Salty Hippo
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Credit goes to user Jeff from the DK Vine forums.
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Absolutely insane. I'm still stunned that they priced this at 30 bucks. Either Microsoft has very little faith in the value of these games or they're intentionally charging peanuts in order to give these IPs some mind share within the Xbox audience. I hope it's the latter, and I hope it's some kind of plan to bring these franchises back in the near future.
Jetpac (~$7 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, Spectrum cartridge)
Atic Atac (~$11 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, Spectrum cartridge)
Lunar Jetman (~$10 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, Spectrum cartridge)
Sabre Wulf (~$10 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, Spectrum cartridge)
Underwurlde (~$11 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, Spectrum cartridge)
Knight Lore (~$13 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, Spectrum cartridge)
Gunfright (~$13 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, Spectrum cartridge)
Slalom (~$6 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, NES cartridge)
R.C. Pro-Am (~$7 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, NES cartridge)
Battletoads (NES) (~$25 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, NES cartridge)
Cobra Triangle (~$6 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, NES cartridge)
Snake Rattle N Roll (~$8 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, NES cartridge)
Digger T. Rock (~$11 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, NES cartridge)
Solar Jetman (~$5 on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, NES cartridge)
R.C. Pro-Am II (~$70 used on Amazon/Ebay, no manual, NES cartridge)
Battletoads Arcade (I can't find a cabinet for sale, anywhere, however, there is ONE seller parting with a board only, for $100. 1.)
Killer Instinct Gold (~$20 on Amazon/Ebay, used, no manual, N64 cartridge)
Blast Corps (~$8 on Amazon/Ebay, used, no manual, N64 cartridge)
Banjo-Kazooie ($14.99 on Xbox Marketplace 2.)
Jet Force Gemini (~$8 on Amazon/Ebay, used, no manual, N64 cartridge)
Perfect Dark ($9.99 on Xbox Marketplace)
Banjo-Tooie ($14.99 on Xbox Marketplace)
Conkers Bad Fur Day (~$95 on Amazon/Ebay, used, no manual, N64 cartridge)
Grabbed by the Ghoulies ($9.99 on Xbox Marketplace)
Perfect Dark Zero ($14.99 on Xbox Marketplace
Kameo: Elements of Power ($9.99 on Xbox Marketplace)
Viva Piñata ($14.99 on Xbox Marketplace)
Jetpac Refuelled ($4.99 on Xbox Marketplace)
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts ($14.99 on Xbox Marketplace)
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise ($14.99 on Xbox Marketplace)
1. This means it's just a circuit board with none of the cabinet stuff you actually NEED to be able to play the game. Though it seems you could buy the rest for an additional $20, you would still need the requisite knowledge to be able to install a board into a cabinet, not to mention the actual time-cost of that additional labor)
2. I could be wrong, but my instinct is to say that each one of these games listed on the Xbox Marketplace are in fact only available for download on the Xbox 360, not the One, which may change with the backwards compatibility stuff- if anyone else can clarify, it'd be appreciated.
Total price to purchase each game separately: ~$589.
Additional, subjective value/costs:
=There is an added value in convenience. To purchase all 30 games separately, not only would that account for a massive inconvenience in tracking down and dealing with awaiting shipping packages for each game individually (shipping cost was factored into my price estimates however), but it would also be a massive inconvenience in the necessity to both own and operate at least 5 different consoles (the cost of which is not factored in, but I assume most of us don't own a ZX Spectrum, which is far from free). I won't attach a monetary value to these inconveniences, but to me, they are substantial. The Battletoads Arcade situation itself is a huge pickle.
=Updating: these games are remastered ports, and will end up running much better on the Xbox One than they did in their native format. Ghoulies is in 1080p at 60 fps, as an example, and beyond software updating, there's the physical bonus of playing on a better controller on a console compatible with a modern HD tv.
=Snapshots: everything up to the N64 era has Snapshot challenges, which is additional content easily worth unto itself a solid fraction of the original games value.
=Behind the Scenes content: Documentary coverage of every game. This is substantial.
=The menu/interface itself: Muppet Theatre styled Rare theming throughout the games UI.
Estimated final value: Depending on your situation, which consoles you may own and which you may not, what your technical proficiency is in assembling your own arcade cabinet, how feasible it is for you to keep many consoles across many eras within reach and how much you value the inconvenience of swapping them out, etc etc etc, in addition to the substantial bonus features, I could easily see this collection reaching the value of around $1000. Plus, this has the added benefit of reintroducing all these games into the Zeitgeist. Jesus fuck.
http://www.dkvine.com/interactive/forums/index.php?showtopic=10905&st=150&p=395699&#entry395699
Absolutely insane. I'm still stunned that they priced this at 30 bucks. Either Microsoft has very little faith in the value of these games or they're intentionally charging peanuts in order to give these IPs some mind share within the Xbox audience. I hope it's the latter, and I hope it's some kind of plan to bring these franchises back in the near future.