Convince me I was right to buy 1941

[soop]

I finally did it.  I rationalised it by thinking it's not ever going to get any cheaper, and I have the money right now, but I just spent close to £200 on a video game.  That's pretty f*cking crazy.  I mean technically, it is an asset.  If I was suddenly in need of that kind of money, I could just resell it.  It's not like I'm buying a wardrobe or something. 

I think I got a fairly good deal as well, a loose card sold for £100 that I was willing to drop £70 on, a complete copy went for £310, and my copy has the case and manual but no cardboard sleeve.  So I don't know if I paid £100 for a case and manual, or saved £100 on a cardboard sleeve.  Either way, that's the final Supergrafx game I needed, and one of the last remaining PC Engine titles I was after.  I think there's ~5 more that I had an eye on but obviously they cost a lot less.

[MisterCrash]

I think 1941 has always been the most expensive SuperGrafx game, and the price seems to continue to climb. On YJA, I couldn't find a single copy had sold for less than 35,000 yen in the past 3+ months:

https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/closedsearch/closedsearch;_ylt=A7dPFtCAW2NZ_HYANAD3KP97?p=1941+カウンターアタック&aq=-1&oq=&ei=UTF-8

It also feels like the pricing at the top of the video game market resembles that of luxury goods, where prices consistently outpace inflation. They could crash, but as long as retro gaming is popular, that is unlikely to happen.

I got my copy late last year for 19,900 yen, which was missing the cardboard sleeve as well.

Congrats on finishing your SuperGrafx collection.

[esteban]

This is easy:

When I owned SuperGrafx, guess which game I kept going back to...CONSTANTLY and happily and with great pleasure?

1941.

Although I enjoy Aldynes, in terms of hours logged per game, 1941 easily tops it.

Those two games, by the way, easily justify the purchase of SGX back in the day.

Now, I regret letting go of SGX...

BACK ON TOPIC: If you are going to put in tonnes of time playing 1941, it doesn't matter if you paid too much today. Think of all the fun that 1941 will provide.

You are allowed to indulge in a few games... but you shouldn't be making weekly extravagant purchases like this unless you can play SuperGrafx whilst on the job.

ALSO: I only spend what I can "lose"... I do not count it any differently than money spent on food (it's all...gone!)

[soop]

Thanks guys, that does make me feel better

Also, one of my fave local bars has a 1941 cab, so maybe I can impress people after practicing at home

I was actually going to buy myself a switch, but I figured I have so many other games to play, I can't justify it, so  I guess maybe I'll look to save a little and pick one up around xmas.

[Necromancer]

It will impress Donna.  Totally worth it.  :-"


Also, like you said the price ain't likely going down any time soon.  You can play it for a while, then resell and recoup your money if you decide it's not worth keeping around.

[nectarsis]

This is easy:

When I owned SuperGrafx, guess which game I kept going back to...CONSTANTLY and happily and with great pleasure?

1941.

Although I enjoy Aldynes, in terms of hours logged per game, 1941 easily tops it.

Those two games, by the way, easily justify the purchase of SGX back in the day.

I enjoyed 1941 (and much more so Aldynes) but Daimakaimura alone made it a must own for me

[soop]

Yeah, Daimakaimura is impressive, if brutally hard.  I have a friend who managed to 1cc complete the thing on some compilation, and he remarked that it's one of the closest arcade ports he's ever seen, especially given the time.  I kind of wish there was some kind of cheat for it so that I could get past the first level!

[SignOfZeta]

I don't think any SGX game is in the top 20 of PCE games and most of those can be had for a lot less so...personally, I think it wasn't that great of a decision. I wouldn't be happy with it myself. It's a dull boring WWII shooter with not much going on. The mentioning of its liquidity would seem to indicate you can't really afford it either.

Hey, you brought it up....

Isn't Black Tiger selling both Spriggens and Nexr? Do you have all of those? All of their are better than 1941. If you're genuinely out of PCE stuff to buy I guess the returns diminish, but if you haven't run out of SCDs that's really where the action is. I can't even tell SGX games actually are SGX games by looking at them. Super unimpressive, IMHO.

EDIT: massively inaccurate date/title used for some reason.

[Gypsy]

Couple of those games from BT are coming to my lair, paid for and waiting. I already have Spriggan soooo maybe someone will be very happy come secret santa time.  O:)

[soop]

Couple of those games from BT are coming to my lair, paid for and waiting. I already have Spriggan soooo maybe someone will be very happy come secret santa time.  O:)

I remember reading a review of either Spriggan or Spriggan 2 back in the day claiming it was one of the best games on the system, but it's not something I ever got round to buying. Still, pretty happy with my collection, it's mostly hueys tho

http://www.pcedaisakusen.net/2/34/463/show-collection.htm

[Gypsy]

Spriggan is a top 5 shooter on the system, pretty easily imo.

[soop]

Spriggan is a top 5 shooter on the system, pretty easily imo.

I'll give it a look, thanks for the heads up

[Gypsy]

The second one is completely different.

[blueraven]

You've fawned over that game for how many years?

I'd say the purchase was justified.

I felt like an a$$hole paying $75 for terraforming, and its one of my favorite shooters.

[Arkhan]

You f*cked up.

If you have to have a bunch of assclowns on a forum convince you that it was a good idea, you f*cked up.