[aidenn0]

I swapped my NES cart of Dragion Warrior IV with a friend for his copy of Dragon Warrior III in high school; it was supposed to be temporary but we both went off to college and never saw each other again. I looked into buying a copy of DW IV online and choked on the prices ($150 cart only). Apparently that game was a limited run though.

[dumpsterdiver]

Yep, I recently bought Dragon Warrior 1, 2, and 3. I’ll buy 4 soon, but wow - it is not cheap. I play them on a Retron 5 which can play NES, SNES, GBA, Sega, and even Famicon cartridges. It also lets you set hot keys and toggle turbo mode. It’s pretty great.

[aidenn0]

If it makes you feel any better it cost $100 in 2021 dollars new ($50 in 1990)...

[dumpsterdiver]

> If it makes you feel any better it cost $100 in 2021 dollars new ($50 in 1990)...

That does actually make me feel better knowing that DW4 would cost $100 if it were "new" now.

These days a sealed copy of DW4 graded at 7.0 will run you $1549. I'd be nervous paying anything less than $170 for a working cartridge alone right now.

As a consumer of these things, I've thought many times how easy it would be for someone to just print off "original boxes and content" for these old games, and sell them as if they were mint. As someone who wants this kind of thing... please don't be afraid to charge premium prices for replicas! As long as you tell us it's a replica, and it's high quality - everyone wins. Once enough time passes, replicas and forgeries all just become history.

[aidenn0]

No clue if it's legit but there are NES cartidge replicas on alibaba:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001027903131.html