ieatramen wrote:Is this some sort of ebay tactic? Out of the millions of people that shop ebay is there someone out there that would actually pay this much?! Just look at this jack-knob: http://cgi.ebay.com/A-Boy-and-his-Blob- ... 5ad3c81386
A boy and his blob... only $2800!
Well yea.... I mean come on... he tells you it's "Rare"
I hate when people put Rare in the tag line as if to justify the horrendous pricing.
Anybody looking for a game that is "rare" would know already that it was rare.
And a sealed copy of any NES game I would have to determine is rare...
Of course maybe a sealed copy is really worth that much
I don't understand paying extra for not playing the game.
Niode wrote:Tbh neither the gray or gold cartridges are 'rare' they're very common titles having sold thousands on thousands of copies back in the day. The reason they cost more than your average NES game is because of the legacy. They're just games that are in demand, much like Final Fantasy VII is. However the gray cartridge is considered to be worth much less due to it not being a gold cartridge plus it's a re-release. Re-releases, generally are never worth as much as the originals are.
Awesome. Thanks for clearing this up.
Several times over the years I've heard that the re-release of each game sold much less than the originals, leading people to consider it more 'rare' than the gold versions. However, other than rumor, I've never seen any real evidence of this.
I don't know whether or not the gray cartridge sold less than the gold one, it's just specculation. Generally re-releases don't sell as much as the original did due to a lot of these re-releases only being granted when a game sells a certain amount, EG Player's choice, Platinum etc. I'm just going on the general trend for collectors to want the originals over the re-release, therefore bumping the price of the original release.
