Re: NEC-HE-shrine EBAY LOST MIND
But, remember, on eBay, Strider PCE is "a great conversion," "better than the Genesis or arcade game," "ultra rare," and "a hentai masterpiece." a hentai masterpiece?!?!?! thats fricken funny! I don't know if any of you remember the blazing lazers that went for $207. but for all the people who make a killing on ebay, there are lots of people who will follow through on an auction even if the closing bid is ridiculously low. God bless them... -Pedrum xxxxxx@shmups.com wrote: > > $670 for a sealed dracula X..... > > Mein gott.. > > I know...I saw that also. Who in the hell would pay that much for Dracula X? > It has to be some sort of illness. It's a travesty that people pay $100-200 > for the game when there are a ton of copies out there to be had. If only I > had known when I bought my copy back in 1993, I would've plunged for a couple > more. I know a guy who keeps his copy in a safe. That's ridiculous only > because he doesn't play it. I bet if I broke the shrinkwrap, he'd start > crying. I'm a pretty heavy-duty game collector, but there is nothing I have > which is still shrinked...I play ALL of my games. That's why I started doing > all of this in the first place...because I enjoy gaming. For awhile on eBay, > you could see amazing amounts for both Gale Racer and Groove on Fight for > Saturn. Gee...both games suck...hard. When I was living in Korea, you could > find both not only NOT SELLING in massive quantities, but also sent to the > comparable of a bargain bin. Man, I could've picked up copies of both for > cheap, saved them, and killed on eBay. Still, in defensive of the weirdos > who'd rather have shrinkwrapped games rather than actually playing them, I > can totally symphathize with leaving your copies of Strider Hiryu for PCE > completely sealed...forever. After I played it the first time back in 1994, > I wished I could have sent it back to NEC Avenue. But, remember, on eBay, > Strider PCE is "a great conversion," "better than the Genesis or arcade > game," "ultra rare," and "a hentai masterpiece." > > Grant Windsor > xxxxxx@shmups.com > > > > "Nippon Electric Company-Home Electronics shrine" > We are an E-Group of NEC Home Electronics enthusiasts. > This E-Group was created for the purpose of & limited > to the exchange of NEC-HE systems & games information. > Members are welcome to buy, sell, trade, & discuss TurboGrafx > & PC-Engine/PC-FX items. --------------1A0D9A99B755486642389A83 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <i>But, remember, on eBay,</i> <br><i>Strider PCE is "a great conversion," "better than the Genesis or arcade</i> <br><i>game," "ultra rare," and "a hentai masterpiece."</i> <br> <p>a hentai masterpiece?!?!?! <p>thats fricken funny! <p>I don't know if any of you remember the <br>blazing lazers that went for $207. but for <br>all the people who make a killing on ebay, <br>there are lots of people who will follow through <br>on an auction even if the closing bid is <br>ridiculously low. God bless them... <p>-Pedrum <br> <p>xxxxxx@shmups.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>> $670 for a sealed dracula X..... <br>> Mein gott.. <p>I know...I saw that also. Who in the hell would pay that much for Dracula X? <br> It has to be some sort of illness. It's a travesty that people pay $100-200 <br>for the game when there are a ton of copies out there to be had. If only I <br>had known when I bought my copy back in 1993, I would've plunged for a couple <br>more. I know a guy who keeps his copy in a safe. That's ridiculous only <br>because he doesn't play it. I bet if I broke the shrinkwrap, he'd start <br>crying. I'm a pretty heavy-duty game collector, but there is nothing I have <br>which is still shrinked...I play ALL of my games. That's why I started doing <br>all of this in the first place...because I enjoy gaming. For awhile on eBay, <br>you could see amazing amounts for both Gale Racer and Groove on Fight for <br>Saturn. Gee...both games suck...hard. When I was living in Korea, you could <br>find both not only NOT SELLING in massive quantities, but also sent to the <br>comparable of a bargain bin. Man, I could've picked up copies of both for <br>cheap, saved them, and killed on eBay. Still, in defensive of the weirdos <br>who'd rather have shrinkwrapped games rather than actually playing them, I <br>can totally symphathize with leaving your copies of Strider Hiryu for PCE <br>completely sealed...forever. After I played it the first time back in 1994, <br>I wished I could have sent it back to NEC Avenue. But, remember, on eBay, <br>Strider PCE is "a great conversion," "better than the Genesis or arcade <br>game," "ultra rare," and "a hentai masterpiece." <p>Grant Windsor <br>xxxxxx@shmups.com <p>--------------------------------------------------------------------<e|- <br>Find long lost high school friends: <br><a href="http://click.egroups.com/1/8016/1/_/12341/_/966921109/">http://click.egroups.com/1/8016/1/_/12341/_/966921109/</a> <br>--------------------------------------------------------------------|e>- <p>"Nippon Electric Company-Home Electronics shrine" <br>We are an E-Group of NEC Home Electronics enthusiasts. <br>This E-Group was created for the purpose of & limited <br>to the exchange of NEC-HE systems & games information. <br>Members are welcome to buy, sell, trade, & discuss TurboGrafx <br>& PC-Engine/PC-FX items.</blockquote> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <hr> <!-- |@|begin eGroups banner|@| runid: 8117 crid: 4086 --> <a target="_blank" href="http://click.egroups.com/1/8117/1/_/12341/_/966960777/"><center> <img width="468" height="60" border="0" alt="" src="http://adimg.egroups.com/img/8117/1/_/12341/_/966960777/ecredit-468-static2.gif"></center><center><font color="black"></font></center></a> <!-- |@|end eGroups banner|@| --> <hr> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <tt> "Nippon Electric Company-Home Electronics shrine"<BR> We are an E-Group of NEC Home Electronics enthusiasts.<BR> This E-Group was created for the purpose of & limited<BR> to the exchange of NEC-HE systems & games information.<BR> Members are welcome to buy, sell, trade, & discuss TurboGrafx<BR> & PC-Engine/PC-FX items. <BR> </tt> <br> </html> --------------1A0D9A99B755486642389A83--