/vr/ - Retro Games

The next question I asked was what was his thoughts about some of the more questionable aspects of about the reseller's market, specifically the whole issue with EarthBound and how some would consider that the resell price has been artificially raised by resellers hoarding and selling cartridges, manuals, and boxes at ridiculous prices, despite the fact that EarthBound may not be all that rare of a game by some standards.

Unsurprisingly, his answer was a basic ho-hum "supply and demand" response.

The last question I asked was about his most valuable piece.

He claims that it's his Color TV Game 15. His story was that he managed to have a wealthy friend buy this "super rare" unit from Japan, and gave this story about how Nintendo released both the Color TV Game 15 alongside the Color TV Game 6 with the intention of using the Color TV Game 15's high price tag to influence buyers to buy the cheaper version.

According to him, it's worth roughly $7,000.

Here are the facts:

The Color TV Game 15 was not released alongside the Color TV Game 6. It was released about a year later.

There is nothing documented that even remotely corroborates with his side of the story.

You can own your very own "Super-Rare $7,000" Color TV Game 15 right now for about $140.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PONG-Nintendo-COLOR-TV-GAME15-CTG-15S-Japan-Import-1977-Working-Complete-RARE-/321477755898?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ad99143fa

His Stack-Up, he claimed, only cost him $5 from 20 years ago.