Intellivision Spiker?

[vintagegamecrazy]

Since when is this game worth so much more than congo bongo?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...178103523&rd=1

[y-bot]

It's been steadily increasing in value for the past few years and Congo Bongo has stayed about the same. I think people figured out how hard it was to get. It was the last Intellivision game I needed for a long time. I still don't have the box. Someone had a few sealed in baggies with instructions but other than that it hardly ever turns up for sale. I won't be surprised if it sells for $400+.

y-bot

[vintagegamecrazy]

Is that game rarer than an R8 like the database says? Your're right about that though, that game never turns up, and CB is at least findable.

[IntvGene]

Psycho Stormtrooper's site lists it as rarer than Congo Bongo:

http://intellivision.org/MyTopShelfGames.html

I think it is definitely one of the rarest commercial releases. It rarely comes up on Ebay.

[ianoid]

It's the difficult trichotomy between rarity, value and availability.

I just made up that word, I think. Rarity.

The three may not correspond. I would say that it seems to be rarer than CB, but mainly because that after Telegames and Radio Shack stopped selling it, nobody else had any and it really barely made it to market. Body Slam is no stretch- probably just as tough. I need the box/inst for that one. Print runs of the last few Inty games were relatively small. Like a few orders of magnitude smaller than the most popular Intellivision games.

[Jumpman Jr.]

I agree with what people are saying in that Spiker! is rarer than CongoBongo.
Isn't this the first time Spiker! has been on ebay in a really long time. It seems that CongoBongo is on ebay very frequently.
The database here definitely is off on the rarity of Spiker! and, too me, a few other carts.
I think the Learning Fun games should be higher in rarity (just for the fact that those are the only 2 I need). But shhhhhhh... nobody say anything. I don't want the value of the games to go up until after I get them :P

[vintagegamecrazy]

About Bodyslam, how rare is that game and what is that actually worth, I need that game too, so what am in for with trying to find that game, is it as rare as Congo Bongo?

[rpepper9]

I think that the value of this game is higher because the box is included. And just look at that box.... two hot topless men, I need to place a bid on that one!

[mcgrail0007@netzero.net]

Spiker is the last game that I need to complete my collection for the Intellivision. I have owned about 8 Congo Bongo's in the last 2 years (including 2 that were boxed and complete). Spiker is by far the hardest to find Intellivision title. Two boxed copies sold for $400 plus a little over a year ago.

Body Slam is hard to find but not impossible. I have seen some boxed copies sell for $65-$110. I would pay more than that for a loose Spiker.

[Jumpman Jr.]

Body Slam is hard to find but not impossible. I have seen some boxed copies sell for $65-$110. I would pay more than that for a loose Spiker.

damn... you just made my day..
i paid $20 for my loose copy.

and... wait a minute... I am missing something here? I just checked the DP guide (online) and it is listed as a 9? Wasn't it listed as an 8 before?
Did Joe JUST switch that because of this thread? Also, the value of it has now surpassed the value of Congo Bongo?

And wait a second... The rarity of Congo Bongo has now gone down to an 8???
whoa, this thread must have been an influence on that.