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jajaja

06-29-2005, 06:39 PM

You might have seen the huge NES lot on Ebay lately. Turns out that Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com/) bought the whole collection and are going to give it away under PAX :)
Wonder how much they bought it for.

AFGiant

06-29-2005, 06:52 PM

Jesus tapdancing Christ. I wonder what the feeling would be like to just purchase everything like that. All those years so many of us have spent, hunting, browsing, all the time and money....and they did it in like a half hour with money they got from making an offensive comic strip. Those guys are (and are still) my heroes

TheSmirk

06-29-2005, 07:27 PM

Wow. Is this someone that we (dp forums) know thats selling this stuff off?

Thats nuts

sabre2922

06-29-2005, 07:38 PM

Lucky bastards :angry: :evil: my only question is WHY GIVE IT ALL AWAY?

monkeychemist

06-29-2005, 07:45 PM

just curious...how do you know this?

Kroogah

06-29-2005, 07:50 PM

just curious...how do you know this?

It's posted on Penny Arcade's front page? :D

Leroy

06-29-2005, 07:56 PM

Who?

Charlesaway

06-29-2005, 08:02 PM

It's also news on http://games.slashdot.org.

;)

dieourumov

06-29-2005, 08:07 PM

I can't believe there wasn't a single picture of the lot on ebay, when he/she had pictures of other games they had listed.

drewbrim

06-29-2005, 08:10 PM

my favorite part about that auction is that it didn't include mario brothers LOL .

monkeychemist

06-29-2005, 08:18 PM

It's posted on Penny Arcade's front page? :D

well, then... how about i learn how to read LOL

Yamazaki

06-29-2005, 08:38 PM

Why give it away?!?!?!

Then some XBox nerd is gonna win and give it away to some kids in the getthos! Great!

Videogamerdaryll

06-29-2005, 08:47 PM

I can't believe there wasn't a single picture of the lot on ebay, when he/she had pictures of other games they had listed.

True..

Zilla

06-30-2005, 12:12 AM

Can you imagine what its gonna be like for the guy or gal that wins that collection. I would crap my pants :eek 2: that would be my face. Wow just wow.

Ronfar

06-30-2005, 12:19 AM

This might be a dumb question, but what is PAX?

poopnes

06-30-2005, 12:38 AM

This might be a dumb question, but what is PAX?

Penny Arcade Expo

-hellvin-

06-30-2005, 12:42 AM

This might be a dumb question, but what is PAX?

Comic/anime convention run by them I believe.

NE146

06-30-2005, 01:13 AM

This might be a dumb question, but what is PAX?

Penny Arcade Expo

It's funny because this PAX location (The Meydenbaur Center in Bellevue, WA)... is less than .3 miles away from where I live. I should just waltz over there when they're having it and take a leak. LOL

Oobgarm

06-30-2005, 07:20 AM

Wow, a little over 10 grand for mostly loose carts (some with manual) and no Panesians?

I mean, the Miracle pianos are nice, but I think they overpaid just a wee bit. I'm sure someone will like it, though.

Funny the auction mentioned Mike Etler's rarity list. I just saw him last weekend. LOL

digitalpress

06-30-2005, 07:36 AM

Lucky bastards :angry: :evil: my only question is WHY GIVE IT ALL AWAY?

Remember... these guys are heavily involved in children's charities. They've given away quite a lot over the past few years. It's a shame that people only think of them as a comic strip producer - they're really a shining foundation in the gaming community.

Yamazaki

06-30-2005, 08:22 AM

Still! Imagening some anime nerd gets all the stuff and give half of it away or do whatsoever because there aren't any naked anime pics givesme the creeps!

Leroy

06-30-2005, 08:27 AM

Still! Imagening some anime nerd gets all the stuff and give half of it away or do whatsoever because there aren't any naked anime pics givesme the creeps!
LOL ROFL It's so true.

WanganRunner

06-30-2005, 08:50 AM

Anyone notice that the reserve still wasn't met on the auction?

digitalpress

06-30-2005, 09:19 AM

Anyone notice that the reserve still wasn't met on the auction?

My guess is that the seller had a similar charitable purpose in mind as well. You know, not all of the world are greedy fuckheads. If Penny Arcade were planning a charity drive and didn't make the reserve on my auction I'd still part with it if the offer was a fair one.

Here's an example of Penny Arcade's generosity beyond their free website:
http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/30/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm

Ronfar

06-30-2005, 09:36 AM

This might be a dumb question, but what is PAX?

Comic/anime convention run by them I believe.

Ah, cool. Didn't know they had one of those.

MegaManFan

06-30-2005, 03:07 PM

I'm still trying to figure the whole thing out. I read about this last night and went to their website, but all it said was that during PAX they would have an Omegathon (some super contest of gaming skill with a secret unannounced game) and that the winner would receive AN INCREDIBLE PRIZE. They don't actually state that the prize is this auction lot though, and their schedule for PAX doesn't even say when exactly this Omegathon takes place or how one would even enter into it, let alone the rules.

Aussie2B

06-30-2005, 03:21 PM

Still! Imagening some anime nerd gets all the stuff and give half of it away or do whatsoever because there aren't any naked anime pics givesme the creeps!

I think it's more likely that whoever wins will have absolutely no interest in old games and will sell them for cash or something.

I thought about going last year, but I can't stand the comic strip or its psycho fans. None of the events at the place really interested me either. I would've gone just for the contest, but it's a gaming competition consisting mostly of games I never played. I don't think a single one of the games they played last year was from any previous generation of consoles. It was all Halo, DDR, Mario Kart: Double Dash, etc. My boyfriend and I would've had no chance of winning, and I'm sure the same goes for this year.

Now if it was an NES-only competition to win the collection this year, THAT would rock. However, fat chance of that happening.

Jred

07-01-2005, 01:25 AM

Actually the game played for the final round last year was Pong. They mention giving away the nes games on the front page news that was put up wed.

Aussie2B

07-01-2005, 01:29 AM

I guess they were trying to shock the people who were competing. The final game is a secret until the competition, so that's why I never found out about that one.

Ed Oscuro

07-01-2005, 02:02 AM