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[ussexplorer]

I waited until the PS/1 came down in price to $100.00. I decided to over go my $100.00 mark since I still needed to purchase another controller, games and memory cards. To be honest I beleive I spent $180.00 With that in mind. What is the most you will spend?

Laters,

Josh

[snorlaxnut]

If I buy a new system, I have to spend the price of the system, plus the price of a memory card and at least 1 game.

[MegaManFan]

I bought the PS2 and PS1 at their full debut price. My PSX was I think already down 50% when I bought it. GameCube was down to $180 when I got the Mario Sunshine package, and the Dreamcast was only $50. Everything else, I've bought used.

[NE146]

Atari 2600, $200
Colecovision $200
5200 - $250
SNES $200


I won't go on.. but damn.. come to think of it I payed around $200 for nearly every single one of my consoles! Wait... I take that back. I think I payed $99 for my Dreamcast. Oh and $150 for the Gamecube. But that's about it

[Rhindle The Red]

3DO: $30
Apple ][: $150
Apple ][GS: $10
Apple MacIntosh: $10 and less
Atari 2600: $99 (NEW) around $10 each these days, of course
Atari 5200: $25
Atari 7800: $15 (w/games, etc.)
Atari 800: $250
Atari 8-Bits (other): $25 or less
Atari Jaguar: $30 (NEW)
Atari Jaguar CD: $25
Atari Lynx: $50 (w/case, battery pack, link cable, sun screen & Batman Returns)
Atari ST: $15
Bandai WonderSwan: $35 (NEW)
Coleco Adam: $10
ColecoVision: $15
Commodore 128: $20 or less
Commodore 64: $15 or less
Commodore VIC-20: $15 or less
Connor VideoSmarts: $5
Emerson Arcadia: $10
IBM PC Jr.: $25
Magnavox Odyssey2: $20 or less
Mattel Aquarius: $20 (w/ expansion, 2 games, printer, etc.)
Mattel Intellivision: $20 (w/ games)
Mattel Intellivision II: $10
TurboGrafx-16: $30
Nintendo Game Boy: $20 more recently $5
Nintendo Game Boy Advance: $59 (NEW - Pokemon model)
Nintendo Game Boy Color: $100 (NEW w/Pokemon Yellow)
Nintendo Game Boy Pocket: $15
Nintendo GameCube: $150 (w/Luigi's Mansion, Spider-man, 3 controllers, 2 memory cards)
Nintendo 64: $100
Nintendo Entertainment System: $25 (w/ games)
Nintendo SNES: $35
Nintendo Virtual Boy: $25 (NEW)
NUON: $169 (NEW w/3 movies)
Sega Dreamcast: $129
Sega Game Gear: $30 (w/ Master Gear)
Sega Genesis: $20 for the first one LOTS more for less
Sega Pico: $10
Sega Saturn: $40
Sega CDX: $45 (w/games)
Sega Master System: $15
SNK Neo Geo Pocket: $99 (NEW)
SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color: $49
Sony PlayStation: $50 (w/ Street Fighter Alpha)
Tandy CoCo: $25 (w/ lots of stuff)
Tiger Game.Com: $20
Timex Sinclair: $10
Watara SuperVision: $20 (w/Crystball)

As you can see, I rarely buy new.

[Lost Monkey]

I'll only include systems I bought new at retail during their original release:

Atari 2600: $269 CDN
Atari Jaguar: $199 CDN
Atari Jaguar CD: $99US
TurboGrafx-16: $29.99CDN
TurboDuo: $199CDN
Nintendo Game Boy Advance: $109CDN
Nintendo GameCube: $299CDN
Nintendo SNES: $229CDN
NUON: $229US
Sega Dreamcast (import - Feb 1999): $399CDN
Sega Dreamcast : $299CDN
Sega Saturn: $120US
SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color: $99CDN

[Lemmi]

humm systems i bought durning their original runs

Atari 7800 - $80
Turbo Grafx 16 - $80



well thats it, of the ones i paid for with my own money

I will never pay full price for a video game system and i never have paid full price

[CPUWIZ]

Pretty much always full price, I am impatient.

[Gabriel]

Atari 2600 = It was a present, so it was free! Too bad I don't have it anymore. I recently bought one off eBay as a gift for a friend. It was well over $100 with 30 games.

Commodore Vic 20 = It was a present, so it was FREE! I don't have it anymore. I remember long days of playing Gorf, Jupiter Lander, and Chopper Command. I also learned how to program on it.

Atari 5200 = My first one was also a present, so it was free! But I left it and my awesome collection of games in a house that got bulldozed. The one I recently acquired to replace my old love was $110 with a bunch of games. I've been playing Berzerk on it quite a bit recently.

Commodore 64 = I've had several of these at one time or another. The odd thing is that they were all effectively free. I'd trade things for them and eventually get the item I traded back and STILL keep the C64. I mostly just used it to tinker around in BASIC. I don't have one anymore. Similar to how I would acquire them, I'd give them away for nothing.

Atari 7800 = Recently acquired from eBay with quite a few games for $80. About all I play on it are 2600 games (I've been addicted to Venture lately) and Pole Position II.

NES = I didn't buy one until the top loader came out. I forget whether I got it for $20 or if I got one when they dropped down to $5 at Wal Mart. I play this one off and on. I have a lot of RPGs for it. About the only action game I spend much time on is Wild Gunman, because I love gun games.

Genesis = About $150. I got the Genesis with Sonic pack for about $120 or $130 and Star Control on discount. I initially loved it. At one time I had over 100 games for it. However, over time I grew bored with it. Few of the games really kept attention long term. Nowadays, my library for it is fairly small and I don't play it very much.

SNES = About $150. I bought it as a present for a friend. He wanted the one with the pack in game. Every once in a while we still play Mortal Kombat II on it. And I sometimes play Starfox on it.

SegaCD = Over $300. I got a front loader when they were nearly brand new. The SegaCD had great pack ins initially. Too bad they cut out all of those great games to pack Sewer Shark with it. Recently I acquired another front loader for $70. I mainly use this system to play Dark Wizard, which is an awesome tactical RPG.

32X = $250. I bought it brand new before the pack in. And I also purchased Star Wars Arcade at the same time. Unlike most people, I didn't feel like I got ripped off. I still play Space Harrier, Virtua Racing Deluxe, and a little bit of Metal Head on it.

3DO = $300+ I got the Panasonic front loading model. I also got Need for Speed and Star Control II at the same time. I eventually traded this console and all my games for a Jaguar with a few games. I miss the original Need for Speed.

Jaguar = I traded the 3DO and a shitload of games for it. In retrospect, I made a shitty deal. It's worth it for Tempest 2000, but little else.

Nomad = I think I got mine for $50 or $60. It didn't come with a pack in. I used to play a LOT of the Williams Greatest Hits cart on it. Since I got the GBA, I've retired this very nice little system.

PS1 = I purchased 2. The first one was purchased the day of release along with Battle Arena Toshinden for a total of over $350. The second one was purchased after the price drop to $200. I've been thinking of buying a few of the $50 PS1s for future use. I don't actually play the PS1s anymore though. I play PS1 games on my PS2.

Saturn = I had one of these for a while. It was a gift, so it was FREE! It died though. I liked Fighters Megamix (but that game certainly hasn't aged well). Panzer Dragoon Zwei was about the only game I truly loved.

N64 = I purchased one near when they first came out for $250. I didn't purchase a game for quite some time, and just rented things. This is the only system I've ever done this with. After finding that I didn't like any of the games (I thought I would like Starfox 64, but ended up greatly disappointed), and realizing the game I had purchased it for was never going to appear (Robotech), I gave it to a friend that wanted it. Recently, I've had to reacquire one (I finally got hold of Ogre Battle 64!). To get it I had to find a new copy of Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis for the GBA to trade. So effectively, I paid $35 for a N64, 2 controllers, Killer Instinct Gold, Deadly Arts, Rogue Squadron, and a memory pak.

Dreamcast = I purchased 2 of this system also. My first one cost $20 with Dead or Alive 2 and Soul Calibur, 1 memory unit, and 2 controllers. My second one cost $40, system and one controller only. This is probably the flakiest system ever. I've actually been through about 5 of them and they die if you look at them funny. The only reason I keep one around is for Soul Calibur. If Soul Calibur 2 is any good, then I'll likely just give up on this console.

PS2 = I paid $280+. I got it with Ace Combat 4 and a memory card. This was probably one of the best videogame system purchases I ever made. I'm nearly constantly playing something or other on it. Lately, I've been using it a bit more as a PS1, and enjoying a games of Front Mission 3 and Final Fantasy 1 on it.

X-Box = I paid well over $400 and probably very close to $500. I got the basic set (no pack in), a controller S, and Dead or Alive 3. I also got a service arrangement. I've already had to return my X-Box once, and its likely I'll have to return this one as well because of malfunctions. Since I don't like FPS games, and Sega managed to ruin Panzer Dragoon, about all I have for it is DOA3 and DOA Volleyball. I might get Mechassault soon though. Depending on what special features this system's version of The Sims has, I might get it. I'll also be purchasing Soul Calibur 2 for it, but I'll be getting all three versions of that game anyway.

GameBoy Advance = I have two, a regular blue one and a silver GBA-SP. I purchased the regular one for about $110 with Namco Museum. The GBA-SP was $100 also. The GBAs are awesome little things. They have great selections of games and the backwards compatibility just makes them better. I play a lot of Dragon Warrior II and Namco Museum on it.

GameCube = I paid about $250. I got the basic system package, a spare controller, a standard memory card, and Godzilla. It would be better if the controllers didn't totally suck ass. I mostly use it to play Godzilla. Overall, It was a decent purchase. It isn't spectacular by any means, but it seems worth it for a couple of games.

That's all I remember right now.

[davidcalgary29]

Atari 800 "The Entertainer" package, with 410 recorder and Basic:
$850 (1983)

[Vic George 2K3]

On average, I would pay around $100-150 for a new system, not including a starter game and any necessary items like memory cards.

[Spartus]

In order bought (newest to oldest):

N64- $28.99 (with shipping). Along with one game (Starfox 64), 2 offical Nintendo controllers, and a memory card off ebay.

Jaguar/Jaguar CD- $180. 14 games came with it.

GameCube- $149.99. Bought at Wal-Mart the day after the price drop.

Xbox- $19.99. Bought an Xbox at $269.99 with my 10% discount from work. Then I won an Xbox from Taco Bell and sold that one for $250.

PlayStation2- $299.99. Had to have three different ones before I got one that worked right.

Dreamcast- $199.99. Bought it at a Wards store. The only place in town that had any in stock.


My Genesis and Saturn were gifts from my parents so they were FREE (the best price!)

[Raijin Z]

$30 or less. My gamecube was $110, and my GBA was $100, but all of the free systems I have drag the average price down.

[BoOchan!]

Systems I've Bought Brand New

Xbox:(Oct 2002) (With DVD Remote, Halo and JSRF/SEGAGT Pack In) US$259
PS1: (Nov 1998) (Dual Shock) US$119
SMSII: (Aug 1993) (Alex Kidd Bulit In + Wonderboy/Sonic 1) US$49

[candiru]

My newest system is an N64 but I waited to buy it until it dropped to $99 at Wal-Mart. I'm definitely not an early adopter. Everything else I've bought used or brought with me when I moved away from home.

Gabriel said:

Recently, I've had to reacquire one (I finally got hold of Ogre Battle 64!).  To get it I had to find a new copy of Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis for the GBA to trade.  

Is Ogre Battle 64 that good/rare? I've seen it a few times but passed on it since I'm not usually a fan of RPGs.

[Scooterb23]

I paid the full $329 + $150 for games, $35 each for memory card and 2nd controller on PS2s opening day. I had pre-ordered it, and was paying off everything slowly, I got some odd looks from people when I walked in, slapped 56 cents on the counter, told them I'd like a PS2, 3 games, a memory card and a second controller, and they gave it to me!! (56 cents was all I owed on that whole mess )

[angrybrit]

I payed too much for my GameCube. It was worth it though.

Metroid, Splinter Cell and Zelda are worth it.