Most expensive game you've bought?

Balfa · 21-03-2007 08:50PM #1

What's the most expensive console or PC game you've bought (or had bought for you)? Was it some crazy gold-plated special edition? Or was it just a neo-geo game?

Mine was Super Street Fighter II for the SNES. 75 punts back in the day!!

jesus_thats_gre · 21-03-2007 08:52PM

< 150

Yeah 75 punts for Super SF2 on the megadrive on the day of launch.

Retr0gamer · 21-03-2007 09:40PM

< 150

Would never pay over the odds for a game. However I did go a bit crazy and got Suikoden 1 for about 55 punts on ebay, I just had to play it.

I spent in total 100 punts on rare RPG Xenogears. I bought it first from buyrite.net for 50 punts but got a dodgy disc. Those useless bastards wouldn't send me a replacement or a refund and closed down shortly afterwards. C*nts.

Eventually got it for 50 punts again from a more respectible site.

2 months later Squaresoft issued a re-release on the greatest hits range for 20 dollars

I usually end up getting rare games quite cheap. I have a pristine copy of the very rare PAL Suikoden 2 which my friend in Konami managed to find for me and picked up a PAL Panzer Dragoon Saga (unboxed but I buy my games to play not collect) for around 25 euro. I also have a few rare promo games such as Panzer Dragoon Orta, Symphony of the Night and Vandal Hearts 2 (which I'm almost sure is uncut) which i picked up for free from my mate.

I probably paid more for megadrive games but I don't think I ever paid over 50 punts for one.

Blowfish · 21-03-2007 11:32PM

< 60

<40, I is poor

Generally I just stay a generation behind in games, it works out cheaper in the end.

johnny_ultimate · 21-03-2007 11:33PM

< 90

Guitar Hero, which I think was somewhere between 70 and 80.
But it came with a bit of plastic, which is always good.

monkeyfudge · 21-03-2007 11:39PM

< 150

Does paying €150 for a Gamecube with Mario Kart just to get the Zelda bonus disc count?

I already had a Gamecube by the way.

shatners basoon · 21-03-2007 11:56PM

< 90

I've begun to use the second hand market a hell of a lot more recently- cheaper games=more games for me! I'd still buy new if its something i really want, though i'm not hardcore/silly enough to pay loads for any game.

Royale with Cheese · 21-03-2007 11:59PM

< 90

I never pay over the odds for a game and always buy online. When I traded in my ps2 I had about 25 games. I counted them all up and I only paid full price for about 4 or 5 of them... and full price was about €43 off play.com. Some of the others were given to me and would have cost full price, but loads more were picked up cheap online after they'd been out for a while.

With so many titles out for it the ps2 was very handy for picking up cheap games.

super_furry · 22-03-2007 02:20AM

I paid €250 for a near mint condition Mortal Kombat II Arcade Cabinet, but that was for my brother's birthday. On myself I think the most I spent was on Super Street Fighter II on the 3D0. Paid £90 for that.

skywalker · 22-03-2007 10:18AM

Balfa wrote:

What's the most expensive console or PC game you've bought (or had bought for you)? Was it some crazy gold-plated special edition? Or was it just a neo-geo game?

Mine was Super Street Fighter II for the SNES. 75 punts back in the day!!

Mine is the exact same. It came in a metal tin, and I still remember having my mam buy it for me, and then having to trail around while she did her shopping for the next hour, torture. I was content just holding my new shiny box though.

EDIT/ what am I saying it wasnt super streetfighter, it was streetfighter 2 turbo! Ryu & Ken had new color karate suits.

Kiith · 22-03-2007 11:42AM

I paid £70 for Shenmue 2 on the dreamcast way back when it was only out a while. Great purchase, but now i'm left with no hope of ever getting to beat up Lan Di.

abelard · 22-03-2007 11:53AM

£70 again, but this time for Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, back when it came out. Never regretted a penny of it!

koneko · 22-03-2007 12:04PM

Probably the Super SF2 import I bought back in the day, I don't even remember how much it was now, that was a lifetime ago, but it was a lot, and damnit I don't regret it because I played it constantly.

steviec · 22-03-2007 12:14PM

I butchered my PS2, bought a swap disc set and bought a new TV that could do 60Hz just so I could import Suikoden 3 so all in all that game must have cost me around €200 if that counts. Wasn't as good as its predecessors either

Single game, I dunno, probably 75 quid on Flight Simulator a few years back, in a strange phase I went through. Wouldn't touch it these days but I think I got my money's worth at the time.

humanji · 22-03-2007 12:16PM

Pay? For games?

TheAlmightyArse · 22-03-2007 12:24PM

I paid €70 for a second-hand copy of Ico on eBay, which Sony reissued six months later. Still, at least I have my "art cards", cheap as chips at €40!

FutureGuy · 22-03-2007 12:51PM

< 90

Street Fighter II Turbo-Metal Shiny Box Edition 82 punts :eek:

This was back in the day whe 82 punts meant something too! And people moan about the price of XBOX360 games

Ruu_Old · 22-03-2007 12:53PM

< 90

Around 50 punts (could have been a bit more) for Microsoft Space Simulator a few years ago, I don't know what I was thinking! Played it once and it was on floppy disks.:(

K.O.Kiki · 22-03-2007 07:55PM

< 90

Like plenty of smart people, I never buy games for more than €30-ish -- wait for sales/greatest hits/2nd-hand, get lots of games in one swoop, realise that they'll just gather dust in the end!

So my most expensive game?
€55 for... err... Tekken 5... figures, the one game I buy at full price ends up in the "whatever"-box after a few months. Virtua Fighter 4:Evolution cos €29, and kept me entertained for twice as long

Zapp Brannigan · 22-03-2007 08:17PM

Dunno bout me but one of the lads in work bought that Steel Battalion thing. The massive controller and whatnot. I'd say that cost a pretty penny!

KdjaCL · 22-03-2007 08:29PM

never paid anymore than i had too but in terms of most expensive piece of **** that i bought.

Superman on n64 £49 or something easy really.

kdjac

justfortherecor · 22-03-2007 08:47PM

Ruu wrote:

Around 50 punts (could have been a bit more) for Microsoft Space Simulator a few years ago, I don't know what I was thinking! Played it once and it was on floppy disks.:(

I had that as well. The only 2 missions I ever bothered to play were the launch of the space shuttle and docking the lunar module. The rest was incredibly boring! Crudely pixelated stars everywhere and a complete lack of action quickly left it unused.

The massive manual came in handy as a paperweight for many years after though!

thelordofcheese · 22-03-2007 09:50PM

< 150

johnny_ultimate wrote:

Guitar Hero, which I think was somewhere between 70 and 80.
But it came with a bit of plastic, which is always good.

Seconded. And to be honest, it was a waste of money... still, was fun for a wee while.

Tails142 · 22-03-2007 10:14PM

I spent a large chunk of my communion money buying Maniac Mansion for the NES. It was £64 back in 1992? Possibly the most expensive RRP for a standard edition game ever when you take inflation into account?

I still break out the NES though and play the game from time to time so I guess I got good value

Lord Oz · 22-03-2007 10:44PM

< 90

Conker on the N64, £60 I think, but certainly worth it.

Winning Hand · 24-03-2007 08:23AM

£80 for A Boy And His Blob on the NES. 40 in france and another 40 to have it 'chipped' or something by nintendo because it wouldn't work in ireland (was young at the time and didnt know). Great game though

Stalfos · 25-03-2007 12:24AM

< 150

Do online games like mmrpgs count because i played final fantasy xi all last year and have spent over 160 paying for the monthly subscription.

Other than that, i think legend of zelda TP was €60 or something. kinda pricely. Thank God i dont have to buy Xbox360 games.

TheAlmightyArse · 25-03-2007 12:37AM

Winning Hand wrote:

£80 for A Boy And His Blob on the NES. 40 in france and another 40 to have it 'chipped' or something by nintendo because it wouldn't work in ireland (was young at the time and didnt know). Great game though

Off topic, but Winning Hand has reminded me of something similar happening when my cousin bought a NES game over here for his Dutch console and I'm kind of curious about it now. Does anyone know why European NES games wouldn't work with a system from another European country and vice versa?

Retr0gamer · 25-03-2007 03:14AM

< 150

Did european systems output in SECAM as opposed to PAL and NTSC?

Nephew · 25-03-2007 03:34AM

It was probably Time Crisis and the gcon45 on the ps1. The game was ridiculously short though.

TheAlmightyArse · 25-03-2007 12:28PM

Retr0gamer wrote:

Did european systems output in SECAM as opposed to PAL and NTSC?

Ah, probably. Thanks!

tman · 25-03-2007 12:34PM

Stalfos wrote:

Do online games like mmrpgs count because i played final fantasy xi all last year and have spent over 160 paying for the monthly subscription.

was just thinking the same.
€25ish for WoW, followed by €13 every month since July...:(

Think I paid €60 for Metroid Prime 2 in gamestop on the launch date, I've learnt my lesson now and go to Smyths for launch day games (they're usually €5-€10 cheaper before you even use the loyalty card)

Sharkbte · 25-03-2007 12:36PM

< 90

I say just the gamecube games or the wii games. 60 euro. No bigy. And who the hell would buy a game for 150

Unless it was limited edition or somethin... but still, its a bit expensive

Cozmo · 25-03-2007 01:18PM

< 150

€75 for dead rising on the day. Because of my sheer devotion for DR im avbout the 15 or 16 best DR player in ireland. Check the leaderboards

bizmark · 25-03-2007 02:04PM

Been playing Eve online for a year and a half so thats what 250 euro?

1huge1 · 25-03-2007 11:02PM

Donkey Kong 64 was like £69

Cunny-Funt · 26-03-2007 12:29AM

< 90

50 euro.

Oblivion.

Dissapointment.

Kristok · 26-03-2007 09:17AM

£85 for virtua racing on the megadrive. Least I was the only one in school to have it so I could lie and say it was amazing.

Retr0gamer · 26-03-2007 10:40AM

< 150

Kristok wrote:

£85 for virtua racing on the megadrive. Least I was the only one in school to have it so I could lie and say it was amazing.

It was amazing, still a great game to play and a much better converison than the saturn game.

0ubliette · 26-03-2007 10:59AM

probably house of the dead on the dreamcast, cause i had to buy a lightgun with it. Ill always remember that game for having hands down, the WORST voice acting ive ever heard. It was so bad it made Resident evil 1 on the ps1 look like shakespeare.

FranchisePlayer · 26-03-2007 05:03PM

Slurms wrote:

Dunno bout me but one of the lads in work bought that Steel Battalion thing. The massive controller and whatnot. I'd say that cost a pretty penny!

A bit off topic but I actually won one of those off RTE and sold it on boards .It was ****e to be honest.:D

redmosquito · 27-03-2007 05:04PM

FutureGuy wrote:

Street Fighter II Turbo-Metal Shiny Box Edition 82 punts :eek:

This was back in the day whe 82 punts meant something too! And people moan about the price of XBOX360 games

That box was cool, with the little street fighter II turbo badge aswell!! Paid around £90 for it (well, my parents did!!) when it came out.

Wasnt the metal box a limited edition?? How many were released??

horgan_p · 27-03-2007 05:08PM

super street fighter 2 for the snes on import - maddens in cork,

cant remember how much but it was twice the rrp of an irish game.did come with the adaptor though.i loved sf2 back then. still do now actually

Manic Moran · 28-03-2007 10:18PM

Slurms wrote:

Dunno bout me but one of the lads in work bought that Steel Battalion thing. The massive controller and whatnot. I'd say that cost a pretty penny!

You could always get Steel Beasts for $125 (Mil-grade simulator available to public), and the control handles from AFVSim, for about $1,200.
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Kevster · 28-03-2007 10:35PM

< 150

Hey Balfa,

Long time no see buddy, how're you doing over there? My most expensive game was Street Fighter II - Special Championship Edition for the Mega Drive - IR£63, I think. It was well worth it though. I spent so many hours playing that game and managed to complete it using all the characters on the highest difficulty rating. It took 6 hours solid play when using Dhalsim to do it!

kevin.

Boro · 30-03-2007 09:46PM

< 150

I paid about 80ish for the collectors edition of Oblivion for the 360 in HMV. Twas a bit expensive tho...

rainbow kirby · 01-04-2007 10:39PM

< 90

I've never spent more than €45 on a game - apart from the total amount I've spent on World of Warcraft subscriptions. /huggles GAME staff discount

Dooom · 01-04-2007 10:53PM

Twas Steel Battalion for me, think it was about €150 or so.
The game wasn't even all that great tbh, but the controller was incredibly fun. I loved the little plastic cover on the eject button too.
Starting to regret selling it...

kensutz · 01-04-2007 11:01PM

^^ Steel battalion too, the 2 versions

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 01-04-2007 11:26PM

< 90

MS Flightsim 2004, for just a tad over €60 iirc.
Think it's the only game I've sprung over €60 for... but then again, if you count all the games I payed ~45 punt for... mmmeh.

Now days the highest I'll go is €40 and only if I've been looking forward to it.

amp · 02-04-2007 06:43AM

< 90

Quake Special edition might have been around fifty quid in old money but I generally refuse to pay over 60 euro for any game.

Oh and I don't think any game that comes with hardware qualifies. So not Guitar Hero.

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