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$110 for my CIB Airboarders 64 and Mario Kart 8 Limited Edition (PAL Version as I don't live in the States). Then system I'd say I paid the most for would be the SNES Classic I bought new at 140 (that was and still is the retail price for it here. I know, we get ripped off). Most consoles I have are from when I was younger or birthday presents- in the case of the Switch that was Christmas as well since they're 550 new). 

Never been one to justify spending above retail for anything, so never have. Especially now. 

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I bought a PAL copy of Little Samson for $200 a few years ago. Am I proud of it? No. Do I regret it? Not a chance. Little Samson is awesome, and I'm happy to have a legit version (since I'll never afford an NTSC copy).

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I won't say how much, but on NA (can't exactly recall who) someone wanted to unload 7x CIB Chronos, half with the registation cards.  Technically, it's a single game... just multiple copies.  It was an investment and I know I def paid more than $1,000.  By far the largest, single purchase I've made.  Anyway, I still have 4, I kept the one in best condition and by the time I finally unload the last three, I will have been "paid" to have a nice CIB Chrono Trigger.

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3 minutes ago, RH said:

I won't say how much, but on NA (can't exactly recall who) someone wanted to unload 7x CIB Chronos, half with the registation cards.  Technically, it's a single game... just one copy.  It was an investment and I know I def paid more than $1,000.  By far the largest, single purchase I've made.  Anyway, I still have 4, I kept the one in best condition and by the time I finally unload the last three, I will have been "paid" to have a nice CIB Chrono Trigger.

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20 hours ago, DoctorEncore said:

My wife doesn't even know, so I'm sure as hell not gonna tell you guys. 😬

I’m gonna take a stab and guess...

aside from the wedding ring, take the price of the most expensive thing you’ve bought for her...

might equate to the dearest CIB purchase, or times by 2 for the dearest sealed game. Am I close?

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38 minutes ago, GPX said:

I’m gonna take a stab and guess...

aside from the wedding ring, take the price of the most expensive thing you’ve bought for her...

might equate to the dearest CIB purchase, or times by 2 for the dearest sealed game. Am I close?

Hahahaha. I love that you have a formula for this. 🤣

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24 minutes ago, Code Monkey said:

Megaman 3 (prototype) - $1250 USD

Zombie Nation (complete) - $700 CAD

Bumper Bash (complete) - $600 CAD

Many, many other games for $300 - $500 range.

I don't have as much tied up in individual games as I used to, but that cumulative amount adds up quick.

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Most o my most expensive game purchases were arcade-related. I own a complete set Neo Geo MVS set, plus some JP games etc. I believe Pochi & Naya was the most expensive one, but I got mine complete at less than 1/2 what the next cheapest one was listed at at the time. Short answer: I hate money apparently. Love games though.

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$600 on CIB Earthbound 7 years ago to replace my bad copy of the game. Ended up selling the box, guide and my original crap copy for almost what I paid for it several months later due to finance troubles. But I got a nice clean copy out of it. I would probably never spend that amount on any other game but EB is a special case for me.

Outside of that, $200 for CIB Cubivore on GameCube which is still too much for one game IMO.

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8 hours ago, drxandy said:

I'm part of the cheapskate club, so the highest I can think of is either steel battalion for Xbox with the controller for $150 or ni no Kuni 2 on release special edition.. paid like 180 for it to drop to basically nothing within a year 😕

There was a period where I was buying every single 360/PS3 special edition, but I had to stop since it was such huge waste of money. Sure, a few of them skyrocketed in value, but the vast majority of them got clearanced for a quarter of the price. Also, they just take up too much space. I'm still a sucker for steelbooks, but only if it's a game I'm already planning to buy and it doesn't double the price.

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20 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said:

There was a period where I was buying every sigle 360/PS3 special edition, but I had to stop since it was such huge waste of money. Sure, a  few of them skyrocketed in value, but the vast majority of them got clearanced for a quarter of the price. Also, they just take up too much space. I'm still a sucker for steelbooks, but only if it's a game I'm already planning to buy and it doesn't double the price.

I thought I was being smart because the original ni no Kuni's collectors edition was actually limited and I missed out on it haha, last time I splurge on a big dev special edition on its launch day even if it's a series I love.

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Editorials Team · Posted

Hagane (2014ish) and Metal Warriors (2017ish), both in the mid to high $200s.  I think.  I'm hard pressed to remember any amount for any game nowadays.  I've definitely never gotten into the $300s.

Everything else above $150 has involved trades

I do remember getting sniped on a Star Fox weekend that was in the $400s

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