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- smiley2billion, on 04/15/2008, -2/+238Maybe game prices today aren't as bad as I thought,
$37.99 in todays dollar would be about $68.48 - HollasTJ, on 04/15/2008, -0/+150Fastforward 6 years to:
February 1994 Best Buy
http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e216/HollasTJ/?a ...
http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e216/HollasTJ/?a ...
I enjoy reading vintage tech ads. - SenorCardgage74, on 04/15/2008, -1/+133Anyone else remember the happy days of game consoles coming with TWO controllers?
The mother *****. - fr0ng, on 04/15/2008, -12/+114The Legend of Zelda was arguably the best game ever made. Ever.
- INDOAZZ, on 04/15/2008, -3/+96Sears: when there was no Targets, Wal-Marts to compete with... What an Era.
- Zippo, on 04/15/2008, -5/+78Real-life sound generation? I love listening to some 8-bit music as much as the next gamer geek, but come on now.
- inactive, on 04/15/2008, -5/+71HAHA I remember this.
Mirror http://uploadingit.com/view/537041_6i6uq if needed - RHA0, on 04/15/2008, -1/+67True to life graphics!
- Wintermute426, on 04/15/2008, -0/+62How about the "true-to-life" graphics?
- greennoodles, on 04/15/2008, -2/+55Pro Wrestling for $29.99? A winner is me!
- MuskokasFinest, on 04/15/2008, -2/+50Just wait another 10 years, when Crysis' "photo-realistic" graphics will be laughed at.
- jcastillo81, on 04/15/2008, -0/+48I remember staring at these sears books for hours circling everything I wanted Santa to bring me for Christmas. Nearly every page had something circled. Man I was a greedy little bastard.
- louiedog, on 04/15/2008, -3/+44People don't care about gas prices in 1980. In 2002 I paid $1.15 to $1.30 during the summer. That's like $1.50 in today's dollar. Those are the prices we remember and want back.
- timusca, on 04/15/2008, -1/+40TWO microchips to provide high-quality graphics!
- Chompy, on 04/15/2008, -6/+43"I've taken my economics courses in college"
You, ah.. should have paid more attention. - Braingoo, on 04/15/2008, -2/+34The real travesty is the price for JAWS:The Revenge.
- degron, on 04/15/2008, -5/+36That's like $200 in today's money...
- roosterjm2k2, on 04/15/2008, -5/+36They arent...especially when you consider that production costs have gone up (rivaling that of production A list movies in many cases)
We're spoiled... and we complain. In 1980, gas was around 1.05 ... thats almost $3.00 now... we complain and fail to see inflation when we look back at those times. - mrbroli, on 04/15/2008, -8/+39Wow... Adventure Link. That's...
- inactive, on 04/15/2008, -2/+32Dude, you need teh 486DX if you wanna get a good framerate on DOOM.
- dagnabbit, on 04/15/2008, -1/+31There was no NES game called Jaws: The Revenge. It was just Jaws. That screenshot doesn't look like it's from the NES game either.
Niether does the screenshot for Karate Kid. False advertising! - usingpond, on 04/15/2008, -6/+34Yes but Zelda is exactly twice as good as anything out right now.
- coachmcguirk, on 04/15/2008, -4/+32Hell, that's a steal at twice the price....
- inactive, on 04/15/2008, -2/+28you guys want a room?
- DeucesWild, on 04/15/2008, -0/+25Dang, who would have thought gas prices and the middle east could come up in a post about Zelda.
- mercano, on 04/15/2008, -0/+23Maybe real life is just getting better and better and the computers and consoles are just keeping up
- Sucka27, on 04/15/2008, -0/+23I remember my brother paying somewhere in the range of $60 for asteroids on our Atari 2600. And my dad paying 6 grand for an IBM that would look about right in an Austin Powers movie.
- inactive, on 04/15/2008, -2/+25Nobody has RL friends anymore... right?
- Kythas, on 04/15/2008, -0/+22Wow, check out the camera. Includes case, two lithium batteries, and FILM. Oh, the memories....
- Genthree, on 04/15/2008, -5/+27Ocarina of Time
- NaziHatinChimp, on 04/15/2008, -1/+22I used to have an NES advantage. They were great for Ninja Turtles
- markbrown, on 04/15/2008, -1/+22[Description of the Nintendo]
"The control deck houses two microchips to provide high-quality graphics and real-life sound generation. Super Mario Brothers game, 2 controllers with 6 ft. cords and hookup accessories included."
Man, I wish my 360 had a control deck. - milkmit, on 04/15/2008, -1/+21"true-to-life" graphics.
I love how every video game system and computer even since the Commodore/Amiga and NES days always made such bold claims with their killer 16 or 256 max colors. - sparql, on 04/15/2008, -0/+19Games back then also didn't sell as many copies as they do now AND they didn't have advertisements IN THE DAMN GAMES.
- AZTriGuy, on 04/15/2008, -0/+19Screw the Advantage joystick, I had the Power Glove. It's so bad...
- Bamshackle, on 04/15/2008, -1/+19They should have payed us for playing Jaws the Revenge.
- bbqsalad, on 04/15/2008, -0/+18I am really surprised Sears still exists....
- kiiwii, on 04/15/2008, -0/+17I never realized how much game prices differed back then. $47.96, $49.96, $54.96, $56.96, etc.
- knowitman, on 04/15/2008, -2/+18$399 for a PS3 also beats $599 for a PS3.
- inactive, on 04/15/2008, -0/+16Yeah I wish I could cheat and pull the plug on all the other player's controllers on Live like the old days.
- twertyto, on 04/15/2008, -0/+16WTF with the Bionic Commando pic? That's not the right game
- exscind, on 04/15/2008, -1/+16The real travesty is that you seem to regret it.
- Ruger11mcrdpi, on 04/15/2008, -1/+15I was too, but then I worked there. Man I fully believe the Craftsman tools keep that company above the fall out zone. They make some damn good tools, sell them at a decent price and back them up with a good warranty. I once returned a guy a hammer and gave him a new one cause the bumps were worn off the head of the hammer from USING IT A LOT. lol
- brstilson, on 04/15/2008, -1/+15My first computer was a Packard Bell similar to the one pictured, except it had a 486 SX/33 and a 340 MB hard drive.
- thatcrazycommie, on 04/15/2008, -0/+13Because it was made for the Gamecube, and the PS2 port (which came out almost a year later), despite the extra content, didn't quite have as good graphics.
- hexydes, on 04/15/2008, -0/+13Well that's great for Ninja Turtles, but what about the rest of us?
- Apoc, on 04/15/2008, -0/+13If you click on the low-res image you'll notice it brings up the full res version. Check out all the options before trying to be an ***** to people.
- caddyalan, on 04/15/2008, -0/+13I've heard (since I barely remember...) that text-heavy NES games such as Dragon Warrior 2-4 weren't cheap. Prices were almost universally higher on the SNES, and worse on the N64.
- exomni, on 04/15/2008, -8/+20At that price the NES would be just $162.22 today. Beats $599 US dollars for a PS3.
- Dragular, on 04/15/2008, -0/+12Classic Sears catalog "We couldn't find a screenshot for this game ah screw it here's a screenshot from a completely different system" tactic. I used to have one of the catalogs advertising some football game with a Mortal Kombat II screenshot.
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