austin532 | 467 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Pricecharting only goes as far back as 2008. Is there any site that has archived prices before that time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,709 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 FunCoLand price sheets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Link said: FunCoLand price sheets Has anyone actually archived a library of those somewhere? They really kind of in a way were a good barometer of what a store would pay and then sell a used good for and they posted anything they'd peddle in those books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 Funcoland sheets and old price guide books are the only things I can think off. I don't think either of those are archived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strikezone1 | 154 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Any members of this board have a collection of the old Funcoland sheets I wonder? I have like 3-4 of them. All from ‘99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,403 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I just look for FS/WTS posts on Google and add a date range, you’ll often find some DigitPress or AtariAge post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Digital Press, 7th Edition will tell you what games were roughly worth in 2001, and my eBay feedback shows me exactly what I paid for video game items dating back to like 2005; in fact, some of the prices are so ridiculously low by todays standards that I almost feel like taking the time someday to do a bunch of print-screens and then post the pictures here on the forum... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,884 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Dr. Morbis said: in fact, some of the prices are so ridiculously low by todays standards that I almost feel like taking the time someday to do a bunch of print-screens and then post the pictures here on the forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Every game was a quarter back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Why torture yourself with woulda coulda... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,707 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Is this just for personal interest? I can’t imagine any practical use coming out of having this information. As others have said here, collecting wasn’t really a mainstream thing then, many game stores just randomly slapped a price sticker between $1-$15 on most games. Smartphones only just came out like in 2007, most people didn’t get one for years after so not much price referencing was being done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Yes, it's more for curiosity. I remember how cheap some games were but it's always neat to look back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bogomil | 815 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Honestly before 2000 almost all used games were the same price unless it was still the current gen. There may have been exceptions but even when a local game store closed here in the early 2000s, all the NES, SNES, and 64 games were a flat rate regardless of condition etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Most used games still were pretty low/flat up until it closed in on 2010 when inflation started to obviously kick in, but it was that mix of mid 2011 into 2012 when the shit hit the fan and things got started down a very ugly road. So what's next? Should we dwell on the fact that when you paid $10 or $5 or $20 for a game, you didn't care and neither did the retailer if it was loose or complete? Or at best you maybe paid like $5-10 higher for the full deal. Oh the days when paper, trays, dust sleeves, even little foam blocks and non-descript baggies didn't cost you a premium per piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 13 hours ago, Andy_Bogomil said: Honestly before 2000 almost all used games were the same price unless it was still the current gen. Yeah, that's how it was up here. CIB NES were all five bucks each in the very early 2000's - it didn't really matter what title. I remember one time during this era I walked into a game store with a couple of collector buddies and they had Strider and Yo Noid new/sealed up on the back wall behind the counter for $60 each. I grabbed them immediately, and while I was paying the $120 + tax, the three guys I was with were looking at me like I was craaaaaazy! I've always been a condition whore, I guess, but those were very different times... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 18 hours ago, Dr. Morbis said: Yeah, that's how it was up here. CIB NES were all five bucks each in the very early 2000's - it didn't really matter what title. Yup, that's how I got most of my games back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,933 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Me too. The shop when I was on NA back in the day during the west coast times there was this shop, it was the same one I started buying second hand from in 1995. 90% of the stock, didn't matter if it was any Nintendo, Sega, NEC, Atari, 3DO, whatever system...outside of SNK it was $5. It was $5 if it was beat to shit or immaculate in the box, $5. The few games that did score a few more notable dollars at Funco and other printed paid mailorder price lists dictated it went up from there. Of that last 10%~ a majority of that were games in the $6-10 range, a few were $15 or 20, and I recall the most expensive was Dragon Warrior IV for all of $40 or $50. I used to take a $20 bill there weekly to go on a weekend Nintendo tour of discovery, sometimes a bit more. Stuff now that goes crazy, was just cheap. Bonk, Bubble Bobble 2, (didn't buy it) Little Samson, they were $10 games, and your SNES stuff like Aero Fighters, either Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger they were $10 too. Earthbound was $20 if you bought it complete in the big box, loose was a bit less since no guide and all. Those were the fun times, no garbage trying to death of a thousand cuts your wallet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,369 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 The other thing I can suggest is to buy some video games magazines, and ones that are sold locally depending on where you’re from. The year of publication should give you a general price guide. eg. Nintendo Power - US CVG - UK Hyper - Australia From what I can recall, they should have some second hand prices within the articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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