The Price of Collecting

I'm sure this question has been raised times beyond count, but I'm curious.

What is the most you guys have ever paid for a Genesis game?

My top three are:
Battletoads - $21.94
TMNT: Hyperstone Heist - $15.94
Earthworm Jim - $13.98

I think I paid 59.99 for Golden Axe when it was brand new back in 1990.

$75 for my Rocket Knight Adventures prototype, which is also the same price I paid for my Arrow Flash prototype, and $40 for yet another prototype, and that was Gain Ground.

If you are a collector and aim to get rare stuff, you'll have to spend money sooner or later.
How come you're gonna spend that little money on stuff like Panorama Cotton and Alien Soldier?

I'm ashamed to tell how much I paid for Slap Fight. :(

I don't remember exactly what I paid but I remember I paid over a hundred for alien soldier and panorama cotton each both mint. I have a couple games I paid around $75 for. Slap fight and musha I got for pretty cheap compared to what most people sell them for on ebay. Some pc engine games I paid a decent amount for.

Pretty much a tie between Yuu Yuu Hakusho - Makyou Toitsusen (£55) and Gouketsuji Ichizoku (£50sumat after the fecking import tax). I've yet to go after the priciest imports.

Top 3:

Beggar Prince - $46 (does this even count?)
Phantasy Star II - $12
Earthworm Jim - $8

The most expensive MD game I've bought is Streets of Rage 3 if I remember rightly, it was £20, later sold for £50 something on ebay as its not the best in the series and I preffered to have the cash instead.

WCS2 Blue box £751
Death and Return of Superman £70ish
Ecco Collector's box set £70ish

If you're a serious collector who wants everything in mint condition and all the box variations, etc, then eventually you will have to pay out for something.
Fortunately there isn't that many expensive games out there for the Genesis/MD, and if you're in it only for the gaming aspect you can pick pretty much any game up cart only for next to nothing with a bit of searching and patience.

Any of the 14 games I have from 16-bit era.

SOR2 was around $50, I'm sure "Road Rash 2", "Mortal Kombat", SOR3 were probably closer to $60 back in the day.

$150 for Panorama Cotton, and I'm about to pay $120 for a mint copy of Battlemania 2. I've also paid $75 for monster World IV, but those are the most expensive ones that I can recall.

Melf is a high roller.

My most expensive Genesis game is Panorama Cotton which I paid about £80 for, but the most expensive game i've bought overall is Psychic Killer Taromaro for just over $200 x_x it's lucky I enjoy the game as much as I do, or I would've felt a bit foolish :p

I'm certainly out of my league here! (as I expected) The only game i'd consider paying such a high price for would be Mega Man.

Speaking of which, was this game even available in cartridge form?

And what's the story with imports, anyway? Does the Nomad play MD games?

You know what, i've never paid much for a Genny game before. I got a loose copy of MUSHA for like $5 or something like that back in the day, I just got a copy of Gaiares complete for $2.99, the most I've ever paid was probably $30 to a kid in school back in the day for a Sonic and Knuckles. I have a bunch of the rare games as well and got them all pretty cheaply.

I got a bunch of rare Sega CD games for next to nothing.
Third World War $3.99 complete
Lunar loose for $15
Shining Force CD Sealed for Free and plenty more and never paid much for them ever.