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Buy every SNES game for $24,999
- Thread starter shinobi602
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It's only the best game ever.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
saw this earlier but WHY JUST WHY have shitty pictures, just if you do not know how to take a picture just have a friend do it with a nice DSLR..........
Awesome collection very jealous would want if I could afford it.
Awesome collection very jealous would want if I could afford it.
arts&crafts
Member
I bought it about 10 years ago off a friend for 5 dollars, just the cartridge but it is the best game ever.
Should I?..
Serious question.. I'm doubting as I've always wanted the entire NA collection of SNES games but I live in Europe so I don't think it will work over here? (even if I'm using an american SNES because the different electricity over here) Pardon my ignorance if I'm asking something stupid, I don't have much experience with these type of things heh..
EDIT: 35$ per game? It's not worth it is it?
Serious question.. I'm doubting as I've always wanted the entire NA collection of SNES games but I live in Europe so I don't think it will work over here? (even if I'm using an american SNES because the different electricity over here) Pardon my ignorance if I'm asking something stupid, I don't have much experience with these type of things heh..
EDIT: 35$ per game? It's not worth it is it?
Alcibiades
Member
I remember buying 2 or 3 copies of Earthbound at Best Buy for like $15 (with the guidebook and all) back in the day.
I opened up one to play although I don't remember if I gave it to my brother or not. A few years later my brother gave one of the brand new copies to a friend of the family cause he felt bad that they only had 1 or 2 games total. I remember being pretty pissed cause I had wanted to save them.
I don't remember what happened with the opened copy but it is probably somewhere in the attic. I also can't remember if I still have another one. I know I bought at least 2 but I have may have bought 3.
I wish Nintendo would release it in Virtual Console though, even if the value of the original plummets, games like that shouldn't be THAT rare.
I opened up one to play although I don't remember if I gave it to my brother or not. A few years later my brother gave one of the brand new copies to a friend of the family cause he felt bad that they only had 1 or 2 games total. I remember being pretty pissed cause I had wanted to save them.
I don't remember what happened with the opened copy but it is probably somewhere in the attic. I also can't remember if I still have another one. I know I bought at least 2 but I have may have bought 3.
I wish Nintendo would release it in Virtual Console though, even if the value of the original plummets, games like that shouldn't be THAT rare.
Canis lupus
Member
He should start his own museum.
sixteen-bit
Member
When it comes games, rarity and value are not always correlated. That said, Earthbound, Hagane, and Ninja Gaiden Trilogy seem to fetch $150+
Some of the games included are worth far more than $35 on the market, and he seems confident that he's actually selling them for less than they're worth. I don't personally know though.
Yep, guy is working on a 100% accurate SNES emulator.
the best part,
More pics here: http://imgur.com/a/AQp5R
the best part,
More pics here: http://imgur.com/a/AQp5R
Dreams-Visions
Member
amazing
Thank you, this makes a lot of sense. I'm gonna do the math tonight with a friend to see if I should spend my money on this instead of something else we had in mind to build. This seems like a very good deal to pass up, but it's still a big investment.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
not too many - but once he's hunting Japanese rare games? Especially boxed in mint condition with everything - that $24,999 is going to rapidly get eaten.
You are looking at around $500 for a crap condition complete Rendering Ranger and anything up to $1400 for a mint condition. Sealed? Christ...
Then Iron Commando.... and on and on and on....
the other big issue is that, even about 3 years ago, out here SFC games are vanishing and even the more usually available games like DoReMi, Back to the Future 2, Ghost Chaser Densei etc are becoming harder to find (i went back into collecting this stuff a while back and went through trawling sites and brick and mortar stores)
Good look to him though - it'll be fun.
As long as you have a step down power convertor and a TV that can accept the 60hz input it should work fine. HOWEVER, Byou and people like him have put the effort in to the emu and the extras like the full scans so, really, you don't have to. Unless you are a super super super hardcore collector, i wouldn't advise spending $25k on a full set.
KojiKnight
Member
Err.... The only games I know of that fetch that kind of cash are the NES tournament carts.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I've been following his progress since he started this project, and coming to the end of it, he was shocked at how high prices had rose on games he had bought at the beginning of it.
So it may well be very good value, however, byuu's been lamenting for a while about how a few idiots are inflating the market - and you never know when/if a bubble's going to burst. That said, I don't think I've ever seen rare games come down in value without some kind of reissue/remake
ShinobiFist
Banned
I hope to god he doesn't get screw by some asshole on Ebay. The way they treat sellers is fucking stupid.
That's why he says on his site that he'd rather sell outside of eBay.
First post should probably be linking there: http://byuu.org
Aquamarine
Member
This collection is misleading. It's not truly "complete."
Maybe if this collection included Betas, Prototypes and Revs it would be worth 25K, but right now?
Not a chance. He's missing a good 231+ cartridges if he really wanted to have a COMPLETE NTSC-U collection.
Maybe if this collection included Betas, Prototypes and Revs it would be worth 25K, but right now?
Not a chance. He's missing a good 231+ cartridges if he really wanted to have a COMPLETE NTSC-U collection.
RPG Wizard
Member
Someone correct me, but weren't a large number of these games donations for the purposes of dumping and backing up?
And didn't he explicitly say he WASN'T going to do this? (Being the ebaying of them off once he had successfully dumped "clean, headerless roms".)
And didn't he explicitly say he WASN'T going to do this? (Being the ebaying of them off once he had successfully dumped "clean, headerless roms".)
KojiKnight
Member
Good luck finding originals of those betas, prototypes, and revisions... and all of those together would easily best his asking price.
goldenpp72
Member
The value of this lot really depends on if it comes with all original boxes and manuals, and in what shape those are. That's what makes or breaks how valuable a Snes game is really. Megaman X3 with a box and manual? 300 bucks, cart? Maybe 80.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
He's been saying selling the set on to finance continuing the project was his goal for ages
RPG Wizard
Member
Guess I haven't been paying attention to him much. (Admittedly, I don't like him too much. What he does is impressive, but I'm still irritated that he places so much emphasis on being true to the original when his Der Langrisser patch has a distinct case of "there, I fixed it" as opposed to leaving the misattributed troops.)
Aquamarine
Member
25 grand is a LOT of money. The only people who would splurge 25 grand on this kind of thing...are probably the same people who would care about acquiring betas or the two revisions of a SNES release.
You know, HARDCORE collectors.
Oh, I know that betas / prototypes are really hard to come by. But I would have liked something in there...as a bonus.
A bunch of retail games... is not really that exciting.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Link1110
Member
Come on, that game is The Room of video games. It's fun as hell because of just how bad it is.
ShinobiFist
Banned
Thanks.
thekonamicode
Member
Well, all I want is Madden 94. Maybe he can cut me a deal.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
It's a complete US retail collection. He doesn't give a shit about betas or prototypes because they're not relevant for his purposes.
Aquamarine
Member
What about revisions? It looks like he just has one copy of each game.
My best gaming discovery of all time was going into a KayBee Toy store when it was closing down, when the company was going out of business, and seeing a sealed copy of the giant Earthbound box on top of the shelf behind the counter selling for $4.99.
I already had a copy of Earthbound-in-the-box, but not sealed, and I took that puppy and thought I was the luckiest man on Earth. It was like it called to me, waiting all those years so that just the right Mother fan would walk in and appreciate it. Exactly how many years did it sit in this store wasting away!
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I don't think anybody gives a shit about that stuff. On the Nintendo Age Forums they consider a complete set the 715 games listed by Nintendo plus eight other games that were licensed but not listed by Nintendo for some reason. So that brings the total to 723, so by their standards there are two games missing.
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=21651&keyword1=list of members
Aquamarine
Member
Fair enough!
If any collectors have an extra 25K lying around, and have wanted 400 pounds worth of games...now's your chance.
superchunk
Member
No golden Zelda. no sale.
Exactly how many years did it sit in this store wasting away!
How many years has it sat sealed away in your collection?
If I came across such a find as yours I'd make an unboxing and let's play video to watch collectors cringe and entice new people to the game.
I understand why people collect sealed games, but I prefer to have playable copies and to share them with friends and family.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
No golden Zelda. no sale.
I've never seen a golden Link to the Past. Does such a thing exist?
superchunk
Member
Yeah I know, I was kidding; it doesn't exist beyond mods. hence the winky face.
How many years has it sat sealed away in your collection?
If I came across such a find as yours I'd make an unboxing and let's play video to watch collectors cringe and entice new people to the game.
I understand why people collect sealed games, but I prefer to have playable copies and to share them with friends and family.
Read my post again:
Amir0x said:
So in my mind... No need to ruin another perfectly sealed game! I can just drool after it. I don't really collect games, but I do have a small Mother franchise collection. It basically just consists of every game in the series that has been released, my sealed copy of Earthbound, and my Mother 3 GBA Micro.
My best gaming discovery of all time was going into a KayBee Toy store when it was closing down, when the company was going out of business, and seeing a sealed copy of the giant Earthbound box on top of the shelf behind the counter selling for $4.99.
I already had a copy of Earthbound-in-the-box, but not sealed, and I took that puppy and thought I was the luckiest man on Earth. It was like it called to me, waiting all those years so that just the right Mother fan would walk in and appreciate it. Exactly how many years did it sit in this store wasting away!
Conversely, in 2004, a 14 year old me walked into a used game shop and saw Earthbound complete with the giant box, manual and all that for $30. Unfortunately, I only had $20, and when I finally got the money it was gone.
Biggest disappointment ever.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Why did Earthbound come in a gigantic box? Was there a strategy guide packed in there?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
To hide all the STINK
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I dont see the real Earthbound box. And I see two Zelda link to the past boxes, so I bet a few of the games are doubles?
EDIT: Actually I guess that is the real box. Looked smaller at first glance
From my understanding, there are 721 unique games and then some doubles on top of that.