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Original Nintendo System + 50 games

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If it has a processor and memory, it's a computer (of sorts) and the original Nintendo has got to be getting up there is age.

I know I sold two complete cases and shields (everything except the logic and P/S) on eBay last year for, I believe 20 bucks each.

Best bet is to get on e-bay (or have a friend that has an account there) and look at the completed auctions to see what a system like your went for. You might have to average out a bunch of games separately and the main unit separately, but, it should give you SOME idea
 
Generally, the game carts are more valuable than the system, and some titles are more in demand than others. Perhaps a quick google will turn up about 10,000 Nintendo-centric websites with info about which carts are more desirable to collectors.

--T
 
Yes indeed. A rarity guide is almost a requirement. However, the 50 games must be complete with boxes, inlays, instructions and whatever they originally came with. If they are just loose cartridges, you got to have some truly rare gems in there to make them worth more than $1-3 each. Many Nintendo collectors wouldn't even pay that money for common, loose cartridges. Eventually you will find out and determine if it is better to include them all in one lot with the system. Again, if you have the original box with packing material, all cables, instructions and so on, the base system doubles it value.

Are we speaking about the 8-bit Famicom/NES generation or the 16-bit Super Famicom/SNES? You wrote "original" which I suppose refers to 8-bit.
 
w/ 50 carts included I'd say about $50-80, if the carts aren't crap games. (which is kind of rare when it comes to Nintendo's earlier strict licensing, before they screwed up with the N64's licensing & made the Gamecube a free-for-all)
 
There are two gaming stores we have in town where you can find vintage consoles and games. For a while NES and SNES were going up (despite being worth around $5.00 several years ago) in demand however with the new FC Twin system that came out which plays both NES and SNES games at $80 (plus it has a slightly faster processor and supposedly plays them a bit better than the original) the SNES is going back down in value again.

I'd place the value around $45-$50 although it again depends how good of condition is and what games there are, etc and for the hardcore collector if it's in an original box. I guess my estimate is w/o boxes. Even then it's always subject to who's looking at the auction.

- John
 
I thought that too. His "web site" and I do use that one loosely for his, seems to be nothing of value. I dunno, maybe it was clever spam.
 
I dunno, I thought his website was hillarious! What exactly is a 'Professional Freelance IT Consultant' anyways? Is that just a fancy way of saying 'Perpetually Unemployed'?

--T
 
Maybe this freelancing IT consultant lacks clients and had to clean out his closets and sell the old computers and gaming gear to afford food and bills.

Nevertheless, I believe the original question has been answered. An unboxed NES with ~50 loose cartridges perhaps $50. If everything is perfectly boxed up, about $500. Give or take the random factor of eBay. Also consider to which areas of the world you're shipping to, as it might affect bid level. Yesterday I saw a completely non-related computing item that fetched less than 1/4 of its "market" value because the seller had listed it in a narrow category and limited buyers to domestic.
 
Well, you do have a very good point Druid, but he hasn't been back since the OP and even his AIM handle is his URL, thats a bit suspicious.
 
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