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Think video games today are expensive? Look at 1996.
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Turok was the shit
Sheesh $75 for a game?? I don’t recall those prices
70-75 is a lot for a game but damn 150 for a console?
Those are 1990’s dollars too. A $59.99 game then would be around $80-$90 today.
Edit: some people are saying according to inflation sources, the price would be over $100 in todays dollars.
First of all that’s Canadian. Second of all most games are at, or above this price currently in Canada (atleast in my region)
Oh man, Die Hard Trilogy on the PS1 is such a great game. I never got close to beating any of the 3 modes but I had such a fun time playing it. There’s a documentary about the guys making it and trying to get it to perform as well on the other systems but it’s never quite as good as the PS1. I hope you have a great day!
All of a sudden I’m even more appreciative of my parents who took my brother and me to Toys R Us to buy us a new video game for our PlayStation (we were poor). I still remember that employee who told my dad that the South Park video game we wanted wasn’t for children so we settled for Spyro.
Man the excitement id get when Id see the Toys R Us mags…..what a time to be a kid.
Shadows of the Empire was amazing on the 64.
pfft. back in the day, computer games had a strict no return policy. because you could just copy the game and return it if so. There were no videos you could watch to see if the game was any good. All you had to go on was the pictures on the back of the box.
You just had to pay for it and hope for the best
God I remember drooling at that fucking flyer when I was a kid. Nearly shit when I saw Mario’s happy fucking face lookin’ at me flyin’ around all fuckin’ careless and shit on Christmas.
I think this is actually from 1997.
Is this Australian currency by any chance? Since 1 AUD is worth significantly less than 1 USD. Also, seems worth it in the long run either way to get a complete game while these days you spend years and $100s on DLC.
Edit: or Canadian. Not sure where Toys R Us existed outside of the US if they did.
Here’s something interesting. The cost of the PS1 at launch was $299 in 1995, which would be $584.68 USD today.
That was one of the reasons why the PS1 vastly outsold the N64. I used to pick up so many Greatest Hits games for $19.99 or less. And stores would fire sell some titles for like $5 in a discount bin.
That’s why we rented
Yeah, but 1996 was only like 7 years ago.
Right?
Now I remember why I didn’t have many video games growing up, holy shit that’s expensive.
The prices have stayed the same because they put less game in your game now.
Back then you got the /entire/ game for that money.