Why is Color A Dinosaur considered rare?

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

This game is on Amazon and Ebay selling for $50. I don't have it yet, and I was thinkin about buying it, but the gamer in me told me to save my money for games I'll play for more then 5 minutes just for the novelty of it.

But I keep hearing from hardcore NES collectors that this is one of the super rare titles, up there with Action 52, Cheetahmen, and Little Samson. But I see it selling for less than $100. So whats the story with this game?

I personally love collecting NES games, and these weird, pointless titles are a big reason why. Games like Where's Waldo, Taboo, and Space Shuttle Project, are just awesome for their uniqueness, their weirdness, and all that.

[bb_hood]

This game is on Amazon and Ebay selling for $50. I don't have it yet, and I was thinkin about buying it, but the gamer in me told me to save my money for games I'll play for more then 5 minutes just for the novelty of it.

But I keep hearing from hardcore NES collectors that this is one of the super rare titles, up there with Action 52, Cheetahmen, and Little Samson. But I see it selling for less than $100. So whats the story with this game?

I personally love collecting NES games, and these weird, pointless titles are a big reason why. Games like Where's Waldo, Taboo, and Space Shuttle Project, are just awesome for their uniqueness, their weirdness, and all that.

Color a Dinosaur is a rare nes game. Its rarer than Little Samson, thats for sure. Finding a boxed or complete copy is much much harder than finding a loose cart.
Its not super expensive because its not a game you would want to play at all. Unless you are going for a complete set there is not much point paying alot online for a copy.
Waldo, Taboo, Space Shuttle are not rare games by any means.
More expensive does not = rarer.

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

Color a Dinosaur is a rare nes game. Its rarer than Little Samson, thats for sure. Finding a boxed or complete copy is much much harder than finding a loose cart.
Its not super expensive because its not a game you would want to play at all. Unless you are going for a complete set there is not much point paying alot online for a copy.
Waldo, Taboo, Space Shuttle are not rare games by any means.
More expensive does not = rarer.

Yea no, those aren't rare at all, I was just saying I enjoy the NES cuz of the unusual games like those. I mean, I saw a boxed and complete Color a Dinosaur on Ebay for maybe $200. And Action 52 is like a $1000 game and that's not exactly a desirable game to play either. Strange. Maybe I'll hafta pick it up then, it could rise in value. I don't particularly care about having all my NES games boxed either.

It just confuses me that shitstorms like Action 52 and Cheetahmen sell for hundreds and hundreds of dollars, yet Color A Dinosaur is less then $100.

[PizzaKat]

Yea no, those aren't rare at all, I was just saying I enjoy the NES cuz of the unusual games like those. I mean, I saw a boxed and complete Color a Dinosaur on Ebay for maybe $200. And Action 52 is like a $1000 game and that's not exactly a desirable game to play either. Strange. Maybe I'll hafta pick it up then, it could rise in value. I don't particularly care about having all my NES games boxed either.

It just confuses me that shitstorms like Action 52 and Cheetahmen sell for hundreds and hundreds of dollars, yet Color A Dinosaur is less then $100.

I think it partly has to do with the AVGN after he reviewed it, the game is sought out. i remember there was a Sealed Genesis for 49.99 on Ebay BIN. I was about to buy it but didnt cause I wanted the NES version. Stupid me, that one goes for God knows how much now. A lot of reason why these retro games are high in price is cause of Youtubers. Especially with their game hunting and comparison of what they bought it for to what it goes for. Then they complain of high prices. Go figure.

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

I think it partly has to do with the AVGN after he reviewed it, the game is sought out. i remember there was a Sealed Genesis for 49.99 on Ebay BIN. I was about to buy it but didnt cause I wanted the NES version. Stupid me, that one goes for God knows how much now. A lot of reason why these retro games are high in price is cause of Youtubers. Especially with their game hunting and comparison of what they bought it for to what it goes for. Then they complain of high prices. Go figure.

My roommate rented Action 52 back in the early 90s. He said it was godawful even then. But that is true, AVGN did cover those 2 games. U don't see games like Top Gun or Simon's Quest going up though. They're still $3 games. Of course, those aren't rare. I guess I should hope he doesn't do Color A Dinosaur then, so I can get it for a reasonable price and so I can actually own a rare game. Which would be cool. I wasn't even gonna get this game cuz it was rare, I was interested in it cuz I like weird NES games like this. It being rare didn't even occur to me.

But yea I do like the videos of what people find sometimes, I do think it's a little unclassy to say how much they paid for it tho. AVGN was at least decent enough not to mention prices.

[Rickstilwell1]

My roommate rented Action 52 back in the early 90s. He said it was godawful even then. But that is true, AVGN did cover those 2 games. U don't see games like Top Gun or Simon's Quest going up though. They're still $3 games. Of course, those aren't rare. I guess I should hope he doesn't do Color A Dinosaur then, so I can get it for a reasonable price and so I can actually own a rare game. Which would be cool. I wasn't even gonna get this game cuz it was rare, I was interested in it cuz I like weird NES games like this. It being rare didn't even occur to me.

But yea I do like the videos of what people find sometimes, I do think it's a little unclassy to say how much they paid for it tho. AVGN was at least decent enough not to mention prices.

Well the thing about AVGN is that he got a lot of his games for free as donations. So he doesn't even have prices to mention.

[bb_hood]

Yea no, those aren't rare at all, I was just saying I enjoy the NES cuz of the unusual games like those. I mean, I saw a boxed and complete Color a Dinosaur on Ebay for maybe $200. And Action 52 is like a $1000 game and that's not exactly a desirable game to play either. Strange. Maybe I'll hafta pick it up then, it could rise in value. I don't particularly care about having all my NES games boxed either.

It just confuses me that shitstorms like Action 52 and Cheetahmen sell for hundreds and hundreds of dollars, yet Color A Dinosaur is less then $100.

I also love the unusual nes titles, I know what you were getting at I just had to mention that those titles are nothing special.
Color a Dinosaur could rise in value, and if it only sells for about 50$ now I wouldnt be surprised if it did go up (eventually).
There are other really rare nes titles that are not super expensive yet. Chip and Dale 2 is one of the rarest US liscenced NES games and it seems to sell less than snow bros and about the same amount as duck tales 2. Race America is also really rare and thats less than 50$ via bin on ebay.

I think it partly has to do with the AVGN after he reviewed it, the game is sought out.

Yes I think that has alot to do with it. Whenever he reviews something for good or bad, the sheep flock to ebay and pay whatever... then games sell for high BIN prices then those prices become the norm. When he reviewed guardian legend that common nes game went from 4-5 to 20-30 overnight. Demons Crest and Wild Guns shot up the same way, but even more.

Action 52 and cheethamen are both quite rare, cheetha being much more so. With a retail price of 199$ I dont think many people bought action 52.

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

I also love the unusual nes titles, I know what you were getting at I just had to mention that those titles are nothing special.
Color a Dinosaur could rise in value, and if it only sells for about 50$ now I wouldnt be surprised if it did go up (eventually).
There are other really rare nes titles that are not super expensive yet. Chip and Dale 2 is one of the rarest US liscenced NES games and it seems to sell less than snow bros and about the same amount as duck tales 2. Race America is also really rare and thats less than 50$ via bin on ebay.



Yes I think that has alot to do with it. Whenever he reviews something for good or bad, the sheep flock to ebay and pay whatever... then games sell for high BIN prices then those prices become the norm. When he reviewed guardian legend that common nes game went from 4-5 to 20-30 overnight. Demons Crest and Wild Guns shot up the same way, but even more.

Action 52 and cheethamen are both quite rare, cheetha being much more so. With a retail price of 199$ I dont think many people bought action 52.

They couldn't have sold well. I also think that since they're unlicensed games they prolly had low production runs, as well.

[bb_hood]

With Action 52, there was that whole Cheetahmen II Kickstarter fiasco starring Greg Pabich. It was fairly sought after before that, and even before the AVGN reviewed it. I remember there were rumors that Pabich or someone associated with him was buying up as many copies as possible. Its another rare one that people want.

It was pretty rare to begin with, but wasnt a trailer full of sealed copies found sometime ago? Or was that something else

[Gameguy]

They couldn't have sold well. I also think that since they're unlicensed games they prolly had low production runs, as well.

They were sold mostly to rental stores, it wouldn't surprise me if some stores bought multiple copies before they knew how terrible it was. It was $200 originally but it was discounted later in it's life, I think it was dropped to $50 at one point. It sold well enough to have several label and circuit board variants. Again, there are plenty of rental exclusive games that aren't as valuable as this game.

Just something of interest, the Genesis version of Action 52 was developed by the same people who made Color a Dinosaur. And they're still making games today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FarSight_Studios


EDIT: I found an ad which lists the price of Action 52 at $79.99. It shows that the price was dropped several times while still being produced.
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