View Full Version : n-gage 'not for resale' games
qbertandernie
11-28-2004, 01:39 PM
just an announcement or a 'heads up' i guess. i cant guarantee these will be worth anything, but i picked up n-gage demo games at my local gamestop for $5 each. the clerk told me that theyve been there a long time, as the n-gage stuff is not displayed and most people dont have the system or dont think to ask about used games.
for $5 a piece it might be something to ask about when you next visit your local chain shops.
nildem
11-28-2004, 07:54 PM
What games did you get?
A few years ago I found a NCAA Football 2004 NFR demo in the parking lot of a Target store.
qbertandernie
11-28-2004, 08:01 PM
spiderman 2
ncaa football
rayman
red something? - i forget the name of this one..
they just gave me spiderman, i guess it wasnt in the computer yet. they had it stashed under the cash drawer.
Ed Oscuro
11-28-2004, 10:52 PM
Sweet. I'll check it out sometime. YOWZA!
Ed Oscuro
11-28-2004, 10:52 PM
red something? - i forget the name of this one..
That's why I'm staying away from N-gage collecting for the most part. "Hmm...what did I buy...forget." LOL
Slipdeath
11-28-2004, 11:28 PM
I think your talking about red faction
Oobgarm
11-29-2004, 07:33 AM
I would venture to guess that they aren't going to be worth a lot. N-Gage reps that stopped into our store had a bag FULL of them, the list you mentioned above is all I can think of too. There's also a NFR Tony Hawk one from the first demo units that were in-store.
qbertandernie
11-29-2004, 08:25 AM
for $5 its worth a try. i have no plan to get an ngage in the near future, so the games dont matter much...
like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.
ianoid
11-29-2004, 11:12 AM
I picked up alot of these recently. I have a mock-up Sonic box and instructions (which have the cover, but just blank pages with 'English' and 'French' etc in the outer upper corner.) I probably overpaid. And for all I know, these were distributed to all 10,000 Gamestops (number not accurate.)
I'm definitely into getting more NGage for $5 if they have 'em. Sadly, it's a major underperformer.
Let's say the handheld market is going to get quite overcrowded quite soon with Gizmondo coming out.
We have: GBA, GB DS, PSP coming, Gizmondo coming, Tapwave, N-Gage. Who have I forgotten?
Predatorxs
11-29-2004, 11:43 AM
like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.
I don't know about that? there are atleast 5 or 6 snes demo collectors here on DP, and god knows how many more, stalkin through the auction jungle that is ebay! LOL
http://www.xs.dsl.pipex.com/avator/ms_ufo.gif..XS
Gemini-Phoenix
11-29-2004, 12:09 PM
To be honest - my EB no longer stocks Ngage consoles or games. My GameStation only does a few of the first titles (Which they are still trying to flog at £34.99!!!) and no longer do the consoles.
The only place to buy an Ngage in my town is in a mobile phone shop. Mobile phone shops which only stock a few of th efirst released titles (Which they are selling for about £34.99)
See where i'm going with this?
I think Nokia marketed it wrong. They marketed it as a mobile phone which plays games. No one want's that. They should've marketed it as a games console which doubles as a mobile phone - And sold it specifically in game shops, not phone shops...
Online is the only place I can buy new games these days.
Nokia wonder why the Ngage hasn't taken off - It's because no bloody shop will stock them!
I have a suspicion that a lot of Ngage games will become ultra rare in the future! There haven't been too many released, and wouldn't be too hard to get a full set.
Yeah, I picked up a Rayman 3 not for sale card for $5, and they had 2 Ashen NFS cards, but they were $15 each, so I passed on those... I looked on ebay for Rayman 3 and saw a couple other auctions selling the NFS cards for cheap, so I assume they're not very uncommon :P .
DogP
Promophile
12-01-2004, 01:43 AM
like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.
You may want to check into that again....
like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.
I don't know about that? there are atleast 5 or 6 snes demo collectors here on DP, and god knows how many more, stalkin through the auction jungle that is ebay! LOL
http://www.xs.dsl.pipex.com/avator/ms_ufo.gif..XS
Like that Stunt Racers Demo cart a few days ago? You sure forced me to pay alot for that ;) . Coulda got it cheap if you hadn't seen it :D .
Predatorxs
12-01-2004, 11:16 AM
like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.
You may want to check into that again....
like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.
I don't know about that? there are atleast 5 or 6 snes demo collectors here on DP, and god knows how many more, stalkin through the auction jungle that is ebay! LOL
http://www.xs.dsl.pipex.com/avator/ms_ufo.gif..XS
Like that Stunt Racers Demo cart a few days ago? You sure forced me to pay alot for that ;) . Coulda got it cheap if you hadn't seen it :D .
Sorry Promophile, If i had of known, a fellow DP'er wanted it, i wouldn't have gone to $30... sorry about that.. :embarrassed: Just out of interest have you got the Stunt race demo yet? if you do what condition was it in?? ;)
Also where the hell were you (Promophile) last month, (LOL) when a killer instinct demo went for $11, near the end of the auction i couldn't connect, so i missed my chance to bid, and the guy got it very cheap damm-dat-ebayer!! LOL
http://www.xs.dsl.pipex.com/avator/ms_ufo.gif..XS
SamuraiSmurfette
12-01-2004, 11:48 AM
I think Nokia marketed it wrong. They marketed it as a mobile phone which plays games. No one want's that. They should've marketed it as a games console which doubles as a mobile phone - And sold it specifically in game shops, not phone shops...
Actually, that's how it *was* marketed here.
I think it would have done better the way you mentioned LOL
Cauterize
12-01-2004, 12:18 PM
We have: GBA, GB DS, PSP coming, Gizmondo coming, Tapwave, N-Gage. Who have I forgotten?
GP32 (Gamepark 32)
qbertandernie
02-07-2005, 01:28 AM
just a quick bump...
didnt plan to get an n-gage, but did pick one up recently, old style, boxed for $50
to anyone paying attention, i recently picked up a demo of 'the sims: bustin out' so thats another that is available. the store i got it at said they only remembar having those already mentioned. let me know if anyone has any others, so i know what to look for!
heres a list of those i know are around
red faction
spiderman 2
the sims: bustin out
ashen
ncaa football
tony hawk
rayman
seems like a fairly high number of demos given the number of games released, but im not arguing...theyre cheap, and i like NFRs.
AB Positive
02-07-2005, 02:12 AM
back when I worked at gamestops we had Pandemonium demos as well, so those have to be floating around.
-AG