most expensive turbo game ever...here you go

From George Plamantouras <xxxxxx@mindspring.com>
Date
well, akihabara held a few surprises for me today.  i found two copies 
of Darius Alpha.  it:s not the first time i have seen the game for 
sale, however, the price is astronomical thesedays... 
148,000 yen!=  about $1,380 US dollars
    and this is a used game.
by comparison:

Sapphire-------------$250
Magical Chase-------$105
Dead of the Brain---$90
Macross 2036-------$40
Dracula X-----------$85
Duo RX--------------$125
PC Engine LT-------$900

    also, i need help identifying some games.  i found this game which 
was a super cd and had a some strange looking monkey on it.  the 
graphics didn:t look all that great but the game was going for about 
$100.  what is it? 
    as an aside, the only other time i:ve seen a game go for over 
$1,000 was for the NeoGeo.  there is a shooter called Blazing Star 
going for $1,200 and some NeoGeo comic quiz game going for 
$2,200...unbelievable.  anyone know about these games?  thanks,      george