So far, it's worked incredibly well. Game Quest has to front all of the financial risk in order to get publishers on board for a rerelease, which generally runs about $100,000, but so far every title the company has reprinted has easily made back its initial investment. So far, the company has reprinted titles such as United Game Artists' Rez (PS2), Inis' Gitaroo-Man (PS2), Capcom's GameCube versions of Resident Evil 2/3 and others, with plans for many more to come. The company sells the brand new games for standard prices, rather than the inflated prices gamers usually have to pay for used titles on Ebay and at retailers. In fact, when large retail companies like GameStop buy stock from Game Quest, they apparently open the cases and then sell the games as used so they can charge a high premium for them as collector's items.

What's next in 2006 for the publisher/retailer? Recently they purchased the now defunct Working Designs' remaining inventory. ... What's really surprising is a number of extremely rare titles like Sega Ages for the Saturn, Exile, and Cosmic Fantasy 2 for Turbo Graphix 16. They're currently in talks with Square-Enix, Atari and Konami for more reprints. ... Game Quest Direct said that any they would try to reprint any game that goes on eBay for over $100.

Some collectors are frustrated because this practice devalues their previously overpriced original copies of these games, but from my perspective if more people get their hands on well-loved games that didn't get the initial support they needed, it's a win-win situation.