You think games and consoles are expensive now....

[JC316]

Ok, I am a packrat in the first degree and for some reason, I decided to keep the Toys R Us big Christmas toy book that I always got. I have some from 1994 and 1995 and I am truly shocked to see the game prices in here. I will upload some scans as soon as the computer with the scanner is free, but here are some of the prices.


11/30/94

Snes All Star edition. 129.99

Donkey Kong Country - $59.99
Illusion of Gaia - $69.99
Spider-man Venom Maxium Carnage - $69.99
Super Metroid - $59.99

Sega Genesis $114.99 and Sega CD 229.99 = $344.98

Troy Aikman Football - 69.99
Mortal Kombat 2 - $64.99
sonic and Knuckles - $59.99
Sega CD Memory Backup card - $59.99 (For a fucking MEMORY CARD)

11/4/95

The NEW PC Department:
Command and Conquer - $59.99
Dark Forces - $44.99
Interactive Reading Journey - $79.99

Virtual Boy - 169.99

SNES - $129.99

Donkey Kong Country - $54.99 (After 1 year, a $5 price drop....wow)
Doom - $52.99
Yoshi's Island - $62.99
Killer Instinct - $52.99

Sega Genesis - $119.99 + Sega CD $99.99 = $219.98 (The downward spiral of Sega)

Genesis Nomad - $179.99

Sega Saturn - $399.99 (in 1995 :twitch:)

Panzer Dragoon - $52.99

Sony Playstation - $299.99 (A sony product cheaper than the competition :wtf:)

Ridge Racer - $42.99

11/30/95

Sega Genesis - $139.99 (Ass raping bastards $20 price hike for Christmas)

PC:

Road and Track Presents The need for speed - $49.99
Aliens - $44.99

11/20/1999

Sony Playstation - $99.99

Race in to Reserve it Gran Turismo 2 - $39.99 (Woot price drops!!!)
Metal Gear Solid - $39.99
GTA 2 - $39.99
Final Fantasy VIII- $49.99

Sega Dreamcast - $199.99 (The last ditch effort from Sega)

Soul Calibur - $46.99
Sonic Adventure - $49.99
Power Stone - $49.99

Snes - $29.99 (Fucker just wont DIE!!!!)
Frogger - $19.99
Mega Man X - $19.99

Sega Genesis - $19.99 (For a CONSOLE!!!)

Sonic Spinball - $14.97
Jungle Strike - $14.97

Nintendo 64 - $99.99

Donkey Kong 64 - $59.99
Starcraft 64 - $49.99


Just thought that I would share a bit of nostaliga from my past, some of you may not have even been born yet lol. I will upload the scans in a bit.

[hat]

I have Final Fantay VIII. Heh.

[Woah Mama!]

I miss my N64 :(

[JC316]

Loading the pics to my photobucket now, they will be here very shortly.

[JC316]

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/Saturn.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/PS.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/PC1.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/PC.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/N64.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/genesis.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/Dreamcast.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/DK1.jpg

[Metal-Head]

Street Fighter for SNES more expensive than my copy of Halo 3.

Meh... :/

[Grings]

i can remember paying £69 for virtua racing on the megadrive (genesis), i think i only paid 59 for the damn console!

[zekrahminator]

It's all coming back to me now... :).


I remember when the N64 was $99 and each cartridge was at least $50 (even for old games!). I remember begging and pleading my parents to get me it, and I never got anything until the PS2 came out... :laugh:.

[KennyT772]

Play station games were $50 for as long as I can remember, and I got one of the very first units. I still recall playing the Metal Gear Solid demo about 10 times in a row, just to see how fast I could beat it without being seen or killing anyone...

[zekrahminator]

Oh yes, that reminds me, these were the days that $1.25 was a gallon of premium gasoline :).

[DanTheBanjoman]

http://inflationdata.com/inflation/images/charts/Annual_Inflation/annual_inflation_chart.htm

[HookeyStreet]

I can remember selling all of my original Generation 1 Star Wars figure collection to raise £55 to buy 'Mortal Kombat II' on the SNES (man I was ripped off, I would be looking at £500 on ebay for that gear right now!) Oh well, MKII was awesome :rockout:

[JC316]

I remember wanting all of that stuff SO bad when I was a kid. My friend next door was rich, so his parents got him everything, I played it and wanted it even more.

I drove my parents stark raving nuts over a Sega CD (Finally got it when the rich kid got a playstation and gave me his Genesis/CD combo).

I also remember wanting the SNES and saving every penny to get it. When I bought it, I paid $100 in cash and $30 in change to get that All Star Edition.

[DaMulta]

My SNES was 199.99

[JC316]

My SNES was 199.99

You bought earlier than I did. My first $199.99 outing was my Dreamcast. God I loved that thing and I regret selling it.

[DaMulta]

I had the SNES on the first Xmas. It went down the following week. so I took it back and exchanged it for a new one(It had only been a week)and they gave me the money difference.