Rare Video Games Auctions, Sales & Pricing

I just think these things are awesome!  I had a pair of KOSS brand speakers that looked identical to these that weren't too bad back then.

Between December 26, 1990 and February 28 1991, Sega did a promotion where Genesis owners could send in UPC codes from any three games of an exclusive Sega list, along with a mail-in certificate that you had to call and get directly from Sega. They would then send you these amplified speakers for free.

They feature individual volume, DX Bass Boost and Treble Boost controls on each speaker and run on four C batteries or a 6V AC adapter.

Auction here

Also:

Free Speaker Mail-In Certificate - Sega Genesis - Here's the mail-in!
SEGA CD MODEL 1 COMPLETE RARE - I've always liked the 'vintage stereo' look of this version.
Vintage Game console & T.V all in one - This is the SHARP 19SV111. Combination NES/Sharp TV. Shipping is a little out there, but it's a lower cost and may not be as high visibility because it does not specify the model.
Punch Out Gold Famicom Nintendo Japan Good.Cond - CIB
Punch out gold cartridge Japan Famicom - Loose
RARE OOP Hot Slots for NES - Loose, working, non-rental
Lot of three Nintendo DS Download Station Volume 1 2 3
FM Towns MARTY Fujitsu Game System with Splatterhouse - Not as rare, but a fair price for CIB

Nomolos: Storming the Catsle just became available today on RetroUsb.

The sotry goes that cats, Solomon and his friend Snow, are enjoying a beautiful day together when a mysterious portal opens before them. An enormous purple arm shoots out and grabs Snow by the scruff of the neck and disappears. Solomon decides to follow Snow into the portal. Upon arriving on the other side, he becomes Nomolos, the fierce feline warrior, fully equipped with humanoid physique and armor. He decides to follow the huge purple form that is quickly retreating to the Catsle with Snow.

In the game you guide Nomolos through twelve action packed levels and defeat four of Boulder's most fearsome henchmen before finally confronting the evil Hippo in her lair, the Catsle. You will have to contend with dozens of Boulder's denizens, but fortunately powerful weapons and helpful powerups are laying around the realm that Nomolos can use to help him on his way.

This is pretty sweet.

Auction Here

Also:

SNES Super Copa
Sega Game Gear Red Rayearth Limited Edition
Legend of Zelda Skull Kid Statue by First 4 Figures

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Nintendo Sticker Factory

Segata Sanshiro is a fictional character created by Sega to advertise the Sega Saturn in Japan between 1997 and 1998. He's like Chuck Norris, except more hadcore.

Sanshiro lives as a hermit high on a mountain, devoting his life to intensive Sega Saturn training. He trains physically every day by carrying around a giant Sega Saturn on his back and punching buttons on its giant controller, as well as mentally by breaking stacks of blocks with his head. His intense training has resulted in his ability to make people explode twice by throwing them, which he does with ease. He also frequently visits the city to seek out people who are not playing the Sega Saturn, and harshly teaches them a lesson. Sanshiro is a serious man with a firm sense of duty, who believes that playing video games is one of the most treasured activities in life.

The Segata Sanshiro campaign is often cited as one of the major reasons for the success of the Sega Saturn in Japan. It's a small surprise that a lot of merchandise featuring him. There was even a best selling Music CD.

Anyways, one seller has Boxed Sega Saturn Segata Sanshiro Action Figure and a Sega Saturn Segata Sanshiro VHS Tape with Commercials.

Check out the commercials he was featured in:

I've mentioned several homemade Portal Guns in the past on here, but now you can own one without shelling out for custom work or hacking away with parts from Home Depot.

Toymaker NECA produced Chell’s weapon of choice - the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. Limited to 5,000 units it measures 30″ in length and produces the lovely “portal-creating” sound we’ve become used to. A 3 way switch allows you to select blue, orange or off and when you pull the trigger you activate the ”firing” and sound.

These retailed for $140, but they'be been quickly selling for $300-$400 so far.

They also have a second one planned, the gun used by P-body in Portal 2 co-op. The lights for this one will be different from the original, glowing in orange and red. Pre-orders are apparently starting next week.

Portal 2 Gun Replica NECA Limited Edition Brand New Factory Sealed 1 of 5000 $291.99 (25 Bids)

NECA Portal Gun Replica LIMITED EDITION IN HAND RARE $305.00 (17 Bids)

Portal Gun Neca Brand new and sealed limited to 5000 worldwide $398.08 Buy It Now for only: $398.08

NECA Portal Gun Replica ASHPD Limited Edition BRAND NEW UNOPENED $394.00 Buy It Now for only: $457.00

NECA Portal Gun Replica New In Box Limited Edition of 5000 made $399.99 Buy It Now for only: $399.99

NECA Portal Gun Prop Handheld Replica Sealed in Pristine Condition IN HAND $250.00 (1 Bid)

This is one of those auctions I'm sharing so I don't buy it, because this jacket is freaking amazing.

It's gold! It's new! It's hideous.

It something you should never under any circumstances wear in public, but can you imagine rolling into a convention in this? Straight up ballin'!

Auction Here - Only A BUCK so far.

Also:
Tabletop Arcade Game Collection - Popeye, Zaxxon, Frogger, Qbert, Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. All look to be in reasonable condition.
White Japanese Nintendo DS - Original DS White variant that was only sold briefly in Japan.
Nintendo Gameboy GBA Japanese Import Lot - Decent little lot if you've though about picking up some JAP GB titles.
This seller has a few interesting Mega Drive titles - They already sold Mulan however.
Bugs + Lola Bunny Gameboy Prototype
Nintendo DS Download Station Vol. 1 -7 (Thanks Tovaresh!)

You've probally heard about the straight up flood of video games looking for funding on the crowd sourced site, Kickstarter.

Right now, someone is looking to funding for their DS game, Diamond Trust of London.

Diamond Trust is a two-player, turn-based, simultaneous-decision strategy game about diamond traders operating in Angola in the year 2000.  Over the course of eight in-game months, diamonds accumulate in various regions to be taken by the highest bidder, and whoever brings the most diamonds back from Angola wins.  Outfoxing your opponent is your main tactic, but bribing and spying mechanics complicate things.  When agent loyalty waivers, your hidden information can be revealed to your opponent without you knowing that it has been revealed.  On the other hand, you might know that one of your agents has been bribed by your opponent, but does your opponent know that you know?

Why You Care

To be honest, it's because of the 1000 copy Limited Edition. Only 1000 of these will be available, ever, and this is the main route to get one. Signed and numbered. There's only around 230 left up for grabs as of posting. I bought two, making this the first Kickstarter I've ever contributed to.  While the price is almost guaranteed to rise upon release, I think they'll make killer tradebait.

Pocket Gamer has a preview of the game, which actually seems pretty cool as well.

You can check out the Kickstarter here. They currently have 752 Backers with $49,986 pledged of the $78,715 goal with 13 days to go.

This disc is the Limited Edition re-issue of Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo GameCube that includes the much talked about "Another Zelda Ura" or 'Master Quest'.

On November 22nd 2002, an update to Nintendo's Japanese Kaze no Takuto (Zelda Windwaker) website revealed that a special bonus disc was being offered to pre-ordering customers. This bonus GameCube game, contained an emulated version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Ura Zelda, an expansion with modified dungeons and other small changes that never saw a North American release.

Ura Zelda (literally, "Another Zelda") was the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive expansion disk designed for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. However, due to the failure of the 64DD as a platform, the game was never released.

The game was not truly ported in the technical sense but merely running under emulation, so there were some noticeable inaccuracies in the presentation of both Ocarina of Time and Master Quest as they appeared on the disc.

The Disc itself is somewhat hard to find, but apparently this is the first time a sealed copy has been offered in recent memory.

Auction Here

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PAL B Nintendo NES Stadium Events Boxed - Scandinavian version, which I believe is rarer than the German.
Nintendo NES Devil World - PAL Exclusive. Comes with a VHS size official rental box, which I had never heard of before.
Nintendo NES Asian Version Boxed System with CIB Small Box Honk Kong Mario - I love how this thing is so much smaller than a regular NES.
Nintendo NES Small Box Clu Clu Land Asian Version
Nintendo NES World Class Service Center Yellow Control Deck Test Cartridge - Decent starting price, worn label.
Sega Mega Drive TMNT TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Return of the Shredder - I love this game. I've wanted a CIb copy for some time, but don't really want to bit the bullet at this price.
Nintendo DS IS-Nitro-Emulator Development Kit - Start cranking out games and it becomes an investment.
Nintendo Game Boy Bart & The Beanstalk Sealed - This is a definite Gameboy rarity, but no bites at the asking price for a sealed copy.
Space Channel 5 Ulala Action Figure from Palisades Toy - In the original packaging from the Wizard World Chicago 2001 Party. It was an exclusive giveaway for the invited guests at that party only at limited to under 300.

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Is NES Little Smason now worth $500? I hope not.

A well-known piece of equipment for fellow gamesnipers, but still always worth mentioning is the Nintendo M8 kiosk. I remember playing on these in Sears as a kid against my little brother and getting mad at him for constantly resetting it.

I've seen these sell well over $2000, so being well-priced, it won't stay around for long. Also, it's not near sun-stained as most others, which tips the scale even more for collectors.

From the auction:

M-8 demo display unit in excellent condition with two pads and a gun. This is the “popeye unit”. Everything works just as it should. No major flaws mar this unit, though you will see some minor scratching here and there. There is a small stain spot at the tip of the gun. I had to angle the camera just right to show it, but it cannot be removed. I don't know what caused it. It could use a good cleaning to make it “display ready”. Has great color and undamaged cords. 

Also:

Sega Master System MKII Converter Adaptor - This will play SMS games on the Genesis 2/3
The Flintstones: Surprise at Dino Peak - Italian version (?)
Flintstones Surprise at Dino Peak F2 RARE Nintendo NES CB WITH BOX

Hey there! This is my first contribution to the website! My name is Link584, and I mostly look up Zelda items. I do however search for unique auctions from time to time, and hope I can help discover some hidden treasures for you all.

Today I bring a small variety of promotional items, both already sold and still in auction. The first being these rather awesome buttons that you may find at stores such as Toys R Us or Target. According the the auction, "The Diddy Kong button is a prototype sample and was hand made". Also note the Super Mario RPG button.

Nintendo Promotional Button Lot

From the same seller: Display Danglers, from Mario Paint to StarFox

Check out all of his auctions for more promo items here.

Speaking of pins and buttons, this other seller is posting a bunch of Walmart video game buttons, some which very rare and others which are just great looking! Here.

Lately the promotional employee Zelda Wind Waker Bobbleheads have been appearing more often then usual. There are currently two up for sale, and compared to some of the winter prices, these are an okay deal for their condition. I have seen a few new in box sell for around $90 just two weeks ago from one seller, so keep an eye out more. The boxes themselves are just little white cardboard containers as these were never for sale.

Zelda Bobbleheads

Still on Wind Waker, here is an open copy of the rare Metroid Prime and Wind Waker Gamecube bundle. Currently a few days left, but expect it to go a bit higher.

Metroid Prime / Wind Waker Bundle

From the auction:

This auction is for a lot of 7 official Nintendo game development cartridges (EPROM Cards ) / prototype PCBs for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System platform. These cards were rescued from the remnants of a now defunct Southern California game developer (Interplay, Inc.). Presumably used for game development, programming, and/or testing games on the SNES Platform. They may be of interest to vintage video game collectors, emulation enthusiasts, or anyone interested in modding/authoring their own SNES ROM images.

Seven total EPROM boards included:

(1) P/N SHVC-8PV5B-01 8MB EPROM cartridge (4x8/4mbit and 4x4mbit eproms and sram, discrete logic decoder, lo/hirom)
(3) P/N SHVC-4PV5B-01 4MB EPROM cartridge (4x4mbit eproms and sram, discrete logic decoder, lo/hirom).
(2) P/N SHVC-2P3B-01 EPROM cartridge (2x4mbit eproms and sram, discrete logic decoder, lorom)
(1) P/N SHVC-2Q5B-03 EPROM cartridge

Each EPROM Cartridge is a PCB fitted with an SNES cartridge connector. Each PCB hosts a bank of several IC sockets, some of which are populated with chips of unknown content (although many appear to be labeled with game titles). The largest of the cards (SHVC-8PV5B-01) also contains a bank of dipswitches (I do not know their function). One of the two 2P3B-01 boards has been considerably reworked, with several jumper wires and re-soldered traces on both sides of the PCB.

I'm also including 12 microchips stamped "1996 Nintendo CIC-NUS-7101 9722 E" -(I do not know their function or significance, if any).

I would be extremely surprised if someone actually managed to get something usable out of these, but they`re still a cool item none the less.

Auction Here

Another seller also has a EA NES Immportal Prototype. $200 is a bit high for a starting bid, and while the game does appear to have differences from the retail version, I don't know if it will command that price. Its a nice looking proto though, very protoish.

Also:

Milon's Secret Castle Nintendo 1988 Prototype - Priced too high to sell I think.
Diablo III Retail Press Kit - Floor Standee
Glow in the Dark Skylanders: Warnado, Zap, and Wrecking Ball - I promise Im done with Skylanders for a bit now. But the prices...
Final Fantasy VIII Moomba Mug - This is a limited Japanese item from 1999, featuring a uniquely designed handle featuring "Moomba" from Final Fantasy VIII. Illustrations of Squall & Rinoa, drawn by none other than "Tetsuya Nomura" are printed around the mug, along with his autograph.
Odyssey 2/3 prototypes Killer Bees, KC Munchkin, Pick Axe Pete, Freedom Fighters
Sega Genesis Vintage 1990 College Tournament T-Shirt

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Sega Channel Demo Cartridge

This was one of the final twelve or so existing items that Jason of Game Rave needs to finish off his Playstation collection. To those not familiar with his work, he is an absolute sucker for punishment, working on a complete US PS1 collection including all variants and demos.

gameSniped would like to say congats on another entry down!

The game itself is basically a Twisted Metal clone, even using the Twisted Metal Engine. The story involves the player as an automercenary, hijacking tourists in the various vacation spots of the future and showing them the sights. Money can be obtained by destroying various scenery in the levels, which can then spent on upgrades for health and weaponry.

Since the game was commercially released, the demo isn`t that exciting in truth. However, it`s obviously quite rare considering it has taken him this long to track it down

If you`re interested, check out the entry on his site here.

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Want to pick up a copy of the retail release?

Rogue Trip Vacation 2012 COMPLETE PLAYSTATION 1 2 3 PS1 PS2 PS3 48V $12.45 Buy It Now for only: $12.45

Rogue Trip Vacation 2012 COMPLETE WORKS Sony Playstation PS1 $8.95 Buy It Now for only: $8.95

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