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drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56  Posts: 1244/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| (stabbity! for Snika) They can't and won't legislate that. And they didn't do that with CD's, either. The courts found systematic price fixing and smote it. Besides, the market kind of took care of that too, what with stores like Wal-Mart, Target, and Best Buy selling CD's at a loss. But yeah, games were around $40-$70. Especially the SNES era... those were just painful to buy.  |
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Yoshi Dude XKEEPER STOLE MY CAR KEYS Level: 79  Posts: 2656/3271 EXP: 4572680 For next: 6787 Since: 03-15-04 From: give me a number folks. Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by XeolordI went to a game store (recently gone bankrupt) and traded in Lion King for Super Metroid. Most excellent trade ever. I was too young to be aware of prices of NES games, but I clearly remember SNES games being very pricy. I would rent almost everything. I checked out Secret of Mana so many times, it probably would've been cheaper to purchase it.  A few years ago I bought Final Fantasy VI for like 40 bucks, a cheap plastic box for PSX games, and a horribly photocopied instruction booklet. It's funny to see how some of these games still go for a high price. I'm interested in buying a lot of the games I rented in the future, but some of them.. man.  People are nuts.It makes me want to go back in time and buy a lot of these games brand new as an investment, haha. |
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Kario In Possession of a Stolen Shovel Level: 65 Posts: 1998/2082 EXP: 2321379 For next: 14249 Since: 03-15-04 From: Texas... Yeehaw! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 17 hours |
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Originally posted by Xeolord That isnt US dollars is it? I bought Donkey Kong 64 the day it came out with the expansion pack included for 49.99. The only game I have ever bought over that was Donkey Konga and that was 59.99. |
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Tamarin Calanis We exist. Earth exists. The universe exists. Do we really need to know why? Level: 59 Posts: 728/1802 EXP: 1672751 For next: 377 Since: 07-12-04 From: The gas station on the corner... Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Considering how Xeo lives in the US, I'd bet it was US dollars. I had a similar experience, almost all N64 games I saw were $60 new. |
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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 2075/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Yeah, during the SNES era, the average price of a game approached $70US. Chrono Trigger was $80, Phantasy Star IV and Virtua Racer on Genesis were both $100 (Yes, ONE HUNDRED AMERICAN DOLLARS. Not a Super Ultra Rare Collector's Edition either, this was the STANDARD GAME, box, etc.). Made me laugh to see that pitiful UK effort to boycott what they felt were unreasonably high game prices some time back. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 9801/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| One hundred AMERICAN?!? Geeeeeez. Thank God I wasn't a Genesis owner then or I would have played PS instead of FF... and my parents would probably flip over paying $120-130 for *A* game. |
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Cruel Justice XD Level: 55  Posts: 1113/1384 EXP: 1253266 For next: 60923 Since: 03-20-04 From: Darkwoods Penetentiary Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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| I remember getting an NES when I was a little tyke, but never the price... I think it was about $60-75. I bought one a month ago for $3! A little dusty but great condition! | |||
fabio Chuck Level: 45  Posts: 643/1479 EXP: 629903 For next: 30261 Since: 07-02-05 From: Somewhere in Texas Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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Originally posted by Cruel Justice Same here but I wasn't aware of the prices at that time. I probably had like 3 games for the NES because the games were expansive and my parents wouldn't want to pay like $60 for a game. |
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GeckoYamori Paratroopa Level: 18 Posts: 88/153 EXP: 25084 For next: 4813 Since: 05-10-05 Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 7 hours |
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| Nintendo were real assholes with game prices up until the N64 era. Stores that weren't game-dedicated were contributing to this too, raising prices even more to feed on the children's unsuspecting parents. I know one guy that saw DKC3 for $150 in Toys 'R Us. Makes me glad I only rented Nintendo games back then. I would never pay over $50 for a game, unless it was some sort of super duper special edition that I really want. Virtua Racer cost a lot because it used some special chip to render realtime polygons at an acceptable framerate. This wasn't the case with Phantasy Star IV though, I think they just wanted to squeeze out more from the JRPG snobs who would pay astronomical amounts for just one stupid game. Other than that, I found Sega games generally cheaper than SNES games. I got the games I wanted, and didn't have to pay over $50 for them. |
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Snika Boo Level: 44  Posts: 393/916 EXP: 600678 For next: 10607 Since: 07-21-04 From: Freezing Cold Alaska! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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Originally posted by drjayphd Oh. So thats what happened with CD prices... Yeah, seems pretty unlikely that they would make a pricing law for video games, or even work out a systematic price fix. BitTorrent, anyone? DKC3 for $150? Holy jeez! Was Nintendo even aware that their market was toward pennyless children who got no allowance? (edited by Snika on 08-11-05 10:26 PM) (edited by Snika on 08-11-05 10:26 PM) |
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Blades Paratroopa I hack rom; me admin Level: 21  Posts: 143/151 EXP: 45354 For next: 4589 Since: 03-15-04 From: Pr�vost, Qu�bec, Canada Since last post: 31 days Last activity: 5 days |
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| The most I paid for a game was 100$cdn I think and it was for Dragon Warrior 3 or 4. (NES) SNES was CT and it was around 95$cdn... PSX is either FF7 or FF9. |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49  Posts: 974/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| For SNES: About 60 Euros for Yoshi's Island and Lufia - Rise of The Sinistrals were the most expensive investions each. As for NES - I got Prince of Persia for about 60 Euros too. But other than that, consider prices for games played on the Atari VCS2600, the prices were as expensive as back in SNES' high days. Now check what you did get about game length and variety in the back days. But it still is retro feeling ... we played games like Pitfall and others quite often: A friend of me had that console and we spent a lot of time together in front of it  (edited by Surlent on 08-14-05 10:05 AM) |
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KawaiiImoto-e Hammer Brother Level: 49 Posts: 962/1068 EXP: 852917 For next: 30966 Since: 03-15-04 From: In my own little complicated dreamworld Since last post: 16 days Last activity: 4 days |
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| I remember once buying NES Open Tournament Golf for 75.- in 1990. I think the NES-Games where the most cheap of them all. With an average of 75.-. I'm not aware of SNES-Games, as I never bought a SNES Game new. (But Super Bomberman 3 cost me 120.-). Nintendo64 Games where about 99.- for 1st Party, and about 119.- for 3rd Party. Donkey Kong 64 was with Expansion Pak 99.-, in Germany, it was DM 150.-. Todays Cube, PS2 and X-Box games are 94.- to 99.-. Game Boy games once were 30.- to 40.-, Game Boy Color 40.- to 50.-, some even 60.-, GBA game prices even raised up to 80.-. I sometimes feel cheated for the other buyers, cos I got the same games imported for 99.- (later for less). |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49 Posts: 991/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Speaking of prices, Imoto, they were the same in Germany like in Austria (?) where you live. I remember having Prince of Persia for NES bought for 109 ,- DM. Considering the game time for getting through is fixed to one hour only, it is basically ... scam On the other there were good games even cheaper ... Kirby's Adventure - I still love thag game today  |
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Scatterheart Panser Level: 29 Posts: 275/342 EXP: 143409 For next: 4476 Since: 06-06-04 From: Sydney, Australia Since last post: 17 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Okay! Australia's turn. The current exchange rate is - $1 Australian = $0.80 U.S (A little bit less, but stuff it!) So you'd expect average game prices to be $65 - $75AU, right? Think again. Buying games in Australia have always costed on average $100AU. All the new games cost that much. Nintendo DS games are $60AU - $80AU. Prepare to be blown away. I remember when Street Fighter 2 first came out on the SNES. Price? $240AU Yep! The SNES console was actually cheaper!  The game to rent for 1 week was $20AU per week!  Super Castlevania IV was $140AU Donkey Kong 64 + Expansion Pack was $140AU Conker's Bad Fur Day (Nothing special about the packaging or anything) was $130AU I can't remember back in the ol' NES days though. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 6517/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Holy shitake mushrooms. You guys need to revolt or something. Heh, funny to think that SMB used to cost 50 bucks, and now goes for as little as 50 cents.  Originally posted by Prier I see a jumping Goomba!  |
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KawaiiImoto-e Hammer Brother Level: 49 Posts: 963/1068 EXP: 852917 For next: 30966 Since: 03-15-04 From: In my own little complicated dreamworld Since last post: 16 days Last activity: 4 days |
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| I don't know about Austrian game prices, but in Switzerland, games tend to be cheaper than in the EU or the big canton. I think I know what we all forget in this hole debate: ROM-Chip prices! Wasn't there a shortage for high quality Japanese ROM-Chips for Nintendo cartridges back in the late 80s? And didn't those price drop over time for even larger space? (GBA games are as huge as N64 games memorywise). And now using 'dirt-cheap' optical discs to save games on? |
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LizardKing ..of The Carnival Creation  Armet 87/94 Level: 38  Posts: 557/596 EXP: 355646 For next: 14801 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 13 hours |
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| When we bought Startropics we paid 399 NOK (61.6 USD) for it. I don't remember what year that was, but it must've been after 1990. Though, at the time, I wanted to buy SMB3, but that I *think* cost as much as 699 NOK (108 USD). (If not, it was 599 (92.5 USD)). So my father didn't want to buy it, which is why we bought Startropics instead. I wasn't happy with that at first, but now I'm actually glad that we did. I got to play SMB3 over at a friends house anyway. And I think that SNES and N64 games had about the same prices when they were new. (699 - 499, or 108 to 77 USD). Looking at the prices you talk about, that's pretty expensive. :/ |
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