Vintage video games are a new and growing collectible. Collectors want consoles, controllers, cartridges and accessories. One early collector started buying discontinued games in the late 1990s. He bought each title at a close-out price. Collectors are positioning the games as art as well as a game. Originality, novelty and rarity all are important. Games from small companies are harder to find. Arcade game cabinets used in pizza parlors and small restaurants in the ’70s and ’80s are selling for about $400 to $500. There is a chain of stores called Game Over Videogames that specializes in video games and a company, Video Game Authority, that grades and seals the games for dealers just as they do baseball cards.
Is there any games, ect. That is worth more or in demand. I have a lot and lately been selling so just wondering. Thank you
Agreed – retro games, consoles, controllers are very hot right now. I moved to the Pacific NW about 4-5 years ago and this area is the mecca for vintage gaming. I buy and sell..however, my daughter (11 years old when we moved to the PNW) is hooked on vintage games/systems and now I buy and add to her growing collection. Games don’t have to be really old – but rare. I know some of my higher valued items are games from the Nintendo Game Cube system and era. It’s good fun finding this stuff..but it’s becoming more and more difficult – even in the last 4 years, I’ve noticed that it’s getting harder to find these items.