Gyromite w/ Famicom Adapter

[atreyu187]

I ordered 2 of these but only needed one. How rare are they and do people actually want these???

[zektor]

I went to a local Funcoland a year or so ago and picked out a few of these in their bin (I can tell my weight of the cart) so I would imagine not too rare.

[namzep]

I think they were trying to gauge the rarity in another thread and came up with something like 1 out of every 20 or 25 Gyromite carts had the converter.

[mb7241]

They are of some scarcity, as has been stated previously. I usually see several people asking for them from time to time, so they're in demand, as well. They generally go for around $10-$15 or so, versus the $2 or so that one without the adapter gets.

[Iroquois Pliskin]

They are of some scarcity, as has been stated previously. I usually see several people asking for them from time to time, so they're in demand, as well. They generally go for around $10-$15 or so, versus the $2 or so that one without the adapter gets.
one guy sold a bunch of gyromite carts with the converter in it and he was asking 30 each and sold a few of them.

[Kyle15]

How do you tell which carts have the converter without opening them up?
I need to know before I go back to the flea this weekend.

[FOnewearl]

How do you tell which carts have the converter without opening them up?
I need to know before I go back to the flea this weekend.

They are heavier has I think somebody else mentioned, they will be a five screw game and will feel thicker towards the bottom where the converter piece is.

I actually noticed a copy of Pinball I had was just as I mentioned got a gamebit and sure enough opened it up to find a converter inside. Be sure to check any 5 screw games, probably mostly if not all 1st party Nintendo games.

[InsaneDavid]

one guy sold a bunch of gyromite carts with the converter in it and he was asking 30 each and sold a few of them.

I'm that "one guy" and yes, I can sell them for around $30.00 at peak. I stick the peak value at that, $20.00 - $30.00 or so but that's if you can find them all the time and can afford to sit on them, because eventually you will sell them at that. However a more realistic on-the-street price is about $15.00. Most of the time I can get them for $2.00 since I have access to a huge inventory of loose NES cartridges and can pick them out with 100% accuracy. However that inventory has been squeezed pretty dry as of late.

Also Iroquois Pliskin, if you still want that prototype cartridge I can give you a slightly better deal on it if you're still interested - but let me know soon.

Also as for idenfitication, there was a thread about it last week (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121439). Let's try to keep the identification talk over there and the value stuff here perhaps? I dunno.

Surprises me that talk about these has been so popular over the past two weeks when they've always been out there, I've always sold them (as well as pre-made universal converters), and we've talked about them here before.

I'll also finally be updating the page about this at my site this afternoon. They're rarer than you think, out of 300 cartridges or so during my last sweep I only came away with three.

[atreyu187]

Wow I lucked up then. I am going to keep both just to make sure I don't fuss up the first attempt of making an adapter.

[Kyle15]

I'm that "one guy" and yes, I can sell them for around $30.00 at peak. I stick the peak value at that, $20.00 - $30.00 or so but that's if you can find them all the time and can afford to sit on them, because eventually you will sell them at that. However a more realistic on-the-street price is about $15.00. Most of the time I can get them for $2.00 since I have access to a huge inventory of loose NES cartridges and can pick them out with 100% accuracy. However that inventory has been squeezed pretty dry as of late.

Also Iroquois Pliskin, if you still want that prototype cartridge I can give you a slightly better deal on it if you're still interested - but let me know soon.

Also as for idenfitication, there was a thread about it last week (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121439). Let's try to keep the identification talk over there and the value stuff here perhaps? I dunno.

Surprises me that talk about these has been so popular over the past two weeks when they've always been out there, I've always sold them (as well as pre-made universal converters), and we've talked about them here before.

I'll also finally be updating the page about this at my site this afternoon. They're rarer than you think, out of 300 cartridges or so during my last sweep I only came away with three.

Thanks! That picture you provided is perfect. :)
Off to the flea!

EDIT: I have the game bit for N64 stuff, but not NES stuff. Is there any easy fix for this besides getting another bit?
Another member pointed out melting metal to form a mold, so why not use some pure heavy-duty clay?
Just put some into the holes, take it out, and let it harden up.
Sure, it's probably not that easy, but it doesn't hurt to have ideas. ;)

[atreyu187]

http://wiki.nintendo-scene.com/Gamebit

This is what I did to open mine!!