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[djmips]

I know this is a vague and hard to quantify question but roughly how much would the following prototypes be worth?

Sega Genesis - First year of EA FIFA soccer (not final version) - this was the origin of the series.
Gameboy - Capcom DuckTales.

thanks

[DreamTR]

djmips, on Fri Nov 7, 2008 10:51 PM, said:

I know this is a vague and hard to quantify question but roughly how much would the following prototypes be worth?

Sega Genesis - First year of EA FIFA soccer (not final version) - this was the origin of the series.
Gameboy - Capcom DuckTales.

thanks

$25-30 and $40-50

[djmips]

DreamTR, on Sat Nov 8, 2008 10:38 PM, said:

djmips, on Fri Nov 7, 2008 10:51 PM, said:

I know this is a vague and hard to quantify question but roughly how much would the following prototypes be worth?

Sega Genesis - First year of EA FIFA soccer (not final version) - this was the origin of the series.
Gameboy - Capcom DuckTales.

thanks

$25-30 and $40-50

Well, if that's true I probably just as well recycle them.

[atreyu187]

I would like to think DreamTR would know as he has an extensive collection of prototypes and rares that no one else has.

[PZT]

25 dollars for the FIFA proto, will go up to 30 if needed. Get back to me, I'd love to own a proto no matter how insignificant.
Might you be able to take a picture?

Edited by PZT, Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:01 PM.

[djmips]

PZT, on Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:59 PM, said:

25 dollars for the proto, will go up to 30 if needed. Get back to me, I'd love to own a proto no matter how insignificant.

I might sell them if they were worth a lot of money (ie hundreds of dollars) but at that price, I might as well keep them and use them to make games or just keep them around.

[PZT]

But why make games out of them? It's a one of a kind piece of history.

[PZT]

I mean, if it is worth so little you would have no qualms letting it go, correct?

[djmips]

PZT, on Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:02 PM, said:

But why make games out of them? It's a one of a kind piece of history.

Because EPROM homebrew boards are expensive.

Edited by djmips, Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:22 PM.

[PZT]

Just because it's expensive doesn't mean you should erase something of historical value. That sounds a little greedy to me. You should at least get it dumped first.

[CPUWIZ]

djmips, on Sat Nov 8, 2008 10:22 PM, said:

Well, if that's true I probably just as well recycle them.

Hell yeah, just the EPROM's on the Genesis board are worth more than $25. Since they are most likely socketed, you should read and merge the contents of the EPROM's though.

[Goblin]

I've got a SportTalk Football proto that has 8 EPROMs that I've been threatening to re-use for years. Everytime I need that particular size I've ended up getting another source, so it has been spared so far. It seems that sports protos are not well sought after. Mine has a super long board that extends almost 9 inches tall, I was told years ago that $50-60 was the range, but I'd say $40-50 is probably closer to the real value now.

[DreamTR]

I'll tell ya, if protos were really worth "hundreds of dollars apiece", I would seriously be a millionaire if I sold my cart protos. The value is what they go for on ebay running auctions if you know how to hide them correctly and not get pulled.

[the.golden.ax]

They are worth as much as some idiot is willing to pay

AX

[NESaholic]

True that, but DreamTR has it right with the "range". You can always put them on eBay to try to get more money. The choice is yours.