hey guys, guess what.

Impervious · Post by **Impervious** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:47 am

..so i was coming home from the nintendo world store event [NP magazine's 20'th anniversary], where i decided to stop by a game stop across the street from my house.

so i was rummaging through their used marked down stuff for a few minutes, where i stumbled upon...[get ready]...Gradius 5, at $9.99! i checked the disc, and there was a few tiny scratches, nothing horrible.

so i bought it, and when i got home, i examined it, and it turns out half the scratches were stains of some sort. so i windexed it up, and popped it in. works perfectly

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..now back to calc 3 homework.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:58 am

Hey that's great. There was a period of time when the game was 19.99 brand new. I suppose half off is a great deal. I've not seen this game sold used much meaning the people who purchase it must keep it.

You will find that it is a wonderful game and will always kick you when you are down then offer you a hand only to break your wrist.

Square King · Post by **Square King** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:02 am

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:
You will find that it is a wonderful game and will always kick you when you are down then offer you a hand only to break your wrist.

I already knew it was good, but now I must own it.

Impervious · Post by **Impervious** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:12 am

naw, i've played it a few times at my friend's house before. he got the game late, only a few years ago, on amazon.com for around $50.

so he's vowing to kill me next time he sees me.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:19 pm

Impervious wrote:naw, i've played it a few times at my friend's house before. he got the game late, only a few years ago, on amazon.com for around $50.

so he's vowing to kill me next time he sees me.

The original U.S. MSRP of Gradius V was $29.99. Your friend paid too much for his copy. Back in September of 2004, Gamestop was practically giving away such cool Gradius V promotional DVDs for free just for the asking (you didn't need to pre-order the USA version of Gradius V to get it). Some Gamestop locations got in a few copies to distribute. It was on a first come, first served basis. Plus, it was possible to get more than one copy if you visited more than one Gamestop location during that same timeframe. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:03 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:The original U.S. MSRP of Gradius V was $29.99. Your friend paid too much for his copy.

But surely this was news worth its own topic!

FWIW, I saved $80 on Space Manbow (relative to the asking price), goodness knows how much in the end based on its appropriate "market value." Fun game too.

Impervious · Post by **Impervious** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:53 am

not to toot my own horn here, but i decided to push my luck yesterday

.

all in the same game stop, i found raiden 3 [new] at $14.99, r-type final at $9.99, and mobile light force 2 at $3.99. only the manager understood why i was going nuts, lol.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:52 am

Impervious wrote:not to toot my own horn here, but i decided to push my luck yesterday .

all in the same game stop, i found raiden 3 [new] at $14.99, r-type final at $9.99, and mobile light force 2 at $3.99. only the manager understood why i was going nuts, lol.

I don't care what they say about R-Type Final, it is a decent game and at that price is is a great value. Awesome snag on MLF 2. Raiden III is great too even if the ship is a bit slow. These games are all pretty good given excellent prices.

Impervious · Post by **Impervious** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:29 am

yeah, i'm loving r-type final. y'know, minus having to memorize what every aspect of each ship does.

chempop · Post by **chempop** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:02 am

nice score! i have seen ZOE2 for $9.99 in piles of used games and been like WTF?! has anyone put much time into the hidden game of Gradius 3d on that, I just remembered that easteregg, i must go dig it up now... btw anyone know what has konami been busy with these days?

time to start saving for Thunderforce 6, I'm betting we won't see a US release... hopefully I'm wrong.