How much do they run now? When I use to import they were upwards of $100 for a single game. Back then I had no pc(very early 90's)so internet was not an option. I use to call sites in the back of game mags I imported so many RPGs thinking I could somehow figure my way through them and no dice. So what I do? I kept buying more up until FFVII. That was when I finally stopped for good. You need to be able to understand the story in an RPG so I would get stuck so many times cause I would have no clue what to do next. Well I hate to say it but when FFVII came out here (7 loooong months later) I bought it, replaced the Japanese discs in the NA case and said someone had bought it for me already(I know, I was a bad boy!). So to this day I have the Japanese case and instructions but NA discs for FFVII. I did buy a lot of sports mainly for PSX and N64. The N64 was easier to...um...use the Japan carts lets just say. PSX was more fickle and I will leave it at that before I get myself moderated!

Well the game that I bought was only $80, so that is much better than the $100's that I spent on games back in the day as well. And I remember those mag ads, I bought only one game from them, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. Yeah, I had no idea what I was reading, all I knew was to kill things. I was lucky to have a nice import store near me in Pittsburgh, Joy's Japanimation (www.joysjapanimation.com). They always had a ton of anime, wall scrolls, manga, soundtracks... the place was awesome. The prices have come way down, I mean most places you can get a game for $10 - $30 over US costs, which is much better than when it used to be double. I just miss having a store front to go to when I want a game. I'm glad that ebay stores and online places exist, but still, I loved Joy's because I could go and play the game before buying it.

But I agree that the PSX was, um, fickle. :-)