Today's Trade-Ins [DP Store]

[otoko]

No, Wouldn't that be NGPC?

[Jackattack]

No, Wouldn't that be NGPC?

Touche. I think you have me on that one. Oh well, then it's probably just Nintendo being foolish again. I still love them though.

[digitalpress]

Kinda fuzzy on what was yesterday and what was today, so a quick recap of both.

XBox 360 Devil May Cry 4 (complete) - first time traded in which means I get to take it home to play! Always happy when this happens.

Nintendo Wii System (loose) - third one in three weeks. Not complaining, they never last more than a day or two in the store. Oddly, the kid that traded this in came in with his dad, thought the games weren't for his age group (he looked to be about 11) and wanted to trade in for PS2 games instead. Umm, OK.

N64 Game Collection (loose) - few things make me happie than when someone trades in their N64 collection. Usually I find way too many wrestling, sports, and fringe titles but on good days like this, Mario 64, Mario Kart, Mario Party and Super Smash Bros among other truly popular quality titles.

Nintendo DS Lite, black (loose) - they're still pretty scarce NEW and it's nice to have a selection of black, white and pink available in good condition used. Plus the guy traded in about a dozen complete DS games, most of 'em good ones. In a few weeks a DS Lite will be no big deal but for anyone hunting for them since Christmas you know why this is a notable trade-in NOW.

[Snapple]

Yeah, the Wii is too violent for an 11-year old. Better get him a PS2 and some nice harmless Mortal Kombat or something.

[digitalpress]

Yeah, the Wii is too violent for an 11-year old. Better get him a PS2 and some nice harmless Mortal Kombat or something.

What's weird is that it was the KID who said the Wii games weren't right for his age group. I wondered to myself "too mature or too kiddie?" but would never ask this out loud because bottom line I don't give a shit, you can have ten PS2 games for your Wii, stupid.

[mnbren05]

bottom line I don't give a shit, you can have ten PS2 games for your Wii, stupid.

LOL that was definatly the quote of the day

[TonyTheTiger]

Did he trade any games along with the console? 11 year olds are a funny bunch. They have this saying: You love Disney at 6, outgrow it at 11, and learn to love it again at 18. Though I never experienced this myself, I guess a lot of people go through the same thing with Nintendo. I can only imagine he played Wii Sports and saw it like a Fisher Price version of EA or something.

[digitalpress]

Did he trade any games along with the console? 11 year olds are a funny bunch. They have this saying: You love Disney at 6, outgrow it at 11, and learn to love it again at 18. Though I never experienced this myself, I guess a lot of people go through the same thing with Nintendo. I can only imagine he played Wii Sports and saw it like a Fisher Price version of EA or something.

The only game he traded in with it was Wii Play. Again... too kiddie (cow racing) or too mature (virtual pool)? Ah who cares HA HA I GOT YOUR WII NOW.

[otoko]

The only game he traded in with it was Wii Play. Again... too kiddie (cow racing) or too mature (virtual pool)? Ah who cares HA HA I GOT YOUR WII NOW.

Oh, so Devious.

[RadiantSvgun]

The only game he traded in with it was Wii Play. Again... too kiddie (cow racing) or too mature (virtual pool)? Ah who cares HA HA I GOT YOUR WII NOW.

That Wii won't be in the store long will it? Around here, a few of the gamestops/eb have never gotten a Wii console traded in.

[TonyTheTiger]

A really dastardly store owner would run a contest. He would display the Wii, right? And then put a golden ticket inside the case of one used game. He would let everyone know with banners that "just buy the game with the golden ticket and you win the Wii!"

Of course, if faced with a very lucky customer, the store owner could lose by playing this game.

[RadiantSvgun]

A really dastardly store owner would run a contest. He would display the Wii, right? And then put a golden ticket inside the case of one used game. He would let everyone know with banners that "just buy the game with the golden ticket and you win the Wii!"

Of course, if faced with a very lucky customer, the store owner could lose by playing this game.

Unless he put that game behind the counter :D

[TonyTheTiger]

Heh, well that would be just downright corrupt. Doing it like I said, though, you could make an argument either way.

It's perfectly legitimate:
1) The store is making the same gamble that the customers are making. Customers buy something hoping the ticket is inside and the store is hoping that the customers buy something that doesn't have the ticket.

2) The store is creatively stirring up interest by introducing a game the public can have fun with.


It's dastardly:
1) The store is taking advantage of customers by riding the back of the Wii shortage. Using a Wii to pull customers into the store so they spend a lot trying to win a contest is no different than just sticking a $400 price tag on the thing.

2) The store isn't operating the way a store should operate. The merchandise should be sold to whoever wants it. Not raffled off, auctioned off, or any of that.

[RadiantSvgun]

Heh, well that would be just downright corrupt. Doing it like I said, though, you could make an argument either way.

It's perfectly legitimate:
1) The store is making the same gamble that the customers are making. Customers buy something hoping the ticket is inside and the store is hoping that the customers buy something that doesn't have the ticket.

2) The store is creatively stirring up interest by introducing a game the public can have fun with.


It's dastardly:
1) The store is taking advantage of customers by riding the back of the Wii shortage. This is no different than just sticking a $400 price tag on it.

2) The store isn't operating the way a store "should" operate. The merchandise should be sold to whoever wants it. Not raffled off, auctioned off, or any of that.

True, but I wonder how much the store is going to sell it for?

[Deadman]

A really dastardly store owner would run a contest. He would display the Wii, right? And then put a golden ticket inside the case of one used game. He would let everyone know with banners that "just buy the game with the golden ticket and you win the Wii!"

Of course, if faced with a very lucky customer, the store owner could lose by playing this game.


Also, a lot of people would buy the games, then upon learning that they didn't win, just return them later. There's a chance the store wouldn't sell much of anything, as they'd all come back as returns! Bye bye Wii....

[otoko]

Indeed. If anyone would do that, they should make it an actual contest rather than a golden ticket bullshit.

As we pointed out.. too many problems with that contest system.

[digitalpress]

First a bit of past business.


True, but I wonder how much the store is going to sell it for?

For the record, I just don't jack up the prices on a present-day retail item. I have, however, "bundled" things and I don't like doing that either. In fact, this usually only happens when I have to overpay for something - for example, I forced customers to buy new DS Lite systems with any 2 games of their choice of $19.99 or more. But that is because I was paying my distributor $135 dollars for what is a $129.99 product. To me, this seemed like a fair way of being able to stock something no one in my area could find without losing money on the deal.

To answer your question, used Wii's ALSO sell for $249.99 at my store as of today, the same as a new one (which I haven't had in months). This is high based on other used vs. new systems, obviously, but then again, I check a lot of things when selling a used item, and as evil as eBay is, it seems to be the one place you can guarantee getting one of these things on any given day and those sellers are making at LEAST this much. It's crazy, isn't it? And on paper I'm sure it looks wrong, but it feels fair to me. And though we've had an anomaly of three Wii's traded in over the last three weeks, all of these have sold within a day or two.

A little more on topic.

You know, I remember last year around this time I wondered why we were still so busy this deep into the doldrums of winter. I remember my short stints doing "fun" part time work at EB in the early 90's and I still hear it from friends who work at GameStop, this is a dead time. Though I never experience the highs they get on the holidays and the summer, I've been lucky enough to not have experienced the lows of January and February either. This week was just an amazing sales week. And now I have a theory.

Tax refunds.

It's gotta be. We did nearly 3000 in sales today and there were times when I had a line, which kinda sucks because I only have one register and even with two or three of us working it gets a little tricky trying to process people quickly. I must say that I *usually* have very understanding customers, too. They typically get that if they just walked in with three boxes of stuff to trade in, we might need to pause the process to handle someone who just wants to buy a game.

OK, back to the topic at hand.

PS3 60GB System (boxed) - not complete, I don't think. Well, there's no documentation anyway. This was taken in and sold all at the same time. I have a waiting list of people who want the "perfect" PS3, which plays all PS1 and PS2 without emulation.

Genesis ToeJam & Earl (complete) - if I knew back then what I know now. Do you know that I wrote the review for Digital Press back when this game actually came out? Loved it of course, but never imagined that it would become a sort of cult favorite - one of those games that no matter how many of 'em I have, I'd sell even at what might seem to an outsider "a high price for such an old, common game". Welcome back to the store, TJ&E. Bet you won't make it thru the day tomorrow.

[jeffg]

$249.99 for used wii is fair, there is a chain of stores around here buying used Wii's for $350 for the first one and $300 for each other one.

They are selling them for $425 and sell them briskly it seems as they only have 1 or 2 in stock at anytime

Almost makes me want to sell my wii, but I have some good VC games on there I couldn't give up

[TonyTheTiger]

Genesis ToeJam & Earl (complete) - if I knew back then what I know now. Do you know that I wrote the review for Digital Press back when this game actually came out? Loved it of course, but never imagined that it would become a sort of cult favorite - one of those games that no matter how many of 'em I have, I'd sell even at what might seem to an outsider "a high price for such an old, common game". Welcome back to the store, TJ&E. Bet you won't make it thru the day tomorrow.

I hate that game. I just hate it. But it tends to be one of the most polarizing games ever made. You just have to "get it" I suppose.

[digitalpress]

I hate that game. I just hate it. But it tends to be one of the most polarizing games ever made. You just have to "get it" I suppose.

Yep, not everyone I know, even avid Genesis fans, "get" this game. There's something about a game that's never the same twice that's always been very appealing to me. Especially at that time when memorizing everything seemed so important, it was quite refreshing to have a game like this blow that up and ask you to remember *nothing*.

I found my original review, too. My writing style has changed quite a bit in 15 years but this isn't too bad:
http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/toejamearl.htm

[kaedesdisciple]

I know you're holding a few things for me Joe and I appreciate it. I haven't forgotten, I'm just crazy busy. I'm going to try and make some time to get out there after I return from my business trip next week.

[RadiantSvgun]

Genesis ToeJam & Earl (complete) - if I knew back then what I know now. Do you know that I wrote the review for Digital Press back when this game actually came out? Loved it of course, but never imagined that it would become a sort of cult favorite - one of those games that no matter how many of 'em I have, I'd sell even at what might seem to an outsider "a high price for such an old, common game". Welcome back to the store, TJ&E. Bet you won't make it thru the day tomorrow.

I didn't know that game was like that! I'll have to go back and buy the one I saw yesterday.

[Trebuken]

Cow Racing needs more courses....

[digitalpress]

Late night so I'm posting this the morning after.

Yesterday was a Saturday which usually means lots of trade-ins. Plus it was a NAVA which means there are collectors about. Plus it was the largest turnout to date including many new faces. These things add up to some pretty nice trade-ins. The store spent nearly $1000 yesterday on trade-ins! Here's a few of the items.

XBox Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (complete) - and thankfully mint. Though the PS2 version is the one in the most demand in my store, the XBox version runs a close second. The fact that it's backwards compatible on 360 means it still has "legs", too.

N64 Millennium 2000 Controller (loose) - I didn't know much about this when I saw it, other than it says "Millennium 2000" below the usual etched Nintendo logo and it's got an unusual black and silver color scheme. The seller received this in a contest from Nintendo Power years ago. From the little information I can glean on the web, it seems very few of these (1000?) were made. Could be a rare gem.

Dreamcast Ikaruga (complete) - It's not uber-rare but the few we've had traded in came and went fast. As you may have noticed, that's a trend I often mention because I like it.

TurboGrafx-16 Neutopia II (complete) - in outer cardboard packaging as well. One of the less traded-in titles on the system, I think the first time I've seen it in a box (other than my personal copy) in the wild.

ColecoVision Antarctic Adventure (complete) - went right into my collection. I had the game but not the box with the little Antarctic map inside. Sweet.

PS2 Fatal Frame (complete) - on any other day I would have written more. Still holds its value at about $40.

[RadiantSvgun]

Late night so I'm posting this the morning after.

Yesterday was a Saturday which usually means lots of trade-ins. Plus it was a NAVA which means there are collectors about. Plus it was the largest turnout to date including many new faces. These things add up to some pretty nice trade-ins. The store spent nearly $1000 yesterday on trade-ins! Here's a few of the items.

XBox Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (complete) - and thankfully mint. Though the PS2 version is the one in the most demand in my store, the XBox version runs a close second. The fact that it's backwards compatible on 360 means it still has "legs", too.

N64 Millennium 2000 Controller (loose) - I didn't know much about this when I saw it, other than it says "Millennium 2000" below the usual etched Nintendo logo and it's got an unusual black and silver color scheme. The seller received this in a contest from Nintendo Power years ago. From the little information I can glean on the web, it seems very few of these (1000?) were made. Could be a rare gem.

Dreamcast Ikaruga (complete) - It's not uber-rare but the few we've had traded in came and went fast. As you may have noticed, that's a trend I often mention because I like it.

TurboGrafx-16 Neutopia II (complete) - in outer cardboard packaging as well. One of the less traded-in titles on the system, I think the first time I've seen it in a box (other than my personal copy) in the wild.

ColecoVision Antarctic Adventure (complete) - went right into my collection. I had the game but not the box with the little Antarctic map inside. Sweet.

PS2 Fatal Frame (complete) - on any other day I would have written more. Still holds its value at about $40.

Man, we need to talk about that Neutopia II!!!! But I'm sure by the time I get my paycheck on Saturday, it'll be gone.

[digitalpress]

Lots of NES, SNES and N64 trade-ins today. Without the usual fanfare, here's a smattering of what wast taken in.

- NES Bubble Bobble (loose)
- NES Final Fantasy (loose)
- SNES Secret of Evermore (loose)
- SNES Illusion of Gaia (loose)

And again, a Wii system was traded in. This is the fourth in less than four weeks. No complaints.

[TonyTheTiger]

It has to be the result of unhappy Christmas gift recipients. Junior got a Wii but either wanted something else or just got bored. Plus, I bet you give a better deal than Gamestop.

[Volcanon]

He must. I have zero customer loyalty to stores, but it's usually the darth vader huge company that pays more because the minimum-wage lackies don't care about condition. I dont have any expereince with games though, since I haven't traded anything in since I was 10.

[RadiantSvgun]

Lots of NES, SNES and N64 trade-ins today. Without the usual fanfare, here's a smattering of what wast taken in.

- NES Bubble Bobble (loose)
- NES Final Fantasy (loose)
- SNES Secret of Evermore (loose)
- SNES Illusion of Gaia (loose)

And again, a Wii system was traded in. This is the fourth in less than four weeks. No complaints.


I'm still gonna send you a PM about that Neutopia II. But since you are getting Wiis traded in, are you going to put one or two aside since smash bros is going to be released soon, and have like a "Wii Smash Bundle" with a couple of Gamecube controllers? Oh yeah, if that Neutopia II leaves the store between now and Saturday, would you let me know?

[Atari 5200]

And again, a Wii system was traded in. This is the fourth in less than four weeks. No complaints.

Very interesting so many Wiis traded in with a big release in the next few weeks.

[digitalpress]

Today was one of those days when nothing is spectacular, though there were two games traded in for the first time that look interesting enough for me to take them home and try out:

- Nintendo DS DQM (Dragon Quest Monsters) (complete)
- XBox 360 Conflict: Denied Ops (complete)

Sorry, not much more to add.

[Coldguy]

You will quickly notice something in Denied Ops, the lack of sound effects, it kills the game into a teriable FPS.

[digitalpress]

Here's one that's interesting more as a package than as an individual item.

A guy came in and traded in just five SNES games. Interestingly, just a few of these even made it through the day. Amazing how the popular titles just "go" before they spend any time on the shelves.

- SNES Earthbound (loose) - AGAIN
- SNES Super Mario RPG (loose)
- SNES Super Mario All-Stars (loose)
- SNES Donkey Kong Country (loose)
- SNES Illusion of Gaia (loose)

I wish there was a SNES factory. These games will all be gone in a day or two and on that day someone will come in and say "don't you have any GOOD SNES games?"

[Coldguy]

You should sound a "Good SNES game" alarm anytime that happens

[MASTERWEEDO]

People would stampeed.

[Volcanon]

Do you manage to keep enough decently easy to move stock with games moving the same day they come in?

[digitalpress]

Do you manage to keep enough decently easy to move stock with games moving the same day they come in?

Yes, because the collector's tend to buy the "fringe" stuff. Most collectors have all of these popular titles already (maybe not Earthbound). Casual gamers just have to hit the store at the right time to get titles like these.

[digitalpress]

Of all the stuff traded in today, we had a nice pile of Dreamcast stuff.

Dreamcast Skies of Arcadia (complete)
Dreamcast Prince of Persia (complete)
Dreamcast Street Fighter Third Strike (complete)
Dreamcast Mortal Kombat Gold (complete)
Dreamcast Star Wars Jedi Power Battles (complete)

While none of these things probably seems very interesting, remember that I'm doing this thread as a sort of personal diary. At this time in the store, our Dreamcast stock is severely depleted. These games as well as the more common (yet just as welcome) titles like Soul Calibur and Shenmue mark a very TIMELY trade-in.

[RadiantSvgun]

Of all the stuff traded in today, we had a nice pile of Dreamcast stuff.

Dreamcast Skies of Arcadia (complete)
Dreamcast Prince of Persia (complete)
Dreamcast Street Fighter Third Strike (complete)
Dreamcast Mortal Kombat Gold (complete)
Dreamcast Star Wars Jedi Power Battles (complete)

While none of these things probably seems very interesting, remember that I'm doing this thread as a sort of personal diary. At this time in the store, our Dreamcast stock is severely depleted. These games as well as the more common (yet just as welcome) titles like Soul Calibur and Shenmue mark a very TIMELY trade-in.

Third Strike never stays around here. It carries a huge price tag and never stays in any store.

[TonyTheTiger]

Which is strange since the DC version is far inferior to the version on the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection. You'd think people would want that one more. Though the PS2 version of MvC2 is the worst one and, well...yeah.

[RadiantSvgun]

Which is strange since the DC version is far inferior to the version on the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection. You'd think people would want that one more. Though the PS2 version of MvC2 is the worst one and, well...yeah.

I know, but more people have ps2s than dreamcasts now. I like the DC version above them all.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Of all the stuff traded in today, we had a nice pile of Dreamcast stuff.

Dreamcast Skies of Arcadia (complete)
Dreamcast Prince of Persia (complete)
Dreamcast Street Fighter Third Strike (complete)
Dreamcast Mortal Kombat Gold (complete)
Dreamcast Star Wars Jedi Power Battles (complete)

While none of these things probably seems very interesting, remember that I'm doing this thread as a sort of personal diary. At this time in the store, our Dreamcast stock is severely depleted. These games as well as the more common (yet just as welcome) titles like Soul Calibur and Shenmue mark a very TIMELY trade-in.

Make sure the MK Gold is the Hot! New! version - some of the original copies were broken and froze in Dreamcasts.

[digitalpress]

Make sure the MK Gold is the Hot! New! version - some of the original copies were broken and froze in Dreamcasts.

As a matter of fact, it is.

[PapaStu]

Make sure the MK Gold is the Hot! New! version - some of the original copies were broken and froze in Dreamcasts.


As a matter of fact, it is.

Its not enough to check the manual to show that its a Hot!New!, but that the disc is the right color. I've gotten Hot!New! copies off ebay with the wrong disc to go with them as they had come from a GameStop type place that mixed discs.


Hot!New! Re-Releases
Hydro Thunder (Disc is redish {original is blue}Hot!New! sticker OR Hot!New! printed on manual)
Mortal Kombat: Gold (Disc is redish orange {original is yellowish}, Hot!New! sticker on manual only)
NFL Blitz 2000 (Disc is redish orange {original is purplish}, Hot!New! sticker OR Hot!New! printed on manual)
Ready 2 Rumble (Disc is red {original is yellow}, Hot!New! sticker OR Hot!New! printed on manual)

Joe if that MK:Gold has a Printed Hot!New! burst on it, and not a stickered burst i'll buy it off you and do all kinds of things for you.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Its not enough to check the manual to show that its a Hot!New!, but that the disc is the right color. I've gotten Hot!New! copies off ebay with the wrong disc to go with them as they had come from a GameStop type place that mixed discs.


Hot!New! Re-Releases
Hydro Thunder (Disc is redish {original is blue}Hot!New! sticker OR Hot!New! printed on manual)
Mortal Kombat: Gold (Disc is redish orange {original is yellowish}, Hot!New! sticker on manual only)
NFL Blitz 2000 (Disc is redish orange {original is purplish}, Hot!New! sticker OR Hot!New! printed on manual)
Ready 2 Rumble (Disc is red {original is yellow}, Hot!New! sticker OR Hot!New! printed on manual)

Joe if that MK:Gold has a Printed Hot!New! burst on it, and not a stickered burst i'll buy it off you and do all kinds of things for you.

This also is true for Sonic Adventure - the original pressing which is prone to errors, freezing, and sounds issues from whatever revision Sega made to the Dreamcast just before launch is a paler shade of blue on the disc...although Sega never labeled their cases with the Hot New! Labels to make it any easy for retailers.

The darker blue Sonic Adventure discs are the more stable ones.

[Gabriel]

Are Final Fantasy 1 carts still overly valuable?

Many years ago, there was a local toy shop slowly in the process of going out of business. I picked up a spare copy of Final Fantasy 1 from them. But the thing was that they had dozens of them all sealed on the shelf, priced at pennies each. I briefly thought about buying all of them, but I decided against it. After all, if there were that many and they couldn't get rid of them at that price, then it wouldn't be worth it.

Fast forward about 10 years, I'm browsing ebay looking for something and I see mad bidding wars going on for sealed Final Fantasy NES carts. The bidding was always getting up into the $100+ range. I've often wondered if this was temporary insanity, or if those prices are genuinely what people pay for sealed copies of the game.

I could have probably bought every copy the store had with the $20 I had left in my pocket, and still have had change left over. There were probably about 50 of them, so I often wonder if that tiny investment would have returned something like $5000.

[TonyTheTiger]

I live by this mantra: If it's a piece of a popular series it will be worth at least a reasonable amount because there will always be someone out there looking for it. Look at the Ninja Gaiden games. Look at the Zelda games. Look at the Metal Gear games. They don't exactly cost an arm and a leg because they're plentiful but they don't go for pennies. Add to the fact that anything sealed is probably going to be notably rarer than a non-sealed version, you should find that there's not much risk of losing out if you can get it cheap. Hell, every Gamestop within a 20 mile radius of me has at least 6 copies of the Zelda Collection for Gamecube and every one of them costs $40. Rare? Hardly. Worth something? Of course. It's Zelda.

[GarrettCRW]

Fast forward about 10 years, I'm browsing ebay looking for something and I see mad bidding wars going on for sealed Final Fantasy NES carts. The bidding was always getting up into the $100+ range. I've often wondered if this was temporary insanity, or if those prices are genuinely what people pay for sealed copies of the game.

While sealed game collectors are some damn insane, it's more an issue of "The game is popular, so most copies got opened up and played".

[digitalpress]

Today, kinda light on trade-ins. actually there was some quality stuff but we're talking uncommon PS2 and XBox games, not a lot that would stand out for this crowd.

N64 Mario Party 2 (complete) - nice, in the box. I think the kid bought it here a year ago or so.

Genesis Power Base Converter (loose) - traded in barely working and disgusting but my clean-up skills have become impeccable over the years, now it looks like it just came out of a box.

Yeah, that's about it.

[RadiantSvgun]

Today, kinda light on trade-ins. actually there was some quality stuff but we're talking uncommon PS2 and XBox games, not a lot that would stand out for this crowd.

N64 Mario Party 2 (complete) - nice, in the box. I think the kid bought it here a year ago or so.

Genesis Power Base Converter (loose) - traded in barely working and disgusting but my clean-up skills have become impeccable over the years, now it looks like it just came out of a box.

Yeah, that's about it.

I've never seen a Power Base Converter for sale anywhere. Is it 100% with all the master system games?

[Blitzwing256]

only game it doesn't work with is f15 fighthing falcon (card game)

[otoko]

I find that rather strange.. is there a reason for that?

[Blitzwing256]

if I recall f15 falcon was more or less a straight up copy of the sg1000? version and the pbc was never meant to run those games, but a true sms can do it just fine.

[digitalpress]

Today.

3DO System (loose) - As meaningless as it might sound, these systems very rarely get traded in these days. Stock is going up. Same seller who also traded in a library of 3DO games yesterday, nothing spectacular though.

Dreamcast System (x2, both boxed) - One of which has been modded. Just nice to have 'em in the original box. Traded in with a bunch of games, the better of which include:

Dreamcast Shenmue II (complete) - Euro import.
Dreamcast Headhunter (complete) - Euro import.
Dreamcast Power Stone 2 (complete) - A "top three" for this system, demand-wise.

[TonyTheTiger]

Other than the English vs. Japanese voice acting, is there any other difference between the DC version and Xbox version of Shenmue II?

[ubersaurus]

Today.

3DO System (loose) - As meaningless as it might sound, these systems very rarely get traded in these days. Stock is going up. Same seller who also traded in a library of 3DO games yesterday, nothing spectacular though.

Dreamcast System (x2, both boxed) - One of which has been modded. Just nice to have 'em in the original box. Traded in with a bunch of games, the better of which include:

Dreamcast Shenmue II (complete) - Euro import.
Dreamcast Headhunter (complete) - Euro import.
Dreamcast Power Stone 2 (complete) - A "top three" for this system, demand-wise.

Doubtless you don't want that 3DO, so I better just take that off your hands ;)

Powerstone 2 kicks total ass. It deserves to be a top 3.

[Volcanon]

You should take a common and price it at $100 just to see if
A: somebody tries to steal it
B: somebody tries to buy it

[otoko]

that or do a small contest.

Take a game and price it over. Then hide it in the store.

[Jackattack]

Other than the English vs. Japanese voice acting, is there any other difference between the DC version and Xbox version of Shenmue II?

That was the only important difference between the two copies. I'm not certain about the extra content, but the xbox does have the better version as far as graphics go. It also contains some filters that allow you to change the games look on the fly, but are otherwise pointless and a camera that allows you to store your pictures to the hard drive.

If you're wondering if getting the pal version is worth it, without a doubt yes. I own both copies but got the DC version first and quite thankful for it. The english voice acting is far inferior to the japanese and really hurts the experience. If you haven't played either version get the Dreamcast one, if you have already played the xbox version get it on Dreamcast anyway and support you're love for all things shenmue. You know you want to go back and beat it again anyway.

[thetoxicone]

You should take a common and price it at $100 just to see if
A: somebody tries to steal it
B: somebody tries to buy it

I'm assuming you are referring to the section of Acts of Gord where the overpriced sports n64 games are stolen.

[digitalpress]

See my "Fred Sanford" blog post which should pop up on the forum here soon. I didn't want to bog this thread down with today's rant. Instead, the matter at hand.

Wii No More Heroes (complete, about 10 minutes old) - purchased tonight new and then traded in shortly afterward, apparently there was some mix-up in this guy's family finances. I don't ask a lot of questions, I just know that I'll now get to try the game out.

SNES Super Punch-Out!! (loose) - you know, of all the popular SNES games - Chrono Trigger and Earthbound included - THIS is the game I get traded in the least. Perhaps because it's my favorite SNES game of all time. Anyway, it's been about 4 months since I've seen this traded in so I welcome it back, even if it's for a very short time.

Genesis Gunstar Heroes (boxed) - missing the manual. Another popular favorite that's rarely traded in and was quite the diamond in the rough of a rather crappy Genesis pile purchased today. More on this in a moment.

Nintendo DS Lite Lighted Sign - VERY cool, it's about a foot and a half wide, a foot tall. Has a picture of the DS with a hand and stylus, as well as that now familiar logo. It's not a neon sign, it's the kind where the light emanates from within the glass. Looks really nice, now I just gotta find a place to put it. Brought in by a retail game store guy whose store no longer had a spot for it.

[Volcanon]

I'm assuming you are referring to the section of Acts of Gord where the overpriced sports n64 games are stolen.

Yup. That site was a hiliarious night of reading.

[digitalpress]

Well now.

Nintendo DS Tetris DS (complete) - I hope that someday this post is looked at with a weird "what the... THAT is a highlight?" look, because this game shouldn't be so hard to find. As of today, it is. Ask anyone here.

PS2 Rez (complete) - US version, good condition. Nice.

NES Contra (complete) - this, as well as a few other boxed NES games were not mentioned to me but I noticed them waiting to be priced yesterday, so thought I'd put it out there today before I forget. Contra is in high demand. Boxed ones go in our display case.

[Volcanon]

Just curious - do you sell pirate multicarts?

[digitalpress]

WEAK trade-in day (less than $200 spent in total). Kinda weird day too, because we did over $3k in sales (and I still have an hour and a half to go, but things usually slow down big right now). You'd think SOME of those people would be trading in other games, if not Wii games. Really, other than a 360 premium system, this is all there is to report!

PS2 Time Crisis 3 (complete) - in box and in great shape. As in, I don't have to resurface it.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Just curious - do you sell pirate multicarts?

Pirate Multicart ... OOOH I'd love to have all of these on ONE CART!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PQVGVHTBL._AA280_.jpg

http://thewarpzone.classicgaming.gamespy.com/boxes/skull1.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/all/boxshots2/586387_38996.jpg

http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/amg/games/drg000/g063/g06318j6mny.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/gameboy/1/8/6/6/-/-/PiratesPackshot.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61THBNSTXXL._AA280_.jpg

Whoops, just remembered I promised not to hijack this thread ... the pirates made me do it!! http://www.smiliesarena.com/emoticons/Main/Pirates/laugh.gifhttp://www.smiliesarena.com/emoticons/Main/Pirates/pirashoot.gifhttp://www.smiliesarena.com/emoticons/Main/Pirates/drink.gif

[Volcanon]

Is that Tengen game as crappy as it's brand implies?

[digitalpress]

Light trade-in day - better than yesterday but nothing terrific to report. Actually, since it's the first time this has ever happened, here's my highlight:

XBox 360 Lost Odyssey (complete) - fairly recent game, first time traded in. I immediately put this in my "take home" pile because I wanted to try it out. So later I head downstairs to grab a few things, come back up and it's gone. "What happened to Lost Odyssey"? I ask Maryah. Turns out the kid who traded it in changed his mind some half hour after trading it in and perhaps more unusual, he had never actually left the store. I would have done the same thing. We just didn't have anything he wanted to trade for.

We take DVD's in as well, though I'm pretty selective about what I take. A forum member stopped in late tonight and traded in some 20-30 movies, most of which I took because they were really unusual. Among these were the Suspiria 3-disc set, the 70's animated X-rated movie Fritz the Cat, the Inspector Gadget boxed set, and some movie that Ben Heckendorn (yes, THE Ben Heckendorn) directed whose name escapes me at the moment. If not the most popular DVD collection I've taken in, it was certainly the most unusual.

[digitalpress]

Today:

Final Fantasy VII (complete, non-GH version) - I'd buy these all day long if I could. I'd put it in the top ten "do you have?" items.

SMS Buster Douglas Boxing (loose) - Ack, where's the box an manual?! Oh well, this is the first time the game has appeared in this store in any condition.

"Time Machine" gizmo - OK, so this device allows you to play Famicom games on your GBA or DS and also has an output port that lets you display on an external monitor (television). Weird. Weird is good, by the way.

TurboGrafx-16 Dragon's Curse (loose) - Ack again! See Buster Douglas, above.

[TonyTheTiger]

Final Fantasy VII (complete, non-GH version) - I'd buy these all day long if I could. I'd put it in the top ten "do you have?" items.

I wonder how much longer until the price on this game goes into a tailspin.


"Time Machine" gizmo - OK, so this device allows you to play Famicom games on your GBA or DS and also has an output port that lets you display on an external monitor (television). Weird. Weird is good, by the way.

That sounds extremely awkward.

[Blitzwing256]

The time machine is pretty cool, only problem is it requires additional batteries to use it (doesn't leech off the gba battery) and it needs to have a gba game in it to work, works great for no-pirate carts, most pirate carts are a bit loose and don't fit well.

[Coldguy]

Today:

"Time Machine" gizmo - OK, so this device allows you to play Famicom games on your GBA or DS and also has an output port that lets you display on an external monitor (television). Weird. Weird is good, by the way.


Did Frankie sell that to you? I sold it to Frankie, be funny if it were true...

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Did Frankie sell that to you? I sold it to Frankie, be funny if it were true...

NO WAY MAN!

I DID happen to be there after it got traded in and chatted with Raj about the finer points of the item. (The one that got traded in came with a NES to Famicom adapter in the box!)

I like mine a lot and probably won't ever trade or sell it as long as I own a GBASP and/or a DS Lite (works with that too).

It's proudly in my famiclone collection...possibly one of the strangest ones I own.

[Coldguy]

NO WAY MAN!


Alright I was just wondering, that was the token that I got after losing a wii over to another couple a mere 55 miles away, so I thought it was a win to find some obscure stuff there (including some DK bongos).

[digitalpress]

Late night last night in what will hopefully be the last Super Smash Bros MELEE tournament for a long long while. 32 players and 3 hours later I wasn't in the mood for posting!

Actually there wasn't much to mention.

PS2 Colosseum Road to Freedom (complete) - I've never seen this one before, and it has never been traded in here. Looked pretty cool and I thought it was interesting that this game which looks like a Dynasty Warriors-style brawler is categorized as an "Action RPG" on the back of the box. I took it home to try it out on my next day off. Amazon sellers are NUTS (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00092A71G/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1205536314&sr=1-1) with this one, though.