37 replies to this topic

[onklsven75]

I know this is a rare game, but jeez.
http://cgi.ebay.com/...item=1338229330

What is the most anybody's ever seen a game go for on ebay?

[King Asmo]

That's nothing.. check out this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/...item=1338009148

[onklsven75]

Good lord. I think I'll stick to spending $5 or under for a game.

[Tempest]

Wow! Captain Falcon may actually get his $7000 back on that cart. And I thought Atari prototype auctions got out of control. I wish I had several thousand to throw away on a single cart...

Tempest

[King Asmo]

I didn't think it would go past $4K. I bid $2K on it.. coz I knew the reserve was way higher than that.. I just wanted to be able to say that I once bid $2000 on a video game.

It looks like the heavy hitters are starting to go after this one. LJNWrestlers and Mike Gedeon to be precise. Why do I have a feeling that BuyAtari is going to win this one in a snipe for like $7-8K?

KA

[onklsven75]

Won't that cart bitrot and not work someday?

[King Asmo]

I suppose it could.. but then again, you should just be able to swap the Eproms, right?

Besides, people aren't buying this because they want to play it. People want it because it's insanely rare (only 26 exist), and there's a famous story behind it.. and it was immortalized in the movie "The Wizard". I mean, for $5K you could buy the whole NES library (all 770 or so games) if you really wanted to, with change left over.

[hedgehog]

I would rather bu lotts of games than just that one game, for that price.

[King Asmo]

I think so would most people.. but if you're a "hard core collector" you get to the point where you own all the games for the system.. or, say, all but 1. Then you'll go out of your way to get that one final cart.. even if it costs you a fortune.

I could see myself blowing a bunch of money to get the finishing touches for a collection. For me that would probably be a Colecovision cart.. but that's still a couple years off.. I still need about 25 different titles.

Cheers,

KA

[Stella'sGhost]

Is that Nintendo cart made of REAL gold??? Pretty cool if it is! If it isn't then, blah....

LochJaw recently sold on EBAY for $790 I think it was.....

[monster angriff]

That's insanity for you. The bidders might as well have someone mold a nintendo game out of solid gold and just stick a chip in it. It would probably be cheaper than risking everything on this auction. Good luck to the winner.

[Buyatari]

I already have a gold NWC so you don't have to worry about me sniping it.


Adam

[onklsven75]

How much did you pay for it? Or are you the original owner?

[Albert]

Oh my goodness, I had no idea that there were any carts for any system worth that kind of cash. Simply amazing. I haven't started collecting NES carts yet, so I wasn't even aware of these NWC carts. At least now if I see one in the wild I'll know to pick it up, even if the flea market dealer demands $20 for it.

..Al

[Rinsky]

I think I'm with you on that one Albert.
Looks like I have somthing else to look for at the flea market.

Rinsky

[Marco(2)]

Okay, now we have seen it all...

I hope this ends the complaining about videogame prices once and for all - at least on 2600 stuff

Cheers,

Marco

[King Asmo]

BuyAtari: Already owning one of something in the past hasn't ever stopped you from acquiring another one, has it?

Take care,

KA

[Malix]

That is absolutely insane.

I mean there are 26 of them around. Is it really that rare. I just cannot comprehend spending that much money on a game.

[King Asmo]

Well.. there are like 350 million people in North America.. and there are 26 of these.. so yeah, I'd say they're rare. There's about a couple dozen Honus Wagner T-206 cards known to exist, and those fetch well over $100K in auctions.

Let me tell you something about the rich: They're very different than you or I.

[Cassidy Nolen]

OMG! The 2600 cart is not nuts, its just a fine piece. He had a Pengo earlier this week in the box go for 80. I quit far before that. Its Pengo, I can have the real machine for 150!!!

As for that Nintendo thing, good googa. Thats too much for me. And I dont think Adventurevision is overpriced!

Cassidy

[jahfish]

hehe, i've just seen a site recently, where one guy found this carts in between many others, and he all got them for 2$ each ...

that's what i call real luck!

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Originally posted by Marco:
Okay, now we have seen it all...
I hope this ends the complaining about videogame prices once and for all - at least on 2600 stuff

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i have to complain that i got many items too cheap in the last weeks. qberts cubes for 60$, MAD mags with incredible pacman & space invaders covers for 2$, I Want My Mommy & london blitz for 10$, a boxed gamebrain for 25$ ..... and more.

why do people spend so much? it's all cheap ...

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Originally posted by King_Asmo concerning bitrod:
I suppose it could.. but then again, you should just be able to swap the Eproms, right?

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sounds damn right ... only our protos might remain, the day we'll be grandfathers .... or we'll have to order new copies of every single cart from randy's son at hozervideo, while in the meantime randy will sit on a beach in the bahamas ...... he might get flooded with orders in 10 or 20 years

[Buyatari]

Nintendo had a contest in Nintendo Power for these carts. The winners names and addresses were posted. Believe me all those winners have already been contatced. Many were lost or thrown out. Only 6-8 survived.

How many hundred Malagai were produced?
Yet only 10 or so survive they say.

Yeah I wouldn't mind having another gold but I am buzy working on a grey.

I have in sitting next to my Atlantis 2 competetion cart in my Atari display case now all I need are the Swordquest competetion carts.

Adam

[Jeffy Arensmeyer]

Someone, please help me out here.

I own this game, but it's not the gold one.

What's the difference between the gold and non-gold paks?

What do you all think the non-gold one would go for.

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[Marco(2)]

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Originally posted by jahfish:
I have to complain that i got many items too cheap in the last weeks. qberts cubes for 60$, MAD mags with incredible pacman & space invaders covers for 2$, I Want My Mommy & london blitz for 10$, a boxed gamebrain for 25$ ..... and more.

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And I thought you were broke

Cheers,

Marco

[Lemmi]

I got, I want my mommy for $3 from a garage sale

and holy crap thats alot of money for that NES game