Idiots that don't understand video game values

[protege]

wondering if this should be its own topic:

what consoles do I have:

2 Atari 2600 (1st & 2nd generations)

I still have mine! It's currently packed away with my 7200 somewhere in the attic. As if that wasn't enough, I have a pile of old TI 99-4s and 4/As as well

[Mordenheim]

Gawd, this makes me feel like a total game-addled freak... or it would if I didn't consider myself a collector.

Pong (one of the first that attatched to a TV by screwing onto the antenna pieces in the back, runs on C batteries)
Atari 2600
NES
SNES
Sega Genesis with Sega CD and 32X
Nintendo 64
2 PSX (1 mini with LCD screen, 1 modded for imports with a clear blue case... purty.. )
Gameboy color
2 GBA
2 DS (never got the Lite. My hands are too big for it. )
PSP
Gamecube
XBOX (HEAVILY modded with a bigger HDD.. For erm.. music, really! )
4 PS2s. (2 old models with HDDs installed to backup our rarer games so we can keep the discs nice and safe, one slim attatched to our living room TV, and one slim with a nice LCD screen attatched to it)

Okay, maybe I just have spent WAY too much on games...

[Tanasi]

I remember when Mom bought us our Atari 2600 (first edition) and we were thrilled (I was in my 20's and I loved it.) We took turn playing like good kids and we'd buy any new game that came out. Eventually we had over 100. However the sharing didn't last and fighting soon broke out and we were grounded from the Atari. That was nearly 25 years ago and we're still grounded. When Dad passed away we found it and all the games in a foot locker in the closet and it still worked. I just wish Mom would come off the grounding.

[huckster]

Don't be mad. It's like buying a Geo and expecting a 20,000 trade in. When you buy a game that is put out anually you should know to hold on to it or to trade it in for 3.00 when the next one comes out. Unless it is an RPG or a platform that has a high level of "play it again", then don't cross your fingers. Nothing is worse than someone that wants something for nothing, i.e. a dreamcast game for Dead Rising

[staticradio]

what video game systems do you have?

wondering if this should be its own topic:

what consoles do I have:

2 Atari 2600 (1st & 2nd generations)
1 Nintendo 8-bit
1 Super Nintendo
1 Sega Genesis
1 Sega Nomad
1 Nintendo 64
1 Sega Dreamcast
1 Nintendo GameCube

(and now, tempted to find more systems on eBay... )

[staticradio]

I bet I had a video game "system" none of you have even heard of
It was so unusual that when I tried to sell it even most video game collectors had never heard of it...I still got over $100 for it but I think due to it's rarity I might of gotten much more if only more people had known it was available

I'm not sure whether it's Blip, Vectrex, or something else you're describing...I know Toyriffic in Maplewood, MN might just have that obscure video system you're describing.

[laughingfuzzball]

It's going to be interesting to see how the Wii is recived here in the us. The one thing I see going against it is the controller. I suspect, that this is going to alienate (well that and the insane cost) many of their users. That said, if Twilight Princess (the next zelda) comes out on it...I'll need a loan from ditech.

Actually the Wii will be the least costly next gen system. Latest figures project 200 USD in the States or 200 Euros in Europe (why do they always shaft Europe?). I haven't heard other figures, but would guess they'd be similar. These are based officially announced goals for upper pricing limits.

It's been officially anounced that Twilight Princess is going to be released on both the Wii and the Gamecube. The Wii version will have superior graphics and has Wiimote functionality integrated into many play features.

[wj_737_700]

I'm glad i'm not the only one who buys too many game systems My very first system was the Sega Genesis.
Right now I have:
1. Sega Genesis.
2. SNES
3. Transparent monochrome gameboy
4. Pokemon Gameboy Colour (i was obsessed with Pokemon what can I say)
5. Gameboy Advance.
6. 2 PS2's
7. Xbox.
8. N64.

mind you, I buy systems when they're obsolete...GameCube will soon be obsolete with Wii)

Hopefully GameCube games / controllers etc. will come down in price before the Wii. Stock up on older gamecube games since they're going to be playable on the Wii.

[staticradio]

A kid just came in today with "Oni" for ps2. This game sells for $2.99 online at ebgames.com so I give the kid $1. He looks at me with pure contempt and disgust and says "THANKS!" in a loud sarcastic tone as he slams the game on the counter and takes his money. I wanted to show him my computer monitor with the $2.99 retail price, but instead I just shrugged my shoulders and watched him stomp out.

which is probably why I've never paid full price for games since the Nintendo 8-bit (mind you, I buy systems when they're obsolete...GameCube will soon be obsolete with Wii). I really get into the Dreamcast games, tho...when they work.

[gypsywitch84]

I trade in movies all the time so I can get a new or used movie with a little discount. I understand that just because I paid 15 dollars for a movie I might only get say 1 dollar for a trade. Get rid of a few movies that I bought because of a cute actor(I buy alot of movies for that reason) that I dont like anymore and get a new movie or tv set.


Any money is better than none or dust.

[ForestDragon]

When I trade in a newer game I expect to get around four bucks or so for it - I get store credit because I get more games and the credit goes further than the cash will. I think game rarity also plays a part in how much a trade-in will get you: I was pleasantly surprised, even shocked, when I scored fourteen bucks for a copy of Final Doom (for the PSX). Not bad at all when I had only paid twenty in the first place for it.

[repsac]

I've got a virtual boy floating around somewhere. From what I remember of them, the two things that really killed them were one, the red coloring. one of the early games was wireframe, and you had no depth perception due to the color. The other was that yes, it would give you a headache.

It didn't hurt that nintendo didn't offer any support for it. Left the game "hanging" so to speak.

There are some games for all systems I hang on to. The Final Fantasy series, Zelda, and the few games I know show promise for replayability.

It's going to be interesting to see how the Wii is recived here in the us. The one thing I see going against it is the controller. I suspect, that this is going to alienate (well that and the insane cost) many of their users. That said, if Twilight Princess (the next zelda) comes out on it...I'll need a loan from ditech.

[Cvstos]

There's this venue in town that a couple of times a year they get a bunch of people together to sell specific thing very cheaply

The last one they had...had tennis shoe...expensive perfumes...leather coats...computer equipment annnd among other things these video games that had the games in the controllers

They came three different kinds of controllers in a package(racing controller, gun, and regular controller)...you've seen those in Walmart with about 25 games and costing $20 or so right? This set up had...get ready for this...76000 games...good games too like Supermario bros and other old famous Nintendo games

I bought two of the packages for $40 each and gave them to my brother for his kids and he tells me his kids loved them....they really did have thousands of games(lots of variations of the same games of course but still they didn't get to play all the games before breaking all the controllers by fighting over them)

If anyone knows what I'm talking about or where I can get more please let me know...he read off all the information on the box to me so I could try to Google and find more but the boxes had virtually no manufacturer's info on them

It was three controllers in a box that just plug directly into the TV and the games are built into the controllers and they supposedly have 76000 games that are Nintendo quality graphicswise...that's all the information I have to go on

They're basically a controller with SNES-equivolent (or NES, or Genesis, or others or any combination thereof) hardware in them, using ROMs to play the games. They're inlicensed and illegal. It's why they have no webpage - they'll change names and owners frequently. Odds are they'll be shut down soon and a new store will open selling the same things.

[CrazedClerk]

I have an original NES
Two SNESs
Three Gameboys
nintendo DS
Sega Genesis
Nintendo 64
Sega Dreamcast
Playstation 2
and yes, I even have a Virtual Boy.

What can I say? I'm a junkie.

[crabbycabbie]

There's this venue in town that a couple of times a year they get a bunch of people together to sell specific thing very cheaply

The last one they had...had tennis shoe...expensive perfumes...leather coats...computer equipment annnd among other things these video games that had the games in the controllers

They came three different kinds of controllers in a package(racing controller, gun, and regular controller)...you've seen those in Walmart with about 25 games and costing $20 or so right? This set up had...get ready for this...76000 games...good games too like Supermario bros and other old famous Nintendo games

I bought two of the packages for $40 each and gave them to my brother for his kids and he tells me his kids loved them....they really did have thousands of games(lots of variations of the same games of course but still they didn't get to play all the games before breaking all the controllers by fighting over them)

If anyone knows what I'm talking about or where I can get more please let me know...he read off all the information on the box to me so I could try to Google and find more but the boxes had virtually no manufacturer's info on them

It was three controllers in a box that just plug directly into the TV and the games are built into the controllers and they supposedly have 76000 games that are Nintendo quality graphicswise...that's all the information I have to go on