Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@AlohaPizzaJack Hey, don't shoot the person that corrected the messenger. It wasn't me that advised that site to Anti-Matter, but Ninfan.

However, even though they do have some expensive games, their prices are pretty fair overall, and I've actually ordered from them several times before. Their service is great as well. And all their Dreamcast stuff is pretty decently priced...

@ThanosReXXX
I think i have solved my problem about rare Pokemon DS games. 🤓

After some searching again from Ebay + Playasia + Tokopedia, i have decided to buy these Pokemon DS games with order :
1. SoulSilver from Tokopedia on April 2019.
2. Black 2 from Ebay or Tokopedia on May 2019.
3. White 2 from Tokopedia or Playasia on June 2019.

I put SoulSilver first because i only found two sources from Tokopedia with "not too expensive" prices, while Black 2 was quite a lot on Ebay with price range around $70 - $90, White 2 i found on Tokopedia with cheaper price and from Playasia in Sealed condition.

I have rescheduled my purchase plan for other games (Switch) and i have to delay some of Switch games purchasing day.
I will buy FF X/X-2 Switch on May 2019.
I will buy FF XII switch on June 2019.

@Anti-Matter Well, there you go: problem solved.

@ReaderRagfihs
I believe for Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 will still available on May - June 2019 because i have found some links from Ebay that have cheaper prices options.
And i have to keep my eyes peeled for both Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 from Tokopedia for easier choices since it from Indonesia.

I actually have two copies of White 2 and one of Black 2.

Wish I could like, give you one. But I limit my game trading to people that live at least 200km near me.

Darn, just shy by about 16,000 kilometers.

I’ll bring the pizza.

I'll eat the pizza.

I'll dig up my brother's old copy of Big Rigs. Any takers?

(I honestly have no clue if it's still at my parents' place....)

@ReaderRagfihs you can have my copy of My Baby 3 and Friends.

@ReaderRagfihs: It's "so bad it's good" status is well-deserved. XD My brother actually played it now and again when he was still into games. He just liked driving the semis around.

@ThanosReXXX it is American lukie games sorry I thought it was Australian . You won't get better prices any where else.

Hey guys, so I was thinking, I weirdly miss larger cartridges and VHS tapes. Not the quality but the physicality of them. To me there is something oddly satisfying about putting an old school cartridge into a device and doing something with it. I think it reminds me of old school sci-fi too. Not to mention I miss how solid and durable things felt back in the 90s. You could probably use an N64 cartridge to kill someone and have the game still work. I feel like many modern devices really lack that. Then again VHS tapes were pretty fragile too.

@Vinny Hey I missed your response somehow, sorry about that, and yeah, it wasn't exactly top of the line then either.

@Anti-Matter Wow, those titles are rare in your country? That's a shame. But HG/SS are amazing. I loved the Pokewalker they came with. I wish they'd revisit the idea - but as a smartphone app.

@ReaderRagfihs That's certainly a fair point. But there is still something gratifying to me about having your data on something the size of a VHS of SNES cartridge. And think about it, if they can cram 1TB onto a microSD card now, how much could they shove onto something the size of an N64 cartridge?

@Heavyarms55 It can probably hold an entire console

And Pokemon games, especially the DS games are expensive everywhere. Maybe not Japan, but certainly in the rest of the world. €60+ prices aren't uncommon over here. I did some searching and games like HGSS are indeed in the €80-100 range.

@Octane €80-100?! Are you serious?! That's including the Poke-Walker, I have to assume! But even 60 is absolutely nuts! I wonder if it is the same in the US, I haven't been back in several years. I'll have to ask some of my friends back home.

The game and Pokéwalker together cost anywhere from $30-80. Ironically, Lukie Games has one of the highest prices for getting both, about $70 in total. This is probably one of times that one should seriously consider digital download.

I do not miss hard drive platters. Those can stay in the past. So can storage drive cassettes, for that matter.

@Heavyarms55 No, just the game. The best prices I can find are €65.99, €70.99 and €75. The boxed version with a PokeWalker is €95; cheapest version of HeartGold with PokeWalker is €99 (and yeah, they were €45 when they originally came out ten years ago). Looking on eBay, prices range from $50 to $70 (without PokeWalker it seems). There's also an $850 graded version available lol. I'm certain you can find a copy for the original €45 launch price if you're patient enough; but that's pretty much the minimum you're going to have to pay.

Why are they so expensive? No idea. There are literally millions of copies circulating the market.