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

[digitalpress]

Whether it was something very new and trendy and expensive or something very vintage... what was the most money you've ever shelled out for one game?

I'll share my answer later. For now, it's up to you!

[autobotracing]

super mario 64 when it came out i think it was $70 or 80 $

[neschampion]

Most i've ever paid is $400 a pop for each one of the Panesian games complete.

[Raedon]

Final Fantasy III snes 69.99 - I still need another copy of this.. my original copy and my original Snes dissappeared from an unlocked dorm room 7 years ago, never to be seen agian.

[tynstar]

Final Fantasy II $49.99 used complete. $49.99 for new games.

[ClubNinja]

Sonic Adventure 2 when it came out, for $39.99. It's the only console game I've purchased the day of release, mainly because I wanted that nifty Sonic Anniversary pack while supplies lasted ; )

[Arrrhalomynn]

About $100 for Panzer Dragoon Saga. And I don't even like rpg's...

[Ascending Wordsmith]

From my pocket came $265.00 for PC Genjin 3: Taikenban.

[den68]

for new games: $49.99 for Virtua Fighter 4 and Kingdom Hearts.

for old games: $30.00 for used import copy of House of the Dead for Saturn.

[Dobie]

I paid $70 for Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time the day it came out. As far as older (than 1990) games go, I paid $15 for Super Dodge Ball for NES.

[BenT]

~$160 for Alien Soldier, JPN Mega Drive. Before that, I think it was around $100 for US Panzer Dragoon Saga (SAT).

Was Alien Soldier worth that much for gameplay? Hell no. Just to own? Yeah.

[buttasuperb]

130 for KoF '98 AES

[Felixthegamer]

I am not sure how much I have spent on newer games. I don't buy new too often any more, but I used to. As far as used, I spent $34 for Final Fantasy III for Snes. I know it wasn't the best price, but it was for a friend who really wanted it.

[jaydubnb]

Sometime in the early 90s I paid $85-90 for the import Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting for the SNES. -No one- believed me when i said i had it and when they finally saw it, i had a ton of new "best friends" lol

[portnoyd]

$300 for a sealed Myriad 6 in 1 ;)

dave

[Captain Wrong]

$70 for Battle Garegga import Saturn.

Worth it? Yep.

[DDCecil]

Insane Purchase - $200 for Swordquest Waterworld with Hint Book and Comic

Somewhat Sane Purchase - $130 for Dracula X for PC Engine (3 different times, and it was always 130...)

[Pheidippides]

Up until now about 70 bucks for various 64 games. in a few days though im going to plop out $200 for Steel Battalion.

[TRM]

Crystalis proto on NES--insane price.
Castlevania 3-complete-Famicom- semi insane price but well worth it.

[ashbourn]

I think i payed $80 once but forget what game.

[Buyatari]

$4,000.00 for a gold NWC cart.

Ouch!

Adam

[nesman85]

@trm, how much was the insane price?

mine is adventures of lolo 3 nes proto - $225

[Vroomfunkel]

I paid something like £70 ($110) for Panzer Dragoon Saga (PAL). Worth it? Absolutely, I loved it and lost months playing it! Sadly, I then had to sell it because I was skint and I only bought it on the basis that I could sell it again afterwards. I got £90 for it, but I am still sad that I let it go. First of all, because it was such a great game - and second of all, because it now regualrly fetches £100, and my copy was in almost perfect condition - which is hard to find on the PAL version because the cardboard outer is easily damaged. Foolish really, because I probably wouldn't have played it again, since I coimpleted it, but I can't help feeling the occasional pang of regret that it is gone :-(

I paid £30 ($50) for Snatcher on the Mega CD (PAL) - which was 100% worth it, one of my all time favourite games! I loved the mix of RPG style adventure and frantic lightgun action! The story was outstanding and the anime was great.

I bid more than that for Panorama Cotton for the Megadrive, but lost the auction. On the other hand, I just won Mega Man - Wily Wars (PAL Megadrive) for £15, so that makes up for it!

Vroomfunkel

[rbudrick]

$250 for 7800 monitor cart with big ass book, plus some extra sheets that were added to the book handwritten by the author.

$209 for Boxed Chase the Chuck Wagon with instructions and original coupon you had to send in to get the game.

$80 for VCS Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Few others...can't think right now.


While were at it:
$0.25 (yes, 25 cents) for Swordquest Waterworld--actually got it free afterward because I fixed his VCS. Gave me back quarter.



-Rob

$.033 for NES Proto Total Recall

[CPUWIZ]

Atari 2600 - Sealed Glib: Won't mention price but it was enough. :shock:

[tom]

$550.00 for
Basketball, Brain Games, W.I.N. and Interplanetary Voyage (all boxed)
on Magnavox Odyssey




www.btinternet.com/~thomasholzer

[johnny arcade]

$99.99 all day long... for the N64 version of Cruisin' USA when it first came out.

On a side note, how come Nintendo games were always more? Anybody ever notice how SNES games were always $10 to $20 more than Genesis titles? Same with N64 stuff. $99.99? In hindsight, THAT'S A RIP!

[nesman85]

i've never seen an n64 game new for more than 69.99

[Goodwill Hunter]

You guys are nuts! I've shelled out $40.00 each for several 2600 CGE releases, but the most I've paid for a single game was $42.00 for a DC European Shenmue II I spotted in mint condition at a local used game store. It even came with a boot disc but I still felt like I was spending too much.

Got my Panzer Saga for $20 at TRU, got my Tooth Protectors for .79 at a thrift and got my PS2 GTA III for $9.99 at Goodwill. Getting 'em cheap is half the fun for me. And waiting for new releases to show up used at 1/4 the price isn't a problem as I have a beefy backlog of games to go through. Although I must admit I once dropped a total of $280 in one day at 5 different Best Buys when they knocked all of their Saturn games down to $10.00....timing is everything

A cheap bastard and proud of it!
Rich

[Masco73]

$70 for n64 Goldeneye when it came out. Worth every penny!!

[Buyatari]

$.033 for NES Proto Total Recall


3 and 3/10ths of a cent !!

Man you guys ARE cheap. Just give the guy his 4 cents and call it a day. I am still trying to figure out how you mananged to pull this one off.

<looks into DPs magic 8-ball deeply>

"OK I'm giving you a full 4 cents today for this NES proto but you still owe me buddy !! " as you wave a pointed finger in the strangers face.

The stranger doesn't say a word and you turn to leave
But just as you are about to walk away a thought clouds your mind. What if this stranger never returns the 7/10ths of a cent.

"Do you have anything cheap like a copy of Final Fantasy or an Atari 2600 proto for the remaining 7/10ths of a cent? I just hate when people owe me money. I never know when I can expect it back."

"I don't have anything like that but I'll make sure to do you right by next Monday, good sir" the stranger says as he shakes from head to toe.

Yet thats was the last you ever saw of the stranger and the 7/10th of a cent were lost forever.

I guess you were right all along. You just can't trust anyone these days.

<pulls away from DPs magic 8-ball>

Ahh so thats how it happened.......
Adam

[sphereman]

The most I ever paid games is 50 bucks each for games such as:
Intellivision
Tutankham
Super Cobra

Tunix Home Arcade
Funky Fish
R2D Tank

Thanks for looking
Tim :Fade-color

[Stark]

I think $125 for Swordquest Waterworld a few years ago. But Steel Battalion on the X-box w/controller might break that when I buy it.

[Nespit]

around 1200 for a gold NWC.

[GENESISNES]

65 bucks for harvest moon 64. I felt i payd too much until i played the game.

[Keir]

When I bought my GBA I needed a game for it so I bought Castlevania: CotM at list price ($40)

Never again! It's a good game, but I'd rather spend $40 on 40 crap games at $1 a piece. (Besides, what are the chances that you'll buy 40 games and not find one good game in the buch?)

Actually, I just ordered "Napple Tale" for the DC, but it's a present for my brother so it shouldn't count. That was $55.

[maxlords]

I paid $200 + shipping for Castlevania X: Rondo of the Blood for PCE about a year an a half ago when you couldn't find it for less..now its sells for $60..go figure :(

The next highest would probably be Alien Soldier PAL for $106 + shipping from Britain, and Panzer Dragoon Saga, which I bought brand spanking new when it came out for $75!

And I'll add the most expensive game I've ever sold was more than the most expensive game I bought. I sold a factory sealed Steam Hearts for PCE for $300 a few months ago :) I also sold my entire arcade for $10,000 (60 arcade games) but I doubt that arcade games count, or the most expensive game I'd have bought would be a Spy Hunter pinball for $500.

[autobotracing]

i change my original post the most costly game for me was virtua racing when it came out it was like $85 i think

[Mr. NEStalgia]

The most I've ever spent on a game would be $49.99 for Metal Geat Solid 2 for PS2!

Man, $4,000 for a gold NWC?!?!?!! Either you're made of money, or you're insane. I'd have to sell my house (if I had one...I'm a kid ya know) to pay that off! Well, hope it was worth it. Better have been darn fun too!

-=Mr. NEStalgia=-

[Mayhem]

Was $230 for the C64 Narco Police cart... until I got the complete Quadrun a little while back... $920 total for the package including other stuff...

[Nature Boy]

I paid $90 + tax (which in Ontario is 15%, so the total was $103.50) for, I'm embarassed to say, Hexen on N64. I was starved for new games at the time...

[johnny arcade]

@nesman85 - Okay, so maybe you haven't, but Cruisin' USA was $99.99 at my local Funcoland when it first came out. What would that be? Late 1996?

[Tiger_Tailz]

I try to set my limit at $100. Which means or more than likely, I'll never get to play Radiant Silvergun at all for the Saturn. The most i paid so far was $100 for Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn). Next would be $80 for Lucienne's Quest (3DO) and $80 for Spiderman: Web of Fire (32X)
I'll have to agree with one of the previous posts that Steel Battalion will break my previous limit.

[Kroogah]

I think I paid $70 for Chrono Trigger when it first came out, but I'm not sure.

However, I AM sure that I paid $60 for a brand new import Capcom Vs. SNK 2 for the Dreamcast. Hey, it was cheaper than buying a PS2...

[Revolt]

$80 for the import version of Tekken 3 :oops:

[bargora]

Radiant Silvergun. $165.

I just say to myself, hey, I got a Saturn and RS for $215!

[Charlesaway]

With the exchange rate and shipping, I paid $105.00 CDN for Qb: Limited Edition from Andrew Davie. It was a present for myself and my wife, and we choose #27 (for our anniversary, February 7) as the number. Next most expensive is pretty cheap. I think, 35.00 + tax for Sled Storm PSX.

[chazbeenhad]

Where are the neogeo collectors ??? :-)

I was paying 200-250 per game for the neogeo back in 92 ....

Ah........... life before a wife and children.........

Charlie

[rbudrick]

>Quote:
>?$.033 for NES Proto Total Recall
(NES Total Recall Proto)

>3 and 3/10ths of a cent !!


>Man you guys ARE cheap. Just give the guy his 4 cents and call it a >?day. I am still trying to figure out how you mananged to pull this >one off.

><looks into DPs magic 8-ball deeply>

D'oh! I meant 33 cents. I bought 9 games for 3 bucks, with carry case (that was free, heh heh). I thought he meant 3 bucks each, but then he said, no, take em all for 3 bucks.

Yep. it was a good day. My first proto too.

-Rob

[Tetsu]

$80 for Radiant Silvergun, which is a bargain, actually, and well worth every penny.

[Iron Monkey]

Once Iron Monkey Pays 72000 YEN for game Laseractive of Camera photos to Women!

This is very much "MOOLA" as American Says!

HAAAAAAAAI!

[Sulaco22]

$60 for Rampage for the NES, right when it came out and beat it the same day I got it.

Also $70 Final Fight for SNES

[le geek]

$550 for Quadrun and Crazy Climber both with instruction manuals...

whew!
le geek

[Buyatari]

Ok Joe lets hear it.

You promised.....


Adam

[Tritoch]

$79.99 plus tax for Chrono Trigger at TRU. I lived in a rural part of NC at the time with very few game shops around, and couldn't resist the game any longer. How I long for the days when my only bill was a $92 a month car payment, even if I was barely making over minimum wage after school.

Interestingly enough (to me anyway), I didn't really know what I was getting. It was my first RPG, but I was convinced to buy it by Flea Market Guy (who gave me a little info about RPGs when I asked why some of his SNES games were so much more expensive) and the awesome CT ads. When I first started playing, I sat there a minute before realizing that *I* had to advance the dialogue further. :lol:

It made me 30 some cents short when I bought gas on the way home that fateful night, but luckily the guy was kind enough to let me come back and pay it the next day (which I'm proud to say I did). It also kicked off a craving for good RPGs that will probably never be quenched.

[Keir]

I'll share my answer later. For now, it's up to you!

still waiting...........

[buttasuperb]

265 for Samurai Spirits 4 homecart

This game rocks.

:rocker:

[Charlie]

$500 for a grey NWC. Or $1,500 (counting all the repairs I had to do) for a cockpit Discs of Tron coinop. Pick your poison.

[Oobgarm]

$185 for Guitar Freaks with Konami Guitar, which was also complete.

[y-bot]

$190 for Odyssey 2 Power Lords off ebay the other day because I am tired of losing out on auctions for this game and anything else good that I find on ebay lately. Hopefully it's nice so I won't feel too bad about paying so much for this game.

Y-bot

[dreamcaster]

I paid about $110 (Australian dollars) for Top Gear Rally 2 (brand new) for my N64. That's about $55 US dollars.

Our games aren't usually that expensive, but this was just after the GST (Goods & Services Tax) was introduced in Australia. Third-party video games were hurt the most.

[Retsudo]

i pain $80 for tekken 3 import @_@

[Retsudo]

i paid $80 for tekken 3 import @_@

[Mr-E_MaN]

I would have to say Zelda Ocarina of time for N64. I don't remember how much it costed but its probably up there with the other N64 games.

[nesuser2]

the most i ever paid is when i was burning paper route money on N64, so 59.99, and the most i've ever sold one game for was 160 for kung Fu and roughly 200 for excitebike, that excitebike was my baby :(

[Bighab]

The most I ever paid for a game was $140US for a mint Panzer Dragoon Saga. The most I ever paid for a game and still want to slit my throat is $130Canadian for Hexen64 >:( I also took a $15 cab ride across town to the only store that had it in stock. Ya I am a clown LOL

[Achika]

$250 for Space Channel 5 Part 2 LE. So it was more for the accessories than the game, but well worth it.

[orrimarrko]

I paid $700 for my NEO GEO MVS 6 slot dedicated machine, and $92 for a MINT Metal Slug X U.S. kit.

For home systems - $51.00 for a sealed Maxi-15, and $49.99 for any number of other games.

[EnemyZero]

Hmmm....I'd say $75 for Shinning Force 3 still with the case and instructions in perfect condition

[Time]

$250 and a tank of gas for my MR Do! upright arcade game. There's no substitute for the original!!!!

[digitalpress]

67 posts later and I finally get around to answering.

I asked this question because I had just paid $250 for a boxed Atari 2600 "Lochjaw". You may have expected that I've paid much more for some of the other things in my collection, like the boxed "Malagai", boxed "Video Life" - both of which would go for well over a grand if I were to sell - or the piles of prototypes I've amassed over the years, but you'd be wrong. Fortunately I've stumbled into lots of great stuff mainly from just being in the right place before everyone else or being terribly persistent with owners (you know who you are).

So that's it for me, $250 for a boxed Atari 2600 "Lochjaw". Closest to that would be $200 for a boxed Intellivision Congo Bongo.

[orrimarrko]

I feel so unsatisfied...

[Ascending Wordsmith]

I just forked over $220.00 for the Sega Saturn and PC Engine Duo versions of Steam Heart's.

[Ascending Wordsmith]

So that's it for me, $250 for a boxed Atari 2600 "Lochjaw". Closest to that would be $200 for a boxed Intellivision Congo Bongo.

I was expecting a whole four digit sum from you, Joe. $250 is your maximum? I... I just feel so... used. LOL

[Darth Vader]

$355 for a complete bubble bath babes (brand new, never used)

BTW, if I could find a NWC gold cart, 4K would probably be a deal right now. Last summer one was on ebay and hit almost 7K and the RESERVE WAS NOT MET! I don't know, but if I see one, I WILL buy it!!

Danny