VGEsoterica
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It's really no surprise that retro game prices are going up. Outside of the recent auctions for sealed NES and Nintendo 64 games (which I swear are just money laundering activities in disguise....2 million for a copy of Mario?!?! Yeah that's gotta be something shady) everything else that used to be relatively cheap has been going up. I mean in the last year my Saturn collection has gone up 2 to 4x in value just sitting on it's shelf.
Cue Cannon Spike. It's an awesome game from Psiyko and Capcom that I owned in high school and played the ever loving shit out of with my friends. Good times, fun game...a real win/win situation. Like 12 years ago I decided I shouldn't have traded it in so I picked a copy up on eBay for something like $50. All good!
Today? Original copies in DECENT condition are selling for $400+...for a game you can beat in under fifteen minutes. I get it's rare but damn...it is just NOT worth that price. It's not even WORTH $100.
Which means that unless you a) are going for a full set or b) bought one forever ago like me...you just won't ever end up owning a copy.
Which got me thinking...what other games are awesome but wholly NOT worth their current asking price? Like I'd love to own an original US copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga but that is never happening lol
Cue Cannon Spike. It's an awesome game from Psiyko and Capcom that I owned in high school and played the ever loving shit out of with my friends. Good times, fun game...a real win/win situation. Like 12 years ago I decided I shouldn't have traded it in so I picked a copy up on eBay for something like $50. All good!
Today? Original copies in DECENT condition are selling for $400+...for a game you can beat in under fifteen minutes. I get it's rare but damn...it is just NOT worth that price. It's not even WORTH $100.
Which means that unless you a) are going for a full set or b) bought one forever ago like me...you just won't ever end up owning a copy.
Which got me thinking...what other games are awesome but wholly NOT worth their current asking price? Like I'd love to own an original US copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga but that is never happening lol