croagunk | 798 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 9 hours ago, DarkTone said: Whats the story behind this? I missed out on this game as a kid. I loved Pokémon, but my older brother was at the point where he was over it. We pretty much only got games for Christmas, and I didn’t ask for this game because I figured it would be better to get a game we could play together. As the years went by, the GameCube was left in the dust behind the Wii and DS. Fast forward, I am a bit of a video game collector. I am thinking once again about this game. I know GameCube collecting has become more of a craze lately, and that has jacked up prices. I did not want to drop $200+ CAD on a video game, but this game was quickly headed in that direction. I frequented the local used video game store, but they never seemed to have that game. Frankly, I was afraid what they would ask for the game if they had it. One day, I went in and it was there. $120. Not as bad as expected. I still asked if they could do any better and they said $110. I jumped on it. I pay almost $100 for a new Switch game post-tax, anyway. Best purchase in a long time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inasuma | 1,191 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 11 hours ago, phart010 said: Looking at this gives me chills. There was a time between N64 and GameCube when I began hating video gaming due to the elimination of my favorite 2D genres. Metroid Fusion gave me some temporary relief. I preordered it and picked it up on day 1. Unfortunately my box has seen better days, but I still have it with the original preorder receipt That's amazing! I wish I had my original copy. I played that game into the ground. hah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,705 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, inasuma said: That's amazing! I wish I had my original copy. I played that game into the ground. hah Here’s mine. I kept the box/manual for mine, but I think I gave away the original cartridge at some point. Had to track down a replacement cartridge several years ago Edited June 8, 2021 by phart010 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,818 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Well, I don't own any "grails" but since I'm giving up on the one I started out with in my mind from 5 years ago when I started collecting, what I wanted/hoped to find was the (likely) cel art on the box of most of the 90s Final Fantasy games. See these images: Notice that the sword and flare behind it look the same. Well, I took this and the other games with that image and I overlayed them and adjusted the alpha values to see if they were the same. Yup. Lettering is always different but they some how used the same graphic of the sword and flair on all of these games. Anyway, I asked around on NA if anyone had any leads on where to find this but that was dried up. At this point, I've moved on from RPGs but it'd still be an amazing find. Plus, today I could see the owner wanting $10,000-20,000 for it. It might not be worth that much, or maybe it is. In 2016, I would have paid "whatever it took" to have gotten that image. Edited June 8, 2021 by RH 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,705 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, RH said: Well, I don't own any "grails" but since I'm giving up on the one I started out with in my mind from 5 years ago when I started collecting, what I wanted/hoped to find was the (likely) cel art on the box of most of the 90s Final Fantasy games. See these images: Notice that the sword and flare behind it look the same. Well, I took this and the other games with that image and I overlayed them and adjusted the alpha values to see if they were the same. Yup. Lettering is always different but they some how used the same graphic of the sword and flair on all of these games. Anyway, I asked around on NA if anyone had any leads on where to find this but that was dried up. At this point, I've moved on from RPGs but it'd still be an amazing find. Plus, today I could see the owner wanting $10,000-20,000 for it. It might not be worth that much, or maybe it is. In 2016, I would have paid "whatever it took" to have gotten that image. Haha, I passed on many opportunities over the years to get various video game cell arts in the $50-$200 range because I thought they were too expensive. Hindsight is 20/20 Edited June 8, 2021 by phart010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minty | 9 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Guess my Grail is my WATA graded factory sealed FFX. But this is the very rare black label variant with the Square-Enix logos instead of Squaresoft. There just seems to be very few of these produced and I rarely see them for sale in used condition, let alone new. Not sure if I will sell it. I won't show the grade now but luckily it graded v ery high. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeGame | 760 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I have to choose my original FF for the nostalgia factor : 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,214 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 6/8/2021 at 11:18 AM, croagunk said: I missed out on this game as a kid. I loved Pokémon, but my older brother was at the point where he was over it. We pretty much only got games for Christmas, and I didn’t ask for this game because I figured it would be better to get a game we could play together. As the years went by, the GameCube was left in the dust behind the Wii and DS. Fast forward, I am a bit of a video game collector. I am thinking once again about this game. I know GameCube collecting has become more of a craze lately, and that has jacked up prices. I did not want to drop $200+ CAD on a video game, but this game was quickly headed in that direction. I frequented the local used video game store, but they never seemed to have that game. Frankly, I was afraid what they would ask for the game if they had it. One day, I went in and it was there. $120. Not as bad as expected. I still asked if they could do any better and they said $110. I jumped on it. I pay almost $100 for a new Switch game post-tax, anyway. Best purchase in a long time. Great price and in great shape, definitely a win! I am regretting passing it up many times for less than $30 even and now it's likely too late to get it for under $100 usd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOURTURN | 1,256 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 (edited) EDIT: Item was sold due to lack of space. It was not a fun experience. Edited January 22, 2022 by FenrirZero 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrizza | 130 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 I would love to find (for a decent price) a Game Boy Test Cartridge (Image found here) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fum171 | 5 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I gotta go with my milli 2000 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendo Workshop | 38 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) Edited August 4, 2021 by Nintendo Workshop New pic 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,681 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 8/4/2021 at 11:53 AM, Nintendo Workshop said: So cool, never saw the box for this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,681 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 @Nintendo WorkshopWorkshop: is that a box manufacturer stamp? Picture is a bit blurry. If so, mind taking a better picture of that or sharing which company and plant made the box? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendo Workshop | 38 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, fcgamer said: @Nintendo WorkshopWorkshop: is that a box manufacturer stamp? Picture is a bit blurry. If so, mind taking a better picture of that or sharing which company and plant made the box? Thanks. sure. Here are a couple more pics. Found in the wild with the chair in the same small town i live in. Bought the chair. Leaving the garage the lady said you want the box too cause were tossing it out if you don’t. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,681 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 32 minutes ago, Nintendo Workshop said: sure. Here are a couple more pics. Found in the wild with the chair in the same small town i live in. Bought the chair. Leaving the garage the lady said you want the box too cause were tossing it out if you don’t. Sweet, thanks! My father had worked in a corrugated company for 30 some years, hence my interest in this Like I said before, I had no idea that this had come boxed like that, it looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inasuma | 1,191 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 This pretty much covers it for me. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davroskington | 16 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I stumbled on this randomly on Ebay listed as "Game Machine" for AUD$400. The guy said if nobody bid on the auction he would have gutted it and turned it into a chipped Xbox arcade. 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood | 209 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 It’s my Simpson's cab for me... not the most expensive item, but one i waited for and desired for far to long 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 980 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 You can tell its the Holy grail. It has its own welcome mat. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16BitBricks | 59 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Just came in the mail yesterday. I’ve been looking for an NTSC SNES sample cart for Zombies Ate My Neighbors for years! I came close to one in 2019 but couldn’t make a deal. This one popped up on eBay from a seller in Spain! It’s probably why they crossed out the “Ate My Neighbors” (it’s known as Zombies in PAL releases)! Now I just need the variant box to complete my ZAMN collection! 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only_None | 8 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I got the Retrovision new in 2010. It still looks amazing and always starts conversations. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorndogSTEVE99 | 157 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Got this free on fb market place 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 918 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 12:00 PM, Only_None said: I got the Retrovision new in 2010. It still looks amazing and always starts conversations. I was way late to the game after this came out but god I would love to have one of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,712 Moderator · Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 12:00 PM, Only_None said: I got the Retrovision new in 2010. It still looks amazing and always starts conversations. Nice! You have a pretty good chiptune collection as well if I remember your NA posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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