Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )

[esteban]

Sadly, with the ridiculous prices some titles command, the incentive to bootleg will only increase.

PLUS, why even bother making a working bootleg? I see no reason someone won't simply recycle an old Keith Courage and print/silkscreen  Magical Chase logo  on the HuCARD itself.

[jelloslug]

Sadly, with the ridiculous prices some titles command, the incentive to bootleg will only increase.

PLUS, why even bother making a working bootleg? I see no reason someone won't simply recycle an old Keith Courage and print/silkscreen  Magical Chase logo  on the HuCARD itself.

[Tommy Vercetti]

I saw US version of that game for 5k...I almost died...then I saw a Japanese version of that same game for also very high amount.....I went to see the gameplay on youtube. It looks good but not as good as many other shooters on turbo. So this game is purely a holy grail because of low numbers printed? I also saw that dude on pawn Stars with the NES game that was worth like some STUPID amount. Went to youtube to check gameplay and was disappointed of how crappy the game was... I just don't understand how come such crappy games cost so much. Low print numbers yes, but games still suks... hmm

[synbiosfan]

High prices due to low production numbers and the stupid Pokemon mentality at work.

It sounds like you're at least doing your homework and searching.

I went the Everdrive route myself and grab good titles...mostly

[Tommy Vercetti]

I don't get why Japanese magical chase costs a lot of money. Weren't Japanese game mass produced? makes no sense for that price at all

[Medic_wheat]

I don't get why Japanese magical chase costs a lot of money. Weren't Japanese game mass produced? makes no sense for that price at all

For many popular us games that are playable as an import game have recently drastically increased as the "cheaper" alternative for us gamers.

You see it in the TG-16 SNES and NES games


To a lesser extent with sega stuff

[Mathius]

The Everdrive is the way to go. Honestly, booting MC US up on my Duo and seeing the Quest logo slide into view got me all giddy. I was just excited to play it on real hardware. Now do I like owning real copies of US Turbo games? Sure I do! But for the collectard-only releases an Everdrive works just fine.

[HailingTheThings]

I'm working on some counterfeits... almost done with Dynastic Hero repro.

That's ah funny.

[Black Tiger]

Four copies of the Turbo version of Magical Chase have sold on eBay recently. It really is the rarest, most hard to find game around. Since it's almost never for sale at any price (see greedostick(?)'s early thread), I can see why people jump on the chance to bid practically anything for it, on the rare occasion its pops up for sale.

[Lost Monkey]

Four copies of the Turbo version of Magical Chase have sold on eBay recently. It really is the rarest, most hard to find game around. Since it's almost never for sale at any price (see greedostick(?)'s early thread), I can see why people jump on the chance to bid practically anything for it, on the rare occasion its pops up for sale.

I count 6. 

There are also 6 Tonma's in eBay recent history... Maybe Tonma should be selling for $5-$7K...

[jelloslug]

Four copies of the Turbo version of Magical Chase have sold on eBay recently. It really is the rarest, most hard to find game around. Since it's almost never for sale at any price (see greedostick(?)'s early thread), I can see why people jump on the chance to bid practically anything for it, on the rare occasion its pops up for sale.

That's more copies than of Jack Nicklaus CD golf

[tggodfrey]

Tonma used to be on ebay quite a bit 3 years ago.  A loosy only ran you 28.00.  No idea why its considered so rare.

[bob]

Tiger as far as i can those are all PC engine games, not tg16 and this is the TG section if the forum.  To date there aren't any counterfeits if the high priced TG 16 games.

We do have reproduction cards of magical chase but it is just that and can no way be passed as original

I'm working on some counterfeits... almost done with Dynastic Hero repro.

I still hate this photo.

[technozombie]

Tonma used to be on ebay quite a bit 3 years ago.  A loosy only ran you 28.00.  No idea why its considered so rare.

Perceived rarity is probably more important than actual rarity. I have this theory that when Gamestop, stopped carrying used NES and SNES games that it had a profound effect on the collecting market. Knowing that you could walk in to such a large chain store and purchase these old games meant that you didn't need to. They would be there if you wanted them. 10 years, or so, later and they're not setting there like they used to be, the first place people look is Ebay. Couple that with nostalgia and the increased buying power of our generation and you've got a bubble. I've seen a couple of articles where Gamestop is talking about getting back into retro games, and I think that if they do the market will crash. If you can walk in and buy something anytime, you'll be in less of a hurry to buy it.

[Medic_wheat]

Tonma used to be on ebay quite a bit 3 years ago.  A loosy only ran you 28.00.  No idea why its considered so rare.

Perceived rarity is probably more important than actual rarity. I have this theory that when Gamestop, stopped carrying used NES and SNES games that it had a profound effect on the collecting market. Knowing that you could walk in to such a large chain store and purchase these old games meant that you didn't need to. They would be there if you wanted them. 10 years, or so, later and they're not setting there like they used to be, the first place people look is Ebay. Couple that with nostalgia and the increased buying power of our generation and you've got a bubble. I've seen a couple of articles where Gamestop is talking abou getting back into retro games, and I think that if they do the market will crash. If you can walk in and buy something anytime, you'll be in less of a hurry to buy it.

I don't know if the whole walk into a store and buy a game makes it any cheaper idea makes seanse


As it is based on availability and consumerism that steamers from ease of access. 


Because if you are hanging your hat on that idea then it already exist.  It's called eBay/amazon.

Also I hope GameStop does not go into retro game selling.  They attempted this with a piss poor selection of games you could get with gamer points and they wanted someone like 25,000 points for a Mario/Duckhunt game.


And to get 25,000 gamer points you basically have to spend I store something like $1,000 bucks. 


My number might be way off as this whole retro game thing they tried was like a fart in the wind and QUICKLY abandoned.