The Nintendo Prices of Yesteryear
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Were you around when the NES started
in 1985? Do you remember those outrageous prices of paying
$200 for the system and $40 for the games? I sure do! When
my dad first bought me the Power Set in December 1987, he
had spent $149.99 at K-Mart! How much can you get one today?
Probably $30 at worst! I remember when my dad was going to
get me SMB2, but it was sold out, so he got me RC Pro AM for
$39.95 at the local store. We later went to Montgomery ward
and bought it for the same price, but that was months after
the game was released. I think the most popular game of all
time, SMB3, cost my dad around $44.95 when it first came out!
I was an avid player of the past and can give you more of
these "When I was your age, I paid $200 for an 8-bit
system ..." stories can go on forever, but I won't bother.
Today is the best day to get video games from the NES and
other 80s VG systems because of their ease to attain and their
very low price tag. The games forementioned probably averages
around $8 at most! I say you guys are pretty lucky!
Scanned is a 1994 EB magazine where you can see the prices
of NES games near the beginning of the systems demise. Also
attached in this article are receipts which prove the price
I (and my dad) paid for the NES at its peak. Laugh at me if
you want, but remember who got to be a part of the Powerfest
and other NES events when they were around? Do you see them
anywhere now! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
