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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?]

It depends if the system the game is on is popular amongst set collectors or not.  If common shitty game X becomes the sole game keeping seveal hundred set collectors from their last piece, common shitty game X will become uncommon hidden gem expensive game X.

Due to the huge size of the Gameboy library, I imagine the act of creating game scarcity and price manipulation is low.  If you were to try the same type of thing with TG16 or Virtual Boy or a smaller sized set, I am sure one person could make a game's price move.  All you would need to do is pick a game with less than 10 listings at most times and constantly win each copy posted.

Mario / Duck Hunt doesn't seem like a good example where this would be possible.

P.S. - Don't do this.

No worries, too much effort anyway!  I was just saying to my friend that even if I had stashed a couple Earthbounds or Panzer Dragoon Saga's and made 2-300 each, that's still a pretty dinky profit over a 10/15 year period.  It's nothing to scoff at, of course, but you'd made more money at a minimum wage job than sitting on and reselling hard to find games.

If you're talking about the original gray cart of Rampart, available BINs are much less than that and the only copies anyone has bothered to actually buy were a BIN for $15 and an auction which only received a single bid of $8.

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that was the average price, just that particular auction must have been affected by the above mentioned experiment.  I'd never pay more than a dollar or two for that particular game myself.

Earthbound is a terrible example. It has an R4 rarity and sells for R7 prices. Goto nintendoage.com, find an R6 or R7 with low "loose" price on pricecharting, and use that for your market manipulation. Don't even bother with stuff that plateaued years ago...

L  O  fucking L

[Off-Topic / Re: PCEngineFX Picture Thread (Formerly "Mugs")]

nightmares

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

there is no shame in the world?  or just another lost soul?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/172715065301

https://www.ebay.com/itm/172715068460

[Off-Topic / Re: PCEngineFX Picture Thread (Formerly "Mugs")]

that duck still haunts me.  all these years later, all the other crap around here, and that duck still haunts me

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: UPDATE: RAFFLE: loose dungeon master]

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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: UPDATE: RAFFLE: loose dungeon master]

Little late to enter my bunghole?

disc is legit.  no inkjet prints.  you still want in?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / FS: PCE Shooters]

4 games for sale, all in excellent condition.  Shipped free and only selling to the USA-48.

If interested, I won't be able to ship until Friday.  Just fair warning.

Burning Angels = $50 - SOLD
Psychic Storm  = $30 - SOLD
P-47 = $28 - SOLD
Final Blaster = $25 - SOLD

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[Buy/Sell/Trade / UPDATE: RAFFLE: loose dungeon master]

well, I apologize for running this so long.  I have been on the road for 5 weeks for work and couldn't commit to shipping it quickly.

Anyway, here are the entrants.  If you are no longer interested, just let me know.  I'm going to draw this later today.  (all entrants must be in the US-48 states, which I think they are)

sirhcman
Dicer
mitsuman
Gao
EmperorIng
780racer
in99flames
exodus
GaijinD
rrob78
JoshTurboTrollX-16

[General Gaming / Re: RetroBlox : Another new Play-Everything "Retro" Console]

people seem to care way too much about this thing (one way or the other).
majors has a buddy that summed it up perfectly when we were talking about tobias shit, and it kind of applies here too.  "These arent being made for people who know anything about this stuff".

i mean, good for them if they make it and sell a few, but exerting any energy on reverse-engineering the insides of essentially nothing is a waste of time.  accusing them of stealing anything or how it compares to other knock off systems is pointless.  if you think its a dumb idea or want to feel like you "figured it out", then just move along.

Harboring the "only post if you have something good to say" mentality isn't good, at all...

We should be allowed to discuss/debate any topic that comes along, it is a discussion forum after all, if I was carefully curtailed thoughts and a have mind I'll apply for another NEOGAF account.

That said I didn't try to be negative about this product, I just say the direction it was taking a mile back and promptly pumped the brakes, there is a slim chance something good could still happen but I don't see it coming over the horizon.

ha, my response wasnt directed specifically at you.
i'm just sayin.
and its not a "post only if you have something good" angle i was going after.  im just surprised lots of people care this much about it.  its amusing how people have jumped all over what is essentially a concept with prototype.  at this point it doesnt really matter what the innards are since they prob arent final.

[General Gaming / Re: RetroBlox : Another new Play-Everything "Retro" Console]

people seem to care way too much about this thing (one way or the other).
majors has a buddy that summed it up perfectly when we were talking about tobias shit, and it kind of applies here too.  "These arent being made for people who know anything about this stuff".

i mean, good for them if they make it and sell a few, but exerting any energy on reverse-engineering the insides of essentially nothing is a waste of time.  accusing them of stealing anything or how it compares to other knock off systems is pointless.  if you think its a dumb idea or want to feel like you "figured it out", then just move along.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Tonight's Pickup!]

ouch.  another new guy taking advntage of the community

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?]

i dont think its an "alt" of a current member, and i doubt one of the 6 DoxPhilers.  they dont really have the animosity towards the forum that people assume.  with the way marx spews misguided venom towards this place and defends high prices, i would say its a previous banned member.  my money is on storino.  thats been my guess all along.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS/FT Assorted Systems and Games-FT/FS. Support The Troops Edition-Lowered Pric]

I wound up paying for it as I've been sick and feverish this week while she's been away.  Tonight feels like a scotch night.

whats your choice?  i prefer the talisker

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Turbografx 16 box Inserts]

LOL at this...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/302330322610

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

whoops, wrong thread.

[General Gaming / Re: What's the longest lived backup battery you've ever had?]

My original Zelda cart battery is still going. I've had the thing since January 88. Pretty impressive!

same here

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?]

I just bid 20 dollars on world court tennis hucard only and lost. no signs of price crash

final match is way better anyway.  get that for under $10.

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

edit: girl on the right seems to be pretty pissed because of having to show her flat chest side by side with some decent sized ones in the photo.

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It's time to d-d-d-d-d-obey?



I bought these Yugioh tins (and had the saddest pulls...) and some ultra pro sleeves. I actually bought the wrong size for my cards (I bought the standard size ones intended for MTG), which was great because I then realized that HuCards fit nicely into them. I wish I knew this sooner, now I'll probably buy a pack of 100 ultra pro sleeves just for my loose games.

this is exactly how i have my loose hueys.  the acid-free sleeves

[Off-Topic / Re: Word association thread]

nikolai volkoff

[Off-Topic / Re: Word association thread]

gasoline

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: RAFFLE: loose dungeon master]

yup, totally forgot about this

[Off-Topic / Re: PCEngineFX Picture Thread (Formerly "Mugs")]

I dig your haircut. I sport a pretty similar 'do.

I want MOAR pictures.

Hats optional.

Hatris mandatory.

I'm serious.

Just for you...  Try not to get sticky on your keyboard, k?

Nulltard @ 375~ (circa 2014) vs 245~ (taken just for comrade krazwudkcshjitz)


Lost a lot of weight and grew a neck after I left the westside foodies gang.

can you teach me how to photoshop?

[Off-Topic / Re: It came from the desert MOVIE]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2014/2/11/5397898/fmv-game-developer-kenneth-melville-passes-away

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

remember this thing?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/122500199294

[General Gaming / Re: Is there much market for a Wii?]

if this is now a recomendation thread then definately check out Lost in Shadow

[General Gaming / Re: Is there much market for a Wii?]

Gynt is going for a Wii fullset. In all seriousness, he may be interested in some of the games.

lol.  no he isnt.  i realized i wasnt going to get Mensa so i sold up and got out.

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

The ideal utopia is a bit shabbier than I expected.

Exactly. What is that place?

It's just a small dentist office that must have liked the logo and thought it was pronounced "WISE". I guess silly roundeyes aren't the only people who butcher the Ys name

[Off-Topic / Re: Word association thread]

apostrophie

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

I'm not talking about the apostrophe!

you are now.

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

Wrf??!!

apostrophie

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Turboplay magazine]

Indeed they're getting expensive   . These two sold for $82 & $76

http://www.ebay.com/itm/192174548756?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

http://www.ebay.com/itm/192174553515?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

such bullshit.  even if they sold, its moronic.  paying that for what?  16 pages of 25 year old information?   I assume about 5 mins of searching and these are all available online to read.  the mags are toilet paper.

[Off-Topic / Re: Word association thread]

ethel merman

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What to look for when buying Akumajo Dracula X?]

jesus, for $220, i hope you LOVE it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE Baseball Games]

power league is the best "arcadey" baseball series.

[Off-Topic / Re: Word association thread]

"taste the rainbow"

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: CIB TurboBooster and TurboStick]

Enter me

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.  tuc has a good one.  dont pass that up, null

[Off-Topic / Re: Word association thread]

glasses

[General Gaming / Re: The story of Nesticle and early emulation]

Best part of the whole article is this...

Another game Addis worked on while at Electronic Arts was a boxing game for the GameCube called Fight Night Round 2. He isn't directly credited for his work on the game, however. Instead, his role with the game involves an unlockable version of Super Punch-Out that's included on the tiny disc.

Had no idea.

[Off-Topic / Re: Word association thread]

octonauts

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: CIB TurboBooster and TurboStick]

the good thing about a null raffle is that it takes him about a year to ship.
So by the time you get it, chances are value has increased.  it's a win/win.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Turboplay magazine]

And if you're really feeling spicey, there's a sealed one for June/July for 3x the price here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TurboPlay-June-July-1990-TurboGrafx-16-Magazine-NEW-FACTORY-SEALED-/192174126837?hash=item2cbe7876f5:g:I1IAAOSwdjNZBqzc

on the back of that sealed one is the letter with this great little nugget...

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[General Gaming / Re: Bought a Genesis... Any game suggestions?]

i suggest tossing sub-terrania in the garbage

[General Gaming / Re: CheapNES - what game to buy?]

pinball quest and kings knight are good if you want "different" type of gameplay

[General Gaming / Re: CheapNES - what game to buy?]

i second the batman suggestion
air fortress
superapike v'ball / world class soccer if you wamt fun sports
kabuki can still be had for under 30
conquest of crystal palace
warios woods for puzzle
tons for under 30 depending on your appetite
addams family too

blaster master is no fun. 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: GnG NES + Genesis, DuckTales + Rescue Rangers NES, MST3K Vol XXX]

am i missing something with that combined price for the ghost bundle?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/302292713935

https://www.ebay.com/itm/222464725475

these were bids, not BINs.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Dumb Buyers]

so this sold, for an offer i assume (HOPE!).
but that sound you probably heard was the collective orgasmic sigh of nintendoage.

http://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/112378247294

[Off-Topic / Re: Star Wars: The last Jedi]

something about the OG sw actually made it feel like they were on other planets.  maybe because i was 8 years old, but the locations in this trailer feel too much like "earth".  i dunno, i hate getting old.  lol

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Bonks Revenge,Legendary Axe,Dungeon Explorer,Neutopia,Dragon's Curse]

Just to be clear. in this hobby there is CIB and CIC. CIB means you want everything including the cardboard box it came it. CIC means you want the jewel case, manual and game. Most people say they want CIB when they really mean CIC. Just as little heads up

how do people play games if the box isn't mint?
 

[General Gaming / Re: NES classic]

... pointless rant

you're lonely, we get it.  it must be nice living in your isolated bubble of generalized, world perception.
nobody would paint you a loyalist to billion dollar corporations, because we all know zeta only likes things that are in the back of black and white 90's fanzines.  Whats the number then?  $1500 in revenue for a year?  Over that and you dont like it anymore?  Somebody 30 miles away from you got wind of it and now it's corrupt with fake, over-enthusiastic kids with pierced eyebrows and tamagotchi keychains?
its obvious you cant possibly mean (or even believe) half the stuff you say.
i actually had a friend just like you growing up.  had to always have a different "view" pulled out of thin air to show they dont conform to coca-cola and Ford.  its an exhausting life style, i know because he drank himself to death. (true story)  Like you, he also enjoyed creating bleeps and bloops on a casio keyboard.  thats right HE CREATED SOMETHING.  FUCK HE'S ELITE!  DEAD, BUT ELITE!  worth so much more than people who support families by doing those "useless" jobs that surprise surprise, can pay quite well.  but i digress, point being, everybody, if you didnt create a PCE game, you cant complain that starbucks got your order wrong.

also, what the fuck clergyman is telling you how to make video games?
and what sales quotas does the IT crowd have? 

(and yes, i jumped around on purpose so zeets could follow it)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Bonks Revenge,Legendary Axe,Dungeon Explorer,Neutopia,Dragon's Curse]

BOUNTY