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My Rare Video Game Finds: Atari Super Pong, Fatal Fury Special, Tropical Trouble

I love hunting for retro video games.  I’d say I enjoy it more than playing them…and possibly even more than collecting them.  I’m not sure why, but the joy of finding a needle in the haystack of flea market crap and getting the games for a great price is hugely satisfying to me.  Anyway, here are my finds from the last two weekends of hunting at the local flea market.

A few highlights…

  • Atari Super Pong System:  Sure enough this thing started right up…not bad since it was made in 1976!  I was about to list this on eBay when my girlfriend insisted it stay in the collection…great girlfriend!
  • Internation Superstar Soccer Deluxe (SNES):  Picked up this rare game (well…tarnished gem with some label wear) for my personal collection for $15.
  • “Super 8” Movie Collection:  Ok, I don’t know anything about 8 mm film, but I couldn’t pass these up.  Tarzan in the She-Devil, Zorro’s Suicide Express, Little Rascals Spooky Hooky, etc. Even if none of them worked, the covers alone would make awesome art pieces.
  • Fatal Fury Special (Game Gear):  My buddy had a Game Gear growing up.  I didn’t like it then, and I’m not interested in collecting it now.  However, since most of the games have very little value, I know it’s an easy system for other people to collect.  It turns out that Fatal Fury Special is one of the few games of value for the system, so that made a great find for me to pass along to someone’s collection.  
  • Tropical Trouble & A LOT of Other Intellivision Games:  Tropical Trouble simply has some of the best label art of any video game I’ve ever seen!
  • Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance II:  It’s always great to be looking through a folder of loose games and to find a gem.  Sure enough one seller had both of the Baldur’s Gate Playstation 2 games.
  • VMIGO System:  Every now and then curiosity gets the best of me.  When I saw this at the Flea Market, I had no idea what it was other than that it looks like a decently made weird little video game system. For $3, I couldn’t pass up.  It turns out that you use it to raise a virtual pet.  Best part is that the VMIGO portable pet “Game Boy” unit also functions as a pedometer.  It gives kids points for exercising!  lol  Expect to see this in my eBay store starting at a penny bid soon. ha ha

I had fun hunting for vintage gaming stuff.  Sure enough, I found a few rares for a good price.  That puts a few things into my collection and hopefully means that fellow collectors can find something for their own collections once I get it all listed on the GamesOgre eBay Store!  In the meantime, check out the rest of my photos below.  Happy collecting & retro gaming!

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Rare Video Games & Collectibles on eBay: New Complete Myriad 6 in 1 (Caltron) on eBay!

Super Rare:

Myriad 6 in 1 New & Factory Sealed! VGA 70 NES Nintendo If this is really a new copy of the Myriad 6 in 1, that’s a fantastic find!  Rather than simply asking $9,999 USD I really wish the seller “backguard” would put it on auction so we could see how much it’s really worth.

Myriad 6-in-1 Video Game Caltron

Poster:

Atari Imagic DEMON ATTACK Store Display Poster 1983 I love old video game posters! (assuming this is not a reproduction)

Kiosks:

Both of these kiosks are available for pickup in the Springfield, MO area:

XBOX Store Display – Kiosk – Great Shape!
Nintendo Gameboy Countertop Display – Kiosk-

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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: Atari Music Machine, XBox Kiosk, Sharp NES Controller, Collectibles

Here are a number of rare video game collectibles that I’m currently watching on eBay.  The Music Machine for Atari 2600 is sealed and new (and thus super rare) and ends in 7 hours.  I’m quite curious to see how high the bids go.

The Music Machine (for Atari 2600) (Sold by ms.sierramarie for $5250.00 USD on Oct. 10, 2009)

XBOX original Kiosk (+4 wireless Logitech controllers)

NEW NES NINTENDO SHARP TV BLACK CONTROLLER RARE IN BOX

In case you’re unfamiliar with this sort of system, here are examples of the Sharp TV / SNES system.  They’re obviously not the NES version, but they should give some idea of what this looks like:

Nintendo Sharp Super Famicom/SNES TV 21G-SF1
JP Sharp Nintendo Super Famicom TV SF1

Fatal Fury Erasers Figures Set of 19 SNK

Lot of 7 Harvest Moon Promo Plush Animals

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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 Stuff on eBay: NES Test Station, Supervision LOT, Prototypes, Pac-Man Zippo

RARE – 1989 EGM / U.S. National Videogame Team Jacket!
HP PC WAS USING WITH SONY DTL-H2700 DEVELOPMENT DEV
NES NINTENDO TEST STATION testing station RARE! LOOK!

Here’s some cool collectible rare video game stuff I’m watching on eBay:

RARE – 1989 EGM / U.S. National Videogame Team Jacket! I hear that any man who wears this jacket is an instant lady killer.

Nintendo Super Glove Ball Demo Prototype Free S/H This guy was previously trying to sell this for $300 USD on eBay.  It didn’t sell, so it’s nice to see that he’s auctioning it off instead.

Nintendo Game Boy Kiosk Store Display Missing a number of parts but very cool.

RARE Nintendo Gameboy Display DemoBoy Box Possibly broken but quite rare.

Game Boy Color Racing Ratz Adventure Prototype Free S/H

Game Boy Color Matchbox Emergency Patrol Prototype

Special Edition Japanese Smoked Crystal Xbox Limited

HP PC WAS USING WITH SONY DTL-H2700 DEVELOPMENT DEV

NES NINTENDO TEST STATION testing station RARE! LOOK!

SEGA_Sports__SEAT_CUSHION_____Promo/Promotional_Item At under $15 USD including shipping, this is one of the more affordable collectibles I’ve seen up on eBay!

NES- 52 IN 1 SUPER RARE!!!!! Gotta love multi-carts!

COMPLETE SEGA GAME GEAR COLLECTION – 232+ GAMES I find it hard to imagine that this collection is worth anything near the asking price.  After all Sega Game Gear stuff is…well…generally worthless.  However, one man’s junk is another man’s $4100.01 USD…

Watara Supervision system with 17 factory sealed games Similarly quite expensive.  However, this is quite a set if you’re a Watara-Supervision-loving-Game-Boy-hater.
Watara Supervision system new sealed games_sm

And recently ended on eBay:

RARE LIMITED MOUNTAIN DEW MT DEW EDITION MICROSOFT XBOX It may be rare, but it seems no one is willing to pay much for lime green Xbox.  (Sold for $87.09 USD including s/h on October 30, 2009.)

And not on eBay, but very cool for collectors with money to blow:

Celebrating Pac-Man’s 30th birthday, Namco seems to have teamed with Zippo to produce these fantastic retro video game limited edition zippos.  Unfortunately, they cost about $90 USD each.

Also found on Zippo Namco classic Games set of 4 Pac-man Xevious

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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 Stuff on eBay: Lego Mario, Bill Gates Signed Xbox, Vectrex Multi-Cart

Sega Master System Ultra!! RARE version with suitcase! This is most likely an old rental unit.  It looks like some real thought went into plan the layout of this case.

Grootste Lego-Mario ter wereld 180 cm 40,000 bricks!  This 1.5 meter tall, 110 pound statue is for sale as the world’s largest Lego Mario.  It’s being sold as a fund-raiser for The Ronald McDonald House Charity in the Netherlands.

THE RAREST NINTENDO NECKLACE AND SHIRT POWERPLAY SAT. ! I doubt this is worth $2k, but it’s simply a hilarious piece of video game history.  I’d love  to see photos of a person actually receiving this at a competition.

Loaner Atari Prototype Cartridges: Cookie Monster’s Munch, Oscar, Raiders’ of the Lost Ark, Star Raiders, Defender

Bill Gate's Signed Xbox Special Edition - Launch Team 2001 - VERY RARE

Bill Gates signed Xbox from Launch Team 2001

And, not on eBay, but a great item for Vectrex lovers:

Vectrex Multi-Cart From GameGavel.com:  ”It contains the entire Vectrex library less one title – AnimAction. Many of the recently programmed games are on it as well, including those written by John Dondzilla and others for a whopping total of 60 titles!  If you’ve been lucky enough to find a Vectrex console, you probably know how difficult it is to find it’s games. The Vectrex multi-cart is the answer to all your Vectrex gaming needs!”

And, recently ended on eBay,

VECTREX 3D IMAGER and 3D MINESTORM VERY RARE (Sold on eBay for 650.78 GBP / ~$1063.34 USD on Oct. 26, 2009)

Vectrex Lightpen with Melody Master and Art Master (Sold on eBay for 125.00 GBP / ~$204.24 USD on Oct. 24, 2009)