PC Engine Magical Chase and SplatterHouse

You can find that sealed in Akihabara very easily...

 

Sapphire was easy to find sealed before the bootlegs showed up. I should've mentioned that.

 

;-)

 

Yeah lots of Sapphire bootlegs about unfortunately. Personally I wouldn't buy one without seeing it the flesh first.

 

Incidentally the American version of MC is even harder to find. Was reprogrammed for the USDM, with slightly different backgrounds in some stages.

[edited: added link]

http://www.superpcenginegrafx.com/dare_to_compare_mc.html

 

Did you get that one?
wheelaa, you got the link?

 

Nah, I didn't save it sorry.

(If you did buy it for 30,000 you're a fool sorry lol)

@GP..you'd be surprised how easy it is to find sealed Drac for pce. Costs a bit but pretty easy to find, appears on yahoo every couple of months. Renny Blaster, Downtown, they are tough as to find sealed (especially with no edges coming unstuck or instruction rucking..RB especially..seems they used super crap glue on that one!)

 

@ wheel, possibly but possibly not. Are you a big collector of PCE new/sealed?

Here is an image of a sealed MG, TG16 style

http://www.multimods.com/images/Sales/MagChase1.JPG

 

That type of seal is probably the easiest to fake. Good condition US MC + access to sealing unit = Large amounts of cash on ebay.

 

Not overly, medium I guess. I've got quite a few nice rare sealed games (nothing Aki style though) but generally just titles I really dig. (Same for the saturn too although I've whored the collectibles a bit more I guess) Of course if a nice collectable title crosses my path then I find it hard to say no. Otherwise I have all I want save 2 games really, and a bit more new hardware I guess. I will source a new cd roms2 separate in flawless condition one day, I will will will!!!

I've seen that MC tg style before. I don't know the seller personally but I know he has a very good rep etc. I think my DA came from him via ebay actually but I might be mistaken. Decent box art too which is rare for the tg stuff.

 

Yeah I think he owns the site MultiMods and believe he is a genuine seller. Anyway, that one came up back in 2005 so it's long gone - tbh, there aren't that many TG MC's left where the box has been either flattened or crumpled or torn, so I think it;s harder to fake. But yeah, you're right - excellent cover art for a TG game. When I look at the US Blazing Lazers or SplatterHouse, I just laugh.

BTW, Wheel - you're not that guy who works in investment banking are you? I met a collector in London and sold him a sealed Coryoon back in 2004.

 

I'm pretty sure he had another up last year, read it on the neo forums. See them from time to time on ebay I think?

No, law. But I did meet you in 2004 and collect a sealed Coryoon (and DotB2, new infrared pad set and a mag). Covent Garden iirc?

 

Yup that's right!! Covent Garden I remember. I miss that DotB lol You were up in Oxford right?

 

Well sealed DotB is often on yahoo if you ever want another

I thought it was you that was in Oxford lol, or was it you were going there, or your gf perhaps. Strangely I did my degree there but always lived Surrey/London.

 

Yeah, I just remembered that you went to oxford. Do you still own Coryoon?

 

damn, was looking for an FAN ed. today, but couldn't find any. seems that those going more and more rare.

 

Video games should not be considered an investment. You rarely would want to sell a game you aqquire at a high cost and likely you'll lose money in the end so it's a losing investment. You probably really just want to collect. Personally I like to collect but only things I'll play.

 

It's an interesting topic and something I've been thinking about over the last few years. If we are talking about today, I agree with you. Video games are almost certainly not the best investment for a short term return. But how about in 10-20 years time? Take the PC Engine for example - it will be 20 years old this October! Will the first generation of arcade game players not want to come back to revisit classics they played in their childhood? In 10-20 years time, if a new sealed system came along together with a bunch of the most popular new sealed games, I'm sure someone out there will be willing to pay a preminum to obtain such a collection. It's all speculation of course but who knows? As I've said before, for me it's the feeling of being able to obtain a seemingly unobtainable game first, with investment secondary. I'm not expecting to make a ton of money but it's a nice feeling knowing that you have something that very few people have and may probably want in the future.

 

The number of games you can buy and sell higher at a later date is astonishingly low... well under 1% (even including retro games). About another 1% will stay the same over time. The rest just drop. Also considering that games are indeed not indestructible does not help.

 

I've started a new topic about this here:

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=216467