I got all nostalgic about FuncoLand and then this happened

[thrsn]

I got all nostalgic about FuncoLand and then this happened http://imgur.com/a/Shpz3

I've been using newspaper scans found here for reference. I'm trying to be as accurate to the source material as possible. All prices end in .49 or .99, there's only a $-sign on the first price, and consoles are bold. Anything else I should watch out for?

[Tanooki]

What year is that? I don't remember them ever asking $90 for Aerofighters in the 90s or earlier 00s. Surprising also to see the SNES test cart listed.

[ApolloBoy]

What year is that? I don't remember them ever asking $90 for Aerofighters in the 90s or earlier 00s. Surprising also to see the SNES test cart listed.

LOL that's not a real FuncoLand listing.

[thrsn]

What year is that? I don't remember them ever asking $90 for Aerofighters in the 90s or earlier 00s. Surprising also to see the SNES test cart listed.

Those are current prices.

[Tanooki]

I don't believe that, but hey if you can get me Aerofighters for $90 to complete the last piece of my lost SNES cart collection, I'm game.

[Ro-J]

You can find some real Funcoland scans in this thread. Aero Fighters was a little cheaper back then.

I believe the OP is trying to recreate Funcoland's style with today's prices.....maybe? The prices are still off if that's the case.

[bb_hood]

Where is Stadium Events for 7$?

[thrsn]

I don't believe that, but hey if you can get me Aerofighters for $90 to complete the last piece of my lost SNES cart collection, I'm game.

Good catch. I get prices from pricecharting.com where it's correctly listed for $469. Clearly there's something wrong with my code.

[Rickstilwell1]

I have a full newspaper from 1999. I should scan it for you all when I get my place cleaned and organized.

[thrsn]

I have a full newspaper from 1999. I should scan it for you all when I get my place cleaned and organized.

There's actually quite a few scans floating around these forums. They've been very helpful while designing the app.

[thrsn]

All fixed now http://imgur.com/a/Shpz3

[Tanooki]

I got to admit it looks good and convincing.

[SparTonberry]

Somewhere I uploaded the November '99 sheet and it seems to have passed around.
Dragon Warrior IV was literally the only NES game over $20 on that list.
Now that game probably isn't even in the top 10 most expensive.

For some reason, I strongly recall July 2001 being the last list at my local store.

[Rickstilwell1]

I remember when FuncoLand and Game Crazy advertised having the Neo Geo Pocket Color and games. 2 Years later, nobody who worked at either store even remembered carrying them.

[thrsn]

I've been using the 1993 and 2001 sheets found in this thread to try to determine how they changed over the years. Originally all the prices ended in .00 and .90 but somewhere along the way they switched to .49 and .99. Aside from that there aren't a lot of changes. Probably one of the reasons the sheets are so memorable.

[justfadeaway]

Good catch. I get prices from pricecharting.com where it's correctly listed for $469. Clearly there's something wrong with my code.

I don't care how good/bad/rare a game is. No game is worth almost $500

[fluid_matrix]

Stadium Events.........$0.29

Wonder if anybody ever turned theirs in for credit at this price.

[Kevincal]

I sold an old funcoland newspaper on ebay sometime back. forget for how much and what year it was from... Now I really miss Software etc., G&G and Suncoast (anime)? And I also miss arcades from the mid 90s. Was so exciting when games like virtua fighter, Daytona, mk3, killer instinct, alpha, tekken came out in arcades etc. Ah, life before the internet.. I mean internet was around in 1995 but most still didn't have it. I didn't have pc and net until 1997.

[SparTonberry]

Stadium Events.........$0.29

Wonder if anybody ever turned theirs in for credit at this price.

Someone did.
My most regrettable purchase is not buying it when my local store had one for $8.99.
I didn't wanna spend $9 on a game I couldn't play!
I had heard a rumor then of it being a $1000 game then, but thought it had to be BS.
Told my friend years later. "Yeah, you should've bought it if you had even HEARD that kind of rumor."

Not surprising though. That was the early 2000s. Not many people probably heard of the game until the $12k auction.

[thrsn]

For some reason my FuncoLand (all FuncoLands?) kept the NES games on a shelf behind the counter making it impossible to browse. Instead I would stand there with my highlighted sheet calling off games one-by-one as the clerk looked for them. No, no, no, no, no, yes, no, no, no...