What's the Most You've Ever Paid for a Single Game?

[namzep]

Most I've ever paid was $85 or so for Goldeneye (found it at some local video rental place that was way over-priced but it was the only store that had the game then). Since I started collecting again (earlier this year) I haven't paid more than $30 for a game (and that was only once for Super Smash Bros. Melee because I really wanted it).

[zerohero]

$60 for Ogre battle.... after I beat it I sold it back in High School. Stupid Me :-/

[mario2butts]

New games:

Steel Battalion $150
Zelda Ocarina of Time $60 (bought at launch after winning $100 from "lucky locker," a lottery based on our locker numbers, in middle school LOL woth every penny)

Used Games:

Dracula X $130
everything else has been under 30 bucks

[squidblatt]

Paid 150.00 for a minty Harvest Moon SNES. Too much, I know, but I don't care.

[ig88vsbobafett]

$97.50 for a Used steel battalion for xbox no box but still a good price

Also got steel battalion LOC for $11.70 at ebgames

[Simply Dave]

In the SNES hayday, I paid $74.99 each for Final Fantasy 3, Chrono Trigger and Tecmo Super Bowl 3 when they first came out. And that was at Wal-Mart! @_@

[Emuaust]

$170AU for virtua racing on the Mega drive when it first came out here in Australia.

[christhegamer]

I recently bought Tengen Tetris (NES) for $30.00 :(

[Tanis178]

i spent about 80 bucks or so for shining force neo with the guide, worth every penny

[cyberfluxor]

#1 is Diablo 2 for the PC when it first came out for $55. I think it was worth it for all the hours I spent on it, but I just hope it's not true that Diablo 2 is a MMORPG costing $15 a month like WoW.

#2 goes to Guildwars ($50), which I bought a week after release and haven't spent more than 40hrs on, but I feel I might get back "into" it over winter break.

#3 for the win is House of the Dead 2 for the Dreamcast. It's a odd placement because I spent $13 on it at Gamestop but paid an additional $24 for 2 guns and $4 for 2 rumble packs. It's the only shooter I have for the Dreamcast so I claim it to be a "bundle" of $41.

#4 is Gamecube's very fine Worms 3D for $35 new after it came out. God I love the Worms! games!!

#5 has to be another new Gamecube title: Serious Sam - The Second Encounter! $30 baby!

Everything else is under $20 because I'm cheep and love to save money buying used games that CAN work as good as new.

[Booskar]

I paid $90 fo a Basic Math CIB for the Atari 2600 in the first issue gatefold style box. Ironically I paid considerably less than half that for the much rarer Sears version, also complete in gatefold box

[The_Kodiak65]

I think the most ive every paid for 1 game would be....$41
$40 for Lunar 2: eternal Blue, and i paid a dollar for the maunal from elsewhere....other than that, i dont think i have ever speant more than $30 on a game, i just go out to yard sales, flea markets, and game stores hopeing for a find....

[johno590]

I think the most I ever spent was about 25 dollars for a copy of Final Fight Guy.

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

$258 for Japanese version of Rage Of The Dragons on the Neo-Geo AES.

[Tan]

couldn't give an exact amount but at most $70 i'm sure

[MattG/Snyper2099]

Dropped $300 on a flawless Quadrun a few years back.
Paid $200 for a complete 2600 Stronghold this past year.
Paid $200 for a 2600 Color Bar Generator w/instructions (that was a steal!).
Spent $188 on a 2600 River Patrol very recently (another bargain).
Other than that, all I can think of are a bunch of MVS neo geo kits/games I spent anywhere between $100 and $200 each on.
Bought a 2600 Tapper prototype for $150 IIRC. That was the most expensive proto I ever bought.
I've surpassed this with the purchase of gauntlet for the 2600 as well as an unreleased prototype. Let's just say it was more than $1000 for both.

[funksoulfather]

$110 Cad for Super Metroid the day it came out. No regrets whatsoever.

[BrokenFlight]

£45 for Tomb Raider 3 back when it was new. I never got past the first level then traded it in a few years later for £3.

[GiantPooka]

Only two games really spring to mind:

£120 for a copy of Radiant Silvergun- box, manual, spine card, etc.

£100 for a boxed MVS copy of Metal Slug 3- the cardboard box, instruction sheet, sticker, poster, etc.

[dj_spryte]

I dished out $510 for a factory sealed and minty fresh Chrono Trigger. I've never seen a copy so crisp. I laminated it so that the condition is maintained for a hundred more years.

[RegSNES]

$80 for a new copy of Killer Instinct Gold back in '96. I know the game gets hated on a lot but I really enjoyed it. Still have it to this day.

While not as much, I did fork over $40 for Mega Man 7 and Mega Man X3 (SNES ver.) Man, many of you have me beat. X_x

[Psycho Penguin]

FF11 w/hard drive for PS2- 99.99 plus tax

Enjoyed the game, though, so it was worth it. :)

[WhiteHenDecapitator]

I paid $45 for a loose Tengen Tetris for NES, well worth it!

I guess it helped too with $2000 cash in my pocket, but that is beside the point!

Thanks.

[MarioMania]

$38 for Mega Man X2 Cart only on Amazon

[Jumpman Jr.]

My answer has changed considerably since I've last posted.
To name a few:

$725 for a sealed Hot Slots
$700 for a loose Myriad 6-in-1
$550 for a complete Bubble Bath Babes
$550 for a compelte Peek A Boo Poker
$200 for a loose Cheetahmen II

And that's all been in the past 5 months @_@

[§ Gideon §]

Honestly, the most I've paid for a single game is the current generation, new-release price of $50. Even then, it's an exception: The current market is very favorable for the patient consumer, and I usually wait.

[JT80]

$79.99 for Chrono Trigger.

My local game store put it out on the shelves a week early. 8-)

[POrkcOw]

it's not the most expensive, but it should have been. i paid $20 bucks for a complete copy of panzer dragoon saga. i got it with a bunch of other games from this guy i used to know.

[sirhansirhan]

Mere minutes ago, I paid $95.75 for a complete copy of the U.S. version of Keio Flying Squadron on Sega CD. It hasn't come yet (I just won the auction less than an hour ago), but I'd been wanting that game forever and it has been more typically going for $130-140 on eBay lately, so woohoo.

Well, in the past two weeks I've bought a complete, mint as hell Panzer Dragoon Saga for $141, an also complete, also mint as hell Dragon Force for $94, and a complete, not very mint Guardian Heroes for $75. Stupid Saturn, costing me a lot of money.

I've yet to pop in PDS, but I'm absolutely obsessed with Dragon Force--that game rules. Guardian Heroes is awesome, too, but it's more of a two player game, and I don't usually have a second player around.

Speaking of which, since I quoted my old record (now the second-most I've ever paid for a single game) at the top of this thread, and we just passed the one year anniversary of me making that purchase, I'm so glad I bought that Keio Flying Squadron when I did. It's such an awesome game, and I almost never see them for sale at all.

[Greg2600]

In my hometown of Belleville, NJ, there was a video game store/rental in the Grand Union shopping plaza on Main St., called Video Game Dynasty. Everything they sold was ridiculously overpriced. I bought some Atari stuff there, but rarely NES. My aunt, though, didn't know any better, and bought Metroid there for over 70 dollars (in 1988).

[Widar]

~$100 USD for Giana Sisters C64 tape.

[dj_spryte]

$600 US for a factory sealed Chrono Trigger. Nothing I regret about that.

[Kamisama]

I dont want to spend too much on a single item. I however have bought several items ~50 euros. Like Ikaruga and a few others :)

[theshizzle3000]

Old School:
fifty bucks for Earthbound and I do not regret it

New School:

70 bucks for Guitar Hero 2 with Controller

[The Great Dane]

The most for me would be $95 for a complete Suikoden 2 on ebay. I originally bought the game when it was first released, but it was stolen. So, since the Suikoden series is my favorite series of all time, I figured I had better find another copy and fast.

[interactii]

235 for Starfox Superweekend (SNES) :/

[Lemmi_Is_God]

$170 for
Dinopark Tycoon
3DO

[skankinmack]

$135 for a caltron 6-in-1 or $91 plus ship for a flintstones surprise at dino peak.

[Pantechnicon]

$75 for a new copy of Skyhammer for the Jaguar.

[lkermel]

I personally never want to pay too much for commercial games. Patience is certainly the key to find good deals, even on Ebay.

However, the most I have ever spent (by far) was around $120 for Soldier Blade Special for the PC Engine.

[Cinder6]

Aside from games when they are new, I guess my biggest purchase was $60 for Dracula X on the Saturn. I'm going to outdo that soon, though, when I get Radiant Silvergun.

[TurboGenesis]

My top dollar spending for games are:
Radiant Silvergun $100
Magical Chase $165 (on ebay- I didn't even know I had won til 2 days later as this game was going for around $200 at the time)
Keio Flying Squadron $128 (my original snapped clean in half and I had to have this game no matter the cost!)

[bangtango]

Used Game: $40 for Pirates on the NES
"New" Game: $50 for the unreleased Charles Barkley game for the Atari Jaguar

[kaedesdisciple]

The equivalent of $250 US for a mint cart only MVS Samurai Shodown V Special. I only owned it for a little less than a year or so and got back pretty much what I put into it. So worth it to play in its pure form.

[RadiantSvgun]

Hmm... I think the most I paid was US$130 for Dracula X: Rondo of Blood. And my PC-engine duo stopped working before it came in...

As far as new school stuff.... 59.99 for a new Growlanser Generations special. That I do regret, as the game is garbage.

[Oniudra]

Well, in the past two weeks I've bought a complete, mint as hell Panzer Dragoon Saga for $141, an also complete, also mint as hell Dragon Force for $94, and a complete, not very mint Guardian Heroes for $75. Stupid Saturn, costing me a lot of money.

I've yet to pop in PDS, but I'm absolutely obsessed with Dragon Force--that game rules. Guardian Heroes is awesome, too, but it's more of a two player game, and I don't usually have a second player around.

Speaking of which, since I quoted my old record (now the second-most I've ever paid for a single game) at the top of this thread, and we just passed the one year anniversary of me making that purchase, I'm so glad I bought that Keio Flying Squadron when I did. It's such an awesome game, and I almost never see them for sale at all.
I didnt even know Keio Flying Squadron was going for that much. I nabbed mine complete with a complete sega cd and a handfull of games for 50 bucks, kind of glad i found that auction!

[Segertar]

Quest for the N64, on release day.

Well worth the $70+tax ... *cries*

[50s Brawler]

$500.00 USD to have an IKARI III upright cab built from the ground up for me, sadly without the Bezel, but utilizing an original IKARI cab, but with the proper IKARI III marquee. I'm a gamer not a tech head and I had to search out the arcade vendor and more or less strong arm him to go sifting through his back warehouse to just find the PCB. The game doesn't mean much to most ppl, but IKARI III: The Rescue (arcade) is one of my all time BEU games, though P.O.W. did prove to be easier to control and no rotary joystick problems.
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w318/50s_Brawler/Marco-Aura.gif

[Technosis]

Old Skool- Retail - Mortal Kombat II SNES $80 or so on release.....I've bought much more expensive coin-ops and package deals, but I remember that single one (note: It was TOTALLY worth every cent...I played that game to death)

[Superman]

The most I payed for a game is when NES games were being liquidated and I bought Star Tropics and Star Tropics 2 for about $10 each.

[Technosis]

$500.00 USD to have an IKARI III upright cab built from the ground up for me, sadly without the Bezel, but utilizing an original IKARI cab, but with the proper IKARI III marquee. I'm a gamer not a tech head and I had to search out the arcade vendor and more or less strong arm him to go sifting through his back warehouse to just find the PCB. The game doesn't mean much to most ppl, but IKARI III: The Rescue (arcade) is one of my all time BEU games, though P.O.W. did prove to be easier to control and no rotary joystick problems.
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w318/50s_Brawler/Marco-Aura.gif

This sounds cool. I'm assuming that you went with the almighty rotary joysticks. Do you have any pictures of your finished project?

[50s Brawler]

This sounds cool. I'm assuming that you went with the almighty rotary joysticks. Do you have any pictures of your finished project?

Well like I said, I'm not a tech head (no put down intended, I wish I was a tech head then I wouldn't have to hire others to do stuff for me), but after tracking down an arcade vendor who really didn't want to dig into his warehouse of games, I convinced him to put an upright cab together specifically for IKARI III: The Rescue. Since I bugged him and it took time off his regular routes, he charged me $500.00 take it or leave it, and after having attended several "Super Auctions" events and it never turning up I said screw it and paid the man. (2) days later he delievered it to my house with two working rotary sticks, though they look like regular sticks and it's on the old TradeWest IKARI Warriors control scheme. I never cared for the actual Bezel artwork for IKARI III anyhow, so it'll prolly just remain black. I'm not sure if I should post the pic of my private arcade room, (for multiple reasons on my part, though I did post the same pic at another forum I used to be active at but don't much care for anymore) but I don't have a pic of it (the IKARI III cab) by itself and still haven't gotten around to buying a new digital camera. The only pic I have is with my two other uprights, as seen in the picture below.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w318/50s_Brawler/50sBrawler-Arcade.png

I still have a Konami shooter called MX 5000 that I ordered complete from a guy up north last year... (that's PCB, bezel, and control stick with 2 button layout) still sitting in a box, that one day I'll have another contact of mine put into the respective cab with the correct vertical monitor. Then I'm still debating if I want to shell out a few hundred for a nice Final Fight cab off a former vendor I know locally, but I have the game on the Capcom Classics Collection on PS2 and don't really know if I can justify such a purchase with other priorities. I wanted a Shinobi cab, but sadly it has that damned "suicide battery" in it. Hope you liked the pic.
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w318/50s_Brawler/Shinobi-Arcade.gif

[xtremegamer]

Most I've ever shelled out was $74.99 for WWF Warzone on N64 from Kay Bee Toys. Man that was a stupid move, but I did get it about a week before release. One of the worst wrestling games I've ever played, but I was sure hyped for it to come out. Oh well, live and learn, now I buy all my games used. The last game I bought on release day was GTA: Vice City on PS2, never again.

[ACiD]

I think Desert Strike for the SNES when it was released

$70.00

[Three-P]

I paid in the neighborhood of $53 for Dragon Quest VIII around Christmas time, 2K5. And it was worth every penny.

[goemon]

My biggest purchases:
Around $120 for Gaia Seed for PS. (I've seen them go for $200+ recently)
Around $100 for a sealed Salamander Deluxe Pack + for PS. (Didn't stay sealed for long, though. I love Salamander.)

[PSXferrari]

At first I was thinking it was Panzer Dragoon Saga for a little over $100 (the best value I've ever gotten for my gaming dollar), but then I remembered Steel Battalion for the Xbox-- $180. Played through like three levels and then got tired of setting up the massive controller every time I wanted to play, so I gave up on it. Sold it to a friend for the same price I paid.

Buy ridiculously priced game, play game, sell game for same ridiculous price-- it's the only way to "rent" good games these days.

[Az]

65$ for Miracle Warriors on SMS
60$ for SFII' on Genesis (and several launch 32x games)
160$ for a KoF 2003 MVS kit

[Sotenga]

I paid no more or less than $150 for the big one: Radiant Silvergun. I was very lucky to happen upon a copy of RSG on eBay with a Best Offer. I think it was originally $180, but I negotiated it down to $150. I got lucky; I've seen them reach to MUCH higher prices. Still the most I paid for a single title, though. The runner-up is Akumajo Dracula X: Chi no Rondo for $100 exact.

[DefaultGen]

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[TurboGenesis]

My top dollar spending for games are:
Radiant Silvergun $100
Magical Chase $165 (on ebay- I didn't even know I had won til 2 days later as this game was going for around $200 at the time)
Keio Flying Squadron $128 (my original snapped clean in half and I had to have this game no matter the cost!)

In back to back impulse buys, I paid $200 for Summer Carnival '92: Recca and $166 for Eliminate Down :o

I have since settled down and am going back to play me games.

[bust3dstr8]

Can't remember the exact price but, it was about 330 shipped for Renny Blaster and Bomberman Special a couple years ago.

[klausien]

Paid $150 for Rakugaki Showtime for the PSX. The game is not worth that kind of money as a game, but as the final piece needed for my Treasure collection at the time... Priceless.

In terms of high dollar games that are worth every penny, I paid $110 for Dracula X PCE & $130 for Radiant Silvergun. They paid themselves off years ago. Thankfully I bought Panzer Dragoon Saga when it was released, but that one is worth it too.

[Wolf]

$69 USD for Dodonpachi DOJ new.

I think it was worth it cause I play it alot.

[Insaneclown]

The most I payed for a game is $450 USD for the US version of Samurai Shodown 4 on the Neo Geo AES.

[Hounder]

Too much money on some items that's for sure. Especially factory sealed NES games. I've never spent over a grand (although close to it) on any one item but have some lined out to buy this summer that is going to cost me a pretty penny!

[Gabriel]

Well, not being a Neo-Geo or arcade collector, the most I've ever paid for a single game occurred in the 16 bit era. I'm pretty sure that when I bought Street Fighter II Turbo on it's release date, it was $84.95 + tax.

I skipped on Phantasy Star IV when I saw it priced at $130 at launch. I got it a few years later for $25.

[fairyland]

$125 or so for Card Fighters 2 import when it was only about 5 weeks old. Sold various games over the years for over $100, but only that once paid over $100 for a game.

[RadiantSvgun]

I paid 71.99 for Hokuto no ken for jp ps2, which is expensive for a game on release date. But I don't regret it!

[Ace Comics]

Wow, a lot of triple-digit figures in this thread.

My highest was probably $70 each for SNES Final Fantasy III and ChronoTrigger.

-Chris

[ashmeister]

$80 to import neon genesis evangelion for n64 :) complete

[geneshifter]

This is my first time looking at this thread and I just think it's funny that someone got a NWC gold cart for only $1200 (a 2002 post).

[Three-P]

I skipped on Phantasy Star IV when I saw it priced at $130 at launch. I got it a few years later for $25.

I remember when the Genesis, itself, was $130. That was fucking mind-blowing.

[Habeeb Hamusta]

$125 or so for Card Fighters 2 import when it was only about 5 weeks old. Sold various games over the years for over $100, but only that once paid over $100 for a game.

Aww I'm jealous. I want that game bad...but cannot convince myself to spend that much.

[-_-Nintendo-_-]

Hmmm probably the $140 AUS for a PAL copy of Castlevania: SotN