Hindsight is 20/20. That is what I think about with my SNES games. Back in the 90's my parents dismissed our gaming and largely regulated it. Do all the chores, homework and church and we could squeeze in a few hours of gaming. It was worth every minute. In my household, it was an escape my brother and I cherished. Took us away from everything around us, and submersed us in a world of imagination, magic, power and responsibility. It was a valuable escape too, and helped us through tough times.
My parents got into the beanie baby phenomenon of the 90's. Purchasing hundreds and hundreds of beanie babies, hoping to make tons of money selling them in the next decade for thousands. Well, you know the story as well as I do. It was a ridiculous fad consisting of crappie made Chinese stuffed toys. What they should have been doing is investing in our games. While they drove across the state for a McDonalds Beanie Baby, we sat in our rooms playing our old SNES games. If they only new that Earthbound, a splurge of $50 dollars at the time would be worth upwards of $4000 dollars mint and boxed today, maybe they would have paid more attention to our gaming instead of a weird obsession with plastic beaded stuffed animals.
I would love to have a mint box of Secret of Mana, Legend of Zelda, Earthbound and Donkey Kong Country. Just so I could display it on my shelf and give credit to these for getting me through my childhood. But spend 4k? I don't think so!! So for now, I just put some ebay offers on the table for a shot at playing Chrono Trigger and getting my long lost Earthbound players guide back. Remember the scratch and sniff stickers?? Those were incredible.
Although I wish my collection was greater, I took a picture of my games.
Some list prices now (factory sealed and mint):
Secret of Mana: $4,900
Earthbound: $3,800
Chrono Trigger: $1,500
Super Mario RPG: $1,500
Final Fantasy 3: $2,000
Just a few examples above, tons more of course.
Oh and let's not even get started with a mint copy of the original Mario Brothers on NES... Mint copy lists for $17,000!!!
I would love to get my hands on a used Harvest Moon, Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy III, just for playing purposes. I'll be keeping an eye out for these, would love to play them on my Supaboy!!
Why would a girl be so obsessed with gaming you ask? Because at one time it was all she had.
