Computer Horseracing by Electronic Data Controls (EDC) Corporation

[Immutable]

I recently received a "Computer Game" complete with the box, overlays, horse pieces, a sealed bag of gambling chips, "monopoly money", and a sealed bag of player pieces. Later, I found an auction on eBay selling it for $500! The vendor seems to be asking for way too much - so if anyone could give any recommendations, I would appreciate it. :)

Here's the auction -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-COMPUTAMATIC-COMPUTER-HORSE-RACING-STILL-WORKS-VERY-VERY-RARE-/300945223637?pt=Games_US&hash=item4611bbafd5

[divtag]

i found this link : http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/1724/electronic-data-controls-corporation#linkeditems
who takes you to the games they made.

Looking at ebay some of these are listed with widely different prices.
Here is a good example:

computer baseball - 55.99$
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-COMPUTER-BASEBALL-Electronic-Data-Controls-1969-Table-Top-Baseball-Game-/300941331028

computer baseball - 825.00$
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-COMPUTER-BASEBALL-Electronic-Data-Controls-1969-Table-Top-EARLY-VIDEO-GAME-/110602045332


Its always a chance that the horseracing game are more rare ofcourse,
it looks like it was one of the last they made...

[Immutable]

Thanks for the info!

BTW, the eBay auction was recently adjusted to $379.99. Heh..

[mb7241]

I have something like the Computer Baseball games linked above...it's 5 sports in 1, though...last actual sold price I saw for it was a few years ago, at $25, IIRC. This being horse racing, I'd say it'd probably be in that range, maybe $30 on a good day. Side note: I do consider these a forerunner of sorts to home video games (almost as much as, say, the oscilloscope Pong or the Brown Box). As such, I do look for these when I'm out and about.

[Immutable]

I posted the item on my auction page. If it doesn't sell at the given price, I'll be open to offers.

[Steve W]

Wow, I've got one of those games by the same company, I believe mine's Football. Didn't know it was worth anything, just picked it up because it was a novelty.

[Immutable]

I posted it again at $100 plus shipping on eBay.

[Immutable]

It sold for $10... Whoop-dee-doo...