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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #120 on: June 26, 2014, 09:27:04 AM »
I have legitimately given up on acquiring games for certain systems because of cost. Honestly I'm at a dead stand-still at the moment because I've got too big of a backlog of games to play and the Facebook re-seller bullshit is driving me insane.

They clog up the toilet that's for sure. I'm glad this site still acts as the plunger.

Interesting analogy. Heh.

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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #121 on: June 26, 2014, 09:36:06 AM »
I have legitimately given up on acquiring games for certain systems because of cost. Honestly I'm at a dead stand-still at the moment because I've got too big of a backlog of games to play and the Facebook re-seller bullshit is driving me insane.
.   I agree. I've got plenty of retro stuff to keep me busy for some time, and with all the free games Microsoft is pumping out I'm buried!

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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #122 on: June 26, 2014, 09:58:21 AM »
I have legitimately given up on acquiring games for certain systems because of cost.

EU Sonic for SMS...UPC sticker is just not worth it, amirite!


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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #123 on: June 26, 2014, 05:59:09 PM »
I have legitimately given up on acquiring games for certain systems because of cost.

EU Sonic for SMS...UPC sticker is just not worth it, amirite!

Yes.

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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #124 on: June 27, 2014, 04:14:47 AM »
I have legitimately given up on acquiring games for certain systems because of cost.

EU Sonic for SMS...UPC sticker is just not worth it, amirite!


Eh. I just said f*ck it and got the EU copy. Most sites that verify complete collections don't even factor the U.S. Sonic into the equation because it's too easy to spoof.

I was thinking more of domestic Sega Genesis, Super NES and Saturn games. Shit's getting ridiculous.


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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #125 on: June 28, 2014, 12:11:39 PM »
will there ever be???

look at the question....will there EVER be......???

of course......its like asking will humans will EVER be extinct

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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #126 on: June 28, 2014, 12:26:19 PM »
will there ever be???

look at the question....will there EVER be......???

of course......its like asking will humans will EVER be extinct

Even when we are all dead. (lol) Turbo will still keep climbing in price for no reason just because life sucks.

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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #127 on: June 30, 2014, 05:17:24 AM »
After the coming apocalypse, cockroaches will be paying thousands of twinkies for a Magical Chase.  The cycle never ends.
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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #128 on: June 30, 2014, 05:22:52 AM »
I firmly believed there would be no price crash ever until today. Lots of people appear to be dumping their TG stuff now. I can't believe beemer is letting his collection go!

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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #129 on: June 30, 2014, 06:41:00 PM »
After the coming apocalypse, cockroaches will be paying thousands of twinkies for a Magical Chase.  The cycle never ends.


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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #130 on: July 01, 2014, 01:43:52 PM »
I firmly believed there would be no price crash ever until today. Lots of people appear to be dumping their TG stuff now. I can't believe beemer is letting his collection go!

Hardly!  Just a bunch of the US stuff I havent been playing.  I've still got a few hundred PC engine games and as far as I know they're going no where!   I play that stuff all the time.  Its just that to play the US stuff I have to pull out the US system and deal with all that jazz...  I've still got a good 35 or so US games (all good ones mind you!) that get plenty of play and wont be going anywhere ;)
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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #131 on: July 01, 2014, 01:57:57 PM »
That's good to hear! :D

I won't pretend I haven't thought about loading up an everdrive and burning a stack of ISOs then letting a lot go. The truth is I don't play it near enough, but at the end of the day I'm a victim of nostalgia. It's worth it because I still grin like an idiot in my game room.

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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #132 on: July 02, 2014, 02:26:57 AM »
That's good to hear! :D

I won't pretend I haven't thought about loading up an everdrive and burning a stack of ISOs then letting a lot go. The truth is I don't play it near enough, but at the end of the day I'm a victim of nostalgia. It's worth it because I still grin like an idiot in my game room.

That’s the interesting part...

with flash carts (specifically everdirves since they seem to have really fine-tuned it all) in any gaming library it adds a interesting dimension. 

-With a flash cart you can browse a games entire library without ever having to swap out the game from the system. 

-That relegates a gamer's library as a show piece as its regular and active use could become stagnate.

-Many gamers say "I just want to play the game on original hardware."  Then with the ever drive and a original system that effectively accomplished just that.  Theoretically eliminating the need to collect, store, or buy the games in a systems library. 


I understand some buy the flash cart to test out games that are pricy then make a more informed choice on purchasing it.  Makes sense, but still doesn't eliminate the fact that buying the physical copy is no different then the meth you are playing it as you are still using original hardware (no emulation).

I fear that once I do pick up everdirves for each of my systems I'll end up leaving my games untouched sitting on shelves looking pretty but never being used.  But I also cannot deny the desire, usefulness, and practicality of a flash cart.   


For those who have a everdrive (be it for the TG-16 or other systems, and still collect for said system what are your thoughts?

Do you still take a game off your shelf that is already on the flashcart and play it? 

Or has the flashcart become a perminite fixture on your system?

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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #133 on: July 02, 2014, 03:38:51 AM »
buying the physical copy is no different then the meth

Precisely.  :lol:

For those who have a everdrive (be it for the TG-16 or other systems, and still collect for said system what are your thoughts?

Do you still take a game off your shelf that is already on the flashcart and play it? 

Or has the flashcart become a perminite fixture on your system?

It's not difficult or time consuming to pull a game off the shelf and pop it in, so I only use my flashcart for translated roms or stuff I don't own. 
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Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?
« Reply #134 on: July 02, 2014, 03:45:40 AM »
I do the same as Necro. Like I said in my recent video the E.D. is great for games like Magical Chase, Coryoon, Bonk III, etc. where owning such a game just isn't logical at this time. I have the Mega Everdrive that gets used the same way. It's just a supplement. It hasn't diminished the importance of my physical game library.
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