Magical Doropie Price...

[Jamtex]

I've been selling off a number of Famicom games and I did get asked by a few people for games they were after, one that popped up 4 times was Magical Doropie, most gave a price of around 500 to 2000 yen that they wanted it for. With most being around the maximum of the $10 to $15 mark (about 1200 yen).

I know it is not that common, since I also wanted a copy and since I  have been in japan, I have been to a lot of stores, probably gone through about 12,000 odd cartridges and have seen it twice, one an boxed copy with no instructions for 7000 yen and a complete copy for 10500 yen. I did ask a number of places how much an unboxed copy might sell for an the average answer I got was about 3000 yen (just under $40...).

I did ask the people that requested it, why they expected it to turn up at that low a figure although none of them answered that question.

So my question is why do people expect it so cheaply when it is quite hard to find and basically not a cheap game?

[UglyJoe]

They're probably just shooting you a low price and hoping that you don't know what it's actually worth.

[Jamtex]

Maybe, but the other games that have asked for like including Over Horizon, Snow Bros and Salamander have been close to what the prices are.

[satoshi_matrix]

Hmm...well I picked my copy up on ebay several years ago for $32 cart only so.......if that's not a typical price then I guess I got a good deal on it. Regardless, the NES version is very common with a price range of around 6-8 bucks. It's the same game (only the story and a few cutscenes are removed) so if you want to play this really cool Megaman clone, the NES cart is the way to go.

[Jamtex]

Several years ago $32 would have been around Y3200 yen so about the right price. Damn the strong yen.

[Parodius Duh]

Ive generally seen it sell on ebay, usually in yamatoku lots sell for $20-44.00. Ive seen  a loose single copy once on ebay and it went for $27


as well as when its on yahoo japan auctions it is usually set in the 1200-4000 Yen region for cart only in decent condition...


I actually do not even like this game at all, had "The Krion Conquest" as a kid and thought it was a sucky Rockman rip-off....I mainly want it since I am an anal collector and want it all...

[stealthlurker]

Picked up a CIB copy a while back for about $120 USD to my door (middleman fees, double shipping, etc).

As far as a "megaman-like" game on famicom I prefer Three Eyes Story.

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[manuel]

There are always ups and downs in game prices.
When I first visited Japan a cart only Dragon Quest III cost me 1500 Yen. A few years back I saw a lot of them for 50-100 Yen in Fukuoka. Now they're often between 100 and 500 Yen.
(That's only one example...)

A lot of games were quite cheap  about 5 years back, now prices generally seem to have gone up a bit. The strong Yen isn't helping either when buying from abroad.