Internet Killed Cluelessness

There was a time not too long ago when I could got to a local swap meet (flea market in most of the US) and pick up Dragon Warrior for the NES for $3 (I actually did this).  So long as you dressed like a bum and looked harmless most people would take pity on you when you asked how much they wanted for what they presumed was a now-worthless game from 20 years ago.

I went to the swap meet last week, and now it's a different story.  "How much do you want for these old games?" I'd ask.  "Different prices" is now the response.  Duck Hunt?  That's still $3.  You want a copy of Dragon Warrior 3?  That will be $15.  It was like this at every stall.  And these aren't hipsters who purvey in games exclusively, this is from trash peddlers who are also selling ceramic tigers, second-hand shoes and old National Geographics.

You are right, it isn't that they are clueless...now they are just stupid.usagi704

[QUOTE="usagi704"]You are right, it isn't that they are clueless...now they are just stupid.waflerevolution

I would also say that used game stores also helped in the culling of the clueless masses. When people walk into a store and see that we actually sell the old games for more then pennies it gets them thinking about that stack of games they have in the closet. I've actually had a kid come in one day and price like 10 games so that he could undercut our prices by a buck the next day at his parents garage sale.

While it is slim pickings at most garage sales every great once in a while you'll catch some parent eager to get rid of his kid's "toys" and pick up a decent deal, but as you've said before those are getting fewer and further in between. Right now I don't really go to garage sales unless it is blockwide one. There you at least have a chance of finding something without a crazy price tag.
amorphe

I'm told that there were 5000 copies of that game printed, as well as 5000 of House of the Dead. They were released on the same day, too, I think. Perhaps SHEATH can confirm.

gmsnpr

I had heard it was more like 70,000. I don't think it could have even made it to our local Toys R Us if there were only 5,000. That's where I bought mine, and I recall passing on House of the Dead too.
SHEATH013

[QUOTE="SHEATH013"]

I had heard it was more like 70,000. I don't think it could have even made it to our local Toys R Us if there were only 5,000. That's where I bought mine, and I recall passing on House of the Dead too.
waflerevolution

[QUOTE="SHEATH013"]

I had heard it was more like 70,000. I don't think it could have even made it to our local Toys R Us if there were only 5,000. That's where I bought mine, and I recall passing on House of the Dead too.
waflerevolution