n-gage 'not for resale' games

[qbertandernie]

just an announcement or a 'heads up' i guess. i cant guarantee these will be worth anything, but i picked up n-gage demo games at my local gamestop for $5 each. the clerk told me that theyve been there a long time, as the n-gage stuff is not displayed and most people dont have the system or dont think to ask about used games.

for $5 a piece it might be something to ask about when you next visit your local chain shops.

[nildem]

What games did you get?

A few years ago I found a NCAA Football 2004 NFR demo in the parking lot of a Target store.

[qbertandernie]

spiderman 2
ncaa football
rayman
red something? - i forget the name of this one..

they just gave me spiderman, i guess it wasnt in the computer yet. they had it stashed under the cash drawer.

[Ed Oscuro]

Sweet. I'll check it out sometime. YOWZA!

[Ed Oscuro]

red something? - i forget the name of this one..

That's why I'm staying away from N-gage collecting for the most part. "Hmm...what did I buy...forget."

[Slipdeath]

I think your talking about red faction

[Oobgarm]

I would venture to guess that they aren't going to be worth a lot. N-Gage reps that stopped into our store had a bag FULL of them, the list you mentioned above is all I can think of too. There's also a NFR Tony Hawk one from the first demo units that were in-store.

[qbertandernie]

for $5 its worth a try. i have no plan to get an ngage in the near future, so the games dont matter much...

[TRM]

like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.

[ianoid]

I picked up alot of these recently. I have a mock-up Sonic box and instructions (which have the cover, but just blank pages with 'English' and 'French' etc in the outer upper corner.) I probably overpaid. And for all I know, these were distributed to all 10,000 Gamestops (number not accurate.)

I'm definitely into getting more NGage for $5 if they have 'em. Sadly, it's a major underperformer.

Let's say the handheld market is going to get quite overcrowded quite soon with Gizmondo coming out.

We have: GBA, GB DS, PSP coming, Gizmondo coming, Tapwave, N-Gage. Who have I forgotten?

[Predatorxs]

like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.

I don't know about that? there are atleast 5 or 6 snes demo collectors here on DP, and god knows how many more, stalkin through the auction jungle that is ebay!

..XS

[Gemini-Phoenix]

To be honest - my EB no longer stocks Ngage consoles or games. My GameStation only does a few of the first titles (Which they are still trying to flog at £34.99!!!) and no longer do the consoles.

The only place to buy an Ngage in my town is in a mobile phone shop. Mobile phone shops which only stock a few of th efirst released titles (Which they are selling for about £34.99)

See where i'm going with this?


I think Nokia marketed it wrong. They marketed it as a mobile phone which plays games. No one want's that. They should've marketed it as a games console which doubles as a mobile phone - And sold it specifically in game shops, not phone shops...


Online is the only place I can buy new games these days.

Nokia wonder why the Ngage hasn't taken off - It's because no bloody shop will stock them!


I have a suspicion that a lot of Ngage games will become ultra rare in the future! There haven't been too many released, and wouldn't be too hard to get a full set.

[DogP]

Yeah, I picked up a Rayman 3 not for sale card for $5, and they had 2 Ashen NFS cards, but they were $15 each, so I passed on those... I looked on ebay for Rayman 3 and saw a couple other auctions selling the NFS cards for cheap, so I assume they're not very uncommon :P .

DogP

[Promophile]

like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.

You may want to check into that again....

like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.

I don't know about that? there are atleast 5 or 6 snes demo collectors here on DP, and god knows how many more, stalkin through the auction jungle that is ebay!

..XS

Like that Stunt Racers Demo cart a few days ago? You sure forced me to pay alot for that . Coulda got it cheap if you hadn't seen it .

[Predatorxs]

like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.

You may want to check into that again....

like the SNES demos, I doubt that these will get a good collector's fanbase.

I don't know about that? there are atleast 5 or 6 snes demo collectors here on DP, and god knows how many more, stalkin through the auction jungle that is ebay!

..XS

Like that Stunt Racers Demo cart a few days ago? You sure forced me to pay alot for that . Coulda got it cheap if you hadn't seen it .

Sorry Promophile, If i had of known, a fellow DP'er wanted it, i wouldn't have gone to $30... sorry about that.. Just out of interest have you got the Stunt race demo yet? if you do what condition was it in??

Also where the hell were you (Promophile) last month, () when a killer instinct demo went for $11, near the end of the auction i couldn't connect, so i missed my chance to bid, and the guy got it very cheap damm-dat-ebayer!!

..XS

[SamuraiSmurfette]

I think Nokia marketed it wrong. They marketed it as a mobile phone which plays games. No one want's that. They should've marketed it as a games console which doubles as a mobile phone - And sold it specifically in game shops, not phone shops...

Actually, that's how it *was* marketed here.
I think it would have done better the way you mentioned

[Cauterize]

We have: GBA, GB DS, PSP coming, Gizmondo coming, Tapwave, N-Gage. Who have I forgotten?

GP32 (Gamepark 32)

[qbertandernie]

just a quick bump...

didnt plan to get an n-gage, but did pick one up recently, old style, boxed for $50

to anyone paying attention, i recently picked up a demo of 'the sims: bustin out' so thats another that is available. the store i got it at said they only remembar having those already mentioned. let me know if anyone has any others, so i know what to look for!

heres a list of those i know are around

red faction
spiderman 2
the sims: bustin out
ashen
ncaa football
tony hawk
rayman

seems like a fairly high number of demos given the number of games released, but im not arguing...theyre cheap, and i like NFRs.

[AB Positive]

back when I worked at gamestops we had Pandemonium demos as well, so those have to be floating around.

-AG