Nintendo Fun Club News Rad Racer 3D Glasses

Written by Link on 31st October, 2008

These glasses were available from an offer shown in the Nintendo Fun Club News #4 – Winter 1987, predating even Nintendo Power. It required you to send in a coupon, a UPC from the Rad Racer box as well as a couple of tips on playing Rad Racer.
I can’t imagine that many of these were [...]

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Robocop Famicom Proto, Atari 2600 JP from Epoch

Written by Nicola on 31st October, 2008

Nintendo Famicom EPROM Cart Robocop

…It’s cased in a Famicom Disk System adapter and has the game Robocop on it
First proto I see in such a case.
Atari 2600 VCS CX2600 Epoch Japan Release

A rare Epoch Japanese release!
NINTENDO SUPER MARIO TELEPHONE

…ok, I’m sorry,here’s the correct link.
I know that it’s not related to videogames, but this auction is [...]

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1986 Atari Force Special Cover Artwork

Written by Nicola on 31st October, 2008

In 1982 Atari teamed up with DC Comics to illustrate the story lines for Defender, Berzerk, Star Raiders, Phoenix, and Galaxian.
Later, the comic book became a monthly release, always related to Atari’s products.
In 1986, DC Comics released a special issue.
Well, here you have for sale the original cover artwork for this Atari Force Special!

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SU 2000 Virtual Reality System – Virtuality!

Written by Nicola on 30th October, 2008

SU2000 Virtual Reality System

During the 90s Virtual Reality was the next generation, ready to change the way we all enjoied games.
It didn’t last long, real Virtual Reality systems were very expensive and not that easy to handle.
Here you have the glorious SU 2000, released in 1994, made by Cybermind (who acquired the well known Virtuality), complete with 7 [...]

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Little Big Planet Handmade Kratos Sackboy

Written by Link on 29th October, 2008

Yes, I have become obsessed with Little Big Planet promo items and customs.

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Nintendo NES M8 Store Demo Unit

Written by Nicola on 29th October, 2008

Everybody knows the Nintendo M82 store unit. Well, it’s not the only store version of our glorious NES.
Here you have a rare M8 NES Store Unit:

Unlikely the M82, this system doesn’t contain cartridges but PCBs of the titles you see on the front. It came out before the M82. I’ve never seen the M8 outside USA. [...]

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Dragon’s Lair Cels, Jaguar Cat Box, N64 SN Partner DEV System

Written by Nicola on 28th October, 2008

Mistery SNES PCB

This comes from a lot of JAMMA boards. I presume that it’s a Nintendo Super System title, the arcade coin-op similar to the PlayChoice.
Nice Dragon’s Lair cels

Other stuff:
SUPER STARFOX WEEKEND COMPETITION JACKET & T-SHIRT and some related pins
NINTENDO SN PARTNER IS VIEWER N64 DEVELOPMENT UNIT
Jaguar Cat Box
Atari Prototype Freeze Video Arcade PCB
SPLINTER CELL DOUBLE [...]

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Little Planet Custom Sackboy

Written by Link on 27th October, 2008

I can’t wait until I get a chance to play this game. In the meantime, I’ll admire this Custom Mighty Mugg. It’s extremely well done and looks absolutely amazing. This could have easily been passed off as some sort of licensed or promo item.
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