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| sin2beta:
--- Quote from: soera on May 01, 2013, 04:54:53 pm ---Yeah its dino peak thats expensive. Im not too sure its a BB rental only game as it was advertised in Nintendo power quite a bit ... but it was a weirdly timed release (really late in the systems life a full 3 years after the SNES was live in US (August of 94 for the game vs August of 91 for the SNES). The price of games will forever fluctuate. The one thing that is consistent in game collecting is that the variables will continue to change whether it be people selling out, people getting in, people finding multiple copies of something, copies of other stuff getting into a permanent collection, etc. --- End quote --- It was blockbuster only. That much I am sure of. Anyone see the game chasers episode where they find adventures at dinosaur peak at Game X Change for $5 (The Dino and Hoppy price)? |
| soera:
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=101330 As far as those videos go, I think alot of them are staged. Im sure its possible to find that ... but the chances are pretty insanely slim and there are loads of videos buy people with ridiculous scores. So many of them that it makes their stories a lot less believable. |
| sin2beta:
So, according to that thread, some think it is BB exclusive some think it is a rumor to increase the rarity idea? It would be interesting as a few people suggested and try to find some adverts showing it other places. I think that would be the way to go as being in NP makes sense just because it is licensed. That's what the magazine does. But that's an interesting topic. As for game chasers, it is possible it is staged. The only thing is that almost everything they find is not that spectacular at all. Of everything I've seen Flintstones is the only amazing find. Everything else is more along the lines of Faxanadu for $2. I'm inclined to believe it's legit. Especially since most of those places are basically in our backyard and are portrayed very accurately for when I visit the locations. One of the reasons I like the show is if I see some place interesting, I can visit it on a road trip! |
| insektmute:
--- Quote from: patrickmeansly on May 01, 2013, 08:10:39 pm ---When you say hardware breaking down, are you referring to the actual retro consoles eventually not working and not being able to be replaced??? --- End quote --- More or less. This is more an issue with CD-based systems than cartridges, but eventually, supplies of laser assemblies will dwindle. Most electronics use variations of really only a fairly small number of models from a few different companies, and in the case of Philips, they ceased manufacturing that stuff entirely - it's already an issue in some cases with old CD players. So even if a particular system shipped tons and tons of units, repair parts are often being plucked at for use with dozens of other devices, too. |
| sin2beta:
Yeah, CD systems will reach a point where they just don't work anymore. Lasers burn out after so many hours of use. Even the CDs themselves will stop working. Really old laserdiscs (notoriously the discovision run) suffer from disc rot. CDs are a data encoded label put on a plastic disc. The adhesive on this either starts to go away or reacts with the data label. Either way they'll stop working. Honestly, though, this is a LONG time from now. We are starting to see laser rot on SOME discs from the late 70s. Since then the technology has gotten better as well. My solution. Buy a house with a doomsday bunker and fill it with sega saturn and dreamcast lasers. |
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