The most you have spent on a Nintendo 64 game?

[FUZZY PICKLES!!!]

So we've got a thread for NES/Famicom titles and SNES games. Now it's time for N64 to have one. :-D

The Nintendo 64 just happens to be my favorite console and the only one where I have a large library of carts for (over 30+ games). Having just gotten into retro gaming July of last year (and especially since this year started), I would say that the game I had to pay most for was Worms Armageddon for the Nintendo 64 at $123.95. I got this game mainly because I remember renting this game a few times out of Blockbuster and liking this game a lot so I decided to buy it out of nostalgia. It's still a fun game to this date but I can't say I would have paid this much had the N64 not been among my favorites. Luckily, all other remaining games I'd liked to get aren't particularly expensive.

[Leo_A]

Majora's Mask at $59.99, I believe is the most I ever spent on this platform.

[YoshiM]

It's one of my favorite systems as well. I've probably got close to what you have in number of carts, many of which I bought when they first came out.

Not counting original pricing, I think the most I paid was $50 for a loose copy of Animal Forest. I was an AC nut and I saw it MGC for $50. It was fun but I accidentally deleted a save of someone that had Famicom games....awww maaaaan....

[Nathan Dunsmore]

35 for Sin and Punishment complete in 2004. Runners up would be Paper Mario CIB ($25, 2010), Stunt Racer 64 CIB ($25, 2004) and Taz Express w/ manual ($20, 2002).

[retroguy]

I guess I'm kinda lucky that I bought the bulk of my current N64 collection a couple of years ago before stuff started getting crazy (although there are still quite a few carts on my want list). Thus far, the most I ever spent was 12 bucks on Paper Mario.

[goldenband]

$12.75 for a used copy of Starfox 64 CIB. I also traded $60-80 worth of Intellivision stuff for a CIB Conker's Bad Fur Day a few years back.

[retroguy]

Since Conker's Bad Fur Day appears to be the new Earthbound in terms of how ridiculous the prices are (which is stupid since it's not even remotely rare or hard to find), I guess you got a good deal.

[The 1 2 P]

I spent around $50 for the Japanese import version of Perfect Dark limited edition back in the day. That version is still worth some money too.

[Daria]

I recently traded a CIB Conkers for Ys 3 on turbografx. So basically swapped out a $100 game.

[ZeroCool]

$50 each for Paper Mario and Conker CIB like brand new. This was before the insane spike

[Tanooki]

I can't find anything as far back as ebay will go, but I think it's pretty safe to say post-N64 era the most I think I ever paid was maybe $20 tops. I don't put much value into N64 games to be honest, not even back in the day really because so many abandoned it I rarely had something to play half its life (which caused me to go multiconsole with a Turbo Duo so it wasn't all bad.) $20 may even be a stretch but it's a fair price I think.

The few games I've picked up I can remember over the last few years I know I didn't pay more than $5-15 for and that's including when I had Bomberman the Second Attack, Hydro Thunder w/book, Gauntlet Legends, Resident Evil 2 and a few others. When I was buying, most people considered the system non-collectible garbage still as things only changed in the last couple of years.

[FUZZY PICKLES!!!]

It's one of my favorite systems as well. I've probably got close to what you have in number of carts, many of which I bought when they first came out.

Not counting original pricing, I think the most I paid was $50 for a loose copy of Animal Forest. I was an AC nut and I saw it MGC for $50. It was fun but I accidentally deleted a save of someone that had Famicom games....awww maaaaan....I used to have an old N64 back from 1999 that I eventually ended up with around 15 games for (which was sent to my dad's house after we got a PS2 in Christmas, 2001). Unfortunately, it broke back in November, 2007 and my dad sold all of the games (except Pokemon Stadium which happened to work after all of these years) since he assumed I wasn't interested in getting another one (I didn't want to make a ruckus over losing it so I said basically nothing). But over time, I realized just how much I missed my N64 and a big reason why I wanted to get a job was so I could get another N64 and buy games for it again. I should have started back in June, 2011 when I finally got a job but then again, I was anticipating Smash Wii U and I wanted to get the game on launch so that took priority for me (although I did end up buying a N64 in October, 2013 anyway along with Super Mario 64, Blast Corps, and Diddy Kong Racing).

I'm surprised you paid that much for Animal Forest. Usually you can find the game for less than that CIB.

[celerystalker]

As we get newer and newer on systems here, there probably should be a qualifier like the NES thread, like used only, as many people who post here probably paid retail for at least a few games on these systems.

I know I paid retail (around $60) for Goldeneye, Ocarina of Time, Quest 64, and probably one or two others at the time.

Used, I think tops I ever paid out was about $15 for Super Smash Bros. At least my Conker's Bad Fur Day was free. Got it in a press kit back in the day when I was managing a store. Wish I'd kept all the packaging. I still have the shirt with Conker face down in a toilet, but it's pretty beat up now. If I'dve known it'd get so silly, I probably would have been a little more careful.

[fahlim003]

$25 for Sin & Punishment complete.

[Mayhem]

As I had an N64 at the time, then around 40 quid for new titles, although I had a US N64, so they were mail order imports. Still pretty much the same price as the PAL versions being sold here.

I own Sin&Punishment, Bangia-oh, ISS2000, and a few of the harder to find games, but didn't pay more than standard new price for them either. I don't own the "Blockbuster" games heh.

[YoshiM]

I'm surprised you paid that much for Animal Forest. Usually you can find the game for less than that CIB.

Now but then I think it was a little higher. I checked before I bought it and prices online were not that far off. I think I only found something like 2 copies online then.

My N64 is my launch day original. A couple controllers were also from that time period but I replaced the sticks a while back. About 10 years ago you could buy OEM sticks off E-Bay for a decent amount.

[Tanooki]

That's one thing I never got into was N64 import games. I really can't think of much they got we didn't that was actually worth bothering other than I guess AC and definitely Sin and Punishment(shame the wii sequel sucks compared.) I remember there being a Neon Genesis Evangelion game too, not sure if it was all that english friendly though.

[SparTonberry]

As I had an N64 at the time, then around 40 quid for new titles, although I had a US N64, so they were mail order imports. Still pretty much the same price as the PAL versions being sold here.

I own Sin&Punishment, Bangia-oh, ISS2000, and a few of the harder to find games, but didn't pay more than standard new price for them either. I don't own the "Blockbuster" games heh.

Wasn't ISS2000 one of the Blockbuster-exclusive games, or could I be thinking of something else?

[Tanooki]

I think it was, but either way it is on low production so it is worth some scratch. There's lists around of what they only had, and then the stuff they partially only had that went into some very very limited form of retail around it or after like Transformers which did hit retail in very teeny numbers or Indiana Jones which lucas arts via the website sold just a few thousand copies of with the majority of the run (10K I was told back at E3 2000 by a guy on the project) going to blockbuster.

[Aussie2B]

Hmm, $70, I suppose, but that was me paying full price when the system was still active. For used games, I think a few of my imports were the most expensive, like in the 30-40-some dollar range, for games like Sin & Punishment, Getter Love!!, and Bomberman 64 (not to be confused with the US release of the same name). I only buy my N64 imports complete, though. For used US games, I know I spent 20-30-some bucks on stuff like Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness and Goemon's Great Adventure, but those were also complete (got them only a year or two after they were released). For a loose cart, geez, I don't know if I've ever even spent more than 10 bucks.


That's one thing I never got into was N64 import games. I really can't think of much they got we didn't that was actually worth bothering other than I guess AC and definitely Sin and Punishment(shame the wii sequel sucks compared.) I remember there being a Neon Genesis Evangelion game too, not sure if it was all that english friendly though.

There are many good Japan-exclusive N64 games. I mean maybe not compared to Super Famicom, PC Engine, Saturn, and other systems that are very popular among importers, but there's still plenty of good stuff. The problem is that not many importers care about the N64 so there's little info in English on what's out there, which creates the vicious circle of importers assuming that there's nothing worth caring about. But that's everybody else's loss because I've built up a nice little collection of Japan exclusives without having to spend too much on them.

[ProjectCamaro]

Not including buying games new I'd say around $40 or so. The N64 is my favorite console of all time so I'm willing to pay a little more for its games over others.

[Nathan Dunsmore]

There are many good Japan-exclusive N64 games. I mean maybe not compared to Super Famicom, PC Engine, Saturn, and other systems that are very popular among importers, but there's still plenty of good stuff. The problem is that not many importers care about the N64 so there's little info in English on what's out there, which creates the vicious circle of importers assuming that there's nothing worth caring about. But that's everybody else's loss because I've built up a nice little collection of Japan exclusives without having to spend too much on them.

I'm wondering how many are english friendly though. Besides Sin and Punishment the other two imports I own are Rakuga Kids and Airboarder 64. I found the visual style of Rakuga Kids to be refreshing (a one-of-a-kind for the console really) but it struck me as a shallow button masher which doesn't suite the controller's button layout. The only reason I bought the latter is because the US release was cancelled and that perked my interest. Both are accessible to US gamers but I wouldn't say we missed much. Besides what has been mentioned here already there is also a survival horror game that takes place on a cruise ship (the name escapes me at this time) but that looks heavily text based.

Like you I also buy my imports complete and I payed 9 for Rakuga Kids and 20 for Airboarder (from longtime DP member, Flack) over 10 years ago. Now I see RK going for 150 loose on ebay. Wow.

[Atarileaf]

About $5 - the N64 isn't a system I care enough about to spend a lot of money on

[FUZZY PICKLES!!!]

I'm surprised to hear that many people here paid for N64 titles at such low prices. I have to admit when I first joined, I was not expecting many people to have been gaming for such a long period of time.
As we get newer and newer on systems here, there probably should be a qualifier like the NES thread, like used only, as many people who post here probably paid retail for at least a few games on these systems.

I know I paid retail (around $60) for Goldeneye, Ocarina of Time, Quest 64, and probably one or two others at the time.

Used, I think tops I ever paid out was about $15 for Super Smash Bros. At least my Conker's Bad Fur Day was free. Got it in a press kit back in the day when I was managing a store. Wish I'd kept all the packaging. I still have the shirt with Conker face down in a toilet, but it's pretty beat up now. If I'dve known it'd get so silly, I probably would have been a little more careful.

Didn't think about it. I was really young when the N64 was still active so I never had the experience of paying for these games up until recently.
Now but then I think it was a little higher. I checked before I bought it and prices online were not that far off. I think I only found something like 2 copies online then.

My N64 is my launch day original. A couple controllers were also from that time period but I replaced the sticks a while back. About 10 years ago you could buy OEM sticks off E-Bay for a decent amount.I wonder when you got your Animal Forest game? 2001/2002? I'd imagine price went down afterwards.
Wasn't ISS2000 one of the Blockbuster-exclusive games, or could I be thinking of something else?I have no idea, but I do know that Clayfighter: Sculptor Cut was a Blockbuster-exclusive and that's considered one of the rarest N64 games (at least in North America). Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine was mostly a Blockbuster exclusive as well, but surprisingly, prices aren't that bad yet (you can still find them for below $50 loose).

[Aussie2B]

I'm wondering how many are english friendly though. Besides Sin and Punishment the other two imports I own are Rakuga Kids and Airboarder 64. I found the visual style of Rakuga Kids to be refreshing (a one-of-a-kind for the console really) but it struck me as a shallow button masher which doesn't suite the controller's button layout. The only reason I bought the latter is because the US release was cancelled and that perked my interest. Both are accessible to US gamers but I wouldn't say we missed much. Besides what has been mentioned here already there is also a survival horror game that takes place on a cruise ship (the name escapes me at this time) but that looks heavily text based.

Like you I also buy my imports complete and I payed 9 for Rakuga Kids and 20 for Airboarder (from longtime DP member, Flack) over 10 years ago. Now I see RK going for 150 loose on ebay. Wow.

Rakuga Kids and Airboarder 64 actually aren't Japan-exclusives; both got PAL releases. Although in terms of regional lockout, it's definitely a lot easier for Americans to play the Japanese versions than figured out a way to play PAL N64 games. Yakouchuu II (the horror game on a ship) is a visual novel, so, yeah, that's about as un-English-friendly as a game can get. Generally speaking "English-friendly" is pretty subjective, though. Tons of Japanese games have a fair amount of text but can be enjoyed by those who don't know any Japanese if you're patient and can stomach a little trial and error. Obviously most aren't going to be as English-friendly as Sin & Punishment, which even has voice acting in English, but the N64 doesn't exactly have many RPGs and other text-heavy games to begin with, in any language. And some of the text-heavy Japan-only N64 games are awful and I wouldn't recommend them anyway (like Onegai Monsters).

But there are lots of good N64 imports that haven't been named in this topic. Wonder Project J2 is my favorite, but that one's very text-based (it does, however, have a fan patch). The Custom Robo games are really solid and should be extra easy for anyone who has played the Custom Robo games that came out in English (there is some RPG-style wandering around between battles, but making progress isn't difficult because the world is small and all you have to do is talk to everybody). There are some really nice puzzle games like Taisen Puzzle-dama and a couple Puyo Puyo games, and even silly stuff like IraIra Bou is fun. I could name a lot more N64 imports I've enjoyed, but those are a few highlights of what hasn't already been brought up in this topic (and that I feel shouldn't be too hard for those who don't know a lick of Japanese).

[Nathan Dunsmore]

Rakuga Kids and Airboarder 64 actually aren't Japan-exclusives; both got PAL releases. Although in terms of regional lockout, it's definitely a lot easier for Americans to play the Japanese versions than figured out a way to play PAL N64 games.

Yeah, that's the reason I went for the Japanese versions. I have no way of playing my copy of Taz Express.

Ever play Super Robot Spirits and if so, what are your thoughts on it?

[Nathan Dunsmore]

The best years for N64 collecting, for me, would have been 2002-2004 when many video stores were selling off their stock. I was lucky to have a video store that didn't put stickers on the labels and the stickers they placed on the manuals were easy to peel off without causing any cosmetic damage. Most of the games I acquired were in excellent condition anyway.

[Mayhem]

Didn't think about it. I was really young when the N64 was still active so I never had the experience of paying for these games up until recently.I wonder when you got your Animal Forest game? 2001/2002? I'd imagine price went down afterwards.I have no idea, but I do know that Clayfighter: Sculptor Cut was a Blockbuster-exclusive and that's considered one of the rarest N64 games (at least in North America). Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine was mostly a Blockbuster exclusive as well, but surprisingly, prices aren't that bad yet (you can still find them for below $50 loose).
That is more what I meant, Sculptor's Cut and that ilk. I've never been 100% convinced ISS2000 was Blockbuster exclusive. In fact, I'm not sure any of them technically were fully exclusive to Blockbuster. I checked my shelves, and I own International Track&Field as well, which was another one in that "category". I do wish I'd picked up Indiana Jones at the time, but decided not to based on the review scores (it was getting 70-75% in the press here).

As for Rakuga Kids, really, price wise?! I also have the CIB Japanese version, which I paid about a tenner for years and years ago.

[SparTonberry]

Might have been Track & Field that I do recall Nintendo Power saying it was rental exclusive in the Classified Information (when they said to use the Konami code to unlock everything before your rental expires).

[Tanooki]

I think most of those rental exclusives as I said were super limited release but mainly just rentals so they're called that. I know that ISS2000 wasn't rental only, same with Beastwars and Indiana Jones(web exclusive, a few thousand, the others up to the 10K run went to rental.) I'm surprised really Indy doesn't go for a lot more.

As far as the scores Indy got, it is a beta release on a cart, there are death dealing bugs you can not avoid that will break the game as you play it. It will on many stages randomly crash into this rainbow spew barf all over your screen where RESET fails to even work, only the on/off switch remedies the death of the game. Then you have this one at the end of a long stage where you move a crate, get on this little 1 man cable car over a gap, and if you push the crate push-push-push -- it locks the game up, but if you push-go around and pull-push it won't. This is all 100% and entirely the fault of that fraud George Lucas. He had that port of the PC game made side by side with Battle for Naboo both to be retail releases, but because it's Star Wars, they pulled everyone off Indy but one dude (the one I spoke of I met at E3 2000 and man he was more than happy to be pissed off and shit talk that asshole on the floor in the NOA booth) who had to finish it up and test it the best he could in a matter of a few weeks to then find out the date was for a limited release mostly to rental and a few to the website (which is how I learned of that.) I pity that guy, and I hate what happened to such a wonderful game, because if the bugs could be repaired it's by far the definitive release of the Infernal Machine. It looks better, it sounds better, the controls and camera aped Ocarina of Time so it plays infinitely better, and side by side at 640x480 on a PC of that day the N64 was better that way too with the 4MB memory expansion.

[Aussie2B]

Yeah, that's the reason I went for the Japanese versions. I have no way of playing my copy of Taz Express.

Ever play Super Robot Spirits and if so, what are your thoughts on it?

No, unfortunately not, that one's been eluding me (it's actually among the cheapest Japan-exclusive non-sports/board game N64 imports last I looked, but every time I tried to get it I just barely got outbid). I can't say I've heard especially good things about it, but those Banpresto/Bandai licensed mecha/superhero games usually aren't that great (the Ultraman game on N64 is awful, ugh). The Super Robot Taisen series is almost always pretty solid, though, and the N64 one ain't shabby at all. But being a strategy RPG, it's obviously not especially English-friendly.

If you want fighters, and played and liked Flying Dragon, you could try its sequel, SD Hiryu no Ken Densetsu. It's not amazing but it's fun.

[Nathan Dunsmore]

Never played Flying Dragon though it has always looked interesting to me. For N64 fighting games, I sunk a lot of time into Fighter's Destiny and Its sequel. Also enjoyed Mace, MK 4 and of course, Super Smash Brothers.

Steering back to the topic, another one of my higher priced N64 purchases was Tom and Jerry Fists of Furry for 20 new at GS back in the summer of 02. They actually had a decent amount of new N64 and GBC titles at the time. I later bought Xena from there for 10. I'd place both in the middle tier of N64 fighting games. I see Tom and Jerry go for good money now on Ebay but I still see Xena complete pop up from time to time at local game stores.

[Nathan Dunsmore]

To those discussing rental exclusives, the bona-fide rental exclusives on the N64 that I know of are Razor Freestyle Scooter (as evident on the front of the box) and NFL Blitz: Special Edition. I'm also fairly certain Stunt Racer 64 was released as a rental exclusive as not to compete with Midway's other release, Rush 2049.

[Gamevet]

I'd paid $69.95 for Super Mario 64 during the launch of the N64. Those carts were extremely expensive back in the day.

[Niku-Sama]

hmm as I was saying in my controller thread I didn't like n 64 much but the games I have paid the most for?

a year or so ago I got majoras mask in a hard plastic case, Ocarina of Time complete but slightly smooshed, and conkers bad fur day complete, opened near mint, never been played (no scoring on the gold contacts) for $15

found them at the AS IS store, often times called GoodWill outlet in larger metro areas.

[bb_hood]

Ive never really collected/purchased single games. Most of my N64 purchases have been like 'N64 system & dufflebag full of N64 games for 50$'.

[JSoup]

Had to have been Majora's Mask. I got my copy in a Software Etc. preorder bundle that came with the game, the N64 expansion pack and something else that I can't remember.


Didn't think about it. I was really young when the N64 was still active so I never had the experience of paying for these games up until recently.I wonder when you got your Animal Forest game? 2001/2002? I'd imagine price went down afterwards.I have no idea, but I do know that Clayfighter: Sculptor Cut was a Blockbuster-exclusive and that's considered one of the rarest N64 games (at least in North America). Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine was mostly a Blockbuster exclusive as well, but surprisingly, prices aren't that bad yet (you can still find them for below $50 loose).

I'd imagine that's due to how many made their way out into the wild years before collectors prices set in or just the act of price checking and then selling online.
I knew a guy when I was in middle school who had copies of Sculptor Cut and Beast Wars Transmetals on hand. He rented then, then never returned them. His dad canceled the credit card when the late charges came in (as yet another family of the time that never used credit cards and only had video rental cards for the kids). I'm given to understand that this wasn't a rare practice when it came to rental exclusives.

[Tanooki]

To those discussing rental exclusives, the bona-fide rental exclusives on the N64 that I know of are Razor Freestyle Scooter (as evident on the front of the box) and NFL Blitz: Special Edition. I'm also fairly certain Stunt Racer 64 was released as a rental exclusive as not to compete with Midway's other release, Rush 2049.

You're correct about the Midway games. I worked for them throughout all of 2001 and 2002 and I remember that Blitz game being toyed with still in house.

[Canadian Psycho]

Around $40-$45 each for the Goemon games and CV Legacy of Darkness (all cart only). I think I overpaid, but I wanted really clean front labels.

[todesengel]

The most I ever paid for an N64 cart was about $20 for a CIB copy of Castlevania 64 about a decade ago. Other than that the next one would be the $10-$15 for a cart only Resident Evil 2 I got around the same time.

[FUZZY PICKLES!!!]

I'd imagine that's due to how many made their way out into the wild years before collectors prices set in or just the act of price checking and then selling online.
I knew a guy when I was in middle school who had copies of Sculptor Cut and Beast Wars Transmetals on hand. He rented then, then never returned them. His dad canceled the credit card when the late charges came in (as yet another family of the time that never used credit cards and only had video rental cards for the kids). I'm given to understand that this wasn't a rare practice when it came to rental exclusives.O_O

I had no idea people actually did that. I was actually shocked when my older brother rented NBA Street 2 from Blockbuster for the PS2 twice and thought doing that was illegal (which it wasn't since it was paid twice). It makes me kind of wish I had done that with Worms Armageddon... but then again, it was over a decade between the last time I played the game and bought it on eBay (August, 2014) so it's not like I would have been old enough to get away with it anyway.

[JSoup]

O_O

I had no idea people actually did that. I was actually shocked when my older brother rented NBA Street 2 from Blockbuster for the PS2 twice and thought doing that was illegal (which it wasn't since it was paid twice). It makes me kind of wish I had done that with Worms Armageddon... but then again, it was over a decade between the last time I played the game and bought it on eBay (August, 2014) so it's not like I would have been old enough to get away with it anyway.

Rental theft was actually pretty common in the early 90s, which is part of why it became so damned expensive as time went on. Hell, I have a few games that I technically stole from Blockbuster, but there were reasons beyond "mine now" going on. The guy I mentioned only stole those two games, but I knew others who have entire collections made from rental theft and at least one guy I know would use the old Hollywood Video discount coupons you could find the in Sunday paper to rent piles of movies on the cheap, then recopy them at home.

[Tanooki]

I never did it but I did see it plenty with stealing games from rental stores back in the NES/SNES period. It wasn't hard and the penalties weren't much until stores caught on and would jack up the payout to like $99 to make it not worth it. I never rented games but saw people try and get stuff and the game was gone and they forgot to pull it because of a crook who rent and walked. It was just easier if you could go in in the 80s earlier 90s pre-internet with a fake ID or whatever and just rent something for a couple bucks and then not come back.

[JSoup]

It wasn't hard and the penalties weren't much until stores caught on and would jack up the payout to like $99 to make it not worth it.

This is what killed Hollywood Video. They made a point of jacking up late fees to absurd levels and holding on to them. Like, reportedly they'd never go to collections on the dubious assumption that "we're such hot shit, they'll come crawling back to rent from us, then they'll pay".

[retroguy]

And the funny thing? By his own admission, Kevin Smith owes his entire career to rental theft. No one ever heard of Clerks until it became the most stolen rental video that year and word spread as a result. Crazy.

[SparTonberry]

This is what killed Hollywood Video. They made a point of jacking up late fees to absurd levels and holding on to them. Like, reportedly they'd never go to collections on the dubious assumption that "we're such hot shit, they'll come crawling back to rent from us, then they'll pay".

I should've probably let Video Update (aka Movie Gallery) do that when they slapped with me with a fraudulent 10-day late fee for Chrono Trigger. I know I rented Tetris Attack at the same time and didn't get charged for that. (for all I know, they lost it or someone decided to check it out)
Funny thing is, after my parents paid the BS fee after they got the threatening letter, I don't think we went there again. (in part because I think a few months later, it was, I heard someone robbed the store and it shut down after that)

[nildem]

I paid somewhere around $80 for a new copy of Sin & Punishment once it became clear that Nintendo had no intention of ever releasing it over here.

As far as used games go, I think I paid somewhere in the $40-50 range for a complete copy of Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 a few months after its release.

[BetaWolf47]

Used, I think $25 for Paper Mario CIB. I had the chance to get Harvest Moon 64 for about the same CIB.

[Nesmaster]

Gonna say Harvest Moon CIB. $140 CDN shipped. Got lucky when I bought my CFSC cart at the overpriced shop for $100. Based on other prices, this should've been $299 there.

The priciest item I'd still like to have would be I/B for Bomberman Second Attack. Not going to happen with the direction that one went.

[Mayhem]

Gonna say Harvest Moon CIB. $140 CDN shipped. Got lucky when I bought my CFSC cart at the overpriced shop for $100. Based on other prices, this should've been $299 there.
Interesting. Any idea what a sealed copy of N64 Harvest Moon is worth? :p

[goatse]

spent about 80 bucks on used Bangai O (worth it.)
also spent around 300 for the Kyojin No Doshin expansion disk (not at all worth it.)

[data722]

game only? About 120 for sculptor cut. Anything n64? 230 for worms CIB and 245 for sculptor cut box only.

[A Black Falcon]

I don't think I've ever spent over $55 for a single game, N64 or otherwise... well, other than one game I got for $75, but that was a new game special edition version, not used. Generally I prefer to get more games that are cheaper than a few expensive games, probably even more so now that prices have gone so high for a lot of games.

As for the N64 in specific, it is my favorite console, and I'm very glad I started collecting for it back in '04. I mean, I got the system originally in '99, and got ~24 games in the two years after that, with the most expensive (new) titles being $50, I believe. My memory says that BattleTanx: Global Assault I got for $50 new. Paper Mario and Hydro Thunder cost me $45 or $50 each, used, back in '01 and early '02. I'm not sure about more. Some games that probably cost more than that, such as Donkey Kong 64 with the expansion pak, I got as gifts... and by the time I got a N64 many earlier titles had been discounted, or were available used. I remember paying $40 each for new copies of Mario 64 and Zelda OoT, when I got the system in fall '99.

After the system died I bought just one used game in each year in 2002 and 2003 for the N64, before in mid '04 starting to buy more used games to expand my collection for the system. Back in the mid '00s N64 games were mostly very cheap to collect, the system really was affordable to collect for for a while. I've gotten lucky sometimes, too -- in 2011 (in different months of the year) I found cheap cart-only copies of several of the pricier games -- I got Worms Armageddon (loose) for $5, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine loose for $7, and Clayfighter: Sculptor's Cut for $5 (loose). Other games I got back before their prices got so high, such as Conker or Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, two games I got in the mid or late '00s for probably $20 or $30 each, or so (loose). I doubt I'd have all of those games if I had to pay what they go for today. Got all of these locally of course, I haven't bought any US N64 games on ebay.

As for import games, I do have some of those from ebay, and shipping isn't cheap, but the most expensive import game I have is probably a complete copy of Sin & Punishment, which was about $40 including shipping (in late 2013). Oh right, and in that pricerange I also have SimCity 64 for 64DD (complete), though I don't have a 64DD; that was also about $40. I'll get a 64DD to play it on someday... :) Those two games are the N64 games I've paid the most for of all the games I've gotten for the system since 2003.

Oh, I currently have 185 N64 games (and 1 64DD game). I believe 17 of them are Japan-region games, the rest American.

[leatherrebel5150]

The most I spent was $60 for Clayfighters Sculptors Cut in 2011. I have a complete N64 set and it was the most expensive game of the bunch.

[retroguy]

I have a complete N64 set.

Nice! Have you ever considered doing a "Turbo Views"-esque review series? I bet a lot of people would watch. I know I would.

[FUZZY PICKLES!!!]

Nice! Have you ever considered doing a "Turbo Views"-esque review series? I bet a lot of people would watch. I know I would.Same here. I once even contemplated doing it myself. Problem is, I didn't have a Nintendo 64 back in 2010 (my old one broke in 2007). I'd subscribed to any such channel.

[A Black Falcon]

I want to eventually get all non-sports N64 games, but don't care to have, like, a hundred sports games I don't care about at all sitting around... I have a few sports games for the N64 (both Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey games, NBA Hangtime, NFL Blitz 2000, All-Star Baseball '99, Powerful Pro Yakyuu 5, Mario's Tennis, WCW/NWO Revenge if you count wrestling as sports), but I don't know if there are many more I actually want... that's my issue with a complete set, lots of sports games I wouldn't play. I do want to get the rest of the N64 games, though. :)

[leatherrebel5150]

Nice! Have you ever considered doing a "Turbo Views"-esque review series? I bet a lot of people would watch. I know I would.

I always wanted to do a "reviewish" youtube thing but I just don't have the time.

[Tanooki]

The sad thing about N64 is that it hates non CRT tvs at varying degrees, some games just don't work right at all due to display problems. I'd definitely since much of them are asininely priced snap up some more but I have no good way to mess with them as the only small CRT we have left is in the kids room for when she's really good to watch one of her DVDs. When she's older and more responsible I'll unbox my N64 and put it in there for her to play Mario and stuff.

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

I have about 65 N64 games, the most I spent was $30 on Mario Kart a few years ago, when I first started collecting games. I have most of the major exclusives one would own like Zelda and Smash Bros. Nothing rare tho. Luckily I got Smash Bros from my brother who had his original copy lying in my moms basement gathering mold, along with Majoras Mask. Great console, great games. I got my Goldeneye, and Mario Party 2 and 3 for helping a friend move, and I'm fine with what I got. There's definately some more I wanna get, but I just pick them up as I find them. I don't find the prices too outrageous.

[retro junkie]

Most I've paid is $85 for Bangai-O which came in my mailbox today. Awesome game. Well worth what I spent. I have a mint game with box, booklet, and plastic insert.

[Tanooki]

Forgot about this thread, funny you should mention that game there above. I just got it within the last month as well. I found this shoe seller(no idea why they had this) selling Bangaioh along with Sin & Punishment and a N64 cartridge adapter as well for 150obo shipped, got it down to 110 shipped. Given the adapters sell for 30 and so does S&P that means I paid $50 for Bangaioh (less if you figure shipping costs.) I would have never paid full price, but just dumb luck worked out that day I saw the posting. Two of the best games out of Japan for N64 we got hosed out of. Having owned both versions I feel the N64 game is superior to the Dreamcast one for the usual lists reasoned out online in comparisons on sites.

[bacteria]

As I recall, the most I paid for an N64 game was Conkers Bad Fur Day, boxed, for about £25 a couple of years ago; worth about 4x that now. Also paid about that amount for Mario Party 3 boxed about 7 years ago as had the others and wanted that one too. Think I paid about £18 for Banjo Tooie a couple of years ago, which is also worth a lot more now.

[Gamevet]

I had 2 boxed (1 sealed) copies of Conker's Bad Fur day about 10 years ago. I sold both of them for about $15 each. I didn't think the game was all that great.

The most I'd spent on N64 games is the price of the 1st year titles, which was $70 a game. I got Majora's Mask with box only for $15 from a Block Buster in The NY area @2003. I got most of the titles that I want for the system back when it was still available. I may get a couple more racing games, if I can find them on the cheap, and maybe Quest 64.

[Mason P.]

Most I have ever paid (minus when the games were new on the shelf) was $45 or so. Paid $25 for sculpters cut a long time ago.

[bacteria]

Well you must be pretty sick now Gamevet that the game is worth silly money now - boxed version go for around £200 ($300). Crazy money. One day though i'll probably sell my one.

[Gamevet]

Well you must be pretty sick now Gamevet that the game is worth silly money now - boxed version go for around £200 ($300). Crazy money. One day though i'll probably sell my one.

I'm not too disappointed about it. I'm kind of bummed that I didn't pick up the Xbox version, that had been collecting dust for over a year at a store I frequented. I didn't want to pay the $35 they were asking. and then when the N64 version price shot up, the Xbox copy disappeared.

[Gameguy]

I had 2 boxed (1 sealed) copies of Conker's Bad Fur day about 10 years ago. I sold both of them for about $15 each. I didn't think the game was all that great.
That's very similar to the experience I had. I got lucky and found several new sealed copies for $1 each plus tax from a store that found a bunch left in the stock room. At that time I couldn't get $20 for them so eventually I ended up selling 3 of them for $15 each. One I traded to another collector for 3 complete PC games, they're games I want but they're worth quite a bit less than Conker's is today. I thought I had more than 4 copies but I know what I had are all sold, I can't remember selling the rest but I must have done so or I just had 4 copies.

I do still have a sealed copy left, but this one I got from another collector when he sold off his N64 collection. Now I'm contemplating selling it, trading it for another game of high value that I actually want, or just hold onto it and see if the value goes any higher.

[Tanooki]

That's the deal, do you open it or not. Better question though, do you own another open copy?

It's a sick way I justify my sealed game. I grabbed up a really high grade quality yellow Metroid NES sealed game a couple years back and I put it in a shadowbox as it's my favorite period Samus art (overall still is I think too.) But I hate sealed games, I open them, but as I still have my childhood gray one with the manual, the need to rip it open and use it was dealt with. Maybe look at it that way. Do you like the art with the furball on the box or not? If it's not worth staring at every day on your shelf/wall, get the money and get something nice for it. I've done both, sold 3 $300 games and a few others for a pinball machine I value far more and use a lot more too.

[Gamevet]

That's very similar to the experience I had. I got lucky and found several new sealed copies for $1 each plus tax from a store that found a bunch left in the stock room. At that time I couldn't get $20 for them so eventually I ended up selling 3 of them for $15 each. One I traded to another collector for 3 complete PC games, they're games I want but they're worth quite a bit less than Conker's is today. I thought I had more than 4 copies but I know what I had are all sold, I can't remember selling the rest but I must have done so or I just had 4 copies.

I do still have a sealed copy left, but this one I got from another collector when he sold off his N64 collection. Now I'm contemplating selling it, trading it for another game of high value that I actually want, or just hold onto it and see if the value goes any higher.


Yep!

I got my copies from Toys R' Us, when they were dumping them for $5. Several years later, the price didn't really go up and I wasn't interested in holding onto them, so I ended up getting $15 for each of them.

[Bobo Mcloud]

I just bought a majoras mask grey NFR for $1400 USD, not including prototypes it's the most expensive N64 cart by far.
Prototype wise I've paid $5300 for one and the rest of my prototypes have cost me $40,000 USD.
From what I've seen N64 prototypes are by far the rarest out of any major system and are usually worth many times more than any others.

[Niku-Sama]

Oh i just looked up nfr carts....




I should have bought those.....

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

The most I ever spent was $80 or $75 on Conkers. Not sure wat price but it has slight label damage, one little knick, but it's such a great game it's worth picking up. Even for $80 I think.