Worst Deals!

[johnnykonami]

For a contrast to the Best Deals thread we have going on.   

For me, and I've been wanting to tell you about this a little more in depth for a while now - my worst deal was when I was 15 years old, and I was really into PCE import titles.  I didn't have a Hu-Card converter but I did have a nice pile of Super CD-Roms, and at the time I was also really into Ranma 1/2 (It's a little embarassing to say now, but I still kinda like it.)

So anyway, I had two buddies that new of this import store that was a pretty far drive from my house, and the store had a Shiny new Ranma game on SCD that I just had to have.  It's this one (http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Ranma_3.htm).  These guys would have put Game Stop to shame with the trade in values they offered.  It cost $150 bucks (right there I should have known it was way overpriced) and of course I didn't just have that floating around at the time, so I decided to trade in a huge pile of my US Turbochips (and some CD games) to cover part of the cost.  The worst part is, it wasn't enough!  I still needed some cash (at least $50 bucks) to cover the rest.

Here's the bunch of (complete, of course, it was 1994) games I traded:

Bonk's Adventure / Revenge (My reasoning was sound, I had the 4-in-1 CD from the duo, still regret it though, Bonk's Revenge is one my favorite games ever and I wish I had the Hu still)
It Came From the Desert
Splatterhouse (had beaten it no less than 200 times, now I regret it)
Dragon's Curse (Deeeep regret, though beaten many times)
Cadash (More deep regret, beat it a bunch of times too, which is why I thought it was ok to let go)
Space Harrier (Love this game but not this port so no regrets!)
Ordyne
Fantasy Zone
I think Alien Crush (I thought I had kept this, one of my first games and I love pinball.. Kinda mad)
Dungeon Explorer

Maybe others, I can't recall them all.  But a really bad deal on my part as well as kinda shitty on the shop.  I want to get some of those titles again.  Thankfully I still have Blazing Lazers and Parasol Stars, which I was smart enough to to trade away.. and a Legendary Axe in iffy condition (I might have traded my original copy away) as well as an extra loose hu-card of it.  In fact, I do have a small pile of loose Hu-Cards I think I got from a friend but I'm missing some of my childhood (teenage) favorites.

Edit: I did love the Ranma game and still have it to this day, so it wasn't a total loss.  And now I have a pretty stringent policy on trading my games away no matter how bored I get of them.

Anybody else wanna lament a stupid decision or overpaid on a game?

[Tatsujin]

and at the time I was also really into Ranma 1/2 (It's a little embarassing to say now, but I still kinda like it.)

heh? Ranma is a great manga and will remain as a such forever!

[jordan_hillman]

Bonk's Adventure / Revenge (My reasoning was sound, I had the 4-in-1 CD from the duo, still regret it though, Bonk's Revenge is one my favorite games ever and I wish I had the Hu still)
It Came From the Desert
Splatterhouse (had beaten it no less than 200 times, now I regret it)
Dragon's Curse (Deeeep regret, though beaten many times)
Cadash (More deep regret, beat it a bunch of times too, which is why I thought it was ok to let go)
Space Harrier (Love this game but not this port so no regrets!)
Ordyne
Fantasy Zone
I think Alien Crush (I thought I had kept this, one of my first games and I love pinball.. Kinda mad)
Dungeon Explorer

Ouch! I also traded in copies of Bonk's Adventure and Bonk's Revenge (along with a copy of Sidearms I believe), all complete in cases, for a copy of a complete in case copy of Cadash a couple of years back or so. I had the same idea that neither copy of Bonk mattered because I had the 4-in-1 disk as well. 

[jordan_hillman]

By far my worst deal, and perhaps my most single stupid video game purchase ever, was when I mis-read an eBay auction for a complete in box copy of Dragon Spirit. Turns out it was just the box (no card, case, or styrofoam), in rather poor condition, and I spent 25 bucks!

It was one of earliest TG-16 purchases (I didn't really start seriously collecting for Turbografx until 2008 or so), so I had absolutely zero sense of the market value for most games. I thought the seller was trying to rip me, but I somehow managed to mis-read the auction, and, for some stupid reason, I didn't bother re-reading the description before I clicked buy-it-now. I always want to slap myself every time I look at that stupid Dragon Spirit box!!

[wolfman]

By far my worst deal, and perhaps my most single stupid video game purchase ever, was when I mis-read an eBay auction for a complete in box copy of Dragon Spirit. Turns out it was just the box (no card, case, or styrofoam), in rather poor condition, and I spent 25 bucks!

It was one of earliest TG-16 purchases (I didn't really start seriously collecting for Turbografx until 2008 or so), so I had absolutely zero sense of the market value for most games. I thought the seller was trying to rip me, but I somehow managed to mis-read the auction, and, for some stupid reason, I didn't bother re-reading the description before I clicked buy-it-now. I always want to slap myself every time I look at that stupid Dragon Spirit box!!

Sometimes seller´s description are misleading, trying to trick you into thinking you are actually bidding on everything pictured (showing CIB), and then stating it is without the game. Quite unfair, I´d say. No reason to for anyone to slap yourself, you´re certainly not the only one 

[johnnykonami]

Bonk's Adventure / Revenge (My reasoning was sound, I had the 4-in-1 CD from the duo, still regret it though, Bonk's Revenge is one my favorite games ever and I wish I had the Hu still)
It Came From the Desert
Splatterhouse (had beaten it no less than 200 times, now I regret it)
Dragon's Curse (Deeeep regret, though beaten many times)
Cadash (More deep regret, beat it a bunch of times too, which is why I thought it was ok to let go)
Space Harrier (Love this game but not this port so no regrets!)
Ordyne
Fantasy Zone
I think Alien Crush (I thought I had kept this, one of my first games and I love pinball.. Kinda mad)
Dungeon Explorer

Ouch! I also traded in copies of Bonk's Adventure and Bonk's Revenge (along with a copy of Sidearms I believe), all complete in cases, for a copy of a complete in case copy of Cadash a couple of years back or so. I had the same idea that neither copy of Bonk mattered because I had the 4-in-1 disk as well. 

Yeah, I mean I still have the 4-in-1 disc (you'd have to pry Gate of Thunder out of my cold dead hands) and I even have somehow acquired a loosie of Bonk's Adventure, but one day I'd like to get them complete again as Hu-Cards.  No plans for Bonk 3 since it's so expensive.

I also had Sidearms and I traded it in that deal!  I forgot about it though because I kinda hated it at the time.  I think I might have had vigilante too, which my mind blocked out because that was probably my least favorite ever.

[johnnykonami]

By far my worst deal, and perhaps my most single stupid video game purchase ever, was when I mis-read an eBay auction for a complete in box copy of Dragon Spirit. Turns out it was just the box (no card, case, or styrofoam), in rather poor condition, and I spent 25 bucks!

It was one of earliest TG-16 purchases (I didn't really start seriously collecting for Turbografx until 2008 or so), so I had absolutely zero sense of the market value for most games. I thought the seller was trying to rip me, but I somehow managed to mis-read the auction, and, for some stupid reason, I didn't bother re-reading the description before I clicked buy-it-now. I always want to slap myself every time I look at that stupid Dragon Spirit box!!

Maaan. That must have been disappointing.  Did you ever get Dragon Spirit for real?

[jordan_hillman]

By far my worst deal, and perhaps my most single stupid video game purchase ever, was when I mis-read an eBay auction for a complete in box copy of Dragon Spirit. Turns out it was just the box (no card, case, or styrofoam), in rather poor condition, and I spent 25 bucks!

It was one of earliest TG-16 purchases (I didn't really start seriously collecting for Turbografx until 2008 or so), so I had absolutely zero sense of the market value for most games. I thought the seller was trying to rip me, but I somehow managed to mis-read the auction, and, for some stupid reason, I didn't bother re-reading the description before I clicked buy-it-now. I always want to slap myself every time I look at that stupid Dragon Spirit box!!

Maaan. That must have been disappointing.  Did you ever get Dragon Spirit for real?

I picked up a complete in case copy not too long afterward  But I still definitely overpaid for my now CIB copy of Dragon Spirit haha. It's definitely not my favorite shooter on the system, but I still really enjoy it.