torn label copy of Flintstones 2: SaDP (4 days, 15 hr)

[dieourumov]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8206602160&category=4315&rd=1


this is an update on the item.

[sirhansirhan]

It says that it isn't an ex-rental, but wasn't that game only available to rental stores? Am I remembering wrong?

[dieourumov]

No clue, it's not my auction :)

[Nesmaster]

If mine is an exrental, someone did a good job cleaning the thing. Mint contacts, no residue, no discoloration, Awesome label, no rips or peeling. I seriously doubt mine is an exrental :)

this one looks like it has damage in the very bottom left, or maybe thats glare :/

[8bitnes]

Thanks for pointing it out. I call dibs, unless someone outbids me :-P

[Bronty-2]

If mine is an exrental, someone did a good job cleaning the thing. Mint contacts, no residue, no discoloration, Awesome label, no rips or peeling. I seriously doubt mine is an exrental :)

this one looks like it has damage in the very bottom left, or maybe thats glare :/

I've heard that the late taitos were rental only... I've really seen no proof of it though. It's possible they might have been rental only at first and then available to the general public. I.e. a one-month exclusivity period or something. Just a guess though.

[8bitnes]

If mine is an exrental, someone did a good job cleaning the thing. Mint contacts, no residue, no discoloration, Awesome label, no rips or peeling. I seriously doubt mine is an exrental :)

this one looks like it has damage in the very bottom left, or maybe thats glare :/

I've heard that the late taitos were rental only... I've really seen no proof of it though. It's possible they might have been rental only at first and then available to the general public. I.e. a one-month exclusivity period or something. Just a guess though.

So you are suggesting these games perhaps?

Panic Restaurant Oct-92
Power Blade 2 Oct-92
Little Samson Nov-92
Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper Dec-92
Bubble Bobble: Part 2 Aug-93
Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak Dec-93

That's a pretty elite group of needing games on most people's lists.

[Bronty-2]

that would be more or less it, yeah. I'm not sure of the exact cutoff though, and as I say I really haven't seen any proof of it. It seems plausible though.

[Qixmaster]

If mine is an exrental, someone did a good job cleaning the thing. Mint contacts, no residue, no discoloration, Awesome label, no rips or peeling. I seriously doubt mine is an exrental :)

this one looks like it has damage in the very bottom left, or maybe thats glare :/

I've heard that the late taitos were rental only... I've really seen no proof of it though. It's possible they might have been rental only at first and then available to the general public. I.e. a one-month exclusivity period or something. Just a guess though.

So you are suggesting these games perhaps?

Panic Restaurant Oct-92
Power Blade 2 Oct-92
Little Samson Nov-92
Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper Dec-92
Bubble Bobble: Part 2 Aug-93
Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak Dec-93

That's a pretty elite group of needing games on most people's lists.

Yeah, just try to track down a complete and mint copy of power blade 2 or find the manual for little samson. those two = damn near impossible. It took me over 1 1/2 years to get a complete and nice condition power blade 2.

I know that my F2 was an ex-rental because it had a blockbuster sticker on the back of the cart (nowhere near a label tho thank god). My box also had a sticker on the back barcode that someone tried their best to remove (and did a pretty good job too boot). Who knows what happened to this ones manuals. Probably photocopied by BB.

Good luck with bidding 8bit and I hope you win.

-Josh

[Nesmaster]

you're right. A lot of little samson's are either loose or boxed, but rarely a complete one shows up. Out of the last 10 id say 5 were loose, 3 were boxed, and 2 were complete. Hell the one i bought was boxed, and bought a manual later for $10. Felt good when it arrived in the mail :D

[jajaja]

When you rented games, did normal manual and box include then? It wasnt like that here atleast. Here you got the game and the box was as huge as a VHS box. Renting out cartboard boxes would be madness. Would be destroyed fast.

[Nesmaster]

Well here, sometimes the game (NES) just came in a regular plastic case, like the ones that say nintendo on them, with those 1 page instruction books pasted on the inside of the case. at other video stores the actual game box was cut up and shoved into a vhs sized case, along with the game, the one page manual, or on rarer occasions the real manual or a photocopy of it :)

[8bitnes]

My own history with those titles includes:

Panic Restaurant - 1 loose, ex-rental
Jetsons - 1 complete, non-rental
Power Blade 2 - 1 loose, ex-rental (at used game store, passed it up, still yet to get this title)
Little Samson - 1 loose, 1 boxed, both rentals
Bubble Bobble 2 - 1 loose, 1 w/bk, 1 complete - non-rentals

[sirhansirhan]

I'm certainly not an expert on the subject, but I have a Panic Restaurant and Jetsons, and neither look ex-rental to me. I am pretty sure that I read somewhere that Surprise at Dinosaur Peak was rental only, but that doesn't mean what I read is correct.

[bizbiz]

I got my Power Blade 2, Little Samson, Jetsons, and Flintstones: Surprise At Dinosaur Peak from a video rental, but it is very easy to remove the stickers making them look like they weren't from a rental.

I passed up Power Blade 2 on two different occasions thinking that A, I already have it CIB, and B, it isn't worth anything. I am beginning to think that the game is just as difficult to find as Flintstones 2 or Little Samson.

Most late NES games from Taito and Konami could only be found at video rentals because almost all the big retailers had stopped selling NES games by late 1992, thus the game companies began to rely on video rentals for primary sales. I believe Bonk's Adventure, Contra Force, Tournament Fighters, Race America, Galaxy 5000 and a few others were basically only available at video rental's. However, while these games were mostly found in video rentals, they weren't necessarily "video rental exclusives" like some of the N64 rental only exclusives.

[jajaja]

Ive seen a complete copy of F2 with full manual and normal NES box on Ebay twice. Dont think this was rental, atleast you couldnt rent normal NES box here. Only big VHS boxes.

[8bitnes]

Ive seen a complete copy of F2 with full manual and normal NES box on Ebay twice. Dont think this was rental, atleast you couldnt rent normal NES box here. Only big VHS boxes.

They video stores kept the original boxes in a storage room or used them to display what titles were available and then rented the game in a plastic case. It's very conceivable and quite common that the box, manuals, and all inserts were kept in brand new condition in a back room while the game was rented out dozens of times.

[jajaja]

Ive seen a complete copy of F2 with full manual and normal NES box on Ebay twice. Dont think this was rental, atleast you couldnt rent normal NES box here. Only big VHS boxes.

They video stores kept the original boxes in a storage room or used them to display what titles were available and then rented the game in a plastic case. It's very conceivable and quite common that the box, manuals, and all inserts were kept in brand new condition in a back room while the game was rented out dozens of times.

Ah ok, didnt know that. Thanks for the info :)

[bizbiz]

Ive seen a complete copy of F2 with full manual and normal NES box on Ebay twice. Dont think this was rental, atleast you couldnt rent normal NES box here. Only big VHS boxes.

They video stores kept the original boxes in a storage room or used them to display what titles were available and then rented the game in a plastic case. It's very conceivable and quite common that the box, manuals, and all inserts were kept in brand new condition in a back room while the game was rented out dozens of times.

Exactly the case with 99% of the stuff I got from a video rental that closed, and one that I worked at. They actually made zerox copies of the manual and kept the cardboard box as display only, so when I bought games, the carts showed wear, box was near mint to fully mint, especially since it was re-shrunk and the only way it could be damaged was if a customer dropped it and stepped on it since it never left the store.. and the manuals were like new as they sat in the back, never touched more than once. Whalllaaa.

[sirhansirhan]

Oh, hey, I found where I read that it was rental only.

From Video Game Collector, Fall 2004 (Volume 2), page 11, review of The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak! by Zach Meston:

"It makes sense that DP was rental-only; between the lack of depth and infinite restarts, anyone not wearing adult diapers should beat it in a day."

[jajaja]

Oh, hey, I found where I read that it was rental only.

From Video Game Collector, Fall 2004 (Volume 2), page 11, review of The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak! by Zach Meston:

"It makes sense that DP was rental-only; between the lack of depth and infinite restarts, anyone not wearing adult diapers should beat it in a day."

lol ye, the game is very easy. But its most for kids so it cant be too hard either. Its still a great game tho :)

[8bitnes]

Thanks for pointing it out. I call dibs, unless someone outbids me :-P

I don't know if anyone considering "letting" me have it, but I just worked out a trade with a fellow DP-er for one so I am not bidding. My max bid would have been about $96, so who knows if I would have got it anyhow.

[Nesmaster]

$112.50?

wow, i guess thats what happens when one doesnt show up for a few months @_@

[dieourumov]

damn, that's crazy.

[neo-zen]

i paid 80 for mine at a local store just so i wouldnt have to hunt it down later.

[8bitnes]

$112.50?

wow, i guess thats what happens when one doesnt show up for a few months @_@

Here's the two prior to that:

BIN LINK (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8197443151&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)
LINK (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8183903291)

[Bronty-2]

It's funny how much the rarer nes games have gone up in the last year or whatever. I couldn't get anyone to pop a $65 BIN on a loose f2 about a year(?) ago. Ended up trading it for a sealed super bonk, which I'm happy with, but still. f2, complete stack ups, cheetahmen, myriads etc all seem to have doubled.. Hell I bought (and at the time regretting buying) a ugly-beat-up-but-sealed stack up for 125, sold it on ebay maybe four months later for 300, and to my surprise the guy I sold it to sold it after maybe another four months on ebay UK for about $500US. Not a bad little series of sales considering it looked like the back of someone's ass to begin with.

[Nesmaster]

$112.50?

wow, i guess thats what happens when one doesnt show up for a few months @_@

Here's the two prior to that:

BIN LINK (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8197443151&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)
LINK (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8183903291)

yeah, i saw both of those. about a month or so prior to norkusa's auction, one ended for $56 which at the time regretted not bidding on it and one about a day later ended for $71 and i bid $70 on that one and was bummed out i hadn't won. all was well though cause i got mine on ebay 10 days after norkusa's auction ended for about $3 shipped (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8186851646)

[Bronty-2]

muaha nicely done.

[imanerd0011]

Yep, this one has really gone up in price lately. I bought mine around 2 years ago for $50, and at the time that was the going Ebay rate. I also got Bubble Bobble 2 for $45 on Ebay. It seems like some games have really gone way up in price.

[NESaholic]

Yep, this one has really gone up in price lately. I bought mine around 2 years ago for $50, and at the time that was the going Ebay rate. I also got Bubble Bobble 2 for $45 on Ebay. It seems like some games have really gone way up in price.

The price has risen indeed but i think when the auction link shows up here on DP it has some influence too.

[bizbiz]

Howabout the fact that in February, March, and April, at most times you could find 1-2 copies of F2 up for auction at any given time. As for June and July, this was the only copy on eBay. Quantity demanded has gone up as a result of new collectors not getting "their copy". Something like 3-4 copies are the current quantity demanded, but only 1 is available = price demand goes up.. And if this rate of 1 appearing every 2 months on eBay continues, then expect the price to continue to increase until collectors give up or quantity listed increases.. or something like that.

This is the same story as games like Stadium Events and Bubble Bobble 2. What games are next in this wave of super value boppers?

I sound like a loser, but I studied this and think the next games for NES to skyrocket in cost, due to limited quantity available will be:

*** Bonk's Adventure *** - copy up right now is gonna go pretty high even tho it has 2 huge permanent stickers on the front label

and

*** Little Samson *** - last copy went for $56.00 !!!

Both games are rare as it is, and that is nothing new. However, both games are appearing less and less on eBay meaning that when a copy does get listed, more people want it (e.g. all the collectors who still need the game or players who want the game but still don't have it) and less people can have it, driving up the price. Look on eBay and you will see how often either shows up, usually less than once a month. I remember seeing 4 Bonk's at once in January and 3 Little Samson's in December.

[Bronty-2]

Those are good picks. I wouldn't be surprised if secret scout starts doing better as well. Or maybe it already has? (I don't know).

What seem to have hit a plateau, at least for now, are the panesians..

[bizbiz]

Those are good picks. I wouldn't be surprised if secret scout starts doing better as well. Or maybe it already has? (I don't know).

What seem to have hit a plateau, at least for now, are the panesians..

Yeah, I agree about the Panesians.. I would say Secret Scout tops unlicensed increasing in value, and Menace Beach and Action 52 are also on the move..

[8bitnes]

Those are good picks. I wouldn't be surprised if secret scout starts doing better as well. Or maybe it already has? (I don't know).

What seem to have hit a plateau, at least for now, are the panesians..

Yeah, I agree about the Panesians.. I would say Secret Scout tops unlicensed increasing in value, and Menace Beach and Action 52 are also on the move..

Secret Scout is indeed hitting the $50+ plateau as well. Ones that have gone down are the Megaman and Dragon Warrior series though.

[jonjandran]

Secret Scout is indeed hitting the $50+ plateau as well. Ones that have gone down are the Megaman and Dragon Warrior series though.

That's because they are not that rare, just sought after because of those "childhood memories" . And once everyone found out they were worth something, hundreds started showing up on Ebay , which drove the prices down.

[sirhansirhan]

I think a few games that are set to go up in the near future (or already have, arguably) are the late Capcoms, specifically Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers 2, Duck Tales 2, and Snow Brothers.

I recently acquired CNDRR2 in a store in heavily-stickered ex-rental condition for $15 (has been going for $15-25 on eBay), and Duck Tales 2 for $5 (I was giddy about that one; it has been going for $15-30 on eBay), and have been trying to get Snow Brothers for months. It was going for $25ish about two or three months ago, but now it tends to go for $40-50 on eBay, which sucks for me.

Anyway, these are all fun games with recognizable characters made by a good company and are being posted on eBay less and less, which seems to be the criteria.

[mikeetler]

I've heard that the late taitos were rental only... I've really seen no proof of it though. It's possible they might have been rental only at first and then available to the general public. I.e. a one-month exclusivity period or something. Just a guess though.

So you are suggesting these games perhaps?

Panic Restaurant Oct-92
Power Blade 2 Oct-92
Little Samson Nov-92
Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper Dec-92
Bubble Bobble: Part 2 Aug-93
Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak Dec-93

That's a pretty elite group of needing games on most people's lists.

I can say with 100% certainty that Panic Restaurant, Power Blade 2 and Little Sampson were not rental-only games. I was dealing with a number of distributors at that time and they were readilly available. By the end of '95 they were being blown out and I had 12-48 of each of those three. Shoulda put 'em away for safe keeping.

As for Jetsons, Bubble Bobble Part 2 and F: SaDP, they were never on any wholesale lists I had and the only place I every saw them at the time was Blockbuster.

-Mike

[Bronty-2]

great post, thanks

[Bronty-2]

Those are good picks. I wouldn't be surprised if secret scout starts doing better as well. Or maybe it already has? (I don't know).

What seem to have hit a plateau, at least for now, are the panesians..

Yeah, I agree about the Panesians.. I would say Secret Scout tops unlicensed increasing in value, and Menace Beach and Action 52 are also on the move..

I haven't really kept tabs... but hasn't SE plateaued also? Of course, SE and the panesians were already high..

[bizbiz]

While we're on the topic here, I might add the following as games moving up in demand/value:

-TMNT Tournament Fighters - NES version worth 20+, SNES version worth 2 dollars. Limited quantities. Continues to move up in value while the SNES version becomes worthless. Better graphics = worth less, in this instance.

-Arkanoid (CIB only) - With the paddle controller, worth 40+, remember when nobody could care less about the paddle? I used to see stacks of them in Funcoland for 2 dollars.

-Pro Sport Hockey - Another NES version worth 20+, SNES version worth less than 2 dollars. More limited quantities. This game continues to soar in value because collector's overlooked it as just another common sports title. It's actually very difficult to find.

and these ones are moving down in demand (and value):

-Contra Force - Used to be a 40-50 dollar sell, now goes for less than 30 almost always. I could swear I was bidding 50-60 to get my copy in the beginning of the year, and then I ended up getting one for 25 recently without any bidders even bidding on it.

-Tengen Tetris - Used to be a 35-40 dollar sell every single time, now goes for less than 25 almost always.

-Fire N Ice - I have seen it sell for 30-40+, nowadays, 10-15 is the avg.

-Super Dodge Ball - I used to remember the day it would sell for 20+ and was the game everyone had to have. Now, it is still a demanding game, but never sells more than 10-15.

[sirhansirhan]

I'd agree with the posters who said that Bonk's Adventure and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighter are going up; I've been trying to get both recently (although I just got Bonk, thanks to krazynesphreak). And as for Arkanoid, I don't remember a time when the Vaus controller was worthless (I paid $20 for the paddle only (no game, no box, no instructions) in like 1994 or something), but what I do know is that some dude in the eBay stores system has a sealed copy for $60 that I am totally drooling over:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8188712963&category=4315&ssPageName=WD1V&rd=1

It's almost enough to make me want to start collecting sealed NES games...

[dieourumov]

I edited it with a new copy of Flintstones 2 being sold.

[jajaja]

Damn, went for over $350

[D_N_G]

the 350 doesnt even show a pic of the manual, i bet it doesnt have it

[mickoz]

DNG -- he said he have it in the user question. I am sure he would have sent a picture if you asked him. He did get very high price on his sell.

I think he (the seller) did buy that one from ebay not that long ago. But I don't remember the price.

[Nesmaster]

I'm the one that asked the question, and yes he sent me the picture twice ;)

[NESaholic]

Dang the prices are rising insanely these days,i can remember i lost one complete copy for $200 and $300,i think i will be waiting for a while till the hype is over or something like that,corse will watch all the time but still.

[dieourumov]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8206602160&category=4315&rd=1


looks like this baby has become popular on ebay, and i have a feeling this is the cheapest one you will find on ebay for awhile - it has a torn label, a definate no no for collecting.

[jajaja]

Hm.. is that picture mirrored?

[dieourumov]

looks like it, not sure how else they'd get the label like that

[mickoz]

Common guys, one sale doesn't make a price. Just look at what the guy sold. Two bubble bobble part 2 and the worse copies fetched way more than the nicer one (which still had original factory seal (open thugh) and the other had just a reseal -- I almost bought it a month ago or so but backed off).

I remember that not long ago on DigitPress someone sold one for 100$ complete. That was probably a nice steal! ;-)

You are gonna see a new one soon end up twice the price or half of it.

[8bitnes]

You all need to search a little harder for your games :) .

Flintstones Surprise at Dinosaur Peak listed in a lot. 54 total games for only $102.50 :D . Most searches wouldn't find the game because it was listed stricktly as "Flinstones" ... note the misspelling.

LINK (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8204828895&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT)

[imanerd0011]

Jesus H! You have the best "game eye" I have ever seen. I always thought I was good at IDing games, even if the pic was somewhat hard to see, but you are a god.
I would never have even noticed it in there.
GREAT BUY!!! It really paid off to wait on a few of the higher priced ones, didn't it? :)

[8bitnes]

Jesus H! You have the best "game eye" I have ever seen. I always thought I was good at IDing games, even if the pic was somewhat hard to see, but you are a god.
I would never have even noticed it in there.
GREAT BUY!!! It really paid off to wait on a few of the higher priced ones, didn't it? :)

Waiting and searching is key. Actually, I just traded for one here on DP about 10 days ago and snagged this one as trade bait. I let quite a few rarities go in the first trade, but it was worth it especially since it was GEM. This one arrived today, unfortunately it is not mint. I'd give its condition a 5 or 6 out of 10.

Edit: Oh, it was the Star Wars game that brought to the auction by the way. I am down to about 20 games to have a complete set and it happened to be one of them. I like to buy in lots to fill out my collection. It helps me to replace the carts that are not quite mint while getting the ones that are still needed.

[8bitnes]

You all need to search a little harder for your games :) .

Flintstones Surprise at Dinosaur Peak listed in a lot. 54 total games for only $102.50 :D . Most searches wouldn't find the game because it was listed stricktly as "Flinstones" ... note the misspelling.

LINK (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8204828895&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT)

Here is the scan of the one I got in that lot. Someone offered me $80 for it. Should I take it? The reason I am asking is because I've considered using it in trades instead.

EDIT: It is sold.

http://www.geocities.com/broncotrack/scan0001.jpg

[mickoz]

If you talk business, I believe 80$ is goodly pay, especially since it is torn. I think you could rebuy one on ebay for less than that, unless the market still go higher, but for a loose it seems high price at first glance.

[Nesmaster]

nice snag 8bit. thats exactly how i got mine i mentioned earlier in this thread. by searching flinstones :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Nesmaster/P7230002.jpg

theres the one i got :)

[jajaja]

nice snag 8bit. thats exactly how i got mine i mentioned earlier in this thread. by searching flinstones :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Nesmaster/P7230002.jpg

theres the one i got :)

Cool game :) But have you thought of cleaning the stove or what it is to the right? LOL Looks dirty

[Nesmaster]

nice snag 8bit. thats exactly how i got mine i mentioned earlier in this thread. by searching flinstones :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Nesmaster/P7230002.jpg

theres the one i got :)

Cool game :) But have you thought of cleaning the stove or what it is to the right? LOL Looks dirty

ya i was gonna say i shouldve cleaned it, but i didnt notice until after i took the picture at which point i wiped it clean LOL