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Xen on 08 July 2009
outlawauron said:
Wowzas. And here I thought Lunar 2 and Devil Summoner were expensive.

Seatch for Suikoden 2...

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outlawauron on 08 July 2009
Xen said:
outlawauron said:
Wowzas. And here I thought Lunar 2 and Devil Summoner were expensive.

Seatch for Suikoden 2...

I'm quite familiar, and I'll take this to rub my brand new sealed copy of Persona 2 in your face.



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mike_intellivision on 08 July 2009

That's even a bit too rich for my blood.

I have some rare items -- but that is probably the total value of my collection.

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Xen on 08 July 2009
outlawauron said:
Xen said:
outlawauron said:
Wowzas. And here I thought Lunar 2 and Devil Summoner were expensive.

Seatch for Suikoden 2...

I'm quite familiar, and I'll take this to rub my brand new sealed copy of Persona 2 in your face.

I'll find something to rub in yours yet.. oh I will :O



finalrpgfantasy on 08 July 2009

with that kind of money i can buy hundreds of games.



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sabby_e17 on 08 July 2009

What only 6 mins?! An incredible waste of money




outlawauron on 08 July 2009
Xen said:
outlawauron said:
Xen said:
outlawauron said:
Wowzas. And here I thought Lunar 2 and Devil Summoner were expensive.

Seatch for Suikoden 2...

I'm quite familiar, and I'll take this opppurtunity to rub my brand new sealed copy of Persona 2 in your face.

I'll find something to rub in yours yet.. oh I will :O

I'm sure you will.

But next time I should at least finish my sentences without leaving out words.



"We'll toss the dice however they fall,
And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows."

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badgenome on 08 July 2009
vess13 said:
i thought you meant the company Rare, you mind@$#!

This. I thought that it must have been dsister44 buying a lifetime supply of Viva Pinata.



AdventWolf on 08 July 2009

It is suppose to be the rarest video game or at least the rarest NES game. The highest it has gone for is $25K. Look it up on Wikipedia :). The guy could probably sell it for a few thousand more than he bought it if he waits until the economy is back up and running better.



deadt0m on 08 July 2009
Xen said:
Incredible waste of money...

Except that in ten years it will be worth a lot more than what he paid for it.  Value is not intrinsic, it's a social construct.  I watch that show Antiques Roadshow all the time, and you'd be SHOCKED how much stuff sells for.  If I showed you a broken old faded clock, and told you to pay me $50k for it, would that be a ripoff?  Seems like it would, and yet I saw a broken old faded clock on that show that was worth $275k.  There are fanatic people out there who collect every single thing imaginable, and something as rare as that game is in a section of the market that is only going to expand as the generations raised on video games grow up and get rich, which means that the value is only going to increase over time.