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Rare Video Games & Collectibles on eBay: Big Daddy Costume, Kiosks, Mike Tyson Life-Sized Cardboard Cutout

It is wrong that I spend more time collecting video games than playing them?  I think this first auction proves that actually playing video games is just a fraction of the entertainment they provide.

This Costume is Amazing!

Bioshock Big Daddy costume / replica This costume is simply phenomenal!  Yes, the drill arm works!  The costume itself weights 50-60 and is sheer awesomeness.  Someone please buy this and wear it to Comic-Con 2010 so that I can see it in person!  Check out the full build process.  Check out some recent photography.

Unique & Rare Video Game Collectibles

Nintendo NES Mike Tyson Lifesize Punchout Display 1988 Not only is this cutout super awesome, but you better believe it’s going to sell for a ton.  Within 12 hours of the start of the auction, it already broke $100 USD, and I’m sure that price has a lot higher to go!  (Update:  This sold by eBay seller “cardinalscoop“on Dec. 6, 2009 for $445 USD + s/h! That’s one expensive chunk of cardboard!)

Sharp 19” Nintendo (NES) TV Works Great New 72-pin A NES built into a TV!!!

Sharp 19” Nintendo (NES) TV Works Great w 22 games

Retro Gaming Store Display Kiosks

SEGA store KIOSK for Genesis Saturn – nice

Super Nintendo Store Display NESM80C -Kiosk- SNES

*GREEN KIOSK CONTROLLER* Nintendo 64 w/ Rumble RARE!! What’s interesting here is that the rumble pack received power through the controller itself and didn’t require batteries.  Curses upon Nintendo for having that technology and making us waste all those batteries…

Nintendo Gameboy Advance Store Display -Kiosk-

Sony Playstation Pepsi Display -Kiosk- Complete!

Rare Video Games & Multi Carts

GOLDEN 250 IN 1 NES GAME CART

NES 76 IN 1 GAME CART

Pyramid Sachen Famicom / NES **Very Rare Cart**

ATARI PROTOTYPE OIK ** VERY RARE **

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Retro Gaming Holiday Sales

Black Friday Sales for Retro Gamers?

Everyone knows about the sales offered on current generation video games, but maybe you’re an old-school gamer and are more interested in retro gaming & collecting.  Here’s a list of the sales I’ve come across for vintage video games like the original 8-bit Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Atari, etc.:

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On top of these sales, take an additional 8% off using Bing.com (Yeah, that means 15% becomes 23%!).  Check out my YouTube walkthrough if you haven’t done this before:

J2Games.com

20% off any games & systems in stock with promo code “Holiday09”

LukieGames.com

Goodwill

50% off storewide sale!  Might as well go to the source for vintage gaming & other retro radness since most of us have a Goodwill in our area.

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Check the Goodwill Store Locator to verify the sale for your area.

Other Retro Gaming Deals?

Know of any other retro video game sales?  Please comment or e-mail me.  Happy holidays, collecting, and retro gaming!

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Rare Video Game Collectibles on eBay: Mario Mask, Atari Jaguar Dev Kit, Promo Items

Here’s a bunch of rare and collectible video game stuff that I’m currently watching on eBay.  I love this stuff!

I just put my own eBay store on vacation mode which hides my auctions.  Check back in a week when I’m back to see the new stuff I’ve been listing.  Happy collecting, gaming, and eBaying!

ATARI JAGUAR 64 VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT KIT PROTOTYPE

Nintendo Mario Bros Donkey Kong Cereal Animation Cel

Nintendo Mario Bros Donkey Kong Cereal Animation Cel

eBay seller “thethingsifind” always has cool Nintendo stuff up for sale.  Here are a few things I hadn’t seen before.  I’m not sure if the Mario mask is awesome or just creepy.  Check out these items and the rest of the stuff he has listed:

Nintendo Mario Mask Gloves Costume Appearance Rare MINT Yeah, this is probably one of the most disturbing Nintendo collectibles I’ve seen.  Believe it or not, the other photos are even worse.  Honestly, it would have been quite appropriate to title this “decapitated Mario.”  …my girlfriend actually left the room as a result of seeing me post this.  lol

Nintendo Store Sign Game Boy Color Display Rare

Nintendo Employee LOT Button Pen Keyring + MORE Rare

eBay selleer “lsutter” states that he/she has made the “difficult decision to sell off my entire game collection” and has a whole bunch of video game collectible’s up right now.  Here are a few auctions:

Sony Playstation Store Display Sign 24″ x 6″ Seems fair at $29.99 + s/h
Sega Genesis Blockbuster Game Factory BLUE Cart RARE! Rare to see it in the box.
RARE PROMO Nintendo Gamecube Party Lights K-Mart NEW
Nintendo AM/FM Cassette Player w Speakers NEW N64
Mario Kart 64 Telephone BRAND NEW Nintendo Mariokart

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Rare Video Game Hunting: SNES Triax Turbo 360 Controller, Game Boy Colorizer, etc

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Here’s the loot I pulled in from video game hunting at a local flea market the weekend of October 24.  The lot of boxed Atari games was a good find.  Plus, it was great to find a couple copies of Star Wars Battlefront II, some N64 GameSharks, and some great NES games (2x Ice Climbers!).

However, what I’m really excited about here is my new Triax Turbo Touch 360 controller for the SNES Super Nintendo!  This thing is simply hilarious.  Rather than a traditional d-pad, it used a pressure sensitive touch system that was supposed to be able to detect movement anywhere.  Naturally for such an early version of this technology, it was a huge failure.  What’s super ironic here is that Apple not only seems to have borrowed this technology for their iPod click-wheel, but they also seem to have cloned Turbo Touch 360 commercials for their I’m-an-Apple…PC-is-a-lame-o commercials.  Check out this video to see what I mean:

By the way, this Turbo Touch 360 is going into my collection.  They’re pretty cheap to pick up on eBay…or here are some Triax Turbo Touch 360 Super Nintendo SNES Controllers on Amazon starting at $9.00 USD.  Nothing like owning a little piece of retro Super Nintendo history. 🙂

Brainboy-Colorizer-Game-BoyAlso of interest is a “Brainboy Colorizer” by Pelican.  Apparently this rad little piece of plastic is supposed to add color to black & white games as well has having the ability to back up the saves of your favorite Game Boy games!  I love finding weird little accessories like this…plus I’m always amazed that after 15 years of sitting in someone’s garage or attic that I can bring them home and get them to work first try.

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As always, if you see something you’re interested in from my retro video game treasure hunting, feel free to check out my eBay store as most of it has been listed there.  Happy retro gaming, collecting, and eBaying!

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Rare Video Game Hunting: Sega Channel, Solar Panel for Game Boy, etc.

Rare-Video-Game-Hunting-Flea-Market-Finds-20091018 You never know what you’re going to find when you’re out thrift shopping.  During the weekend of Oct. 18th, I came across some facinating finds at an areas flea market.  Although I’m proud to have found a set of Pikmin 1 & 2, a sealed PS2 Gameshark, and an assortment semi-rare games, what really stood out to me were two things:  a Sega Channel adapter & a Solar Pak for the original Game Boy.

When I first saw the Sega Channel, I just figured it was a GameShark or 32x Adapter or something.  The vendor didn’t know what it was either, so we worked out a price of $10 for the Sega Channel and some cords, and I went on my merry way.  With a little help from Google when I got home I discovered that I was holding a piece of gaming history.

Sega-Channel-Adapter-&-Power-CordNaturally Wikipedia has a great article on the Sega Channel. Little did I know as a kid growing up in small-town Michigan that Sega pioneered a games-on-demand service way back in 1994. What’s really interesting is that this wasn’t an internet-based service.  Subscribers, for about $14.95/month, could hook this device up to their cable connection and download from a monthly selection of about 50 games.  These included popular games, demos, and even games that weren’t released in the US.  These games would sit in the system’s memory until it was powered off.  Thus the user would have to redownload a new (or the same game) each time they powered on the unit.  From a collector’s perspective, what makes this item so rare is that at the end of the renter’s subscription, they were required to return them.  Add that to the fact that once the service ended there was no practical use for the device…thus, not many users held onto them even they hadn’t returned them.  That makes these rare, but I’m really unsure about it’s value.  Anyone know what these go for on eBay?

Solar-Powered-Game-Boy-Battery-Pack-Charger (1)My second favorite find was a Solar Pak  by Naki for the original Nintendo Game Boy.  I found a couple of these new and complete in box.  Below are a bunch of photos of my unpacking this item.  I can’t find much information on it, but I love the innovation…and let me emphasize that this was made in 1993 for the original fat  Game Boy…15+ years before our current “Green” revolution.  This thing would charge it’s internal battery pack.  Then the Game Boy would snap & plug into the unit for extra juice.  I’d never seen one of these until recently, so I’d put it into the category of mildly rare.  I’m not sure what it’s worth, but I think it’s so cool that it’s going into my personal collection, so I don’t have to worry about selling this one. 🙂

GamesOgre-eBay-StoreHalf the fun of hunting for rare video games at thrift stores and flea markets is the surprise of finding unique items and learning about them.  A few of these things went into my collection, but the rest of these rare retro video games are up in my eBay store.

PS…I’d love to have your feedback on my finds in the comments section.  Anyone know what that “Sega Channel” adapter is worth?

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Rare Video Game Hunting: Mini Arcade, FF9, Boxed SNES, etc

Rare Video Game Hunting 10102009I’ve had some great fun video game hunting a weeks ago (October . I got the following lot of games at a local flea market (swap meet) in one morning of hunting. Although none of these are super rare, the Taiko Drum Master PS2 game fits into the moderately rare category.

My favorite part of the hunt happened when I came across a vendor with a pile of N64 stuff. There was a N64 storage drawer with a system on top and 3 controllers. The drawer was partially opened revealing about 8 games and seemed to have already been rummaged through by other shoppers. The seller named a fair price if I bought everything as a lot, so I bought it. As I was packing it up, I find that the storage box’s drawer wouldn’t close. Sure enough, there were about 8 more games wedged in the back preventing the drawer from closing! Talk about a nice bonus for buying everything as a lot!

The other unique item here is the mini-Pac-Man Arcade. I don’t know much about it other than that it looks awesome and seems to have been made in 1981. If you’re familiar with this item, I’d love some info on it.

All those SNES boxes are empty, but they’ll help me fill out my own SNES collection.

In case you’ve ever wondered where eBay sellers get all the stuff they sell, I’m one example. Obviously, I’m enjoying the treasure hunting aspect of this, so I’ve built a small business model around my hobby: a) I like hunting for and collecting retro video games b) I find too many, so I resell them on eBay. c) Hopefully, “a” & “b” reimburse me and even make a few bucks so I can continue more of “a”. Pretty simple… It’s all smaller scale, which is perfect because it keeps it enjoyable. Feel free to check it out in auction / listing form if you’re curious about examples of parting out and pricing items.

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Rare Video Game Stuff: Collectible, Prototype, Developer, & Other

“Wordtris Nintendo Game Boy Prototype Cartridge w EPROM”
Pole Position prototype “loaner cartridge” that’s included in a big lot of Atari 2600 stuff
“RARE Nintendo NPDP READER Dev and Debug Box Gamecube” (Auction ended without reserve being met at $351.00 USD.  It’s been relisted as RARE Nintendo NPDP READER Dev and Debug Box Gamecube)

also

“LAB LOANER PROTO Ms. PAC-MAN (Atari 5200) RARE Atari”
“CONTROL DECK TEST CARTRIDGE” for testing original 8-bit Nintendo controllers. (Sold on eBay for $139.49 USD on Oct. 23, 2009)
“Rare Unlicensed Nintendo Nes Game – Super Mario Party” (Sold on eBay for $58.87 USD on Oct 14, 2009)
“RARE Nintendo Gameboy origional store display” (Sold on eBay for $685 USD on Sept 24, 2009)