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Biggest Console System Collection on eBay

Cire writes "Someone named 'Mr. Soundtrack' is selling over 1300 games in one ebay auction. Included are more than 300 systems and a massive arsenal of gaming peripherals. The lot contains 23 Atari 2600s, 78 Nintendo NES's, 33 PlayStations, 60 SNES's, as well as some harder-to-find systems like the Bally Retrocade System, a Sega Nomad, and a couple 3DO systems."

289 comments

  1. More like Mr. Moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    What we have here is someone who appears to have spent most of his lifetime earnings on what is now electronic junk. P.T. Barnum winks from the grave. Another sucker, another sucker...

    1. Re:More like Mr. Moron by 'nother+poster · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No, what we have here is most likely a liquidated "used game" store.

    2. Re:More like Mr. Moron by PatreTempi · · Score: 1

      If I got that I would have no place to put it. And the dog would chew it up.

    3. Re:More like Mr. Moron by TopShelf · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Actually, this sounds like an interesting idea for a geek lounge. One could set this up near a college campus and probably do pretty good business...

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    4. Re:More like Mr. Moron by Dun+Malg · · Score: 1
      Actually, this sounds like an interesting idea for a geek lounge. One could set this up near a college campus and probably do pretty good business...

      How does such a business make money? College students can generally only afford free stuff.

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    5. Re:More like Mr. Moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      or it seems more likely that it's all 'hot'.

    6. Re:More like Mr. Moron by empaler · · Score: 1

      Yeah, because as we know, all crackheads go for the 1985 consoles. Um.

  2. And by GiveMeLinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    It all "fell off" the back of a truck.

    1. Re:And by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 5, Funny

      What - it fell of a truck from 1983, 1987, and 1994?

    2. Re:And by GiveMeLinux · · Score: 3, Funny

      It was a looong truck.

    3. Re:And by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I didn't know DeLorean made trucks...

    4. Re:And by Xilo · · Score: 1

      Naw, it was a train. ..That can fly.

      And obviously travel through time.

      I meant to write a screenplay around that idea.. I should get to that.

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    5. Re:And by empaler · · Score: 1

      Haha! Now that you have revealed your secret (screenplay) plot, I shall make a screenplay before you and sneer at you.

      Shit, I need to sleep.

  3. Expect this auction to go well over $30,00.... by One+of+the+abnormals · · Score: 1

    .. with the sheer volume and number of \.ers, how can't it?

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    1. Re:Expect this auction to go well over $30,00.... by sp00 · · Score: 1

      Expect it to go well over #30K, especially with people bidding it up for fun without any intention of paying...

    2. Re:Expect this auction to go well over $30,00.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The last time I checked, this was not backslashdot.

    3. Re:Expect this auction to go well over $30,00.... by Norgus · · Score: 1
      ...Or not.

      Im pretty certain I saw this collection some time ago on ebay. Does this mean it didn't sell the first time?

    4. Re:Expect this auction to go well over $30,00.... by smacktits · · Score: 1

      No, you didn't. I remember the collection you're talking about, and this is different.

    5. Re:Expect this auction to go well over $30,00.... by Norgus · · Score: 1
      That's pretty intersting, that some amasingly huge collection like that could come about twice.

      How do people manage to be so... obsessive?

    6. Re:Expect this auction to go well over $30,00.... by maxdamage · · Score: 1

      the guy is only accepting bids if you email him first.

  4. huh? by ilovelinux · · Score: 1, Troll

    300 systems?

    is the guy a millionaire, or did he rob the whole freakin' neighborhood?

    1. Re:huh? by aussie_a · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Ever given away your systems? No? Well I have. I've given away my Amiga to my mother's friend and my Master System to my grandparents. Both of them are now broken but I gave them away to people who would let irresponsible people use them. It's quite possible his entire neighbourhood gave away their systems to him. It's also possible he got a lot of them at garage sales, second-hand stores, dug through garbage bins and replaced the broken bits (if there were any), etc, etc. It's also possible the whole auction is a fake.

    2. Re:huh? by ilovelinux · · Score: 2, Funny

      I accept your reasoning, it seems quite sound. Now the next question is, if he obtained this uber-cool collection through legitimate means, WHY IS HE GETTING RID OF IT?!

      Poor sod must have gotten married.

    3. Re:huh? by BetterThanCaesar · · Score: 1

      is the guy a millionaire

      No, he was ...

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    4. Re:huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      must resist....don't do it.....aarrrrgggg

      Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of those?

    5. Re:huh? by aussie_a · · Score: 1

      Oh I love this. I bring up the POSSIBILITY the auction is fake and I'm a troll. I made a post on what I've done with old systems and how that may have helped him get this many systems. But because I say there's a possibility it's a fake auction I get marked a troll. I didn't even say it was likely. Sheeesh.

    6. Re:huh? by Txiasaeia · · Score: 1
      Not sure why you were modded troll, but here goes anyway: Fraudsters usually have one MO - offering big ticket items (digital cameras, notebook comps, etc.) for a lot less than retail, not a ton of lower-priced items in one lot. Such users usually bump up their record by selling lots of $0.01 items, like baseball cards or stamps or the like before they go for the big money.

      This seems a little too strange for a fraud. Too creative, you know? If somebody *really* wanted to defraud people, he'd sell each item separately (or in lots) all at the same time, so by the time all the cheques cleared he'd be long gone. By selling all these systems in one lot, he's probably not going to get as much as he would selling them individually. Note that this logic usually applies to newer items, and not 20 year old consoles, so YMMV ;)

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  5. Now if only... by dudemm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We could all find a way to post our ebay auctions on the front page of /.

    1. Re:Now if only... by miltimj · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I agree this is advertising, but I still certainly find it worthy of posting on /. Very cool auction -- Geek Quotient is high on this one.

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    2. Re:Now if only... by Mulletproof · · Score: 0

      Yeah, how much did they bribe you guys? I mean between this and personalized trouble shooting, we can cater to everybody's needs! Screw news, this puts the profit in ???!

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    3. Re:Now if only... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      While it's a nice idea, all that a slashdotting would do to an auction is render it useless.

      Any time I've seen an eBay auction link posted on a popular website the number of fake bids skyrockets.

  6. That's quite a number... by WarpFlyght · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And a few days after the auction is won, who wants to bet that 1300 hard-to-find ROMs for obscure game systems are going to appear on popular emulation sites?

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    1. Re:That's quite a number... by GeorgeMcBay · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'll take that bet.

      I know that if I shelled out big bucks for a giant game collection, the furthest thing from my mind would be to give them out to everyone for free. I guess I'm selfish like that.

    2. Re:That's quite a number... by Saeger · · Score: 3, Insightful
      1st- most of those abandonware games have probably already been ripped to ROMimage and emulated (so they haven't been lost to history because of IP hoarding).

      2nd- yeah, I guess you are selfish like that, but fortunately many aren't. You think the chicks will see you lording your *exclusive* pile of cartridges over the bit-poor, and recognize you as a success for the awesome POWER you can leverage with said stash, and then they'll scream to have your baby? :)

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    3. Re:That's quite a number... by glowimperial · · Score: 1

      One can only hope...

    4. Re:That's quite a number... by Mulletproof · · Score: 1

      I'll take that bet. After buying $6627+ worth of games and hardware, I just don't see it happening. I know the first thing I would be doing is parting it off and reselling it back on ebay. That's assuming I wanted to spend all the time it would take to sell it all off.

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    5. Re:That's quite a number... by cjpez · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'll take that bet too. If you look closely, there's less than ten actual games being bundled in with the deal. It's all game systems and accessories.

    6. Re:That's quite a number... by Analog+Penguin · · Score: 1

      He has a list of games being sold. Since there are over 1300 pieces, and 300 of those are systems, presumably there are a lot of games as well.

    7. Re:That's quite a number... by cjpez · · Score: 1

      Er, except that there aren't. here's an image linked to from the auction page.

    8. Re:That's quite a number... by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      If you had the money to buy all this shit, don't you think you'd have something better to do than trying to get 1,300 console games somehow imaged and uploaded?

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  7. So that will be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    $25.00 for the lot then?

  8. shipping cost?!?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    There are a total of 21 boxes to be shipped. All are double walled except the smallest one. The boxes weigh on average of 69 lbs.

    1. Re:shipping cost?!?!?! by mwilli · · Score: 1

      I made a rough calculation through the US Postal Service. Via Parcel Post, the cheapest way to ship a package, it will cost about $450. The only problem being that they don't accept packages over 70 pounds. This being said, it will probably have to be shipped through FedEx, UPS, or some other service like that and will cost much more.

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    2. Re:shipping cost?!?!?! by ZB+Mowrey · · Score: 3, Informative

      Actually, shipping is part of my job. The best way to ship it would be on a pallet, on an LTL carrier. Second best would be UPS - find a business using them already, and you could take advantage of the Hundredweight program to get LTL-like prices. Probably around $225-250 cross-country. ;)

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    3. Re:shipping cost?!?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Seriously, would the winning bidder be concerned about how much the shipping cost? At 30K for the lot, 300 bucks shipping doesn't seem like that much. Isn't that 1% of the total cost? You'd be lucky to get such a deal

  9. Hmm a la carte would have been more profitable by PrvtBurrito · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Selling them individually or in smaller lots, I bet will be more profitable. BUT, getting it listed on slashdot may just pull it out in the end.

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    1. Re:Hmm a la carte would have been more profitable by whovian · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Selling them individually or in smaller lots, I bet will be more profitable. BUT, getting it listed on slashdot may just pull it out in the end.
      Two words: Resale value.

      No doubt, though, that parting out would be a PITA wrt shipping.

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  10. shipping? by Coneasfast · · Score: 1

    too many items . i feel one heck of a shipping cost.

    although it may be cheaper to drive there and pick up yourself, if you live not too far from NC.

    well, i wouldn't worry about that, should be only a fraction of the bid, currently at $5100

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    1. Re:shipping? by generic-man · · Score: 1

      If only that image were higher-resolution, it'd be my new desktop background.

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    2. Re:shipping? by KilobyteKnight · · Score: 2, Interesting
      well, i wouldn't worry about that, should be only a fraction of the bid, currently at $5100


      Only took 20 minutes to go up another $623.68. That sort of thing usually only happens in the last minute or two. The Slashdot effect may have an entirely new result in this case.

      Anyone wanna make a guess as to the final selling price?

      I guess $10,001.03.
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    3. Re:shipping? by micromoog · · Score: 5, Funny

      I dare you to go ahead and bid 10,001.02.

    4. Re:shipping? by KilobyteKnight · · Score: 1
      I dare you to go ahead and bid 10,001.02.


      If I had it to spend, I would. :)

      However, with a final bid of $11,500 I would have lost :(
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  11. Jesus Christ. by Tuxedo+Jack · · Score: 2, Funny

    Really, you'd think that a collection like this could be dissected, then placed into one giant cabinet for people to play with.

    However, it's interesting that he's selling all these at once. What the heck, though, is someone going to do with 78 NES decks? Play Zelda on 78 different TVs?

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    1. Re:Jesus Christ. by Nos. · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Simple, relist them on ebay individually or in small bundles (say an NES system, a few games, a few accessories). I bet you could double your money easily in a week or two.

    2. Re:Jesus Christ. by rabel · · Score: 1

      The winner will sell it piecemeal on eBay, of course!

    3. Re:Jesus Christ. by aussie_a · · Score: 1

      I'd keep 10 for myself, offer to give away the rest to anyone I know and then sell the rest. 10 for when they break (and with electronics it IS only a matter of time). I'd do that with every single system (on ebay with the option to sell lots of items for a fixed price). That way I'd get very close to making back all my money.

    4. Re:Jesus Christ. by taviso · · Score: 5, Funny

      What the heck, though, is someone going to do with 78 NES decks?

      Beowulf cluster.

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    5. Re:Jesus Christ. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "What the heck, though, is someone going to do with 78 NES decks?"

      It's so that you have something to use with the 90 RF NES Adapters...

    6. Re:Jesus Christ. by Smidge204 · · Score: 1

      Contiki !

      =Smidge=

  12. ohh my by Brigadier · · Score: 2, Insightful



    I dont know about you but if I had 5g's I would buy all that stuff just to relive my child hood. Thats all the stuff I grew up drooling over and never got. I woudl be the envy of all my friends. I'm being serious when I say this.

    1. Re:ohh my by texas · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Don't. Really. My friends and I bought a bunch of Sega Genesis games and a system a while back. It brought back good memories, and was fun for a few hours. But it was barely worth the $25 we spent on everything (if you figure entertaining 3 people for a few hours would cost at least that doing something else, like going to the movies).

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    2. Re:ohh my by wayne606 · · Score: 1

      That's what I thought when I bought an Atari 2600 a while ago. I played Combat, gunfight, that D&D game, and a few others a bit and realized that while they were great at the time, they are way too primitive to enjoy 25 years later ...

    3. Re:ohh my by burns210 · · Score: 1

      you drooled over 78 Nintendo's, and would buy them all, simultaneously, given the chance?

      Buy one for 20 bucks. Play it for a month, get bored, sell.

      Rinse, repeat.

  13. Not as bad as this guy by rebeka+thomas · · Score: 2, Interesting

    All that stuff for $5k looks like a good deal to me if you were into the stuff.

    Not as bad as this moron expecting $12,000US for an early mac...

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    1. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Um....that's an Apple 1.....perhaps you've heard of it?

    2. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's not a Mac, my friend, that is a piece of history, an Apple I. I would have to have won the lottery to be willing to pay that much money. But had I won the lottery.... that would be so cool to have.

    3. Re:Not as bad as this guy by }InFuZeD{ · · Score: 2, Insightful

      That's not an "early mac", it's the FIRST mac. It's not just a random 386 that you can pick up at a yard sale.

      A true collector would easily pay $12k if that's the real thing. Who wouldn't want a piece of personal computer history?

    4. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Timesprout · · Score: 2, Funny

      He's a bigger moron than you think. He paid 30K US for it.

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    5. Re:Not as bad as this guy by wankledot · · Score: 1, Redundant

      Apple I computers typically sell for more than $12k. It's not "an early Mac", it's an Apple I.

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    6. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > That's not an "early mac", it's the FIRST mac

      that machine in the photos is most certainly not a mac.

    7. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Scum+Puppy · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Early mac? That's an Apple 1 system! You know, the precursor to the Apple 2 systems sold at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto. I'm not surprised someone would value it so high; they were hand-made by Jobs and Wozniak so there aren't many of them in existance... and less that work.

      And no, I'm not an Apple zealot, but this really is an interesting item for auction if you ask me.

    8. Re:Not as bad as this guy by }InFuZeD{ · · Score: 1

      sorry... *Apple*, not Mac :)

    9. Re:Not as bad as this guy by emc · · Score: 1

      It's neither the 'first' nor a mac.

      It's an Apple-1
      It is the first model of Apple computer ever sold...

      It is not a Mac.

    10. Re:Not as bad as this guy by angle_slam · · Score: 1

      A Fry's Electronics in Silicon Valley has one of those Apple Is on display. I don't think it's for sale though.

    11. Re:Not as bad as this guy by drteknikal · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Let's see. An early Mac would be a Mac+ or even a MacSE, but definitely an all-in-one. You could call a Lisa an early Mac, but it's a Lisa. This is an Apple I. Not even vaguely related to a Mac, other than it came from the same company.

      This is the first production model that Apple sold, and those were hand-assembled in Woz' garage. The "moron" is likely to get more than his asking price -- these are not only pieces of history, they're legitimate museum pieces.

      Who's the moron -- the one who owns a piece of history and understands its value, or the one who does neither?

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    12. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Thud457 · · Score: 1

      WTF, Jobs used to give away schematics at the homebrew clubL You could make your own for much less than that!!!

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    13. Re:Not as bad as this guy by UserGoogol · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Most of the charm of an Apple I probably comes from the warm fuzzies of having something of which only 30-50 exist. When you make your own, that kind of defeats the purpose. Seems kind of a silly thing to care about though.

      There are people who have made Apple I replicas, although for practical reasons they don't use the same exact chips, which probably lowers the "warm fuzzies" even more.

      And to be a stickler, Woz was the one giving them out. Besides the fact that he was the one who actually designed the thing, Jobs doesn't seem like the kind of guy to give out schematics.

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    14. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow, let's see: your post is brimming with undue verbal violence and displays great ignorance of technology and its history. Figures you got a chick name.

    15. Re:Not as bad as this guy by SiO2 · · Score: 1

      As others have pointed out, this is an Apple I and not a Mac. Fine, mod me Redundant. Either that, or mod me Anal, er, Attentive to Detail.

      I'm more curious to know who endorsed the check in order to cash it. Was it Jobs or Woz? Details, people. I find it odd that the seller neglected to included this tasty bit of information.

      SiO2

    16. Re:Not as bad as this guy by soft_guy · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It's an Apple I, not a Mac. The Apple I was not mass produced - they were created in Steve Job's parents garage pretty much by hand. And yes, it's worth more than $12,000 (assuming it is the real thing).

      The Mac, on the other hand, was always mass produced and was created after Apple was already a successful and publicly traded company.

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    17. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Tongo · · Score: 1

      The seller said that it was endorsed by "Apple Computer Company".

    18. Re:Not as bad as this guy by bob+beta · · Score: 1

      The moron is the person who would not realize an early Mac would be a 128K machine. Even more of a moron would be somebody who doesn't know the difference between an Apple I and any Mac.

    19. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Bastian · · Score: 1

      It's not even a Mac. It's an Apple-1. This is several years before anyone even thought of the Lisa, let alone the Mac.

    20. Re:Not as bad as this guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Collectibles are supposed to go up in value, not down.

    21. Re:Not as bad as this guy by robslimo · · Score: 1

      Funny thing about that replica you mentioned. The guy says he spent a lot of time 'un-implementing' features of the newer components he used in order to be certain it functions just like the original.

      I think he went about it all wrong. He could have pretty much coded the whole thing in an FPGA... a (nearly) single-chip solution.

      Maybe the people who might be interested in a replica would rather see a big board full of chips, though.

  14. But does it include... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    E.T.!?

    1. Re:But does it include... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes, all 200 copies ever sold.

  15. It's inevitable. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Some slashdotter will drive the price up.

  16. Parallel Gaming by Iamthewalrus · · Score: 5, Funny

    78 Nintendo NES

    Sweet! I can finally play all my copies of Duck Hunt simultaneously!

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    1. Re:Parallel Gaming by nsillik · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, even better, remember the Olympics game for NES? Imagine 78 (or maybe 154 if playing 2player) people stomping on those damn pads all at the same time.

    2. Re:Parallel Gaming by tepples · · Score: 1

      Would it be any different from a DDR tournament?

    3. Re:Parallel Gaming by nsillik · · Score: 1

      I imagine it would be much the same, and probably equally annoying.

      Probably less so though. No bad techno music.

    4. Re:Parallel Gaming by canfirman · · Score: 1

      Could you imagine taking all the consoles and creating a beowulf cluster? THAT would make things more interesting.

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    5. Re:Parallel Gaming by SilentChris · · Score: 1

      And the odds are surely one of them will work without blowing on the cartridge.

    6. Re:Parallel Gaming by burns210 · · Score: 1

      with a wire cutter, some soddering, a NES gun and a lot of cabling, along with a very, very bright white light...

      You could simultaneously set the highest record for Duck Hunt on a distributed NEW (cluster?).... The girlws would SWOON!

    7. Re:Parallel Gaming by Bastian · · Score: 1

      one at a time, those 78 NES would go for $200 apiece if all of them are in good condition.

      Methinks the person who wins this would do well to keep one or two of each system, and then turn around and sell the rest to make a fat profit.

    8. Re:Parallel Gaming by Xilo · · Score: 1

      This makes me wonder.. might there be a game resembling DDR for NES? If not.. how much do those cartridges hold and would it be feasible to create one? *ponders*

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    9. Re:Parallel Gaming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      200 bucks for an NES?!?!?

    10. Re:Parallel Gaming by Bastian · · Score: 1

      That's what I see refurbished ones (i.e., the cartridge slot has to be in working order) going for around here.

      It has a huge library of games that are still relatively popular. It has been out of production for a very long time. It has massive nostalgia value. And with that spring-loaded cartridge mechanism, it's not exaclty built to last.

      Supply and demand.

    11. Re:Parallel Gaming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      nope, just sweet sweet 8-bit MIDI love, baby.

  17. brilliant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    What a brilliant marketing scheme-post links to your eBay auctions on slashdots to drive up the price. Does slashdot need to add a Spam section for these articles?

  18. This just screams......... by ARRRLovin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "I used to own a used video game store, but recently we went out of business because we sold all of our good games."

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    1. Re:This just screams......... by conteXXt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Cousin Randy? Is that you?

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    2. Re:This just screams......... by captfi · · Score: 5, Funny

      This just screams..... "It's the toys or the pussy! u pick."

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    3. Re:This just screams......... by dave_mcmillen · · Score: 5, Funny

      "I used to own a used video game store, but recently we went out of business because we sold all of our good games."

      Hmm, that would make sense. I love this comment in his auction listing: "... game systems aren't my specialty..."

      Aren't his specialty?! Sweet tap-dancing Buddha, this is supposed to be just a minor sideline? What's his real interest? Does he have four hundred thousand RC cars out back, or what?

    4. Re:This just screams......... by jandrese · · Score: 1

      He's probably some reseller that got this lot by mistake somewhere. Or it "fell off of the back of the truck".

      Still, it seems like a professional reseller would break up the lots and sell them individually for a lot more money.

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    5. Re:This just screams......... by LoverOfJoy · · Score: 1

      Looking at his other auctions, it looks like his specialty is video game soundtracks.

    6. Re:This just screams......... by identity0 · · Score: 1

      Nah, I know a guy who has about half that many games and systems (including lots of imports and rare systems), and he never owned a game store, though he did work at one once. It doesn't take that much money to do, it's just that most people don't have the interest or time to track down so many games, especially imports.

    7. Re:This just screams......... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      What's his real interest? Does he have four hundred thousand RC cars out back, or what?

      No, but he does have four hundred thousand cartridges of R.C. Pro-Am.

    8. Re:This just screams......... by zaffir · · Score: 1

      Tons of game consoles... exponentially more RC cars... Sounds like my house.

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    9. Re:This just screams......... by jon_c · · Score: 1

      yeah I thought the exact same thing, either he owned a store this was all bought as one mystery lot from an auction.

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  19. Such Irresposibility by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    When will /. editors learn not to directly link to sites in the articals? With so many ways to mirror pages available, why must they do this? Just because of one man's neglect, some startup called 'eBay' is going to have to deal with a dead server...

    1. Re:Such Irresposibility by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 1

      (not responding to the obvious troll, but to the subject)

      I always wonder how Slashdot never gets Slashdotted...550 Service Not Available

      Oh.

    2. Re:Such Irresposibility by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When will people learn that "article" is not spelled "artical"? With so many ways to check your spelling, why must they do this? Just because of one man's neglect, I feel like icepicks have been shoved deep into my eyeballs.

    3. Re:Such Irresposibility by v_1matst · · Score: 1

      ummmmm.... when will people get a sense of humor?

      One man's funny is another man's troll I guess...

  20. This is Bigger by Microlith · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Check this out.

    Huge auctions like these are futile, rarely would anyone ever put up that much money all at once for a gigantic collection.

    Parting these things out into sets would probably work better (and hell, I'd go after a few if I could.)

    1. Re:This is Bigger by dynamo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Uh, it may be a longer list, but it's almost all games, and the guy set the reserve price at $70,000. I don't think there will be a bid there, thus, no transaction, thus no one is gonna care.

    2. Re:This is Bigger by mythosaz · · Score: 1

      If you're not interested in parting out your large collection for a potentially higher return, then perhaps someone ELSE is. Perhaps your intended audience is 'owners of retro-gaming stores' or 'resellers.'

      It takes a larger investment on your part (time) to part out a large collection of nearly anything. Time is something the seller might not have; and the buyer might have in spades.

    3. Re:This is Bigger by dynamo · · Score: 1

      While what you are saying is true, I don't think we'll ever see an ebay auction with a reserve price of $70 grand get a legitimate bid unless they are bidding on $80 grand in cash.

    4. Re:This is Bigger by ProtoCat · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I've been a hardware and software collector for as a hobby for a long time. That original link is just some putz who is liquidating their store assetts. I've seen someone collect over 1,500 Mario Bros/Duck Hunt carts.

      This guy we have here.. He knows what to collect and does it good. The odds and ends section alone are just are all rare and obscure, as if casually dismissed (Gee, only the rarest titles for some platforms very few have heard about outside of Japan -- and the only rare game for the Game.com!). It really would take a lifetime to get this sort of collection and it almost pains me to see such a beautiful assortment like this go up on eBay.

      I think $70,00 is a fair price. I have trouble assessing the worth of some of it just due to how ungodly difficult it is to obtain, even if the price isn't that considerable.

      To give you an example? Galactic Policewoman Legend Sapphire for PC Engine? Only about 300 copies of that game exist. Then the autographed games... Including a Nocturne in the Moonlight. Christ.

      I'm far more impressed by this guy than the Slashvertisement in the article. I really hope this guy finds his collection a good home.

    5. Re:This is Bigger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      and the only rare game for the Game.com!

      I assume this is a joke? There are no rare game.com games, and certainly not RE2, which you'll get with any game.com bundle on eBay.

    6. Re:This is Bigger by Pfhor · · Score: 1

      He has a BanDai PIPPIN!

      Do you know how rare that is?

      It's apple excursion into a settop entertainment system.. back in 96. A horrible endevour, so they had Bandai carry the name for them.

      Part of the reason apple is having some slow goings doing it again.

    7. Re:This is Bigger by Dun+Malg · · Score: 3, Insightful
      Huge auctions like these are futile, rarely would anyone ever put up that much money all at once for a gigantic collection.

      They're only futile if you have an absurd starting bid like $70,000. If you start the bid at something reasonable, you'll sell it no problem. People who set high start prices don't understand ebay. It doesn't matter if that "ULTIMATE JAPANCENTRIC VIDEO GAME COLLECTION" is worth the $70K; no one is going to START their bid at that. People shop ebay mostly just for the chance getting a deal. Say, for example, that you're selling an item you know is worth about $50. Do you start it at $50? No, because no one will bid on it! You need to suck them into it by starting it at $1. Yes, ONE DOLLAR. If it really is worth $50, someone will bid on it in hopes of getting it for LESS than $50. Then, all it takes is ONE MORE PERSON to bid against them. What's even better is that people get caught up in the excitement and will usually bid MORE than it's worth just so they'll WIN. That same item that wouldn't have sold at a start of $50 will often go for $60 or more.

      Now, with a huge collection that you think is worth $70K, starting it at $1 isn't going to work because the pool of potential buyers that can pony up that kind of dough is too small. Oversized collections like that ought to be broken into at least a dozen smaller auctions; get 'em under $10K value. The real sweet spot is probably $3K or so, but the stuff has to be actually appear to be WORTH that. I doubt the "ULTIMATE JAPANCENTRIC VIDEO GAME COLLECTION" is going to bring in $70K; maybe if he sold in blocks of less than 20 games at a time, but all at once? I doubt it.

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    8. Re:This is Bigger by scrain · · Score: 1

      I actually submitted this other auction with a similar title early this morning... Guess my timing was bad. The Games editor was probably still asleep and someone else dunked mine. =) Ah well. =)

    9. Re:This is Bigger by solive1 · · Score: 1

      There was once an auction on eBay much bigger than this one. It included development kits for many systems, including NES, SNES, Genesis, Dreamcast, PS1 and PS2, and was full of good games and other peripherals. I forget how much it went for, but it was ridiculously expensive. The auction no longer exists as far as I know.

    10. Re:This is Bigger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      As a European I also think that 70,00 US Dollars is a fair price for the pile.

    11. Re:This is Bigger by dfj225 · · Score: 1

      Yea, I would have bid on it...but he was missing the N-Gauge so I'm gonna pass.

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    12. Re:This is Bigger by ricotest · · Score: 1

      The bid featured in the article started at $0.01.

    13. Re:This is Bigger by Dun+Malg · · Score: 1
      The bid featured in the article started at $0.01.

      Heh. Yep. That's why his auction is getting bid on, and Mr. "ULTIMATE JAPANCENTRIC VIDEO GAME COLLECTION" is still waiting for that one guy with $70K to burn.

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  21. Please by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Informative

    3DO and Nomad "hard to find"? A 3DO will run you no more than 50 bucks (you're getting ripped off at 50 too), and Nomad's are all over the place.

    A few weeks ago another dude had a collection of truly rare stuff, like Hi-Saturns, PC-FX's, tons of different "special edition" consoles, 1000s of games, and a dev kit for pretty much every console there is.

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    1. Re:Please by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Informative

      Hell, this guy has a lot of stuff, but nothing remotely rare.
      He's definately not a collector. No NeoGeo, no Pippin, no Playdia, no PCFX, no SuperGrafx -- Hell, no TurboGrafx! No colecovision, Odyssey II..

      What kind of a "console collection" without TurboGrafx, ColecoVision, Atari 7200..

      All mainstream consoles and games. Like another poster said, this screams "my video game store went out of business".

      So is the guy a friend of "Zonk", or did he pay to have his eBay auction advertised on slashdot?

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    2. Re:Please by StocDred · · Score: 1

      Mmmmm. The Odyssey II. What do we have to do to get Jakks to do a TV Games version of a bunch of those games. K.C. Munchkin! Pick Axe Pete! Monkeyshines! Killer Bees! Wow.

    3. Re:Please by soft_guy · · Score: 2, Informative

      Atari 7200..

      Is that like an Atari 7800 with the crappy controller from the Atari 5200?

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    4. Re:Please by Frizzle+Fry · · Score: 4, Funny

      What kind of a "console collection" without TurboGrafx, ColecoVision, Atari 7200..

      Only on Slashdot could someone look at at auction like this and conclude that the guy isn't selling enough hardware.
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    5. Re:Please by Solra+Bizna · · Score: 1

      no Pippin,

      That means no Super Marathon, either. Yeesh.
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  22. OK- by thewldisntenuff · · Score: 1

    How many video game stores did you knock off for these, eh? Beat up any little kids for consoles lately?

    What a hell of a collection....

    -thewldisntenuff

  23. Impressive by excaliber19 · · Score: 1

    That is an impressive amount of stuff he's got there. Figure he was working somewhere and got surplus? Or just a enthusiast (understatement to the nth degree)

  24. It looks like by Enrico+Pulatzo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    someone's used game store went under.

    This auction is for those who want to give it their shot.

  25. you have to wonder... by lawngnome · · Score: 1

    you have to wonder what made him give up any gamers dream collection, a new wife perhaps?

    1. Re:you have to wonder... by Stevyn · · Score: 1

      You also have to wonder why this is front page news? This is a business sale. Do we jump up when Sony sells a collection of 10,000 Playstation 2's to Walmart?

    2. Re:you have to wonder... by furchin · · Score: 1

      No, but if they sold 5,000 nintendos to walmart, we would.

  26. Going out of Business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Michael Jackson going out of business sale?

  27. museum by AssProphet · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Does anyone know if museums are archiving any of these pecies of our geek history?

    1. Re:museum by k4_pacific · · Score: 1

      No, but most of us have a bunch of this junk stashed away somewhere. Wouldn't be too hard to find for the foreseable future.

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    2. Re:museum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      actually yes. When I was at E3 this year I talked for a while with one of the representitives of some classic gaming museum type place. I can't remember the name, but they exist and had brought a bunch of old systems for display.

    3. Re:museum by dv8ed · · Score: 1

      There are a few places that collect and display these sorts of systems. The major problem is with hardware failure. Eventually, even if you buy a thousand NESs, they're all going to fail. A lot of work is currently going into figuring out exactly how to best emulate the games once the hardware and original carts/CDs/DVDs/etc. fail. It's not just a matter of downloading an emulator (although that's a strategy that's being used) but also making sure whatever emulator you use is as close to the original system as possible in terms of the experience of playing the game.
      There was recently a conference and exhibition on this and related technology preservation issues at the Guggenheim

    4. Re:museum by jackrd · · Score: 1

      There are some efforts, though most of them seem to be "virtual" and/or consist mainly of private collections. The one exception that I could find is Videotopia, a sort of traveling arcade museum.

      There used to be a National coin-op and video game museum but it's closed now.

      There's quite a few virtual museums that I'm not too familiar with; google directory has a comprehensive list.

      I think this would be a really cool idea, personally. If you set up a decent amount of older systems (that were still in good condition) and allowed people to play for free (after admission) you could probably pull in quite a decent number of people. I know I'd go to an arcade with a flat-rate admission price and cool old games even without the museum part. And if you could trick people into learning something while they're there, all the better.

  28. Hell hath no fury by MrWinkey · · Score: 2, Interesting

    like a woman's scorn for Sega."

    I would bet it's a small trade a game type shop or well....his wife/gf wants him to get a real job?

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  29. any potential serial killer in charllote NC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Because here is your man, only somebody with a high mental dissorder puts so much order and neat to huge pile of dump, I don't know who is crazier the guy selling or the wacko willing to pay $5000 for worthless items. /. has gone the way of the screen savers everytime increasing the load of worthless info.....

    1. Re:any potential serial killer in charllote NC? by aussie_a · · Score: 1

      There are 78 NES's. Let's say everything goes for $10 and he keeps 2 of everything. Selling only the systems he'll be able to sell them for $2850, he'll make over half his money back (if it stays under $6000). And I don't think he plans on selling everything for $10.

  30. Average storefront sale, nothing more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    this really is only an average collection in the videogame collecting world, especially with multiple units of the same type. 60 snes machines, 78 ataris etc would be for nothing other than resale. looks only like a wholesale lot not a collectors lot.

    these types of storefront sales are on ebay all of the time, when some small store is packing up shop its the way to go

    to see some real collections check out www.digitpress.com and visit the gameroom pics section. these guys have thousands of DIFFERENT games, not 1300 copies of Super mario/Duck Hunt

  31. An essay on Biggest Console System Collection by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    An essay on Biggest Console System Collection

    In this essay I will consider the social, economic and political factors of Biggest Console System Collection. In depth analysis of Biggest Console System Collection can be an enriching experience. Remarkably Biggest Console System Collection is heralded by shopkeepers and investment bankers alike, leading many to state that Biggest Console System Collection is not given the credit if deserves for inspiring many of the worlds famous painters. It is an unfortunate consequence of our civilizations history that Biggest Console System Collection is rarely given rational consideration by the aristocracy, many of whom blame the influence of television. Relax, sit back and gasp as I display the rich tapestries of Biggest Console System Collection.

    Social Factors

    Society begins and ends with Biggest Console System Collection. When J H Darcy said 'fevour will spread' [1] she shead new light on Biggest Console System Collection, allowing man to take it by the hand and understand its momentum. No symbol is more potent than Biggest Console System Collection in society today. It smells of success.

    Of paramount importance to any study of Biggest Console System Collection within its context, is understanding the ideals of society. It grows stonger every day.

    Economic Factors

    Economics has been defined as 'I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine.' To my learned ear that sounds like two people with itchy backs. Of course, Biggest Console System Collection fits perfectly into the Maiden-Tuesday-Lending model, as is standard in this case. Transport
    Costs

    Biggest Console System Collection

    There are a number of reasons which may be attributed to this unquestionable correlation. Seemingly transport costs is in financial terms 'holding hands with Biggest Console System Collection.' Perhaps to coin a phrase Biggest Console System Collectioneconomics will be the buzz word of the century

    Political Factors

    The media have made politics quite a spectacle. Comparing current political thought with that held just ten years ago is like comparing 0

    We cannot talk of Biggest Console System Collection and politics without remembering the words of that most brilliant mind Maximilian Rock 'consciousness complicates a myriad of progressions.' [2] This quotation leads me to suspect that he was not unaccustomed to Biggest Console System Collection. It speaks volumes. If our political system can be seen as a cake, then Biggest Console System Collection makes a good case for being the icing.

    The question which we must each ask ourselves is, will we allow Biggest Console System Collection to win our vote?

    Conclusion

    We can conclude that the Biggest Console System Collection plays a large part in the lives of all. It replenishes the self, ensures financial stability and always chips in.

    What a great essay. Finally a word from super-star Demi Schwarzenegger: 'I wouldn't be where I am today without Biggest Console System Collection.' [3]

    [1] J H Darcy - The Spaniard - 1988 - PPT

    [2] Rock - Roll It Up - 1977 - F. Lower Publishing

    [3] Smashing Hits - Issue 224 - Jazz Media

    1. Re:An essay on Biggest Console System Collection by default+luser · · Score: 2, Funny

      "A Well Thought-Out Englilsh Paper"
      by: Kyle "The Yellow Dart" Smith

      Since maybe like the Middle Ages, there have been many differing opinions about hustle and bustle. This cannot be denied. It is my intention to sit down and play video games for several hours.

      First, moving around quickly, and with purpose, is a true sign of character. Secondarily, bustle(e.g. hustle) yields more product for the working types. "Hustle and bustle are like my right and left arms," said Li'l Spicy in his famous "Hustle and Bustle Are Like My Right and Left Arms" speech. Webster's defines bustle as "excited and often noisy activity; a stir." A stir, indeed. Finally, sometimes gross stuff can be funny.

      In conclusion, I, "The Yellow Dart," think I have done a great job illustrating the many differing opinions about hustle and bustle, may they both rest in peace. Also, I think Strong Bad should decrease The Cheat's allowance.

      Thanks much to Strong Bad for this crapfully crappy piece of literature.

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  32. Gamestop by Iscariot_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's probably doing this because Gamestop offered him $50 for it all :)

    1. Re:Gamestop by N0decam · · Score: 2, Funny

      $50 store credit, no less.

  33. Shipping! by excaliber19 · · Score: 1
    I *cringe* to think of the cost of shipping all that. He's got 21 boxes, each about 69 pounds. Thats 1449 pounds for you non-math wizards (and 658.6 Kilograms for the rest of the international community).

    Think of all the bubbles you can pop after unpacking the bubblewrap!

  34. One Major Omission by VonGuard · · Score: 1

    No Neo Geo? Unconsionable! The most collectable of all consoles, and it's not here.

    Also missing: Apple Pipin.

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  35. 120$ Atari 2600 by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 1

    Sorry, its funny, because it was my only gaming system for a while, but times have changed, I can't see how it still commands a dollar value above 10$. Maybe its becoming a collectors item?
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    1. Re:120$ Atari 2600 by stratjakt · · Score: 3, Insightful

      No, it's not. Maybe some of the really old models, remember with the fake 70s wood veneer, fetch an extra couple of bucks, but 2600s aren't worth crap.

      Atari produced them from like 1978 till 1992, or something ridiculous like that. There are literally more Atari 2600s out there than any other home console.

      Video game collecting isn't something you do for financial rewards. I can list on one hand games that have increased in value due to rarity (Panzer Dragoon Saga for Saturn, or Dracula X for PCE/TG16), but those are extreme cases where the publisher screwed up and didnt make enough copies of an excellent game. Usually they flood the market with copies, and there's rarely a scarcity.

      You buy a game 50 bucks new, and in 10 years, it'll be worth 50 cents. That's just the way it is. People like me collect the shit because we like video games.

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    2. Re:120$ Atari 2600 by prockcore · · Score: 1


      You buy a game 50 bucks new, and in 10 years, it'll be worth 50 cents. That's just the way it is. People like me collect the shit because we like video games.


      Not always true though.. True for 99.99% of all video games, but some go for decent amounts of money. Chrono trigger is still pricy in used game stores (going for $60-$100)

      I picked up Gauntlet Dark Legacy for the gamecube for $15 brand new about 2 years ago. 6 months later the going rate was $60 used. It has died down a bit since, but I can easily sell this game for $30-$40.

  36. And in other news... by dasMeanYogurt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mr. Soundtrack got married last week.

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  37. Re:I have to say it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This has to be the first time this joke has been funny.

    I imagine such a cluster would become something like Cartman's trapper keeper did in that South Park episide which made fun of Akira.

  38. Now *THIS* by BashDot · · Score: 1

    Is *TRUELY* News for Nerds. My god, so much stuff. How did he amass it all?

  39. Damn by jayhawk88 · · Score: 1

    This guy must be an EB veteren or something, getting "5-finger" discounts for the past 20 years. Who the hell acquires 78 NES's?

  40. Summary incorrect by PrvtBurrito · · Score: 1

    I believe the summary is incorrect. He is not selling over 1300 games, it looks like there are only a few games he is selling over 1300 *items*, mostly consoles and controllers and such.

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  41. You people are horrible by aussie_a · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I saw this 15 hours ago and I thought "oh that'd make a good article on slashdot" then I realised it would go for triple it's $3,000 price tag so I figured I'd let the person win it first before slashdotting it. But no, now it's going to go up a very large amount. I bet it was someone who was only willing to pay $2,000 for it that slashdotted it.

    You evil, evil people.

    1. Re:You people are horrible by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually, we are doing a kind favor, for the seller. Why does the buyer deserve the free ride?

    2. Re:You people are horrible by bogie · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fuck em. Half the time I try to ebay and am actually willing to spend cash up front via "buy now" some moron puts up a $1 bid on a 4 day auction just so "buy now" won't work.

      btw your theory about a jealous "$2000.00" bidder is pretty unlikely. The price has only gone up $300 since the /. posting and there is no indication that /. has had any effect on the auction.

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    3. Re:You people are horrible by aussie_a · · Score: 2, Informative

      First of all, it was an attempt at funny. Second of all, just because slashdot didn't effect the bid doesn't mean the submitter didn't want it too ;) But again, I wasn't serious. Someone probably saw it and thought "oh that'd be an interesting story"

  42. I can imagine the wife ... by dudle · · Score: 1

    "Honey! When are you going to get rid of that old junk in the garage?!?! All it does is collect dust."

    And the guy comes back with a nice paypal receipt from Ebay. So if you are like this poor man, having your marriage ruined by excessive video games, Ebay is the solution!

    Think of it, it's cheaper than a family lawyer and you can do it all from your computer at home.

    Amazing ...

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    1. Re:I can imagine the wife ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And the guy comes back with a nice paypal receipt from Ebay. So if you are like this poor man, having your marriage ruined by excessive video games, Ebay is the solution!

      What do you think he's going to get a motorcycle out of it or something? His wife will be saying, "hey, honey, now we can get that new kitchen I've been dreaming of!"

  43. FBI took the hard drives of IMC servers in the UK by asbesto · · Score: 0

    www.indymedia.org was seized, and this is a really BAD NEWS and slashdot lost time posting this CRAP already seen on engadget.com HELLOOOO, IS ANYBODY IN HERE ???? :((

  44. An essay on Biggest Console System Collection by scruffymcgee · · Score: 1, Funny
    An essay on Biggest Console System Collection

    While many learned professors have abandoned hope of ever discovering the truth behind Biggest Console System Collection, I for one feel that it is still a worthy cause for examination. At one stage or another, every man woman or child will be faced with the issue of Biggest Console System Collection. Given that its influence pervades our society, it is yet to receive proper recognition for laying the foundations of democracy. Inevitably Biggest Console System Collection is often misunderstood by those politicaly minded individuals living in the past, many of whom fail to comprehend the full scope of Biggest Console System Collection. Relax, sit back and gasp as I display the rich tapestries of Biggest Console System Collection.

    Social Factors

    Society is a human product. When Thucictholous said 'people only know one thing' [1] he must have been referning to Biggest Console System Collection. Both tyranny and democracy are tried and questioned. Yet Biggest Console System Collection is crunchy on the outside but soft in the middle.

    Special care must be taken when analysing such a delicate subject. On the other hand anyone that disagrees with me is an idiot. It is intrinsically linked to adolescent inner acclimatisation.

    Economic Factors

    Our world is driven by supply and demand. We will begin by looking at the Maiden-Tuesday-Lending model, making allowances for recent changes in interest rates. Market
    Value
    Of
    Gold

    Biggest Console System Collection

    The statistics make it clear that Biggest Console System Collection is a major market factor. Recent studies indicate that the market value of gold plays in increasingly important role in the market economy. The economic policy spectrum is seeing a period of unprecedented growth.

    Political Factors

    Politics was once a game featuring competitors from elite classes. Comparing the general view of politics held by the poor of the west with those of the east can be like comparing Biggest Console System Collection and ones own image of themselves.

    Consider this, spoken at the tender age of 14 by that most brilliant mind Maximilian Lionel Forbes Dickinson 'You can lead a horse to water, big deal.' [2] Amazingly, he new nothing of Biggest Console System Collection until he was well into his thirties. It is a well known 'secret' that what prompted many politicians to first strive for power was Biggest Console System Collection.

    I hope, for our sake that Biggest Console System Collection will endure.

    Conclusion

    To conclude, Biggest Console System Collection parades along man's streets and man waves back. It enlightens our daily lives, brought up a generation and always chips in.

    I will leave the last word to the famous Demi De Niro: 'My Daddy loved Biggest Console System Collection and his Daddy loved Biggest Console System Collection.' [3]

    [1] Thucictholous - Man - Published 42 AD

    [2] Dickinson - I Am The Dickinster - 1999 Hughs Books

    [3] Weekly Biggest Console System Collection - Issue 54 - Rhino Media

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  45. Can you say... by klone0 · · Score: 1

    Obsessive compulsive disorder?

    1. Re:Can you say... by mlk · · Score: 1

      I don't know, could of just spent a weekend hitting the car boot sales, and 2nd hand shops, picked it all up for >$100, and now one happy bunny.

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  46. UNGhhaah... by contagious_d · · Score: 1

    I think I creamed my pants.

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  47. He had no choice by revery · · Score: 5, Funny

    His parent's bought a new house with a smaller basement...

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    or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.

  48. Why, yes ... by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny
    What - it fell of a truck from 1983, 1987, and 1994?


    The owner of the truck managed to get the flux capacitor working, but it was intermittent and kept stalling. :-P

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  49. No Vectrex? by TheClassic · · Score: 1

    The collection doesn't include a Vectrex or a NeoGeo, whats the point?
    "Help, Spike!" "Oh no, Molly!"

    1. Re:No Vectrex? by falzbro · · Score: 1
      The collection doesn't include a Vectrex or a NeoGeo, whats the point?

      Probably sold 'em seperately since they're actually worth something.

      But, he's got no Sega Master System either. He's not l33t.

      --falz
  50. Re:Heh by theskeptic · · Score: 1

    With 42 photos, the only thing left to watch on auctionwatch.com is its smouldering servers.

    The photos are already slow at loading. The photos loading are actual photos, not thumbnails.

  51. The Omega Collection... by slungsolow · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this is the guy that won the Omega Collection...

  52. Beowulf by CoolMoDee · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of them...

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  53. Yeah, but check his feedback first! by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    On July 4, 2004: Buyer Beware! CD was scratched, skips on multiple tracks

    May not seem like much, but multiply that by his "over 1300 items" and see what you get!

  54. More like mr. didn't RTFA by autopr0n · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No one has spent their life savings buying 75 NESs, 50 ps1s, etc. This is clearly excess inventory from a game shop, or something

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    1. Re:More like mr. didn't RTFA by David+Horn · · Score: 3, Funny

      Congratulations on winning the auction! Your total due is:

      Winning bid: $15,000
      Postage and Packing (via USPS) $278,445

      Enjoy your games!

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    2. Re:More like mr. didn't RTFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      look at this: 70000$!!!
      http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ewItem&cate gory=13718&item=8137357473&rd=1

  55. Vintage game addict hell...... by MilkmanIAC · · Score: 1

    You get your shipment, only to realize that the auction is for game systems........aside from perhaps a cart for the Virtua Boy......no games are included in the lot. That would be like winning an auction for someones massive p0rn collection, only to realize later that they're all on Betamax.

    1. Re:Vintage game addict hell...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I guess it sucks to have a working BetaMax, like -I- do.

      -insert meniacal laugh here-

  56. Thats what happens. by capitalj · · Score: 1

    When she finally moves in and there isnt enough room for her plants.

  57. Time Left: 3 hours and 57 mins by jpellino · · Score: 1

    and in 3 hours and 58 mins *Mrs.* Soundtrack will let go of this guy's short ones.

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  58. woo hoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    With all of this equipment I create a beowolf...

  59. The weight alone... by samsmithnz · · Score: 1

    Someone will win it for ~$6000 (currently with 4 hours to go) and then pay that again for shipping... 21 boxes at an average of 69 lbs each?!?!

  60. Watch the counter ... by hemabe · · Score: 1

    The counter, at the bottom of the page, is interesting...

    First time I looked at it, 5 minutes ago, the auction was 308.000 times viewed.
    Now, 11:36 pm in germany, 318.441 times.

    24 hours more and we know more about the slashdot-effect ;-)

  61. What, no Turbo Express? by jargoone · · Score: 1

    This guy doesn't have the one I wanted as a kid: the NEC Turbo Express. It was, to my knowledge, the first color handheld, and used the exact same games as the TurboGrafx 16. The system never really caught on big, but it was WAY ahead of its time.

    I never did buy one. It cost about $300 IIRC, and when you're a kid with a paper route, that might as well be a million.

    1. Re:What, no Turbo Express? by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 1

      I remember that. A friend of mine has parents that were seperating, so he got both. I remember thinking that THIS was the way to do a handheld system - you could buy one game and have it work in two systems.

      Kid Courage in Alpha Zones, IIRC.

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  62. I know why he's doing this... by RyoShin · · Score: 1

    He's saving to buy an XBox2 (with the metal rack to hold it) and PSP.

    At this point, he might have enough left over to treat himself to a couple of tacos once those are purchased. Common, someone bid up so he can afford Arby's instead!

    1. Re:I know why he's doing this... by Kumorigoe · · Score: 1

      Arby's 5 for $5 deal...

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  63. Money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    At the current price of 5400 and so odd $ this guys stands to lose quite a bit of cash on this if he was selling just the 290 systems that works out to something like $18 per system not to mention all the extras and games and theres only 4 hours left. If you ask me this guy made a bad choice.

  64. informative? bullshit. by bani · · Score: 1

    that's an apple 1, not a mac. duh.

  65. Maybe... by Sir+Osis · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... he read the /. article yesterday about videogames being addictive, and is now selling everything to pay for rehab.

  66. Redundant? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    78 Nintendo NES's

    78 Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment Systems (NES's)

  67. Slashvertisement by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 1
    You know, I really wouldn't mind it as much if they did what Fark did and listed how much someone paid for the slashvertisement on the front page.

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  68. Can you imagine ... by Mouse · · Score: 1

    a Beowulf cluster of these things?

    (Since it is Slashdot, It had to be said ...)

  69. Holy Crap! by greymond · · Score: 1

    Can I get my auctions posted on slashdot?

  70. Slashdotting Ebay???? by Nascar_Geek · · Score: 1

    Is such a thing possible?

    We'll never know untill we try ;)

    1. Re:Slashdotting Ebay???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      The site that holds the photos of the item is not Ebay, now this one's having a little trouble

  71. I think I see his plan by sokoban · · Score: 1

    1. Start eBay auction with lots of old video game crap.
    2. Post auction to /. so that lovers of said old videogame crap will see it and bid with all the money they have saved from not having dates their whole lives.
    3. ???
    4. Profit!!

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  72. Note to Independent Game Store Managers by crashnbur · · Score: 1

    If your store is going out of business and you want to make some quick cash on your all-but-lost inventory, bundle it all up and sell it on eBay! The millions of hits via the Slashdot effect are guaranteed to land quite a few suckers willing to pay thousands of dollars!

    Selling your trash can add cash to your stash!

  73. Re:trade in your fake sig by porksoda · · Score: 1

    the reason i turned off sigs in my slashdot preferences is due to the increasing number of "legitimate" yet "highly annoying" and "utterly fucking lame" free ipod references. please do not paste that shit into the message.

  74. Fuck! by karmaflux · · Score: 1

    Still no Dreamcast broadband adapter.

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    1. Re:Fuck! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I've got one.

  75. Re:Trade-In's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Your link is broken.

    I think you mean Free iPod!

  76. I almost got him beat... by vistic · · Score: 1

    I have an Atari 7800, Sega Master System, Sega CD/Genesis/32X, NES, SNES, Game Boy, and Game Gear.

    And a Tandy CoCo2 and 3.

  77. So that's how people got the NES to work... by francisew · · Score: 1

    I found the comment about making the NES function interesting.

    I remember my old NES required a combination of blowing into the machine, pushing up/down on the cartridge, hitting/kicking the console and praying to get most games to load.

    In fact, I think those were my formative days for more modern PC troubleshooting. ;)

    If people who resell the machines find a need to replace the contacts inside with *functional* contacts, I wonder why Nintendo didn't do it in the first place?

    At least Microsoft gets the hardware right in the xbox (am I right about that? the HW is decent, right?). ;)

    Good luck to the winner... I don't know how anyone could turn a profit from *that much* junk. I could easily imagine a few old consoles being worth significant coin, but dozens or hundreds? Flood the market? Just to keep a few dozen hundred pound boxes lying around costs a lot.

    The sellers previous auctions are interesting: the vast majority are listed as 'private'. Seems strange that so much positive feedback would be based on 'unconfirmable' sales. I'd think twice before handing over tens of thousands of dollars. Also, just verifying the contents of the 21 boxes would take hours... it'd be hard to catch if it was a scam.

    1. Re:So that's how people got the NES to work... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The contacts on your cartridge are oxidized. Run a pencil eraser along them. Blowing won't help.

  78. No Xbox? by Benw5483 · · Score: 1

    All those systems and no Xboxes, guess everybody is gearing up for Halo 2.

    It would be sweet to get a liquidation of xboxes for lan parties when Halo 2 comes out. Yes, I know it's on Live but LAN parties are still where it's at.

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  79. Bally Astrocade - not Retrocade by snuf23 · · Score: 1

    It would be a little odd if the system has LAUNCHED as the Retrocade. Although if anyone wanted to sell a version of it today - that would certainly be an appropriate name.

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  80. Nitpicking, etc by WebCowboy · · Score: 1

    ...as well as some harder-to-find systems like the Bally Retrocade System...

    Wasn't the Bally system called ASTROcade? It's retro now, but at the time it was made I believe it was rather contemporary.

    I'll have to have a look anyways. Any Colecovision/ADAM stuff in there? That system ROCKED! It was much easier to program than the Atari 2600 too since it had lots of video RAM and sprites, good sound etc...AND it had a real BIOS that had service routines for everything right down to playing background music--all you had to do was point registers to the start of the sound data, call an init routine, then call an update routine in the NMI interrupt handler and the BIOS routines would take care of the rest...literally only a handfull of assembly instructions (can't remember--6 or so?).

    Others I'd like to see are the Vetrex and Magnavox Odyssey^2and some not ever sold in N.America like the original Famicom and the Sega SG-1000 and it's home computer cousin.

  81. If they are actually his by BillsPetMonkey · · Score: 2, Interesting

    then why did he have to test them? He would know already whether each of them works.

    It's often said that ebay is a clearing house for stolen goods. 290 machines he claims he's "built up over the years"?

    They'll sell like hotcakes precisely because they are erm, hot.

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    1. Re:If they are actually his by TLSPRWR · · Score: 1

      With that many systems, I garuntee you couldn't keep track of all of them. I'm sure he had to go through them at some point and test them, then stick a label saying 'Working' or 'Non'

    2. Re:If they are actually his by burns210 · · Score: 1

      what idiot would steal something as distinct as a massive load of systems and games, and sell them in bulk? Wether he stole 1 (or a handful) of piles, or individually, you wouldn't sell them in bulk. A sale that big would grab TOO MUCH attention and would easily be suspicious.

      He has to test them... because he has 50x of a single machine. How does he know if each works, he probably hasn'y used 59 of his 60 SNES in a long friggin time. Give him a break.

    3. Re:If they are actually his by Zebbers · · Score: 1

      Yeah dude you are right on
      Theres a huge market for stolen NES and NES games....

    4. Re:If they are actually his by Zakabog · · Score: 1

      Can I please ask why any individual would steal these game systems? It's pointless to sell them in bulk if you steal them one at a time, you sell them each for a lot more than you'd get if you sold them in bulk. Like a lot of people said, this looks like a store that went out of buisiness that's just clearing out its inventory.

  82. 23 2600s, 78 NES’s, 33 PSX's, 60 SNES’s? by John+Betonschaar · · Score: 1

    Hmm... It seems strange someone would collect 194 of the same consoles, but hey, glad they're sold on eBay, so I can at least be sure they're 'acquired legally'.

  83. 1355 items? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    he's 18 over 1337... so close!

  84. HOW MUCH DO I HATE FAKE SIGS AND FREE IPODS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    A lot.

  85. Where's my TG-16??? by erik+umenhofer · · Score: 1

    I see no turbo graphix do you?????

    LAME collection...not worth 2 cents without a TG16......

  86. Ebay advertising by indros13 · · Score: 1
    Hell, skip that .75 "featured listing" crap on EBay and get posted to Slashdot for free! This guy has 338,000 views of his auction!

    Obligatory:
    1. Hold massive console auction
    2. Post to Slashdot
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

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    1. Re:Ebay advertising by gothzilla · · Score: 1

      ???
      You don't even need the ??? on that one!

  87. And in other news, download MESS instead. by jelwell · · Score: 1

    Mess It's Mame plus all the consoles you'd ever care to emulate, all in one.

    Now all you have to do is find your ROMs that you, ummm, misplaced, online, as a torrent file.
    Joseph Elwell.

  88. Similar auction for "ET" collection by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I found another auction similar to this one, only it was a huge collection of some game called "E.T." for the Atari. It was kind of odd; there was even mention of some dirt on the cartridges.

  89. Throw in a POWER GLOVE by Rooked_One · · Score: 1
    and i'll bid :)

    what was that movie... it was made by nintendo in the late 80's... had some "rainman" type kid who kicked ass at all the video games... pretty amusingly (stupid).

    1. Re:Throw in a POWER GLOVE by fakeplasticusername · · Score: 1

      I think you mean this one

    2. Re:Throw in a POWER GLOVE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      My favorite line in the movie, and so 80s too:

      "The Power Glove... It's so bad..."

      "Yeah, well, keep your Power Gloves off her, okay pal?"

    3. Re:Throw in a POWER GLOVE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How many times do I have to say this on Slashdot Games?

      THE POWER GLOVE WAS NOT MADE OR MARKETED BY NINTENDO.

  90. Plug? by Lord+Kano · · Score: 1

    Is Cire really "Mr. Soundtrack" plugging his auction on Slashdot so that he can get a higher price for his crap?

    I wonder....

    LK

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  91. to put the "used game store" rumour to rest... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...selling this shit is my fiance's condition for my upcoming marriage, and my only hope for covering the costs! bid generously, if only to ease the pain of parting...

    1. Re:to put the "used game store" rumour to rest... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow... sucks to be you

    2. Re:to put the "used game store" rumour to rest... by mrak+and+swepe · · Score: 1

      Describing your merchandise as "shit" is an interesting sales technique!

      Reminds me of this bloke.

  92. For cripe's sake.... by sparcnut · · Score: 2, Interesting

    look at his hit counter! 350K+ views... now I know why slashdotting is so effective.

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  93. This could mean something BIG.. by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could we all club together, buy them and hand them over to some geek from around here please.

    If they were all linked together, we could then stop forever trying to imagine a Beowulf Cluster of 2600s, Nintendos, Playstations etc.

    --we could go SEE them!!

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  94. Not my specialty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "I've considered parting with each system one at a time and making a fortune, but game systems aren't my specialty...."

    You own a museum of gaming history, and game systems aren't your specialty???

    I wonder if this bloke will liquidate his "specialty's" collection as well?

  95. Wow free ads on slash by riiv · · Score: 1

    Mod me down, but first a message from our sponsers:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1 &item=5129314107

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  96. Only 1 Intellivision System with..... by Proudrooster · · Score: 1

    One Intellivision system with ZERO cartridges....

  97. 1300? That's all? by JohnPerkins · · Score: 0

    I know where you can get a few million Atari cartridges, nice and cheap...

  98. emulation much cheaper by GunFodder · · Score: 1

    There are emulators for just about every historic piece of gaming hardware. Some of them even run in Linux :) Getting the ROMs is more difficult (and often illegal), but possible.

  99. Un-collect it, Will! by funny-jack · · Score: 1

    I think that Will Wright ought to buy it and "un-collect" it all.

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  100. Private Auction by (54)T-Dub · · Score: 1

    Why do people do private auctions anyway? I never understood that.

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  101. this is nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    now this is a real collection for sale.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&it em =8137357473

  102. Top Load by hardlined · · Score: 0

    He (or maybe her?!) seems to be missing the topload nes's. They work flawless for all my old nes games, but do not work at all with game genie :-(

  103. OT Ebay fun by JThundley · · Score: 0, Redundant

    L@@K!!!

    People really think this gets attention. Go look at the lame ass things that sellers think are so exciting that they deserve a closer L@@K.

  104. First reactions by losinggeneration · · Score: 1

    At first I thought, so what, what's the big deal? then I went to the auction and now I have to change my pants....

  105. Hell, no TurboGrafx? by kwazy · · Score: 1

    This guy has a gazillion Atari 2600s but not one stinking TurboGrafx? This is yet more proof that I was the only loser to purchase one. TurboGrafx the loser of the 16bit revolution...how ignominious is that?

  106. whats happening to slashdot... by Lord+Haha · · Score: 1

    This is quite sad, yes its nice to see some games are being sold but there is better stories out there for example:

    - GmailFS is now availible for windows (http://viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm)
    - Cars that read road signs (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/06/roadsign.recog nition/index.html)
    - Google Print: The Next Big Thing (yes there is an article, but more the fact its top on google news tech section....)

    Still this article seems more like the buyer wanting to push up his final price then any actual piece of news.

  107. Maybe he's earning money for... by GopherDylan · · Score: 1

    a PSP.... you never know.

  108. Iraq? by SnarfQuest · · Score: 1

    This collection used to be Iraq's main supercomputer, used for weapons development.

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  109. and bitch at the dog... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    simultaneously.

  110. Nintendo ROB Army by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 4, Funny

    What the heck, though, is someone going to do with 78 NES decks?

    Actually, if you got 78 Nintendo ROB's, you could could control them all and have yourself a fairly respectable army of robots that could destroy your enemies by stacking up little piles of discs.

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  111. The Bits don't add up. by Mulletproof · · Score: 1

    This is a huge collection that I've amassed over the years, and I'm letting it all go to one high bidder. I've considered parting with each system one at a time and making a fortune, but game systems aren't my specialty

    BS Flag, Mr. Soundtrack, Thirty yard penalty.

    One would think anybody who has spent all that money over their entire damn life amassing all of that crap is going to know quite a bit about videogaming. Or maybe that's just me.

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  112. WOW!! Instant Beowolf Cluster by computechnica · · Score: 1

    If he threw in a couple of furbies, Sky-Net could be created.

    3.Profit!!

  113. Bidding is Closed by iluvcapra · · Score: 1

    Update- Bidding closes, and the high bid is $11,500

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  114. Just finished at $11,500 by Mag7 · · Score: 1

    Just over $38 per system or ~$8.50 an item.

  115. Egads! The closing price! by flerchin · · Score: 0

    I just watched the price go from $7300 with 3 min 47 seconds left, to $11500 at the auction end. I really have a penchant for my old video games, but half the joy is that they're my old video games and all the damage and general scumminess brings fond reminiscings.

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  116. SOLD $11,500.00 by o0m · · Score: 2, Insightful

    that is a lot of cash for out of date games

  117. this happened before by illumina+us · · Score: 1

    this happened before when someone was selling thousands of games, systems, limited edition systems, and SDKs. the game companies shut it down though.

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  118. Ha by Jozer99 · · Score: 1

    Someone's girlfriend is moving in...

  119. Headline is wrong. by Psykechan · · Score: 1

    This is an auction for 1300+ games related items. Sure there are over 300 game systems but there are only 5-7 games being sold in this lot.

  120. But does he have the console that counts? by Zangief · · Score: 1

    Nintendo DS?

    It rocks.

  121. No 64dd by _Sexy_Pants_ · · Score: 1

    For somebody with an unneccessary amount of each console, you'd think you'd find some rarities in there, like a 64DD

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  122. Does anyone have a copy of... by Myrmi · · Score: 1

    ...the auction that is linked to in this story? Seeing this story reminded me of that, and I'd love to see it again

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  123. What they surely miss by WetCat · · Score: 1

    is games for VT 200 console for VAX!

  124. Correction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ... and a couple of 3DO ...

  125. The Reason... by d4n · · Score: 1

    Looks like he finally got married!

  126. Addict by iddkfa · · Score: 1

    He/she (probably he) could be a recovered game addict!

  127. Re:SOLD $11,500.00 by SocietyoftheFist · · Score: 1

    Retro is in right now. The buyer should be able to parlay that into a profit.

  128. I don't understand the excitement bidders by lorcha · · Score: 1
    I was looking for a particular bottle of cologne yesterday that retails for $40. There were three people selling it at auction, and 3 people selling it "buy it now" at their "ebay store", whatever the hell that is.

    Anyhow, the auctions were all bid up to about $26-28 with $6-9 shipping. Someone was selling it buy it now for $25 with $5 shipping. Gee whiz, guess which one I bid on?

    Why do people bid up an item when the exact same item is selling on the exact same website for less?

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  129. Uh, this is said in the listing. by Rew190 · · Score: 1

    And if you had read the auction listing, you would've seen that the seller was well aware of that and was selling it all together for different reasons.

  130. Nomad isn't that rare. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I've a sega nomad, in excellent condition, with box, car adapter, and ac adapter that I'm selling. They aren't -that- rare.

  131. Re:shit sells by Tandoori+Haggis · · Score: 1

    " Describing your merchandise as "shit" is an interesting sales technique!"

    Salvador Dali sold his own excrement (shit) in wooden boxes with signature or certificate or whatever. So, he actually sold shit as art.

    Either he was taking the piss (having a laugh) or he was off his scone. Either his customers believed they were buying a unique piece of shit in a wooden box or they bought into the idea that it was high art. High is about right...Whew!!!

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