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The Holy Grails of Console Collecting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the indiana-jones-worthy dept.

Retrogaming with Racketboy has up a feature looking at some of the 'holy grails' of console collecting. These are titles worthy of long, hard searches through auctions and used game stores ... both for their quality and their rarity. From the article: "16. Star Fox: Super Weekend/Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge, Estimated Price (Loose): $200. If there was a big one-two punch in Nintendo's fight against Sega's Genesis, Star Fox and Donkey Kong Country would be it. While the main retail games may not be rare at all, there was a special package that is quite desirable. The Star Fox: Super Weekend and Donkey Kong Country Competition cartridges were used by Blockbuster Video in tournaments held within the store, and never received a true commercial release. The winners of the tournaments would receive prizes such as jackets and sometimes even vacations."

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  1. Missing option by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    They left of Duke Nukem Forever for the Atari 2600.

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  2. "Holy Grail of Console Collecting" by k4_pacific · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the Dictionary of Christian Theology:

    The Holy Grail of Console Collecting refers to the Nintendo Entertainment System that Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles played after the last supper. The exact fate of this relic is unknown, but many medieval churches have claimed to possess a joystick or a cartridge or other component of this legendary system. The most convincing relic is the Drop-Lid of Turin which is an angled piece of plastic that is purported to be the "door" from the front of Christ's Nintendo. Carbon dating of the artifact has been inconclusive.

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    1. Re:"Holy Grail of Console Collecting" by ajlitt · · Score: 4, Funny

      3) Yet the CRT didst still blinketh green.

      4) And the Lord said, "Remove thy cartridge and blow into it, such that the breath of life that I have given unto thee would give new life unto thy cartridge."

      5) The people did as the Lord spoke, so that the scourge upon the console should be lifted.

      6) The Punch-Out title didst appear, and the people rejoiced with beatings upon Glass Joe and offerings of burnt Hot Pockets.

  3. Re:Holy Grail! by maxwell+demon · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is all in retrospect, what about holy grails to come?

    Duke Nukem Forever?
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  4. Re:Vectrex! by Enderandrew · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wife actually.

    I hardly ever sleep with my mom anymore.

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