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The Retrogame Bubble Thread - "that's worth HOW MUCH now?!"
- Thread starter Kazin
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I thought this was pretty interesting:
Anyone else seeing similar stuff? NES games are still worth far more than they were in like 2008 when I first started seriously collecting them. Dare I hope that the prices crash and I can collect a bunch of them again for reasonable prices?!
Anyone else seeing similar stuff? NES games are still worth far more than they were in like 2008 when I first started seriously collecting them. Dare I hope that the prices crash and I can collect a bunch of them again for reasonable prices?!
Since I'm doing a book series heavily reliant on collecting NES/Famicom carts (altho admittedly I'm more of a Famicom collector), I've observed a bit of a decline in NES/Famicom pricing much like Kohler described. Not drastic, but I feel a lot more games are in that $5 - 20 range than a few years ago. There's still some ways to go for the rarer stuff to drop in price a bit too, but it's a little less expensive to jump in now than it was.
Oh, rad. Tell me more about your Famicom stuff - I'm heavily into the Disk System at the moment, and I think I want to get some more carts as well. I have a Twin Famicom and a regular Famicom/Disk System combo, though I'm waiting on an A/V upgrade for my Famicom so I can actually use it on my TVs lol.
The book series is called Femtendo, and I'm chronicling various women and female characters who appeared on the NES/Famicom chronologically. I'm photographing everything for the book and keeping about 70% of it because it's something that I'd like to play someday, it's neat to have or stars a woman/female character as playable.
I did a collection video right after my most recent shipment from Japan, so this might be the best way to SEE what I have for both systems. I timestamped it so the NES/Famicom stuff pops up. It's a little fuzzy but I think the majority of it is decipherable, lol. Someday I'll be able to afford a high end video camera.
At the moment I lack any hardware to do anything with the games, but eventually I'd like to get a Famicom and Disk System and try these out.
I did a collection video right after my most recent shipment from Japan, so this might be the best way to SEE what I have for both systems. I timestamped it so the NES/Famicom stuff pops up. It's a little fuzzy but I think the majority of it is decipherable, lol. Someday I'll be able to afford a high end video camera.
At the moment I lack any hardware to do anything with the games, but eventually I'd like to get a Famicom and Disk System and try these out.
The prices for just carts does seem to have lowered. I haven't seen prices go down for CIB as much.
Oof, Dragon Warrior 1-4 complete in box, jealous. You can get a Twin Famicom (which is what I recommend since it comes with A/V out capability, regular Famicoms either need to be modded or your TV has to go up to channels 98 and 99 to use the RF connector) for probably about $80-100 with a repaired drive belt from Japan, which is what I did, using Sendico. Highly recommend it. Prepare to sit right against your TV though, since those controller cables are SHORT lol. I ended up getting one of these for my Twin Famicom combined with an 8bitdo wireless adapter/NES controller wireless mod so I don't have to sit on the floor, and it's worked with every game I've thrown at it, including NES games in a NES to Famicom adapter. Still, that gets expensive.
Anyway, cool stuff! I look forward to Femtendo, that's a cool idea.
Thanks! I'll keep that in mind whenever I'm in the market for hardware 
I've published the first book from 1983-1986 last year, and am about to dive into 1987 in earnest! Here's the link to the book if you wanna check it out:
Along with my blog post with video and page previews:
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I've published the first book from 1983-1986 last year, and am about to dive into 1987 in earnest! Here's the link to the book if you wanna check it out:
Amazon.com: Femtendo 1983 – 1986: An Unofficial Chronological Encyclopedia of Women and Female Characters on the NES/Famicom: 9798475076699: Fieldsted, Jerry: Books
Amazon.com: Femtendo 1983 – 1986: An Unofficial Chronological Encyclopedia of Women and Female Characters on the NES/Famicom: 9798475076699: Fieldsted, Jerry: Books
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Femtendo: The Books
Help fund the production of a book based on this series! One of the major projects here at LVLS+ is a working encyclopedia of prominent women and female characters who appear on the NES/Famicom. Fe…
lvls.wordpress.com
I didn't realize you already published a volume. I should pay more attention lol. Anyway, I bought a copy since it's a cool idea. I'll be honest though, I don't know when I'll read it - I've got a pile of books to work through already, so don't expect feedback for a bit haha
Im jelly of that boxed copy of Metalstorm. As a wee lad I somehow got the cart of the game and I had never seen anything like it nor had anyone else I knew. It seemed like this magic game that only I had or knew about.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it
It's a very easy "pick up and put down" book by design, and I hope you enjoy it when you find time to look through it To be fair, it's the reprint that Castlemania Games did a couple years back of the Famicom version as a NES cart. Still happy to have it, tho.
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hardcore retro gamin'
I should have bought that Metal Storm box, even though I own the original cart.
I do hope that NES prices are going down - I'm sure we're seeing at least some deflation in the market as the pandemic isn't driving the sorts of crazy runs on games that happened in the early days. I'd love to be able to snag a few games that seem to be dropping like Adventure Island 3 or Felix the Cat.
I do hope that NES prices are going down - I'm sure we're seeing at least some deflation in the market as the pandemic isn't driving the sorts of crazy runs on games that happened in the early days. I'd love to be able to snag a few games that seem to be dropping like Adventure Island 3 or Felix the Cat.
The speculation on this sort of thing has become so bad that Pink Gorilla in Seattle was held up at gunpoint! Just a few months after they were burglarized!
Literally the next day after that:
The fuck is going on?
The fuck is going on?
The two bigger retro game shops in my area also have seen a string of burglaries in the past few months. Couldn't help but think about that seeing Kelsey's post.
I live on the other side of the US from Pink Gorilla, for context.