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Classic Video Games / Re: Old video game ads.
« on: January 17, 2024, 07:02:10 am »

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Classic Video Games / Re: Is my copy of Link to the Past a repro?
« on: January 17, 2024, 05:39:40 am »
Given how beat up the front is, it's possible the previous owner just didn't take very good care of the game.

the original owner as a kid probably yes

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Classic Video Games / Re: Is my copy of Link to the Past a repro?
« on: January 16, 2024, 08:33:42 pm »
I got my copy of ALttP from Amazon, where I get all my retro games. I've always had good luck with Amazon, except for that one time when I ordered Mortal Kombat 3 for SNES, and somehow got a copy of Q-Bert 3 with an MK3 sticker.

I got my copy of ALttP for $44.99.

well in that case they just replaced the back with that from another game. the original was probably discolored.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Is my copy of Link to the Past a repro?
« on: January 16, 2024, 08:29:59 pm »
I need your help to determine if my copy of Link to the Past is a repro.







probably legit, no way in hell a repro would have such a damaged lable.

you can open it up to check the board but imo considering it's not that valuable + the actual condition seems fine

considering the fact that the front lable ain't looking to hot, the back lable was probably in a horrible shape, and thus removed

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Seems like a fun function. I do like how them regions are seperated however. Clash of box art etc


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Site Feedback / Re: Can't add items to collection when logged in
« on: January 16, 2024, 01:29:38 pm »
when I'm logged into the forums. I have to login seperately when viewing the collection to add stuff. If I'm just logged in the forums I don't get the add to the collection button.

Fairly sure I didn't need to login seperately for this previously but could be wrong on this one.

edit.

but If I login when I'm at the collection part, I don't have to login in seperately on the forums for everything to work 100%. vice versa however when logging in from the forums the add to the collection buttons will be missings it's as If I where not logged in at the collection part.

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General / Re: VGCollect Secret Santa Feedback
« on: January 12, 2024, 10:58:40 am »
At the very end of the day though nobody is forced to go over the budget. you can stick to the 60$ budget as stated. if you go above that more power to you. especially since it's hard to prove + in combination with market prices varying from day to day. and prices for stuff really being dependent on where or when you get your stuff.

Since you can't really prove how much each invidual spend for them to spend an excessive amount, why this topic? Differences will always exist since 2nd hand goods can vary in price big time. For this reason alone it's kinda pointless conversation.If people go below 60$ with a noticable margin, yes that's an issue. but I do find it strange that we have a topic for the opposite. Isn't it pretty fun to have a shot at getting stuff over 60$ instead of everyone getting close or a bit over 60$. if people want to give more, more power to em I'd say.

It's been introduced as something to discuss because adhering to a budget is commonplace and expected when participating in gift exchange events. A maximum exists for the same reason that a minimum does—again, to ensure that gifts given and gifts received are equal, both on an individual level and group level. If there is to be no maximum, then why is there a minimum? With this logic, the event could easily be organized as one without any declared budget, leaving participants to freely send gifts of whatever monetary value—however high or low—of their choosing. With that said, I doubt many, if any, would blindly consider participating in a gift exchange with that lack of budget structure. But, based on feedback provided, that sort of format can certainly be explored. It seems you yourself are promoting it, at the very least. As you've been saying, there is no way for anyone to verify the funds spend for another's gift purchases, so perhaps ignoring a budget altogether—and instead simply asking participants to give what they think is a suitable amount—is more ideal.

The minimum should definitely be there, cause otherwise it's actually going to be total chaos on what each and everyone is going to get. Furthermore I think the minimum should have different guide lines than going over said budget.

if the budget is 60$ the market value has to be close to that. as in at the very least over 50$ average price charting market value. or sold listing if there ain't much info out there or if the condition is far better than the rest with say cardboard releases.

I can see market value being a bit less depending on how said individual gets the games, is in a rush etc. you might pay over market value for stuff that's available at the time.

from what I've seen in this year. it seems there where no issues in this department it was at the very least pretty much spot on with price charting average prices.

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General / Re: VGCollect Secret Santa Feedback
« on: January 11, 2024, 07:47:28 pm »
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Spending an additional 33%-66%, no matter what the agreed upon budget has been set as, does not sound reasonable to me, and I think many others would agree. At that amount, it is far past the point to when the budget should have just been raised higher.

In general, I see two parts to this question.
  • whether we agree that the budget is a minimum (and a guide)
  • whether we should allow people to exceed 'excessively' if they choose to i.e. not just exceeding but exceeding 'excessively' - whatever the word 'excessively' means for people

The actual monetary values matter little, and the poll fails to gain useful information because "excessively" isn't defined. If the budget was agreed to $200, its 33% increase to $266 is no different than a $60 budget exceeded to $80 because they share the same percentage increase.

The poll was made only to gain a general idea for where 2023's participants stand on certain issues. If this issue was wanting to gain actual results and opinions regarding the budget, we'd need to decide how much of a percentage increase (if any) should the budget be allowed to be in excess. Again, bear in mind that every gift should aim to be as close as possible to another in equal value. So, this could be a possible poll scenario:


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Should participants be allowed to spend in excess, past the agreed upon budget?
- No. Participants should remain within the budget, aiming for the agreed upon total as close as possible.
- Yes. Participants should be allowed to exceed the budget by 5% if they want.
- Yes. Participants should be allowed to exceed the budget by 10% if they want.
- Yes. Participants should be allowed to exceed the budget by 15% if they want.
- Yes. Participants should be allowed to exceed the budget by 20% if they want.

In the example polling question above, I capped the percentages at 20%. Which, even 20% is steep. I'm firm in my opinion (emphasis on my opinion) that a higher percentage means that the budget itself should be increased. Whatever amount the agreed upon budget happens to be, as I explained above, does not matter.

% aside if where talking money wise 20$, is not that much. 40$ sure it gets notable but like we agreed on, prices in terms of 2nd hand goods vary big time. so it also depends how hard the buyer was hunting for deals/lucky. you also said that cost basis is a thing. and the bigger differences can be found here if you can score stuff at the lower end.

Plus like you said you can't really prove that people exceeded the budget big time unless it's stated.

At the very end of the day though nobody is forced to go over the budget. you can stick to the 60$ budget as stated. if you go above that more power to you. especially since it's hard to prove + in combination with market prices varying from day to day. and prices for stuff really being dependent on where or when you get your stuff.

Since you can't really prove how much each invidual spend for them to spend an excessive amount, why this topic? Differences will always exist since 2nd hand goods can vary in price big time. For this reason alone it's kinda pointless conversation.If people go below 60$ with a noticable margin, yes that's an issue. but I do find it strange that we have a topic for the opposite. Isn't it pretty fun to have a shot at getting stuff over 60$ instead of everyone getting close or a bit over 60$. if people want to give more, more power to em I'd say.

Nobody is expecting to get much more than 60$, and nobody should expect to get more if they give more since the budget is 60$. I don't think most have an issue with this and are aware of the finer details.

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General / Re: VGCollect Secret Santa Feedback
« on: January 11, 2024, 05:38:48 am »
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Traditionally, and with good reason, the budget for any Secret Santa event is encouraged to be adhered to, as it ensures every participant is both receiving and giving items of near equal value which prevents participants from feeling like their gift to give was worth more than the gift they received

The above was my understanding, it's a minimum and a guide. People can exceed that budget if they choose to but not to the extent where we need to use the word "excessively" exceeding = no hard feelings from anyone.

In my view, there is a difference between exceeding the budget 'within a reasonable range' vs exceeding the budget 'excessively'. Hope it makes sense ::)

For instance, some may consider totals more than 10% or higher to be excessive, while some consider it to be 20% or higher. Of course, that is something we as a group could define together.
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10% is only 6$ though. you gotto try hard on average to spot that difference I feel even with 20% tbh which is 10ish$. I assume this is not the issue cause ye gotto try hard to spot a difference in this case. it's within the 60$ ball park in that scenario.

The bigger difference might be how people value that 60$ limit. is it their actual costs (excluding shipping) or the average market value.

2nd hand prices aren't that stable. Perhaps someone only has acces to retro stores or ebay and got stuff at a subpar price, while somebody else got stuff at a really sharp price great acces to games, or sniped a great ebay auction while not exceeding the budget to much or at all in which the average market value might be higher but their cost basis is within that 60$ ball park.

even with new stuff deal hunting, clearances black friday etc the price differences will be notable compared to buying it as usual.

Differences will always exist I feel. it depends on the person how they look at that 60$ limit aside from especially older stuff varying in price big time.

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General / Re: My Top 30 Pick Ups of 2023!
« on: January 01, 2024, 07:33:04 am »
I've gotto say pretty pleased with my collection adds for 2023, More than I expected especially with must have titles that I have crossed of my list, Also allot of usa exclusives which I am a big sucker off, have a sweet spot for those always extra special when I get to add those to the collection

In no particular order aside from the top 5 orso.

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30: zelda guides nes - snes era

Always a big sucker for strategy guides, but snes era and especially prior to that are a bit more unusual special.

29: return of the jedi snes


28: lunar Legend

27: ninja gaiden game gear

26: buu’s fury gba


25 breath of fire 1 snes with maps


24: Mario kart hmv silver version

Funny story with this one, while it was already quite cheap and part of one of my best deals of the year. it came with 2 full Mario kart double dash games in seperate boxes cib lol. was just expecting one and withouth the red box since I just saw the 2 silver sleeve purple boxes and assumed the disc was in there, let alone 2 fully red boxed mario kart double dash :o  Pleased to score one of the more uncommon mario kart versions. will sit nicely alongside my gold version.

23: street gangs nes

22: metal gear solid premium package ps1

missing the shirt but it's a pretty cool piece for the collection regardless.

21: lufia the legend returns

20: Ninja boy snes

19 final fantasy III snes

missing one of the 2 posters but otherwise just mario rpg left of the big 3

18: super aleste snes

17: kendo rage

16: sega master system console

Very pleased to finally get a cib system in nice shape. had a lose console for the longest time. master system boxes are usually in terrible shape

15: dual hearts ps2

14: ocarina of time collectors edition

13: majora’s mask collectors edition


These zelda version quite tricky to find in europe. didn't expect to get these considering the zelda hype.

12: die hard arcade

11: super metroid


10 Astal sega Saturn

Always wanted to check this title out, love the grapics cool to finally find one.

9: Dragon warrior II nes missing one of the 2 maps

8: Cima the enemy gba


Always wanted to have this one. asked the seller if they had more games for sale and they pulled up a nice stack of gba games. Still with the seal mostly intact only opened at the top.

7: Metroid gamecube pak

6: Tales of symphonia gamecube pak


Didn't expect to get the tales of symphonia pak anytime soon. especially since it's a france exclusive and quite rare at that. someone was cleaning up and got them for quite a steal

5: Aladdin sega megadrive II pak

I rarely see this pack and it's usually in terrible shape. Love the art cool to get one. contents are pretty minty with them plastic baggies aswell

4: Power strike II gamegear

Had a shot to get this one for a good price way back, one of those games that got away till now. plus this one is in way better shape so it's all water under the bridge.

3: einhander ps1

sky high on my want list very pleased to finally have and play this one.

2: Zombie bb1 ds

one of my most wanted games, just bit the bullet and got it. ye rarely see it in europe.

1: Demons crest

it ain't vampire kiss but ain't complaining. I didn't expect to add a hyped heavy hitter to the collection this year yes plz ;D


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Sparkster is a fairly hard one to get ye, I've never come across one ever since my super early years.

Sales sure dropped off hard after rocket knight.

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General / Re: 2024 Gaming/Collecting Goals
« on: December 25, 2023, 03:31:36 pm »
Gameplay wise, Play more disc based games of playstation era. less focus on carts or anything sega.

Collection wise. No goals in mind Just chipping away at stuff that I still want if it comes along the way at a good price. Just going to take it slow like usual. No need to rush stuff.

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Had quite some collection adds to round up this year.

Scored a hell lot of strategy guides

Free adds

pokemon platinum
evolution dreamcast
zelda oracle of seasons ages 2 versions
zelda spirit tracks sealed
pokemon mystery dungeon time & darkness explorers guide
pokemon snap sybek guide
new soup 2
zelda twilight princess wii with poster can't believe I didn't have this one  :P
luigi's mansion with map and extra card
mario kart double dash
pokemon black & white pokedex
pokemon ultra sun moon
link between worlds sealed
Wild arms 5 10 euro loss

ps1 games 5$ a pop all cib

fluid
magic battlemage

random free deals games all cib

street fighter II turbo UKV cart. to complete my tin version that was missing the cart
mario party advance with unused vip points
dark angel ps2
metal gear solid peace walker psp sealed
dawn of mana ps2

sega

space hulk saturn
gun griffon saturn
last bronx saturn
phantasy star online ver 2.0 dreamcast


Free deals

my favourite guides that I scored

zelda nes guide
Link's awakening guide
link to the past snes guide

GBA

Cima the enemy this is a title I've wanted for the longest time glad to finally have it
Lunar legend

Astral saturn. Love the grapics on this one. was always curious about this one it pops up from time to time but to pricy.
Sega master system 1 console cib decent shape. Cool to finally score a nice complete console. Always only had a lose console for that one

Dragon warrior II nes missing 1 map. 40 euro loss.
duck tales 2 no manual I'll get one someday I hope 50 euro loss.
Alladin megadrive II pak 180 loss.

Demon's crest cib excellent shape. still has the original receipt aswell  ;D

300 euro loss on that one. quite a bit more rare in europe than it is in the states. it ain't vampire kiss but I'm not complaining very pleased to ad this gem to the collection.

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General / Re: Amiibos - your experience
« on: December 19, 2023, 06:23:16 am »
I've had a few of em early on but I'm glad I broke out of the collection curse real early. they are pretty worthless to me and the costs rack up quick. This is lowkey the smartest dlc in a game ever. People spending over 1K retail on a game withouth feeling bad about it.

It was a pretty interesting time however. I remember during them peak times when amiibo scalping got so bad and you could flip stuff like shulk amiibo's for 100$ etc.

From resellers to retro stores to actual retro collectors everyone was after them wether it was refreshing online or stalking them physical stores.

Meanwhile I was ignoring them and man was the market empty when the good supply entered the market. I got some insane deals for hyped items withouth much competition during those weeks. even things that lasted for 1 day or two including some of the best stuff that would otherwise be gone in an instant.

Scored some of my best snes and sega deals during those few weeks including a pretty minty cib Hagane for cheap Good times  ;D

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