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| atariboy:
Every time I go to a flea market and they have a gold cart thats what they say "Very Rare". I one time had seen a weird gold cart and the guy had painted a Super Mario Bros. 3 cart. It was actually a pretty good paint job but the screw holes gave it away and I knew there was no such cart but he said it was a very rare cart from Nintendo and he had it for $200. |
| scott:
Now that's just crooked. |
| pceslayer:
--- Quote from: atariboy on May 02, 2012, 09:32:57 pm ---Every time I go to a flea market and they have a gold cart thats what they say "Very Rare". I one time had seen a weird gold cart and the guy had painted a Super Mario Bros. 3 cart. It was actually a pretty good paint job but the screw holes gave it away and I knew there was no such cart but he said it was a very rare cart from Nintendo and he had it for $200. --- End quote --- What color was it? |
| disgaeniac:
--- Quote from: kingrat101 on April 25, 2012, 01:44:51 am ---I think another reason why demand has risen a lot is also due to the inevitable fact that all video games will be digitally distributed sooner or later, making physical copies more in demand. --- End quote --- I agree. I remember when (PS1) games that were semi-rare started to become available to buy digitally from the PSN as "PS One Classics"...many of my collector-friends were distraught because they'd worry that since the digital-version could now be bought for much less than the physical copies were going for...that any/all of their ps1 collection would be greatly devalued. I never agreed w/ this because the people who were interested in/willing to pay high prices for hard to find physical releases always have...and always will be...*primarily*..."Collectors". A collector may buy (if it ever becomes available) a digital Suikoden 2 (to personally play)...but that doesn't change how rare & hard it is to find sealed/mint-condition w/case & manual copies of the game. Also, like the above poster said - a digital only future can only increase the value/raise the prices of the (then extinct) physical games that you actualy...*OWN*. |
| atariboy:
--- Quote from: pceslayer on May 08, 2012, 11:28:40 pm --- --- Quote from: atariboy on May 02, 2012, 09:32:57 pm ---Every time I go to a flea market and they have a gold cart thats what they say "Very Rare". I one time had seen a weird gold cart and the guy had painted a Super Mario Bros. 3 cart. It was actually a pretty good paint job but the screw holes gave it away and I knew there was no such cart but he said it was a very rare cart from Nintendo and he had it for $200. --- End quote --- What color was it? --- End quote --- It was the grey cart just painted gold. Also the back caution sticker was missing. |
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