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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The Fifteen Nintendo Games For $2 Each Experiment Part 2

So here is the first follow up of the 15 Nintendo Games for $2 each experiment.  The idea was to put 'Best Offers' in on 15 games for no more than $2 a piece.  There were also some rules:

1. The seller must have a rating of 98.5 or better
2. It must be a game that I do not own
3. The label must be in reasonable condition
4. No counter offer will be accepted

So what were the results?  After the first day I received counter offers on everything except the first four games.  Which this was probably to be expected.  On average it costs about $3.50 to ship a nintendo game, so at $2 a piece the seller is taking a loss of atleast $1.50 to break even on just shipping!  We'll see what happens to the last four...

1. Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing
2. WWF Wrestlemania
3. Swords and Serpents
4. RollerGames
5. Tecmo Baseball $3 counter offer
6. Solar Jetman $3 counter offer
7. M.U.S.C.L.E $4 counter offer
8. World Cup $4 counter offer
9. Bases Loaded 3 $3.99 counter offer
10. WWF Wrestlemania Challenge $3 counter offer
11. American Gladiators $4 counter offer
12. Rad Racer 2 $4 counter offer
13. Disney's Adventures In The Magic Kingdom $3.50 counter offer
14. StarTropics $4 counter offer
15. SmashTv $4 counter offer

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Monday, February 1, 2010

The Fifteen Nintendo Games For $2 Each Experiment

I did an experiment before in putting a bunch of random offers on Nintendo games.  I achieved mediocre success ultimately winning a copy of Duck Tales and 1943.  I decided to do another experiment with Free Shipping.

Using http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/ I isolated fifteen games that currently are being sold with free shipping and that have a "Best Offer" feature.  The rules are:

1. The seller must have a rating of 98.5 or better
2. It must be a game that I do not own
3. The label must be in reasonable condition
4. No counter offer will be accepted

So let's deal.  The fifteen games are as follows:
1. Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing
2. WWF Wrestlemania
3. Swords and Serpents
4. RollerGames
5. Tecmo Baseball
6. Solar Jetman
7. M.U.S.C.L.E
8. World Cup
9. Bases Loaded 3
10. WWF Wrestlemania Challenge
11. American Gladiators
12. Rad Racer 2
13. Disney's Adventures In The Magic Kingdom
14. StarTropics
15. SmashTv

So there you have it.  Tomorrow I'll post an update, and once more after the 48 hours have expired.  It will be interesting to see how many are actually one.  On average it costs between $2.50 and $3.50 to ship a game, so in theory any of these would force the seller to lose money.  But a few of the Nintendo games came from the same seller.

Depending on the success (or unsuccess) we'll try this again but for $3 an item

Visit again for part 2

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Monday, January 11, 2010

LukieGames.Com

Part 1: Shinobi

Some people associate personal memories and events in their lives from the popular music, movies, or world events that were happening at the time.  With myself, I associate the events from my life with videogames.


Such is the case with Shinobi.  I first saw the arcade game in 1988.  It was at a 7-11 here in Las Vegas on the corner of Bonanza and Pecos.  My elementary school was going to have a 4th of July fireworks stand in the parking lot and I went there to check it out.  Instead of buying fireworks I blew a bunch of money on Shinobi.  Eventually it was released on the NES by Tengen.

I played it once or twice on the NES at a friends house and I remember briefly owning a copy but now twenty years later, I don't recall what happened to my copy.  Then about a week ago I thought about the game and remember how crazy stupid it was:  The children of the leaders of the world were kidnapped and you need to rescue them!  Awesome.  The arcade game had a slightly different plot in that the children of Ninja's were kidnapped.  Whatever.  It does explain why all the kid's have Katanas behind them.  Who cares, let's move on.

I decided that it was imperative to own a copy again, and besides... if I'm going to collect all of the original Nintendo games, I'd eventually have to get it.  I thought I saw a copy at Play N Trade here locally, but it was a bust.  It looked like their retro inventory was wiped out from the holidays. 

So I went back to the one place I knew I'd find a copy: http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/

Shinobi was pricey.  Too pricey!  It seemed that many eBay sellers who didn't specialize in games felt a used, scuffed copy with a partial label was worth $40 or more.  Some were more reasonable, and I was willing to buy it, even if I felt it was a little overpriced.  PedroGames.Com, one of my favorite sellers, had copies for about $9 plus shipping.  But I had already spent my Pedro budget, and had already exceeded my complete budget for January.

Part 2: LukieGames.Com

Then suddenly like the ninja in Shinobi... poof!  There it was... a reasonably priced copy from highly rated seller LukieGames.Com.  Like that Progressive Insurance commerical, sometimes PedroGames.Com is the cheapest, and sometimes it's not.  (This doesn't mean I'm jumping the PedroGames Ship!  PedroGames has a huge inventory, super fast shipping, discounted shipping, an easy to read and navigate eBay store, and oftentimes very competitive prices.)

If you've ever looked at retro games on eBay you've seen listings from LukieGames.Com.  You had to of.  They even have a website that isn't an eBay store.  I've browsed through their listings many times before, but it wasn't until the reasonably priced Shinobi appeared that I ever paid that much attention to them. 

LukieGames.Com... so is it pronounced "Lucky" or "Luke-E"?  I was dying to know so I asked.  Turns out it's "Luke-E" and the story of the name is pretty cute, but unrelated to this post, so I'll save it for them to explain.

So what is the verdict?  Good?  Bad?  Otherwise?  I'd say that buying Shinobi from LukieGames.Com was an A+ experience.  The game arrived exactly as described.  There was a little bit of grime on the label, but the game was released 21 years ago, and for the cheap price I got it for I don't mind cleaning it up a little.  There was a sticker on the case, which in most cases I'd say is a big no-no, but the adhesive is so weak, and it wasn't on the label of the game so it wasn't a big deal at all.  Perhaps it's used for inventory purposes, or maybe it's a neat viral way to advertise.  Either way it wasn't a distraction at all.

I'm going to make a couple more LukieGames.Com purchases in the next couple weeks, and I'll share with you how it goes, but for now it's time to play Shinobi...

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Sunday, January 3, 2010

VideoGamePriceGuides: Game Correction

Some of the search parameters for Nintendo NES games were updated to include better results today.  Some of the games included:

Ghost Lion (including "Legend of" prevented finding additional copies)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Too many words as part of the search)
Conan Mysteries of Time (Sellers were too lazy to include "Mysteries of Time")
Duck Tales II (which should be Duck Tales 2)
Town and Country Surf Designs II: Thrilla's Surfari (Not sure why zero copies would come up, but the search was changed to Thrilla)
Magic Johnson's Fast Break (the apostrophy delimited searches)
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom (removed "In the Salad Kingdom")
The Adventures of Rad Gravity (Dropping "The Adventures of" yielded many more copies)

You should now be able to find more copies of these titles and a better estimate of their value and rarity.

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Monday, December 28, 2009

Video Game Price Guides 2009 Goal

With 2009 finally coming to a close I thought I'd mention some of the forth coming changes you'll be able to see in 2010.

1. On the game price pages the "additional" page links will be added to the bottom.  No need to scroll all the way back up to the top to see the next page of listings.
2. The YouTube videos will be moved back up to the top as well.  They were moved to the bottom for testing purposes.
3. The prices will update from the game-prices page and not the period.  This was simply a matter of logistics.  Clicking the game-prices page will update everything in the database.
4.  A recommended title feature.  Imagine looking at one game and getting a recommendation for a nothing title to look at.  IE: You're looking at Ninja Gaiden and their is a recommendation to look at Ninja Gaiden 2.
5.  Games by price: Rather than looking for games by title you can get a listing of games within a price range.  This will be perfect for bargain hunters or budget conscious visitors.
6.  Expanded game library:  There are a lot of systems and titles that still need to be added.
7.  Comments and ratings.  Why not?  Every other site seems to have them.

So there you have it.  There is actually a soft timeline in place to get all 7 of these implemented by the end of the first quarter.

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Friday, December 4, 2009

New Splash Page At VideoGamePriceGuides


The splash page for VideoGamePriceGuide.Com is now live.  After several days/weeks/months/ a more user friendly site is starting to take shape.  In less than a year VGPG went from a blogspot blog to a wordpress blog, to a redirect to the VideoGamePriceGuide.Com labels on the SalzMafia blog.  None of the previous layouts seemed to... well click!  It's 1:00am on my 'Friday' night, after a very busy week, so I hope this post makes sense.  Time for sleep...



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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

VideoGamePriceGuides: Change Over Complete

The hard part is over!  After the moving of a ton of files, changing configuration files and a million other things, http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/ is finally resting in its new and correct home.  What does this mean?  It means that Google will soon be able to see more of the 7000+ pages of content that are available on VGPG.

Here is proof of concept: http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/nintendo/game-crisis/21/1/old/false/2/adventure-island/

Notice there are no "?=" parameters.  Whew!  There is still alot of coding that needs to be done on the back end but the hard part is finally over!

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Monday, November 30, 2009

What's Going On With VideoGamePriceGuides.Com?

What's going on with VideoGamePriceGuides.Com?  Well, if you've visited the site at all this Monday evening you probably noticed that it's re-directed to a weird JudgeVegas.Com site.  Although this wasn't intentional, in a small way, it kinda was.

You see the hosting for VGPG is shared with other domains that I run, including this one.  Way back in the day I started the judgevegas.com site and any additional site I created was technically an extension to judgevegas.com.  Well fast forward four years later and not only is it time to retire JudgeVegas.com, I also wanted to expand the functionality of VPGP.  This required VGPG to become the primary domain for my hosting.

Well, I asked the hosting company what all was involved in doing the switch.. and well, rather then giving me the details they decided to go ahead and do it!  DOH!.  So right now as I type this a backup of VGPG is being created, and will be migrated to the root domain.  So this time tomorrow it should be fixed.

Sorry for the delay!

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nintendo NES Prices for November 2009

Here's an idea: let's keep a historical record of video game prices. I was inspire by my previous post about a Game Pro Magazine Scan that had an advertisement for "current" (current meaning 19 years ago) prices for Nintendo NES games.  Once a month I'll do a master update of the games and post the prices here.  Consider it a historical record.

Nintendo NES Prices for November 2009

Title
Price
10 Yard Fight
$3
1942
$12
1943
$8
2-in-1 Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt
$3
2-in-1 Super Spike V'Ball/World Cup Soccer
$5
3-D Worldrunner
$5
3-in-1 Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet
$4
720
$4
8 Eyes
$5
A Nightmare on Elm Street
$16
Abadox
$5
Addams Family, The
$7
Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt, The
$15
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonstrike
$33
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
$9
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
$38
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
$21
Adventure Island
$7
Adventure Island II
$12
Adventure Island III
$25
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
$4
Adventures of Bayou Billy, The
$3
Adventures of Dino Riki, The
$3
Adventures of Gilligan's Island, The
$12
Adventures of Lolo II , The
$23
Adventures of Lolo III , The
$32
Adventures of Lolo, The
$8
Adventures of Rad Gravity, The
$5
Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle and Friends, The
$6
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The
$5
After Burner (Tengen)
$7
Air Fortress
$3
Airwolf
$4
Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing
$3
Alfred Chicken
$24
Alien Syndrome (Tengen)
$6
Alien3
$14
All Pro Basketball
$3
Alpha Mission
$4
Amagon
$4
American Gladiators
$5
Anticipation
$2
Arch Rivals: A Basket Brawl!
$4
Archon
$7
Arkanoid
$16
Arkista's Ring
$7
Astyanax
$3
Athena
$5
Athletic World
$6
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
$9
Back to the Future
$4
Back to the Future II & III
$7
Bad Dudes
$4
Bad News Baseball
$6
Bad Street Brawler
$4
Balloon Fight
$10
Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach
$2
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
$39
Barbie
$7
Bard's Tale
$11
Barker Bill's Trick Shooting
$5
Base Wars - Cyber Stadium Series
$6
Baseball
$1
Baseball Simulator 1.000
$4
Baseball Stars
$7
Baseball Stars II
$19
Bases Loaded
$2
Bases Loaded II: Second Season
$3
Bases Loaded III
$5
Bases Loaded IV
$26
Batman
$18
Batman Returns
$7
Batman: Return of the Joker
$10
Battle Chess
$5
Battle of Olympus, The
$7
Battle Tank
$5
Battleship
$10
Battletoads
$12
Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team
$25
Beetlejuice
$10
Best of the Best: Championship Karate
$15
Bigfoot
$4
Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure
$6
Bill Elliot's Nascar Challenge
$3
Bionic Commando
$8
Black Bass
$7
Blades of Steel
$3
Blaster Master
$5
Blue Marlin
$10
Blues Brothers, The
$20
Bo Jackson Baseball
$5
Bomberman
$13
Bomberman II
$50
Bonk's Adventure
$136
Boulder Dash
$9
Boy And His Blob, A
$6
Bram Stoker's Dracula
$17
Break Time: The National Pool Tour
$6
BreakThru
$4
Bubble Bobble
$14
Bubble Bobble: Part 2
$57
Bucky O'Hare
$16
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout, The
$5
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The
$6
Bump 'n' Jump
$4
Burai Fighter
$5
Burgertime
$5
Cabal
$5
Caesar's Palace
$4
California Games
$6
Captain America and the Avengers
$10
Captain Planet
$6
Captain Skyhawk
$3
Casino Kid
$4
Casino Kid 2
$33
Castelian
$8
Castle of Dragon
$7
Castlequest
$4
Castlevania
$12
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
$7
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
$15
Caveman Games
$8
Championship Bowling
$3
Championship Pool
$12
Chessmaster, The
$4
Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers
$7
Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers 2
$47
Chubby Cherub
$17
Circus Caper
$6
City Connection
$5
Clash at Demonhead
$5
Classic Concentration
$9
Cliffhanger
$13
Clu Clu Land
$10
Cobra Command
$4
Cobra Triangle
$4
Code Name: Viper
$4
Color a Dinosaur
$19
Commando
$5
Conan: The Mysteries of Time
$14
Conflict
$21
Conquest of the Crystal Palace
$5
Contra
$16
Contra Force
$45
Cool World
$19
Cowboy Kid
$27
Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge
$13
Crystalis
$12
Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
$3
Dance Aerobics
$7
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat
$14
Darkman
$8
Darkwing Duck
$12
Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum
$4
Day Dreamin' Davey
$13
Days of Thunder
$4
Deadly Towers
$3
Defender II
$4
Defender of the Crown
$5
Defenders of Dynatron City
$9
Deja Vu
$8
Demon Sword
$4
Desert Commander
$7
Destination Earth Star
$4
Destiny of an Emperor
$25
Dick Tracy
$3
Die Hard
$33
Dig Dug II
$6
Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City
$9
Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs
$5
Donkey Kong
$21
Donkey Kong 3
$12
Donkey Kong Classics
$10
Donkey Kong Jr.
$12
Donkey Kong Jr. Math
$13
Double Dare
$8
Double Dragon
$5
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
$7
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stone
$13
Double Dribble
$2
Dr. Chaos
$4
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
$5
Dr. Mario
$3
Dragon Fighter
$39
Dragon Power
$4
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
$4
Dragon Warrior
$5
Dragon Warrior II
$29
Dragon Warrior III
$42
Dragon Warrior IV
$69
Dragon's Lair
$11
Duck Hunt
$4
Duck Tales
$11
Duck Tales II
$14
Dungeon Magic
$5
Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball
$45
Dynowarz: The Destruction of Spondylus
$4
Elevator Action
$8
Eliminator Boat Duel
$9
Empire Strikes Back , The
$14
Evert & Lendl Top Player's Tennis
$6
Excitebike
$4
F-117A Stealth Fighter
$7
F-15 Strike Eagle
$5
Family Feud
$10
Fantasy Zone (Tengen)
$12
Faria: A World of Mystery & Danger
$28
Faxanadu
$4
Felix the Cat
$16
Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge
$6
Fester's Quest
$3
Final Fantasy
$19
Fire 'N Ice
$38
Fisher Price: Firehouse Rescue
$11
Fisher Price: I Can Remember
$6
Fisher Price: Perfect Fit
$6
Fist of the North Star
$9
Flight of the Intruder
$6
Flintstones, The
$10
Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak, The
$199
Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll
$4
Flying Warriors
$8
Formula 1: Built to Win
$10
Frankenstein: The Monster Returns
$17
Freedom Force
$5
Friday the 13th
$4
Fun House
$8
G.I. Joe
$21
G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor
$17
Galaga
$7
Galaxy 5000
$16
Gargoyle's Quest II
$19
Gauntlet (Tengen Licensed Only)
$3
Gauntlet (Tengen Licensed/Unlicensed)
$7
Gauntlet II
$6
Gemfire
$33
Genghis Khan
$20
George Foreman's KO Boxing
$5
Ghostbusters
$7
Ghostbusters II
$6
Ghosts 'N Goblins
$7
Ghoul School
$10
Goal!
$4
Goal! Two
$10
Godzilla
$6
Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters
$45
Gold Medal Challenge '92
$7
Golf
$2
Golf Grand Slam
$11
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
$4
Goonies II , The
$5
Gotcha!
$3
Gradius
$8
Great Waldo Search, The
$14
Greg Norman's Golf Power
$5
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
$6
Guardian Legend, The
$7
Guerilla War
$5
Gumshoe
$8
Gun Nac
$30
Gunsmoke
$7
Gyromite
$6
Gyruss
$5
Harlem Globetrotters
$5
Hatris
$18
Heavy Barrel
$6
Heavy Shreddin'
$4
High Speed
$5
Hogan's Alley
$6
Hollywood Squares
$8
Home Alone
$4
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
$4
Hook
$7
Hoops
$3
Hudson Hawk
$8
Hunt for Red October, The
$4
Hydlide
$4
Ice Climber
$11
Ice Hockey
$2
Ikari Warriors
$5
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
$6
Ikari Warriors III: The Rescue
$17
Image Fight
$8
Immortal, The
$6
Incredible Crash Dummies, The
$10
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
$25
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Taito)
$29
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Tengen Licensed)
$6
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Tengen Unlicensed)
$0
Infiltrator
$4
Iron Tank
$5
IronSword: Wizards and Warriors II
$5
Isolated Warrior
$8
Ivan Iron Man Stewart's Super Off-Road
$6
Jack Nicklaus' Major Championship Golf
$3
Jackal
$6
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
$15
James Bond Jr.
$15
Jaws
$3
Jeopardy!
$3
Jeopardy! 25th Silver Anniversary Edition
$2
Jeopardy! Jr. Edition
$2
Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper, The
$22
Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour
$0
Joe & Mac
$7
John Elway's Quarterback
$2
Jordan vs. Bird: One-on-One
$3
Journey to Silius
$4
Joust
$4
Jungle Book, The
$15
Jurassic Park
$6
Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
$4
Karate Champ
$2
Karate Kid
$4
Karnov
$4
Kick Master
$15
Kickle Cubicle
$10
Kid Icarus
$15
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
$23
Kid Kool
$6
Kid Niki
$7
King's Knight
$4
Kings of the Beach
$3
King's Quest V
$14
Kirby's Adventure
$4
Kiwi Kraze
$10
KlashBall
$8
Klax (Tengen)
$6
Knight Rider
$3
Krion Conquest, The
$13
Krusty's Funhouse
$10
Kung Fu
$4
Kung Fu Heroes
$3
Laser Invasion
$7
Last Action Hero
$19
Last Ninja, The
$12
Last Starfighter, The
$6
Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf
$3
Legacy of the Wizard, The
$4
Legend of Ghost Lion
$16
Legend of Kage, The
$5
Legend of Zelda, The
$9
Legendary Wings
$4
Legends of the Diamond
$9
Lemmings
$23
L'Empereur
$33
Lethal Weapon
$15
Life Force
$6
Little League Baseball: Championship Series
$8
Little Mermaid, The
$6
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
$6
Little Ninja Brothers
$22
Little Samson
$151
Lode Runner
$5
Lone Ranger, The
$12
LoopZ
$4
Low G-Man
$4
Lunar Pool
$4
M.C. Kids
$8
M.U.L.E.
$15
M.U.S.C.L.E.
$10
Mach Rider
$5
Mad Max
$5
Mafat Conspiracy: Golgo 13 II, The
$5
Magic Darts
$6
Magic Johnson's Fast Break
$2
Magic of Scheherazade
$11
Magician
$16
Magmax
$4
Major League Baseball
$2
Maniac Mansion
$11
Mappyland
$5
Marble Madness
$4
Mario Bros.
$17
Mario is Missing
$18
Mario's Time Machine
$39
Marvel's X-Men
$7
Mechanized Attack
$8
Mega Man
$26
Mega Man 2
$12
Mega Man 3
$11
Mega Man 4
$18
Mega Man 5
$36
Mega Man 6
$25
Mendel Palace
$5
Metal Gear
$7
Metal Mech
$5
Metal Storm
$19
Metroid
$7
Michael Andretti's World Grand Prix
$3
Mickey Mousecapade
$3
Mickey's Adventures in Numberland
$14
Mickey's Safari in Letterland
$12
Might & Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum
$27
Mighty Bomb Jack
$6
Mighty Final Fight
$34
Millipede
$4
Milon's Secret Castle
$4
Mission: Impossible
$3
Monopoly Parker Brothers
$5
Monster in My Pocket
$10
Monster Party
$5
Monster Truck Rally
$12
Motor City Patrol
$21
Ms. Pac Man (Licensed/Unlicensed)
$21
Ms. Pac Man (Namco Licensed)
$33
Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival
$6
Mutant Virus, The
$8
Mystery Quest
$4
NARC
$3
NES Open Tournament Golf
$5
NES Play Action Football
$2
NFL Football
$3
Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
$13
Nightshade
$9
Ninja Crusaders
$11
Ninja Gaiden
$6
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
$6
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
$20
Ninja Kid
$6
Nintendo World Cup Soccer
$4
Nobunaga's Ambition
$9
Nobunaga's Ambition II
$60
North and South
$22
Operation Wolf
$2
Orb-3D
$5
Othello
$2
Overlord
$6
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
$5
Pac Man (Licensed/Unlicensed)
$7
Pac Man (Namco Licensed)
$27
Pac Man (Tengen Licensed)
$5
Pac-Mania (Tengen)
$16
Palamedes
$6
Panic Restaurant
$120
Paperboy
$7
Paperboy 2
$14
Peter Pan & the Pirates
$5
Phantom Fighter
$6
Pictionary
$4
Pinball
$3
Pinball Quest
$4
Pinbot
$5
Pipe Dream
$6
Pirates!
$14
Platoon
$3
Popeye
$9
Power Blade
$7
Power Blade 2
$114
Power Punch II
$15
Predator
$6
Prince of Persia
$15
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
$31
Pro Sport Hockey
$59
Pro Wrestling
$3
Punchout!! (Mike Tyson's)
$19
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
$8
Punisher, The
$8
Puss 'N Boots: Pero's Great Adventure
$0
Puzznic
$10
Q*Bert
$7
Qix
$22
R.C. Pro-Am II
$43
R.C. Pro-Am Racing
$5
Race America
$23
Racket Attack
$3
Rad Racer
$2
Rad Racer II
$5
Raid on Bungeling Bay
$5
Rainbow Islands
$35
Rally Bike
$7
Rambo
$6
Rampage
$7
Rampart
$12
RBI Baseball (Tengen Licensed Only)
$4
RBI Baseball (Tengen Licensed/Unlicensed)
$5
RBI Baseball 2 (Tengen)
$6
RBI Baseball 3 (Tengen)
$8
Remote Control
$4
Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$, The
$11
Renegade
$4
Rescue: The Embassy Mission
$3
Ring King
$6
River City Ransom
$21
Road Runner (Tengen)
$7
RoadBlasters
$3
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
$4
RoboCop
$3
RoboCop 2
$10
RoboCop 3
$11
Robowarrior
$4
Rock 'n Ball
$4
Rocket Ranger
$3
Rocketeer, The
$5
Rockin' Kats
$21
Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball
$3
Rollerball
$3
Rollerblade Racer
$9
Rollergames
$4
Rolling Thunder (Tengen)
$4
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
$9
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
$31
Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge
$6
Rush 'n Attack
$5
Rygar
$6
S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team
$22
Section Z
$4
Seicross
$3
Sesame Street: 123
$6
Sesame Street: ABC
$5
Sesame Street: ABC/123
$8
Sesame Street: Big Bird's Hide & Speak
$4
Sesame Street: Countdown
$9
Shadow of the Ninja
$10
Shadowgate
$7
Shatterhand
$10
Shingen the Ruler
$6
Shinobi (Tengen)
$8
Shooting Range
$7
Short Order/Eggsplode
$9
Side Pocket
$4
Silent Service
$2
Silkworm
$8
Silver Surfer
$9
Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants, The
$5
Simpsons: Bart vs. the World, The
$7
Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man, The
$8
Skate Or Die
$4
Skate Or Die 2
$7
Ski Or Die
$8
Skull and Crossbones (Tengen)
$6
Sky Kid
$5
Sky Shark
$4
Slalom
$4
Smash T.V.
$6
Snake Rattle 'n Roll
$5
Snake's Revenge: Metal Gear II
$12
Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular
$6
Snow Brothers
$80
Soccer
$4
Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warship
$3
Solomon's Key
$6
Solstice
$4
Space Shuttle Project
$8
Spelunker
$6
Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six
$9
Spot
$4
Spy Hunter
$5
Spy vs. Spy
$6
Sqoon
$19
Stack-Up
$47
Stadium Events
$466
Stanley and the Search for Dr. Livingston
$12
Star Force
$5
Star Soldier
$4
Star Trek
$13
Star Trek: The Next Generation
$22
Star Voyager
$4
Star Wars
$13
Starship Hector
$5
StarTropics
$7
Stealth ATF
$4
Stinger
$4
Street Cop
$21
Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
$5
Strider
$6
Super C
$13
Super Cars
$14
Super Dodge Ball
$11
Super Glove Ball
$3
Super Jeopardy!
$5
Super Mario Bros.
$12
Super Mario Bros. 2
$10
Super Mario Bros. 3
$8
Super Pitfall
$6
Super Spike V'Ball
$4
Super Sprint (Tengen)
$4
Super Spy Hunter
$9
Super Team Games
$4
Superman
$11
Swamp Thing
$23
Sword Master
$37
Swords and Serpents
$4
Taboo: The Sixth Sense
$3
Tag Team Wrestling
$3
Tale Spin
$9
Target: Renegade
$4
Tecmo Baseball
$3
Tecmo Bowl
$5
Tecmo NBA Basketball
$5
Tecmo Super Bowl
$13
Tecmo World Cup Soccer
$0
Tecmo World Wrestling Tecmo
$3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
$2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
$7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
$12
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
$0
Tennis
$5
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
$4
Terminator, The
$7
Terra Cresta
$12
Tetris
$3
Tetris (Tengen)
$39
Tetris 2
$10
Three Stooges, The
$5
Thunder & Lightning
$11
Thunderbirds
$7
Thundercade
$4
Tiger-Heli
$2
Time Lord
$4
Times of Lore
$23
Tiny Toon Adventures
$6
Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland
$8
Tiny Toon Adventures Cartoon Workshop
$7
To the Earth
$5
Toki
$24
Tom & Jerry
$7
Tombs & Treasure
$12
Toobin' (Tengen)
$10
Top Gun
$2
Top Gun: The Second Mission
$4
Total Recall
$3
Totally Rad
$6
Touchdown Fever
$7
Town & Country II: Thrilla's Surfari
$0
Town & Country Surf Designs
$4
Toxic Crusaders
$11
Track & Field
$6
Track & Field II
$4
Treasure Master
$7
Trog
$6
Trojan
$4
Twin Cobra
$5
Twin Eagle
$4
Ultima: Exodus
$9
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar
$13
Ultima: Warriors of Destiny
$32
Ultimate Air Combat
$27
Ultimate Basketball
$3
Uncharted Waters
$34
Uninvited
$33
Untouchables, The
$10
Urban Champion
$4
Vegas Dream
$3
Vice: Project Doom
$5
Videomation
$3
Vindicators (Tengen)
$3
Volleyball
$3
Wacky Races
$30
Wall Street Kid
$4
Wally Bear and the NO! Gang
$24
Wario's Woods
$17
Wayne Gretzky Hockey
$5
Wayne's World
$38
Werewolf: The Last Warrior
$6
Wheel of Fortune
$3
Wheel of Fortune Family Edition
$3
Wheel of Fortune Junior Edition
$3
Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White
$8
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
$8
Where's Waldo?
$5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
$6
Whomp 'Em
$9
Widget
$8
Wild Gunman
$14
Willow
$6
Win, Lose, or Draw
$3
Winter Games
$3
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds
$18
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
$6
Wizards and Warriors
$4
Wizards and Warriors III
$16
Wolverine
$9
World Champ
$16
World Championship Wrestling
$5
World Class Track Meet
$3
World Games
$6
Wrath of the Black Manta
$3
Wrecking Crew
$8
Wurm: Journey To The Center Of The Earth
$8
WWF King of the Ring
$14
WWF WrestleMania
$3
WWF WrestleMania Challenge
$3
WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge
$4
Xenophobe
$3
Xevious
$3
Xexyz
$4
Yo! Noid
$6
Yoshi
$7
Yoshi's Cookie
$6
Zanac
$6
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
$11
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
$15
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II
$8
Zombie Nation
$39

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

New Features For VideoGamePriceGuides.Com

There is a whole bunch of new features coming to VideoGamePriceGuides.Com.  As mentioned in an earlier post eBay is changing the way data is pulled for sites such as the video game price guide.  As such, I've started to rebuild the system that pulls that data.

This has led to a couple new features.  For example, you will be able to limit the list to auctions or BuyItNow only items.  You can filter out only Free Shipping items and you will be able to see up to 100 pages of items instead of the 6 that the original site allowed.  You can still sort by Ending Soonest, or by Newly Listed.

Some of the other great features will still be there.  The Google calendar reminder will still be there, as will the YouTube videos.  The flames that indicate an auction is ending: within the hour and the two men arguing over a price to indicate a BestOffer item will still be there as well:
 

There are few other features coming as well including the Seller's name and a possible count of additional items they have available as well.  We're also looking to make BestOffer auctions a delimiter (or filter) as well.

Although the changes are not fully operational you can use most of them.... right no!  However, they are currently only available on the Nintendo NES price guide.  Simply go to that portion of the site (http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/nintendo/) and notice the periods after the names of each of the games.  The name of the game will take you to the legacy VGPG.Com site, and the period will take you to the new system.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The End Of VideoGamePriceGuides.Com?

When researching the implementation of a new feature for http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/ it was brought to my attention that eBay is changing the way searches are done on the backend.  The notice was vague indicating the specific feature I currently use to pull items for the price guide is going away July 1st, 2010.

So what does this mean for VGPG.Com?  Is it going away?

Yes... at least the way you see it now.  I haven't read through all of the documentation available from eBay and although it seems many of the search features will be still be available... they will just be available differently.  This isn't necessarily a bad thing but finding the time to rebuild everything is going to be difficult.

There is one positive note to this... with this change over being 9 months away I'll have the opportunity to re-code everything, and to re-code it in a way that will make more sense to me.  The original code was a mashup I had found from a variety of sites, and although it works and works well it is not documented in any reasonable format, and thus adding features can sometimes be a pain.

Anyways I'll start pecking away at the new version as my time permits, but will not be adding any new features to the existing price guide, nor will I make changes or corrections to the database until the version is functionally implemented.

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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Video Game Price Guide From 1990


If you click this photo you can see it full sized.  It's a scan from Gamepro Magazine Issue 6, Feburary 1990.  Its for 1-800-Toy-Club.  This interested me simply because it was a primitive form of a video game price guide.  Some of the games are ridiculously overpriced, even for the time, but what's really interesting is that it shows what they sell a game for new, used, and what they are willing to buy a game from you for.  I spent a few weeks looking for this ad, but there is actually a "newer" one probably six months newer than this that had ridiculous prices for Ms. Pac-Man, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

VideoGamePriceGuides: Dreamcast Priceguide and Gameboy Priceguide

Today I've added the SEGA Dreamcast price guide and the Nintendo Gameboy price guide.  The SEGA Dreamcast guide looks pretty accurate.  There are alot of games that are obscure to me (which would probably be expected since I've never owned a Dreamcast).  The Nintendo Gameboy list is huge.  It contains the original Gameboy games and Gameboy color.

There are few more price guides I hope to add over the next couple days including Nintendo Gamecube, Colecovision and possibly PSP.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Tengen Nintendo Games

Well, today was a busy day for http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/ .  In addition to adding the Nintendo Wii price guide, I had also added the Tengen games (licensed and not) to the Nintendo price guide.

I was hesitant to include them originally, but I had recently added Mike Tyson's Punchout!! which wasn't part of the original list (it isn't officially recognized by Nintendo on http://www.nintendo.com/).  I included this because it was, at one point in time, an officially licensed Nintendo game.  Simply because Nintendo moved on doesn't mean the game never existed, thus I included.

This would also mean I'd have to include the Licensed Tengen games as well.  Pacman, Gauntlet, and RBI Baseball were all licensed at one point in time.  Simply because Tengen and Nintendo had some bad blood doesn't mean they shouldn't be included.  Besides, it's not like the games were terrible.  The truth is that the majority of the Tengen games were way better then some licensed titles.  Many people praise Tengen Tetris for allegedly being superior to the Nintendo version.

Also alot of the Nintendo games were corrected.  In case you never noticed, any game that had an apostrophe in the title wouldn't appear.  It would show as "0" available.  Well, this has finally been corrected!

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VideoGamePriceGuides.Com: Wii Price Guide

I've added the price guide for Nintendo Wii to the videogamepriceguides.com website.  You can also visit it using the link near the top of this page.

The list of games was lifted from Wikipedia, and its possible that there might be some omissions, and some games that are listed even thought they have not been released in stores.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

VideoGamePriceGuide.Com New Feature: Sort By Ending Soonest

Sometimes when using the http://www.videogamepriceguide.com/ it can be difficult to know what auctions are ending soonest.  Sure, I've already implemented a feature that shows those that are ending in an hour with some cool flames, but what about the ones that are ending later today, tomorrow, or on payday?  To make things easier I've included a sort by ending soonest link.

This is a soft-launch and the feature is only available on the Nintendo Game Price guide here: www.videogamepriceguides.com/nintendo

Once all the bugs are out I'll include it on all of the game pages.

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Bubble Bobble For NES Cheap


There are a handful of original Nintendo games that are overpriced for reasons I'll never understand.  Contra and Bubble Bobble always come to mind.  As of this post there are over 100 copies of Bubble Bobble available on eBay and the same goes for Contra as well.  Bubble Bobble is averaging about $17, with contra just a few cents under $17.  I've seen both of these games easily go for $20 in game stores.

This is where http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/ has proven to come in handy.  Just browsing through the list I saw a BuyItNow Bubble Bobble for less than $12 with free shipping.  I bought it.  Why wouldn't I?

The same evening I bought Bubble Bobble, I saw a copy of Terra Cresta (BuyItNow), for $2 (it's currently around $16).  There was also a copy of Lolo for $2 as well (http://cgi.ebay.com/Adventures-of-Lolo-1-Nintendo-NES-Game_W0QQitemZ200385170261QQcategoryZ139973QQcmdZViewItem)  This is currently averaging $14.  I have too many games pending right now to buy it, but it makes me wonder why some games are so inflated.  I can kinda understand Terra Cresta...  there were only 8 copies available, so the supply might be what's increased it's value.  But this doesn't explain Bubble Bobble or Contra.  Were these great games?  Absolutely.  But doubtfully worth $15+


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VideoGamePriceGuides.Com

I started Video Game Price Guides after deciding to collect all of the original Nintendo Games.  I started looking up random games from a list I had compiled and then eventually just started doing random searches on eBay for lowest priced Nintendo games and working backwards.  I looked at Nintendo Rarity guides and other sites that claimed to have an accurate price guide, but nothing ever seemed accurate.  So I decided to compile my list of NES games, and make direct links to eBay to make it easier to not only find the games, but to peg a rarity on them and an approximate value.

This went so well, that I expanded it to other systems including Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, all three PlayStations, TG-16, the SEGA systems, and more.  I decided to include a blog for the site that was meant to include updates and another information, but with updating the http://www.salzmafia.com/ blog and a few other sites I'm responsible for I've decided that its time to pull the plug on the http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/ blog.  The site will still function as the Price Guide for Video Games, but with out the silly blog to update.  Besides, I've done many posts on this site concering VGPG that it seems silly to run two sites.  So anyways, in a few weeks, the main splash page to VGPG will change to the archive
 of pages related to VGPG that I've posted here.

I also hope to update the games list and to add the rest of the missing consoles.  There are some errors on some of the pages that are coding related that need to be cleaned up as well (I've only recently figured out how to fix the YouTube code.)

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Pedro! Games PedroGames.Com



I've mentioned Pedro! Games frequently here and with good reason: this is currently the only eBay seller I can truly recommend.  My first experience was with Iron Tank, which ended up being a penny auction.  It was a purchase made on a whim, but it was worth it.  The game was in perfect condition, and it was delivered promptly.  Even if it came from North Carolina, all the way to Las Vegas.

But Iron Tank wasn't the only excellent purchase I've made through Pedro!.  Thus far I've purchased 11 titles, and all of them have come in perfect condition.  This says alot since many of these titles are around two and a half decades old.

I found PedroGames.Com originally through the site I created (http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/), and although I do occasionally purchase from other sellers I know I can do no wrong with Pedro!

Anyways, with a major change coming to http://www.videogamepriceguides.com/ I did not want this feedback about Pedro! Games to be forgotten, therefore I've included to original reviews below.


Pedro! Games

VideoGamePriceGuides.Com not only provides you, the user, with game prices, but we also use the guides ourselves. Recently we purchased IRON TANK for the NES from frequent power seller Pedro! on eBay.com.

Anyone who has searched for games on eBay will have no doubt noticed that Pedro! sells tons of games. Not only does he sell vast quantities of games he also seems to always have some fairly rare games as well.

In this instance we bought IRON TANK. It was an auction and it ended for a penny. That's right, one-cent. The game isn't really popular at all, and for a penny with $3.95 shipping we figured it would be an easy purchase to get an idea of Pedro!'s service. The way a seller treats a cheap sell is a good indication of how they treat everyone. Anyways the auction ended on Thursday May 28th. Within minutes of the close of the auction we received the invoice.

It's All Yours! Now Just Send Us A Payment...

It doesn't get much more direct then that does it? There wasn't any delivery confirmation or tracking purchased along with IRON TANK so we can't verify a direct date of shipping, however we did receive an email from Pedro! within an hour of making the payment indicating that 1. positive feedback was left for the buyer, and 2. you should expect to receive your game soon.

Now We Wait...

I have confidence in Pedro! As of writing this he has a score of 18852 with a rating of 100%. My only concern at this point is that Pedro! shows screenshots of the game (with a Pedro! watermark) and not a picture of the actual cartridge. I thought of emailing and asking Pedro! for the condition but with that 18000+ track record I have a hard time bringing myself to believe that the cart will be in deplorable condition.
While we wait for IRON TANK to arrive check out his listings at http://www.pedrogames.com/



Pedro! Games Part 2

Well for an auction that ended Thursday May 28th, and paid for on May 29th, we were amazed that our one cent copy of IRON TANK arrived on Monday June 1st.

The game arrived First-Class in a well protected envelope complete with the Pedro! Games logo on it.

But what about the IRON TANK cartridge? We professed a minor legitimate concern with the first part of this seller review that Pedro! Games shows screenshots of the games rather than the actual cartridge itself. So what was the condition like? Although not 100% mint perfect, the cartridge itself was acceptable. Very acceptable. There was a negligent amount of wear on the label, but not bad considered the cartridge is around two decades old. The pins were shiny and appeared new.

So what criticisms if any did we have? Actually none. This isn't to say we should judge a seller on the basis of one good sale, but in this case we were very pleased, and as an advocate for video game collectors www.videogamepriceguides.com was impressed by this transaction.

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