best buy ever

[Main_Brain]

Ohh sweet Moo2 I bought it while Traveling..
And Unfortunatly I had one Week before I got Home and could play it...
Ahh One Week I must have read teh Manual 50 Times ;=)

[aaglo]

I know that situation, MB. Having a game which you cannot play (yet) is a pain...

[Q Classic]

Moo2 with Civ3 LE. Civ3LE, well, you know most reactions to it. but since Moo2 came free with it...

[Boris Godunov]

SMAC for about $8

[Andemagne]

Civ2 MGE and Heroes3. both something like 270FIM (45E/$)

[Zkribbler]

1) Age of Wonders. $4.95
2) Emperor of the Fading Suns $6.00
3) Civ2 Gold ~$16.00
4) Machiavelli, the Prince ~$12.00

[rwprice]

Searching for good deals on games is one of my hobbies:

Civ2 ToT: $10
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum: $7
MOO2: $7
Zeus: $8
East Front II: $1
West Front: $1
Medieval Masters Collection (AoW, Tzar, Darkstone): $10
Majesty: $3 (opened it up and found the expansion inside as well--bonus!)
Rising Sun: $6
Fifa 99: $1
Microsoft Sports Pack: $20
Chessmaster 7000: $8
SMAC: $5
EU & EU II: $10 each
Sim City 3000: $8
Sim Golf: $8
Call to Power II: $10

All of these were store purchases. I was simply at the right place at the right time, quite often!

[DarthVeda]

I'd have to say civ2 in terms of time spent playing vs. dollars spent, even though I spent close to $160 total for all five incarnations of the game.

[frostycreep]

My best buy ever has to be a second hand copy of a practically unknown playstation game known as 'star ocean 2'. I only bought it cause it was the only game in the second hand shelf in electronic boutique that i could afford after buying a couple of other games.(it cost a tenner). It turned out to be one of the best rpgs ive ever played(just behind final fantasy 7)

[Zopperoni]

Championship Manager, $4 or so for two CDs with six leagues...kept me busy for a while

[The Mad Monk]

MoO2 for something like $15, on a pure bang-for-buck analysis.

[Father Beast]

it's got to be a tie.

4 pack with Civilization, Colonization, Master Of Orion, and XCom: UFO defense, for 20$. got me lots of hours on end.

tied with:

Civ2 for 12$.

I'm not sure exactly which way it leans, nut it's definitely between those 2.

[St Leo]

Value? Imperialism II; I got a free copy from the developers.
Quality? TA (cheap), WBC2 (overpriced + free second copy in a contest), Civ2 (overpriced), EU (overpriced), and EU2 (overpriced).

[Galvatron]

The Civ II gold edition (everything from MP to the editor feature in one game) or the HOMM collection.

I personally think the collections are always a good buy or at least most of the time. You get good games (mostly with all the expansion packs) to a very favourable price. So the best advice is: just wait a bit and you save a whole bunch of money.

[Pavlov]

close combat 5, bought it at full price (I'm too lazy to convert to $). that game has gotten me some new friends and a whole barrel of fun.