Current Events > I'd be scared to buy an expensive retro game.

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Imagine dropping hundreds on a copy of Little Samson. Everything works fine. You have achieve the Holy Grail of the NES. Then you think to play it again in a year or two and... nothing. The cartridge won't work. You dropped the better part of a grand on a game that has no guarantee it'll work in the future. It might just cop out on you because old games sometimes do that.

More reliable than disk based games. If it doesn't work than just clean the contacts.
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BlazinBlue88 posted...

More reliable than disk based games. If it doesn't work than just clean the contacts.

Nothing is immune to time.
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As someone who formerly collected SNES games, you have absolutely no clue what you're on about.

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My copy of Steambot Chronicles has seen better days, but last I checked, it was going for 150 bucks. I don't want to sell it anyway, but if I did, I wouldn't sell it in its current condition.

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Zack_Attackv1 posted...

Nothing is immune to time.

yea. I recently learned about "data loss". it can even happen to dvds. it just takes like 60 years or something. I guess digital IS the best after all

At worst you might have to change a battery, which requires minimal soldering the first time only. I'd be more worried about a fire or natural disaster wiping out my collection.
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Thats why theres a shit ton of videos and guides out there to help buyers. GBA Pokmon games alone have tons of watching/reading material
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I really really want a copy of the SNES Harvest Moon.

Every time I look it up, it's like $80 at the low end.

Such a nostalgia boner killer.

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MrKapowski posted...

I really really want a copy of the SNES Harvest Moon.

Every time I look it up, it's like $80 at the low end.

Such a nostalgia boner killer.

Yeah, I would have preferred to get the SNES version but that's one of those rare cases where I opted for Virtual Console. It's $8 on the Wii U-- well worth it if you happen to own that platform already.
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MrKapowski posted...

I really really want a copy of the SNES Harvest Moon.

Every time I look it up, it's like $80 at the low end.

Where are you looking where you can get Harvest Moon for $80???

Even the dirtiest, most worn-label having, sharpie-drawn-on copy of HM will go for well over $100 as long as it's functional (actually if you're a PAL region gamer disregard all of this)
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Polycosm posted...

Yeah, I would have preferred to get the SNES version but that's one of those rare cases where I opted for Virtual Console. It's $8 on the Wii U-- well worth it if you happen to own that platform already.

I...did not know that. It won't be the same, but $8 is not alot.

Gafemage posted...

Where are you looking where you can get Harvest Moon for $80???

Even the dirtiest, most worn-label having, sharpie-drawn-on copy of HM will go for well over $100 as long as it's functional (actually if you're a PAL region gamer disregard all of this)

I dunno, that's just the number I remember from the last time I googled it, which was probably 6 months ago, so...

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