Is this for real?!?!

[masher]

There is me trawling boot sales and jumble shops for old copies of Shenmue and Final Fantasy VII when i see this!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/FACTORY-SEALED-NEW-NES...=item20af8b55d6

 

[-aXe-]

That is very much for real. I think there was something on Kotaku about it.

 

[Sir-Fritz]

Their was, about a week or two ago they had a story on it.

 

[masher]

Bloody hell, sorry for the post but man 41k for a game...i looked at racketboy to see if there were any i had in the past

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/10/hol...llecting-2.html

 

[agentgamma]

That was a wise $29.99 spent

 

[playallday]

Wow, the bid went up to $1,000 within the first 20 minutes!

lol, some guy bid $224,500 on it but claimed a family member did it.

 

[alidsl]

Wow I'm buying some random DS game and I'm never going to open it

 

[TrolleyDave]

Wow I'm buying some random DS game and I'm never going to open it

There was a brain training game for the DS that was recalled wasn't there? MindStorm or something.

 

[DarkMario616]

That is one of the rarest NES games along with the NWC carts, silver and gold.

Sealed...damn $40K.

I don't have anything THAT rare except a Lolo 3 beta.

 

[alidsl]

I got my old PS1??

I'll wait 20 years then sell it

 

[Livin in a box]

The thing to do is get a launch console, don't open it ever ever for years then sell it. Big money then.

 

[TrolleyDave]

The thing to do is get a launch console, don't open it ever ever for years then sell it. Big money then.

All depends on the console really. I've seen sealed N64's go for as little as 40 or 50 quid recently and SNES's for around 100. Emulators and graphic whores have caused a serious dip in the retro market. People who were buying them for nostalgia before are just using emulators now, so the only people really collecting are collectors. Rarities, betas and protos are the only things that sell for any real decent dosh at the mo. Damn emulators!