Does anyone remember the prices of old gaming consoles?
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Do you remember how much a Nintendo cost when it was new in 1984? Or a Sega Genesis when it was new?How much were any of the gaming consoles when they came out? How much were the games and controllers?
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All I really remember is buying my Gamecube, with 2 controllers and a game (crappy, but a game nonetheless), for around $100. For everything else, I was either too young to remember or it was bought second-hand or given as a gift.
Nintendo released the NES at $199.99 with controllers and Super Mario Bros.
Forget the price just remember the good times playing them :) Commodore 64 , Commodore Amiga 900 and 1200 could have been a 1500 psx < not the psone a ps2 , psp and ps3 :)
Why remember a dead price .
Nintendo released the SNES at $199 with controllers and Super Mario World. (Late 1991)
September 9, 1995 the original Playstation was launched on American soil for $299.
The Sega Genesis, I believe, was $159. (August 1989)
October 1977 the Atari 2600 was release in North America for $199 with two joysticks and Combat cartridge.
Genesis was 160 like mentioned, NES was something like 169 with just one controller. N64 was 200 with one controller also.
man I miss those machines
Sega Saturn: $399, May 1995
Nintendo 64: $199, September 1996
Sega Dreamcast: $199, September 1999
Playstation 2: $299, October 2000
Nintendo Gamecube: $199, November 2001
Xbox: $299, November 2001
More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console
My parents bought us a Commodore 64 in 1984 which cost them 453.00 EUR (= 645.356 USD).
In ‘84 it was actually paid in guldens, 999 of them to be precise.
I thought it was $200, but seeing all the different replies Nes must’ve been $199…
Ahh~ the good times.
I miss my Amiga , i soooooooooooooooooooooo want one or two again
I think i just found an Atari for sale , buy it i shall @Malcrony sure i wont hide my Amiga from anyone who wants to borrow
How much is the Atari right now? Just to compare the price.
The Atari is 2nd hand with a wad of games and extras , the seller is asking a HUGE price of….. wait for it…..........
£10 i am awaiting a call back , i got his answerfone
That Seller sounds like quite the big hearted person…
I have so many emotions and I’ll never use the atari.
(I love Humans, I Love the world, ATARI!!!) all of those thoughts… I’m really happy for you.. .
congrats
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