I go with emulators nowadays because the collectors' prices on old cartridges is insane. It costs like eighty U.S. dollars to get a proper copy of Lufia II (actually I would assume more now). It's just better to download them if you're going to actually play them, especially since a lot of old RPGs only have a 5 year battery life. If you bought an old Final Fantasy cartridge for the NES back when it came out, which I did, it stopped working aeons ago.
That is a damn cool Game & Watch collection you have, Sir Asgeir.
I'm currently playing through Mario RPG again... before that I did the 7th Saga, which is a retarded RPG. I don't know how I beat it without an emulator, multiple times, as a kid. I freeze / unfreeze like every 20 seconds now.
I know what you mean, but you have to admit eBay can sometimes have rare cheap stuff in, or even just exploring old video game stores or 2nd hand stores and stuff because a lot of the time the people there tend to underestimate video games and sell them at stupidly low prices by mistake. Take this for example, my friend Richard was wandering through town one time and just decided to browse through some old SNES games. He found this baby, for as you can see $8.99 (Canadian) (although I am curious about the other price tag on there).
He decided not to open it or play it, but instead sold it on eBay for $100.
Either way, I hate him. Because original Breath of Fire = LOVE!
I haven't playd Mario RPG in ages. I'll shamefully admit I haven't completed it, but then again when I did download the ROM I didn't have a control pad so I found most games a little awkward to play on the keyboard unless they were a basic, left, right, up, down movements and battle screens (In other words, every JRPG ever). But I just bought a control pad a few days ago so I could finally complete Demon's Crest and Cave Story.
So what other games do you like, other than Lufia of course?
On that note, You've reminded me to watch more that guitarist on youtube who does a bunch of video game covers, and slowly but surely going through various videos. There's soooo many good covers out there. I crave covers! (In other words, recommend me some or send me some on MSN/AIM please)
Also, my all nighter failed. I should get some sleep, it's 6am and I'm starting to sound crazy. I need to stop admitting to my nerdiness, it's a huge turn off.
(Sorry for posting soooooooo many images)