Sure, maybe people have too much money, but still... unbelievable!

If people don't think the 16-bit era was the Golden Age of gaming, maybe this will change yer mind!

http://cgi.ebay.com/SNES-Super-Nintendo … dZViewItem

and

http://cgi.ebay.com/DRACULA-X-Super-Nin … dZViewItem

Not even the Dracula X that's actually good is worth $800.  Yikes.

see.. the thing about video games is.. you hafta open them to be able to play them..

$40 for the DS version looks like a drop in the bucket now, no?

That's just ridiculous. It begs the question: When does a hobby become a mental illness?

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to make sure all my OSTs are in order by case size, and then alphabetized.

i can see maybe $1500 if that particular copy was lost at sea in 1995 and then discovered in the belly of a beached whale recently with seal intact, but for 2 grand id want the rotting carcass too...

Someone had a sealed Mega Man X2 for $999.99 dollars on eBay one time. Can't imagine anyone paying that.

People are stupid. It is outrageous, but I am hardly surprised.

I wish I could afford that C Trigger T_T

Yea, sealed US SNES games seem to get quite pricey... is that true for other consoles?

I think they ran this on Kotaku as well, and someone said that it was just re-sealed using some machine or other...

Really? Can you provide a link to the article? By the way, not sure what Kotaku is, but I'm guessing some online game forum

cheers,

-avatar!

ps Could this be the most expensive "normal" game ever purchased?

Wow, are there still people who don't know Kotaku!?
It's pretty much the biggest VG news site out there you know?

http://kotaku.com/351943/sealed-chrono- … ce-on-ebay

http://kotaku.com/352045/sealed-copy-of … at-over-1k

I didn't read through all of the comments but several of them were calling BS on the wrapping thing.

100 years from now one or two of these old video games may get into the $1,000,000 territory, like some baseball cards have done. An argument against that is the people alive 100 years from now will have no memories of playing Chrono Trigger (or some other notable game these days) when it first came out. But that doesn't seem to make a difference (not being alive when the item in question came out) in the world of coin collecting, baseball cards, paintings, etc. My guess is that vintage video games will join the ranks of other expensive works of art or collectibles. That $2,000+ Chrono Trigger sale was just a hint of the future, in my opinion.

yeah,, 100 years ago,, their idea of competitive gaming was trying to sneak up on a wild horse and see who could pluck a butt-hair without getting kicked

I agree. And if I had a huge storage area, and lots of money, I would build up a game collection. As it so happens, I don't, and I won't. Also, I'm not a collector, I actually enjoy playing the games Still, it's nice to see that games are being admired as the interactive artwork that they are. Also, as for games reaching prices like Action Comics #1, I think that might be possible with a few very rare games. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the 1990 Nintendo World Championships Gold Edition sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Apparently only 26 of those were ever made. That's a production run FAR less than the rarest baseball card (T206 Wagner with a production run of 50-200) or Action Comics #1 (200,000 issues made)! Invest now...

cheers,

-avatar!

I doubt that the dreary people in the lawless, post-apocalyptic wastes of 2108 will care about collecting anything other than food, potable water, and materials with which to fashion weapons.

And petroleum for vehicular combat, maybe.