Cheapest good HuCards to track down

[spenoza]

So, my HuCard collection is still rather tiny. Which HuCard games are cheap, easy to find, and good, and are nice low-hanging fruit for someone starting at the bottom?

Thanks, guys!

[SuperDeadite]

Wonder Momo

[roflmao]

I initially wrote this up thinking it was for the TG-16 but then realized it was posted in the PCE section, so I'm hoping my suggestions are still relevant.  Anyways, here are some of the more TG-16 HuCards that I believe are pretty common and shouldn't fetch a very high price - just substitute the PCE name :

Blazing Lazers
Ninja Spirit
Military Madness
Final Lap Twin
Bonk's Adventure
Bonk's Revenge
Dragon Spirit
Alien Crush
Devil's Crush
Galaga 90
Any of the Bomberman games (though I found '93/'94 much better than the original)
And since this is posted in the PCE section I'll mention Final Soldier.  It's arguably the least expensive of the Soldier series and probably my favorite because I'm not hardcore about shmups, though I love playing them.

Those are the HuCards I can list off the top of my head that everyone with an NEC system ought to try.  I may add more tomorrow when I can look at the HuCards I have.

[SamIAm]

Assuming you are talking about Japanese HuCards, not US ones (because it's a totally different topic), here are some cheap ones I've gotten:

Dungeon Explorer
Aoi Blink
Bomberman (any version)
Neutopia
Nectaris (AKA Military Madness)

All of these I got complete for 500 Yen or less. Maybe Dungeon Explorer was 600.

What's your boundary for "expensive"? Are you looking for complete games or lone Hucards?

I for one would be interested to know more about which GOOD Japanese HuCards can had incomplete for less than 1000 Yen.

[spenoza]

Indeed, HuCard only is fine as far as I'm concerned, and I'd say 1000 en is a reasonable limit per title. Best of the bargain basement.

[roflmao]

Yeesh, I just corrected a few errors in my previous post. It's been a long night...  When I originally said Final Blaster, I meant Final Soldier.  Final Blaster looks cool, but I've never played it.  Sorry.

[soop]

Super Star Soldier
Pac Land
Tower of Druaga (if you like that sort of thing)
Puzznic
Be Ball
Cyber Core
Moto Roader
Volfied

[SamIAm]

The trouble is, getting a HuCard only can be fairly difficult just because complete games are more common.

Super Star Soldier, for example, may be less than 1000 incomplete, but it's most likely going to set you back 1500-2000 complete.

By the way, roflmao, you've got a great list there, but just FYI, the Japanese Bonk HuCards usually aren't so cheap. Complete ones seem to be around 2500-3000 yen. I think it'd be pretty lucky to get the card for 1000 or less.

Anyway, today I picked up P-47 from my local game shop, complete in fairly used condition, for 525 yen. It's decent enough.

[soop]

The trouble is, getting a HuCard only can be fairly difficult just because complete games are more common.

Super Star Soldier, for example, may be less than 1000 incomplete, but it's most likely going to set you back 1500-2000 complete.

By the way, roflmao, you've got a great list there, but just FYI, the Japanese Bonk HuCards usually aren't so cheap. Complete ones seem to be around 2500-3000 yen. I think it'd be pretty lucky to get the card for 1000 or less.

Anyway, today I picked up P-47 from my local game shop, complete in fairly used condition, for 525 yen. It's decent enough.

I agree - but to be fair, the 1000 yen limit was set after his post.  I think all the ones I mentioned are well into that zone.

[SamIAm]

Yeah, it's all good.

There are actually quite a few good games that are in the 1000-2000 yen range complete, and therefore probably 1000 or below as lone hucards. Gunhed/Blazing Lazers springs to mind. Jackie Chan is another.

[soop]

Yeah, it's all good.

There are actually quite a few good games that are in the 1000-2000 yen range complete, and therefore probably 1000 or below as lone hucards. Gunhed/Blazing Lazers springs to mind. Jackie Chan is another.

There are only a handful of games in my experience that are a _lot_ more expensive complete than loose.  And I have no idea why.  But some of them are the ones I have loose that I'm dreading buying again just for the case...  Parasol Stars is one.

[roflmao]

By the way, roflmao, you've got a great list there, but just FYI, the Japanese Bonk HuCards usually aren't so cheap. Complete ones seem to be around 2500-3000 yen. I think it'd be pretty lucky to get the card for 1000 or less.

Thanks for letting me know.  I would have thought it would be one of the more common titles, therefore, relatively cheap.

[spenoza]

It probably also depends on where you shop.

[jperryss]

Download is a great one that can be found cheap.

[PunkCryborg]

download
genji tsuushin agedama
final soldier
sokoban world
shinobi
valkyrie de densetsu
bomberman 93+94
twin bee
space invadors
paranoia
image fight
metal stoker

[JoshTurboTrollX]

I see Kickball go for cheap regularly.  If you have a pce tap and a friend (and beer) it's probably one of the funniest games to play.

[arromdee]

Street Fighter II (requires a 6 button pad, however, more expensive than the game)
Dragon Spirit
Bomberman
Blodier
Space Harrier
Klax
Volfeid
Ballistix
Soukoban World
Galaga '88
Space Invaders
Chase HQ

All under $5 on Rakuten.  Disclaimer: I haven't played many of these but they seem to all be games you can play without knowing too much Japanese.

[BigusSchmuck]

I got Populous for like 8 bucks, thats a good game considering it is in english.

[soop]

Download is cheap?  And Shinobi?

[jperryss]

Download is cheap?  And Shinobi?

<checks eBay> Oh jeez.

I'll admit it's been a couple years, but I paid $9 for a complete Download. Looks like it goes for $30-40 now. I can't remember on Shinobi but I want to say $15-ish in '09.

[bartre]

i got my copy of kunio's dodgeball and the racing game for about $10 each complete at the start of the year, loads of fun with buddies.

[kakutolives]

valkyrie de densetsu
twin bee

a 1000 times this!
they can be priced a bit higher than "cheap" however if you are patient you will find them in the less than 20 dollars range fairly often (about 1588 yen?)

[Samurai Ghost]

Kyukyoku Tiger

Also can be found for around 1000 yen if you look around:

PC Denjin
Soldier Blade (loose)
GunHed (loose)

[kakutolives]

wow, did not know that soldier blade was that cheap for the PCE loose. learned something new today.

[Tatsujin]

but quite difficult outside japan.

[Samurai Ghost]

Yeah, I recall finding a loose copy for around 900 yen but they tend to be a little harder to find outside Japan as Tatsujin mentioned. SSS and Final Solider are much more common.

[arromdee]

I was tempted to do a search on rakuten to find Soldier Blade.

I did and it's $47.88.  What's up with this game?

[SamIAm]

Last year I bought a complete copy of Soldier Blade for 2600 yen or so. This year, I've noticed it's 1000 yen more at the same shop. I guess it's going up in value.

[Tatsujin]

most things going up every year so, not at least because all the gayjins are empty fishing the country (now more and more by online).  and by now even the last shop out in the most far pampa smelt the sweetness of making big bucks with retro stuff the akiba way.

[Samurai Ghost]

I got a minty complete Soldier Blade for around 2900 yen a couple months ago so they are out there. But I guess you couldnt call it a really cheap game, my mistake. But I occasionally see loosies go for reasonable prices so it's doable if you are patient. I guess it's just one of those titles that is in fairly high demand wherever you are.

Street Fighter, Mr. Heli, R-type, Dungeon Explorer, Legendary Axe I/II and Operation Wolf are all cheap but good titles!