I've had some bad experiences buying used games in the UK. For example I once bought a copy of Pool of Radiance, and when I got it home there was a completely different game in the box. Another time I once bought a copy of Shadow of Memories on the PS2 only to take it home and discover fucking Jam on the CD and despite my best cleaning efforts, that shit just would not work.
In Japan however, I've had the reverse of that. Every used game I have bought has come in pristine condition with all inlays and extra bits and bobs that came with it when it was new. I have a friend who got the PS1 version of Metal Gear Solid that came with a load of collectors stickers or something, it was pretty neat.
It also had a Suikoden Demo
So while I was up in Kawagoe doing a bit of a retro game hunt with previously mentioned friend, we came across a copy of Final Fantasy 2 and 3 in a junk pile in a Hard Off. Book Off is a used book store type deal in Japan that also takes stuff like Video Games and DVDs, Hard Off is like that but for things like old VHS players and TVs, but Hard Off also stocks games.
So for about 200 yen each we took these things back to my buddies place, slammed them in his Famulator and turned it on. First it didn't work and got a load of gunk inside his system, which we had to clean out before trying again, and then when we did make it work, the sound was a bit.....off. Take a look!
This is the first time I have ever seen this happen, but it was pretty funny. Usually used games on carts come with all its save slots full of 100% completed games, this one was just messed up. Still, for only 200 yen it's not like you can really complain.
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