NES Cover

[COUNT SMRIFNACK]

Hello. I have a purple-ish color NES cover. My wife claims to have never seen one before, as do all of my friends that used to game. I can take pics if needed, but I want to know if these are common or not. I don't care about value (if it even has any), I just want to know if it's common and where it came from. I don't remember buying it separetly as a young kid, so that is why I'm curious. Thanks for any help.

[aaron7]

Hello. I have a purple-ish color NES cover. My wife claims to have never seen one before, as do all of my friends that used to game. I can take pics if needed, but I want to know if these are common or not. I don't care about value (if it even has any), I just want to know if it's common and where it came from. I don't remember buying it separetly as a young kid, so that is why I'm curious. Thanks for any help.

Nah, totally common. Sell it to me

[COUNT SMRIFNACK]

Seriously, here is a pic.



So what's the deal with this thing?

[nat]

I've never seen one before.

[Atari 5200]

I've seen one at the flea one time. Didn't really bother to pick it up, though. The only reason she had it on the NES was to cover up the fact that it didn't have the lid on the NES.

[Scrimble]

This is only the 3rd I've ever seen. There was a black one on Ebay in a lot a while back, and mine which is a blue-green.

[COUNT SMRIFNACK]

What's up Nat? I don't know where I got this thing? I've had it for so long I don't remember. My NES I got in like 87', and it's the same one I have now. I haven't actually collected stuff for it over the years, I just kept what I had. I found this thing last year sometime in a little box with my NES Max controllers. We were too poor to get alot of accessories as kids, so I can't see my mother buying a cover for the NES

[Push Upstairs]

I've owned two of those in my lifetime and both were black.

The first one my mom bought when NES was still current, the 2nd one I found on ebay after years of searching for it.

I wasn't aware it came in purple.

[Superman]

The cover looks a little familiar (I think it reminds me of a vcr cover), but I don't remember these for the NES.

[COUNT SMRIFNACK]

Anyone else? I looked around some NES sites today and couldn't find one like it

[Jumpman Jr.]

Check the NintendoAGE database under "acessories" (I think you need to be a member to search the database). I tried searching for it as "Cover" but nothing came up. If you knew the exact name I'm sure you could find it.

[rbudrick]

And what exactly is the purpose of this item?

-Rob

[miaandjohnrule]

And what exactly is the purpose of this item?

-Rob

It's a dust cover, I've got a black one.

[COUNT SMRIFNACK]

Yeah, it's just a dust cover. It is made with cut-outs so that you don't have to unplug the controllers, a/v or r/f, or the power supply.

[Joeybones]

I sold my black one on ebay, I think it went for $6. about 6 months ago.

[COUNT SMRIFNACK]

Hey, did it have the Nintendo logo on top like mine?

[Push Upstairs]

I have a generic cover that is similar to this one in my possession (also black). the material isn't as nice and it doesn't have the "Nintendo" logo...other than that is looks pretty similar.

[wfnjstallion]

I too had a blue-green cover for the Nintendo system like your purple one. My mom was so paranoid about dust when I was a kid so she bought the cover for the system and a ton of the hard clear plastic game covers with the Nintendo logo on the bottom right. I still have the game covers no idea where the system cover went though.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I had a black one a couple years ago. I think that I sold it to someone on here, but of course, my mind is failing me.

JY

[rbudrick]

It's a dust cover, I've got a black one.

Right, so the dust collects on the cover instead of the NES. I'm still not sure I see the point.

-Rob