wraggster
July 9th, 2012, 20:51
We are fast approaching an age where buying games will be a completely digital affair. But if you grew up with the NES, Master System, or any of the Nintendo, Sega, and Sony systems to date, you know each has its classics that are, in some cases, worth a small fortune in their disc or cartridge format.
If you’re a collector, counting the complete back catalog of games for one system as part of your collection is a commendable achievement, but what about having full gaming sets for 22 different systems?
I doubt anyone has ever done that through game purchases alone, but one eBay (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/ebay) seller is offering such a set. The price? A cool $1.2 million.
That’s a crazy amount of cash to spend on games, but when you find out what’s included in this auction, and the condition the games are in, it might actually sound like a good deal.
http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/famicomdisksystemfullse-580x435.jpg (http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/famicomdisksystemfullse.jpg)
The seller is called collectors_king, and he’s either got great connections in the games manufacturing industry, or he stumbled across an abandoned storage factory that just so happened to have the ultimate collection of games within.
Here’s the list of systems the auction is offering full game sets for along with the number of games for each one:
Nintendo (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/nintendo) Famicon – 1,050 games
Nintendo Famicon Disk – 200 games
Nintendo Virtual Boy – 19 games
Nintendo Super Famicon – 1,500 games
Nintendo 64 – 200 games
Nintendo DD64 – 10 games
Nintendo Gamecube – 320 games
Sega (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/sega) Master System (Europe) – 300 games
Sega Mark 3 & Master System (Japan) – 80 games
Sega Game Gear – 200 games
Sega Megadrive – 450 games
Sega 32 X – 19 games
Sega Mega CD – 115 games
Sega Saturn – 1,150 games
Sega Dreamcast – 550 games
PC Engine Hucard – 300 games
PC Engine Supergrafx – 6 games
PC Engine CD – 120 games
PC Engine Super CD – 300 games
PC Engine Arcade CD – 12 games
PC-FX – total games not stated
Pioneer Laseractive – total games not listed
If you visit the eBay page via the link below it lists every single game being offered for each system. In a lot of cases the titles are brand new and/or factory sealed. 500 of the Super Famicom games are new, all the Gamecube games are factory sealed, as are all the PC Engine games.
Does $1.2 million now sound cheap for this awesome collection? Well, if you can just about afford it just remember there’s shipping to pay, too. collector_king is located in France, and if you want the collection shipped to the US expect to pay around $1,200.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BIGGEST-COLLECTION-EVER-22-SEGA-NINTENDO-PC-ENGINE-FULLSETS-FACTORY-SEALED-/300736846867?pt=FR_Jeux_Vid%C3%A9o&hash=item4605501c13#ht_165718wt_1163
If you’re a collector, counting the complete back catalog of games for one system as part of your collection is a commendable achievement, but what about having full gaming sets for 22 different systems?
I doubt anyone has ever done that through game purchases alone, but one eBay (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/ebay) seller is offering such a set. The price? A cool $1.2 million.
That’s a crazy amount of cash to spend on games, but when you find out what’s included in this auction, and the condition the games are in, it might actually sound like a good deal.
http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/famicomdisksystemfullse-580x435.jpg (http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/famicomdisksystemfullse.jpg)
The seller is called collectors_king, and he’s either got great connections in the games manufacturing industry, or he stumbled across an abandoned storage factory that just so happened to have the ultimate collection of games within.
Here’s the list of systems the auction is offering full game sets for along with the number of games for each one:
Nintendo (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/nintendo) Famicon – 1,050 games
Nintendo Famicon Disk – 200 games
Nintendo Virtual Boy – 19 games
Nintendo Super Famicon – 1,500 games
Nintendo 64 – 200 games
Nintendo DD64 – 10 games
Nintendo Gamecube – 320 games
Sega (http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/sega) Master System (Europe) – 300 games
Sega Mark 3 & Master System (Japan) – 80 games
Sega Game Gear – 200 games
Sega Megadrive – 450 games
Sega 32 X – 19 games
Sega Mega CD – 115 games
Sega Saturn – 1,150 games
Sega Dreamcast – 550 games
PC Engine Hucard – 300 games
PC Engine Supergrafx – 6 games
PC Engine CD – 120 games
PC Engine Super CD – 300 games
PC Engine Arcade CD – 12 games
PC-FX – total games not stated
Pioneer Laseractive – total games not listed
If you visit the eBay page via the link below it lists every single game being offered for each system. In a lot of cases the titles are brand new and/or factory sealed. 500 of the Super Famicom games are new, all the Gamecube games are factory sealed, as are all the PC Engine games.
Does $1.2 million now sound cheap for this awesome collection? Well, if you can just about afford it just remember there’s shipping to pay, too. collector_king is located in France, and if you want the collection shipped to the US expect to pay around $1,200.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BIGGEST-COLLECTION-EVER-22-SEGA-NINTENDO-PC-ENGINE-FULLSETS-FACTORY-SEALED-/300736846867?pt=FR_Jeux_Vid%C3%A9o&hash=item4605501c13#ht_165718wt_1163