27ace27 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 my local gamers has a copy of earthbound SNES, and says it's rare and is charging $54.99 for it. no guide! is it worth that much? P.S. I also got the mario paint cart with mouse pad and mouse for $12. worth it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600Lives Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 If I remember right, it's actually the guide/instruction book that's worth so much, and not the actual cart. I'd say 50 is pretty pricey for it, but I have seen it sell for about that and more at conventions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanallan Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 someone I know is selling it for $90, not sure if it's just a cart or complete. I would never buy that game, that's too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 If its complete well worth the $50 if its loose i would say maybe $25-$30(Which was what one of the local game shops near me was selling it for loose a few months back). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 To me: no. To other people: maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 If the cart is in good shape... yeah, I think I'd pay it. If it's got so much as a scratch, no. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 It depends on why you're buying it. If you are buying it as an investment, then you should hold out for a better deal. If you are buying it because you want to play it then it is definitely worth $50. That's still cheaper than a new release current gen game. Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaishaku Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Not without the scratch-and-sniff manual! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 No way is Eartbound worth $50 loose with no manual. No got-dang-way. You will find it at conventions for far better prices (look for it in the $30 range), if you make the rounds. Unless you just really really want it, wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kool kitty89 Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 There are some pretty crazy prices for it on eabay though... not that there aren't some deals occasionally, but I don't think a loose cart's gone for under $30 in a while. (barring cheaper buy it nows that get instantly snapped up), it's a lot like Super Mario RPG, except on top of the demand it's a bit rare to, relatively speaking. (Mario RPG beig expensive but rather costly) I refuse to pay over $20 for any SNES game, I don't care much for complete, and usually a manual isn't necessary (though it's nice), in fact I'm not inclined to buy any singly game for much over $10. (inless it's a new modern and I've got gift money or similar) Didn't pay that kind of mony back in the day, and won't now... (my famil's almost always baught used, got the snes in winter of '95 iirc, and that was the main system through '99) I think I got Super Mario RPG at Funco Land (not sure if they'd renamed it GameStop yet) arround 2002 iirc, when they were phasing out SNES stuff (and it was cheap), along with F-Zero and Sim City I think for a total of under $20. I knew of earthbound and liked it, and wouldn have probably gotten it if it showed up, but we didn't shop that often... Pocky and Rocky is one of those too, I think it's pretty rare now as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poopopyo Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I just heard the game is really rare and costs mad coinage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshes_Brioches Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 On 2/22/2021 at 10:33 PM, Joshes_Brioches said: LOL Talk about your necrobump. Honestly, I never loved the game, so if I had a chance to buy it at $50, I'd easily turn around and sell it. This would be my number 1 most overrated game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 21 hours ago, Rhomaios said: Talk about your necrobump. Honestly, I never loved the game, so if I had a chance to buy it at $50, I'd easily turn around and sell it. This would be my number 1 most overrated game. I finished it once, was worth playing completely...once. I've had 2 other copies since, kept the last one from nearly a decade ago when the price was already over 100, it cost me $2. Later I got a nearly perfect guide missing the scratch n sniff card only for $60. At that point in time a complete boxed game was $500. I hold onto both, not because I enjoy them, but because replacement value I couldn't make myself pay but I have those small moments I would revisit it, and so it stays. It, MOther on the whole, are grossly overrated and the third one was an epic slide after the duo before it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Is Undertale better? https://store.steampowered.com/app/391540/Undertale/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Razzie.P Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 9 hours ago, CapitanClassic said: Is Undertale better? https://store.steampowered.com/app/391540/Undertale/ Not "better," since they're 2 very different games. But as a preference, I sure did like Undertale a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I really love the series. The gameplay is not that remarkable, but it has soul. I haven’t played Mother 3, though. We got a copy of Earthbound from Kay Bee Toys for $10 on clearance. Sadly the box and guide disappeared over the years... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I'd second not worth it for collecting reasons. Local shops sometimes intentionally (and unintentionally) sell reproductions. Don't know until you open it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Is this still available? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Now it's $400 on ebay and I also notice repro versions called Earthbound Uncut does anyone know what the difference is? Why is this game soo expensive there must be millions of carts out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Millions? No. I read some time back that according to Nintendo about 150k copies sold in the US. I bought my complete copy in 2006 for $85 and thought that was a bit of a push at the time. A loose cart was worth about $25-30. It's been slowly going up since. Until this year you'd expect to pay $100-150 for loose and about $500 for complete. Right now, mid Covid retro price frenzy rise for investments and flipping, prices are about triple that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I wanna play it. I have it on SNES classic wish I had a cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejay Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 3:18 PM, bradhig1 said: Why is this game soo expensive there must be millions of carts out there? Supply and demand. If Wikipedia is to be trusted, 140k North American copies were sold, and not all of them remain. Demand for EarthBound seems ridiculously huge, what with it being a no-longer-hidden-gem. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Sell something because the SNES game cost is utterly disgusting, or get a modern 1:1 fake you'd have to unscrew to know is a fake. Nintendo isn't making money on it any more than they have already on you with the CE console, shady as hell, but you did buy *A* license, so get a clone made and use that license there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QDBuckwheat Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Wow this thread is certainly a blast from the blast. On 6/17/2021 at 7:56 AM, Tanooki said: Sell something because the SNES game cost is utterly disgusting, or get a modern 1:1 fake you'd have to unscrew to know is a fake. Nintendo isn't making money on it any more than they have already on you with the CE console, shady as hell, but you did buy *A* license, so get a clone made and use that license there. I would say if you're going to go the "buy bootlegs" route, you'd be better off in the long run just buying one of the SNES flashcarts. Then you're able to play any game on your system, along with rom hacks and homebrew games as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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