Hey, as an Australian I find it very hard to obtain some of the older bomberman games. I currently only own Bomberman 64, but I'm after Generation, Second Attack and Hero. Ebay is the obvious answer although no one in Australia sells them I'm unable to buy them from America as my GC/N64 only run PAL games which would make them useless. Europe's games are PAL but the European dollar is 3 times that of an Australian dollar + postage and handling doesn't make a cheap game.  

My experience with emulators haven't been to great either, and I was just wondering if anyone had any tips/ideas that could help me out.  

That's strange to hear since, the last time I checked, there was no such thing as an European Dollar  

Seriously though, yeah the Euro is soaring but even if it wasn't, you'd still be out of luck getting games from Europe since we are hardly in a better condition than Australia when it comes to Bomberman.
Bomberman Jetters for one, I had to import from the states. And the same thing goes for Bomberman 64 The Second Attack. So yeah, you're better off buying them from the States and getting an adaptor (I suggest Free Loader for the GC, anything you can get for the N64). You could get Hero and Generation PAL though, that much is possible.

Collecting BMan games ain't easy  

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Like Duke said, an adaptor is the best choice. I for one live in the States and my SNES is able to play foreign games as well as GB-GBC games. One of these days it'll play NES ones too. Trust me, adaptors widen your scope. A lot.

Anyone have any idea what a game cube adapter would set me back nowdays?

if its too expensive to get an adapter you could import an american system too. Gamecube and N64 are pretty cheap now. Take a look on ebay. A nes or snes might run you a bit though depending.

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It all seems to hard   I might get lucky one day either on ebay or a video game store that has a bargain bin.