TurboGrafx - Doomed to Inflation?

esteban · 03/22/2011, 02:05 PM

Quote from: nat on 03/21/2011, 09:34 PMI sold the stuff to a place called FamCom (not FamIcom, mind you) Games out in Redmond not terribly far from the Nintendo of America HQ, the owner was some sort of Turbo nut. I went back a couple years later to see if I could buy back any Turbo stuff and the store was gone, no sign it had ever been there.

That's a story just waiting to be told...

Whatever happened to that fellow who purchased your games? I suspect it was Tatsujin, during one of his sojourns to America.

nat · 03/22/2011, 06:25 PM

Quote from: esteban on 03/22/2011, 02:05 PM
Quote from: nat on 03/21/2011, 09:34 PMI sold the stuff to a place called FamCom (not FamIcom, mind you) Games out in Redmond not terribly far from the Nintendo of America HQ, the owner was some sort of Turbo nut. I went back a couple years later to see if I could buy back any Turbo stuff and the store was gone, no sign it had ever been there.
That's a story just waiting to be told...

Whatever happened to that fellow who purchased your games? I suspect it was Tatsujin, during one of his sojourns to America.

Actually, I suspect the guy ended up as "Hurley" on Lost. No, seriously. The first time I saw that show, I actually yelled out "That's the guy that bought my Turbo games and ran!"

esteban · 03/22/2011, 09:59 PM

Quote from: nat on 03/22/2011, 06:25 PM
Quote from: esteban on 03/22/2011, 02:05 PM
Quote from: nat on 03/21/2011, 09:34 PMI sold the stuff to a place called FamCom (not FamIcom, mind you) Games out in Redmond not terribly far from the Nintendo of America HQ, the owner was some sort of Turbo nut. I went back a couple years later to see if I could buy back any Turbo stuff and the store was gone, no sign it had ever been there.
That's a story just waiting to be told...

Whatever happened to that fellow who purchased your games? I suspect it was Tatsujin, during one of his sojourns to America.
Actually, I suspect the guy ended up as "Hurley" on Lost. No, seriously. The first time I saw that show, I actually yelled out "That's the guy that bought my Turbo games and ran!"

Shite. That's not a story, that's a goddamn tragedy.

Dalder · 04/07/2011, 07:37 PM

Yeah I remember most of the stores in my area that sold and carried Turbo Grafx stuff.

Good Guys that is where I bought my brand new sealed duo system for $50 in December 1995 and Bought several brand new boxed turbo taps and pads both duo and grafx versions for a dollar each! Am not kidding! and When Turbo Duo first came out in October 1992 I saw it at Good Guys in Reno and saw a kid's father buying it for his kid. Man I was Jealous ! LOL... I got my first Turbo Duo system in 1993 or 1994 from Toys R Us

Toys R Us many games were clearanced at $9.90 each some $4.90 each R-Type was the one of the game that would not go down in price it was like $59.99 for a long time ! I used to work at Toys R Us LOL...

Sears
Montgomery Wards
Electronics Boutique That is where I got my brand new Bonk 3 HuCard for $9.99 and Exile 2 for $9.99 too many other games for $9.99 each...
Walden Software also carried Turbo stuff
Knight's Video Games carried Turbo stuff
Game Dude (I bought several there too)
Cheap Thrills in San Luis Obisqo California is where I bought my Terraforming and several rarer SCD games for $10 each !
Radio Shack but only in catalog did not order any
Home Express not sure if they carried Turbo Stuff I don't remember

I never saw Turbo stuff at Kay Bee Kmart but at Portland Gaming Expo 2 years ago I saw a guy there selling sealed Legendary Axe that had original price tag on it from K-Mart I was surprised.

am sure there are some more stores that I saw Turbo stuff at

CrackTiger · 04/09/2011, 04:54 PM

Going by the eBay pricing logic, Dynastic Hero is now officially worth $50:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dynastic-Hero-TurboGrafx-16-PC-Engine-CD-/220765558557?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3366a7171d

Please update the price lists accordingly.

TheClash603 · 04/09/2011, 04:57 PM

Quote from: CrackTiger on 04/09/2011, 04:54 PMhttp://cgi.ebay.com/Dynastic-Hero-TurboGrafx-16-PC-Engine-CD-/220765558557?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3366a7171d

I hope someone on this site saw that in the 12 minutes it was up before it sold. Since I am ethnocentric and all.

I have never found any deals that good!

Jesse813 · 04/09/2011, 06:07 PM

Hopefully a good gamer or collector got it and not some seller that'll Quadruple the price or more

BlueBMW · 04/09/2011, 06:45 PM

I believe Opethian snagged that one

geddon_jt · 04/09/2011, 07:29 PM

Not enough is said about Dynastic Hero as a game. It is a GREAT game. Hopefully this fellow will play through it and enjoy it.

TR0N · 04/10/2011, 04:19 AM

Quote from: CrackTiger on 04/09/2011, 04:54 PMGoing by the eBay pricing logic, Dynastic Hero is now officially worth $50:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dynastic-Hero-TurboGrafx-16-PC-Engine-CD-/220765558557?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3366a7171d

Please update the price lists accordingly.

Freaky !? Must be a fluke becuase didn't the u.s version of dh originaly go for $200.00+ used or has it's value changed ?

geise · 04/10/2011, 09:38 AM

I don't know if the seller really new the value of what he has. Ys IV in his sell list is $85 and every Duo game is exactly $50?

I really do hope someone snagged that game just to have and play. I'd hate to see it resold on ebay. Congrats to whoever bought it.

DragonmasterDan · 04/10/2011, 11:13 AM

Quote from: geise on 04/10/2011, 09:38 AMI don't know if the seller really new the value of what he has. Ys IV in his sell list is $85 and every Duo game is exactly $50? I really do hope someone snagged that game just to have and play. I'd hate to see it resold on ebay. Congrats to whoever bought it.

Yeah, I paid less than 20.00 for Ys IV last Summer. I'm guessing the seller operates on the half price books method of pricing things. Example most SNES carts are 4.99, there is one Super Famicom Game, it's in the display case with a handwritten note on it saying "Japanese Horse Racing Game Rare! 30.00 FROM JAPAN". A lot of people have no idea what the value of games are.

Mathius · 04/10/2011, 11:40 AM

Quote from: geise on 04/10/2011, 09:38 AMI don't know if the seller really new the value of what he has. Ys IV in his sell list is $85 and every Duo game is exactly $50? I really do hope someone snagged that game just to have and play. I'd hate to see it resold on ebay. Congrats to whoever bought it.

Opethian bought it!

SignOfZeta · 04/10/2011, 12:04 PM

Quote from: geise on 04/10/2011, 09:38 AMI don't know if the seller really new the value of what he has. Ys IV in his sell list is $85 and every Duo game is exactly $50? I really do hope someone snagged that game just to have and play. I'd hate to see it resold on ebay. Congrats to whoever bought it.

Interesting. That was retail price in 1994. Maybe he's been in a coma for 17 years...

SignOfZeta · 04/10/2011, 12:05 PM

Quote from: TR0N on 04/10/2011, 04:19 AMFreaky !? Must be a fluke becuase didn't the u.s version of dh originaly go for $200.00+ used or has it's value changed ?

What do you mean by "originally"? The game was only $40-50 new.

CrackTiger · 04/10/2011, 12:58 PM

I believe that the same seller has Vay for like $100 or something and a non-expensive Turbo game for $50.

TR0N · 04/11/2011, 04:02 AM

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 04/10/2011, 12:05 PM
Quote from: TR0N on 04/10/2011, 04:19 AMFreaky !? Must be a fluke becuase didn't the u.s version of dh originaly go for $200.00+ used or has it's value changed ?
What do you mean by "originally"? The game was only $40-50 new.

As in what a used copy go's for a few years ago i used to see dh go for $200.00+ on ebay.