From: john@junk.com   
      
   "BelPowerslave"  wrote in message   
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   >> Top dollar for Phantasy Star right now seems to be around $30 for cart   
   >> only. You'd be very lucky to get it complete for that price.   
   >   
   > I used to see if go for around $45 complete...so $30 isn't that far off,   
   > but I agree that it would be difficult to get it complete for that price.   
   >   
   >> The   
   >> price may have dropped on it in recent years, but it's still a   
   >> staggering amount of money for a 20+ year old game for a system that   
   >> almost nobody has.   
   >   
   > Well, but think about it: When PS came out it was around $70 in the   
   > store...so for it to go from $70 instore, to $100 on ebay, then down to   
   > around $30 is actual progress. It's those PS collections that are doing   
   > it, and I'm loving them for it.   
   >   
   >> Seriously, the SMS is super rare around here,   
   >> although I guess the adapter alleviates this a bit, but that doesn't   
   >> seem common either.   
   >   
   > Though I can't say it's super rare around here to see SMS stuff, it's   
   > still hard to get. Thing is, there are a few places here around Dallas   
   > where retro stores will just have shitloads of it, while others either   
   > have none or just two or three titles. Serious SMS shopping can only be   
   > done on the net...   
   >   
   >> Even the 32x is now apparently a hotly contested   
   >> item.  Those were worthless and unwanted for a very long time. I still   
   >> remember TRU blowing them out for like $25, and nobody wanted them.   
   >> They sat there on the shelves for YEARS.   
   >   
   > It's a shame too, because it is an *awesome* upgrade for the Genesis. Does   
   > so many things for it, yet noone would give it a chance. I can see how   
   > people ignored it at the opening $150 pricing, but when it hit $79, people   
   > should have gobbled it up. I would have too, if I'd of had the money at   
   > the time. I got mine from a TRU clearance...well, my first one anyway.   
   >   
   >> For my money, the rarest   
   >> system to obtain is the colecovision.  Man, what does it take to snag   
   >> one of those, or to even find one that is working???   
   >   
   > Not sure...never seen one, never played one. I hear it was a pretty cool   
   > system though.   
      
   It plays a lovely Donkey Kong. Not so hot on scrolling, but then what was in   
   those days?   
   I've owned 3 of them, and seen at least a couple more along the way, but   
   then I'm in australia. We also have plenty of SMS stuff over here.   
      
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