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Who's making older games so expensive? (slrpnk.net)

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I don't want to buy games digitally anymore until I can actually own the game rather than the license. But then some freak on eBay is asking for $500 for a copy of Klonoa on the PS1. Then there are even more freaks who are willing to bid higher than that! Then the smaller retro games stores around me base their prices on these prices. There needs to be a price cap on this stuff. We can't let all of the richest nerds control the economy.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

On every retrogaming forum I’ve ever been on, this has been a topic and it’s been a topic for at least 15 years. A few practical bits of advice:

The cheapest games will always be last generations games
Anything not deemed “retro” yet is cheap
Nintendo is always super expensive unless it’s Wii or handheld
Anything Xbox is cheap
PC is cheap, unless it’s big box, but even then sellers will sell big box for cheap because they often don’t know what they have
There’s nothing wrong with buying from GOG, burning to disc, and making your own labels and box art—which is easy to do because it’s DRM-free
Except for PS1, Sony is cheap. But even then PS1 is cheaper than N64 or Saturn.
Nothing wrong with an Everdrive, especially since that’s the best way to play aftermarket games

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Got to disagree with you on #6 unless you explicitly mention that it's a DIY replica.

If one is buying a PC box, you expect the original from when it was released, not a DIY GOG package (which you can do yourself).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

unless you explicitly mention that it's a DIY replica.

I’m sure the OP will be careful to let himself know that he’s made a DIY replica.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

I'm not suggesting that you sell your DIY GOG package to someone else. I'm suggesting you do that for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

For burning to a disc from GOG, is there a way to do that with the old consoles? I have all of the PlayStations, because I have never liked playing on my PC. I wasn't allowed to play many of the games that came out on PS1 or PS2 growing up, and now that I have some sort of disposable income, I want to check out the stuff I missed out on. The issue is that those are the games that scalpers love. If there was a way to bypass them on the games like Silent Hill or Diablo I would love that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's the difference between playing on PC vs PS if it's the same game? Locking yourself out of either emulation or playing the PC version is going to make it harder/more expensive on you to replay old games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The difference is personal preference and values

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

What values?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you have a PS2, mod it to play backups. There's a new method called MMCE that is very promising and looks very easy to setup.

https://stoneagegamer.com/memcard-pro-2-for-playstation-and-playstation-2.html

https://youtu.be/mdxDRtfEXNg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Or FreeMCBoot + a USB pendrive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

You bet, I'm a FreeMCBoot fan myself. I bought a network adapter and a SATA adapter for an internal hard drive to load games off of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mod your consoles, find backups online. For PSX check out PSIO...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of people have mentioned this, so I've been looking into it. How easy would it be to do these mods myself?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Modding a PS1 requires some soldering skill, but it's relatively easy. Depending where you're from and where/when you got your PS1, it's likely already modded, so if you have a blank CD to burn a game, you can test it straight away.

For PS2, FreeMCBoot will let you run games from a USB pendrive, installed HDD or from ethernet cable and requires zero actual hardware modding, you just need to boot the console with the proper memory card inserted. You'll either need to buy a FreeMCboot card, which should be easy and cheap to find (aliexpress has plenty), or get an adapter to connect to a PC and do it yourself.