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[...] but lately it has been trumped by the Sega CD for some odd reason. The best games for this console are very good and the bad games are very bad but most of them are just odd and relics of a time when game developers were trying new things. Sure FMV was a fad, but Sega CD did it first!
I have to agree with you! There is just so much fun in collecting for the Mega CD!
Here in Japan, they didn't have the shitload of FMV games that we had in the West, but there are some pretty good RPGs like Seirei Shinseiki Fhey Area, Cosmic Fantasy Stories and the Lunar series!
PS: I also think that the combo Japanese Mega Drive + Mega CD (both model 1) is the most beautiful video game console ever!
Super Mario Bros for NES. With warp zones it becomes too easy and without warp zones you can get so many 1 up's that making it to the end is still not that tough.
Think it's easy? Hand it to someone that hasn't played it. It's pretty funny.
This thing is an weird anomaly right now. It has games on it that have been widely available to the public for up to 30 years and yet people are paying more for this than a brand new PS4. I honestly dont get it.
My best deal was probably my almost complete Vectrex CIB collection for $100. I typically help clean out/move people into their new homes or get their home ready to be put on the market. It was pretty ironic, but the weekend before at the one flea market I went too, one of the buddies I sell with picked up a loose Vectrex for $100 off a random vendor. Before this, I have never seen or known of what it was before, and he told me a bit about it's rarity and collectability. I have always been a big time SNES/Gamecube collector so it was fairly new ground for me. Anyways, i'd like to say 2-3 days later, I was helping a gentleman remove the contents from his crowded basement, and saw a huge box with a CIB vectrex on the top (It's so hard to try and hide excitement when these kind of things happen). I looked through the box to see what I thought was maybe 20 or so CIB Vectrex games. I immediatley asked him if he was willing to sell it, and he responded with "It's my son's and I think he wants to keep it.". I responded with an offer of $100 for the lot of it, and after a bit of hesitation took the offer. I didn't even know what I had until I came home afterwards. The box was so damn heavy, I needed my brother to help me carry it inside. In the end it ended up to be 2 Vectrex, one CIB and one broken (won't power on), a CIB 3-D Vectrex Imager (Which apparently is super-rare), and maybe 6-8 games short of a complete CIB collection. Ever since then I've been a pretty decently big Vectrex enthusiast. Not to mention The retro store I goto is actually owned by Sean Kelly, and I see him on a daily basis. The world is a crazy place...
My favorite deal was when I got my TurboDuo. It was summer 1995. There was a store nearby called The Good Guys (anyone remember them?) that I used to go to for my electronics needs. I saw they had a TurboDuo so I asked the salesperson how much it was. He looked it up in their system and since it was their last one he said it was on clearance for $99.99. I was excited! When it was released in 1992 the MSRP if I remember correctly was $299.99. Since it was in the evening I couldn't go to the bank and withdraw money. The next day I went to the bank, withdrew money and went back to The Good Guys. When the salesperson rang it up, he said it was priced at $49.99. I was in disbelief. I then asked if he thought it would be discounted some more if I wait a few more days. He said he didn't know but he muttered to himself "If I had only known I would have got this for myself".
I still have that TurboDuo, it's still in brand new condition in the box with all nomenclature and plastic bags too.
Another deal I had was back in either Fall 1995 or Fall 1996. I bought a brand new model 1 Sega CD for $39.99 from an outlet store called Music For A Song. I'm guessing it was NOS because by that time the only Sega CD systems found in mainstream stores were the Model 2 versions.
I wouldn't call this a deal, more like I got it for a steal. I shoplifted a Super Nintendo from Target back in 1992. I'm not proud of what I did but back then as a dumb kid I didn't feel bad about it. Karma caught up two years later when I got caught shoplifting and had to pay restitution. Had to pawn that Super NES and other belongings in order to come up with the money for restitution.
A brand new Turbo Duo for $50....while not the literal steal you got for the SNES back in the day, I would definitely say that was your best deal based on current worth and rarity.
Have to disagree.
He stole it so it costed him nothing at al, % wise the steal is his best deal since the profit is unlimited while for the turbo duo 200 - 300% profit.
Didn't look up the prices for a duo but even if you stole a piece of candy wich is worth absolutely nothing it is the better deal since you made infinite % profit.
Yes, so by that logic the best deal is the stolen deal based on % profit. I'd take the Turbo Duo for $50 any day though so in my book it's the best deal.
If both items are brand new even though the turbo duo is more rare a snes console fetches far more pretty sad actually. And he did bought them brand new so the snes console for the win even money wise is the better deal.
New unopened boxed Snes consoles reach around 1000 $ and that's a standard one while the turbo duo reaches around 800 even when brand new if there are no games included.
My favorite deal was when I got my TurboDuo. It was summer 1995. There was a store nearby called The Good Guys (anyone remember them?) that I used to go to for my electronics needs. I saw they had a TurboDuo so I asked the salesperson how much it was. He looked it up in their system and since it was their last one he said it was on clearance for $99.99. I was excited! When it was released in 1992 the MSRP if I remember correctly was $299.99. Since it was in the evening I couldn't go to the bank and withdraw money. The next day I went to the bank, withdrew money and went back to The Good Guys. When the salesperson rang it up, he said it was priced at $49.99. I was in disbelief. I then asked if he thought it would be discounted some more if I wait a few more days. He said he didn't know but he muttered to himself "If I had only known I would have got this for myself".
I still have that TurboDuo, it's still in brand new condition in the box with all nomenclature and plastic bags too.
Another deal I had was back in either Fall 1995 or Fall 1996. I bought a brand new model 1 Sega CD for $39.99 from an outlet store called Music For A Song. I'm guessing it was NOS because by that time the only Sega CD systems found in mainstream stores were the Model 2 versions.
I wouldn't call this a deal, more like I got it for a steal. I shoplifted a Super Nintendo from Target back in 1992. I'm not proud of what I did but back then as a dumb kid I didn't feel bad about it. Karma caught up two years later when I got caught shoplifting and had to pay restitution. Had to pawn that Super NES and other belongings in order to come up with the money for restitution.
A brand new Turbo Duo for $50....while not the literal steal you got for the SNES back in the day, I would definitely say that was your best deal based on current worth and rarity.
Have to disagree.
He stole it so it costed him nothing at al, % wise the steal is his best deal since the profit is unlimited while for the turbo duo 200 - 300% profit.
Didn't look up the prices for a duo but even if you stole a piece of candy wich is worth absolutely nothing it is the better deal since you made infinite % profit.