Tomy Tutor

[zemmix]

As I was packing up my stuff for the big move at the end of the month I came across a Tomy Tutor, joysticks and 10 carts that I had bought a while ago. The carts are: Hyper Space, Traffic Jam, Scramble, Pooyan, Cave Crawlers, Loco Motion, Jungler, Torpedo Terror, Deep Six and Car-azy Racer.

Just curious what these things are worth.

[InsaneDavid]

Sadly not all that much, your lot will bring maybe about $40 on eBay given the proper conditions - the system is 3/4 of that money. Still a really cool niche computer system to have in your collection, I've had mine since release.

[Barbarianoutkast85]

I'd be interested at how much its worth becuase I have one too that I've never taken out of the box.

[ianoid]

Zemmers,

You have a complete collection. If you have no dupes, 10 different carts, that's all that was released here in USAland. I think your set is worth a little bit more, maybe $75-$100.

A boxed system depending on the condition of the box should fetch $40-$75, I would venture to guess. If your system and box was truly near mint, I'd be interested in trading for it. I have a boxed system, but the box is kind of ok.

[Tupin]

So, has price gone up much in two years? I would imagine that shipping would be the catch...

Oh, and I've heard it's almost completely compatible with a TI/99, is that true? I want to get one of these not only for the games on it, but also the fact that it was a computer made by Tomy.

[InsaneDavid]

So, has price gone up much in two years? I would imagine that shipping would be the catch...

Oh, and I've heard it's almost completely compatible with a TI/99, is that true? I want to get one of these not only for the games on it, but also the fact that it was a computer made by Tomy.

Let's put it this way, the lot I bought was zemmix's - $60.00. Tutor stuff is odd price wise since while it's super rare it's not super valuable. Yet when stuff does come up the Tutor owners all dive on it. Besides, it wasn't developed by Tomy, it was developed by Matsushita. No TI/99 compatibility. While there are some similarities, on the final product user end things are night and day. I do suggest you read up on this stuff because it really isn't for everyone. Truth be told the ports of a couple games are awful, namely Pooyan.

I'll have video up of every game on Friday as well as an overview of the system. More or less, it should give you a better idea about the system and games. I wanted to do the videos this weekend but simply won't have the time to shoot them so that's why I'm going to do that Friday morning - should be live by Friday afternoon / evening. Also remember that I'll be selling the duplicate system and a few cartridges from that lot as well - so it will also act as a "see before you buy."

[Tupin]

Sounds very interesting David, thanks.