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Title: Would you pay this much for a retro game?
Post by: danceofgold on March 10, 2011, 05:38:22 AM

(http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/nostalgicroses/classicgame.jpg?t=1299762604)


Taken at Super Potato, a retro games shop in Japan. The circled game (anyone knows what it is?) is selling for around US$663. The price of Castlevania is around $78.

Title: Re: Would you pay this much for a retro game?
Post by: Oralox on March 10, 2011, 09:53:12 AM

Futurama- Shut up and take my money! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRkLdBw4FxQ#ws)

Nah, not for that thing. But I will buy akumajou dracula.

Title: Re: Would you pay this much for a retro game?
Post by: Slayer on March 10, 2011, 10:31:26 AM

Dude, why so much. In the states, I picked up CV for NES for about 8 bucks.

Title: Re: Would you pay this much for a retro game?
Post by: X on March 10, 2011, 11:39:53 AM

Interesting how they're selling those games for pretty much the same prices as they would've been sold here during the 80's.

-X

Title: Re: Would you pay this much for a retro game?
Post by: Grim_Creeper on March 10, 2011, 10:59:38 PM

I think that game is Ring Kings. Its been a long time, but I remember playing it on the Nes.

And no, I would not pay a cent over its American price. I don't care if its the best game in the entire world. If its going to cost THAT much, it better come out of my game system and transform in Keyra Augustina or something.

Title: Re: Would you pay this much for a retro game?
Post by: Bloodreign on March 10, 2011, 11:31:13 PM

Super Potato is known along with some other gaming shops in Japan for being expensive.

No it's not Ring King, that's boxing, this  is either Pro Wrestling or Tecmo Wrestling (I forget it's Japanese name).

Title: Re: Would you pay this much for a retro game?
Post by: ShinAkumaXX on March 12, 2011, 04:03:01 PM

I think I bought US Castlevania for about 20 bucks with box and instructions. So no no no. Most I've paid for a game is around 125 which was for Panzer Dragoon Saga. But I sold my other copy for 175, so I wasn't too mad.

Title: Re: Would you pay this much for a retro game?
Post by: danceofgold on March 12, 2011, 05:15:30 PM

The shopkeeper explained that they're expensive because they're rare. I guess this stuff is more for collectors.

Title: Re: Would you pay this much for a retro game?
Post by: Harrycombs on March 13, 2011, 11:05:44 AM

I got my copy of CV1 for about $15. So no, I would never pay that much.