The highest amount of money you would be willing to spend on a Turbo game

[Alt-Nintega]

What is the highest amount of money you would ever pay for a Turbo game? What game would that be? Why?

It can be a HuCard or CD.

[soop]

Less than £50.  And that's for Dracula X and Rainbow Islands, complete with spine.
I've seen Rainbow Islands for £35 with no spine, but it means I'm constantly searching for bargains.  It could happen one day.

I would also say, that one day I would like to own a complete collection of games and Core consoles (I.E. not laserdisc players or that crazy monitor), so basically...  Yeah I need to win the lottery.

[Arkhan Asylum]

As much as I feel like at the time.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

As much as I feel like at the time.

Same here.  Right now I'd say the most I'd pay is $200 for Bazaru de Gozaru, but I'm sure I could be talked into buying any of the pricey US titles or the legitimately rare PCE titles if the price were right.

[majors]

I've always kept a 5/10/15 range for US Hu's. Common trash is $5(Deep Blue, China Warrior), something good but common is $10 (Blazing Lasers, Alien Crush, Legendary Axe) and the goodies are $15 (Military Madness, Soldier Blade). Never cared about box and even the case is 'meh for something I really want. Of course I'll take the case when available but a Hu being loose does not stop me from buying.

Japanese stuff varies but $15-20 for good shit is my range (TwinBee, Salamander). I don't even bother with random JP Hu's that just plain suck...I'll take it for free just to raffle it off.

CD's? Well, tricky since I pretty much bought all of the games I ever wanted. Back in the 90's I'd go $40-50 for the top titles (Y's, Star Parodier, Cotton). I think I dropped $80 for Dracula. If CD games popped up on a FS: thread at a cheap price (L-dis unopened for $10 for example) I would bite.

[CrackTiger]

$20,000 for a new MIB mint-seal sealed Gold Youkai Douchuki.

Add another $30,000 if it's VGA graded 7+.

Make it an even $100,000 if it's a VGA 10.0.

If it's signed by a member of the development team, $2000 tops. What a waste of perfectly good  sealed collectible.

If it's used/open, I won't buy it for any price, because I only collect complete sets of graded sealed games.*

If I am not allowed to let anyone know that I have it, that's a deal breaker too. Otherwise, what's the point of collecting?



*The only exception I make is for rare unreleased prototypes that nobody else has, like PC Cocoron. If it's a game PCE fans would want to play and it's the only copy in existence, then I will pay any price to  have it exclusively to myself and will make sute it never gets ripprd, copied, etc as long as I live. Otherwise, what's the point of obtaining and ultra exclusive game unless I get to hold it over the heads of other people?

[roflmao]

I've always kept a 5/10/15 range for US Hu's. Common trash is $5(Deep Blue, China Warrior), something good but common is $10 (Blazing Lasers, Alien Crush, Legendary Axe) and the goodies are $15 (Military Madness, Soldier Blade). Never cared about box and even the case is 'meh for something I really want. Of course I'll take the case when available but a Hu being loose does not stop me from buying.

Japanese stuff varies but $15-20 for good shit is my range (TwinBee, Salamander). I don't even bother with random JP Hu's that just plain suck...I'll take it for free just to raffle it off.

CD's? Well, tricky since I pretty much bought all of the games I ever wanted. Back in the 90's I'd go $40-50 for the top titles (Y's, Star Parodier, Cotton). I think I dropped $80 for Dracula. If CD games popped up on a FS: thread at a cheap price (L-dis unopened for $10 for example) I would bite.

What he said.

[Shrapnoid]

I wouldn't go over 40 for DE2 and even then, it would have to have the manual, spine insert and next to no scratches.

Hu wise, I wouldn't go over 50 if even that for a near mint MC.

May sound wack but, paying bills comes before paying obscene amounts just so I can say "Look what I have!"

[soop]

May sound wack but, paying bills comes before paying obscene amounts just so I can say "Look what I have!"

I don't collect for anyone but me.  Actually sometimes I get duplicate games for multiplayer (Gameboy) or games I think my friends will enjoy playing, but for the most part I don't really tend to boast much.  I look at my collection and it gives me a warm feeling inside that only material posessions can give.

[Frank_fjs]

Generally speaking, $50 - maybe up to $80 in extreme circumstances. It would have to be a great game though and one that I would play extensively. It would also have to be genuinely rare, complete and in mint condition. With that said, spending that much money on a single game is something I seldom do.

I receive more pleasure actually playing games rather than keeping them in an air tight vacuum, within a fireproof container 10 feet underground.

I also don't spend large sums of money on obscure hardware that will never get used. On a similar note, failed consoles really don't grab my attention unless they're reasonably priced. I laugh and swallow vomit when I see Nintendo collectors spending hundreds of dollars on Pokemon crap, or a mint poly bagged copy of anything with Mario in it lol.

[Sadler]

Are we talking about US games? $15 for Soldier Blade seems wildly optimistic to me. If not, I'll gladly take your US Soldier Blade off of your hands for $30, you can buy a new copy for $15 and make yourself a nice little profit.

[Shrapnoid]

Are we talking about US games? $15 for Soldier Blade seems wildly optimistic to me. If not, I'll gladly take your US Soldier Blade off of your hands for $30, you can buy a new copy for $15 and make yourself a nice little profit.

Well, I'd have to have that new copy in my hands before I'd let go of the other one and since mine was bought from TZD, it has a certain sentimental value so, I doubt I'd be giving it up any time soon. 

[kiketonto]

I don't think that depends on me. Besides the little money amount I have to spend in games, consoles, etc. I have to wait an affordable price on EBAY.
which it's the only place where I can buy them.

[Shrapnoid]

I don't think that depends on me. Besides the little money amount I have to spend in games, consoles, etc. I have to wait an affordable price on EBAY.
which it's the only place where I can buy them.

I know. It sucks being on a tight budget.

[CrackTiger]

It's surprising how many say that they wouldn't pay retail prices in threads like this but get all excited over the prices in old catalog scans.

[xcrement5x]

Depends on the games really.  I've tried to make it so that I have not yet had to spend over $150 for any single game except for a few(like 3) in my collection (this is not just Turbobs though), the number that go over ($70) is small enough that I can still count them with my fingers, since I'll balk at anything over that and really evaluate if I want it. 

Now, that's not to say that I wouldn't pay a high amount, but the games quality (1st) and it's rarity (2nd) definitely factor into the decision, plus the ability to resell it if I need to or don't really like it.  There are certain games I really want, but just can't drop the cash on because of the current market value.  For example I'd love to get a copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga in mint condition for sub-$200 but I've yet to find one so far :/

[kiketonto]

I don't think that depends on me. Besides the little money amount I have to spend in games, consoles, etc. I have to wait an affordable price on EBAY.which it's the only place where I can buy them.

I know. It sucks being on a tight budget.

Not really, it's the better way to see where you put your money.

[SignOfZeta]

Right now I'd say the most I'd pay is $200 for Bazaru de Gozaru...

Yeah, thats about the only game I'd pay that kind of money for. The most I've ever payed for any game was Wonder Project J2 for N64, which was $130 new. These days I buy stuff for waaaay less. Usually less than $15 per game.

I would pay $70 or so for Kazi Kiri, if I could actually get it for that price, which I can't.

I'm not paying shit for US games. To me that are derivative export-market trash. If they are language heavy I'll burn a copy, that's about all the acknowledgement they get from me.

[bartre]

hmm, generally speaking, it's about $50, though i seem to rarely go over $30.
that said, I've broken the $50 mark on a few games, but only one was on turbo (Drac X, Guardian Heroes, Magic Knight Rayearth, Persona 2)
pretty much, i care more about how good the game is rather than its rarity

[CrackTiger]

I'm just curious, do you guys that don't want to spend more than $30 - $50 or less on Turbo/PCE games buy current generation games at full retail price? Or do you wait a few months for them to plummet?

Does anybody value Turbo/PCE games less than new current gen games?

Also for those with price limits for Turbo/PCE games, do you try to buy only the cheapest of the best games until there's nothing left on the lower end and then plan on approaching your price limits for special games or do you just buy random games at random prices within a set price range?

[Shrapnoid]

I haven't bought anything in a long while except for a couple games that Nectarsis was selling at a good price but, once in a while I might drop by GS and pick up some PS2 or GC stuff for no more than 10 each.
I already have a bunch of the modern stuff but, I'm bored with that.
I want to get more stuff for my Duo now and my old Lynx and 7800.
I don't see going over 30 for just one game unless it's super rare or MIB.   

[SignOfZeta]

Last year I bought Turismo 5 and KOF XIII for PS3, full price. I also bought Super Robot Wars Z2 Part 1 for the insane price of $90 or whatever import PSP stuff costs now. I bought Mario Galaxy for $20 after waiting fucking forever to hit a Greatest Hits sort of price.

When PCE was new I paid $50-80 for the games, but now that almost all of them can be had for $15 I, obviously, spend much less.

And yeah, I've bought nearly all the 200 yen games I need so therefore I am spending a bit more on the "good stuff". Still need Soldier Blade, Nexzer, both Spiggens, Linda 3 etc.

[Arkhan Asylum]

SPIGGEN!

[JoshTurboTrollX]

I usually pick up used games from shops for around $10-$20 for Wii and 360.  For instance, I picked up Blue Dragon for 360 last weekend for $9.99.  Pretty fun little RPG.

For Turbografx, I try to stay within frugality prices. I rarely pay more than $20 for games, but if it's a great deal (Dracula X for $55), or if someone is nice enough to allow me to make a couple payments over like a 3 week span.

other shit to prioritize my money I suppose besides video games....

[guyjin]

$20,000 for a new MIB mint-seal sealed Gold Youkai Douchuki.

Add another $30,000 if it's VGA graded 7+.

Make it an even $100,000 if it's a VGA 10.0.

If it's signed by a member of the development team, $2000 tops. What a waste of perfectly good  sealed collectible.

If it's used/open, I won't buy it for any price, because I only collect complete sets of graded sealed games.*

If I am not allowed to let anyone know that I have it, that's a deal breaker too. Otherwise, what's the point of collecting?



*The only exception I make is for rare unreleased prototypes that nobody else has, like PC Cocoron. If it's a game PCE fans would want to play and it's the only copy in existence, then I will pay any price to  have it exclusively to myself and will make sute it never gets ripprd, copied, etc as long as I live. Otherwise, what's the point of obtaining and ultra exclusive game unless I get to hold it over the heads of other people?

[Sparky]

I'm not paying shit for US games. To me....

oh for the love of f@ck we know already....

The most i have spent on tg16 games is $115 and that was for Bonk 3 for the DUO (minty complete) it actually bothered me some that i paid that much for it, so its safe to say $100 and below is my comfort zone  <<shrugs>>...but all the other high end games i traded or paid next to nothing for.... even my MC was obtain from a trade which i have mentioned many times before:.

For new gen stuff (PS3) i never pay full price, i wait and buy used, the only recent PS3 game i bought at full price was Resistance 3 as i love the series and a big fan.

[Shrapnoid]

...it actually bothered me some that i paid that much for it...

That's how I felt that day when I left that parking lot with a loose Sinistron, no manual, damaged chipcase and $40.00 less in my wallet.

But, it's still nice to have it in my collection.

[Bernie]

I bought MM3 for a little over 200.00.  I hated doing it, but I was willing.    That and Beyond Shadowgate are the only two games I would have even considered for that much though...

[Shrapnoid]

For a second, I thought you were talking about Megaman 3 for the NES.
That would have been terrible!

[rag-time4]

Ive got 3 games i spent around 110 each for: Image Fight 2, Dracula X, and downtown nekketsu monogatari... all minty with spine. I think thats about the most im willing to spend. I would rather invest time and money into learning japanese and buying pce versions than spending hundreds for gouged US games like dynastic hero.

[SMF]

Pinkie to lip...................... 1 BILLION DOLLARS For _____ lol.

I've paid a couple hundred for 2 games. Darius Alpha and Beyond Shadow Gate.

[Obfuscate]

Most I've spent:

$140 Mint DE2
$100 Sealed US Cotton (Yes, I opened it!)

I wanted to spend up to $100 on JPN Magical Chase and Beyond Shadowgate but that isn't too likley these days.

[Tatsujin]

I'll pay from 50 cents up to few hundred bucks. Easy, I pay what a good price for a game today is. You won't ever find a sapphire, bazaaru, sylphia for under 50 bucks nowadays, unless you're the uberlucky guy having the six numbers in the lottery twice in a row.

[BigusSchmuck]

The most I have spent (so far) on turbo and pce games are Cotton and Rainbow Islands, both I got for $50 a piece. Hardly a bargain by all means, but you have to consider even brand new imported from Japan back in the day they usually would go for at least $70. As far as U.S games go, most I spent was on Jackie Chan and Neutopia 2 for $26 a piece loose from one of our fine gentlemen on these forums. ^^

[bartre]

as far as new games are concerned, the only game i've bought "new" was catherine, and that's because i was beyond psyched for it.
but usually i wait til it's $30 or less, i've got plenty to play in the mean time.

personally, i buy the games that i want to play at that point, unless i find a good deal.

[nectarsis]

Modern games I've stuck to $40 or less (save for Disgaea 4 ULTIMATE MEGA set).

Some people in this thread have VERY optimistic thresholds on certain games (especially in the current market).  

Have more than a few of us over payed/jumped the gun/gotten in a stupid bid war we should have walked away from....of course.  Luckily a lot of those same people learn patience, and common sense is the best policy.  

P.S.  This common fantasizing/obsessing over the small handfull of high end $ games, yet ignoring the massive library of good to GREAT PCE/TG games on the cheap really is a travesty.

[Keranu]

$10 grand and my left kidney.

[Tatsujin]

He tells a lot when the day is long.

[Sadler]

This thread is Sadler flamebait. I'll pay whatever the fuck I want for a game. If I deem a game worthy of $1000, I'll pay it. If I think a game is only worthy of $5, that's what I'll pay. I'm not going to list "rare" titles here, but I will say there are probably a dozenish titles I'd pay over $100 for in the US library. And no, I don't care if you can get it cheaper on the PCE.

DISCLAIMER: Don't ever put games before necessities. If you can't pay your bills, paying for any game is stupid. If you can afford it, it's none of my business what you pay.

[SMF]

I totally agree with you on that one. If you cant pay your bills but yet your buying every game you see then you deserve to loose it all.

I have other hobbies besides Video Gaming and to be honest most of my extra monies go towards that. Ive past up good deals on games to get a few Replica's of Puppet Master or Freddy Krueger stuff. Horror is my first passion everything else if i see it at a decent price and if IF i got the money ill grab it.

But once i hit my mark for the mouth i stop buying and hunting for deals.

kinda like going to Vegas, You go for 5 days you label 5 envelops and put $500 in each for each day. Once you spend it your done, That way you don't blow all of it in 1 day. That policy has always worked for me.

[soop]

My personal rule is, I pay £1 per estimated hour of enjoyment.  I almost NEVER buy new games full price, and will bargain hunt, or just wait 6 months/a year until they're around £10.  Exceptions to this are Prof Layton games (Xmas treat! ^___^) and maybe soon Ace Attourney - though so far £5 and £8 are bargains.

However I do tend to break this rule for PC Engine games.

Anyway, I have a huge list that seems to keep growing, and if I sniff out a bargain, then I can cross it off.  But to be honest, if I won the lottery tomorrow, it would kill half the enjoyment of collecting for me.

[Tatsujin]

However I do tend to break this rule for PC Engine games.

no you don't. a pce game can give you an infinite amount of fun hours, therefore according to your calculations, it must cost infinte of bucks, but which isn't the case by far. so as long you buy pce games, you can't lose. and the price doesn't even matter.

[soop]

However I do tend to break this rule for PC Engine games.

no you don't. a pce game can give you an infinite amount of fun hours, therefore according to your calculations, it must cost infinte of bucks, but which isn't the case by far. so as long you buy pce games, you can't lose. and the price doesn't even matter.

heh, nice logic there tats   You are right in a sense, because even though I do spend more, I generally get them for good prices, and they tend not to dip in value.  So I actually get paid to play them... If I were ever going to sell them.

But I have a nasty habit of buying games and not playing them.  Or at least stopping halfway through.  I keep telling myself that I'll play them one day...

[Nazi NecroPhile]

... unless you're the uberlucky guy having the six numbers in the lottery twice in a row.

Says the guy that buys $5 Duos and finds boxed Super Famis in the trash. 

P.S.  This common fantasizing/obsessing over the small handfull of high end $ games, yet ignoring the massive library of good to GREAT PCE/TG games on the cheap really is a travesty.

Amen.  Pissing and moaning that the Turbob is a ripoff makes little sense when 90% of the library is priced similarly to the PCE.

[nectarsis]

... unless you're the uberlucky guy having the six numbers in the lottery twice in a row.

Says the guy that buys $5 Duos and finds boxed Super Famis in the trash. 

Let's not forget trading the US Dynastic Hero for le pepplered ice cream ;)

[DirkFunk]

I spent a little under $40 for Spriggan. . . $50 is pretty much my max on a Turbo or PC Engine game.

But I have been wanting to own Rondo of Blood pretty badly these days.

[majors]

I'm just curious, do you guys that don't want to spend more than $30 - $50 or less on Turbo/PCE games buy current generation games at full retail price? Or do you wait a few months for them to plummet?

Try a few years! I just got Gradius V for PS2 last week. CIB, $13 from GS...I had a gift card for 6 months bugging me to use. I spy a Raiden III($6) and Red Star($3) next, both loose. I waited for price drops on Bayonetta, Raiden Fighters and Death Smiles for my 360 before picking them up.

Also for those with price limits for Turbo/PCE games, do you try to buy only the cheapest of the best games until there's nothing left on the lower end and then plan on approaching your price limits for special games or do you just buy random games at random prices within a set price range?

I picked up Power Golf 2 for $1...for a buck it's not bad at all. I got the Battlefield Wrestling for a dollar also just so I could have another ACD spine. So yes, I will buy trash if it's cheap, but I have no qualms about selling them off or donating them later. My income dictates me to not buy OMG R@RE$$$$ and I'm old enough to resist the urge.

[esteban]

P.S.  This common fantasizing/obsessing over the small handfull of high end $ games, yet ignoring the massive library of good to GREAT PCE/TG games on the cheap really is a travesty.

Amen.  Pissing and moaning that the Turbob is a ripoff makes little sense when 90% of the library is priced similarly to the PCE.

THANK YOU. I am sick of this whining, too. I hate that some titles are too expensive and thus beyond my reach...but I'm not going to complain about it incessantly.

[JapanTokei]

I splurged on a few titles.  Here are few that are worthy and the price I paid and ceiling willing to pay:

> Nexzr - $130.  I was willing to pay up to $150 for a CIB spine one.  After I got it, I was so blown away on how awesome it is.  I then got lucky and found another one CIB for 80 bucks bringing my avg cost to 105 each.  (since then already sold it off along with my Bazzy)

> Bazzaru - $350ish paid for a unopened copy in a store, my ceiling was 200 but it was the only one I ever seen avail so i picked it up.  since then I bought another one also sealed for 200.  so avg out to $250, which I deem fair for a sealed version.  still on the hunt for a loose copy cheap to play and enjoy the heck out of.

> Ys 1&2 US boxed sealed - $130.  This one I would have paid up to 150 I think. I love Ys and it holds special value for me. 

> Downtown Nekketsu - I would pay up to $200 for a gem mint condition copy of this.  In fact after I traded mine to Hoobs I found one in a store which I dropped $160ish for. 

>Sapphire - I paid $200 years ago on jp auction, got lucky it was gem minty with all inserts and not a bootleg.  If the market is clean and I didn't ahve to worry about bootlegs, I would go up to 300-350 ish for that, it IS worth it.. prob the only Arcade CD that is worth getting the system card for too...


as for the rest of the titles, it depends on the completeness, condition, which the x-factor being my enjoyment factor/memories of that game.

[PikachuWarrior]

My limit is probably $150. Higher if I have gift credit. Doesn't matter to me that new games these days cost $60-$80. I use that benchmark as a look back at what games retailed for and if they are around their original retail price, used (or perhaps new), then it's worth getting.