The Holy Grail arrived in my letterbox this morning

[TidalTempest]

Sonic games aren't worth that much because they're so common, so don't believe those ebay sellers that put "rare" in the title hoping to get more money. But, if you love the game I guess it's worth it. At CGE 2004 I bought Lunar 2 for SegaCD for $45. Not a steal, but it was worth it to me because it was in good condition.

Yeah, I guess the term "rare" wasn't the right one to use. They are just hard-to-find in near-mint and complete condition over here.

And I don't believe a game is rare if a seller puts the term in the title or the listing - I know they are just trying to trick some people into thinking it's worth more than it's actually worth. I'm pretty informed about most of the games I intend to buy, and if I'm not, then I do some research about it before I place a bid.

[Mr Smith]

Ebay sellers amuse me. I can't help but smile when sellers claim things like "Super Hang On ultra rare Mega Drive game". Yeah, of course it is.

[Elusive]

I guess it's one of those terms everybody uses, but has no real meaning. Like £1500 IN UPGRADES in eBay Motors. Anyone who mentions RRP in a listing is probably trying to pull a fast one, also.

[Henry Spencer]

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Yeah, tell me about it, Streets Of Rage 3 isn't even rare, but people pay rediculous prices for it and people claim it to be ultra rare. Another fine example is EWJ, a gamer that was listed for £30 on ebay for buy it now for SNES, whilst the listings for auction were like 0.99! When will the madness stop?

[Obviously]

$38 for Sonic 3 and Knuckles? Ouch, that's still kind of ridiculous especially since the multiple re-releases of the game drive down its price to almost worthless. You can probably find it here for a combined price of $5 if you wanted to.

[TidalTempest]

The originals are worth it I can assure you. All the re-releases are flawed in several ways, especially in the sound department. Being a big Sonic fan, and having tracked these games on eBay for the last six months, I can only assure you that they are worth the money I paid. Sonic 3 complete rarely goes for anything under $20 here, and I only paid $5 more. S&K usually goes for $30+, and I paid $5 less, so I think I got a pretty good deal. Perhaps in America the games are common as, but not so over here in Australia. And the games I got are the original ones, not the cheap-arse budget releases of the games that come up more often than the ones I got.

I am extremely happy with my purchases, and that's all that matters to me. If I wanted a cart only version, sure I could get it for $5, but I wanted the complete versions, so I had to pay a premium for them.

[Obviously]

Well if you're happy I'm happy. I too own the originals and wouldn't want it any other way. It truly is a 16-bit masterpiece and it ruled my childhood for far longer than is probably healthy.

[tim333]

*blink blink*

Umm... my local game shop has the Sonic 3 and S&K carts for $3 each. Cart only, but still...

[Nazza]

Yeah but as far as I know Australia has only 1 shop chain that sells old school games.