Mahjong Hong Kong NES

[amelia | 21]

Picked this up recently and I've heard before about its rarity but was struggling finding a concrete sold price for any.

[Code Monkey | 2,005]

Only the people that sold one would know the answer to this.....JoneBone? I think Braveheart had one also.

Once you know a price, please, please sell it to me. I just don't know if it's $1000 or $10,000.

[a3quit4s | 4,092]

For things that don’t really have sales trails it’s pretty much what you are comfortable taking and what someone is comfortable paying. If you $0.01 action it on eBay you do have a chance that some serious collectors may miss out on it but it is usually a good indicator of the market. I can vouch for @Code Monkey though, if he is interested he won’t try and nickel and dime you, he’ll give you fair value as most people on here would. It’s a niche item too as a reminder, I have a complete NES set minus SE and loads of homebrews and I could give a f_ck about some rare Hong Kong game. The point is rare item yes, but not something everyone will fight over lol

Really cool to see though as I’ve heard people on here mention it and I wish you luck with your sale. 

Edited September 17, 2022 by a3quit4s

[a3quit4s | 4,092]

@jonebone @Braveheart69 paging for Codemonkey to maybe help value. Maybe even @fcgamer …. @OptOut was the other name I was trying to think of

Edited September 17, 2022 by a3quit4s

[OptOut | 8,881]

8 minutes ago, a3quit4s said:

@jonebone @Braveheart69 paging for Codemonkey to maybe help value. Maybe even @fcgamer …. @OptOut was the other name I was trying to think of

Probably @Tyree_Cooper, not that he would have a clue!  

[ThePhleo | 2,184]

Jeez, ok...this is a "what do you want for it?" kind of game.

I'm in the hunt for one, but I'm holding out for a boxed copy.

[a3quit4s | 4,092]

17 minutes ago, ThePhleo said:

Jeez, ok...this is a "what do you want for it?" kind of game.

I'm in the hunt for one, but I'm holding out for a boxed copy.

Whoa, that just sounds expensive lol

[fcgamer | 4,719]

It's one of the "true" rares, but even still, I'd reckon that there's a bunch in collectors' hands over in Hong Kong, locked away making it seem rarer than it is.

Even still, it's arguably the rarest licensed NES game aside from nwcs, etc.

Set a higher price, let people negotiate you down.

 

[amelia | 21]

Hmm, thanks for all the input! Might have to make a sales post for it here later on then, just kind of curious logistics wise for higher value items, as I've never sold anything at this potential value - for a private sale I'd assume something like an escrow to be used? Or is it mostly just eBay/PayPal? From what I saw looking around the escrow fees would be lower than eBay's at least. Hope this is an OK question to ask, new to this in general.

[ThePhleo | 2,184]

57 minutes ago, amelia said:

Hmm, thanks for all the input! Might have to make a sales post for it here later on then, just kind of curious logistics wise for higher value items, as I've never sold anything at this potential value - for a private sale I'd assume something like an escrow to be used? Or is it mostly just eBay/PayPal? From what I saw looking around the escrow fees would be lower than eBay's at least. Hope this is an OK question to ask, new to this in general.

Here is a great place to start, but there's also the "High End Game Room" group on Facebook. Also, my buddy @DefaultGen would love a copy of this game just to dangle it in front of my face all day.

Also, realistically despite the fact that this game IS the rarest Licensed NES game, there aren't a lot of hunters for it.

If I were to put a price tag on it, I'd be in the ballpark of $1,500 - $2500 for the cartridge, and about $5,000-$10,000 for a CIB copy. It's a very valuable game, but I doubt we're talking something that would justify an escrow service.

Though, I could be wrong! This game hasn't popped up in years afterall.

[a3quit4s | 4,092]

42 minutes ago, ThePhleo said:

Here is a great place to start, but there's also the "High End Game Room" group on Facebook. Also, my buddy @DefaultGen would love a copy of this game just to dangle it in front of my face all day.

Also, realistically despite the fact that this game IS the rarest Licensed NES game, there aren't a lot of hunters for it.

If I were to put a price tag on it, I'd be in the ballpark of $1,500 - $2500 for the cartridge, and about $5,000-$10,000 for a CIB copy. It's a very valuable game, but I doubt we're talking something that would justify an escrow service.

Though, I could be wrong! This game hasn't popped up in years afterall.

I was gonna say like $3k bc it hasn’t popped up in so long but since it hasn’t popped up in awhile you could really ask any amount I guess. Just gotta have the buyer for it lol

I do agree that it’s not an escrow type transaction. PayPal good and services for sure. 

[Code Monkey | 2,005]

2 hours ago, amelia said:

Hmm, thanks for all the input! Might have to make a sales post for it here later on then, just kind of curious logistics wise for higher value items, as I've never sold anything at this potential value - for a private sale I'd assume something like an escrow to be used? Or is it mostly just eBay/PayPal? From what I saw looking around the escrow fees would be lower than eBay's at least. Hope this is an OK question to ask, new to this in general.

I would give you $1500 for it today and I would pay you however makes you feel safe. PayPal gives you protection up to $10,000 but they will take 3% of the sale.

Sounds like there are people here that will vouch for me and my collection but this is one I've been missing for a while. I could also fly out to pick it up depending on location as well, I did that for another game earlier this year.

[Tyree_Cooper | 741]

Post around on different forums and social thingies and see what kind of offers you get. Though in that condition, I expect most of those who want one will pass. They're probably fine with a loose copy, but in good condition.

Last one I heard of that sold was on NintendoAge, from an Italian guy, but I can't remember the price. Besides, general prices had a big erection since then, so it doesn't matter much.

[Ferris Bueller | 495]

I used to hunt for this thing religiously. Ray Bot had it on his 3/5 screw list on NA, that's how long I'd been looking for it. When I was in Japan, I asked every store I went in to about it. Guy had one for sale a couple years ago and turned down what I consider an obscene offer, then came back and I'd cooled and we couldn't agree on a price after I bought something else.

I'd moved on, thinking it'd never happen, but I'd pay $1000 for it right now. That's two public prices for you.

Edited September 18, 2022 by Ferris Bueller

[DefaultGen | 5,400]

I wouldn’t even try to price it. Just promote it and auction it or Dutch Auction it by putting a sky high BIN and slowly lowering it. It’s been too long without a sale and even niche old timer shelf collector crap like Stadium Events, Myriad, Cheetahmen, and Panesians has more or less doubled in the past couple years. No one knows what it’s worth so if you come up with a price it’s probably going to be wrong.

Is it moldy though? Probably want to clean that up 

[Dr. Morbis | 2,088]

You'd be a fool to take any offer on this.  There's no established price and lots of NES collectors have very deep pockets.  If all you care about is money, do the following: first, clean it up so it looks nice and pretty and take a whole bunch of pictures from every angle.  Next, throw it on eBay for one cent open auction.  And finally, advertise your auction anywhere game collectors can be found, like this forum right here.  The way eBay works, you will only need two guys to really want this at the same time, and you'll be laughing all the way to the bank...

Edited September 18, 2022 by Dr. Morbis

[Code Monkey | 2,005]

So can I buy it?

[amelia | 21]

Thanks for all the offers, I'm currently waiting on a system to test the game before I decide on how I wanna sell it.

[Code Monkey | 2,005]

I'll test it after I buy it.

[Daniel_Doyce | 470]

8 hours ago, amelia said:

Thanks for all the offers, I'm currently waiting on a system to test the game before I decide on how I wanna sell it.

Do you mind sharing where you found it? In the wild or from another seller? Do you live in HK / Asia?

[oops | 85]

On 9/18/2022 at 12:37 AM, Dr. Morbis said:

You'd be a fool to take any offer on this.  There's no established price and lots of NES collectors have very deep pockets.  If all you care about is money, do the following: first, clean it up so it looks nice and pretty and take a whole bunch of pictures from every angle.  Next, throw it on eBay for one cent open auction.  And finally, advertise your auction anywhere game collectors can be found, like this forum right here.  The way eBay works, you will only need two guys to really want this at the same time, and you'll be laughing all the way to the bank...

yes! stick it to the pm’s.