http://pixpipeline.com/users/jollerancher His ebay seller name is of the last part of his web address. "(FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVENT HEARD MY STORY HERE'S A QUICK RECAP--LAST WEEK I STOPPED BY A GARAGE SALE AND FOUND A BIG LOT OF SUPER NINTENDO/NINTENDO VIDEO GAMES. AFTER I BOUGHT THE GAMES FOR $40 HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT HE USED TO WORK FOR NINTENDO--I GUESS HE REALLY DIDNT KNOW WHAT HE HAD CAUSE THIS IS WHAT HE SOLD ME FOR ABOUT 40 CENTS EACH--(5) SUPER NINTENDO STARFOX SUPER WEEKEND TAPES--THE ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE 1992 NINTENDO CAMPUS CHALLENGE GAME PAK WITH THE GAMES SUPER MARIO 3, PINBOT, AND DR. MARIO, THE 2ND KNOWN REAL COPY OF NINTENDO EARTHBOUND, THE 2ND KNOWN SUPER NINTENDO NTSC PROTO OF ZELDA 3, (2) SUPER NINTENDO PROTO'S TRUE GOLF CLASSICS PEBBLE BEACH, (1) NINTENDO BASEBALL STARS 2 (1) GREMLINS 2 (BOTH PROTO'S), (1) NINTENDO TETRIS PROTO IN A MIKE TYSON PUNCHOUT, (1) KEN GRIFFEY PRESENTS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DEMO GAME, (7) NINTENDO EMPLOYEE LIBRARY GAMES(INCLUDING ZELDA 3) AND ABOUT 60 VARIOUS NOT AS IMPORTANT SNES/NES GAMES--I BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOME THE THE LEADING EXPERTS WHEN IT COMES TO VINTAGE NINTENDO GAMES AND AFTER VIEWING THE MOTHERBOARDS AND PICTURES OF ME PLAYING THESE GAMES THEY'VE ALL SAID THE SAME THING "EVERYTHING IS THE REAL DEAL"--YOU CAN VISIT DIGITPRESS.COM AND LOST LEVEL.ORG TO READ WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING--YOU CAN VIEW MY LINK AT http://pixpipeline.com/users/jollerancher TO VIEW PICTURES OF THE MOTHERBOARDS AND GAMES--IVE BEEN TOLD THAT I FOUND POSSIBLY THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF RARE SUPER NINTENDO/NINTENDO GAMES EVER--IVE GOTTEN SOME VERY NICE OFFERS FOR SOME OF THE MUCH RARER ITEMS THAT I HAVE TURNED DOWN FOR NOW UNTIL I FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY ARE REALLY WORTH--" :clap: Lucky sod scored one of the best finds in gaming history, considering what he put in for it all! Honestly, I'm sure he's unleashed the wrath of asshats who whine about not being able to afford normally expensive stuff like this. They'd probably burn his house down if they ever find him. Comments and whatnot. Discuss!
if the guy he bought those from really did work for Nintendo, wouldnt he of known that the stuff he was selling was worth more than $40?
Well I think we'd want some more proof but, lucky sod is about right. And Joehax, heaps of betas just tend to get thrown out or destroyed because this particular scene isn't too obvious.
Can only be a good thing, I am picking up PSP proto copies of new games for about 1/3 of the retail copies.
Looks like he is selling on ebay: http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/...00&fpos=37040&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi= I'm sure if Ebay doesn't take them down, they will go for insane ammounts. Personally, I want to know if there is any differences in any of the games he bought.
That is the rare nes first run cat it was to come in the box but shortly after nintendo switched for robbie the robot due to cat import laws and holes in the boxes for shipping. Plus sony said they invented cats with the whole KMR (kitty media Rights) it was a whole legal battle that nintendo didn't feel like fighting. Good thing too just think how far that would of set us back digital kitty media if they went full steam with digital kitty web and ultra 64.
I've helped a little bit the seller understanding what he found toghether with Red Eye, then I've introduced him to the DP forum. Earthbound was sold for 2,200 usd in few hours. Zelda 3 (we don't know if it's different than the released one) sold for 1,200. Campus Challenge sold privately for much more.
Heard about this a few days back. Incredible find. Nicola, since you've been in contact with the guy, did he give any details about what was on the carts?
Well, everything has been described on the dp forum. The two "big" items are Earthbound and the Campus Challenge that everyone was looking for. You can check all the pics on his pages: http://pixpipeline.com/users/jollerancher Zelda 3 is just a link to the past, unknown differences. The others are NES protos (released) and a few snes employee library titles, already ebayed.
I find it quite akward that this stuff got out so eaisly, cause nintendo is exteremely strict about keeping things secret as well as stuff staying at their hq, such as their whole sign games in and out. In fact thats the reason no beta stuff ever really gets leaked out, cause i hear they usually trace employees who have this stuff imeidiatly. Still i hope one of these days the 50% build of mario 64 will be released to the public, the layout was much different from pics and couple of beta videos ive seen. But im guessing they dont really go after earthboudn protos considering NOA lack of enthusiams for the serise.
