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Fawf posted:no room for a famicom in my life but plenty enough for these bad boys Ah yes, another explorer in the further regions of Famicom experience.
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I don't have a lot of expensive stuff, but I do have this big box version of MonkeyIsland 2 signed by Ron Gilbert: And there's my copy of Symphony of the Night that I bought for cheap as a child in the late 90s  And these PS2 Persona games are apparently selling for big bucks these days  Unfortunately got rid of most of my old PC games, but still got these and a couple of others 
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May 24, 2021 12:53
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Whizzing Wizard posted:I don't have a lot of expensive stuff, but I do have this big box version of MonkeyIsland 2 signed by Ron Gilbert: oh man, jealous of your MI2 and Fallout 1/2.... they're hard to find now! Let alone a signed one. I've got around 200 PC games or so which is apparently a 'moderate' sized collection. Here's some of my favourites: 
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May 25, 2021 12:26
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That's a seriously impressive collection if that picture is only showing parts of it. I would love to have those LucasArts adventure games especially, and is that Alien Carnage aka Halloween Harry ? Like most Apogee games I only ever played the shareware version back then. I assume you have US versions, because your version of Deus Ex looks different to mine: 
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May 25, 2021 12:54
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Whizzing Wizard posted:That's a seriously impressive collection if that picture is only showing parts of it. Yeah I have... way too many. I've been collecting for years, its a bit of a fun hobby and old PC games don't seem to get much love compared to other platforms. I love the Lucasarts adventures, I think Day of the Tentacle would be my favourite. Sam and Max is up there as well although I don't know how you'd solve some of those puzzles without the hint book (no internet back in those days!) Yes that's Alien Carnage/Halloween Harry! It had some really cool graphics and music for a DOS sidescroller game. I would prefer to have a Halloween Harry box though as that's the version I knew from my younger days. The registered versions of Apogee games are really hard to find in a boxed format and recently have been selling for silly amounts of money. Luckily I got these years ago for cheap. Most of my games are Australian but I think this version of Deus Ex is US. 
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May 25, 2021 13:58
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DonutKing posted:Yeah I have... way too many. I've been collecting for years, its a bit of a fun hobby and old PC games don't seem to get much love compared to other platforms. It's got an ESRB rating so that's definitely a US copy. Awesome collection
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May 25, 2021 14:06
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Prior to the Pegi rating becoming a standard, it was actually not uncommon for boxes to have all kinds of markings, including ESRB. Here's my Nordic version of Heroes 3 for instance:  
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May 25, 2021 16:10
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Apologies if this isn't the place to ask, but is there a good site or service for getting a hang on how much a rare old game is worth? I have a copy of Persona 2: Eternal Punishment that's in good condition but missing the manual, and eBay auction prices seem to be all over the place. I'm no collector and this thing seems to be worth a couple hundred dollars on the low side, so I'd love to know if there's a reputable way to price and sell it to someone who'd appreciate it.
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Jul 7, 2021 20:31
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Are you looking at items currently for sale or completed auctions?
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Jul 7, 2021 20:44
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Big Mad Drongo posted:Apologies if this isn't the place to ask, but is there a good site or service for getting a hang on how much a rare old game is worth? I have a copy of Persona 2: Eternal Punishment that's in good condition but missing the manual, and eBay auction prices seem to be all over the place. Standard retrogames thread maybe better: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3837622 But yeah, only look at 'sold' auctions on ebay to get a sense. Complete looks like $375-450, disc only is $200ish, so somewhere between there ($250-$275sh I'd guess?) You can also look at Pricecharting which does the same type of thing, but may be slightly stale - they have separate tabs for Complete vs Loose: https://www.pricecharting.com/game/playstation/persona-2-eternal-punishment
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Jul 7, 2021 20:56
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Fantastic Foreskin posted:Are you looking at items currently for sale or completed auctions? I've haven't touched eBay in over a decade, I didn't know that was an option. I'll check it out. falz posted:Standard retrogames thread maybe better: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3837622 Thanks! I'll ask there as well. I didn't even realize this game was worth anything until I saw someone post it in this thread as valuable. I picked it up for dirt cheap years ago from a used game shop because I knew SMT and I'd vaguely heard of this obscure "Persona" spinoff series. I'm amazed I only lost the manual and didn't scratch up the disks as a dumb kid.
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Jul 7, 2021 21:26
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Pricecharting, and all of those price tracking sites, have some severely flawed methodology so I wouldn't trust them. In this case where you've got an incomplete game, I'd say auction and let the chips fall where they may. It'll probably be less than you're hoping for since the prices you see aren't reflecting what's selling and even sold listing are iffy. The high effort option is to buy a manual yourself and then sell it as a complete copy. You'll almost definitely make more in the end that way. One more thing, if you want to convert it to cash, I'd do it sooner rather than later. Prices on games got a massive COVID bump that will be fading. That's another good reason to auction and be happy with what you get, it pretty much guarantees a sale.
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I have a mac copy of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri; soon as I get my blasted phone to give pictures to my PC again, I'll post it.
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