20th March 2007, 6:48 PM
All of my Genesis and Super Nintendo games come from six stores (a pawnshop, a music store/pawnshop, a locally-owned gaming store, a local store that has records, various movies and books, and some games mostly for older systems) and two branches of a local music-store chain) or the two stands which sell games in the (indoor, year-round) flea market near where I live.
My PSX games come from either those places or Gamestop or EB, since I bought the system before they stopped carrying PSX games.
Games for systems I own while they are actually alive (N64, Gamecube, GB, GBC, GBA, DS) have more sources, of course, as well as those local stores -- gifts, Best Buys, many more from Gamestops and EBs, Kay-Bee Toy Works, Sears, etc. Those, of course, cost more. :)
I've never bought a game over the internet (eBay or anything)... everything I have comes from a store. I used to just have a few places to go, like the mall (EB, Gamestop, Best Buy, maybe Toys R Us) or the Wal-Mart, Sears, and Kay-Bee in town, but then that local gaming store opened up, and I discorvered the games in the flea market in town... and then some stuff happened and I've been in Portland (Maine's biggest city of 65,000) a lot more over the past year, which is where some (three of the six) of those stores in the first list are. Twice as many places to buy old games means a much better selection. :)
For the stuff in the first post of this thread specifically, I found them at the music store/pawnshop in Portland. Genesis games used to be $3 but now are $2, and loose (no case/manual) PSX CDs were $2 also. I'd never looked through the loose PSX discs there before, because they are kept behind the counter, but I did, and found those four to get... he marked it down a bit ($12 to $10 plus tax) because I've bought a bunch of games there.
Junction and Aidyn Chronicles (as well as Advance Wars DS and Children of Mana, but those were full price) come from the local gaming store in town. Genesis games there are really cheap, $1 or $2... not much selection, but they are cheap. N64 stuff is really cheap now too... nothing above $12 or so... except Ogre Battle 64, but I have that already. Some of their SNES stuff is cheap (Sunsetriders for $3? Awesome!) but they do charge more for games that the owner thinks are more valuable, though -- so $20 for Super Metroid, $25 for Super Mario RPG or Final Fantasy II or III (SNES), and more for some rarer PSX stuff. On the other hand, they have a "buy two get one free" policy for used games, so it's not all bad... :)
... on that note, I haven't added most of the stuff in this thread onto my IGN games list yet. I keep that up to date, so I think I'll go do that now...
Prices vary from store to store, but one consistent thing I have noticed is that Genesis games are cheap, no matter how good the game is. Phantasy Star II, with case, manual, and map? $6. Beyond Oasis (cart only)? $2. I haven't paid over that $6 for any Genesis or Sega CD games (though some Sega CD games do sell for a lot more online, I have only seen a few in stores, none of which were valuable.)...for SNES, though, the prices are higher, usually starting at $5 and sometimes going up from there. N64 prices have come down a lot and are now pretty cheap. PSX... the low-end or not as well known stuff is very cheap, but the better known, "rare" games, particularly RPGs and strategy games (and particularly anything from Square or Working Designs...), are still fairly expensive.
My PSX games come from either those places or Gamestop or EB, since I bought the system before they stopped carrying PSX games.
Games for systems I own while they are actually alive (N64, Gamecube, GB, GBC, GBA, DS) have more sources, of course, as well as those local stores -- gifts, Best Buys, many more from Gamestops and EBs, Kay-Bee Toy Works, Sears, etc. Those, of course, cost more. :)
I've never bought a game over the internet (eBay or anything)... everything I have comes from a store. I used to just have a few places to go, like the mall (EB, Gamestop, Best Buy, maybe Toys R Us) or the Wal-Mart, Sears, and Kay-Bee in town, but then that local gaming store opened up, and I discorvered the games in the flea market in town... and then some stuff happened and I've been in Portland (Maine's biggest city of 65,000) a lot more over the past year, which is where some (three of the six) of those stores in the first list are. Twice as many places to buy old games means a much better selection. :)
For the stuff in the first post of this thread specifically, I found them at the music store/pawnshop in Portland. Genesis games used to be $3 but now are $2, and loose (no case/manual) PSX CDs were $2 also. I'd never looked through the loose PSX discs there before, because they are kept behind the counter, but I did, and found those four to get... he marked it down a bit ($12 to $10 plus tax) because I've bought a bunch of games there.
Junction and Aidyn Chronicles (as well as Advance Wars DS and Children of Mana, but those were full price) come from the local gaming store in town. Genesis games there are really cheap, $1 or $2... not much selection, but they are cheap. N64 stuff is really cheap now too... nothing above $12 or so... except Ogre Battle 64, but I have that already. Some of their SNES stuff is cheap (Sunsetriders for $3? Awesome!) but they do charge more for games that the owner thinks are more valuable, though -- so $20 for Super Metroid, $25 for Super Mario RPG or Final Fantasy II or III (SNES), and more for some rarer PSX stuff. On the other hand, they have a "buy two get one free" policy for used games, so it's not all bad... :)
... on that note, I haven't added most of the stuff in this thread onto my IGN games list yet. I keep that up to date, so I think I'll go do that now...
Prices vary from store to store, but one consistent thing I have noticed is that Genesis games are cheap, no matter how good the game is. Phantasy Star II, with case, manual, and map? $6. Beyond Oasis (cart only)? $2. I haven't paid over that $6 for any Genesis or Sega CD games (though some Sega CD games do sell for a lot more online, I have only seen a few in stores, none of which were valuable.)...for SNES, though, the prices are higher, usually starting at $5 and sometimes going up from there. N64 prices have come down a lot and are now pretty cheap. PSX... the low-end or not as well known stuff is very cheap, but the better known, "rare" games, particularly RPGs and strategy games (and particularly anything from Square or Working Designs...), are still fairly expensive.
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