Complete BS...In my opinion

ShadowFlame76 · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:34 am Post subject: Complete BS...In my opinion

Why are these tiger hand helds like "Castlevania II: Simons Quest" going for $80-$100?? I grew up with these games (Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2, Karnov, Simons Quest, Heave Barrel, Gauntlet, Double Dragon..Double Dragon looked cool, but boy did that game suck! it was so boring)..) and Simons Quest along with the majority of Tiger hand helds were not that uncommon.. i don't see why they seem to be listed with high "buy it nows" or auction starting bids, and if they are cheap the seller usually has the shipping charges up higher than crank addicted insomniac.

most "serious" collectors laugh at these Tiger games.. Me, i would love to get the ones back i used to have and a couple new old ones. oh why didn't i take better care of them and not lose or break them..*sighs*

ShadowFlame76 · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject:

anyone agree/disagree? anyone alive? Neutral

Dan · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:40 am Post subject:

That one in particular seems to be desirable, mainly due to Castlevania collectors. The only other Tiger LCD I know of in that league is Nightmare Before Christmas, again due to collectors of that movie's memorabilia.

ShadowFlame76 · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject:

yes, damn the collectors driving up the prices!! lol, ah well.. looks like i'll have to fork over the high amount of $ if i want it, unless i find one cheaper somewhere else..

Rik · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject:

In general, I'm not too excited about the white Tiger games... I do happen to have Nightmare though (bought it for $5 when they went on sale along with all the toys shortly after the movie's release. Long before I was into handheld games! Smile

)

But it does seem like certain ones command a high price because of the game title, not so much the fact that it's a handheld.

I do like the ones that are arcade themed (just because I love arcade games!), and some of them do seem expensive... Didn't we see an auction of Double Dragon 3 recently for over $100? I also think some of the 'rare' titles were made in smaller quantities for whatever reason... They just seem too uncommon to just be because everyone is collecting them...

Rik

ShadowFlame76 · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject:

Yah, i guess there are some rare tiger games out there, i just bought 3 Tiger games and should be picking up more soon..

1. Double Dragon (sure it's not the best one, but it's a classic none the less and i used to have it and i saved %12 through a Best Offer)
2. Gauntlet (used to have it)
3. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest ( that was pricey, but i saved %21 through a Best Offer and i used to have it too)

I have the others i used to have on "watch" i bought Double Dragon and Simon's Quest from chickeneater (he seems to have multiple copies of each item)

The arcade themed ones are also my favorite of the bunch Smile

i bought the arcade game "Raiden" the actual coin-op game in the arcade cabinet, the game has been taken out and the cabinet now runs MAME, with the X-Arcade joystick which allows up to 2 players to play.

anyone know what happened to this store?:
http://stores.ebay.ca/70s80s90.....asstQQtZkm

Dan · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:12 am Post subject:

Oh yeah, those two I mentioned were all I could think of off the top of my head, there are others of course, and any game can go high when someone is stricken with a sudden attack of nostalgia... (witness my $270 Mattel Football 2!)

As for electronichandhelds, maybe he's just on vacation? 'cause he was still buying earlier this month...

nixontech2071 · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject:

its unfortunate on how hard these are to come by in flea markets.
_________________
"Emulators are for the non collectors"