drjones
Member
Apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere; I looked around and couldn't find anything about this. I was thinking about how collectors seem to have a pretty well defined idea of what various games are worth today. Throw a name out and most people will be in agreement about a price range based on condition (at least it seems that way). I was wondering what the typical game cost, say, circa 1981? What did someone pay to stick a Donkey Kong in their arcade in 1981? I'm going to guess more than people will pay today since the game was a money maker, but I was just curious. If someone snags a DK in nice condition today for $300-400 how does that compare to what someone paid in 1981? Responses don't have to be specific to DK, could be any game.

