I bought a box of Japanese Nintendo Famicom cartridges for $13. Was it worth it?
Welcome to my next blog! I've blogged about the Terminator 2020 Famiclone I got back in 2020 before and only have a couple of authentic Famicom cartridges so far - Golf and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. I wanted to get some more and with everything I do from Japan, I go for volume. It works out a lot cheaper if you want to grow your collection quickly, just like I have with my collection of laserdiscs, which is now nearly up to 200. So I came across an auction for a box of 17 Famicom games for JPY 1,210 ($13). I bid and I won. I knew one of the games was Konami's Metal Gear, which normally sells for no less than JPY 1,000 ($10.70), so on paper, I'd scored myself a bargain. By the time I added fees and postage, it ended up costing about $65. It still works out at under $4 a game. I gave the cartridges a good wipe down and cleaned the contacts with isopropyl alcohol and started testing the games. About a third of them were working. It felt like they weren't fitting into the...