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CHRONO TRIGGER There are
thankfully multiple ways to play Chrono Trigger
today, but only ONE way to STARE at Chrono
Trigger while doing nothing with it
Heritage Auctions Price: $2,400
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THE FLINTSTONES: SURPRISE AT
DINOSAUR PEAK I mentioned
in an earlier installment of TYCEH (I think it
was last month) how surprisingly expensive this
game is. I also said that was because it was only
available at rental stores, but Pat (the NES
Punk) loudly disputes this, claiming there's no
solid evidence the thing wasn't sold
anywhere else. What we do know is that it's very
hard to find
Heritage Auctions Price:
$600.00
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| DRAGON WARRIOR PROTOTYPE What was a Dragon Warrior prototype
doing just sitting around in this store? Bizarre
Heritage Auctions Price:
$1,200.00
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TENGEN TETRIS Honestly? This figure is kind of low for
what you get here. Tengen Tetris was published by
Atari before they realized they didn't own the
console rights to Tetris -- they bought the
arcade rights and thought they owned everything.
So this had to be recalled and Nintendo's variant
was put on sale instead. Tengen Tetris was on the
shelf for months, so it's not as rare as
something like Stadium Events, but it's not
super-easy to come by either
The
back cover description, by the way, is much
better than Nintendo's effort
Heritage Auctions Price:
$420.00
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| CUBIVORE One of the rare polygon-based titles in
the auction didn't actually use very many
This extremely rare Gamecube
game is an evolution simulator where every animal
is made of giant blocks. You have to love
something that uses the quote "one of the
most bizarre video games ever created" as a
selling point
It consistently ranks near the
top of "most expensive games" for the Gamecube, and the average
eBay price isn't far off from its price here
Heritage Auctions Price:
$300.00
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COLOR A DINOSAUR More like "put patterns on a
dinosaur" since the NES can only display
four colors per 16-by-16 pixel square....allowing
for freehand coloring, that added up to four
colors per SCREEN, including black and white
But if you look closely, the
box is completely up front about this, and so is
the back description. It's only the title that
lies
Heritage Auctions Price: no
bids yet, go figure
Truthfully, if I had money to
burn yet could only choose one item from this
auction, I would pick.....
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| ......MONSTER PARTY The ultimate conversation piece!
Heritage Auctions Price:
$180.00
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DISCONNECTED N64 KIOSK
CONTROLLER WITH ARM STILL ATTACHED Who could possibly want this? Lots of
people, actually. The controller is likely to be
the most damaged part of a used kiosk, since they
took endless abuse from snot-nosed kids
eBay Price: $140
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| WII KIOSK WITH NO CONSOLE,
NEON LIGHT-UP SIGN OR CONTROLLERS, JUST THE
SHELVING This,
however....this part of a kiosk seldom breaks
eBay Price: $59.99 (+ $59.99
shipping)
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SEGASONIC THE HEDGEHOG SEVEN
FOOT TALL VINTAGE STANDEE When
you gotta go tall
Interesting fact: Sega had
trouble trademarking the name "Sonic"
in Japan, so for his first few months of
existence he went by "SEGASONIC"
instead
eBay Price: $4,999.00
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| A CAN This vintage Mountain Dew Call of Duty
Modern Warfare 3 Tie-In soda pop from the distant
year of 2011, with a dent in its bottom, is just
the classy, highly desired item you need to
invest in your future
eBay Price: $50.00
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SEGAGAGA LIMITED EDITION Before Sega abandoned the console
business, one of the final games they put out was
a very meta "Sega Simulation" in which
you had to save the company from a thinly veiled
Sony parody
The game was barely promoted in
its home country (it was given a $200 marketing
budget) and its chances of a Western release were
nil. Despite all this, a Collector's Edition
exists
It came with a T-shirt, pins
representing all of Sega's consoles, and an
organizer with the Segagaga logo
eBay Price: $289.99
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| THE GOLD NUNCHUK In 2011 Nintendo released a gold-colored
Wiimote alongside Zelda: Skyward Sword. Most
games required the Nunchuk attachment, though,
and the majority of those were white, leading to
an ugly fashion clash
Unless you were a member of
Club Nintendo in Japan, which offered gold
Nunchuks to match the gold remotes for a limited
time. This offer was also made in the US
eBay Price: $118.00
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THE GOLD WHEEL But wait -- what'll you do if you want
to play Mario Kart with the Wii Wheel accessory?
What then?
Nintendo had a solution in that
case too, but unlike the Ninchuk, it remained in
its home country
However, based on the price, it
doesn't appear to be in as high demand as the
Nunchuk is
eBay Price: $44.99
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| "THE NINTENDO
DIFFERENCE" CIGAR "The
Nintendo Difference" was a slogan adopted by
the company during its Gamecube years, when they
touted their quirks as strengths....like getting
into the cigar business; Microsoft would never do
that
eBay Price: $250.00
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DARK SOULS AMIIBO I wasn't aware that this ever happened,
and I thought I kept up diligently on my amiibo
news. There are a total of two truly third-party
amiibo in the world....Shovel Knight and this guy
You CAN have this one, just
don't buy it from this seller. Several Solaire
amiibo were for sale on the same day, at much
smaller prices
eBay Price: $49.00
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| PARASITE EVE STANDEE I wish I'd played Parasite Eve so I had
something to say here
eBay Price: $700.00
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| BATTLETOADS GREEN FOAM FIST When you're going downtown to protest
racial injustice and wealth inequality in
corporate business, here's the perfect accessory
Signed
on the back by Rare employees
eBay Price: $129.99
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TALES OF PHANTASIA POSTER This is a poster that could only happen
in Japan. We never got this game, nor any of the
other amazing late-stage SNES RPGs like Seiken
Densetsu 3 and Star Ocean
Tales of Phantasia did
eventually make the leap across the Pacific, but
only when it was ported to the Game Boy Advance.
The original SNES version still awaits an
official translation
eBay Price: $129.95
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| POKEMON RED GERMAN PROTOTYPE
CART A bare-naked version
of one of the most influential games in all of
history. Drop three thou and play "spot the
differences"
You better know where
everything is by heart, though....it's all in
German
eBay Price: $2,999.99
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MINORITY REPORT THE GAME --
PROTOTYPE DISC Far
cheaper than the Pokemon Red proto, for prototype
hoarders on a budget
eBay Price: $300
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| COMPLETE WII U COLLECTION 161 games....that's all. Fits neatly
into one photo
I love this console but....that
is a sad sight
eBay Price: $5,499.99
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HAGANE: THE FINAL CONFLICT It's come to light that Mike Matei may
have exaggerated the rarity of this game
somewhat, and its abundance on eBay offers
arguable proof of this, so...the price can go
back down now. Anytime now. Come on....
eBay Price: $599.00
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| GAME BOY CAMERA VINYL STORE
BANNER You would commonly
see banners like this hanging high on the walls
at Toys R Us back in the day
After you buy this, buy the
rights to Toys R Us and recreate everything else
eBay Price: $400.00
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SUPER MARIO BROS. TALKING
DIGITAL ALARM CLOCK Can
you tell if this collectible was made recently,
or back in the 90s? There is one telltale hint.
See if you can guess it before you peek below the
price
It goes off by saying
"Wake up, it's time to leave
dreamland!" followed by the World Map 1
theme from Super Mario 3
eBay Price: $120.00
*It's a 1992 clock -- Mario is
a bit off-model and Nintendo has gotten more
strict about that sort of thing since
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| NINTENDO POWER
"INFORMATION CENTER" MAGAZINE STORE
DISPLAY RACK You might
say, "Information Center? That's pretty
presumptuous of them," but think about the
time frame in which this rack would have been
used. Nintendo Power had a practical monopoly
on some video game secrets, and as you can read
here, they flaunted it
eBay Price: $255.00
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TIME BOY You might think this is a watch at first
glance, but it's actually a keychain. Or a
"Key Holder" because manufacturer Prima
wanted to use some weird terminology
eBay Price: $132.62
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| GAME BOY ALARM CLOCK How many products were shaped like a
Game Boy? Quite a lot....there is also a Game
Boy-shaped piggy bank and bottle opener
eBay Price: $68.90
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UNUSED PLAYSTATION KIOSK You won't have to buy spare controller
arms for this one -- it's fresh out of the box,
never used since it was minted in 1998
Yes, the Pepsi commercial plug
is that blatant on all of them. It's
even more obvious in the side-view
eBay Price: $2,499.00
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| SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD eBay Price: $10,000.00
Think this might be a tad
overpriced? That's what you think.
IT'S FACTORY SEALED!!!
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