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Biggest Console System Collection on eBay

Posted by Zonk on from the not-the-omegathon-but-close dept.

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."

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  1. 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 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.

    2. 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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    3. 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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  2. 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 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.

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

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

  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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