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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."

18 of 289 comments (clear)

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

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

  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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 captfi · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    2. 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?

  6. 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...

  7. 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.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. Re:shipping? by micromoog · · Score: 5, Funny

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