Playstation "Big Box" Games [recently purchased]

[GENESISNES]

I was at a video update/movie gallery today, and was looking at the PSX rentals. they have about 5 or 6 big box games for rental. I quickly ran over to the psx selling games, and noticed 5 for sale. I picked up PO'ed, Descent, and Philosoma. The other two were MK3, in a large glass jewel case, and I think Jumping Flash in one also. it might have not been jumping flash, but it was a fishing game with a lure on the cover. these raise a few ???'s.

1)Now, at 8 bucks a peice, are mk3 and jumping flash good deals? (big box)

2) PO'ed was scratched to hell, and my psx thought it was a music cd. Will skip dr fix it?

3)What are the worths of all of these games? (no instructions in the 3 i got)

[kevincure]

Maybe Philosoma, if it has instructions. 8 is a little high for the others though.

[GENESISNES]

PO'ed i got for free, and Descent was 5 bucks. so i guess you could say 2.50 for both.

[WiseSalesman]

I'd buy jumping flash for eight dollars, but I don't think it has a fishing lure on the cover....actually, I'd probably be looking for complete for eight dollars, though. Also, Jumping flash isn't a fishing game.

[GENESISNES]

what does the cover of jumping flash look like?

[WiseSalesman]

It has a white robotic rabbit on the front page.

[IGotTheDot]

I have gotten most of my Long Box games for around 5 bucks. Some like Raiden Project, X-com, Primal Rage and Lemmings are gong to cost you more, but there are always good deals out there. I won't buy a long box game if it isn't complete.

My2Cents

[bargora]

You guys that are saying how much you'd pay for X or Y longbox game (commons, not X-Com etc.)--are you assuming used, complete games? If so, would you pay extra for new, sealed longbox games? If so, how much?

[IGotTheDot]

I have about 10 sealed and I payed about 10 bucks for each of them. Sealed is nice as long as you have an open to back it up.

[bargora]

Yeah, I paid about $8-$10 each for the sealed longbox games I picked up a couple of months ago (Novastorm and Jupiter Strike). The thing is, I just took them home and opened them up to play! I guess the major benefit I got out of getting them sealed was that they weren't all fucked up like the usual longbox game you buy used.

[den68]

I've been pretty lucky with most of the long box games I've found. Most have been pretty immaculate. The only one that was a little messed up was Viewpoint, but as with most mentioned so far it was a rental.

Good luck finding a formal rental that old in good shape.

I don't think $8-$10 is too bad if it's in fairly decent shape and has instructions. The most I've paid for one is $8 and that was Silverload.

Most of the ones I have came from Gamestop or EB Games which are both getting pretty thin for PS1 games btw.

[maxlords]

I passed up a spare mint complete Philosoma today for $10. I'd slay for a complete Jumping Flash in nice shape though...that's one I want!