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958616 No.958616 [Reply] [Original]

Okay /vr/,

This is a thread for you collectors.

What is a game that has alluded your hands through out the entirety of your collecting? But here is the catch. It has to be a common game. One that everyone seems to have.

Mine is Marios Bros 2. No fucking lie. I have bought 8 NES collections in the past year and not a single fucking Mario Bros 2.

>> No.958624
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958624

it's taken me a while to find a copy of Fire and Ice.

>> No.958634

>>958624
I'm thinking of picking up a copy of the Famicom version, for 32 bucks.

Is it worth it? Harder than the first Solomon's Key?

>> No.958629

I have no Mega Man, Metroid or Castlevania games. I feel so left out.

>> No.958638

>>958624
Yeah, but Fire 'N' Ice is legitimately hard to find.

>> No.958637

>>958629
Those games are always way too overpriced, probably because people think it's fair since they're so popular.

Well, screw them. It's some real bullshit, man.

>> No.958642
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>>958616
>alluded

>> No.958647

Contra. I've been collecting for over a decade, but somehow I never end up with a copy of Contra. I just realized it thanks to this thread.

Well, I'm dismantling my collection to pay bills anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter much now.

>> No.958659

I can't seem to find Kung Fu or Ninja Gaiden anywhere.

>> No.958660

I for the life of me cannot find a copy of Zelda 2 in the wild. The one time I thought I did, someone had swapped the board with Zelda 1.

>> No.958675

I've bought 5 Game Boy packages at garage sales and I have not seen a single Tetris. I even have Tetris 2, complete.

>> No.958679

>>958624
Friend just gave me all his games EXCEPT fire and ice because it's worth like 75 bucks.

>> No.958682

>>958629
I'm about in the same place. Before this whole retro revival thing, when I first started collecting, I neglected picking any of them up over other, comparatively obscure games, with my logic being something like, "I can just pick those up later; they're so common and popular, it's not like their prices will skyrocket 500% in five years!"
How foolish I was...

Also, Toejam & Earl 2. Never found it for a great price.

>> No.958693

A boxed copy of Sonic 3D Blast for the Genesis. I have every Genesis Sonic game in the box, and I have 3D Blast loose, but for the love of fuck I cannot find a boxed copy.

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>>958616
>mfw I always find the game i'm looking for
>mfw buying NES games on amazon / ebay
>mfw unlimited funds

>> No.958928

I always buy the more obscure games first, they're cheaper.

I really wish could find a copy of Gradius or Gradius 2 for the Famicom.

>> No.958941

I can't fucking find a Gyromite or any other black label NES game with a famicom converter in it and I ain't gonna pay $25 for one online or a Honey Bee.

>> No.958949

>>958928
gradius 2 for famicom took me a while to find at a reasonable price, finally found it on craigslist locally somehow. for $20.

>> No.958950

I can't find anything in the Ghouls 'n Ghosts series to save my life.

>> No.958958

Super Mario RPG. The game was like $10 at EB Games when I was like 12 or so. Didn't buy it then and regretted it ever since. I've since played it, but it still hurts.

Still don't have a physical copy.;_;

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>>958949
it took me forever to find Uchuu Keibitai SDF for the famicom.

>> No.958964

>>958629
This, as well as the Outrun games, particularly Outrun Europa.

>> No.958969

>>958949
loose or complete?
Checked a site I buy Japanese games from, minus shipping I can get both Gradius titles loose for 2000 yen ~$21

>> No.958973

>>958969
i've since bought it, and buying a famicom game on craigslist was a neat enough experience to overpay a bit. turned out the guy grew up in japan. now what is this site you speak of?

>> No.958983

>>958973
http://www.japangamestock.com/

Fairly nice deals on stuff usually.

>> No.958985

>>958983
>http://www.japangamestock.com/
oh yeah, i've requested games from them before, usually as a last resort.

>> No.958991

>>958985
Yeah, I tend to like to look on sites like that for japanese games that are just way too much on ebay.

>> No.959021

>>958949
Yeah, most places I've seen it seem to price it at $40 and upwards.

Fuck, once I lost the opportunity to buy a deal selling both of 'em for just $20.