Interesting story this time: it seems long ago, an obscure mom-and-pop video game outfit went out of business and locked up its doors with all its inventory still inside. Years later, the building was purchased and its new owner discovered over a thousand unopened, sealed, mint-condition games dating back to the NES years. Educated enough to recognize their value, the owner had them graded, sealed, and placed on a fancy auction website (not eBay, I said fancy) for hundreds of dollars. There are all sorts of things here, such as....

MINT CONDISH CHRONO TRIGGER

There are thankfully multiple ways to play Chrono Trigger today, but only ONE way to STARE at Chrono Trigger while doing nothing with it

Heritage Auctions Price: $2,400

THE FLINTSTONES: SURPRISE AT DINOSAUR PEAK

I mentioned in an earlier installment of TYCEH (I think it was last month) how surprisingly expensive this game is. I also said that was because it was only available at rental stores, but Pat (the NES Punk) loudly disputes this, claiming there's no solid evidence the thing wasn't sold anywhere else. What we do know is that it's very hard to find

Heritage Auctions Price: $600.00

DRAGON WARRIOR PROTOTYPE

What was a Dragon Warrior prototype doing just sitting around in this store? Bizarre

Heritage Auctions Price: $1,200.00

TENGEN TETRIS

Honestly? This figure is kind of low for what you get here. Tengen Tetris was published by Atari before they realized they didn't own the console rights to Tetris -- they bought the arcade rights and thought they owned everything. So this had to be recalled and Nintendo's variant was put on sale instead. Tengen Tetris was on the shelf for months, so it's not as rare as something like Stadium Events, but it's not super-easy to come by either

The back cover description, by the way, is much better than Nintendo's effort

Heritage Auctions Price: $420.00

CUBIVORE

One of the rare polygon-based titles in the auction didn't actually use very many

This extremely rare Gamecube game is an evolution simulator where every animal is made of giant blocks. You have to love something that uses the quote "one of the most bizarre video games ever created" as a selling point

It consistently ranks near the top of "most expensive games" for the Gamecube, and the average eBay price isn't far off from its price here

Heritage Auctions Price: $300.00

COLOR A DINOSAUR

More like "put patterns on a dinosaur" since the NES can only display four colors per 16-by-16 pixel square....allowing for freehand coloring, that added up to four colors per SCREEN, including black and white

But if you look closely, the box is completely up front about this, and so is the back description. It's only the title that lies

Heritage Auctions Price: no bids yet, go figure

Truthfully, if I had money to burn yet could only choose one item from this auction, I would pick.....

......MONSTER PARTY

The ultimate conversation piece!

Heritage Auctions Price: $180.00

DISCONNECTED N64 KIOSK CONTROLLER WITH ARM STILL ATTACHED

Who could possibly want this? Lots of people, actually. The controller is likely to be the most damaged part of a used kiosk, since they took endless abuse from snot-nosed kids

eBay Price: $140

WII KIOSK WITH NO CONSOLE, NEON LIGHT-UP SIGN OR CONTROLLERS, JUST THE SHELVING

This, however....this part of a kiosk seldom breaks

eBay Price: $59.99 (+ $59.99 shipping)

SEGASONIC THE HEDGEHOG SEVEN FOOT TALL VINTAGE STANDEE

When you gotta go tall

Interesting fact: Sega had trouble trademarking the name "Sonic" in Japan, so for his first few months of existence he went by "SEGASONIC" instead

eBay Price: $4,999.00

A CAN

This vintage Mountain Dew Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Tie-In soda pop from the distant year of 2011, with a dent in its bottom, is just the classy, highly desired item you need to invest in your future

eBay Price: $50.00

SEGAGAGA LIMITED EDITION

Before Sega abandoned the console business, one of the final games they put out was a very meta "Sega Simulation" in which you had to save the company from a thinly veiled Sony parody

The game was barely promoted in its home country (it was given a $200 marketing budget) and its chances of a Western release were nil. Despite all this, a Collector's Edition exists

It came with a T-shirt, pins representing all of Sega's consoles, and an organizer with the Segagaga logo

eBay Price: $289.99

THE GOLD NUNCHUK

In 2011 Nintendo released a gold-colored Wiimote alongside Zelda: Skyward Sword. Most games required the Nunchuk attachment, though, and the majority of those were white, leading to an ugly fashion clash

Unless you were a member of Club Nintendo in Japan, which offered gold Nunchuks to match the gold remotes for a limited time. This offer was also made in the US

eBay Price: $118.00

THE GOLD WHEEL

But wait -- what'll you do if you want to play Mario Kart with the Wii Wheel accessory? What then?

Nintendo had a solution in that case too, but unlike the Ninchuk, it remained in its home country

However, based on the price, it doesn't appear to be in as high demand as the Nunchuk is

eBay Price: $44.99

"THE NINTENDO DIFFERENCE" CIGAR

"The Nintendo Difference" was a slogan adopted by the company during its Gamecube years, when they touted their quirks as strengths....like getting into the cigar business; Microsoft would never do that

eBay Price: $250.00

DARK SOULS AMIIBO

I wasn't aware that this ever happened, and I thought I kept up diligently on my amiibo news. There are a total of two truly third-party amiibo in the world....Shovel Knight and this guy

You CAN have this one, just don't buy it from this seller. Several Solaire amiibo were for sale on the same day, at much smaller prices

eBay Price: $49.00

PARASITE EVE STANDEE

I wish I'd played Parasite Eve so I had something to say here

eBay Price: $700.00

KIRBY ORCHESTRA CONCERT BROCHURE

Inside you'll find sheet music for the most common Kirby tunes

eBay Price: $98.99

BATTLETOADS GREEN FOAM FIST

When you're going downtown to protest racial injustice and wealth inequality in corporate business, here's the perfect accessory

Signed on the back by Rare employees

eBay Price: $129.99

TALES OF PHANTASIA POSTER

This is a poster that could only happen in Japan. We never got this game, nor any of the other amazing late-stage SNES RPGs like Seiken Densetsu 3 and Star Ocean

Tales of Phantasia did eventually make the leap across the Pacific, but only when it was ported to the Game Boy Advance. The original SNES version still awaits an official translation

eBay Price: $129.95

POKEMON RED GERMAN PROTOTYPE CART

A bare-naked version of one of the most influential games in all of history. Drop three thou and play "spot the differences"

You better know where everything is by heart, though....it's all in German

eBay Price: $2,999.99

MINORITY REPORT THE GAME -- PROTOTYPE DISC

Far cheaper than the Pokemon Red proto, for prototype hoarders on a budget

eBay Price: $300

COMPLETE WII U COLLECTION

161 games....that's all. Fits neatly into one photo

I love this console but....that is a sad sight

eBay Price: $5,499.99

HAGANE: THE FINAL CONFLICT

It's come to light that Mike Matei may have exaggerated the rarity of this game somewhat, and its abundance on eBay offers arguable proof of this, so...the price can go back down now. Anytime now. Come on....

eBay Price: $599.00

GAME BOY CAMERA VINYL STORE BANNER

You would commonly see banners like this hanging high on the walls at Toys R Us back in the day

After you buy this, buy the rights to Toys R Us and recreate everything else

eBay Price: $400.00

SUPER MARIO BROS. TALKING DIGITAL ALARM CLOCK

Can you tell if this collectible was made recently, or back in the 90s? There is one telltale hint. See if you can guess it before you peek below the price

It goes off by saying "Wake up, it's time to leave dreamland!" followed by the World Map 1 theme from Super Mario 3

eBay Price: $120.00

*It's a 1992 clock -- Mario is a bit off-model and Nintendo has gotten more strict about that sort of thing since

NINTENDO POWER "INFORMATION CENTER" MAGAZINE STORE DISPLAY RACK

You might say, "Information Center? That's pretty presumptuous of them," but think about the time frame in which this rack would have been used. Nintendo Power had a practical monopoly on some video game secrets, and as you can read here, they flaunted it

eBay Price: $255.00

TIME BOY

You might think this is a watch at first glance, but it's actually a keychain. Or a "Key Holder" because manufacturer Prima wanted to use some weird terminology

eBay Price: $132.62

GAME BOY ALARM CLOCK

How many products were shaped like a Game Boy? Quite a lot....there is also a Game Boy-shaped piggy bank and bottle opener

eBay Price: $68.90

UNUSED PLAYSTATION KIOSK

You won't have to buy spare controller arms for this one -- it's fresh out of the box, never used since it was minted in 1998

Yes, the Pepsi commercial plug is that blatant on all of them. It's even more obvious in the side-view

eBay Price: $2,499.00

SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD

eBay Price: $10,000.00

Think this might be a tad overpriced? That's what you think.

IT'S FACTORY SEALED!!!

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