The Video Game Acquisitions Thread

[deadonarrival]

Snagged a copy of Banjo Tooie for my N64!

If you dont mind me asking how much?

[Gutsman Heavy]

$40, loose cart only though.

[deadonarrival]

Wow! I seen one in a cash convertors here a few months back for $90 had the box but no instructions or that thought it was way over priced. Cant remember how much my mate payed for his but think it was round the same price as yours.

[Gutsman Heavy]

Going by the average ebay price $40 is about the average, the xbox port must have killed the value, they used to go regularly for $90+
Amusingly I got mine from a cashies, they mustn't have known what they had otherwise I bet they'd flogged it for a lot more.

[Doubledealer]

Picked up Spec Ops: The Line for Xbox 360. Was surprisingly hard to track down a copy!

[shokwave2]

Wow! I seen one in a cash convertors here a few months back for $90 had the box but no instructions or that thought it was way over priced. Cant remember how much my mate payed for his but think it was round the same price as yours.

Wow. Might be time to put all my N64 games on evilbay!

[Gutsman Heavy]

You should sell them to me. Cheap. And live off the warm and fuzzies that'll give ya :P

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Picked up Just Cause 2 and the latest Aliens VS Predator for PC, since I got them cheap and it's rare to find English PC games in Japan.

Question for those who've played JC2 on PC: I'm sort of struggling with the mouse and keyboard control set, even with a newly-bought 9-button gaming mouse. Is it worth my picking up a gamepad for this little baby, and if so what pad would people recommend?

[Gutsman Heavy]

Grab an xbox 360 pad, most games support it flawlessly.

[kurdt_the_goat]

In Japan at the moment and N64 games here are so well priced and kept - only a few go up to 4000-5000Y, plenty can be had in perfect condition with ALL materials as well - manuals, controller cards, warranty slips!

I picked up J-League Perfect Striker (ISS64) for 105Y, Pilotwings 64 NEW for 200Y, and Ogre Battle 64 NEW for 500Y!

The local Tsutaya store has Yoshi's Story for 480Y and Diddy Kong Racing for 280Y - both look brand new... trying to decide if i can be bothered buying them this time - both have been there for at least 6 years

Actually, here's my gaming haul separated from the toys, to illustrate the supreme awesomeness of used game hunting in Japan - everything's either new or damn close:



Sega Saturn - 2280Y
Virtua Cop + Gun - 300Y
3D Controller - 280Y
Real Bout Special - 100Y
Virtua Fighter 2 - 50Y
Manx TT - 280Y
Decathlete - 50Y
Winter Heat - 100Y
NBA Jam Extreme - 100Y
Zero Divide The Final Conflict - 100Y
Virtual On - 100Y
Anarchy in the Nippon - 100Y
Shotokou Battle 97 (pre-tokyo extreme racer) 100Y
Daytona USA Circuit Edition 500Y
Vampire Hunter 50Y
All Japan Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua - 100Y
Pilotwings 64 - 200Y
J-League Perfect Striker - 105Y
Ogre Battle 64 - 500Y
Street Fighter 2 - 210Y
Samurai Shodown - 180Y
Shin Samurai Shodown - 100Y
5x Gameboy Cart cases - 20Y each

5985Y total or about $72 AUD all up!