Time to dig out your older unopened pc games

Old Man · 10 Jul 2021 at 19:24

I never really thought it could be worth so much and then this pops up (just saw I put pc instead of console):

"Unopened Legend of Zelda game from 1987 sells for $870,000"
https://apnews.com/article/legend-of-zelda-auction-video-games-0ba3a92a781dc79a1285cd7f748cbfed

Craterloads · 10 Jul 2021 at 19:54

I've got a sealed copy of a game called Lord of the Jungle for the PS1 but unfortunately its not worth anything

Although i have been collecting ps1 games for a while and do have quite a few rare ones.

Worth around 2.5k when i last tallied them up a couple of years ago, prices have gone up since them.

Just see them as an investment at this point as will only go up, try to add to it when ever a good opportunity arises.

Flibster · 11 Jul 2021 at 14:38

Wonder how much a Miyamoto signed CIB Zelda II is worth then...

BUDFORCE · 11 Jul 2021 at 14:45

I've never understood antiques, looks like old junk, but the idea of a sealed as new Super Nintendo or similar is cool.

I could see people paying good money for stuff kept in good condition.

rare · 12 Jul 2021 at 12:08

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57804089

Woah.

V F · 12 Jul 2021 at 12:11

BUDFORCE said:
I've never understood antiques, looks like old junk, but the idea of a sealed as new Super Nintendo or similar is cool.

I could see people paying good money for stuff kept in good condition.

The boxes is always a huge markup for it. Especially if it's pristine.

arknor · 12 Jul 2021 at 12:14

PC game boxes used to be dope with fabric maps, metal coins, a coin pouch, high quality cards etc

even normal boxed copies of games were basically "collectors edition" in content originally , some had manuals as thick as a novel too

misterPK · 12 Jul 2021 at 12:22

I don't think I've ever bought anything with the intention of never opening it.

arknor · 12 Jul 2021 at 12:25

misterPK said:
I don't think I've ever bought anything with the intention of never opening it.

me neither, bet tons of people bought an extra copy of ff7 on playstation though

V F · 12 Jul 2021 at 12:32

arknor said:
PC game boxes used to be dope with fabric maps, metal coins, a coin pouch, high quality cards etc

even normal boxed copies of games were basically "collectors edition" in content originally , some had manuals as thick as a novel too

I remember that in the early to mid 00s. Always loved the smell opening a new PC game and reading the book while waiting on the discs installing. Which was usually 2 to 3 discs.

Though... I still love some of todays game collectors editions.

Guest2 · 12 Jul 2021 at 13:31

Unfortunately im not sad and used to enjoy opening then playing all the games I purchased

I wonder how much a sealed boxed Mario Kart SNES game would bring if Mario 64 sold for $1.5 million!!??

Danny75 · 12 Jul 2021 at 14:37

You have to take into account money/bribe laundering as well as rich and stupid factors. Like a certain president's son selling art paintings for the first time at $500,000 a pop.

englishpremier · 12 Jul 2021 at 16:41

V F said:
I remember that in the early to mid 00s. Always loved the smell opening a new PC game and reading the book while waiting on the discs installing. Which was usually 2 to 3 discs.

Though... I still love some of todays game collectors editions.

2-3 discs? you're an Amateur. Wing Commander II was about 21 3.5" floppies.

Armada was at least 12-18.

Ripper was 6 CDs.

.Lethal · 12 Jul 2021 at 17:01

Yeah these don't normally sell for this sort of price. If you go on eBay and check some of the auctions there's a few near the 1 million dollar mark but they have never sold. I think the highest was around 250-350k, not that it's a small amount but numbers around 1 million and above have only happened with very very few games.

To get a sealed game graded around 9.5+ is also near impossible which drives up the demand even more.

Puzzled · 12 Jul 2021 at 17:53

I sold a few big box pc games for about 40 quid, I thought that was a bit much

They were tatty though, nothing from my childhood stayed in pristine condition

bainbridge · 12 Jul 2021 at 20:11

Puzzled said:
They were tatty though, nothing from my childhood stayed in pristine condition

Same here. I had a habit of dumping an old console in the box belonging to the new one, so they would never be found in their original box.

HangTime · 13 Jul 2021 at 00:50

Yeah my stuff would be in terrible condition and obviously most old games aren't sealed as when I was younger I would only buy a few games and play them to death. Although in more recent years I have a few PS3/PS4 era games unopened like Last of Us etc. I can't imagine it will be worth anything any time soon though due to selling so many copies.

Jono8 · 13 Jul 2021 at 09:59

Absurd.

Some people have far too much money.

theone8181 · 13 Jul 2021 at 10:14

V F said:
I remember that in the early to mid 00s. Always loved the smell opening a new PC game and reading the book while waiting on the discs installing. Which was usually 2 to 3 discs.

Though... I still love some of todays game collectors editions.

Not like now where you don't even get a disc, just s code. I liked the old school big boxes and the proper manuals rather than a pdf on a website.

The_Arbiter · 13 Jul 2021 at 10:42

englishpremier said:
2-3 discs? you're an Amateur. Wing Commander II was about 21 3.5" floppies.

Armada was at least 12-18.

Ripper was 6 CDs.

Hah, what on earth!

Can that even be considered technology

Amazing how recent these collectors items are and have become.

When we start talking big boxes, posters and stickers we are getting closer to walking stick territory.