Expensive Games for the Sega Mega Drive & Genesis
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- A look at some 16-bit Sega games that cost quite a bit.
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Ending Music during the credits is from Batman for the Sega Genesis.
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Episode Notes:
1. Price can range incredibly depending on where you get your games and their condition. The prices in the video are of course, generalized.
2. There are many games that are close in price to these, but I needed to keep the counts to 10 per region to keep the runtime manageable.
3. I know the Japanese and North American markets much better than I know the PAL territories. Most of my PAL knowledge came much later and without the experience of being there to see it firsthand.
4. There are also some really expensive peripherals for the platform.
5. There was a rare Japanese Aiwa boombox radio that had a built in Sega Mega Drive and Mega CD that can cost $1000's today. The Tera Drive, a computer/Mega Drive hybrid, is also $1000's.
6. If you find Ebay to be a pain, look at places like Facebook and join collectors groups. There you can make deals and trade for the games you need. Sometimes with much better results.
7. Don't assume your game is legit just because it has a Sega PCB. Cheap Chinese knockoffs are obvious. The assholes truly trying to trick you, not so much. - Ігри
The Japanese version of Batman Forever is also crazy-priced... or at least it used to be. Not sure who would pay anything for any version of that game.
It's still up there. $300 or so bucks. WWF Raw for the Japanese Mega Drive is really high as well.
I smashed mine with a hammer. You're all welcome
@@SegaLordX I'll just *play Rage in the Cage for the SCD thank you very much. The same thing, but more
I know Sega Lord X likes this game, but it's nostalgia, which I understand, because this is really not a good Batman game, specially compared to the NES and SNES ones.
People pay these prices to collect them, not because they want to actually play them. Its like collecting antiques.
No joke, back in 98, I bought Virtua Racing for the Genesis, CiB from a video store for $20.00!
And it’s worth barely double that now
@@DoctorFoodman Seriously? I figured that one would cost an arm and a leg now. Talk about your completely incomprehensible market.
I got it for three bucks still in the case with manual.
You could buy NES games for a buck.
Wtf is the scalping market even then? I'm confused. Just as dumb as the basic consumer... It's just that short-sighted view, I guess.
Crusdaer of Centy was ALWAYS expensive, as far back as 2009, I remember seeing it for $150-$200
I'm kinda regretting letting go of my Sega collection now after seeing these prices.
Likewise. I want to smack my teenager self for selling my Genesis and Sega Saturn collections back in the 90s.
Same
No one really pays these prices I have a few games that are "crazy expensive" that I'd sell for the exact price I bought em for $5 if they are actually going to play them and not gather dust on a shelf
I started collecting around 2007-2008 and it blows my mind seeing the price of things now. I saw a Virtual Boy go for $700 a couple weeks ago... I got two boxed VB back in 2007 for $30 lol
Someone on a FB group I'm on had an unopened virtual boy they got on closeout with 10 games (9 of them in shrinkwrap) that they were offering for somewhere around $2,500.
It's absolutely dumb, virtual boy, while a novelty item, is NOT a great console haha.
@@crono3339 Right. And that’s what use to determine price.. if the console/game was good enough that everyone wanted one. VB and 32x’s etc were a dime a dozen. Now anything that had low production numbers or is considered out of the norm has a sky high asking price.
@@thesledgehammerblog Sadly they might end up getting that for it. I saw a not so great boxed VB at a local game store and they were asking $700. And then had the games separate ranging from $60-$200 depending on the title. It’s literal insanity.
@Dave Davies Hahahahah I guess since writers and authors have been using various forms of "literal" and "literally" to emphasize words since the early 1800's doesn't matter because DAVE DAVIES can only handle the STRICT WEBSTER DICTIONARY definition usage! You must be such fun in real life!
I truly think MUSHA is one of the only "expensive" games that's worth the actual price. Its definitely one of the best genesis title IMO
I owned lots of these at spome point in my life, I even bought Castelvania twice when it was cheap.
Absolutely ridiculous that these games are so expensive. Everdrives are going to get more popular as these prices go up.
Same with repro carts. The good thing about these older games is that they've been out of production so long that the only people everdrives and repros hurt are scalpers and ebay, and nobody cares about them.
That's why I use emulation.
Yea, emulation is where it's at. I've got a pi4, and on this particular package of Genesis games it even comes with 4/5 games that have come out years later such as Wreck it Ralph and others, but no Demons of Asteborg, which is possibly the greatest Genesis game ever...
Not just Everdrives, but also the Evercade.
Hopefully there's still a way you can get Everdrives today. I know they were originally manufactured in Ukraine, but given what's going on over there you may have to look for an alternative supplier that just so happens to have a bunch in stock.
Fun Fact: I got Punisher for just a dollar and trading Jet Moto in also at a Swap. The guy wasn't aware about the rarity of the game at all
I used to live in Japan, and I can confirm that Vampire Killer and Contra Hard Corps are both super expensive to get complete.
I happen to have a copy of "Zero The Kamikaze Squirrel" in my Sega Genesis library, though it's not quite complete due to it missing the instruction manual, but I'm surprised to learn how expensive a copy of the game is worth now after watching this video.
Really makes me appreciate the Mega EverDrive X5 I bought a while back. I'm a broke 20 something with not much money to my name, so getting to experience this console and its amazing library without resorting to emulation is a pretty vindicating feeling.
I’m 40 and I’m in the same situation. Everdrive is great to play those old classics.
I just hacked the Sega mini classic. Not really the same as the original hardware, but it definitely gets the job done for me.
I still have my copy of Splatterhouse 2 in excellent condition + instruction manual!
Thx SLX!!
Here in portugal they were all expensive. But worth it. Love the mega drive 2. Nothing bring more nostalgia.
Obrigado! There is no other company that I love and hate with so much passion 🤣🤣
I spent 40 something dollars for Pirates Gold back in the day. Came with the box, manual and fold out map. Still have it a it's still one on my favorite games to play.
I started collecting Japanese Mega Drive games in 2017, and boy I snapped up some gems at decent (sub $100) prices and looking how much they go for now is ridiculous.
God, I remember going to 'The Warehouse' (a New Zealand big box brand) and seeing a bin full of copies of Mega Turrican going for 20 NZD around 1996 and deciding not to get it because I already had Turrican 3 on Amiga.
I am a foolish fool.
I know I did the same in the UK and I did it with a book which was out of print and I saw it for £1 but didn't buy it as I had read a library version........ Now it goes for hundreds - face palm.
We are definitely at the divergent point where collectors are off being crazy, and gamers/fans are off filling hard drives with ROMS. No wonder everdrives are so expensive... from a gamers standpoint it is a one-time pain.
Definitely man alot of these people buying these games at these prices probably don't play them and only buy them for the collection/investment opportunity it's sad that people who really don't care about what makes the hobby special are the ones who are killing it.
Spot on. I used to look forward to buying cartridges on eBay or at local stores. It was like collecting pieces of my childhood. But speculators have sucked the fun out of that. ROMs will do from now on. I have a RetroPie for daily gaming and Everdrives for when I want to play on my CRT.
When publishers bring out classics collections on modern platforms, I make a point of buying them to compensate the creators, but I think I’m done chasing original carts and discs.
Yeah, let the collectors blow their disposable incomes, the people who want to just play the games are still able to do so.
It's even more stupid paying tons of money for a sealed game that will never be played and only will serve as decoration.
Everdrive X3 is only $39
MUSHA kills me. I had that game and gave it away back in the 90s. I was going through my, too old to play games phase.
Man I remember paying around $50 for vampire killer years ago thinking that was expensive, as I wanted to collect every region of every CV title. Now I look back and got an absolute steal.
I was also in dendentown in Osaka a few years ago and there was a shop selling maximum carnage for 500000 yen which is about 4000usd. Crazy.
I can recall seeing a loose jp Maximum Carnage cart on eBay for close to $300, and being in complete disbelief. The funny part is, all regional versions of MC share the same ROM code worldwide, so you literally just pay for the packaging and manual by that point!
It's gotten to the point where I just have stopped collecting I have gotten most of the stuff I really wanted before these prices became crazy and am happy using an everdrive to play the rest.
I still collect but I have to really want to play it. I love having a library.
@@mrbransformer4184 same
Is the Everdrive that Sega Genesis cartridge that has every game on there? Genesis/ Megadrive/ 32X/ and Sega CD?
I have to say, I love this channel, always look forward to seeing a new one pop up in my feed
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you.
One of my favorite channels and I never owned a sega console. I was the lone kid on my block with a snes
There are so many games that I'm glad I bought when they were cheaper, like Gunstar Heroes, Shadow Tower, and Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
It's times like these, I'm quite happy with the Classic Genesis collection I've still got, and only added to lightly in recent years.
I already have more than I'll ever have time to play, anymore. XD
The reason for the high price for the death and return of Superman in PAL territories is the game was recalled due to a bug that caused issues when running - hence the demand
I remember renting several of those to play in the weekends. Never imagined there would be money worth in it
I cant wait to see a Sega CD and Sega Saturn Episode like this.
I really dislike how much lots of old games cost nowadays. Not because it makes it expensive to collect, but because it makes me think about selling my own collection on a weekly basis knowing how much money I could make from it. The rising cost also makes me 2nd guess playing various games from my collection over fear of damaging them.
I had some of these as a little boy😤
Had no idea back then.
20/20 right!!!
Amazing. I had gotten into collecting Sega Genesis games since 2017, and I was able to accumulate almost 140 titles (some of those titles I own are repros mainly due to high price or regional releases). Despite getting into the retro game scene pretty late I am appreciative of the games I do happen to own.
Repros are just paying for piracy, may as well just get an Everdrive at that point man - enjoy the whole library for not that much more.
@@Dessan01 I said only some of them are repros. As in a teeny tiny fraction of what I own. Most everything else I have are original copies.
Thankfully I got most of my Sega Genesis games years before all this craziness started. I got many of them for a few dollars!! The only one Genesis game that I REALLY wanted and didn't have yet, was Contra Hard Corps.
I'm happy I got that just a few days ago and didn't cost me too much. It sucks though for people that are just starting out now collecting. Saturn is even worse though. Don't even get me started on Saturn. thankfully I got a lot of those games years ago too
3:40 Aero 2 is more in the 600-750$ range. All the late 94' early 95' Sunsoft Genesis releases are pretty hard to find. Zero the Kamikaze Squrriel, The Death and Return of Superman and Pirates of Dark Water.
Aero 2 and Zero are actually really solid platformers.
Aero 2 sucks. Just a little bit better tha the first. Zero on the other hand is really good.
@@neogenesis7706 Odd I figured if someone thought Aero 2 sucked they would think the same of Zero. Same engine and very similar gameplay.
I like them both with a slight preference for Aero 2.
The last few sold listings I found are really high, but a few before that brought the average down. It'll be interesting to see if it stays that high.
I love Aero 2 and yet find Aero 1 incredibly irritating
This is an excellent series! Can't wait to see more!
It's incredible to see what we're seeing nowadays with retro gaming. However, I do think we're in a bubble. It has nothing to do with those who love gaming and who are collecting because they have a connection with the content. It's all those who have flooded the market attempting to jump on this big wave. The investors that have no real interest in gaming. Kind of like how comics got really popular and expensive in the early 90's, then faded off. Yes, the gems will still be worth a ton, but they were before the rush anyhow
We're not in a bubble. There's a huge difference btwn comics back then and games now: everything now is becoming digital. Literally everything. Games are going up in value in large part for that reason and very few reprints will ever be done. So grab done popcorn kids!
Turns out it was a bubble after all xD
@@Tom-jw7iinot really, all these still cost big money! You need serious deep pockets for these titles and a bunch of others too
@@elduderino4579 It’s still quite high for some of them, but not as extremely high as before. If you look at the average game price over time, you can see the bubble quite clearly. It’s just if you were hoping for total market collapse and a return to 2000s prices, you’d be disappointed.
The collectors can go ahead and keep these games, some of them are pretty good but not a single one of them is worth the asking price today.
No game is worth over $100 imo.
Exactly
@@goatbone Correction: no game is ever worth more than its original MSRP
@@AceTrainerX3 And many games are not even worth their MRSP.
I remember when 400-500 was the most expensive a game could possible get (barring exceptions like Nintendo World Championships and stuff)
For the genesis punisher, if you have the temporary tattoo that came in the retail release and IF the tattoo hasn't been used, it helps boost the value of the game.
The game itself is worth quite a bit if you have the complete box, unused tattoo and manual.
I just wanted to give you a shout out for all of this amazing Sega content you have been dropping--theres so much history that I never knew about Sega and these great games! 😀
Yes these are expensive to get now. However, I do remember very well extremely expensive games back in the early 90s. Phantasy Star 2 and 3 were $79 and $89 at Toys R’ Us. For a kid, with limited means, wanting a video game that was an staggering amount.
Exactly
Mortal Kombat was $95 in 93!
Streets of Rage 2 Nba Jam TE $85
I paid $95 for Phantasy Star IV and Earthbound
Yet peole complain about todays prices
@@aceassn716
I vividly remember seeing Chrono Trigger for about 109.99. Needless to say I didn’t get to play it until Final Fantasy Chronicles came out on the PlayStation.
The most expensive new game I ever bought in my life was Rogue Squadron on N64. It was worth it but I remember it being about 70-80 bucks. Accounting for inflation it was a good bit more than any of the few new PS5 games ive bought at full price.
What a bittersweet video. I had all these games but sold them off over the last 3 years.
Only ones that surprised me were el viento and seperation anxiety. I grabbed mostly all these in 2015 and 2016 qnd back then musha cib was 400 bucks.
These prices make me want to get rid of my cartridge game collection, but it really sucks living in an area without a retro game scene. Not really comfortable selling hundreds of game through eBay and spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on shipping.
The buyers pay for shipping. Just sell to people with good feedback.
Look for Facebook collectors groups. Many tend to be close by.
Tbh ebay really isnt that bad, if you know how to price things to sell. Dont ever expect to get the high price listed for something.
I just wanted to say that I really enjoy these videos and appreciate the time, knowledge, and effort that very evidently goes into them.
When I first got back into retro gaming on real hardware around 2018, I balked at the idea of paying $200 for a 21" Sony Trinitron WEGA CRT with component input, and almost didn't do it. Boy how times have changed. I've gotten more value out of that CRT than anything else in my game room, and sadly seeing a $200 or more asking price on just a single retro game alone has become far, far too common. Sadly I don't own a single game mentioned in the video, and likely never will in the future.
That being said there are still quality Genesis games for dirt cheap out there, even in our hyperinflated 2022 market. The Sega 6-Pak is a fantastic value, Busters Hidden Treasure and Animaniacs are sorely overlooked, and The Lion King is great as well.
@Morten Lassen It's a completely different story where I live. Quality CRTs are few and far in between (I live in the US so no SCART) and when they do show up they get snatched up immediately.
Damn. I still have my 2006 36 inch Sony Trinitron Wega CRTV, but it’s not powering on. It weighs a ton! So I’m definitely going to find a good spot for it and figure out why it’s not powering on. Definitely worth keeping with the way it sounds! I have a pretty good collection of older consoles and games from over the years. I’m still collecting when I can afford it. There’s still tons of games that are reasonably priced. You mentioned the Lion King for the Genesis. I just bought a copy on EBay 👍
8:30....there it is, my baby. I bought this game off Ebay CIB for 15$ back in 2004. Right when I started buying things off Ebay and or collecting games I grew up on. Yr after high now that I look back at it.
Those games cost as much, as current gen consoles.
I´m glad i own some of those games, you have listed.
Can you make an episode with expensive NeoGeo games ?
Nothing is expensive with emulation, it's quite easy to set up a frontend and fill it with roms
I thought the same lol.
Boy do I regret getting rid of my genesis as a kid because I had Maximum Carnage cib. Thankfully the everdrive has made it possible for gamers to actually play these. Definitely looking forward to trying out a few of these, thank you for your hard work SLX
I've had Maximum Carnage CIB (PAL) in my collection for years, and I had no idea it had suddenly jumped up in value so much! I remember paying about £30 for it about 12yrs ago. Let's just say it's worth quite a bit more now!
Used to love Maximum Carnage and knew quite a few people that had it so I'm surprised it's so expensive
Very interesting video. My answer to ALL these games from all sellers is, "you can keep it"!
Retro game prices are completely out of control. Great Video!
HOLY CRAP. I played Crusader of Centy as a kid.
When I looked it up, the cart was like $80, though this was at least a decade ago. God damn.
And it's a FANTASTIC game, too! Highly recommend playing it to anyone who likes Zelda-likes. It's unique!
Lol you're spot on I'm definitely a 20 something who caught the ass end of the 16 bit era because I got a handme down genesis 2 and sonic 3 as my first game and loved these games every since.
I'm curious to see if aftermarket indie games like Pier Solar and Xeno Crisis will see this type of price hike.
Well, Wisdom Tree's unlicensed games can be pricey, so probably but only after a long time passes again. Probably a good idea to at least snatch up the good unlicensed games.
Paprium goes for 300 to 500 bucks on ebay.
I love the Sega Genesis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone should build some sort of gaming museum or arcade where you can play authentic sega titles and look at their boxes in a glass case. Could make a good business.
Could even be done in a way where only staff handle the cartridges
I have several of these games and I had no idea some of them were that valuable!
Somebody needs to find allot of these license holders and convince them to put these games up on steam and the consoles. Theres so much interest now you'd think they'd be stupid not to.
I bought as many Mega Drive games as I'm willing to at this point. When/if Everdrives come back in stock for MSRP, I plan to get a Pro for sure.
$1000 for Fatal Fury 2? This is an ultra-rare situation where going with the Neo Geo would be the cheaper route! 😁
I'm pretty sure Tetris is the most expensive Genesis game. That game would go for multiple 5 figure sums CIB.
It's also a game that never had an official commercial release. The ones in rotation were not purchased in any Japanese store.
Excellent video! I look forward to you putting together the EXPENSIVE GAMES for Sega CD and 32X!
I have noticed since 2017 prices for original print runs of Mega Drive/Genesis games have gone up. The most expensive game I ever bought with my own money was ''Sonic Triple Trouble'' on the Master System, it set me back $200 dollars as there was no cheap repro from China to go with. It's no wonder why most Mega Drive/Genesis fanatics these days are opting to get EverDrives and or cheap repros from China that cost only a mere few dollars for the exact same game. Those prices are disgusting plain and simple and I would never pay those prices when you can get those games for almost nothing if you know where to look. The way I do it is I purchase a cheap repro from China loose without a case and pay another $15.00 dollars to a mate of mine who owns a small business making up original custom cases for games and pay him to make a custom case for that particular game I bought. The end result gives the game a shiny new feel with the case like it's brand new (well it literally is) and even with the case it costs no where near those insane prices mentioned in the video.
Why pay $300 or more on just one game when you can get a Mega SD or a Pro for the same price and own the entire collection? I've seen Panarama Cotton go for $2000 AU dollars on ebay and i've also seen it go for $14.50 AU dollars from ebay in the form of a brand new reproduction cartridge from China and that's with the English patch. M.U.S.H.A. sells for $3000 dollars on ebay while a repro cost only $20 bucks, screw original Sega pcb boards, think with your heads guys and not your obsessions with owning every single game.
I haven't looked up Genesis prices since before the pandemic. After that I got distracted by Gamecube and PS3 price increases. I'm in shock at these prices. These are Sega Saturn prices! Or for all I know what Sega Saturn prices were last I knew.
Certainly makes me feel old. I remember late 90s/early 00s going to flea markets and seeing Genesis games (granted most were cart only) for a quarter or five for a dollar. I hadn't re-bought the genesis yet at that time, but I wish I had or at least still had my original, so I would have had a reason to buy in bulk back then.
Not all of them are that much but like anything else some are more than others. It’s just supply and demand
@@matthewnikitas8905 Being a year after I wrote that, for the moment as I'm writing this, I've noticed prices of games across the board have gone down. Not dramatically but definitely a notable difference and slowly it's been continuing.
I also saw between then and now that those ridiculous auction house companies that were artificially inflating gaming prices (like that B.S. of Super Mario selling for a million) have been losing money like crazy. Some as much as a 90 percent loss. I think that nonsense is at an end and the gaming market is healing itself as a result. Just my hypothesis but it can't just be a coincidence those two things have been happening at the same time.
@@chaospoet That was a big part of the inflationary prices was the fact you had these sealed games “grading” services arbitrarily giving these things a certain value that wasn’t really reflective of real life, and many people would in turn think their things were worth that amount when that wasn’t necessarily the case. Re sellers also didn’t help the situation at all and definitely contributed to inflationary prices. As a collector I’m just glad to see the market start to stabilize itself a little bit.
I am so glad I kept my Sega Genesis & Japanese Mega Drive games and systems all these years. I started collecting with my brother in the early 90's and still have our collection in pristine condition ever since. Some of the more Rare and expensive games that I have in my collection are: Double Dragon II (JAP), El Viento (JAP), VALIS III (US), Turbo Outrun (JAP), Gunstar Heroes (JAP), Vampire Killer (JAP), and lots more.
Great video! I remember the 'Te Sega voor woorden' ad from the Dutch weekly Donald Duck magazine, nice :D
Nothing better than a Saturday night Sega Lord X video! 🙏
Glad I could help your weekend.
Fatal fury 2 definitely came out in the UK, I used to rent this from my local video store for £3 for 2 nights at a time back then. Enjoyed playing and learning the moves especially the special moves that you could only use on low health.
As a kid in the 90s I remember going over to my friend Jeremy's house where he rented a great genesis game. Didn't remember the name of the game just remembered playing as Jason Voorhees where you could smash guys with a stick. Always had that memory but didn't know until two years ago the game was "Splatter House 2" .thanks James Rolfe!
I used to be completely against piracy but due to what the retro videogame market has become mostly during the last 10 to 15 years, krikzz is the only one having my money now
I’m curious why Tetris didn’t make the list. Part of the reason I bought the Sega Genesis mini was to be able to play such an extremely rare game.
But it's the worst version of Tetris made, nonetheless the genesis mini is an excellent console to get to play some classics without breaking the bank.
I wanted to keep the list covering games that had actual retail releases. The Japanese Mega Drive Tetris was cancelled before its release, hence its rarity.
I'm glad I finished the US collection back in 2007
This is why am thankful for thingslike the Everdrive.
5:30 - 6:18.
Maximum Carnage.
The best Spider Man game ever made and certainly my personal favourite Spidey game.
Great video, I've heard of several of these, have several of them myself, seeing the prices, I'm glad I already have many games on the list, it's interesting how high prices can go, that's for sure.
Great Neo Geo AES collectors guide brother
I remember seeing MUSHA for $20 on the shelf. I almost bought it then as a teen but figured it was crap because it was so cheap. I was shocked when I first saw secondhand prices over $200.
About a couple of years ago at my local retro game shop, I saw Contra Hard Corps complete in-box with cartridge and manual going for 300.
I'm honestly glad Wily Wars got a rerelease from Retro-Bit that's licensed by Capcom themselves.
That's as authentic as you're going to get without paying the hefty price that that the original European version has and it even fixes the terrible lag that was present in the original.
Best part? It works on an NTSC console as well! The only other times it was released in North America were through Sega Channel, the Genesis Mini and some weird AtGames handheld that bundled with with Super Street Fighter Turbo 2.
As much as an emulation freak I am, I'm willing acknowledge that accessibility is important.
I had that AtGames handheld back in the day lol. That was before emulation got really big and you could put a micro SD card in it with the rest of the Genesis ROMs on it. I also am glad they rereleased Wily Wars... I got myself a copy...never thought I'd be able to say I own a copy.
Awesome video man! Wow how times have changed 😕
Gauntlet IV music during the intro, hell yeah!
Great vid! A master system vid would be interesting too.
I was always curious about this. Great video!
Glad it was helpful!
Great job, SLX. I traded about 40 Genesis games in to get my original Saturn back in 95 and at today's prices those games could have bought me a decent car. I hung onto my remaining collection, but mainly look at collecting low cost gems these days. Keep up the great work brother.
With the prices of physical copies sky rocketing and emulation being so readily available, I think game collecting will soon be a thing of the past.
I would be amazed if that comes to pass.
@@SegaLordX agree with SLX.
@@SegaLordX Maybe I just don't understand but I don't see why anyone would pay $1000 for a single game when they can just get an emulator and download the rom for that game. Yeah, it might not be ethical but the video game industry has done a piss poor job of video game preservation with most games. Also you won't have to worry about cartridge malfunction and with save states you never have to deal with passwords or games with no saving ever again.
@The Sterna-Man The thing is that some people just collect to preserve the game's original state rather than play it; think of it as a trophy cabinet or a museum's library which stores rare items in a safe place.
Most collectors also use ROMs when they want to play retro games, just for the sake of better accessibility and ease with modern TVs; but to them it's not the same has having something physical to show off and display, so they aim to have the best of both worlds.
@@lilhanhan So basically what you're saying is most game collectors do it to have their own personal game museum in their house, similar to why people collect Funko Pops. I can kind of understand even if I can't relate. Still, I don't think the price tag would be worth it, but to each his own.
This has become such a fascinating subject for me. I only got into it last spring with the Japanese Mega Drive, I was still able to build a solid collection of about 25 games. I lucked into Musha, Monster World IV & Gaiares all complete for under $150 each, buying straight from Japanese sites. But games I thought were absurdly priced last year at $350, I now look back on and wish I'd grabbed before they hit $500, $600. Vampire Killer, Alien Soldier, Gley Lancer, I'd love to get these but not sure I'll ever be able to. I'd still definitely encourage anyone on the fence to get into it, though. Even in the North American market, there's a lot of really good Genesis games that can still be had under $50, and some really great ones that haven't hit $100 yet. (Seriously, grab Shinobi III & Dynamite Headdy while you still can!)
To many fakes around these days, I’d be real hesitant about buying anything that seems too cheap personally but I do hope yours are all legitimate 👍
@@bl1gh7y Fortunately, Japanese sellers appear to be scrupulously honest for the most part. But definitely, there's always that anxiety when you first open the delivery box. I was half convinced that cheap copy of Musha was going to turn out to be a repro until it arrived. If I ever take the plunge on the _really_ expensive stuff, like Eliminate Down, Alien Soldier or Vampire Killer, I think I'd have to make the purchase in person.
Phil Mason you haven’t dealt with Japangameonline I take it 🤣
I refuse to deal with them ever again.
@@bl1gh7y No, never heard of them, I typically buy through Yahoo auctions or Suruga-ya. I'll keep in mind to avoid them though, thanks.
Wow, never would have thought price gone up this high!
Wooooow. When you said Crusader of Centy was Zelda-like, I didn’t expect it to be a literal clone. That’s crazy.
Great video . Only thing I’d add is Maximum Carnage , Foreman For Real and RAW are the 3 most expensive Japanese games if your not including some of the modem and banking carts .
It was inevitable that Sega related stuff was going to jump in value. Certain Mega Drive, Mega CD, 32X and Sega Saturn titles are now premo for retro games collectors. Thankfully I started my collection over 20yrs ago, and in that time I've picked up many games very cheap that now sell for a small fortune. If somebody is starting their collection nowadays they're going to have to be prepared to spend crazy money. I also find it interesting that there is sometimes quite a difference on the value of a game depending on whether it was originally released in NTSC or PAL territory.
I have a perfect copy of crusader of centy... loved playing this game I have some of the other ones also in perfect condition
Fantastic video! Loved evey minute of it!
Glad i have a MiSTer since 2019. Excellent md core. And more convenient than a og md +upscaler +cables.
Nice timing, somewhat recently got a Nomad in a trade and started specifically buying local as online can just royally suck it. Trouble Shooter I found a week back at a local store, clean copy game only for $60 I was all over that, also had Streets of Rage for $13 which is half the loose rate too. A couple weeks earlier also found a nice clean cart of Sparkster for 1/2 the going rate too. Far more rewarding getting it local, non crack head price, and spread out to enjoy it more.
I bought Alisia Dragoon back in 2018 for £12!!!! Immaculate condition with booklet included 4yrs on now its valued over £50!
Wowsers, I have a few of these games and had no idea lol!
Excellent video.. So many of these titles I have , loose, and so many of these I had an opportunity to buy cib. I complained about the price back then… 😭
I complained as well. $100 for a game! No way!
It probably would have been tough but it would have been pretty interesting to see what inflation has done to the prices, both their original and current day. Great video regardless!
Good vid good advice long live Sega..in our hearts!
Very glad I went out in my lunch breaks in the late '90s to grab so many Mega Drive games being sold off in bargain bins for £5 - £10. Also that I didn't get rid of them in moves etc.
The PAL version of Saturday Night Slam Masters is pretty expensive to, my local retro store had a copy that went for €300.
Imagine their face if you went how much? And then no thank you it's free on emulation 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have some of these games on on a aftermarket multi cart for the Sega Genesis