Akumajo Densetsu

[Mark III]

Just found out my Castlevania III won't play on my Famicom so time to track down a Japanese one. Complete would be nice but cart only will do the job. Any idea what I can expect to pay?

[The 1 2 P]

I sold my complete copy on ebay for $50 or $60 about five months ago. Not sure what loose copies sell for though.

[Mark III]

Ah, that's good to hear. I assume it is a desirable import because of the superior music over the American one so I was worried it was going to be a really pricey one.

[portnoyd]

The first one on Famicom is actually the expensive one. Go figure.

[theclaw]

Problems with Castlevania III are not due to itself. If you've heard otherwise it was flat out wrong.

The actual reason is that both Famiclones and 72-to-60 pin adapters are incorrectly built.

[FoxNtd]

I just sold a loose Akumajou Densetsu for $20. You'd have a lot of trouble finding it for cheaper unless you live in Japan, and even then it'd still be hard I think.

[SparTonberry]

The first one on Famicom is actually the expensive one. Go figure.

That's because the cartridge version was a late re-release, along with Stinger and Bio Miracle Upa.
The disk version is much more common.

As to Akumajou Densetsu, I bought a loose copy off ebay for about $20 a couple years ago, but the price seems to have gone up since.
Not sure about action, but I think of sellers are now asking in the $30-40 range.

[scaryice]

http://vgstats.blogspot.com/2011/08/famicom-price-guide.html

Good thing I put together a loose Famicom cart price guide!