/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.5373867]

Are you guys actually paying these prices?

[Anonymous No.5373870]

no, I can burn or emulate PSX games

[Anonymous No.5373871]

>>5373867
Sensible people either have modchips or emulate

[Anonymous No.5373880]

>>5373867
Sometimes

[Anonymous No.5373885]

>>5373867
Maybe for one or two games that I actually value having a physical copy of. Otherwise it's a mutlicart/mod chip

[Anonymous No.5373890]

Ridiculous

[Anonymous No.5373923]

If you list a game at a high price long enough, eventually people assume that's what it's worth.

[Anonymous No.5373934]

I had like 2 copies of SotN (one black label and one GH) and they went into the mystery wormhole when I was in college
son of a rhino

[Anonymous No.5373949]

As more people find out about emulation, collectors are trying to liquidate before it's too late.

[Anonymous No.5373983]

I only repurchased games I neglected as a child. The most I've spent was $50 on a CIB MML2.

[Anonymous No.5374000]

>>5373867
Those prices are only there because of the incestual relationship between different collectors buying those then trying to sell it for more than they paid for as some sort of babbie's first investment. No one who isn't a reseller or a good old brainlet pays those premium prices for a shovelware game.

[Anonymous No.5374002]

>>5373890
I got a castlevania psx game for $1 at a yard sale

[Anonymous No.5374020]

>>5373890
Only the dumbest of brainlets would pay this money for a game which sold a million copies

[Anonymous No.5374023]

>>5373867
I paid like $0.07 for a CD-R to burn it if that counts.

[Anonymous No.5374026]

>>5373949

>Emulation has existed since the 90s
>Everybody who has played a retro game as a child knows you can emulate them
>Prices still going up consistently over the last 15 years

Really joggin my noggin rn

[Anonymous No.5374051]

Look up sold listings and find out

[Anonymous No.5374061]

>>5374023
I got my copy for FREE from Walmart

[Anonymous No.5374292]

Never pay more than $20 for a game.

[Anonymous No.5374301]

>>5374292
I'm a collector so no. Unlike you, I fully appreciate these classic titles and play them the way they were intended to be played.

[Anonymous No.5374313]

>>5374301

[Anonymous No.5374314]

>>5374301
Not him but a burned copy plays exactly the same as an original disc.

[Anonymous No.5374342]

>>5374314
>>5374313
What I meant to say was that I as a collector fully appreciate these games by displaying them in my apartment indicating them as a personal hobby/interest of mine like hanging a painting or displaying a statue. To me they're a form of art and more than just the sake of playing them to pass by time. I value the hard work that these teams of developers, writers, and designers of that gen put into these classics. Plus I'm nostalgic as fuck.

[Anonymous No.5374357]

>>5374020
wow, I'm retarded. I completely missed accounting how many copies were sold at launch before discriminating these modern prices.

[Anonymous No.5374361]

>>5373867
>thinks anyone on /vr/ does anything but emulate
How new are you?

[Anonymous No.5374367]

>>5374361
I've been here before /vr/ was even introduced to 4chan. Way better demographic back then.

[Anonymous No.5374370]

>>5374361
Speak for yourself, zoomer. I've built my collection before the insane price hike.

[Anonymous No.5374380]

>>5374370
>built my collection before the insane price hike.
Lucky prick

[Anonymous No.5374405]

>>5374314
It's all about the authentic retro experience. Nothing beats it having it CIB and displayed for for you to bask in the artwork, manual and actual disc.

[Anonymous No.5374431]

>>5374342
Like, I get you and want to respect that... but you sound like an enormous faggot neckbeard.

[Anonymous No.5374593]

>>5373949
>he still believes emulation devalues original games and hardware instead of making them sought after even more than they were before
Look dude, I prefer emulation for a lot of games and a lot of reasons but it's no coincidence that well emulated systems like the SNES and Playstation got more expensive to collect after the games on it became more playable on any modern appliance. Everyone and their mother knows about both the most sought after games (both popular and 'hidden gem' like) on them and sellers know there's demand so you would be crazy not to use the opportunity not to make some money. Yeah call me a jew, a neck-beard collector, a false-flagging hardware collector, whatever makes some of you kids feel better about yourself but it's not gonna change anything about the current reality of it.

[Anonymous No.5374609]

>>5374593
The fact that you have to type out a paragraph to convince yourself says everything

[Anonymous No.5374614]

>>5374292
^ I came here to say this. My PS1 is modded anyway.

[Anonymous No.5374616]

>>5374026
Emulation is becoming to play without needing a super-computer and much easier to access than what it was.

[Anonymous No.5374617]

>>5374609
but he's right though

[Anonymous No.5374618]

>>5373867
I only buy PSone games on the PSN. Sometimes just download them on my hacked Vita with Adrenaline. I only ever buy new and most I ever paid was probably $100+ for the original Jak and Daxter. I am pretty much done collecting at this point for retro titles. The market is shit and I own everything I want.

[Anonymous No.5374654]

>>5374609
To convince myself of what? Also, a paragraph isn't exactly a lot of text unless your attention span is close to ADHD levels so if that's a problem to you then you've only got yourself to blame.
Again you can be pissed off about it as much as you want but what are you going to do about it? Cry about it to anons that things aren't what you want them to be? Yeah because acting like an entitled child will absolutely solve your issues ...

[Anonymous No.5374659]

>bought Team Buddies years ago for £2
Feels good mang

[Anonymous No.5374734]

>>5374370
>i don't always larp but when i do i project

[Anonymous No.5374737]

>>5374654
Wait what am I being accused of being pissed off about, missing out on collecting plastic?

[Anonymous No.5374747]

C'mon guys, let's take it down a noch. It's not a big deal if you're too broke to express your love for /vr/ as long as your mom isn't telling you to move out.

[Anonymous No.5374749]

>>5374747
>has mario-themed autism pic to upload

[Anonymous No.5374753]

>>5374405
>t. strokes manuals instead of playing the game
If you really like a game you can just get a CD/DVD case and print the artwork and burn the disc and voila, you can keep it on a shelf

[Anonymous No.5374760]

>>5374747
kek

[Anonymous No.5374764]

>>5374753
That's ghetto and trashy. You're disgusting as fuck

[Anonymous No.5374945]

>>5374737
>I'm not jealous about people spending money on games, I'm just angry that people do that while I can't so I try to make it sound like it's worthless to me because I have to try really hard to convince some random anon for god knows what reason
Looks like we found another fox who can't reach the grapes. Don't worry anon, emulation is fine. You don't have to be like those turbo aspies who swear by original hardware and you don't have to try so hard to sound cooler than them. For crying out loud kid, this is a board for god damn video games and not a "look who's the coolest kid in town" kinda competition.

[Anonymous No.5375016]

>>5374618
Jak and Daxter the precursor legacy for over $100 dollars? I just checked eBay and it's going for like ten dollars so I don't understand

[Anonymous No.5375024]

>>5373867
thats nothing, haha. i collect neo geo games. the low end games are 300. seriously, whats i like to be poor

[Anonymous No.5375032]

>>5374616
Maybe this is true for PS1 stuff, but then how would you explain the dramatic inflation of prices for used NES, SNES, Genesis etc. games when nobody's owned a computer that couldnt emulate those in at least 20 years

[Anonymous No.5375036]

>>5374945
>For crying out loud kid, this is a board for god damn video games and not a "look who's the coolest kid in town" kinda competition.
Not sure how long you've spent reading /vr/

[Anonymous No.5375056]

Sorry to burst your bubble OP, But $150 is literary nothing to a lot of adults

[Anonymous No.5375061]

>>5373867
Absolutely not. The retro/collectors market is about to collapse in on itself. Two times every year I'm in Japan and this the only time when I will buy retro stuff.

[Anonymous No.5375086]

>>5373867
Of course! The more expensive, the better! Rather buy shitty games than pay rent, right mom?

[Anonymous No.5375090]

>>5375036
What if I told you there's more to retro games than reading image board posts all day? If think the quality of discussions here is lacking then do something about it instead of bitching about it. Sheesh, it's like people like you want this place to be terrible or something.

[Anonymous No.5375101]

>>5375061
Well of course those kamikaze jap squids would hound the market to only benefit them.

[Anonymous No.5375156]

>>5375090
>If think the quality of discussions here is lacking then do something about it instead of bitching about it
I've made the mistake of writing fleshed out posts and trying to discuss games beyond their graphics and music and how comfy they are too many times to count

[Anonymous No.5375207]

>>5374342
>video games were mean to be displayed on a shelf
yikes

[Anonymous No.5375212]

[Anonymous No.5375220]

>>5375207
>>>/v/

[Anonymous No.5375232]

>>5375212
>VGA 85+

[Anonymous No.5375254]

>>5375212
>$1,350
>$33.22 shipping
>5 stars
Fuckin' eBay

[Anonymous No.5375259]

Anyone that pays more than 20 bucks at most for a piece of plastic with some microscopic pits on the back in a spiral pattern is an idiot.

If you are one of those stupid "purists" that wants to play the original game on the original hardware, get the iso online, burn it and play it on your hardware.

[Anonymous No.5375262]

>>5375259
It's the exact same shit as people who buy music on vinyl

[Anonymous No.5375284]

Quick reminder that even fucking thrift stores are selling their beat to shit copies of Final Fantasy 7 for 30 dollars.
Only retards pay exclusivity prices.

[Anonymous No.5375346]

>>5374616
I was using fucking nesticle/genecyst and fucking zsnes on a HP Pavillion toaster in 98

[Anonymous No.5375367]

>>5375262
Getting Vinyls of music recorded in 60s or 70s I understand, but of music produced digitally in 80s+? that's mp3-converted-to-flac-tier.

[Anonymous No.5375423]

>>5375367
>mp3-converted-to-flac-tier.
I'm a true warrior, I rip all my mp3s to 90 kbs.

[Anonymous No.5375462]

>>5375367
>t. never heard clean vinyl on a good setup

[Anonymous No.5375479]

I'm not a collector, so no. I just want to play the games and modding a console or emulating is just fine for me.

[Anonymous No.5375510]

>>5373867
Kek no. Modchipped ps1 and modchipped ps2 that I can play ps1 from a hard drive if I'm too lazy to burn a disc.

[Anonymous No.5375649]

No, all flashcart/mod chip here.
>had mod chipped PSX back in 2001
>get Syphon Filter 3 about 2-3 weeks before it releases in stores
>miss mine detector in 2nd level, get stuck
>decide to go ask in forums for help
>"Hay guize, I'm stuck on level 2. Where is mine detector?"
>"What mine detector?"
>"I'm stuck on the minefield near the crops, what do?"
>"What fucking minefield? What game are you playing?"
>"Syphon Filter 3."
>"That hasn't released yet."
>abandon forum as I realize I just admitted to piracy
Just wish I remembered which forum it was.

[Anonymous No.5375721]

>>5375254
All the stars tell you is how people have rated the actual game.

[Anonymous No.5375737]

>>5375649
nice blog fag
especially since it has nothing to do with anything

[Anonymous No.5375746]

A Steam key for Dark Souls PPTDE goes for 90 Burgerbucks

[Anonymous No.5375758]

>>5375737
Oh no, did I interrupt a thread whining about high videogame prices to actually talk about a videogame? How dare I?!

[Anonymous No.5375782]

>>5373867
No but I do sometimes buy JP PS1 games since you can still get CIB copies of hundreds of games for 5 bucks after ship.

[Anonymous No.5375952]

>>5375782
Prove it

[Anonymous No.5375958]

>>5374654
>unless your attention span is close to ADHD levels
Please don't include us ADHD people in with this tool. We can actually focus very well as long as it's a subject that is interesting to us. We can also focus on things that don't interest us with effort or proper medication. This idiot is just an idiot or a troll which is basically the same thing functionally.

[Anonymous No.5376153]

>>5375016
>I only ever buy new

[Anonymous No.5376249]

>>5375649
>was in diapers in 2001
>larp on 4chan about le elyte haxor pirating
>everyone laughs to me
FTFYK

[Anonymous No.5376274]

>>5373867
I play on burned CDs

[Anonymous No.5376292]

>>5376249
Wow /v/, you are really butthurt I mentioned a videogame, aren't you?

[Anonymous No.5376331]

>>5373867
>paying for anything besides drugs and cosmetics

[Anonymous No.5376334]

>>5375024
You tell us.

[Anonymous No.5376349]

>>5374342
>he thinks anyone besides the reseller is making money when he purchases a game "legitimately"

[Anonymous No.5376358]

>>5374405
>he doesn't realize he can buy manuals and boxes and emulate the game
>he doesnt mind paying 600% of what a game cost new so he can stroke some treepulp with ink on it

[Anonymous No.5376441]

The movie expensive game I've bought was $60 for PS1. My only defense is that I don't feel like I own the media is I download it.

[Anonymous No.5376452]

>>5373867
I've found that people who buy games for 200$ don't usually play them
Good thing is /vr/ seems built mostly of players who ACTUALLY play games

[Anonymous No.5376484]

>people who collect vidya
VS
>people who play vidya
It's people in the former group who ask questions about Rondo of Blood.
It's people in the latter thread that make "Violinist of Hameln and other less-known but good 16-bit platform games!" threads.

[Anonymous No.5376576]

>>5373871
You can be sensible and buy expensive physical copies. You just have to be smart about what you buy and keep track of prices so you can about break even.

[Anonymous No.5376712]

>>5375952
Unfortunately it looks like JP Tomba goes for 30 BIN but if you were patient you could probably get it for a lot less.

[Anonymous No.5376731]

I flip shit on Ebay as a side hustle to pay for my modest PS1 games. Rarely do I ever come across anything rare, and I'm hitting everything from, flee markets, thrifts, salvos, you name it. The average game these days is nearly $100 after you account for DLC $60, if you own a switch. I grew up playing the ps1 greatest hits and never got around to the other greats. So now I just use my ebay money to pay for my ps1 collection. I actually just now purchased Grandia because it's one I missed out on growing up, and by coincidence, it's getting the HD treatment. I had to pull the trigger now while it's relatively low at $50 in amazing condition. I can see it going over that after the switch release.

Pic related: My order

[Anonymous No.5376759]

>>5373867
L@@K

[Anonymous No.5376918]

>>5376452
most i spent was $130 on a fairly good copy of panzer dragoon saga. the case was damaged but the CDs were in good shape. no scratches.

I bought it just so i could play it which is why i didnt really care for the condition of the package.
was it worth it in the end? probably not, the game kinda sucked but the feeling of playing such a rare game was good.

[Anonymous No.5377049]

>>5375423
xing or radium-encoder?

[Anonymous No.5377161]

>there are people who don't pirate their retro games

[Anonymous No.5377809]

You see, now this is reasonable.