Target.com has PS1 Final Fantasy games

I don't think these are rare.

Buy.com FF Anthology:

http://www.buy.com/prod/final-fantasy-anthology-greatest-hits/q/loc/108/50014798.html

Walmart.com Final Fantasy Origins

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2187508

Cduniverse Final Fantasy VIII

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1151514&style=games

They are also readily available through Amazon.com (which links to Target), through resellers and eBay for reasonable prices.

I think you get the picture.

Thanks for the post though.
 
[quote name='Veronica Mars']If it was VII, it would be a deal.[/QUOTE]

No joke. The prices on those have become obnoxious. Used ones are reasonable, but "MINT" or new copies are ridiculous.
 
I've actually got Origins, Anthology and Chronicles sitting on my shelf, unopened from when I bought it like 5 or 6 years ago.

Ah, PS1 Final Fantasies. Reminds me of the times when I sit could sit down and play a game for 60 hours, practically straight.

By comparison, it took me a couple of months to play through the Kingdom Hearts games and Final Fantasy 12 has been sitting on my shelf unplayed since it came out. One day, I keep telling myself. One day.
 
[quote name='opportunity777']No joke. The prices on those have become obnoxious. Used ones are reasonable, but "MINT" or new copies are ridiculous.[/quote]
Yea, I remember when it used to be $15-20 at all the stores back then.

I was surprised that the Greatest Hits still rakes in a high price.
 
Only 2 games I really want for the ps1 that I dont already own.and I already own all the Final Fantasys.

But if Xenogears or Suikoden 2 were on there for $19.99.

lol
 
[quote name='FlamedLiquid']Only 2 games I really want for the ps1 that I dont already own.and I already own all the Final Fantasys.

But if Xenogears or Suikoden 2 were on there for $19.99.

lol[/QUOTE]

Nah, we got fucked by Konami by not getting Suikoden I + II for PSP localized for the US. My bitterness against Konami and Square Enix (Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, FFXII International, anyone?) reached new heights from that debacle.

Seeing these games makes me want to load up FFVIII again.
 
Kmart.com was also selling some of these for a while and up till a year ago, the one local Kmart had a GH FFVII, which had I realized that even the GH package was going for $100+ in many cases, I would've picked it up for $14.99.
 
i remember early summer '05 when ffvii was still available on walmart.com. i was like "meh, i'll buy it sooner or later, no rush." then the advent children hype kicked in, and soon they were sold out...everywhere.

i ended up getting a copy on ebay, but to be honest, aside from fanboy sentimentalism i don't really see what the big deal about 7 is. i prefer 8, 9, 10...even 6 over 7. sure it was amazing for its time, but to me the game is just ok compared to the other fantasies.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Kmart.com was also selling some of these for a while and up till a year ago, the one local Kmart had a GH FFVII, which had I realized that even the GH package was going for $100+ in many cases, I would've picked it up for $14.99.[/quote]
True... I picked up a FFVII GH for only $7 there over a year ago, since it was on clearence... :D
 
[quote name='blaked569']... to be honest, aside from fanboy sentimentalism i don't really see what the big deal about 7 is. i prefer 8, 9, 10...even 6 over 7. sure it was amazing for its time, but to me the game is just ok compared to the other fantasies.[/QUOTE]

Thank you. It's been a while since I've seen someone say that. I was beginning to wonder if this was really the Internet anymore.
 
[quote name='blaked569']i ended up getting a copy on ebay, but to be honest, aside from fanboy sentimentalism i don't really see what the big deal about 7 is. i prefer 8, 9, 10...even 6 over 7. sure it was amazing for its time, but to me the game is just ok compared to the other fantasies.[/QUOTE]

Well for me, it was the first game that made me feel like I was playing a movie. It was like living a cinematic experience. Plus at the time, I was a RPG whore, so I thought it was wonderful. For its time, the RPG mechanics were great and the movie like sequences were unbelievable. I think MGS was the first Action / Adventure / Whatever game in its genre to do it, and many people feel nostalgic towards for it for that same reason.

We are all spoiled brats by new technology. Too many current games can have too many crappy flashy cutscenes combined with shitty gameplay. I even find myself wanting to vomit while playing some older games because they just look and play dated by today's standards. After a hour or so of playing games like Suikoden (or even FFVII) again, I find myself engulfed in some of these older titles even after all these years. Honestly, FFVII may not be the best game in the series, but it's the one I'm most nostalgic towards.
 
[quote name='UberNinjaz']Ugly-looking "Greatest Hits" tags? I'll pass...[/quote]

Never really completely understood this line of thinking...it's still the same game. If you want the game to play, rather than just look at the jewel case, what effect does the greatest hits banner have on it? Zero...When I went looking for Virtua Fighter 4 on the PS2, I went straight to the Greatest Hits one, because it's better, tougher and has more than the black label version...I do not care what color the box is when I'm playing the game.
 
I had a real problem with Anthology and Chronicles. Since I've played (and own) some of the original games on the SNES, the load times between battles was enough to frustrate me. I stuck through it in FF6 just to see the ending, but I couldn't for any of the others.

Did anyone else notice and get bugged by it as well?
 
[quote name='blaked569']i remember early summer '05 when ffvii was still available on walmart.com. i was like "meh, i'll buy it sooner or later, no rush." then the advent children hype kicked in, and soon they were sold out...everywhere.

i ended up getting a copy on ebay, but to be honest, aside from fanboy sentimentalism i don't really see what the big deal about 7 is. i prefer 8, 9, 10...even 6 over 7. sure it was amazing for its time, but to me the game is just ok compared to the other fantasies.[/quote]

I stioll feel that FF7 is better than the rest by leaps and bounds. The others in the series are great, but they don't reach the same level of FF7 in any area (Music, story, gameplay, etc). I really enjoyed 8 and 10 as well, and 12 seems pretty good as well from what I've played so far...but 9 just didn't do it for me...worst on the FFs if you ask me. Just my two cents.

Also, I purchased three used copies of FFVII about a year ago for $15, $20, and $50 each at my local store. I ended up selling them all on Ebay and made $95, $90, and $56 on them. Gosh I love ebay.
 
[quote name='GaveUpTomorrow']I stioll feel that FF7 is better than the rest by leaps and bounds. The others in the series are great, but they don't reach the same level of FF7 in any area (Music, story, gameplay, etc). I really enjoyed 8 and 10 as well, and 12 seems pretty good as well from what I've played so far...but 9 just didn't do it for me...worst on the FFs if you ask me. Just my two cents.

Also, I purchased three used copies of FFVII about a year ago for $15, $20, and $50 each at my local store. I ended up selling them all on Ebay and made $95, $90, and $56 on them. Gosh I love ebay.[/quote]

I like FF7 the best too, And the ones on the SNES. 8 was good too. 9,10,X2 were wayyy to easy to me, and I hate 12 with a passion. My brothers actually replaying my copy of FF7 right now.
 
[quote name='Antic']I had a real problem with Anthology and Chronicles. Since I've played (and own) some of the original games on the SNES, the load times between battles was enough to frustrate me. I stuck through it in FF6 just to see the ending, but I couldn't for any of the others.

Did anyone else notice and get bugged by it as well?[/quote]

The lag ruins the games. I have to wait three seconds to just look at my status screen? Unacceptable...especially for someone who owns the SNES versions. I now also own all of the GBA versions so I can actually play them again.

It makes me sad, because it stopped me from playing CT for the first time (still haven't played it) because all of the loading sucked the fluidity out of the game. Here's hoping for a DS re-release since it looks like the GBA is done.
 
[quote name='Jasonlydon']The lag ruins the games. I have to wait three seconds to just look at my status screen? Unacceptable...especially for someone who owns the SNES versions. I now also own all of the GBA versions so I can actually play them again.

It makes me sad, because it stopped me from playing CT for the first time (still haven't played it) because all of the loading sucked the fluidity out of the game. Here's hoping for a DS re-release since it looks like the GBA is done.[/quote]

I'm with Jason, load time totally ruined it for me, and I still haven't played Chrono Trigger, despite how awesome a lot of people say it is. I REALLY want to get into it, but the load times just kill it.

As for the deal, I wouldn't mind picking up some new copies of final fantasies for PS1, My others have some scratched discs from my last move :bomb: and I have not checked to see if they are playable all the way through... little issue of time keeps getting in the way.
 
Seeing this reminds me of the time just 2 and a half years ago when Meijer was clearancing out their playstation games. They have about 20 Final Fantasy VII's, all sealed and Greatest Hits, sitting their for $7.99 a piece. If only I had bagged some :(
 
[quote name='KameleonZero']I've actually got Origins, Anthology and Chronicles sitting on my shelf, unopened from when I bought it like 5 or 6 years ago.

Ah, PS1 Final Fantasies. Reminds me of the times when I sit could sit down and play a game for 60 hours, practically straight.

By comparison, it took me a couple of months to play through the Kingdom Hearts games and Final Fantasy 12 has been sitting on my shelf unplayed since it came out. One day, I keep telling myself. One day.[/quote]

No joke... I've got FF9 and FF10 waiting. Not to mention FF12... And KH2... But who has the time these days? :bomb:
 
Of them all I still like FF7 the best. I love it when people say that FF7 was all about graphics when in fact it looks pretty ugly most of the time.
 
[quote name='opportunity777']I don't think these are rare. [/QUOTE]

I've come to the conclusion that people are fundamentally stupid when it comes to rarity in video games.

There is no such thing as a rare Final Fantasy game. There never has been one. Every single one made for every single platform is as common as you can get. If they happen to go for a lot of money, that's because people will pay that much to own them. But they are not rare. Do not confuse "rare" with "valuable".

A $500 bill is valuable but it's not rare.
 
[quote name='opportunity777']I don't think these are rare.[/quote]

yea only VII and Tactics are rare (all the others can be bought from Amazon)
 
[quote name='buckythekat']yea only VII and Tactics are rare (all the others can be bought from Amazon)[/QUOTE]

Um... no. VII is not rare. In fact, it's the most common Final Fantasy game ever made. It's one of the best selling playstation 1 games in existance. There are more copies of VII out there then there are Playstation 3 *machines*.
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']Um... no. VII is not rare. In fact, it's the most common Final Fantasy game ever made. It's one of the best selling playstation 1 games in existance. There are more copies of VII out there then there are Playstation 3 *machines*.[/quote]

rare means hard to find and costly

FFVII is most definitely rare right now, it's going on average for $50 on eBay right now and thats actually cheaper than it had been

wouldn't be surprised if prices went up again after Crisis Core comes out though
 
[quote name='buckythekat']rare means hard to find and costly [/QUOTE]

Uh no. Rare means "hard to find" period.

Final Fantasy VII is not hard to find. 200+ auctions currently on Ebay say otherwise. That's about as many as Super Mario Brother 3 has going for it right now.

$100 bills are valuable. That doesn't make them rare. Final Fantasy 7 is one of the three most common games for the Playstation 1. Dare I say, anyone who would argue that Final Fantasy VII is rare has brains that couldn't fill an M&M.

And there are rare games that aren't worth anything. Rare does not mean valuable and valuable does not mean rare.
 
Some other places that carry them brand new include:

Amazon.com
eStarland.com

Not too hard to find. $20 usually gets you a new copy of those.
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']Um... no. VII is not rare. In fact, it's the most common Final Fantasy game ever made. It's one of the best selling playstation 1 games in existance. There are more copies of VII out there then there are Playstation 3 *machines*.[/QUOTE]

They're rare to find at a decent price is what I think people mean by rare. Obviously anything that has a greatest hits label doesn't meet the definition of rare, but when people hoard games and inflate the market that creates a certain rarity in terms of pricing. FFVI is a superior game anyway, but if you're really dead set on playing FFVII and don't want to pay the high prices, I bet you can find the PC version for fairly cheap with a little leg work.
 
Hoarding would not effect price. It's meerly a desirable game. It's a 1 out of 10 in rarity, as common as any game can get. If people want to pay that much cash for a game that exists in greater numbers then the enitrety of animals on the endangered species list combined, they're idiots. Plain and simple. The minute a remake or rerelease of it hits, the price crashes to nothing, just like the NES one, just like the SNES ones.

http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=25732

I go pawn-shopping/junkstoring/garage saling every Saturday. This week alone I saw at least six copies of it, which is more then I saw of Super Mario Brother 3, the most common NES game.
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']Uh no. Rare means "hard to find" period.

Final Fantasy VII is not hard to find. 200+ auctions currently on Ebay say otherwise. That's about as many as Super Mario Brother 3 has going for it right now.

$100 bills are valuable. That doesn't make them rare. Final Fantasy 7 is one of the three most common games for the Playstation 1. Dare I say, anyone who would argue that Final Fantasy VII is rare has brains that couldn't fill an M&M.

And there are rare games that aren't worth anything. Rare does not mean valuable and valuable does not mean rare.[/quote]

supply and demand constitute what is rare and what is not, your claiming its not rare just because of the supply but the demand still exceeds the supply otherwise it wouldn't be going for much

the Wii has sold a ton of consoles but it is rare because its hard as hell to find by your logic however you would claim of the current gen it is one of the most common consoles because of how much its sold :roll:

oh and there are over 3,000 listing for the Wii on ebay right now (systems) and its averaging at least $350

would you honestly try to argue that it is not rare like you are with FFVII?
 
No, supply and demand is seperate from actual rarity. Rarity is HOW MANY EXIST PERIOD. I can find a dozen Wiis today and for the right price I can own them too. To argue that the Wii is rare is stupid. It's hard to find a new one for sale right now. That doesn't make it rare. It makes it sold out. To argue that Wii being sold out proves Final Fantasy VII is rare makes you look... well... kind of stupid actually.
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']I've come to the conclusion that people are fundamentally stupid when it comes to rarity in video games.

There is no such thing as a rare Final Fantasy game. There never has been one. Every single one made for every single platform is as common as you can get. If they happen to go for a lot of money, that's because people will pay that much to own them. But they are not rare. Do not confuse "rare" with "valuable".

A $500 bill is valuable but it's not rare.[/quote]

i don't see why you're having this little exercise in semantics. okay, fine. there are millions of copies of ffvii, but demand still exceeds supply to the extent that they are pretty expensive on the used market. happy?
 
Demand is NOT exceeding supply, otherwise those auctions with "Buy it Now" options on Ebay would disappear instantly.

You are arguing that one of the 20 best selling games in the history of the industry is rare. It's not *rare*. You can own it right now if you want, this very second, with many options on how much you pay for it. Meanwhile, there's an NES game that is a true rarity. Myraid 6 in 1. You have ONE option to own it, right now on Ebay. That is rare. Final Fantasy VII sold more then almost every Dreamcast game combined. You can't win this argument.
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']Demand is NOT exceeding supply, otherwise those auctions with "Buy it Now" options on Ebay would disappear instantly.

You are arguing that one of the 20 best selling games in the history of the industry is rare. It's not *rare*. You can own it right now if you want, this very second, with many options on how much you pay for it. Meanwhile, there's an NES game that is a true rarity. Myraid 6 in 1. You have ONE option to own it, right now on Ebay. That is rare. Final Fantasy VII sold more then almost every Dreamcast game combined. You can't win this argument.[/quote]

assuming your referencing this
top 20 includes FFVII International, as much as I love FFVII I do not think it is in the top 20 selling video games in NA, Worldwide yes North America no
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']Demand is NOT exceeding supply, otherwise those auctions with "Buy it Now" options on Ebay would disappear instantly.

You are arguing that one of the 20 best selling games in the history of the industry is rare. It's not *rare*. You can own it right now if you want, this very second, with many options on how much you pay for it. Meanwhile, there's an NES game that is a true rarity. Myraid 6 in 1. You have ONE option to own it, right now on Ebay. That is rare. Final Fantasy VII sold more then almost every Dreamcast game combined. You can't win this argument.[/quote]

what argument am i trying to win?
 
[quote name='Inf^Shini']Yea, I remember when it used to be $15-20 at all the stores back then.

I was surprised that the Greatest Hits still rakes in a high price.[/QUOTE]

Because not everyone is anal retentive about such minor things like we are. ;)
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']I've come to the conclusion that people are fundamentally stupid when it comes to rarity in video games.

There is no such thing as a rare Final Fantasy game. There never has been one. Every single one made for every single platform is as common as you can get. If they happen to go for a lot of money, that's because people will pay that much to own them. But they are not rare. Do not confuse "rare" with "valuable".

A $500 bill is valuable but it's not rare.[/QUOTE]

I am not trying to go over-the-top with this post, but I want to make some things clear because there is some contention on this OT issue.

I think the term "RARE" to describe a game of great value has pretty much been an accepted term. If you want to get into semantics, then let's take a look:

Rare = Daytona USA CCE Netlink Ed. for US Sega Saturn or Dinopark Tycoon for 3DO (HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE YOU ACTUALLY SEEN?)
Valuable = Persona 3 LE for PS2

Rare & Valuable - a game in NEW & SEALED or Mint / Like New Condition to the naked eye underneath a fluorescent light = A LOT OF GAMES (e.g. SMT Nocturne, FFVII) because most people don't take care of their stuff very well. Tobacco JUICE stains on used games I have gotten from eBay speak for themselves.

From the otherside, Theme Park for PS1 is a very rare game to find in MINT or SEALED condition, but it's not nearly as pricey as a sealed FFVII. It's because it's not nearly as desirable, even though, I can guarantee there are less copies of those floating around than any FF game from the PS1 era.

If you take a look at comic books, then you will see a similarity. How many CGC 10.0 GEM MINT comics are there for a particular issue? Not very many, and sometimes none at all. Their scarcity in that particular condition makes them both RARE & VALUABLE (in most cases).
 
Oh come on, almost any game that over 10 years old is going to be somewhat rare new.

Rare might be an accepted term (I argue that point myself... rare in and of itself suggests that the game had very few copies made) but it doesn't make it right. And again, it's not HARD to find either, but rather expensive. I've seen half a dozen FFVIIs "in the wild" this week alone.

And again, you're one remake/rerelease from the market crashing and your investment in the game looking very stupid. Ask the fools who shelled out over $100 for Final Fantasy III on the SNES.
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']Oh come on, almost any game that over 10 years old is going to be somewhat rare new.

Rare might be an accepted term (I argue that point myself... rare in and of itself suggests that the game had very few copies made) but it doesn't make it right. And again, it's not HARD to find either, but rather expensive. I've seen half a dozen FFVIIs "in the wild" this week alone.

And again, you're one remake/rerelease from the market crashing and your investment in the game looking very stupid. Ask the fools who shelled out over $100 for Final Fantasy III on the SNES.[/QUOTE]

I had to edit my posts (both the previous and this one) several times, so please re-read the previous one (the part about Theme Park, since it brings up your point a bit) because I kept adding some stuff.

You mean a FFIII like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/FINAL-FANTASY-I...ryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Sold pretty well to me, and it's not even a new copy. Although, the value is about the BEP for when this game actually came out. I believe it came out at $89.99, but I'm not going to look it up. Also, that $89.99 was for a new copy. This was around $90 for a used one. If you take inflation and other factors into consideration (re-releases, etc.), then it's actually worth much less than when it came out.

I think the definition of RARE used by the general gaming community is best defined as a game (or gaming item) which carries value at least to its previous MSRP level and has a demand level above average within the community itself. As the increase in demand and scarcity of newer copies (and sometimes copies in general) rises, the value of the game (or gaming item) should go above and beyond previous MSRP levels. This isn't a focused definition, I just kind of threw it out there :)

Look at Karaoke Revolution for all systems. That game was being clearanced out like mad around me, but I never once bit on any of them. Now, they went (specifically the PS2 versions) from their clearance prices to around $60 (I think this was MSRP) or higher with a mic. The game is not HTF, rare or whatever term you want to use, but I think its popularity jumped when Rock Band came out.
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']Well, to hell with the gaming community then. I actually collect games and I know the difference between rare and "rare" and FFVII is not rare.[/QUOTE]

I agree, it's not rare compared to many other titles. There are probably millions of prints of it in just the US :)

Even new & sealed ones pop up every few days to a week on just eBay alone.
 
[quote name='Survivor Charlie']$100 bills are valuable. That doesn't make them rare. Final Fantasy 7 is one of the three most common games for the Playstation 1. Dare I say, anyone who would argue that Final Fantasy VII is rare has brains that couldn't fill an M&M..[/QUOTE]

Untrue. My brain could not fill a M&M, but even I know that Final Fantasy VII is not rare.
 
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