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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Supply and demand, since they’re all collectors items now.
Emulators are your friend. Hoarders, graders, and scalpers can go suck a railroad spike.
Or if you prefer original hardware, flash carts and optical drive emulators.
MiSTer is another great option that’s like a halfway point between software emulation and real hardware. It’s still emulation, but it’s done in hardware instead of software.
Grab a working, modded PSX (probably easier to find than unmodded), buy tubes of blank cds, go wild
Laser health and blank CD quality just aren’t what they used to be (especially after Taiyo Yuden shut down). This is still what I’m doing with my PS1, but I plan on upgrading to an ODE when I get the chance.
Scarcity. Those games are no longer in print so there is no new units to bring the price down.
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
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).
unless you explicitly mention that it’s a DIY replica.
I’m sure the OP will be sure to let himself know that he’s made a DIY replica.
Good luck with that.
