Buying a GCN at launch was a whole $330 AUS I was in the poor house for the next month!

The mot I've ever paid for a game is $115 AUS for Paper Mario on N64 and $110 for Metal Gear Solid on Gamecube.

Hmm, no fan that I know of, but there was an oxygen switch. In the original game it was only used during startup and had no effect during the game, but in Line of Contact, turning off your oxygen would cause you to eventually black out and your pilot would die. There was also a button to turn on your windshield wipers.

The controls worked perfectly though, I don't think any game was built for a specific controller better than that (or maybe it was the other way around). You can also hook the controller up to a PC with an Xbox USB adaptor and 3rd party drivers to use in PC games. I hear it works really well for the Mech Warrior games, unsurprisingly enough.

Also not counting systems, the most expensive gaming purchase is my three Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen games at $60 bucks US each. Add in $20 USD for Freeloader and you have a clear view of the amount I'm willing to pahy for my Naruto gaming fix. Speaking of which, I still haven't gotten Taisen 4 yet.

My friend, who's a huge Mech fanatic, went out to buy it when it came out. 300$CAN it costed and when he went there, there was a contest to win one and he did win it. Talk about being lucky.

The other thing that sounds dreadfully difficult in that game is the whole 'once you die, you're dead forever, start a new game' bit. I mean that's been done in, say, Way of the Samurai, but in a game like that with the apparently daunting controls, that seems really, hm, trying.

My most expensive console buy is my PS2. I spent £200 on it in November 2002.
Game wise it would be my Collector's Edition of Oblivion (PC), that set me back £40.
I did also buy a 7800GT for gaming on my PC, that set me back around £200.

I can proudly say I've never spent more than $200 on any single video game purchase. I got the Dreamcast a week after it came out for $199.

System: PS2 with Street Fighter EX3 ($350) Second was probably the Gamecube, which I got with a memory card, Smash Brothers Melee and Mario Sunshine ($270 total). Of course, being able to buy my own systems played a role in that...

Single domestic game: Believe it or not, FFVI when it came out...$70 or $80. I rented it and then got around to digging up pennies to buy a copy. Same deal with Chrono Trigger, but I actually got it at a Blockbuster liquidation for a cool $20 before paying four times that amount later that day. I wouldn't entertain the thought of paying more than $50 for a game nowadays and even then, there's rarely any reason to if you shop around or wait.


Then again, I actually had the foresight to nab Suikoden 2 on the day it came out and VP about 2 months after it was out (Target had it down to $20 new). Otherwise, I might be saying a different name for this poll...

Import: Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Capcom vs SNK 2 for Dreamcast. Both ran $80 when they came out.

Luckly the game gives you a good chance to escape death. Once your mech starts to explode, you have about 5 seconds to hit the blinking red Eject button, and once you do that you're fine. But there is supposedly a "cockpit shot" which can penetrate the mech's armor and kill your pilot instantly, although it's very rare and you'd have to be very unlucky to have it happen to you. The risk of running out of money and not being able to afford any mechs to continue in the game is probably larger than dying, though.

Oh, and this thread actually just reminded me of something...I usually buy my consoles when they're $200. I got my Saturn when it dropped to $200, the Dreamcast when it launched at $200, the PS2 when it dropped to $200, and PS1 and Xbox I got at $150. Guess I've spent more on consoles than I realize...

My mint, in box copy of Earthbound after my old one got lit on fire. Long story. Anyway, never opened box. 250 USD. And I'd do it again, fuckers.

Hardware...uh..none. I never bought my own system.

Games..I guess..any $50 game, like Halo 2. I usually buy used games from Gamestop, or similar stores. Why? Because I'm cheap like that.

well for game i have to say Legend of Zelda: ocarina of time that was 92$can with taxes at that time and it a was a hell lot for a game and it stil is! (damn cartbidge cost a lot) and it term of prive I bough the dotHack series for 100$can but for 4 games wihich is a good deal because they were new.

all consle I have now was given to me as gift for birthday or christmas, but I'll buy the ps3 probably when it will come out so that will probably the most expensive things that i will buy for games...

Hardware-wise, the PSP was my most expensive purchase. I bought it at US launch.

Software-wise, I paid about $80 for the original Saturn version of Princess Crown.

Hardware: my DS for $119 or something like that. Soon to be eclipsed by $20 for the Lite.

Software: Radiant Silvergun, $150. Which was actually on the low end then and now would be a great deal. Luckily I didn't like the game very much and sold it at a profit.

Consoles: PS2 two weeks after launch so that would be around $300

Software: Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, or Time Crisis 2 with the Guncons.

But it's so damn worth it. I would pay that money for the game too. I'm also going to buy the PSP (i don't like it at all) to have a copy of Valkyrie Profile.

In my case i bought a japanese Xenogears for $100 bucks. I would have paid $100 more if they wanted to...

I was lucky to get valkyrie profile used for 50$ (and you check the cds and really it's like new) and yeah even if I got the original one I'll probably take the psp version

and I got Xenogears really cheap now that it got a reprint (with the square-enix logo XD) and doesn't cost that much. Like 15$ now and for a new one...

btw I forgot... I bought a psp too XD so that,s probably the highes I paid for games now XD

Probably my MGS2 Premium Pack which was around £70, I still touch it at nights :)

Software-wise it would have to be MK3 for SNES for $99 CDN (not including tax). I bought it on launch day. Cartridge games were damn expensive back then. I later sold the game for like $10 to Microplay...

Well, for the age I was, my SNES. I payed heck like $150-$200 for it. I don't even remember it was sooooo long ago. I saved for more than a year and bought it at launch....

(Brief pause to check Wikipedia)

Ok the SNES was released in 1991. I was born in '82, so at the time I was 9. Freaking NINE years old when I saved up $199 and bought that bad boy. My family wasn't rich either so when I say I saved for a year, I'm serious. I got Zelda for Christmas that year. It was soooooo blissful. I just remember being so happy and shocked. Good times.

Most expensive game? I don't remember paying too much for any of them, but I suppose it was probably FFIV or FFVI (FF2 and FF3 US). Either that or Oblivion a couple weeks ago! :)

I guess the most expensive thing I bought was a PSP for $250 around its release. I kinda regret trading it for my 360, as there's shit out for it right now and PSP is starting to pick up with good games, but my girlfriend has one now, so I guess it all worked out in the end. :)

Didn't spend a dime for the 360 though. Just had to give up a good chunk of my games. But it was mostly stuff I didn't play anymore anyway.

Consoles shouldn't count for the purpose of this thread. No duh, they're expensive.

My most expensive purchase was paying $88 USD for a rare, near-mint PAL copy of U-four-ia for the NES. It was one of the last games produced for the system and was released in very limited amounts. The game received high praises from reviewers, but because the market focus was shifting toward the SNES, the developer, Sunsoft, scrapped their plans to release it in Europe and North America.

It's a fun game and works perfectly. I doubt I'd ever sell it since the odds of finding another copy are slim to none. I must've staked that auction out for a week. I even requested the day off work so I could be home to snipe the last bids.

It's not as much as some of your purchases, but I splurged $60 on a primo arcade stick for my Dreamcast. I got some really good mileage out of it, though. I used it for Soul Calibur, Marvel Vs. Capcom 1 and 2, and Power Stone. I consider it a splurge because I rarely get accessories and/or odd controllers.

But then we'll see how this goes come 11/17/06.

I ordered both Tales of Eternia and Breath of Fire III PAL versions for my PSP from Lik-Sang. Came to about $130. T_T