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    Just got Earthbound on eBay due to curiosity (think I may have overpaid at $160 shipped). Is the game really that amazing or is it just a collector's item? Looking forward to getting to the SNES games I never got to play.

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    Good game but very overrated.
    Everything in the above post is opinion unless stated otherwise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gavinrendar View Post
    Just got Earthbound on eBay due to curiosity (think I may have overpaid at $160 shipped). Is the game really that amazing or is it just a collector's item? Looking forward to getting to the SNES games I never got to play.
    Way overrated. I simply cannot fathom how anyone could pay five times the amount of some of the best SNES RPGs like Final Fantasy IV/VI, Secret of Mana, Breath of Fire/Breath of Fire II. What you paid for that one mediocre game, you could have purchased these five top-notch games.

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    Well, at least I can resell it for a simlar price when finnished

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    Quote Originally Posted by gavinrendar View Post
    Just got Earthbound on eBay due to curiosity (think I may have overpaid at $160 shipped). Is the game really that amazing or is it just a collector's item? Looking forward to getting to the SNES games I never got to play.
    Next time before you plunk down $160 for a retro video game, try it out on emulation first to make sure it's worth your time and money. Just a thought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by treismac View Post
    Next time before you plunk down $160 for a retro video game, try it out on emulation first to make sure it's worth your time and money. Just a thought.
    And why buy it first, THEN ask if it's any good?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jperryss View Post
    And why buy it first, THEN ask if it's any good?
    Because it's worth 2k monies, obviously.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shulamana View Post
    Because it's worth 2k monies, obviously.
    And I thought $160 was nuts to pay for (I assume) a loose cart. Ebay surprises me yet again.

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    That it, I'm going to sell my copy and buy a CIB Ogre Battle 64 with plenty extra leftover for other goodies.

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    And this is why 600 plus RPGs later I still don't own a copy of Earthbound. I want it, but I'll find it for the right price eventually.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shulamana View Post
    That it, I'm going to sell my copy and buy a CIB Ogre Battle 64 with plenty extra leftover for other goodies.
    Do it! Now *that* is a game worth owning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kupomogli View Post
    Good game but very overrated.
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    If you think you overpaid on your copy of the game for $160, than I have something to tell you. I once saw the cardboard piece that goes on the inside of the box alone on ebay for $112, buy it now. Dunno if it sold, however.

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    The price spike in the past few years will come down. Look at Final Fantasy VII now and then a couple years ago and then five years before that. If you wait awhile, affordable copies will be plentiful. I do wish I held onto a copy of it though as it's a fun game to play through. I used to sell loose copies for $30 - $50 when I would come across one and I think I sold my last complete copy for $200 to a member here.

    That karma will come back around eventually.

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    I'm still holding out hope for some sort of official re-release in any form, if that ever happens.

    Hey, people said there would never be another Kid Icarus...

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    Quote Originally Posted by jperryss View Post
    And why buy it first, THEN ask if it's any good?
    Word. The mind boggles. Now that you've paid $160, why not play it yourself and make up your own mind?

    I don't think it's necessarily overrated, but I wouldn't pay $160 to play it, much less to put a piece of plastic on display.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jperryss View Post
    And why buy it first, THEN ask if it's any good?
    Itchy bidder finger is a dangerous phenomenon.

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    Yay more Earthbound threads!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daria View Post
    And this is why 600 plus RPGs later I still don't own a copy of Earthbound. I want it, but I'll find it for the right price eventually.
    Fuck yeah, getting it as a kid :P Still one of my favs. Great atmosphere and I always liked the sense of surreal humor it has.
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