(Closed) Any nerd-Bees have knowledge of rare video games?

• MrsCarnival
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

Hi Bees 🙂

I am trying to find an Xmas gift for Fiance and I need a little direction.

Years ago, Fiance had to sell his cherished collection of old/rare video games because he needed the money. It gutted him, so I want to start helping him build it back up starting with Xmas this year.

I only want to buy games that are graded and encapsulated by VGA, but I’m just not sure which ones might be considered rare/classic games. I have an idea of what he would like and eBay has yielded some decent results.

Can any Bees out there help? I know this one is pretty specific, but I have faith in the Hive!

• MrsCarnival
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

Primarily NES, SNES, and PS1. I’m willing to spend up to $200, but would rather keep it closer to $100-$150. I know that he really likes RPG’s (Final Fantasy, Xenogears, etc…), but his collection was pretty eclectic and included a lot of Japanese releases. Here are a few eBay listings I am considering:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mega-Man-X-Super-Nintendo-Factory-Sealed-and-Brand-New-VGA-Graded-Authentic-/250946945734?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a6d9a82c6

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Playstation-1-Sealed-Galaga-Destination-Earth-VGA-80-/130564089026?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e6639e4c2

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dragon-Warrior-VII-VGA-graded-85-/280780194017?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item415fcdc0e1

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NINTENDO-NES-DRAGON-WARRIOR-Game-SEALED-VGA-80-NM-Professionally-Graded-/280767740193?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item415f0fb921

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Final-Fantasy-IX-Sony-PlayStation-1-2000-Factory-Sealed-VGA-Gradable-Rare-/120814132368?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1c21155c90

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dragon-Warrior-VII-7-Playstation-1-PS1-Brand-New-VGA-85-Gold-/280780835952?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item415fd78c70

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Nintendo-SNES-Sealed-Shiens-Revenge-1994-VGA-90-/130564089710?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e6639e76e

Any thoughts on those? If I bought the FF one, I would send it in to be graded.

• MrsCarnival
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

My budget is limited because I already had a custom Star Trek apron made for him…couldn’t resist

• MrsCarnival
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

@techie: Excellent idea. Only thing is, to get the graded game for the original NES, it’s $900. Ho-lee-shit lol.

• MrsCarnival
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

@stevoluvmunchkin: No graded copies I could find of Earthbound, and the other two are over a thousand each!

Damn! These rarer ones don’t come cheap. Any thoughts on what my best option might be out of the games listed?

@techie: No kidding. I actually found a copy of Xenogears (which he would DIE for), but it’s almost $300 and I just can’t do it. What do you like out of that list I posted?

• MrsCarnival
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

What about these ones? I know for a fact that he likes the FF series, but there are so many of them and I don’t know which ones are considered “classic” in terms of the series.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Final-Fantasy-IX-9-Playstation-PS1-New-Sealed-VGA-85-/220842837236?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336b4244f4

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Final-Fantasy-IX-9-Playstation-PS1-New-Sealed-VGA-85-/120644950900?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c16ffdb74

• MrsCarnival
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

@MrsCarnival: Thanks for the advice. I don’t see any graded ones available, but I will keep that in mind for the future.