• t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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      23 hours ago

      Oh man, 2011… I’m a millennial, and even I was already out of college in 2011. My ‘kid’ games were $80 USD in the 90s. Here’s an article from 2014 that someone made about how insane N64 game prices were.

      Star Fox 64 – $79.95 (Source: GamePro #106) - 1997

      GoldenEye 007 – $69.95 (Source: GamePro #108) - 1997

      Super Mario 64 – $66.99 (Source: GamePro #97) - 1996

      According to the CPI Inflation Calculator, $80 USD in 1997 is $160 today.

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      It’s a different example but Super Street Fighter II for the SNES was CAD$99.99 in the 1994 Sears Wishbook which is CAD$191 in today dollars.

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      The only way I get to roundabout $200 now is if they are talking about 1983/84, but the NES hadn’t even released in NA back then, so that’s somewhat unlikely?