Gonna get this off my chest once and for all.

[Lord Contaminous]

lately I've been looking for a Dracula X Rondo of Blood master copy and somehow the more expensive I see (I've seen 400 bucks at the most!!!!) that game going for in various places I spot it at, the more angrier I get.

I'd really like to know, how much was this when it first came out in '93 and was the production rate so small that it caused riots in many japanese game stores?

[Ed Oscuro]

Where is it $400?! Two years ago some folks were trying to sell off sealed copies on eBay for $360, and I don't think many people pounced. As for "master copy" ...I know not what you speak of.

I myself have a sealed copy...cost me $199 in 2003-ish.

Anyhow, NO, the game is most certainly not much more than perhaps uncommon, if that. It's mostly just been in high demand - insanely high demand - for a number of years and the demand isn't about to let up.

Thank goodness I'm stocked with copies already (if I were to get another copy of the '93 cartridge rerelease of Akumajo Dracula, I'd have duplicates of every "Castlevania" released in 1993, whee!)

[Azazel]

You can get a used ones now for as low as $100.00 if you where to look.

[Aussie2B]

The original price was 7800 yen, which is the same standard price for games these days, but quite expensive nonetheless for American standards.

It's not a very rare game, as Ed said. If you went looking for the game in Japan, you could probably find a copy fairly easily. However, even in Japan you'd have to pay a pretty penny (or pretty yen I should say, hehe) to buy it, just due to its insane demand.

I was lucky enough to snag a copy from an online marketplace a couple months ago for $70. It's complete and in great condition, but I don't have the spine card (and registration card?). No matter to me, though. I'm just happy to have the original disc, manual, and case.

Just keep trying. :) You'll find a reasonable price sooner or later.

[Lord Contaminous]

Ed: Master Copy means a real copy as opposed to a CD-R. I currently have a CD-R of the game. You got more than one copy of the game? I'm looking for it, I don't care if there's no spine card.

[Nomeaz1]

Not sure if you are interested but I have Dracula X for sale (in superb condition with spine card). You can view my sales thread here:

http://www.segafans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=57


A couple people on these forums can vouch for me, including Ed and Maxlords.

[NE146]

I'd really like to know, how much was this when it first came out in '93

I believe when I bought it, it was for about 40 bucks U.S.

[Lord Contaminous]

Not sure if you are interested but I have Dracula X for sale (in superb condition with spine card). You can view my sales thread here:

http://www.segafans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=57


A couple people on these forums can vouch for me, including Ed and Maxlords.

Check your PM's.

To the rest of y'all. Thanx for the optimism.

This is my last 3 digit price game, after King of Fighters 2k1 for Neo Geo AES....unless I decide to hunt down Radiant Silvergun.....

[Ed Oscuro]

That's a very decent price on a Dracula X...from the description it sounds better than my playing copy, though I frankly don't care about that one's condition anymore. I just pull it out when I feel like listening to the soundtrack or whatever.

As for my copies...mine were $170 for the fair/good condition copy (manual isn't horrible but could be a good deal better, no writing on it or creases but it's definitely worn, missing obi, disc pad is still there, pretty fair amount of wear on the jewel case and a number of small scratches on the CD itself), and $199 for the sealed one as I said.

At those prices, there's no reason for me to sell either my sealed copy - too little a bonus and there's no certainty of getting another - or my only play copy, which I really did pay too much for.

I don't remember what it was I bought from Nomeaz1, but I do recall the transaction went very nicely :)

[Lord Contaminous]

All is well now. Two great imports.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/Youkai525/2GI.jpg

[dj898]

getting in Japan would be the cheapest way as I found out.
early this year on the business trip to Japan I scored not only Dracula-X but Kazekiri for 4000 yen each! That's less than $80 in total...

sadly haven't had same kind of luck since... :(

hunting down those titles is one way to relieve myself from pressure on the business trip...

cheers

[dracula]

sheesh i would love to get one of these for $50 or less. Hell i would even go $80 shipped. But triple digits is just nuts. There was talk that konami would make a castlevania chronicles part 2 with rondo of blood, but that never happened.

As for finding it cheaply($70 or so) on the net "if you know where to look" i have no idea where to look, plz PM me if you have any suggestions

[Trevor Belmont]

Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but I've found myself looking for a copy of Dracula X now that I'm getting a Duo, and I too do not "know where to look." I've been going the eBay route, but haven't found anything too fantastic on there. If anyone has any suggestions at all on where to look, if you could please let me know, whether via PM or on this thread, I would really, really appreciate it. Much thanks.

[Nomeaz1]

Neo Bomber Man over on the Neo-Geo.com forums has two copies available. Follow the links in his selling thread to get to his list of available games:

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113279

[Tron 2.0]

The original price was 7800 yen, which is the same standard price for games these days, but quite expensive nonetheless for American standards.

It's not a very rare game, as Ed said. If you went looking for the game in Japan, you could probably find a copy fairly easily. However, even in Japan you'd have to pay a pretty penny (or pretty yen I should say, hehe) to buy it, just due to its insane demand.

I was lucky enough to snag a copy from an online marketplace a couple months ago for $70. It's complete and in great condition, but I don't have the spine card (and registration card?). No matter to me, though. I'm just happy to have the original disc, manual, and case.

Just keep trying. :) You'll find a reasonable price sooner or later.

Agreed Dracula X is not rare just the game holds it's value still.

The most i see it go for is $200.00 that's all.

When i got mine of,off ebay i only payed $123.00 for it.

I think Dracula X will still hold it's value for, a long time to come.

Unless of corse (Konami) gives in and release it as a... chronicle title :roll:

[Aussie2B]

Well, even after Castlevania Chronicles came out, the original game for X68000 still held its value. I think it's what, around $100 to get a copy? There's really no telling if a port would decrease the value of Rondo of Blood much.

[Tron 2.0]

Well, even after Castlevania Chronicles came out, the original game for X68000 still held its value. I think it's what, around $100 to get a copy? There's really no telling if a port would decrease the value of Rondo of Blood much.
That's a good question who knows.

Then agian long as system has it's "fanboys" some times the value will still hold.

Even afther the game has been 'ported many times.