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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: bizcakeahoy on September 25, 2014, 04:57:33 pm
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Just curious, as I am married and my wife has been on me about getting rid of it, how is the retro gaming market right now? I have:
NES, complete working system, with games
SNES, complete working, with a lot of games, including Demon's Crest (who would've known this would be my most valuable game)
Sega Genesis, complete working, with games and accessories
TurboGrafx-16, complete working great condition, 4 games
plus a gamecube and a nintendo 64, both complete and working with games. both have damaged controllers.
Thanks for any help.
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Are you asking how well these sell and for how much?
You shouldn't have a problem selling any of it. Retro games and consoles have kind of inflated in value, too, so if you do manage to sell all of it, you'd make a pretty good amount. You'd be surprised at how much some games go for.
Retro game collecting is pretty popular these days, unfortunately for us collectors :P
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actually it's a complicated subject. I've held on to all my childhood systems for the last 20 years, moving them with me from california to new jersey and back. I haven't really done much with them (aside from my SNES which has always been my favorite), and I just decided maybe it's time to let someone give these things a more fulfilling life.
So my real question is probably what is the state of the market? Is it on the way up? Should I hold on to them for another year, or is the market gonna dip again and I should sell sell sell. Not that any of you are retro gaming stock brokers or anything.
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The market is, at the moment, hotter than the hinges on the gates to Hell and it's not going anywhere but up for the foreseeable future.
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Any chance you'll let us plunge into the collection before stupid resellers get their stupid grubby hand on them?
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Starting point: videogames.pricecharting.com/
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First decide if you really want to get rid of them.
Nothing worse than sellers regret and you might even grow to resent your wife for it. :/
My N64, Super Famicom, and SNES were given to me by folks whose wives demanded that the games go or they would go. One dude was practically in tears saying repeatedly he just wanted it to go to a good home. I honestly felt bad for the guy. Offered him money. He wouldn't take it (He gave me my entire N64 collection with the exception of Lego Racers).
My wife and I happily gave the systems a new home.
Answering your actual question. Prices are trending upwards on all fronts:
Craigslist, Ebay, Yard sales.
If you don't mind limiting your sales radius to local folks, dealing with folks trying to lowball the crap out of you. Awkward in person meetups, etc. Craigslist is okay.
If you want top dollar go the ebay route.
Some tips there:
Selling individually can net you more profit per item. But it can also leave you with a lot of random stuff that no ones really looking for. For example you will never sell your copy of Mario/Duck Hunt by itself.
I'd recommend selling in strategically assembled bundles.
Offer Demons Crest for the currently going buy it now price and toss in Mario/Duck Hunt. You will get the sale over the dude opening and auction on just Demons Crest that won't end for 5 days.
Also be ready for folks to tell you they never got the item, they got the wrong item, item wasn't as described, threatening negative feedback for silly reasons etc. I buy and sell on Ebay all the time but Ebay protects the hell out of the Buyer almost to a fault. And sometimes the buyers take total advantage of sellers.
Lastly there is the marketplace section of the forums here.
Folks here in the forums are looking for a fair deal. You could probably sell a lot of your stuff by opening a for sale thread in the Marketplace section of these forums and you can check out feedback for folks here as well. Everyone I've bought and sold with here dealt with me fairly and was pretty easy to work with via paypal.
Will you get top dollar? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the game. (What do you want for Demons Crest?).
But you will establish a reputation within our community which brings me back to my first point.
Are you getting out of gaming altogether and need the money? Maybe ebays the better option.
Do you want to join our community and establish a reputation within it?
The VGCollect marketplace would be a darn good place to sew those seeds.
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First decide if you really want to get rid of them.
Nothing worse than sellers regret and you might even grow to resent your wife for it. :/
My N64, Super Famicom, and SNES were given to me by folks whose wives demanded that the games go or they would go. One dude was practically in tears saying repeatedly he just wanted it to go to a good home. I honestly felt bad for the guy.
My wife and I happily gave the systems a new home.
Answering your actual question. Prices are trending upwards on all fronts:
Craigslist, Ebay, Yard sales.
If you don't mind limiting your sales radius to local folks, dealing with folks trying to lowball the crap out of you. Awkward in person meetups, etc. Craigslist is okay.
If you want top dollar go the ebay route.
Some tips there:
Selling individually can net you more profit per item. But it can also leave you with a lot of random stuff that no ones really looking for. For example you will never sell your copy of Mario/Duck Hunt by itself.
I'd recommend selling in strategically assembled bundles.
Offer Demons Crest for the currently going buy it now price and toss in Mario/Duck Hunt. You will get the sale over the dude opening and auction on just Demons Crest that won't end for 5 days.
Also be ready for folks to tell you they never got the item, they got the wrong item, item wasn't as described, threatening negative feedback for silly reasons etc. I buy and sell on Ebay all the time but Ebay protects the hell out of the Buyer almost to a fault. And sometimes the buyers take total advantage of sellers.
Lastly there is the marketplace section of the forums here.
Folks here in the forums are looking for a fair deal. You could probably sell a lot of your stuff by opening a for sale thread in the Marketplace section of these forums and you can check out feedback for folks here as well. Everyone I've bought and sold with here dealt with me fairly and was pretty easy to work with via paypal.
Will you get top dollar? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the game. (What do you want for Demons Crest?).
But you will establish a reputation within our community which brings me back to my first point.
Are you getting out of gaming altogether and need the money? Maybe ebays the better option.
Do you want to join our community and establish a reputation within it?
The VGCollect marketplace would be a darn good place to sew those seeds.
Well said
10/10
dashv for President
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Just curious, as I am married and my wife has been on me about getting rid of it, how is the retro gaming market right now?
Bad wife...
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Dashv hit it on the head pretty well. Everyone is definitely right about the market being hot, especially for NES and SNES goods. I'm not sure how long the trend will last though. I keep seeing more and more collectors burning out.
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In my opinion, NES prices are pretty close to peaking and I'd expect prices to start to fall over the next 2-3 years. Some games, other than the really rare ones have already kind of flattened out over the past year.
SNES, Genesis and TG16 are still growing, but probably won't peak for at least 4-5 years, since the collectors tend to be younger than NES collectors.
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Have a yard sale.
By the way, what's your address and what time does the sale start? ;)
I'm kidding.
If you want top dollar, go to ebay. Just be ready to give them 13% plus 3% to paypal.
If you want to unload it quick, put it on craigslist. Just meet in a public place.
If you want to be a man, get your balls back out of your lady's purse and play some damn video games. ;D
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Have a yard sale.
By the way, what's your address and what time does the sale start? ;)
I'm kidding.
If you want top dollar, go to ebay. Just be ready to give them 13% plus 3% to paypal.
If you want to unload it quick, put it on craigslist. Just meet in a public place.
If you want to be a man, get your balls back out of your lady's purse and play some damn video games. ;D
Readers digest condensed version of my post. :)
Great call on the 13% ebay cut. I totally forgot to mention that.
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In my opinion, NES prices are pretty close to peaking and I'd expect prices to start to fall over the next 2-3 years.
I envy your optimism.
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In my opinion, NES prices are pretty close to peaking and I'd expect prices to start to fall over the next 2-3 years.
I envy your optimism.
I completely agree with him. Without turning this thread into a discussion about the retro gaming bubble, or more specifically the classic nintendo bubble, this happened with the 2600 back in the mid 2000s, and has happened with many other collectable hobbies. Baseball cards, comics, and toys are just are few collecting markets that have followed the same trajectory as video game collecting and will crash the same.
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If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.
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If Super Nintendo is any indicator, NES prices will just continue to rise.
One would think NES price spiking would have occurred before Super.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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? :)
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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.
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Divorce is the answer
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Divorce is the answer
Then he looses half his systems ;)
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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.
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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...
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"Check Ebay" Earthbound still $150-$200.
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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. :)
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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...
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5e/12/b7/5e12b768bf6aff68355c1bdc9057667c.jpg)
"Check Ebay" Earthbound still $150-$200.
HA! If only :p
Would not surprise me if it was around $100 again someday.
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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.
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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.
If you are theflea it happens everyday. :)
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@warmsignal
I found mine for $5 at a thrift store almost a year ago. It sucks how many people think this game is so rare when in fact it is not. Uncommon maybe, but when this game received a print run of over 100,000 (so I've heard) that's even a little bit of a stretch.
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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.
Wait, Atari games were hot? Where was I? Atari games have always been the cheapest of the cheap when it comes to video games, for as long as I can remember back into the 80s, even.
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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.
Wait, Atari games were hot? Where was I? Atari games have always been the cheapest of the cheap when it comes to video games, for as long as I can remember back into the 80s, even.
Yes sir. Not at the level NES or SNES is at now, but it was enough for the prices on sought after stuff and rare stuff to get pretty inflated.
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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.
"I've seen it happen."
Must of been rough... Slippin like that Slippy
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@warmsignal
I found mine for $5 at a thrift store almost a year ago. It sucks how many people think this game is so rare when in fact it is not. Uncommon maybe, but when this game received a print run of over 100,000 (so I've heard) that's even a little bit of a stretch.
Yup. That's the reason there are so freaking many of those carts on eBay at any given time, is because people find them like crazy for peanuts and then eBay them for $200.
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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.
Wait, Atari games were hot? Where was I? Atari games have always been the cheapest of the cheap when it comes to video games, for as long as I can remember back into the 80s, even.
Yes sir. Not at the level NES or SNES is at now, but it was enough for the prices on sought after stuff and rare stuff to get pretty inflated.
Maybe in your area. Over here in California Atari games have ALWAYS been $1 games since the NES days. $1 games that collect dust on the shelves.
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@warmsignal
I found mine for $5 at a thrift store almost a year ago. It sucks how many people think this game is so rare when in fact it is not. Uncommon maybe, but when this game received a print run of over 100,000 (so I've heard) that's even a little bit of a stretch.
Yup. That's the reason there are so freaking many of those carts on eBay at any given time, is because people find them like crazy for peanuts and then eBay them for $200.
I removed the cart from my wishlist for exactly this reason. I'll stick with the VC version until I find one for a reasonable price. :)
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@warmsignal
I found mine for $5 at a thrift store almost a year ago. It sucks how many people think this game is so rare when in fact it is not. Uncommon maybe, but when this game received a print run of over 100,000 (so I've heard) that's even a little bit of a stretch.
Yup. That's the reason there are so freaking many of those carts on eBay at any given time, is because people find them like crazy for peanuts and then eBay them for $200.
Well If you find one sell it to me like peanuts then.
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@warmsignal
I found mine for $5 at a thrift store almost a year ago. It sucks how many people think this game is so rare when in fact it is not. Uncommon maybe, but when this game received a print run of over 100,000 (so I've heard) that's even a little bit of a stretch.
Yup. That's the reason there are so freaking many of those carts on eBay at any given time, is because people find them like crazy for peanuts and then eBay them for $200.
Well If you find one sell it to me like peanuts then.
Heck yeah, but not until I actually find one for myself first. Then, I'll find you one.
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Maybe in your area. Over here in California Atari games have ALWAYS been $1 games since the NES days. $1 games that collect dust on the shelves.
Really? I pay more than that for them most of the time where I'm at. Guess they're more rrurrr here on the east coast.
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Maybe in your area. Over here in California Atari games have ALWAYS been $1 games since the NES days. $1 games that collect dust on the shelves.
Really? I pay more than that for them most of the time.
If you ever come through Redding, drop by Video Exchange. That lady has a shelf full behind her register that have been sitting there for well over a decade. Pretty sure I'm the only guy that ever bought from them.
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Maybe in your area. Over here in California Atari games have ALWAYS been $1 games since the NES days. $1 games that collect dust on the shelves.
Really? I pay more than that for them most of the time.
If you ever come through Redding, drop buy Video Exchange. That lady has a shelf full behind her register that have been sitting there for well over a decade. Pretty sure I'm the only guy that ever bought from them.
Forgot to mention I'm on the east coast. 2600 games here are $3 - $4 usually.
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Maybe in your area. Over here in California Atari games have ALWAYS been $1 games since the NES days. $1 games that collect dust on the shelves.
Really? I pay more than that for them most of the time.
If you ever come through Redding, drop buy Video Exchange. That lady has a shelf full behind her register that have been sitting there for well over a decade. Pretty sure I'm the only guy that ever bought from them.
The local mom and pop shop gave me a heavy sixer to replace mine that has a broken game select switch. Also gave me a pair of controllers, paddles, and a handful of common games I was missing.
He begged me to take it because it wasn't worth the shelf space it had been occupying.
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Maybe in your area. Over here in California Atari games have ALWAYS been $1 games since the NES days. $1 games that collect dust on the shelves.
Combat, Yars Revenge, and Pitfall have always been super common and dirt cheap. However, the uncommon and rare stuff saw significant price increased. In addition to that it was probably a lot easier to find cheap games considering the you didn't have a ton of collectors and resellers with smart phones, or any type of pricecharting-like system, nor was the internet as ubiquitous, especially in the late 90s. And as I said, it wasn't even half as crazy as the NES and SNES is right now, still prices got driven up and they came down after the dust settled.
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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...
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5e/12/b7/5e12b768bf6aff68355c1bdc9057667c.jpg)
"Check Ebay" Earthbound still $150-$200.
HA! If only :p
Would not surprise me if it was around $100 again someday.
Wouldn't shock me either. Around the time it came out on WiiU, it could be had for about $115 for a few weeks. The price recovered, but not to the $180 it was before. Folks that were sitting on 10 copies flooded eBay with them in fear that the price would tank. Shows how many are out there.
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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...
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5e/12/b7/5e12b768bf6aff68355c1bdc9057667c.jpg)
"Check Ebay" Earthbound still $150-$200.
HA! If only :p
Would not surprise me if it was around $100 again someday.
Wouldn't shock me either. Around the time it came out on WiiU, it could be had for about $115 for a few weeks. The price recovered, but not to the $180 it was before. Folks that were sitting on 10 copies flooded eBay with them in fear that the price would tank. Shows how many are out there.
I'm still looking for this specific Mother 1
http://rosecoloredgaming.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/earthbound-0-has-arrived/
I probably have a better chance of getting Earthbound than this ^
Such a sexy cart.
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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...
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5e/12/b7/5e12b768bf6aff68355c1bdc9057667c.jpg)
"Check Ebay" Earthbound still $150-$200.
HA! If only :p
Would not surprise me if it was around $100 again someday.
Wouldn't shock me either. Around the time it came out on WiiU, it could be had for about $115 for a few weeks. The price recovered, but not to the $180 it was before. Folks that were sitting on 10 copies flooded eBay with them in fear that the price would tank. Shows how many are out there.
I'm still looking for this specific Mother 1
http://rosecoloredgaming.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/earthbound-0-has-arrived/
I probably have a better chance of getting Earthbound than this ^
Such a sexy cart.
Actually buying that reproduction cart for a buy it now, or from that site is more expensive than getting an earthbound cart at the moment for full price, so the only way to get a deal on that is that you get lucky in an ebay auction for just the cart itself. Although if you don't care about cart looks, the same game can be had for only $35: https://www.etsy.com/listing/176502000/earthbound-zero?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_listing_promoted&utm_campaign=everything_else-custom-mid&gclid=CjwKEAjwwJmhBRC56KOelNOXhxUSJAB_w2uN9D9KgrGThF5iXKBf_WlHod7H9zbw-WKX4cWNw6Tq-xoC-BXw_wcB
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I know other Zero carts exist but it has to be this one, but I know I'll never find it.
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I know other Zero carts exist but it has to be this one, but I know I'll never find it.
Haha, don't worry, you'll just have to take your and time and search for a good deal for one since it does look the best out of all of the different repro carts for the game.