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Huge Console Auction Debuts
neura writes "In quite possibly the largest console auction ever, someone is selling just about every development kit and production game console ever made in Japan. They also have listed tons (almost literally) of software to go along with the systems. Anybody ever seen the original Super Famicom development system? The pictures alone are worth taking a gander. :)"
Let's get this out of the way:
1) This guy is the most dedicated console collector the world has ever seen!
2) This guy is the most fucked up collector the world has ever seen!
3) Imagine a Beowulf Cluster made out of them...
4) (Obligatory MS dig for the white Xbox at the end)
5) (Obligatory all you base belong to us joke)
6) Sure, but don't they support Ogg!
7) In Soviet Russia, the consoles buy you!
8) I have an Atari 2600, you insensitive clod!
9) Let's get this out of the way
10) ???
11) Not Profit!
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And just think... if only 3 people ever play it, it will have been the most successful 3DO game in the console's entire history!!!
HIGH BIDDER HAVE TO HELP FOR SHIPMENT & PAY ALL SHIPPING FEE, DUE TO ALL ITEMS MIGHT OVER 100KGs !!! HIGH BIDDER MAY HAVE TO PAY SOME THOUSAND US$ FOR SHIPMENT
:)
that's gonna be one hell of a shipping cost. it may be cheaper to rent a ship and go to hong kong to pick it up yourself
i guess if you are willing to pay 100k it may not be a big deal.
Marge, get me your address book, 4 beers, and my conversation hat.
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"..INTERNATIONAL BONK TO BANK TRANSFER.."
I wish my bank offered Bonking services - maybe I wouldn't moan about their monthly fees if they did.
A dream is good. A plan is better.
I'm sure we have a few of those somewhere around here.
There's no group of people (no matter how small) that isn't represented somehow on Slashdot.
"Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you."
Nice. Just a few more university japanese courses so I can read the development manuals, a couple (or 80) grand to hustle up before the auction ends, and my ultimate goal of porting Mary-Kate & Ashley: Magical Mystery Mall to every system ever made can be realized.
I'll gladly pay for it through my escrow account. ;)
For a collection that large, I'd spend $100K any day.
If I had that kind of money, I'd surely pay it - right around the time I begin putting the finishing touches on that full-scale trebuchet I've always wanted.
Imagine there'd be a geek with money. I know, that's very rare, but still... Wouldn't that said geek with money be interested to know there's another geek w/o money but with a ton of geek stuff waiting to be sold? There's your /. story.
/. for helping keeping the money in the family.
Thank you
Bitten Apples are still better than dirty Windows...
Hell at $100,000.00 US this is quite a bargain. ;)
I mean the Hello Kitty LE Dreamcast alone is worth it's weight in Gold. But with the N64 Pikachi-orange Limited Edition!?!?!?!?!
Ohhhhhh Man!
There's no group of people (no matter how small) that isn't represented somehow on Slashdot.
Something tells me the Amish are not represented here.
It's pretty obvious why he's selling all of that. He must be getting married and the bride-to-be said "you can either play with SEGA, or play with me, your choice"
Looks like SDK will be turning a profit this quarter...
Maybe he's discovered that a wife or serious girlfriend is quite expensive to maintain and has decided to sell off the heirloom investment in order to pay for wife's shopping habits (clothes, jewellery, etc)
:D
Thankfully, my dear sweet wife doesn't read SlashDot
-- The universe began. Life started on a billion worlds...
-- Except on one where stupidity was there first.
"Um, Dad... can I borrow $100,000?"
" WHAT?! "
"...plus shipping..."
This is the best Mary-Kate & Ashley ever! There are only stores you can play in.
1) Fash is a really fun store. You dress Mary-Kate & Ashley with lots of hairstyles, clothes, and shoes. Then, you go to the fashion show and take pictures of every outfit. If you got good pictures of each outfit, you win a gem!
2) Lizzie's Lunch is really easy. You serve people what they want on skates, but you have to do it quick before the customers get all mad and leave. If you get the right amount of money, you win a gem!
3) Just Say Snow is fun, but kind of hard. First you choose a board, then you choose an opponent. I would say you choose Bridget Winters, Jeff Rockett, and I think this girl named Cadjet Summers. They are really easy to beat. If you win 2 heats in each slope, you win a gem!
4) Music Nation was hard but I beat it anyway. You pick dance moves for your video. You can also choose the music, too. Then you record your video along with effects. You also have to submit your recording to the producer to win a gem.
5) Catch A Wave is fun! You have to get pictures of the two new lifeguards with you in it. Also,if you get a shot of the DJ, you get bonus points! There is a bonus boutique to unlock stuff or give you bonus stuff.
I like this game because of all the cool things you can do.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for sega."
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Sweet mother of god, he really does have a Pippin! Several of them! In fact, he probably owns every Pippin ever made, given that no one actually bought one.
For a collection that large, I'd spend $100K any day.
So would I. That's probably why we don't have it.
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The dude is selling this for $100,000 starting price. That's pretty insane. Unless you're a store wanting to resell this in a 3rd world country (even then, it'll be hard), you're not going to make your money back.
Maybe the guy just got married and his wife told him to get rid of all that electronics shit. So he comes up with a plan: auction it all off on ebay in one lump but with a huge starting bid. If no one buys it then he can go back to his wife and say no one would buy it. But if someone does bid on it, hey, $100000 is a pretty nice chunk of change.
So let's just get this straight - there is no such system as the "Sega Deramcast."
Perhaps he also intends to include a P-P-P-Powerbook with the lot.
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Considering that most of the stuff on this page is so obscure that most of us have never heard of it (Sega Teradrive? WTF?!) maybe there is a Deramcast!
May the Maths Be with you!
" But if someone does bid on it, hey, $100000 is a pretty nice chunk of change."
He has all this stuff and he found a wife? Are ya sure he's not trying to sell it so he can rent one?
"Derp de derp."
I don't know what a "BONK" is, must be some sort of Japanese institution.
;)
How appropriate, a Slashdotter not knowing what a "bonk" is. Last time I checked, bonking wasn't confined to Japan either, people do it all over the world
Does he have the Phantom?
I'll buy you right arm for $100,000. I'll pay for the amputation and shipping as well.
However, my bank account ($10,000,000,000,000+) is frozen and I need the arm of an American in order to make the magic potion that will get me back my money. I promise I will send you the the $100.000 as soon as I get your arm. I am a very honest Nigerian.
My name is Wan Dev Kit, son of Wong Dev Kit, Hong Kong's foremost exporter of video game systems and utilities. Following the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong, my father disappeared and his bank account has been frozen by the state. This has caused great hardship to my family who have been unable to access his account.
However, there exists a loophole in the law which allows foreign companies to remove existing stock from Hong Kong following the takeover. To this end I am seeking a discreet, reliable foreign partner to provide the sum of $100,000 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS U.S.) in transfer fees which will allow my father's company to operate outside Chinese control. In return, you will be richly rewarded by the Dev Kit Electronics Company.
THank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Wan Dev Kit
I'm sorry, but when you ask for that much money for ANYTHING, you can not make yourself look like a first grade jackass.
Especially when people like you are willing to do it for free.
http://xkcd.com/386/
best prom ever
I thought surely this dude would have one of these. Man I'm gonna die before I find one.