TENGEN AC Adaptor for the NES on Ebay is going for...

[treismac]

$50,000.00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TENGEN-AC-Adaptor-for-the-Nintendo-NES-Grade-85-VGA-Super-RARE-/221100163512?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337a98c1b8&autorefresh=true#ht_2898wt_1026

This is actually something I could see myself getting stupid with money over since I have a big place in my heart for Tengen. I couldn't ever see myself selling my home to buy this. If there was a Hudson Soft AC Adapter, though...

[Robocop2]

I'm not sure wether I find it more ridiculous that someone would try to sell an AC adapter for 50k or that they slabbed said AC adapter....

[wiggyx]

If it's in a VGA coffin, then it must be worth at least $X,XXX.

I'm already sick and tired of the VGA and how people seem to think their graded crap is worth a fortune.

There's a guy trying to sell a copy of Ocarina of Time 3D for $400 on eBay. I think I've offered 40 bucks for it about a half dozen times now. I think he finally removed the "make an offer" option. People are rediculous.

[kedawa]

I happen to have a SEGA Channel co-axial RF cable.
I'd be willing to part with it for $10,000.
It's rare, after all.

[peeingas]

0 bids. It is not "going" for anything

[treismac]

0 bids. It is not "going" for anything

Well, I offered the seller $15. I would have offered more but I imagine having to remove that stupid slab will be a pain in the ass, so I knocked $5 off of my offer to compensate for the extra trouble that I will have to go through to actually use the Tengen AC Adaptor for what it was designed for.

[Kirbz]

I happen to have a SEGA Channel co-axial RF cable.
I'd be willing to part with it for $10,000.
It's rare, after all.

Yeah Me Too
But Im Goin' To Offer:
$9,999
Beat That
Anyway's, Why Do People Think Because It's Old And Factory Sealed It's RARE
I Mean People THINK If They Have A Sealed Copy Of ZELDA That They Are A Legend
Lol EBAY,
KIRBZ

[Schiggidyd]

I seriously doubt this will sell for over 30 dollars.

[Jaruff]

I seriously doubt this will sell for over 30 dollars.

I'll disagree. If he's willing to let it go, I could see him getting $xxx for it. It's got NES and Tengen going for it. Plus it's "OMG VGA".

[The 1 2 P]

Alot of people hate on the VGA stuff but it usually does wonders for the normal/common stuff. However, that dude still ain't getting that kind of money for this adapter.

[Drixxel]

I didn't realize that Tengen ventured out into the exciting world of NES power supplies, but a quick Googlin' turned up a little newspaper article from '92 detailing Tengen's foray into gaming accessories (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19921208&id=SAYhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b3YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2446,1256492). Haha, does anyone in the modern day look back on Tengen as a "leading software developer"?

[alec006]

$50,000.00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TENGEN-AC-Adaptor-for-the-Nintendo-NES-Grade-85-VGA-Super-RARE-/221100163512?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337a98c1b8&autorefresh=true#ht_2898wt_1026

This is actually something I could see myself getting stupid with money over since I have a big place in my heart for Tengen. I couldn't ever see myself selling my home to buy this. If there was a Hudson Soft AC Adapter, though...

http://static.fjcdn.com/comments/Haha+What+a+story+Mark+_29b30778da15d0a9ab0332355d 7ccdeb.jpg

[SparTonberry]

Haha, does anyone in the modern day look back on Tengen as a "leading software developer"?
Remembering that they were infact Atari Games using a different name for their home publishing, yes.

[InsaneDavid]

Remembering that they were infact Atari Games using a different name for their home publishing, yes.

Yup. While they didn't develop everything they released on the NES (for some titles they were just the publisher and distributor) you have to remember that Tengen was a home games division of Atari Coin.

[vintagegamecrazy]

We can keep hatin' on the VGA all we want because they're really lame. It's not that hard to keep your sealed games in good shape on your own and just because they slabbed it doesn't instantly mean it's worth more. What a total heap of crap concept that is!

[davidbrit2]

The nice thing about VGA is that it keeps the morons with more money than brains from jacking up the prices of loose carts I want to actually play.

[Drixxel]

Remembering that they were infact Atari Games using a different name for their home publishing, yes.


Yup. While they didn't develop everything they released on the NES (for some titles they were just the publisher and distributor) you have to remember that Tengen was a home games division of Atari Coin.

Despite their Atari pedigree, I've always felt Tengen's home ports of Atari arcade games to be often more mediocre than anything (with some notable exceptions). I wouldn't consider Tengen to have been a "leading software developer" so much as an adequate one tasked with big name projects. Semantics, maybe.

[Graham Mitchell]

Despite their Atari pedigree, I've always felt Tengen's home ports of Atari arcade games to be often more mediocre than anything (with some notable exceptions). I wouldn't consider Tengen to have been a "leading software developer" so much as an adequate one tasked with big name projects. Semantics, maybe.

I do believe they actually did develop their own version of tetris, which, for what it's worth, is arguably the best 8 bit console version.

And they did the nes ports of gauntlet, gauntlet 2, and Indiana jones and the temple of doom. I realize the indie game is not for everyone, but if you're patient you'll find it's actually very unique, challenging, and rather ingeniously designed.

So, they did have Some good nes stuff that they developed in house.

As for peripherals, do you guys remember a tengen genesis controller? It looked like a mega drive pad, with a blue start button.


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[Kitsune Sniper]

Despite their Atari pedigree, I've always felt Tengen's home ports of Atari arcade games to be often more mediocre than anything (with some notable exceptions). I wouldn't consider Tengen to have been a "leading software developer" so much as an adequate one tasked with big name projects. Semantics, maybe.

Compared to LJN and THQ? They were.

And that's been my opinion since back when I was in grade school, mind you.

[Robocop2]

does anyone in the modern day look back on Tengen as a "leading software developer"?

They are right up there with the superlative efforts of such hallowed companies as LJN in my mind.

[Damaniel]

I think I have a couple *ORIGINAL*, *RARE* NES game slip covers laying around, only lightly used. Maybe if I get them slabbed by the VGA, I can sell them for $XXXXX and retire!

Seriously, who the hell would pay $75 or more to have an AC adapter slabbed?

[BlastProcessing402]

I wouldn't buy that for a dollar!

[SparTonberry]

And they did the nes ports of gauntlet, gauntlet 2, and Indiana jones and the temple of doom. I realize the indie game is not for everyone, but if you're patient you'll find it's actually very unique, challenging, and rather ingeniously designed.

So, they did have Some good nes stuff that they developed in house.

I wonder, given how many proto chips of Rolling Thunder were found in a massive Tengen auction awhile ago, was the game not simply a mapper hack of the Famicom version?

Found it kind of strange that FCEUX can emulate the "hard to emulate" Tengen mapper of the US version of Klax no problem, but it glitches up on the start screen of the Famicom version (a licensed release by Hudson, using a MMC3 mapper). Though the most-accurate emulators (Nestopia, Nintendulator) get it right.

[Graham Mitchell]

I wonder, given how many proto chips of Rolling Thunder were found in a massive Tengen auction awhile ago, was the game not simply a mapper hack of the Famicom version?


That is weird. I think it's pretty much identical to the famicom version, isn't it?



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[InsaneDavid]

I do believe they actually did develop their own version of tetris, which, for what it's worth, is arguably the best 8 bit console version.

And they did the nes ports of gauntlet, gauntlet 2, and Indiana jones and the temple of doom. I realize the indie game is not for everyone, but if you're patient you'll find it's actually very unique, challenging, and rather ingeniously designed.

So, they did have Some good nes stuff that they developed in house.

As for peripherals, do you guys remember a tengen genesis controller? It looked like a mega drive pad, with a blue start button.

Well that's because their version of Tetris is based upon their arcade version of Tetris, arguably the best version of the game bar none. Super Sprint is my favorite Tengen NES game. Let's also not forget about their spectacular NES Ms. Pac-Man which is still the most featured version of the game ever created from the ground up.

[Graham Mitchell]

Well that's because their version of Tetris is based upon their arcade version of Tetris, arguably the best version of the game bar none.

Oh, I know. I own a cocktail table of it ;). Atari coin op was so great during that time.

Anyway, sorry to derail. Back to ac adaptors slabbed in acrylic.


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[Camp]

Alot of people hate on the VGA stuff but it usually does wonders for the normal/common stuff.
What are the "wonders?" Is it that you end up overpaying for games or that it's sealed in a plastic coffin so you can't play it?

[Gameguy]

What are the "wonders?" Is it that you end up overpaying for games or that it's sealed in a plastic coffin so you can't play it?
If you list a game on ebay you get much more money for it. You don't overpay on anything, other people choose to overpay you for a game.

[kedawa]

Well that's because their version of Tetris is based upon their arcade version of Tetris, arguably the best version of the game bar none. Super Sprint is my favorite Tengen NES game. Let's also not forget about their spectacular NES Ms. Pac-Man which is still the most featured version of the game ever created from the ground up.

While I prefer Tengen Tetris to the Nintendo version, I really don't see what's so great about it. The main two player mode is a huge letdown, since the players don't interact with one another in any way, and the co-op mode is little more than a fun gimmick. The GB and SNES versions are vastly superior.

[treismac]

While I prefer Tengen Tetris to the Nintendo version, I really don't see what's so great about it.

I own both and I do not get why people prefer the Tengen version of Tetris other than the rarity, two players option, and more Russian theme.

[InsaneDavid]

The objective of Atari's arcade Tetris (of which their NES version is loosely based) is about accomplishing goals for high score, not just racking up points as the drop acceleration increases. The arcade version is more difficult than the NES port in that block acceleration picks up a lot quicker and different levels present different challenges such as starting with blocks already in the well or having blocks randomly appear atop the stack. Unfortunately these extra mid-game challenges are not present in the Tengen port. The intermission when the dancers come out (only one at the top on each side in the arcade) is used as a welcome break between completing each "set" of levels. The Atari arcade version is superior to all others but one has to keep in mind that the Tengen NES version of Tetris was not designed to be a straight port of the arcade game. If anything it was designed to be marathoned rather than become crazy difficult and get another quarter out of you.

No version will ever touch the Atari arcade version in my mind as it's the cleanest, best playing, most down-to-basics no bullshit version of Tetris ever created. The Next Tetris (PS1 version) is my favorite "update" of the Tetris formula as it's all about multiplayer competition and fighting for ranking and plays a little like Tetris and Puzzle Fighter mashed together. V-Tetris on the Virtual Boy is also a very beautiful and relaxing straight up Tetris game that should be known by more people.

[kedawa]

The biggest issue I have with the single player game in the Tengen port is how slow the drops accelerate, so the arcade version sounds like it's right up my alley. I'd still prefer to have some sort of versus mode, though.

Texmaster/TGM3 is currently my favourite version.

[Graham Mitchell]

The objective of Atari's arcade Tetris (of which their NES version is loosely based) is about accomplishing goals for high score, not just racking up points as the drop acceleration increases. The arcade version is more difficult than the NES port in that block acceleration picks up a lot quicker and different levels present different challenges such as starting with blocks already in the well or having blocks randomly appear atop the stack. Unfortunately these extra mid-game challenges are not present in the Tengen port. The intermission when the dancers come out (only one at the top on each side in the arcade) is used as a welcome break between completing each "set" of levels. The Atari arcade version is superior to all others but one has to keep in mind that the Tengen NES version of Tetris was not designed to be a straight port of the arcade game. If anything it was designed to be marathoned rather than become crazy difficult and get another quarter out of you.

No version will ever touch the Atari arcade version in my mind as it's the cleanest, best playing, most down-to-basics no bullshit version of Tetris ever created. The Next Tetris (PS1 version) is my favorite "update" of the Tetris formula as it's all about multiplayer competition and fighting for ranking and plays a little like Tetris and Puzzle Fighter mashed together. V-Tetris on the Virtual Boy is also a very beautiful and relaxing straight up Tetris game that should be known by more people.

Have you tried Tetris: The Grandmaster? It's the only thing I've played that comes close to Atari Coin-Op Tetris.

[treismac]

O' boy, oh boy!! Good news! Good things do come to those who wait, after all! The Tengen AC Adaptor up for bid on ebay is only $45,000 now, which is practically giving it away.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221100163512&ssPageName=ADME:B:BOEO:US:1

Ahem...

In all seriousness, if bids for a prototype of Tengen's Tetris don't go past $1,500 (http://www.gamegavel.com/item.cgi?show_item=0000715311), what chance is there of an AC adaptor selling for 30x that amount?

[o.pwuaioc]

It's sick the little bubble of VGA graders have created. "My slabbed product is worth 100x the normal amount because this other guy who slabs products says it is." By all means, let them keep slabbing products and then continue buying and selling them from each other. But shit really pisses me off when someone sees X game go for $1000 because it's sealed and graded, and so they think their loose copy of Dragon Warrior must also be worth $50. Or crushed box for $100.

This slabbed Tengen Adaptor is the icing on the cake of idiocy.

[wiggyx]

^^^ This guy; I'm 1,000,000% with him.

[Atarileaf]

Its just an adapter, AN ADAPTER! . . . I really can't be any clearer than that.

[IHatedSega]

A very good friend of mine sent me a box of stuff they didnt want and candy. In it is a wrapped copy of GTA San Andreas. Maybe I should put it up on ebay for $100,000? Its a wrapped game after all.

[Tanooki]

It's sick the little bubble of VGA graders have created. "My slabbed product is worth 100x the normal amount because this other guy who slabs products says it is." By all means, let them keep slabbing products and then continue buying and selling them from each other. But shit really pisses me off when someone sees X game go for $1000 because it's sealed and graded, and so they think their loose copy of Dragon Warrior must also be worth $50. Or crushed box for $100.

This slabbed Tengen Adaptor is the icing on the cake of idiocy.

Well said. THe collector would find your statement offensive, but a rational individual who is aware of and usually victimized in a way by the average clueless idiot who wants to make a buck but knows only enough to be dangerous sees these VGA games go for hundreds and thousands and think their complete or completely beat to shit cart alone should command a decent cut of that action too and in a way along with other factors is driving up costs to stupid levels and punishing us who just want to play a game.

I have a copy of Bubble Bobble 2, I know it's worth over $225~, but I won't sell it. I enjoy it, and even if I didn't anymore, due to the shit going on I wouldn't offload it. Sure I could use the money, but I'm not going to feed into this goddamn nightmare of stupidity going on. Hell that is how it is with my copy of Earthbound, I don't care much, but if I ever get the itch again I'm not paying $200 for the stupid thing, I'm happy with my $2 purchase last June.

[DaddyMulk]

About a month ago, I was looking into eBaying a Lego set my son had received for his birthday that I'd forgotten to exchange at Target (since he already owned the same set). I wound up getting $10 more than what it retails for, but the real shocker was finding a past auction for a slabbed copy that sold for $200 above retail. Yes, a $20 toy produced in 2011 and still available on store shelves today sells for 10x its value because some jerk slabbed it and slapped a number on it. Excuse me, I'm off to slab the box of Fresh Step Cat Litter I just picked up from Kroger; it looks to be about VGA 92!!

[o.pwuaioc]

About a month ago, I was looking into eBaying a Lego set my son had received for his birthday that I'd forgotten to exchange at Target (since he already owned the same set). I wound up getting $10 more than what it retails for, but the real shocker was finding a past auction for a slabbed copy that sold for $200 above retail. Yes, a $20 toy produced in 2011 and still available on store shelves today sells for 10x its value because some jerk slabbed it and slapped a number on it. Excuse me, I'm off to slab the box of Fresh Step Cat Litter I just picked up from Kroger; it looks to be about VGA 92!!

They...they slab...toys?????

How much will this unopened can of tuna go for?

Seriously. The craziest thing is, you said it sold! SOLD! Wow.

[Rickstilwell1]

I wonder if they sell unopened vintage toilet paper on ebay? That would be really funny.

EDIT: Hahahaha, they actually do! I wonder how much this would be worth slabbed? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-SCOTT-TOILET-PAPER-Waldorf-by-Scott-Dated-1963-NIP-/390531221089?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5aed798661

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Just for laughs, what would you guys *actually* be willing to pay for the Tengen branded AC Adapter for NES?

Only because it has the box, I'd pay $20 at most.

What about you?

[treismac]

I wonder if they sell unopened vintage toilet paper on ebay? That would be really funny.

EDIT: Hahahaha, they actually do! I wonder how much this would be worth slabbed? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-SCOTT-TOILET-PAPER-Waldorf-by-Scott-Dated-1963-NIP-/390531221089?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5aed798661

It's one of those things that sorta surprises you and then you shake the disbelief off and then accept.

http://blog.masslive.com/breakingnews/2009/08/large_AE%20toilet%201.jpg

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/amherst_couples_whole_world_to.html

I wonder if they have any of their rolls slabbed...

[treismac]

Just for laughs, what would you guys *actually* be willing to pay for the Tengen branded AC Adapter for NES?

Only because it has the box, I'd pay $20 at most.

What about you?

Your bid would've beat mine, Satoshi. I offered him $15.99. I would have offered him $20, but removing the slab would be quite a bitch.

[o.pwuaioc]

Your bid would've beat mine, Satoshi. I offered him $15.99. I would have offered him $20, but removing the slab would be quite a bitch.

I offered him $10 a month ago. I admit that was a bit unfair. I wouldn't go up to $20, though. Just...what's the point?

[treismac]

I offered him $10 a month ago. I admit that was a bit unfair. I wouldn't go up to $20, though. Just...what's the point?

I dig Tengen for reasons not totally understood even by myself- maybe it is because of how damn sexy their NES carts are.

[IHatedSega]

I dig Tengen for reasons not totally understood even by myself- maybe it is because of how damn sexy their NES carts are.

Their boxes were better than the industrial grey official ones.

[o.pwuaioc]

I dig Tengen for reasons not totally understood even by myself- maybe it is because of how damn sexy their NES carts are.

I thought the same thing...until I discovered the magic of Famicom carts. @_@

[Niku-Sama]

I have never understood why having something slabbed gives it more "value"?

all these "graders" seem to do is fuck the market up for people because they seal em up in little plastic boxes to "preserve" them.
It happened with comics and its happening with games.

I dont need a jack ass to take my money to tell me my boxed copy of megaman 5 is worth more than $50 (http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=12352169) and then stick it in a fuckin plastic case and send it back to me in a completely unsable state because its stuck in a pointless plastic case.

If i am buying a game, and unless it Factory Sealed, I'm going to want to pop it out and make sure the fucker works otherwise its useless. what happenes when ome of these games goes bad in one of those cases?
you pop them open and you void the "grade and worth" that the slabbers gave it.

[IHatedSega]

Yeah slabbing only makes sense with baseball cards. If your game die though youd want it to be sealed up hahaha. I have that San Andreas and I dont want to tear off the plastic. Playing the game and opening and reading a comic book wears and tears them, so the paranoid collector type will seal it up, its not a comic or game anymore, its a collection piece. I wonder how much an original plastic cartridge of a game will be worth with a rom chip someone made to replace the dead one is worth? Oh god I just stumbled onto a mine of thoughts I shouldnt waste my time on. What if someone has a reproduction cart slabbed and sells it to someone who thinks its genuine? Pretty soon "fakes" are going to be popping up like with any other collectables. But the reproduction cartridges still can play games that are on them, so does it really matter? Is it really a fake? Are you buying it for the cartridge or the rom file? Both, right? So, who decides whats a fake or not? If it has a label and is in the right cartridge type and has a working game file on it, does it matter if it was mass produced in a warehouse somewhere than reassembled in someones living room to look the way it does now?

[Gameguy]

Yeah slabbing only makes sense with baseball cards.
What about with Pokemon cards?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121051276868

[IHatedSega]

What about with Pokemon cards?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121051276868
Yeah, I edited my post above by the way to go deeper into this matter. The playing card types is a weird one too. You cant play with a slab, but why would you want to play with a rare as hell card that shouldnt be worn down by shuffling, even in card protectors you run the risk of them being damaged by not being encompassed by an inch or two of plastic.

[treismac]

I thought the same thing...until I discovered the magic of Famicom carts. @_@

Whatever are you talking about? :wink 2:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-44Iv1VkwvF0/T3ZUtdrs-AI/AAAAAAAAHmo/jTT-R21o1x0/s1600/More%2BFamicom%2BCarts.JPG

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QqISmCNt_nQ/TalP1z45AOI/AAAAAAAAFF8/Jx-yB5gi-lw/s1600/P1000743.jpg

[Parodius Duh!]

For the record this is not what it "goes" for, this is just what some stupid dickhead on ebay put the BIN at.....