Video Game "Look what I found"

[jay_red]

So I just went through the games and did some quick and dirty pricing on them, and the lot is worth way more than I had thought. Some of the genesis games go for quite a bit more than I would have guessed, while most of the NES games are very cheap. Still, $100 is a fracton of the total estimated value.

[aaron]

So I just went through the games and did some quick and dirty pricing on them, and the lot is worth way more than I had thought. Some of the genesis games go for quite a bit more than I would have guessed, while most of the NES games are very cheap. Still, $100 is a fracton of the total estimated value.

yeah dude, you made out really well. the condition/completeness of the genesis games alone is well worth over $100. i'd be taking your friend out for a drink or two or three sometime soon

[Jmustang1968]

So I just went through the games and did some quick and dirty pricing on them, and the lot is worth way more than I had thought. Some of the genesis games go for quite a bit more than I would have guessed, while most of the NES games are very cheap. Still, $100 is a fracton of the total estimated value.

Yeah you had a few $25-35 gen games in there.

[wclem]

Nice grab Jayred

Stopped at a last minute garage sale Saturday, found Einhander in a stack of .50 cent PC games. Also grabbed two spare PS1 decks for 5 bucks total. I am trying to build a stack of PS1's as tall as me LOL. I just dont know why I cannot walk buy a cheapy and not buy it. I have literally 20 of them. Been giving them away lately to people who are not in a position right now to buy games/systems. It is amazing watching someone enjoy the old PS1. Also, all my disc only dupes are finding homes LOL.

[pierrot]

Been buying some cheap PS1, Saturn and NeoGeo CD games here in Kyoto, in the 2nd-hand Book Off stores. You don't usually see rarer games for sale, but occasionally there are some decent offers...



Most of those were around 500 to 900 yen ($5 to $9), apart from DoDonPachi, which was about $25. Nice box art on the Japanese RayCrisis, too.



The Samurai Spirits & Fatal Fury 3 discs were only 100 yen ($1!) each; I think G:MOTW was about 400 or 500 yen, while Elevator Action Returns was 900 yen. A pretty good deal, since I've seen that going for over $50 on ebay...

Dang, I miss book-off. If there were a Book-off and Trader in New England, it would truly be the perfect place. That's pretty nutty on Elevator Action, though. I remember seeing it in retailers for upwards of 9000 yen.

[ninjainspandex]

Pierre got me an Elevator Action Returns for 2000 yens last month off amazon.jp, its an awesome game. But man 900 yen I thought my deal was good...

[SamuraiMegas]

Let me know if any of these others are gems

ballz.

[jay_red]

Let me know if any of these others are gems

ballz.

I have not had a chance to pop the gem into the Genesis, but hopefully all the praise I have heard about it is warranted.

[DocHauser]

I just looked at the receipt for Elevator Action Returns, actually it was 950 yen, so I was exaggerating slightly. The good thing about Book Offs is that the games are nearly always in excellent condition too. It's tempting to buy a lot more stuff, but I've only got two months left in Japan, so there's the problem of transporting it all back to Europe in the end...

[mjmjr25]

After seeing CRT's UB Funkey's Guide - I got the bug as i'm prone to do and immediately bid on a bunch of ebay lots, the first batch arrived today:

I haven't searched through the guide to see if I got any rares yet - nor have I downloaded the actual game, but my kids already played with them for an hour so they've already paid for themselves. I spent about $100 for 50 funkey's and 3 portals, the rest should be here this week.