Underrated Deals

Darth SS · 08-14-2005, 07:13 PM

The purpose of the thread is two-fold.

1) I want to know what was the best deal you've ever made at any video game store.

2) What games do you think are the most under-rated, and would be well worth bargain bins and such. (Note: Not the big classics. Just...mediocrity)

An example:

My best deal was probably when I bought Minority Report (GCN) for 10$ Canadian. Darn cheap, and a real decent game.

Inbred Chocobo · 08-14-2005, 07:27 PM

I got I-Ninja (PS2 version) for $8. That is a pretty fun platformer for 8 bucks.

Solid Shadow · 08-15-2005, 01:11 AM

Some of you may hate my guts after this...

1) Picked up Final Fantasy (NES) for $2.00. The lady behind the counter had set it aside because upon inspection of the part of the game's circuit board which is visible on the bottom of the kart she saw that there were no copper leads in the center. What she didn't know was that many NES games are that way. She assumed it had been damaged but couln't just 'give it away' as the shop had paid money to get it in the first place. I convinced her I was going to hang the 'broken' game on my wall as a display piece. Two bucks. Yowza.

2) Got Final Fantasy II (SNES) for $2.50 plus shipping and handling on E-Bay. When the seller listed it, he wrote the title as FINAL FANTASY TWO. For whatever reason, searches of Final Fantasy 2, II, or ii didn't yield his auction. I found it quite by accident and was the only bidder.

3) Got Final Fantasy III (SNES) for $4.00 plus shipping and handling on... you guessed it, E-Bay. This time, the seller listed the game as Fnial Fantasy III. Again, I found this by accident. Good lesson for you all - searched for misspelled variations of titles you're looking for on E-Bay. You'd be amazed at the deals you can come up with.

4) When the Dreamcast came out, a local video store decided it was going to be the next huge crazy thing in gaming so they liquidated their NES and SNES rentals in order to make room for all the wonderful DC games they'd ordered. I got Chrono Cross for $5.00 and Dragon Warrior 1, 2, 3, and 4 for $5.00 apiece.

5) Got an Atari 2600 with four joysticks, two of which were still in factory box and shrinkwrap, two sets of paddles, and Atari 2600 Junior, the rollerball controller, and approximately 80 games (though seven of them were Pac-Man and three were E.T. The Extra Terrestrial) for $3.00.

Sick, I know.

As far as underrated games, honestly, nothing I've played in the last several years that was in any way underrated didn't deserve to be. The exceptions would have to be any games in the Front Mission series, which are huge in Japan but hardly whispered of here in the States; and Ico for PS2, but that's going back a few years...

Meister · 08-15-2005, 01:41 AM

I got an old adventure game, Death Gate, for 50 cents on amazon, completely new and unopened and in English to boot. Shipping was another 3 Euros, but it still was practically free. Not the best game ever by any stretch of imagination, but it was fun.

(� 3.50 = $ 4.34)

OctoberRaven · 08-15-2005, 01:48 AM

1) Eternal Darkness for $12. Scratched up, but ran well.

2) Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick. Short game, but deliciously fun.

Lockeownzj00 · 08-15-2005, 02:54 AM

Solid Shadow's post makes me cry tears of joy as a gamer.

For underrated games, pretty much all of Adventure Gamers underground section is good, especially last years 2004 Underground Awards. You also might wanna check out TIG Source for obviously 80 bazallion indipendent, overlooked game news, or Game Tunnel.

I think I got Incredible Crisis! (とんでもクライシス!) for something like 10$ on ebay. Or was it ebgames? Oh well, they both start with eb.

edit: just read this great article on eurogamer about assorted good underrated indie games.

JinDaYi · 08-15-2005, 03:17 AM

Front Mission is a great "tactics" game. Though I prefer 3 over them all.

Another under-rated game is Armored Core. That game is insane, yet, no "robot lovers" even breathe it's existance.

I would think people who like Gundam or Zoids enjoy Armored Core, but of course not.

The game is a damn classic and is just completely awesome.

As far as "good deals" go...I got my NES, 2 controllers, both zelda titles, all 3 of the mario titles, Xexyz(i forget x_X), duck hunt/mario, the gun thing, and a 2 or so ninja turtle titles I lost when I moved out of town...all for 1$ (usd~).

I bought this from my friend in 2nd grade. The only downfall was...it had a frog sticker on the top of the NES. Easily removed.

And Chrono Trigger cost me 40$...I hate you...>.>...

What I DO want is Star Ocean for the Snes. Now that is a rare find.

Toastburner B · 08-15-2005, 10:10 AM

I found a new, unopened copy of La Pucelle: Tactics at my work.

For those who don't know La Pucells is done by NiS, the same guys who did Disgaea, and they make their games in somewhat limited quanities.

Now, my work never carries any games that are all that new or all that rare. So, when one day I was walking out, and glanced at the game rack in passing, I literally stepped backwards and did a double take. "La Pucelle? What the crap are we doing with La Pucelle?!"

The game is pretty hard to find. I just did a search on Gamestop, and only one of their stores within a 200 mile radius of me had it in stock. To pick it up, new, and for under $20 (19.99 + 10% employee discount = score!) was practically unheard of.

EVILNess · 08-15-2005, 01:53 PM

Around the time that the N64 was just coming out, I found an unopened, brand new Earthnound. Giant box, strat guide, and scratch and sniff stckers and all.

I was expecting $30-$40, but when I took it to the cashier, and it didn't ring up I was angry, because I would have to wait for someone with a price.

That's when they tried it again, it rang up "Unknown: $4.00." And that is the day I found out that Wal-mart has to sell you an item for how much it rings up, no matter how little it rings up for.

So in short, I got a brand new, unopened Earthbound for $4.00.

Sir Juno · 08-15-2005, 02:46 PM

Well I was looking around for a replacement copy of Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal since mine had been played to death. I first went to Best Buy to get the collector's edition with gave both Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal but sadly the CDs were very poorly made and didn't install correctly so I returned them. After going to nearly every game store near me I went to Circuit City and found an copy of it in the original box and everything from 2001 and it was $10. After taking it up to the cashier he rung it up and he then told me the total was $3.78. Well lets just say I was very happy the rest of that day.

08-15-2005, 01:11 AM	#3
Solid Shadow Earth-Pig Borne Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Past, Present, and Footure Posts: 237	Some of you may hate my guts after this... 1) Picked up Final Fantasy (NES) for $2.00. The lady behind the counter had set it aside because upon inspection of the part of the game's circuit board which is visible on the bottom of the kart she saw that there were no copper leads in the center. What she didn't know was that many NES games are that way. She assumed it had been damaged but couln't just 'give it away' as the shop had paid money to get it in the first place. I convinced her I was going to hang the 'broken' game on my wall as a display piece. Two bucks. Yowza. 2) Got Final Fantasy II (SNES) for $2.50 plus shipping and handling on E-Bay. When the seller listed it, he wrote the title as FINAL FANTASY TWO. For whatever reason, searches of Final Fantasy 2, II, or ii didn't yield his auction. I found it quite by accident and was the only bidder. 3) Got Final Fantasy III (SNES) for $4.00 plus shipping and handling on... you guessed it, E-Bay. This time, the seller listed the game as Fnial Fantasy III. Again, I found this by accident. Good lesson for you all - searched for misspelled variations of titles you're looking for on E-Bay. You'd be amazed at the deals you can come up with. 4) When the Dreamcast came out, a local video store decided it was going to be the next huge crazy thing in gaming so they liquidated their NES and SNES rentals in order to make room for all the wonderful DC games they'd ordered. I got Chrono Cross for $5.00 and Dragon Warrior 1, 2, 3, and 4 for $5.00 apiece. 5) Got an Atari 2600 with four joysticks, two of which were still in factory box and shrinkwrap, two sets of paddles, and Atari 2600 Junior, the rollerball controller, and approximately 80 games (though seven of them were Pac-Man and three were E.T. The Extra Terrestrial) for $3.00. Sick, I know. As far as underrated games, honestly, nothing I've played in the last several years that was in any way underrated didn't deserve to be. The exceptions would have to be any games in the Front Mission series, which are huge in Japan but hardly whispered of here in the States; and Ico for PS2, but that's going back a few years... __________________ "Sometimes I go into my own little world...but that's ok. They know me there." -Joel Hodgson "Tears are our pre-payment for laughter ahead" -Mara the Malevolent solidshadow.blogspot.com

08-15-2005, 01:48 AM	#5
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08-15-2005, 10:10 AM	#8
Toastburner B Toasty has left the building Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hiding...because I don't want to die. Posts: 3,936	I found a new, unopened copy of La Pucelle: Tactics at my work. For those who don't know La Pucells is done by NiS, the same guys who did Disgaea, and they make their games in somewhat limited quanities. Now, my work never carries any games that are all that new or all that rare. So, when one day I was walking out, and glanced at the game rack in passing, I literally stepped backwards and did a double take. "La Pucelle? What the crap are we doing with La Pucelle?!" The game is pretty hard to find. I just did a search on Gamestop, and only one of their stores within a 200 mile radius of me had it in stock. To pick it up, new, and for under $20 (19.99 + 10% employee discount = score!) was practically unheard of. __________________ I came, I saw, I got team-killed. A lot. Last edited by Toastburner B; 08-15-2005 at 01:07 PM.

08-15-2005, 01:41 AM	#4
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	I got an old adventure game, Death Gate, for 50 cents on amazon, completely new and unopened and in English to boot. Shipping was another 3 Euros, but it still was practically free. Not the best game ever by any stretch of imagination, but it was fun. (� 3.50 = $ 4.34)

08-15-2005, 03:17 AM	#7
JinDaYi Death by philosophy~ Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 32	Front Mission is a great "tactics" game. Though I prefer 3 over them all. Another under-rated game is Armored Core. That game is insane, yet, no "robot lovers" even breathe it's existance. I would think people who like Gundam or Zoids enjoy Armored Core, but of course not. The game is a damn classic and is just completely awesome. As far as "good deals" go...I got my NES, 2 controllers, both zelda titles, all 3 of the mario titles, Xexyz(i forget x_X), duck hunt/mario, the gun thing, and a 2 or so ninja turtle titles I lost when I moved out of town...all for 1$ (usd~). I bought this from my friend in 2nd grade. The only downfall was...it had a frog sticker on the top of the NES. Easily removed. And Chrono Trigger cost me 40$...I hate you...>.>... What I DO want is Star Ocean for the Snes. Now that is a rare find.

08-15-2005, 02:46 PM	#10
Sir Juno Stay Frosty! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mainframe Posts: 61	Well I was looking around for a replacement copy of Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal since mine had been played to death. I first went to Best Buy to get the collector's edition with gave both Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal but sadly the CDs were very poorly made and didn't install correctly so I returned them. After going to nearly every game store near me I went to Circuit City and found an copy of it in the original box and everything from 2001 and it was $10. After taking it up to the cashier he rung it up and he then told me the total was $3.78. Well lets just say I was very happy the rest of that day.