Retro Megabit

So as it happens, sometimes my job requires me to leave the office. My regular route takes me very close to my favorite local Video Game store (Game Centre). And of course, I always feel obligated to stop in. Even though their focus is not Retro Video games they always seem to have some good retro stuff.

Here’s what I found just a few days ago when I stopped in.

Below is my newly found Castlevania III Dracula’s Curse. Like all of the games below the price I paid is nothing special. I did better than I would have on eBay and I think I did OK considering I bought these games from a store that knows the popularity of Retro Video games.

Castlevania 3 cost me $40 CAD and it’s in great shape with a really nice label.

Dragon Warrior II is also in really great shape and it set me back $30 CAD.

They are not cheap games but they are really good NES games. And to help easy my concerns about the cost I texted Nintendo Joe and asked his opinion. He’s constantly hunting and buying Nintendo games. With his own experience combined with the price guides he uses I knew he’d be able to tell me how well or poorly I did. His response? “That’s not too bad!” So, I believe I did OK.

I also told him about two games I had passed on. I walked away from SNES Adventure Island for $35 and I also passed on SNES Donkey Kong Country 3 for $40. Nintendo Joe confirmed that I can do better on Adventure Island. But when he told me “DK3 you could have Lorded over me!” (meaning he did not have the game for himself.) I immediately went back to the store and bought it. All of a sudden $40 sounded like a bargain. Below is my copy of Donkey Kong 3; a game that Nintendo Joe does not have.

Next up is SNES Secret of Evermore. I also got this game at Game Centre but that was much earlier this spring. If I remember right it cost me $40. Again not garage sale prices but the JRPG was one of my favorite genre’s on the SNES and this action JRPG looks like it will be fun.

I played Secret of Mana back in the day and I loved it. It’s a great game that I believe Secret of Evermore will be similar to. I was very excited to get this off of the local classifieds (kijiji) for $60. I’ve been watching this one and $80 is a very common price tag. This new addition also joined the collection earlier this spring.

Yes, the following are not technically retro video games but I will not hold it against them. All of Mighty No. 9, Retro City Rampage DX and Shovel Knight are without question retro inspired games.

I am enjoying having physical copies of Indie games that really might have remained digital only. I would love to have a copy of Child of Light as well but that physical copy is a bit too expensive at the moment.

Both Mighty No. 9 and Retro City Rampage DX I bought new when they were released. Shovel Knight I bought used for $22.

I am really happy with these new additions… especially for Donkey Kong Country 3 for the Super Nintendo!

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