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Marketplace / Re: FOR SALE: [RARE] US Hagane Cartridge (complete)

« on: June 06, 2015, 05:52:30 pm »

Just read through the posts. Nobody sounded like a douchebag and everyone made valid points.

I realized too late that retrocollect was mostly PAL so that was my bad for not lurking more before posting. I saw that this site was made by a redditor and was primarily US so I wanted to try my luck here.

I don't want to deal with eBay for the reasons mentioned above, among other things. eBay takes a cut of every sale, and that also means I have to use PayPal. Paypal takes another cut of the sale. I'm not big on fees and middle men; which is why I'm testing the waters on collector communities such as this one.

To clear things up a bit too; I am not a hoarder or pawn shop businessman by any means. I bought Hagane a long time ago without even knowing that it was a rare or desirable item. I bought it from my local video store (for like $10) because I had rented it from there a few times as a kid. I also beat it many times and got to the point where I could do it on hard without dying. I used to have the locations of all the blue flame life powerups memorized and had the timing down on the power attacks (hold L or R to flip and hit jump or attack after X amount of flips). When I say I "recently discovered" it is purely in terms of discovering how much it's worth now. I'm getting older and having less and less time for my video game hobbies (what little time I do have to play games gets dedicated to Guilty Gear XRD on PSN,) so if I can cash in on a purchase I made as a teenager then why not?

Anyway I didn't mean to offend your community by making a marketplace topic right out the gate. I actually had trouble registering initially and my exact email to Matt said "I tried registering but it didn't send a verification email. Could you help me out? I'd like to sell a copy of Hagane," and he did so I didn't realize it was taboo to do that.

Getting back to business, here are pictures of the ROM chip inside the cart. My screwdriver bit came in the mail this morning

Backside of the chip with cart label:
http://i.imgur.com/s0GtbL2.jpg

Front of the chip:
http://i.imgur.com/Ev4G3U7.jpg

According to nintendoage forums topic http://m.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=134697 it's a legit chip. I'm adding links to these pics in the OP too.

I'm not in a huge hurry to sell this, so I'll let this topic ride for a bit before trying to sell it elsewhere.

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Marketplace / Re: FOR SALE: [RARE] US Hagane Cartridge (complete)

« on: June 04, 2015, 09:48:02 pm »

You'll probably have much better luck offering this at NintendoAge.

That said, signing up just to advertise this sale feels kind of... well, not good.

To that effect, why have a marketplace at all? This is a community of people that collect retro games, including rare ones. I have a rare one I want to sell. Isn't that a win/win for the community and the people signing up? I mean, I get that you want to deter behavior like pawn shops and small businesses using your community as a means to hock their wares but I assure you I am just an individual who enjoyed SNES as a youngster and still does to this day. I'd rather give a community like this the opportunity to buy the game because a) You guys will probably appreciate the opportunity more and treasure the game and b) I don't want to risk getting mugged on craigslist 

For me to even be remotely interested id need to see the insides.

I recently just got an amazon gift card, so I'll use $5 of it to get a SNES security screwdriver. Sit tight for a few days until it arrives and I'll open up the cart. To the best of my knowledge it's legit.

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Marketplace / FOR SALE: [RARE] US Hagane Cartridge (complete)

« on: June 03, 2015, 10:52:22 pm »

UPDATE: Added pics of the chip. It's legit.

Hello. I am user larrygooseman on the retrocollect forums. I made a topic over there but haven't gotten many responses so I'm trying here.
Link to topic there; everything below is a repost: http://www.retrocollect.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=9413

I recently discovered that I own the rare SNES game Hagane. I did some research on it and found that there were only a few thousand copies sold in the US because of a deal worked out between Blockbuster Video and HudsonSoft. Blockbuster had exclusive rights to this game over all other retailers, so the vast majority of these were used as rentals only. There are a few stories of places like EB Games and Funcoland getting hold of a few carts and selling them in their own stores when this game was new, but those copies are exceedingly rare among the ones in circulation and have sold for large sums of money.

The story behind my copy of the game is as follows:
It was originally owned by Blockbuster video, and purchased from one of their lower performing stores in the mid-90's by the owner of (at the time) my local video rental store. The local video rental store went out of business and liquidated their inventory. I purchased the game from there in the late 90's during this liquidation. It is the COMPLETE game. It has the original instruction booklet, box, cartridge, and dust cover. I verified that the cartridge still works in my SNES today: 2015 May 28.

The box has the usual amount of wear one would expect from being owned by Blockbuster and making its way down the chain through a small business and then to me. One corner of the box has considerable wear, but the other corners are in good shape. The back of the box also has a torn retail sticker on it, unfortunately. It does not appear to have damaged the underlying print of the box too badly, but the glue on this sticker is the obnoxious kind that doesn't rub off easily without damaging the underlying surface.

The cartridge is in fantastic shape. There is no plastic fade on the back-plate, as is common among older SNES titles. It has some sticker goo on it from the labels placed onto it by both blockbuster and the local VR store, but none of the stickers were ever placed on the front or rear cartridge labels; They are 100% intact with no fading or blemishes. The sticker goo can be removed with a gentle solvent and some elbow grease if it bothers you. The only real blemish on the cartridge is on the backplate, where the small letters "FRV" have been carved into it with what appears to be a soldering iron. This was the local video store's method of proving that they owned the game if theft ever came into question.

The instruction booklet has some minor wear, but overall is in good condition for a game that was rented out. My local video store used to include the instruction booklets in the plastic rental cases when sending games home with customers, so I'm surprised it's in as good of shape as it is.

PICS!

Box with proof I own it -
http://i.imgur.com/Xxz6PRI.jpg?1

The complete package -
http://i.imgur.com/x32o87b.jpg

Corner on the box is dinged up a bit -
http://i.imgur.com/gyxoJix.jpg?1

Back of the box with the obnoxious sticker -
http://i.imgur.com/tOgRFdC.jpg

Cover of the instruction booklet -
http://i.imgur.com/GLJLbZF.jpg

Inside cover of the booklet -
http://i.imgur.com/9jYo5iU.jpg?1

Back inside cover of the booklet (with cool artwork!) -
http://i.imgur.com/TyZGJUf.jpg?1

Front of the cartridge with unmolested label -
http://i.imgur.com/XokQ8xI.jpg

Backside of the cartridge with unmolested safety label and FRV initials on bottom-right -
http://i.imgur.com/4MUWZYb.jpg?1

Verification that it plays on a SNES -
http://i.imgur.com/MaTJjA6.jpg

Backside of the chip with cart label:
http://i.imgur.com/s0GtbL2.jpg

Front of the chip:
http://i.imgur.com/Ev4G3U7.jpg

I see copies of this game in far worse condition than this going for $499 to $599 without the box or booklet. I've seen several confirmed ebay auctions where it has sold for ~$900 with just the game and the box. I have never seen a copy for sale that has the original instruction manual.

Since my copy is complete, my asking price is $1000 USD. Please PM me if you are interested! I will try to check on this once a day but I can't make any guarantees as my day-job has a hectic schedule. I can also provide additional pics if requested, but it may take me a while to take them and upload them. I also don't own a SNES security screw bit for my screwdriver set, but may order one if an interested buyer requires proof that the chip in the cart is an original.