if you can stretch pip changes to a tech admin overthrow I can stretch frivolous and terrible purchases to blood diamonds.

because really the same logic process would be applied, it would just be MY GIRLFRIEND WANTS A REAL DIAMOND SO WHAT IF THE COMPANY IS DESPICABLE AND ARTIFICIAL DIAMONDS ARE BETTER AND CHEAPER AND NOT COVERED WITH NIGGERBLOOD.

i remember wackfiend buying like 6 versions of resident evil 4: now with brighter colours

so...are you agreeing with me, or are you seriously trying to claim emulating large multigig games like Disgaea is as feasible as a 20mb rom.

nowadays? disgaea and valkyrie profile and the like are pretty hard to find in their original forms, yeah. I mean, I find ports in general pretty stupid but they were pretty limited releases.

Disgaea and Valkyrie Profile had a print run less than 100,000 units (Atlus admitted to using low print runs as a marketing tactic BTW even though they advertised the fuck out of Disgaea and Persona 3 saturates every gamestore shelf).  Porting those makes sense because of that fact but Square went the extra mile by recasting the voice actors and adding new cinemas while Atlus added a whole entire new story mode and bug fixes in their PSP port.

The fact that Chrono Trigger DS is the exact same game with a new dungeon that you probably won't be able to get through without beating the game in the first place is pretty lazy (oh yeah, Schala's hair is recolored blond to fit the crappy ending to Chrono Cross).  I wouldn't complain if they did SOMETHING new like added in an extra ending that maybe logically ties CT with CC or something but as it is this game is probably an EMULATED game on the DS and hooooly shit that's unacceptable for me. 

Companies complain about illegal emulation but selling a 40$ emulated game that doesn't even have the sound working properly should be illegal as well.  Even the Mother/Mother 2 compilation and the Link to the Past port on the GBA were specifically designed for that system as opposed to emulated.

Wait, Disgaea is hard to find?  How much does it go for on eBay?  Fucking CD/Game Exchange gave me like two bucks for it shit why didn't anybody tell me before!

Seriously, just get no$gba and the rom when it comes out.  It will be no different than playing it on a DS other than you'll save yourself $40.  After playing it once you probably won't be bothered to play it again as it's the same game.

VP Lenneth is a port, they just threw some fancy cutscenes and brightened the graphics.

snes roms are actually more like 1 or 2mb in size. although I guess chrono trigger was a reasonably large game and I remember back in the day they used to advertise it as a 256 MEGABIT CARTRIDGE!! on the box (whatever that shit means) so its probably like 5mb at the most.

256mbit?  I doubt that because most N64 games were 128mbit.  Resident Evil 2 is the largest N64 game at 512mbit (BTW 1mbit is equal to 1024kbit which is equal to 1,048,576 bits and 8 bits = 1 byte and so on). 

yeah i have it on the psp and it's like 4.  i really didn't know original snes copies of chrono trigger were rare, though!

also, marcus, are you sure valkyrie profile: lenneth is a port?  i played a bit of it and i've played a bit of the original and they seemed like entirely different games!


also yeah i think disgaea is pretty rare, roman.  probably like $100 or some shit on ebay, although maybe less now that a more functional copy is widely available for the psp.  i'm definitely in favor of ports like valkyrie profile/disgaea/fft/ones that in general ADD A LOT and retranslating stories and adding new modes of gameplay do that i think.  the problem is only ones that are, like marcus said, lazy as shit and clearly milking the franchise to make a quick buck.

Chrono Trigger isn't rare at all (more than 500,000 copies I read this in some old Nintendo Power magazine from 96 or somethign) but assholes on ebay call anything older than 5 years rare and there's such a huge demand for it the prices go up.  Also, no one in the 90s ever kept their box or manual so a complete package boosts the price up by another 30-40% it's ridiculous.

Lenneth was actually the original Japanese version (I.E. HARD version) so that's why it plays differently.  And one would think a rerelease would drive down prices but they actually increase them.  Atlus recently reprinted SMT:Nocturne but the reprint doesn't include the OST and now idiots on ebay are demanding tons more for it.

Seriously, if you guys want to make some maaaaad money then buy and sell video games on ebay.  Most consumers are pretty retarded and will pay any amount for a "complete" package.  Recently I sold Final Fantasy 3(6) and the original Nintendo Power promotional strategy guide (which I both bought off Amazon for 60$ total) for 200$ on ebay.  Right now I'm collecting every Shin Megami related game released in the states (finding a complete copy of Jack Bros is killing me) and I guarantee I can probably sell it for 600$ plus and I only spent 200$ so far.  I also have about 5 complete copies of Earthbound (and I keep buying new copies whenever they show up) and I'm going to slowly release them in the market once it dries up MY GOD I'M A DICK. 

God, nerds are so rich but so stupid it's crazy.

EDIT: Videogame selling tips!

Right now the big thing on the market is Metal Gear Solid and old Final Fantasy games.  The essentials collection has literally flooded the market and now MGS3 Subsistence (a game that could originally be bought for like 5$ a year ago) is being sold for 30-40$ used if it includes the second disc.  The special edition has hit up to 200$ in some sales!

People are also buying up the original black label Final Fantasy ps1 games.  A non-greatest hits version of FF7 can net you up to 100$ easy.  Final Fantasy X original version has actually gone up to about 30-50$ (the price petered out to about 20$ max recently but once Final Fantasy XIII comes around prepare for it shoot up again).  I literally walked into my local gamestop and bought 7 original copies of Final Fantasy X for a total of 20$ (2 for 1 sale) and turned it into 300$ on ebay this shit is ridiculous! RIDICULOUS.

BUYER'S TIP

Gobble up Resident Evil gamecube versions while you can as the price on those is skyrocketing.  I guarantee you once Resident Evil 5 hits the market, the gamecube remakes will hit 70-90$ minimum.  The Resident Evil REmake usually goes for around 100$ used.  Disgusting yes but man is this easy money!

vg selling is only big money if you're selling trendy games. I sold most of mine earlier this year and got jack shit. Like capcom vs Marvel went for £20 but I was lucky if anything else reached £5.

marcus please make a new topic on selling games on ebay and teach me everything you know because i think i could make some maaaad money

also if anybody has mariokart wii and is still thinking of something to do with the useless steering wheels. Sell them.
We sold two of em and got £20 each. the market is filled with idiots(as if this topi didn't prove it enough), and so are naturally gobbling up anything with nintendo stamped on it right now. especially if they can use it for their wii.

idk I guess I got my numbers mixed up then although to be honest I just assumed that shit was just a dumb made up gaming buzzword that they printed on the back of the box to make the game look impressive. Like any 10 year old kid who plays nintendos is going to know what the fuck a [ megabit cartridge is supposed to be anyway.

I never really knew what it meant either until I went to tech school but 256mbit cartridge is actually accurate.  The SNES can only process 32bit's a second (hence 32bit system) and the cartridge itself could probably hold 256mbit of data but that game would probably crash the system immediately.

vg selling is only big money if you're selling trendy games. I sold most of mine earlier this year and got jack shit. Like capcom vs Marvel went for £20 but I was lucky if anything else reached £5.

Just like the stock market you have to watch things carefully.  Dumb no name Japanese games especially from Atlus will sell for tons but no one cares about mass produced Madden whatever.  Whenever a sequel is on the horizon (like RE5 and Fallout 3) I usually buy up the original (no compilations must include all the original packaging) as soon as possible because the price will skyrocket the closer you get to the release date.  Personally, I never knew that MGS3 Subsistence would increase by almost 50% in price but once I learned Essentials wouldn't have the second disc I bought every copy I could get my hands on and turned it around for a ridiculous profit.

Nerd toys just sell for a lot in general and you should keep your eye open for them.  Now that Universal Studios licensed Bone and Watchmen will be hitting theaters soon I started collecting the original Watchmen pamphlets and Bone hardcovers.  The price on those has already begun to climb.  Movies and sequels do wonders for supply and demand and you have to be sure to secure the market but buying as many copies as possible, letting the market dry out, then selling shit.  Like 2% of ebayers know how proxy bidding actually works and they usually get into retarded bid wars and anyone will tell you that's the greatest thing to happen to any auction.

also if anybody has mariokart wii and is still thinking of something to do with the useless steering wheels. Sell them.
We sold two of em and got £20 each. the market is filled with idiots(as if this topi didn't prove it enough), and so are naturally gobbling up anything with nintendo stamped on it right now. especially if they can use it for their wii.

Thanks for the tip hoho.

marcus please make a new topic on selling games on ebay and teach me everything you know because i think i could make some maaaad money

I think I may turn it into a blog article once I get rid of these SMT games.

Also, Halo 3 = Halo 2 with a map+weapon pack

Also Halo 3 has improved graphics, an entirely new single player campaign, and a more balanced multiplayer as well as the map+weapon pack, but yeah let's leave all that out to make some kind of point that isn't very clear.