Legend of Zelda prototype + factory sealed copy on eBay

[jalaneme]

you could buy a decent car for 150k why would you buy a nes cartridge for that much? also the only person who would be interesting in something like this would be AVGN they collect nes games.

 

[MinusWorlds]

you could buy a decent car for 150k why would you buy a nes cartridge for that much? also the only person who would be interesting in something like this would be AVGN they collect nes games.

I do have a car for that price, actually a little less. Click on my other auctions

 

[MelodieOctavia]

you could buy a decent car for 150k why would you buy a nes cartridge for that much? also the only person who would be interesting in something like this would be AVGN they collect nes games.

There is a lot of interest from the collector's community. As far as the price, He's already said he doesn't expect 150K, which is why people are free to make offers. This isn't for everybody. This is for collectors, which a surprising number of people are failing to understand.

 

[jalaneme]

you could buy a decent car for 150k why would you buy a nes cartridge for that much? also the only person who would be interesting in something like this would be AVGN they collect nes games.

There is a lot of interest from the collector's community. As far as the price, He's already said he doesn't expect 150K, which is why people are free to make offers. This isn't for everybody. This is for collectors, which a surprising number of people are failing to understand.

good luck to them then, they obviously have a lot of disposable income, anyways seller should contact AVGN to see if he's interested.

 

[chavosaur]

Reminds me of storage wars and the things they find inside to sell to collectors. Its amazing the kinds of things people are willing to spend money on just to own somthing that has history. Look at old marvel and dc comics. Some spiderman comics sell for more then this cartridge is trying to sell for. In fact, look at pokemon card collectors. I dare you to search for a charizard card on ebay and see how much it is.

 

[Skelletonike]

Reminds me of storage wars and the things they find inside to sell to collectors. Its amazing the kinds of things people are willing to spend money on just to own somthing that has history. Look at old marvel and dc comics. Some spiderman comics sell for more then this cartridge is trying to sell for. In fact, look at pokemon card collectors. I dare you to search for a charizard card on ebay and see how much it is.

Personally I enjoy collecting some stuff, mainly ancient coins and stamps, since it's a hobby that my family has been doing for around 200 years now. =3
When you have something that's old and unique, you might either keep it to yourself and feel good about you having it, or try and sell it in order to earn profit, then there's the third route which is donating/selling to a museum where those things will be appreciated by lots of people.

 

[C-Kronos]

So did they actually dump the ROM and do a comparison, or is the "no difference" just from an initial testing?

From what I read, it's just initial testing. I don't think a ROM was dumped of this one.

I wouldn't expect the ROM to be dumped from a "prototype," because it'll lose it's value immediately if it were ever to be leaked. I've pretty much been under a rock for a bit now, so I haven't heard about this listing until now; however, there's probably a thread over at aG, and if it's a fluke, the members there will more than likely point it out.

 

[Rydian]

As far as I've seen, prototypes are wanted for two reasons.

1 - The data. ROM hacking communities will sometimes pool money to buy prototype carts in order to dump them for the community. They don't care as much about the physical object, it's the data they want to learn history from.

2 - The physical cart, to have and hold a piece of development history in it's original incarnation. A ROM dump doesn't duplicate that.

 

[MinusWorlds]

So did they actually dump the ROM and do a comparison, or is the "no difference" just from an initial testing?

From what I read, it's just initial testing. I don't think a ROM was dumped of this one.

I wouldn't expect the ROM to be dumped from a "prototype," because it'll lose it's value immediately if it were ever to be leaked. I've pretty much been under a rock for a bit now, so I haven't heard about this listing until now; however, there's probably a thread over at aG, and if it's a fluke, the members there will more than likely point it out.

You are correct had this been different from the released version and dumped the value plummets. All you have to do is search for Zelda No Densentsu and you will see the point. Now that was technically the original Zelda and much easier than the released version, the released version had more enemies etc. Someone found it and dumped the ROM, for free IIRC. Cool, hell yeah but the value is gone for the most part. This Proto has no differences because it's a port of the released Famicom version, there was nothing to change except text etc. I do own some unreleased Protos and I have many friends in the Proto community that have done dumps for free. There would really be no point behind dumping this...

 

[Deleted-236924]

There's no reason why anyone couldn't have just gotten a black case from the factory and just stuck a edited rom of Zelda and put it on an NES chip and into the case.

From what I can tell, the cart is yellow, not black.

 

[The Milkman]

There's no reason why anyone couldn't have just gotten a black case from the factory and just stuck a edited rom of Zelda and put it on an NES chip and into the case.

From what I can tell, the cart is yellow, not black.

Sorry, spelling error on my part. Its supposed to be BLANK not BLACK.

 

[Gahars]

Looks like this guy has a legendary piece of Zelda history.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Looks like this guy has a legendary piece of Zelda history.

If someone was really hooked on the series, you could say that this is their only shot to get this awesome piece.

 

[gamefan5]

Looks like this guy has a legendary piece of Zelda history.

If someone was really hooked on the series, you could say that this is their only shot to get this awesome piece.

I wonder if I'm the only one who got the pun. XD HAHAHAHHAHAHA!

 

[Issac]

gamefan5: No. No I don't think you are the only one who got the bolded pun of the item which have been common in Zelda games since around 1992....

 

[chavosaur]

I never really called it a hook shot when i was a kid, i always called it a chain gun. But my favorite zelda item is the bombchu :3
Anyway, 27 days to see if someone really wants this thing. I wonder if its actually going to sell, or if we will see it show up again with a lowered price.

 

[EZ-Megaman]

Looks like this guy has a legendary piece of Zelda history.

If someone was really hooked on the series, you could say that this is their only shot to get this awesome piece.

If the person who bought this slinged the cartridge, they'll definitely be shot.

 

[InuYasha]

They could bundle that thing with a free pornstar and I still wouldn't buy it...

 

[MinusWorlds]

I never really called it a hook shot when i was a kid, i always called it a chain gun. But my favorite zelda item is the bombchu :3
Anyway, 27 days to see if someone really wants this thing. I wonder if its actually going to sell, or if we will see it show up again with a lowered price.

You will not see this relisted if it doesn't sell. There would be no point to lower the price as it has a best offer option. It's unfortunate but this auction has brought out some of the worst in people. Not here of course but on other sites. This place has been very cool from the start yet other sites I've been insulted etc. oh well I guess. Anyway if it does not actually sell it'll get put right up on the shelf. I love this freaking thing. I have recorded a video that'll post later which shows me playing the proto.

 

[chavosaur]

I never really called it a hook shot when i was a kid, i always called it a chain gun. But my favorite zelda item is the bombchu :3
Anyway, 27 days to see if someone really wants this thing. I wonder if its actually going to sell, or if we will see it show up again with a lowered price.

You will not see this relisted if it doesn't sell. There would be no point to lower the price as it has a best offer option. It's unfortunate but this auction has brought out some of the worst in people. Not here of course but on other sites. This place has been very cool from the start yet other sites I've been insulted etc. oh well I guess. Anyway if it does not actually sell it'll get put right up on the shelf. I love this freaking thing. I have recorded a video that'll post later which shows me playing the proto.

I'll look forward to seeing the video then, I'd like to see whats so special.