Probably not thread worthy, but hey were on NA on Friday night (to be fair my security countermeasures class didnt end til after 10pm and is a 40 min drive home).

Anyway, I collect games to play mainly, and the other day I randomly ended up playing snow bros. I knew about the game a little, but I instantly LOVED it, and decided I needed a copy....then I looked up the price...DAMNIT! good thing nes is the only system I can handle cart only...

I thought rare games were supposed to be shit! damn you snow bros, fire and ice, and mr gimick....

A lot of them are shit, unfortunately some of them like that one isn't. There's a reason when late last year I saw a craigslist post saying NES w/Super Mario Bros 3, Castlevania, Gradius, Bonk, 17 games - $50 that I clicked that sucker and called within 10min of it going up. Bonk has been a steady $60-70 type game so I jumped at it. I'd never pay that alone, just can't justify it on a budget, but when I can find stuff like that and there's a heap of pad I can turn around and make it free + profit I'm there.

Sadly that's what you and I got to do in cases like Snow Bros. I'd love a copy, but until I find some clueless thrift shop, flea market non-ebay pricer, or unknowing/caring craigslister it's off my list so I don't let it bug me.

If they were in that $10-20 range I'd have kept(had it) Duck Tales 2, but also got Rescue Rangers 2, Snow Bros, Dragon Warrior 3 and 4, and some other high ball titles as they are good. I've kind of given up, at this rate I'm going for a powerpak as it's cheaper in the long run, but if I ever do stumble on a gem cheap it's mine.

Yup...it's a pisser. I run emulators, to trial a lot of games, and try to trigger some memories, and sometimes, I wish I hadn't. It will eventually kick in my Gaming OCD, and set me out on a mission to buy it, and sometimes bites me in the arse.

I do the same thing. I just wish I hadn't gotten rid of my original CIB NES games from my childhood because now I miss them and am buying them back for a lot more money. Plus I took really good care of them so they were very much mint. I also wish I would have kept those 2 mint sealed copies of Chrono Trigger I had bought off this now defunct website for $80 a piece.

powerpaks are amazing. I love them for playing translations and stuff, or rediculous games Ill never own (caltron/myriad, cheetman 2, nwc) but games that I really like playing, I just gotta have that real copy...so now I add snow bros to my list of about 200+ games I want to buy....sure hope this summer is as good as last summer, where all my games ended up being free because of flipping!

nes/snes guide.com is a great place to get a few facts and a 10min gameplay video of some stuff. If you can sit on a video for 10min if you're on the fence it probably will help you go one way or the other.

I do hate it when I find a new game or strategy guide I need and it turns out much more expensive than I expected. A couple of the recent PS3 RPGs are going for full retail price or slightly over...for used copies o_O . If I wanted to pay $60-$70 for it, I'd just go to a GameStop and get it, ya know?  (Hyperdimension Neptunia and Ar Tonelico Qoga...I'm looking at you two ...).

*cough* sorry I couldn't resist

Snow Brothers is the last NES CIB that I'd really like to add to the collection. So believe me, I know your pain. And it's worse now because it used to be about $150 CIB and now breaks $200 easily, if not $250. Obviously I'm not willing to pay that, so I'll be waiting a long time to find one at a bargain or find one in a lot.

But I also don't really play hardly any of my collection anymore, so it's not a priority. I'm lucky in that respect.

You forgot Little Samson.  That game is a keeper.

snow brothers does rock  one of the few games i play

Bubble Bobble 2 is one of those for me. Maybe if I get the Powerpak, but it's just as expensive. And cheating.

I recently fell in love with Earthbound for the NES. I then decided I wanted the SNES game as well, but that one cost a bit... Also want E.V.O. for SNES. Well, better work a lot of overtime at work to earn some extra cash.