With all the buzz about Gamestop’s super stupid Xbox 360 game bundles there’s been a lot of speculation that the packages are the most expensive in the history of video games. Well, I had an inkling that this was probably a bit naive. So I dusted off my retro gaming books and loaded up Firefox and set off in search of the most expensive video gaming systems. Suprisingly, some of the most expensive systems were the most popular and groundbreaking. So here’s the list with the prices at the time of release as well as prices adjusted for inflation, as they would be today. I used The Inflation Calculator to help me with price conversions. The main references I used were “High Score: The Illustrated History of Electronic Video Games” and Wikipedia.org.

http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000147056329/

Haha even before I opened the link the first thing that came to mind was the 3DO. I remember the huge hype when it came out. Heck they marketed it on the fact that it was so expensive.

I also remember it was a relative disappointment.

Haha also funny that the Apple II is on there. I actually bought an Apple II clone called a Franklin.. Think it was in 1981 or 1982. With a 13" monochrome monitor and a 5.25 floppy drive.. and it was $1300.00