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Originally Posted by Needless  kinda sucks that my SNES Cartridges worth is gonna plumet because itll be easily obtainable now.. |
I don't have data at hand to prove this, but I don't think the availability of emulation and the re-releases / remakes of old games on recent consoles really lowered the price of retro games. The prices are probably driven more by collectors than by people who just want to play the game and, if anything, the focus the industry put on retro games probably generates new collectors.
That said, 99% of old video games are cheaper now than they were at the time of their release and of the few that kept or took value only a tiny minority really became expensive. Stuff like the gold cartridges given at Nintendo competitions, vcs cartridge that were only available through mail order, etc...
More on topic, even if many games of the 16-bit era aged well, I don't really feel the urge to play a second time through RPGs I once completed. Even those I enjoyed back then. Even on emulators with 300% speed and state save, I am not tempted... but now that I think of it... I got stuck near the end of Lenus, that leaves a little spot if dissatisfaction...