By Chris Kavan - 11/06/12 at 10:41 PM CT
I know I'm not alone in that I like to collect items. Other members of this site have quite the game and strategy guide collection themselves. However, there comes a point in time when you have to decide what kind of collector you're going to be: casual or hardcore. You will know when you step over that line - if you spend as much on a video game as you would a new vehicle, that's hardcore.
Take this recent example of what is regarded as the rarest game for the Atari 2600: Air Raid. A near pristine copy was found (the only known copy with an intact instruction manual) and was sold for an Atari Record - and actually the record for any non-prototype, non-competition video game, ever. So, how much you ask? How about $33,433.30.
What is the most you've spent on a game? For me, at least recently, I dropped $149.95 on the collector's edition of Star Wars: The Old Republic (which I have yet to play, sadly). I thought that was a pretty good chunk of change for a single game - even though it came with a pretty cool statue and some other stuff.
A quick perusal of Ebay turns up some interesting auctions. A game that has been talked about by a few members, Little Samson, is going for anywhere from $300 - $465. A sealed copy of the SNES game Chrono Trigger can be yours for just $1999.00. You can pick up Jack Bros. for the Virtual Boy for approximately the same I paid for my Star Wars game: $149.99. Perhaps you're a really high roller and need that Cheetahmen II NES game - as long as you can spare $4500 - you can own your own factory-sealed copy of this terrible game.
Fess up - how much have you spent on a piece of nostalgia or (in my case with Star Wars), something you have an unhealthy passion for? Unless I win the lottery or am suddenly willed a whole lot of money, I don't see dropping more money on a game than many people in this country see in a year. But don't worry - I'll drop money on plenty of movies, books and standard games - I have to keep my collection going, you know.
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