We're giving Charlotte and the gang a day off today as we focus on Claire (along with one of the members of her band Death Kitties, Loud) as she visits a store similar to what we have around here in the U.S.A. known as 'Half-Price Books', which is mainly a bookstore that buys and sells old books and magazines, but also has DVDs, Blu-Ray, VHS, and of course, retro video games!

Here she finds out pretty much the horrible reality that is retro gaming today and their insanely high prices.

This is actual based off a discovery of my own even. It seems Conker's Bad Fur Day for the Nintendo 64 goes for INSANE amounts of money now as I in fact did stumble on a copy of just the game cart for $109 in a retro game store.

For just the GAME CART.

Now if you add the instructions and cardboard box, that can greatly increase the price as games that come with even just their original cardboard boxes from the NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance era go for way higher than the carts alone due to them being a bit more rare for someone to still have.

For those that aren't familiar with what Conker's Bad Fur Day is...Think cutesy Looney Tunes-like characters and stuff with strong rated R content added.
Here's a video to show you probably one of the game's most famous scenes...(Warning: language and gross humor ahead.)



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Also, one more thing. the store clerk might look familiar to someone out there...she's from a comic found here on Comic Fury (just aged up a bit).

No surprising, I mean you can already consider them as antiques and let alone in good working condition.

I never got to play on N64, but thanks to YouTube, that song has become one of my favorite game song.

Holy crap, those prices! I know those NES and such games got expensive, but even an n64 game...Dammmnn!

I know, it's crazy. Just last month I sold my Chrono Trigger SNES for $190 and that was on the low side! o.O

Haha, yeah, and they're not getting any cheaper from here... went to a game con this weekend, and a bunch of stands sold old games so I decided to look around for a few games I wanted to try... I was surprised at how much Banjo-Tooie went for now (at least the PAL version), and for just the cart? Didn't think it would be that much more expensive than the original Banjo (which is still going for "decent" prices) I just want to try some games I never got to play as a kid, dammit!
And even certain Gamecube games are starting to get pretty expensive at this point... had to pay a lot for Thousand Year-Door last year...

Especially annoying when you prefer a boxed version of games (manual not even required but a nice bonus) but all you can find for the game you want is "disc/cart-only" and "SUPER RARE NEVER OPENED MINT CONDITION BOXED" (Warioware Twisted, whyyyy...)

I'd hate to see the price of StarTropics with the unused feelies to discover the in-game code...

I love going to Half Price Books, mostly because they have cheap graphic novels and DVDs, but I have seen the price of Retro games and it's a bit frightening. :O

Yep.

Fire Emblem DS remake: 70-80 plus import.
Just the cartridge: 15 plus import.
(in GBP)

I am glad I do not need the boxes and stuff :D

When you first realize something you grew up with has become "vintage", in part because it has become scarce it can really catch you off guard.

Disconnect between things like the value of money then versus now also can throw one off. Sure a complete Conker's Bad Fur Day is pricey, but was when it released how much did it cost? $60 in 2001 is like $80 now, and there are other factors to consider.

I became a Fire Emblem fan last year after playing Awakening, and after looking for the Gamecube and Wii games I understand this so much, haha. I'm lucky I have a friend who bought those games back when they first came out, so I don't have to pay double the price to play them!

...aaaaaaand now I'm sure I'll never get to play Bad Fur Day :(

This got me thinking, so I just looked and apparently Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (one of my favorite games of all time) goes used for over $90, and it came out in 2005. If you want it new, it'll be $200 at least.

Also Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (2007) goes for around $80 new. I'm so glad I got them back when they were new, because there's no way I would have them now. Money's expensive, you know.

And, apparently, Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword (known in the US as Fire Emblem), which came out in 2003, goes used for over $40. I never imagined a GameBoy Advance game would ever be that expensive. (I almost had a heart attack when I saw how much a copy goes for).

I wonder how much Fresh-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland goes for... o____o;
It's almost worth how much it costs.

And there's your random gaming trivia from me for the day.

I worked at Toys R Us back in 2003, and we had a pile of unsold Bad Fur Day games. It was heaped in the back room with piles among piles of games no one wanted, like GBA Battlebots and Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever.

Funny how times change. If only I had bought up some of those BFD's.

Thats why I am a horder... never giving up any of my goods and keeping them intact and complete for as long as possible!
... selling them? I would never dare! :p
... and who IS that girl? :-|

Friend of mine recently made 600 bucks online for earthbound and mega man x.

my cousins owned that game and it totally WARPED ME!