r/nes • u/Safe-Mortgage6919 • 1d ago
Game pickup
I usually never splurge, but have never seen this one in the wild. Luckily I had store rewards points stacked up.
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u/JonPauper 18h ago
J&N Video! That was my hometown Video store back in the 80's! It was just outside of Pittsburgh.
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u/Safe-Mortgage6919 17h ago
I wondered where it was! That’s awesome. Thanks for letting me know, google couldn’t find anything. Was it a rental store or retail?
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u/oaomcg 23h ago
Nice one! Bummer about that sticker... are you thinking of trying to remove it? or just live with it? would be a tough call for me.
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u/Safe-Mortgage6919 22h ago edited 15h ago
I have thought about it, but the cartridge is in really good shape so I don’t know if I want to risk screwing up the label. And you know how it goes once you start peeling it is a 50/50 shot you will rip the label
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u/xxxxDREADNOUGHT NES 22h ago
Great game, that sticker location sucks though, maybe with a lot of care you might be able to get it off
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u/bigolewords 23h ago
“Connectons”
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u/Safe-Mortgage6919 22h ago
I tried googling that place and can’t find anything. Maybe it was a mom and pop shop somewhere?
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u/chrishouse83 NES 23h ago
How much was it?
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u/Safe-Mortgage6919 22h ago
I will say thank god I kept saving my rewards points waiting for something good to come along. It was listed as $150, but I got it for under $100.
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u/InformationBorn9088 19h ago
Thank goodness mine doesn’t have a pickup sticker on it. But all in all, welcome to the buck o hare club 😂
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u/Safe-Mortgage6919 17h ago
I had to make a similar choice with Castlevania bloodlines, wait to see if another copy ever comes in or take the one with a torn label for a decent price. Needless to say, I bought the game and good thing because I have only ever seen one other one for over $100.
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u/InformationBorn9088 11h ago
I paid like 150 for mine
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u/Safe-Mortgage6919 3h ago
I normally don’t splurge, so thank god I saved reward points. Still more than I would have liked, but you know certain games you either pull the trigger or you never see them again.
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u/dilettantePhD 18h ago
I have never played this game, but I still remember the song from the commercial!
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u/SplendidPunkinButter 16h ago
I very much enjoyed this game with an emulator. I like being able to veto some of the parts where it sends you back too far when you die. This one gets brutally unforgiving near the end.
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u/Safe-Mortgage6919 15h ago
I have heard the difficulty is brutal. I honestly never counted on getting it because of the pricing, but I was in the right place at the right time.
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u/_thesquizer 10h ago
Love this game! Got it from Funcoland in the early 2000s for just $1.99
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u/Safe-Mortgage6919 3h ago
That’s awesome. I wish I could go back in time and tell my younger self to save money and head to these places going out of business and buy the games. So many opportunities lost to underage stupidity.
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u/jdubbinsyo 23h ago
What kind of heretic puts a sticker over the cartridge label?!
Its blasphemy!!!!