>> No.7889679

>>7887392
Not in 1997

>> No.7889686
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IIRC the most expensive N64 game was Hey You, Pikachu! and even that only went for $80, due to the VRU and shitty mic being bundled in.

>> No.7889754

>>7887287
I think the most I ever paid for an N64 game was Star Fox 64 because it came with the rumble pak.

>> No.7889757

>>7887287
fake newa

>> No.7889910

>>7887327
Which is still high even without accounting for inflation.

>> No.7890085
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7890085

>>7887287
Now they pay at least twice that amount for used ones.

>> No.7890141

>>7887768
>Doom for 74.99
That's 121dollars if we assume that this was in the last year of the 90s.

>> No.7890143

>>7887287
I just paid $70 for a loose copy of Earthworm Jim 3D :^)

>> No.7890147

>>7887768
I paid $10 for Gretzky when it went on clearance

>> No.7890151

>>7890143
that was a bad purchase

>> No.7890179

>>7890085
New copies of this were in the clearance bin by the end of 2001. I grabbed one for myself and one for my sister at $15 apiece.

>> No.7890204

>>7887287
And now people pay $100+ for used N64 games.

>> No.7890321

>>7887293
They really hold their value don't they

>> No.7890335

>>7890321
Except those annual sports games of yours

>> No.7890387

>alice

as loathsome of a woman as there is.

>> No.7890392

>>7887287
That's the price you pay for being at the very forefront of cutting edge 3D game design (that or pay well over 1000 dollars for the crap PC ports or PC exclusives of the time)
seethe Segalet

>> No.7890397

>>7887287
I only remember paying for $60 max and that was only for premium games like OOT.

>> No.7890402

Maybe in dumbass Canadian dollars.

>> No.7890579

>>7887327
This. N64 games were pretty standard priced at $59.99 vs $49.99 for PlayStation games here in the U.S.

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>>7887287
I just rented them from Blockbuster

>> No.7892368

>>7887427
>get accused of saying no u
>says nah it's you at the start of his argument

Fucking fool

>> No.7892378 [DELETED] 

>>7892368
it's definitely you.

>> No.7892382 [DELETED] 

>>7887298
there are only 6 variations of gameplay. all games are remixes of varying complexity.

>> No.7893056

>>7887395
This. You could get ex-rentals for a pretty good price as well. I remember my local game store (Game Mania, kinda like a European Gamestop) had a rental section, a second hand section and a new games section.

I went to this store pretty much everyday because I knew that every once in a while they cleared out the rental section and put these games in the second hand section.

I got a lot of awesome Gameboy Advance games at a good price in this way. Final Fantasy Tactics, Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Harvest Moon, ... al at around 20€. These were about 50€ new each.

Second hand disc games were shit because the discs always got scratched, but the cartridges were robust enough for this to be a good deal.

>> No.7893880

>>7890141
It clearly says 97 on the sports games lol so its $125

>> No.7893937

>>7887382
If you're in the US than you're a fag liar. I got my 64 in 96' when I was in 8th grade and I never paid more than 60 plus tax for a game ever.

>> No.7893953

>>7892368
Sup samefag

>> No.7893974

>>7887287
She looks like she stinks.

>> No.7894002

People are so retarded with inflation calculators. They only tell you the buying power of what that money could buy relative to other products today. But $50 is $50, that doesn't change. A kid in the 90s working the same hours as you and making the same money as you would still spend the same money you spend on new games. You're just getting fucked harder because all your other living expenses are higher.

>> No.7894070

>>7890151
No u

>> No.7894324

>>7887382
Most expensive game I remember was Final Fantasy II(IV) for $60 in 1990 and I wound up buying it for $20 a few years later in a bargain bin.

>> No.7894350
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7894350

As yuropoor I paid even more to import

>> No.7894372

>>7894002
>Games stayed the same price but everything else got more expensive

>> No.7895205

>>7887429
I think he is adjusting for cuckflation. The highest priced game I'd seen was a Romance of the Three Kingdoms game for SNES and it was 89.99 brand new at Toys R Us.

>> No.7895232

>>7887287
it makes me so uncomfortable to see an arthoe in the /vr/ catalog. This board was meant to be comfy

>> No.7895259

>>7887287
>>7894350
She's fucking retarded. I hope she enjoys wasting her best years in prison.

>> No.7895308

>>7887287
Cool kids bought copiers.

>> No.7895334

>>7887382
Pokemon Stadium was over $100 when it came out because of the transfer pak.

>> No.7895335

>>7887287
It's okay, there were like 15 must-buys tops. Not so bad, considering that.

>> No.7895968

>>7895334
sauce

>> No.7896006

>>7887392
>In based Europe people used euros instead.
In 1998? Certainly not, retard.
That said, the most expensive N64 games in my country cost like 75-80 dollars depending on the rate.

>> No.7896015

>>7887392
Euro is a shit currency with no history and no soul.

>> No.7896016

>>7896015
>the root of all evil
>soul

>> No.7896024

>>7887768
>what's inflation
You can't be this stupid.

>> No.7896171

>>7893880
oops :')))

>> No.7896190

>>7887287
I never paid more than 60 for an N64 game

>> No.7896195

>>7890579
I remember PS games were generally $39.99

>> No.7896285

>>7896024
>what's cope

>> No.7896360

>>7887287
how to marry her

>> No.7896364

>>7896360
write her a letter and wait if she reads it in prison

>> No.7896560

>>7895259
>wasting her best years

already did

>> No.7896572

>>7887429
UK here, im sure they were about £30-£40 here so $50 seems right.

>> No.7896594

>>7893974
>>7895232
>>7895259
>>7896560
>>7896360
>>7896364
>>7887287
I remember she was an Antifa chick who was burning buildings down but I forgot if it was for the Floyd riots or something else.

>> No.7896662
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7896662

btw whats your local cost of McChicken? Its $2.34 up here in Redmond. I miss having a dollar menu

>> No.7896778

>>7896195
Maybe for some. Pretty sure all high profile new releases were $49.99.

>> No.7896780

>>7887287
i did not. but did you have sex with pic related, anon?

>> No.7896806

>>7887472
>what ultimately doomed the cartridge, as games required more and more storage the cost became prohibitive past a certain point.

Good thing GBA/NDS/3DS/Switch did not use carts!!

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7896812

Yikes, is this really the same person?

>> No.7896943

>>7887287
No. This is flat out wrong unless you're outside the US. I actually grew up during this era, unlike you zoomie.
Games were $50-70 depending on where you went. I got Ocarina of time Gold Cart the day it dropped at Funco Land in Northern Virginia for $40 after trading in Quest 64 for store credit. Without credit, it was $60. Majora's Mask, with preorder discount, was $50.
SNES games ran anywhere from $40-90 a game, depending on which studio released the game, and how intense the game was graphically. Since companies like Enix would add additional hardware to boards in order to go above and beyond what the console alone could do.
For instance, I got Contra 3 and Gradius 3 the day they dropped, big fan of each franchise. Both were $40 games. Meanwhile Super Mario RPG was fucking $90 so I passed on it in order to put money towards an N64.

>> No.7897130

>>7887287
WWF WARZONE was $120 in Canada lol.

>> No.7897134

>>7896943
Inflation nigga

>> No.7897167

>>7897134
Inflation is confusing to me. Games were $50 to $60 back then and they’re still that price now.

>> No.7897201

>>7897167
manufacturing processes have become cheaper and games sell more copies.

>> No.7897341

>>7887768
rofl no wonder my n64 friends only ever had a tiny handful of games. Those prices are highway robbery.

>> No.7897357

>>7897341
also ninty games never ever go on sale

>> No.7897476

>>7887287
>People really paid $100+ for brand new N64 games back in the day.
Poor people seriously make me laugh.

>> No.7898670

>>7896662
i think it's about $2 here in central north carolina

>> No.7898674

>>7897167
they're $70 now

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>>7887287
Say what!?

>> No.7898746

>>7897201
I think it’s more that digital distribution has largely taken over.

>> No.7899232

>>7887287
No?