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Dutch nes gamer God Member Offline Posts: 598 holland Gender:	what was the most expansive game you bought new in 17. Nov 2006 at 12:18 what was the most expensive nes game you bought when the nes was still in the shops,back in the day? Mine was turtels 2 I Don't now wy,but the game was 189 guilders(no euro then)why so expensive? olso in other country's?? normal games where 129 guilders
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NESaholic God Member Offline Obscurist maximus Posts: 2450 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #1 - 17. Nov 2006 at 13:03 I think about 180 guilder or more even back then for SMB3. Remember driving my parents insane and ask every day for some money to save for the game when it got released in our stores.
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Reply #2 - 17. Nov 2006 at 13:29

I think the copy of Metroid my parents got me for Christmas was about $70 or $80 Canadian...and Turtles just came out a couple months before I got it, so it was probably around the same. I was, of course, still very young at that point, and those were the only new games to come into my hands as a kid, what with being poor and all. A bit of food on the table was more important than anything, although I did get my fair share of toys and such...just not all the cool shit the other kids got.

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JoeUofT Senior Member Offline "It'll be faster to tell you what I DON'T have." Posts: 276 Texas	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #3 - 26. Nov 2006 at 01:15 I pre-ordered Street Fighter II for SNES, and payed $69 +tax. I don't think I've payed that much for any game (used or new) since, and I've probably bought 1000 games since then!
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Reply #4 - 26. Nov 2006 at 02:32

the_wizard_666 wrote on 17. Nov 2006 at 13:29:

I think the copy of Metroid my parents got me for Christmas was about $70 or $80 Canadian...and Turtles just came out a couple months before I got it, so it was probably around the same.

Holy shit! No way is Metroid worth $70 or $80! What a way to rob someone. LoL

I never bought any of my games. I was too young to have a job to pay for my own. Although, I'm sure most of them cost $50 bucks. Jesus, I can't believe these 8-bit games cost so much. Cheesy

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the_wizard_666 God Member Offline Posts: 1688 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Gender:	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #5 - 26. Nov 2006 at 02:38 I got it in 1989...sheesh
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Nistle Senior Member Offline Posts: 393 Sanford, NC Gender:	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #6 - 28. Nov 2006 at 16:56 metorid was definately worth that.
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arnoldrimmer Junior Member Offline Posts: 80	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #7 - 28. Nov 2006 at 18:03 For the NES it was The Rockteer that I got for my birthday. I think it was 60 or 70 Canadian. But that was outdone during the N64 days when I dropped over 100 on WWF No Mercy.
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Nistle Senior Member Offline Posts: 393 Sanford, NC Gender:	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #8 - 28. Nov 2006 at 18:04 what made that game cost 100?
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Jordan MacNamara God Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP/Whatever it is Posts: 1758 Gender:	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #9 - 28. Nov 2006 at 21:25 arnoldrimmer wrote on 28. Nov 2006 at 18:03: For the NES it was The Rockteer that I got for my birthday. I think it was 60 or 70 Canadian. But that was outdone during the N64 days when I dropped over 100 on WWF No Mercy. I got that game sealed for 10 dollars!
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the_wizard_666 God Member Offline Posts: 1688 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Gender:	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #10 - 29. Nov 2006 at 02:07 I paid the same for No Mercy when it came out. It simply cost alot to produce, that's why the expense...when the system was discontinued, the price dropped. I knew it wouldn't be worth near what I paid down the road, but I definitely got the play value from it, so I have no regrets.
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flyingducky Forum Newbie Offline NESWORLD KICKS ASS! Posts: 21 Abbotsford, BC, Canada Gender:	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #11 - 06. Dec 2006 at 19:55 I remember paying close to $100. Canadian for Super mario 3. I bought it the first week it came out for sale in the stores, I just had to have it. About a month later I was shopping at the same store and saw them selling it for almost $40. dollars less than what I payed. I was pissed.
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Jordan MacNamara God Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP/Whatever it is Posts: 1758 Gender:	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #12 - 06. Dec 2006 at 21:02 That reminds me of when I got Perfect Dark for 49.99 & then a month later it dropped to like 29.99 & soon to 9.99.
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ils Forum Newbie Offline NESWORLD KICKS ASS! Posts: 29 Norway Gender:	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #13 - 10. Dec 2006 at 17:26 think my parents paid around 80 $ for a pokemon game back in the days..
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nin10do Forum Newbie Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 29	Re: what was the most expansive game you bought ne Reply #14 - 26. Jan 2007 at 04:59 man i wish that i could of paid that much for a new game my moms used to only buy me games that where on some sort of sale
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