retro video game collection

[burningdoom]

If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.

[Warmsignal]

If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.

One would think NES price spiking would have occurred before Super.

[turf]

It's all expensive.  The NES stuff isn't as nuts as the SNES stuff, but it's still crazy.

I gave up on the bubble popping.  Just pay it and go on

[burningdoom]

If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.

One would think NES price spiking would have occurred before Super.

Why is that? The retro-collecting scene has continually gotten more popular thanks to YouTube reviewers and all the pawn shows on T.V.

[byron]

Not to mention those "Do you have a video game worth a millionty billion dollars in your closet?!?" articles that appear in the news from time to time.

God how I hate those.

[bizcakeahoy]

great reaction, I appreciate all of the comments and information. I am not completely sold on selling my games, as I do play them from time to time, and my SNES fairly regularly (GradiusIII is my favorite party game, that and Super Off Road). My wife and I are all about tiny houses and camping/backpacking right now, and there's really no room for a tv and boxes of video games in a tiny house or a campsite. Also she's intent on paying off some debt we've accrued since a move from New Jersey back home to California, so there is that motivation. Demon's Crest I know vg.pricecharting has it at 117 loose, so if someone wants to offer I'm up for negotiation just dm me. I might put my whole collection up in the marketplace otherwise, it may be time to give these guys a new home where they'll get more attention.

I do love the nostalgia every time I play Bart vs the Space Mutants NES or Mighty Morphin Power Rangers SNES, though, which has kept them around all these years.

[dashv]

great reaction, I appreciate all of the comments and information. I am not completely sold on selling my games, as I do play them from time to time, and my SNES fairly regularly (GradiusIII is my favorite party game, that and Super Off Road). My wife and I are all about tiny houses and camping/backpacking right now, and there's really no room for a tv and boxes of video games in a tiny house or a campsite. Also she's intent on paying off some debt we've accrued since a move from New Jersey back home to California, so there is that motivation. Demon's Crest I know vg.pricecharting has it at 117 loose, so if someone wants to offer I'm up for negotiation just dm me. I might put my whole collection up in the marketplace otherwise, it may be time to give these guys a new home where they'll get more attention.

I do love the nostalgia every time I play Bart vs the Space Mutants NES or Mighty Morphin Power Rangers SNES, though, which has kept them around all these years.

What general part of California? South, North, or SF Bay Area?

[Warmsignal]

If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.

One would think NES price spiking would have occurred before Super.

Why is that? The retro-collecting scene has continually gotten more popular thanks to YouTube reviewers and all the pawn shows on T.V.

Well there's a certain percentage of collectors who are more focused on the consoles they grew up, rather than everything. The NES crowd has already relived their nostalgia, and now it's more SNES I assumed, soon to be N64 if not already. There's a reason why 6th and 7th gen are still cheap, and why 2nd gen is now cheap again. Though admittedly, there are some games that have become more like collector's items even within those groups - we're seeing "ultra rare" PS2 games going for $200 - that does have a lot to do with the overall reception of the hobby and the perceived value of it.

[badATchaos]

Divorce is the answer

[fazerco]

Divorce is the answer

Then he looses half his systems 

[bikingjahuty]

If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.

One would think NES price spiking would have occurred before Super.

Why is that? The retro-collecting scene has continually gotten more popular thanks to YouTube reviewers and all the pawn shows on T.V.

Well there's a certain percentage of collectors who are more focused on the consoles they grew up, rather than everything. The NES crowd has already relived their nostalgia, and now it's more SNES I assumed, soon to be N64 if not already. There's a reason why 6th and 7th gen are still cheap, and why 2nd gen is now cheap again. Though admittedly, there are some games that have become more like collector's items even within those groups - we're seeing "ultra rare" PS2 games going for $200 - that does have a lot to do with the overall reception of the hobby and the perceived value of it.

^ this


Atari collecting was very hot from about 1998 until 2004 and then it gradually declined until games that were once around $20 were now under $10. Even rare stuff like Sword Quest Waterworld lost half its value from the peak of 2600 collecting to what it i today. Video game collecting will continue to evolve, with systems like the NES and eventually the SNES losing momentum as people trying to relive their childhood grow older and lose interest. At the moment, N64 and especially PS1 are starting to see price spikes because collectors are migrating and people that grew up with these consoles are attaining enough disposable income to start collecting for these consoles. It will evolve again someday into 6th gen games becoming collectable, then to 7th gen, and so on.

[davifus]

If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.

One would think NES price spiking would have occurred before Super.

Why is that? The retro-collecting scene has continually gotten more popular thanks to YouTube reviewers and all the pawn shows on T.V.

Well there's a certain percentage of collectors who are more focused on the consoles they grew up, rather than everything. The NES crowd has already relived their nostalgia, and now it's more SNES I assumed, soon to be N64 if not already. There's a reason why 6th and 7th gen are still cheap, and why 2nd gen is now cheap again. Though admittedly, there are some games that have become more like collector's items even within those groups - we're seeing "ultra rare" PS2 games going for $200 - that does have a lot to do with the overall reception of the hobby and the perceived value of it.

^ this


Atari collecting was very hot from about 1998 until 2004 and then it gradually declined until games that were once around $20 were now under $10. Even rare stuff like Sword Quest Waterworld lost half its value from the peak of 2600 collecting to what it i today. Video game collecting will continue to evolve, with systems like the NES and eventually the SNES losing momentum as people trying to relive their childhood grow older and lose interest. At the moment, N64 and especially PS1 are starting to see price spikes because collectors are migrating and people that grew up with these consoles are attaining enough disposable income to start collecting for these consoles. It will evolve again someday into 6th gen games becoming collectable, then to 7th gen, and so on.

I can't wait till the day when I pick up Earthbound for $20...



"Check Ebay" Earthbound still $150-$200.

[dashv]

Divorce is the answer

Then he looses half his systems 

This would literally be true for me.

My entire Sega Genesis with the exception of the Streets of Rage and Mortal Kombat games belongs to my wife.

Hell or highwater, we're working out our differences.

[bikingjahuty]

If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.

One would think NES price spiking would have occurred before Super.

Why is that? The retro-collecting scene has continually gotten more popular thanks to YouTube reviewers and all the pawn shows on T.V.

Well there's a certain percentage of collectors who are more focused on the consoles they grew up, rather than everything. The NES crowd has already relived their nostalgia, and now it's more SNES I assumed, soon to be N64 if not already. There's a reason why 6th and 7th gen are still cheap, and why 2nd gen is now cheap again. Though admittedly, there are some games that have become more like collector's items even within those groups - we're seeing "ultra rare" PS2 games going for $200 - that does have a lot to do with the overall reception of the hobby and the perceived value of it.

^ this


Atari collecting was very hot from about 1998 until 2004 and then it gradually declined until games that were once around $20 were now under $10. Even rare stuff like Sword Quest Waterworld lost half its value from the peak of 2600 collecting to what it i today. Video game collecting will continue to evolve, with systems like the NES and eventually the SNES losing momentum as people trying to relive their childhood grow older and lose interest. At the moment, N64 and especially PS1 are starting to see price spikes because collectors are migrating and people that grew up with these consoles are attaining enough disposable income to start collecting for these consoles. It will evolve again someday into 6th gen games becoming collectable, then to 7th gen, and so on.

I can't wait till the day when I pick up Earthbound for $20...



"Check Ebay" Earthbound still $150-$200.

HA! If only :p


Would not surprise me if it was around $100 again someday.

[Warmsignal]

If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.

One would think NES price spiking would have occurred before Super.

Why is that? The retro-collecting scene has continually gotten more popular thanks to YouTube reviewers and all the pawn shows on T.V.

Well there's a certain percentage of collectors who are more focused on the consoles they grew up, rather than everything. The NES crowd has already relived their nostalgia, and now it's more SNES I assumed, soon to be N64 if not already. There's a reason why 6th and 7th gen are still cheap, and why 2nd gen is now cheap again. Though admittedly, there are some games that have become more like collector's items even within those groups - we're seeing "ultra rare" PS2 games going for $200 - that does have a lot to do with the overall reception of the hobby and the perceived value of it.

^ this


Atari collecting was very hot from about 1998 until 2004 and then it gradually declined until games that were once around $20 were now under $10. Even rare stuff like Sword Quest Waterworld lost half its value from the peak of 2600 collecting to what it i today. Video game collecting will continue to evolve, with systems like the NES and eventually the SNES losing momentum as people trying to relive their childhood grow older and lose interest. At the moment, N64 and especially PS1 are starting to see price spikes because collectors are migrating and people that grew up with these consoles are attaining enough disposable income to start collecting for these consoles. It will evolve again someday into 6th gen games becoming collectable, then to 7th gen, and so on.

I can't wait till the day when I pick up Earthbound for $20...

"Check Ebay" Earthbound still $150-$200.

Someday that cart will come down. VC wasn't enough to make it budge, but eventually, people will stop buying at those prices.

Besides, all you have to be is in the right place at the right time, you could find it for a dollar in the wild since it's not rare. I've seen it happen.