This is a big one. Square didn't save any of the production materials for FF7, so all re-releases including the PC version have been at the PS1's native resolution of 320 X 224

However......at the time of the game's release, Toshiba was preparing the world's first computer DVD drive and needed something to show it off. Square printed 500 copies of a DVD containing every cinema scene in FF7. These are 30 frames a second at 720 X 540 -- a vast improvement

The biggest boon to this find is finally being able to read the words on Jenova's helmet. As you can see, it's not something they meant for us to read. Unless Jenova really did come from Hong Kong

As you might have anticipated, this disc isn't cheap

eBay Price: $1,499.95

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Loveless Square
Shinra Motorcycle Room
Gold Saucer

One of the rarest videos with Mario on it, circa 1995

Translated, it means "Mario/Kirby Masterpiece," but it isn't....not really. It's an educational video to teach Japanese children kanji. There is no animation, just still drawings

Watch it yourself if you're curious

eBay Price: $26

A Nintendo Power contest prize from their early years. Also came with some controller customization stickers (but not with a Spyro orb; that's just thrown in for no extra charge)

The guy who has it has been trying to sell it for over a year. He recently lowered it to $65,000, but still no nibbles

eBay Price: $150,000

From a Canadian contest hyping one of the Wii's worst games, Glee Karaoke Revolution

What is so revolutionary about that game, I have no idea

Signed by eight cast members, but no Jane Lynch

eBay Price: $600

That's quite a lot for something that's got Lea Michele's germs on it

I don't know. I think this might be fake

My reasoning is that I don't remember 80's painted boxart this terrible still being used by 1995, which would be the earliest time this could have been planned for (note the existence of the ESRB).

Also, that "Nightmare" font is downloadable

eBay Price: $200

Edit: Confirmed real

Not For Resale, or NFR, refers to the label printed on promotional copies of games that are given to retailers in hopes that they will put them in their kiosks for gamers to try

An NFR copy of any game is worth more than a regular copy, since there are less of them, and there are people out there who collect every NFR they can find

I accidentally bought the NFR version of Midway Arcade Treasures 2. But I doubt it's worth very much

eBay Price: $199.99

Most NFRs are just the same game, with an extra box of text on the packaging. Exceptions like the gray Majora's Mask cart, and this, are rare

Never heard of this one before. It's especially unusual that they would create a special label for the thing, let alone that they'd produce a disc reps wouldn't put in the kiosk (it's M-rated, y'know)

eBay Price: $15
Maybe I should've bought it

It might be handy if you, the master of unlocking, take it with you. But boy, will you have to pay

Replicas of the four keys you collect in the original Resident Evil were handed out randomly (one key per person) at the 1996 Tokyo Game Show. Assembling them all is a long and arduous task

eBay Price: $500

This hard-to-find peripheral, released years before Super Game Boy, will allow you to play your Watara Supervision on the TV, in glorious four-tone color!

Finally!

....But what's a Watara Supervision?

eBay Price: $200

"Rez" is hard to find in its normal state. But buying review copies of games is always a gamble unless you can check their authenticity on the debug version of the console, which they don't play on anything else but

eBay Price: 50 GBP
...which is about $81

If I were a rich man, I would have the coolest looking room ever by now, I swear

eBay Price: $457.33

Hey, here's just the thing for those Blue Playstations! The actual CD-Rs the developers used

Actually, unlike the Dreamcast (which took a special kind of disc, remember) it's not necessary to buy a special CD-R for the Blue Playstation. Any kind will do

And that's why it's so cheap

eBay Price: $11.47

Absolutely everything you need to make a new game from 1995 technology:

• DTL-H505 - the very first PlayStation development  hardware designed by SN Systems.  Released in early 1994, this hardware  may not be the final chip version (a select number of hardware was released  to select developers before the main chip was finalized in order for  development to begin).  Codename on the back of this unit is PS-X
• Two (2) DTL-H500 Prototype controllers - these are  the first designed controllers that resembled SNES controllers.
• DTL-H700A - Artist Board
• DTL-H2000 - SN Systems redesigned the H50X series of  development kits to fit onto two ISA boards which can plug into a PC.   These boards are installed in a PC which is included and tested (software  already installed on machine).  (Visit the PSMuseum facebook page for a video of this dev kit working) [includes  the A/V cable to connect to a TV]
• DTL-H201A - Graphics Artsit Board
• DTL-H2010 - External CD-Rom Drive (for use with  H2000)
• DTL-H2040 - Memory Box (complete in box)
• DTL-H2050 - Adapter for controller port
• DTL-H2080 - Two (2) Controller Boxes (one complete in  box)
• DTL-H2500 - redesigned H2000 to fit onto a PCi board.
• DTL-H2510 - Two (2) Internal CD-Rom drives for use  with H2500 or H2700.  One comes complete with special cable
• DTL-H2700 - The ultimate dev kit with a performance  analyzer (ISA)
• DTL-H3050 - RS232 cable
• DTL-H700 - Sound artist board
• DTL-H1001 - Blue debugging unit NTSC
• DTL-H1101 - Blue debugging unit external power supply  NTSC BRAND NEW IN BOX
• DTL-H1201 - Green debugging unit NTSC
• DTL-H1202 - Green debugging unit PAL
• DTL-H3XXX - Special black debugging unit from SCEA
• DTL-H3001 - COMPLETE Net Yaroze development kit in  box - includes controller, memory card, guides and original paperwork.
• SCPH-1010e - Three (3) controllers with special  connectors for the dev kits
• Psygnosis CD-Rom e m u board
• Two (2) Psy-Q Psygnosis security Dongles
• CDR-71PS - Seventeen (17) Blank Master Discs [one  sealed]
• Sony CDW-900E Master Disc Burner
• Sony CDU-921S External/Internal Master Disc Burner

eBay Price: $35,000

EA had to recall Tiger Woods 99 because when an employee copied the ROM onto disc, he mistakenly included the South Park pilot "The Spirit of Christmas," which was on his desktop

The video is accessible if you put the disc into a PC

eBay Price: $500

A special version of the Dreamcast meant for rental. Except renting games is illegal in Japan

The store that rented them was hit with a lawsuit and destroyed most of their units. Key word here: "most"

This auction also comes with "What's Shenmue?", a strange game given to those in Japan who preordered Shenmue and involves Ryu trying to find a real-life Sega executive. In the end said executive wakes up to find it was just a dream

eBay Price: $142.50

The thing what showed off the Intellivision

See the demo in its entirety on YouTube

eBay Price: $45

Not a very accurate depiction. I wouldn't be able to tell who this was unless somebody told me

Was only for sale in Australia, at the short-lived SegaWorld amusement park

eBay Price: $256.23

As far as promotional items go, this is a biggie

Inside are eight wall-mounted 42-inch HDTVs, eight xBox 360s, 17 replicas of the weapons used in the game, a lot of army ammunition boxes, an air conditioning system and more

eBay Price: $15,000 (shipping extra)

When you lift the hat to steal a cookie, it plays music and squeals on you

Sold in 1993, when the Mario merch market had hit a lull. Not many were bought and the thing is now, say it with me, rare and valuable

Also came in Peach and Toad variations

eBay Price: $290

It's not official. But it's one of the few homemade jobs I'd consider totally worth it

eBay Price: $118

eBay Price: $79.99

Did it fool you? It's a fake! As if Capcom would even give you a lousy poster of MML3, let alone the full game! No soup for you...

One of the rarest and most unplayable NES games ever

Actually, it is playable if you take advantage of a glitch that lets you jump in the air over and over and glide past every level. But you can't finish it because the ending was never programmed in

eBay Price: $1,509.00

A store kiosk is rare. A prototype for one is rarer still

So, this is what that looks like. The seller called it a "SEGA NINTENDO VECTREX DISPLAY STAND" and used as his sales pitch, "BID TO WIN AND OWN THIS ONE BECAUSE IF YOU MISS IT.....YOU'LL FEEL ROTTEN FOREVER!!"

eBay Price: $500

This is what the final thing looked like

Includes slots for up to six Genesis games that can be rotated with the push of a button. Swell for parties

eBay Price: $200.00

When developers first started working on software for the original X-Box, these were the proto controllers they were given

This controller has never been used; the cardboard was part of the packaging to protect the thumbsticks

Sadly, you can't try it out. Note it has a USB plug instead of one that fits into the console

eBay Price: $80

If you were one of the first to adopt the ambitious Sega Channel, they sent you this patch to sew onto your Boy Scout uniform

eBay Price: $35

Usually, development units are sold that are of machines no longer in production, therefore the company has no use for them. But occasionally, for whatever reason, a PS3 or 360 or 3DS dev unit will show up on eBay. I think you need more than just the unit to make a game, but it's a good start that game companies normally don't allow

HOWEVER....this kind of dev unit cannot play retail games

eBay Price: $2,425.00

They aren't all junk either....there are some valuable ones in there

But no, not Tomba

eBay Price: $2,900.00

Whatever you do.....don't bump into it

eBay Price: $189.84

I couldn't put it better than the description did:

"This is a drawing done on plain computer paper drawn with a Sanford Eagle #2 pencil. Be the first to get a PS4 drawing. This is a one of a kind drawing. I will not be drawing anymore PS4's. It is signed by myself! (the drawing is not that good, but I tried) I've seen people on ebay selling pics of touchpads...so I thought I would draw one and donate to charity while doing so. If this auction reaches $1000, I will draw up an extra controller! Good luck and have fun! :D FREE SHIPPING!!! NO RETURNS"

eBay Price: $0.99