Only way an old game is worth something is if it’s rare enough it needs to be preserved and its content extracted and shared, just so it’s not lost to time.
Speculation on retro gaming is bullshit. Games are meant to be played.
Everything is worth what the buyer will pay. If there’s a collector out there who will pay $20k for a shrink wrapped Chrono trigger, even though he could just buy the steam version for $15, then it’s worth $20k. You might think it’s dumb, and I agree, but it is what it is.
In retrogaming’s specific case though, it’s been completely manufactured in the last few years. A few famous or semi-famous idiots got in touch with con artists, and made some bogus transactions with massive media coverage. They engineered a speculative bubble.
And they managed to fuck up the retrogaming market for everyone, even those actually just looking for a bit of nostalgia to plug into their old consoles. Suddenly it was all assholes trying to scam each other and even common cartridges in a subpar state had their prices skyrocket.
good point, I wasn’t aware of any of that
This is the best summary I could come up with:
When a Nebraska video game store closed in 1998, hundreds of sealed Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis cartridges were placed in storage.
After their rediscovery last year, 173 of the most interesting items have now been appraised.
In something of a video game nerd’s fantasy, the objects in question are hundreds of games for some of the most iconic consoles from the '90s.
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With the help of his brother, Tim Odorisio, and another video game store owner, Mark’s collection was taken out of storage, graded and authenticated.
The radio version of this story was produced by Megan Lim and edited by Patrick Jarenwattananon
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