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stack99 - May 22, 2005

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		stack99		May 22, 2005
			This is a list of game consoles and their original retail prices in the USA. Please help fill in the blanks if you know the answers. Please don't guess or speculate. In fact, proof would be nice (but optional..lol) Here's what I've got so far. System Original Price 32X 159.99 3DO 699.99 AdventureVision 74.99 APF M-1000 Arcadia 2001 199.95 Astrocade Atari 2600 249 Atari 5200 329.95 Atari 7800 149.99 Atari XE CD32 399.99 CD-I 399.99 CDTV 999 Channel F 170 ColecoVision 175 Commodore 64 595.95 Creativision Dedicated Consoles 0 Dragon 32 455 Francs Dreamcast 199.99 Game & Watch Game Boy 109 Game Boy Color 79.95 Game Gear 149.99 Game.com 69.95 GameCube 199.99 Genesis 189.99 Handhelds 0 Intellivision 299.99 InteractiveVision Interton VC4000 Jaguar 249.99 Laseractive 969.99 Lynx 159.99 Mattel Aquarius Memorabilia 0 Microvision MSX N64 299.99 Neo Geo 699 NGPC 69.99 Nintendo NES 199.99 NUON Odyssey 99.99 Odyssey2 PC Jr PC-FX Pico 139.99 PlayStation 299.99 PS2 299.99 Publications 0 RCA Studio II 149.95 R-Zone Saturn 399.99 Sega CD 299.99 Sega Master System 199 SG1000 Sinclair Spectrum SNES 199 SuperGrafx 39800 yen SuperVision 49.95 Telstar Arcade TI-99/4A 1499 Tomy Tutor TRS-80 599.95 TS 2068 Turbografx-16 189 Vectrex 199 VIC-20 299.99 Video Brain Virtual Boy 179.99 Xbox 299.99

		Cloud121		May 23, 2005
			Nintendo 64 was $249.99 at launch.

		stack99		May 23, 2005
			hmm, I remember it at 199.99, I don't think n64 was that high, do you have any info on this, I went off what I paid for it at launch, but was unsucessful finding anything concrete on this, on the web. But I welcome your info, youre probably right.

Dud

May 23, 2005

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by stack99@Mon, 2005-05-23 @ 06:41 PM



hmm, I remember it at 199.99, I don't think n64 was that high, do you have any info on this, I went off what I paid for it at launch, but was unsucessful finding anything concrete on this, on the web. But I welcome your info, youre probably right.



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$299 according to vidgame.net, that's also what I recall it being priced at.

http://vidgame.net/NINTENDO/N64.html...

		stack99		May 23, 2005
			cool, thanks for the info... thanks for the link too...

		stack99		May 23, 2005
			thanks DUD.. n64 updated.

		lordofduct		May 23, 2005
			Ermmm, some of these weren't available in the US... like the MSX!

		Mask of Destiny		May 24, 2005
			Supposedly Spectravideo released an MSX computer in the US. Didn't get very far though.

		lordofduct		May 24, 2005
			I did not know this, I must go check this out...

		Cloud121		May 24, 2005
			So, Nintendo 64 was priced at $300 at launch? Hm.. Must've dropped down $50 the very next day or something. I distinctly remember seeing it priced at $249.99 in all the catalogs, and at the store. I also remember Nintendo promising they'd deliver a "powerful new console for less than $250." It was $249.99 at launch.

Dud

May 24, 2005

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by RolfWrenWalsh+Tue, 2005-05-24 @ 10:27 PM-->QUOTE(RolfWrenWalsh @ Tue, 2005-05-24 @ 10:27 PM)So, Nintendo 64 was priced at $300 at launch?



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That's what the reliable site by the game collecting guy said.

Originally posted by RolfWrenWalsh@Tue, 2005-05-24 @ 10:27 PM

Hm.. Must've dropped down $50 the very next day or something. I distinctly remember seeing it priced at $249.99 in all the catalogs, and at the store. I also remember Nintendo promising they'd deliver a "powerful new console for less than $250."

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I'm sure there were several price drops, it was $129 only two years or so after it came out--but it started out at $300. Nintendo promises a lot of things. I think they promised more than one good game every quarter of the year for Gamecube, but that rarely happens.