This Prototype Cartridge of EarthBound Can Be Yours for $15,000
At long last, EarthBound is coming to the Wii U's Virtual Console
$100,000 Comic Book Found in the Wall of a $10,000 Home
A Minnesota man working on a fixer-upper tore down a wall and found, among the newspapers stuffed inside to insulate it, a copy of Action Comics No. 1. That's right, Superman's first appearance. The birth of superhero comics. It'll go for at least $100,000—but it could have sold for a lot more.
Highest Bidder Backs Out as Ultra-Rare Console Fails to Find a Buyer
About a month ago, renewed interest in the "Sega Pluto"
Only two Sega Plutos ever were made—it was a prototype console
Goodwill Hunter Who Found Rare Game is Selling It to Pay Student Loans
The woman who purchased from a Goodwill store
Woman Buys Old Nintendo Game For $7.99. Turns Out It's Worth $15,000.
It's the archetypal jackpot story of flea markets, pawn shops and antiques roadshows. Someone pays a few dollars for a long-forgotten box at a swap meet and then discovers they have a five-figure rarity on their hands. That describes a North Carolina woman today, who purchased one of the rarest video games ever sold…
After 74 Emails, 27 Months and Six Phone Calls, a Sack of Cash Buys…
Three years ago, J.J. Hendricks (above, left) of Denver paid $17,500 for a rare Nintendo cartridge
But If You Call It an NES-001, is It Worth $13,000?
Previously (on Pawn Stars), a Halo cosplayer sought $2,000 for his custom-built Spartan armor, and walked out with nothing
Rare Game Pulling Five-Figure Bids, with Some Proceeds Going to Japan…
It's well settled that Stadium Events is, if not the rarest video game on the collectible market, is certainly the rarest of any retail release. A year after a sealed copy of the NES game set a record for the most ever paid for a single game
Collector Who Wanted Crappy Demo No One Wanted Speaks
Isn't $710 a bit much for a crummy PSOne demo - seemingly worthless when it was handed out 12 years ago? The collector who won the bidding for NBA 2-Ball thinks he got a steal on the price.
Crappy Demo No One Wanted Sells for $710
It didn't come close to breaking records set recently by other rare titles, but NBA 2-Ball, a freebie PSOne disc given out at the 1998 NBA All-Star game
Well, No Wonder Game Crazy Went Out of Business
They weren't charging nearly enough for their used games. Weird pricing decision by GameStop for Modern Warfare 2, (Xbox 360 version), spied by reader DSForte.
Crappy Demo No One Wanted May Be Worth a Ton Now [Update]
At the 1998 NBA All-Star Game, fans received discs with the demo for a PlayStation game called NBA 2-Ball. The game was pretty bad - possibly defective - but it's extremely rare. So a surviving copy may be extremely valuable.
Extremely Rare Atari Cartridge Goes Up For Auction
The title of "Holy Grail of Video Games" changes almost monthly, or whenever an extremely rare specimen hits eBay. The latest claimant: a weird-shaped Atari 2600 cart by the name of Air Raid.
Wait a Minute, $200 — for a Faceplate?
Two years ago, Xbox Live gave away 72 limited edition Xbox 360 faceplates with a Need For Speed: ProStreet design. Some guy decided to get rid of his on eBay and has found it commands a price above $200.
Collector's Item Obliterates Record for Rare Game Sale
There is a new Holy Grail of Rare Video Games, and it is Stadium Events. The auction on a factory-sealed NTSC version
--> L@@K Nintendo GOLD Cartridge RARE Only $25K!!! <—
Last year some guy bought a Nintendo World Championship Gold Cartridge for $15,000