Unlike the other boxes we've seen, I think we can be confident this is the real deal. The SNES logo's all over it

So anyway, this is what they looked like before they hatched

eBay Price: $70.00

The 1980's Japanese equivalent of a LodgeNet device; it was attached to the TVs of some hotel rooms in Japan and let you rent time with the Famicom games within

Unfortunately, though the cartridges inside are removeable, you cannot replace them with regular Famicom or NES games. It only takes carts made specifically for itself

eBay Price: $500

The Neo Geo is to this day the most expensive console ever sold when you convert its price to modern inflation. It used actual arcade parts

This is its rarest game. Only three copies of Aero Fighters 3 were ever made, as test protos

Only two are known to still survive, and until recently, were both owned by one man

Sold at an airport for: $30,000.00

"Vidpro Cards" were the technical name for those cards you had to bring up to the stockroom and exchange for the game pictured on them

I hated that system when it existed, but now I miss it

eBay Price: $50

The first-ever self-illuminated Game Boy was a Game Boy Pocket with a front-lit screen, the Game Boy Light. You never had one because it was released only in Japan

That makes it pricey enough, but when you throw on a limited-edition Astro Boy paint job, it gets worse

eBay Price: $250.00

A way-ahead-of-its-time SFC add-on that let you download smaller games via satellite, as well as play other titles at certain times of the day

A remake of the first Legend of Zelda was released this way, as well as bonus F-Zero tracks and a text-based Chrono Trigger sequel

eBay Price: $269.00

Yet another exclusive-to-Japan thing

For a brief experimental time, Nintendo had kiosks everywhere that let you download games to special Flash cartridges. Similar in practice to the Disk System for the Famicom, but didn't take off as well

They called them "Nintendo Power" since the name wasn't taken in that country yet

eBay Price: $60.00

Contains an offer for a hologram T-shirt, which probably had to be washed by hand

You may have guessed by the backgrounds that a lot of these are from the same seller. He had a lot

eBay Price: $99.00

One of the rarest games available for any form of the SNES in any country; only a few thousand were made

eBay Price: $1,770.88

The seller received all this stuff from a Midway plant that closed down in 2002 and has been sitting on it ever since. He has no idea what each chipset does as he lacks the equipment to test it all out. If you feel like taking a gamble, here's a thousand-dollar bet for you

eBay Price: $999.00

These elements don't really go together, but I guess any autograph will raise its value

eBay Price: $120.00

Thrill Kill was a 4-player fighting game almost released for the PS1 until the company was bought by EA and EA didn't want to release it. The reason being it was an ultra-violent, ultra-profane mess made purely for shock value. It likely would have been toned down before release (its initial submission to the ESRB resulted in an AO rating) but the proto that escaped the factory was uncut

Somewhere between the game's creation and cancellation, a hat was made

eBay Price: $279.99

Only 5,000 were made and sold on QVC. This limited version of the game contains the cartridge, a leather-bound reprint of the Spider-Man issues where Carnage first appeared, three detailed pins of the game's main characters, and a certificate of authenticity

Of all the things I never thought existed, I really, REALLY never thought THIS existed

eBay Price: $699.00

Sweet homemade project that got a fair bit of gamer news press when it was completed

eBay Price: $2500

This one glows in the dark

2000 of them were given away in Japan as prizes for a contest related to an N64 racing game

eBay Price: $800.00

Four of these controllers stamped with the N64 logo were given out as prizes in a Star Fox 64 competition at E3 1997

More than four were made....the extras were given to Nintendo employees

eBay Price: $1,100.00

My World, My Way was a Nintendo DS game released in 2010 and focused around a bratty princess. She could actually do things like alter the game mechanics and cheat on battle screens just by pouting and yelling. I wanted it, obviously. But I changed my mind after the nasty reviews came in

No one else bought it either, because here we are not even three years later and it's already worth over $100

It's too early to know which DS game will be the most valuable, but I'd place my bets on Giana Sisters DS, because the US version is only being sold on Amazon.com. It's still $30...don't say I never warned you

eBay Price: $129.99

The seller got it from a former Sony employee and has no idea what it was for. Neither do I

eBay Price: $59.99

Seller claimed he had the only copy in the entire world, and thusly had to charge $5,000 for it

Of course, there is more than one Toys R Us, but his exhaustive Internet research turned up nothing on its serial number (SCUS-94611), therefore it's the only one in the world (right?)

eBay Price: $4,999,99

Disclaimer: Chicks will not actually dig you

eBay Price: $80

Presumably, they all had to wear this?

eBay Price: $127.50

So the trick to collecting success is to buy things that look so embarrassing that nobody would ever want to own them, then keep them in mint condition for 20 years

He has to rescue Princess Mato

eBay Price: $503.48

Here's the poop: Mattel sold the Intellivision rights to a smaller company after the video game crash. When Nintendo resurrected the market, the company released three games in 1987. Then three more in 1989, but only via mail-order catalog

Spiker Super Pro Volleyball was the last one

eBay Price: $721.56

An unreleased SNES game. Several prototypes are already floating around out there, and so is a ROM dump

eBay Price: $233.42

This game changed a lot over its long and troubled development. Unfortunately this build is nearly identical to the final game

eBay Price: $389.03

Remember Shenmue? Well, it's back! In pen form!

eBay Price: $63.02

No one seemed to notice this one. Not even hipsters

Yeah, $10 is a lot lower than the other amounts being asked for around here. But it's a lot for a BUTTON

eBay Price: $10

Vintage item formerly owned by a Seattle K-Mart

The nice thing about this auction was that the seller took clear, large pictures of almost every page. Check 'em out

eBay Price: $851.12

From the same seller, so....more to read!

eBay Price: $560.00

eBay Price: $4,250

Oh, foolish Lorax, you silly old guy!
You just never know what some people will buy!