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Just an additional note for you: -1 manual has two variants, Round and Oval seal on the first page. You are showing the round seal in your photo. In the tope corner of ZEDLA there is the little TM logo. There is also a -1 with the little R symbol.

This just gets better and better

It's funny because Tecmo Bowl *really* doesn't resonate with me at all. I get the significance, but this is definitely an instance of me being born in '93 and just not having the same cultural experience with it.

haha I greatly appreciate it, man! If/when I ever consign with Heritage, I am genuinely going to request that I have Barry auction my item. I know he only deals with the finest, so I'll have to bring out the big guns when that time comes

hahah I can't believe I couldn't remember it was Arnie. That's so funny. Also, really appreciate this info! It might be dated, but I can't imagine the pops on these games moving by massive numbers.

I don't often think about many, but one has always stuck out for me. In like 2015 or something I was the underbidder on a VGA 90 Sonic Adventure LE for Dreamcast. It sold for like $660. Just an impossible game to find sealed.

@blarkywas your old avatar...a guy smoking a cigar? I'm desperately trying to remember haha

bump - happy to have the members who have joined already!

I meant to invite you guys sooner, but I get forgetful haha. GetTheGregGames from Youtube has a discord server now!Obviously, the Discord will only be as strong as the community and members within it. I encourage anyone with a passion for learning, investing, and collecting video games to join.Emphasis is on sealed, complete, and/or graded video games, but all levels of collector are welcome. I hope to eventually have different tutorials and guides linked within it to assist with information finding. https://discord.gg/VaMetCNErVCurrently 165 members strong!If you join - please make sure to post a message inside and let me know who you are if it's not obvious!

WOW, that was really fun to read through everything

The big issue for myself, is that even though the inner contents are unused and in "hypothetical" mint condition, their actual condition is not assessed in the overall grading of the item. If the box has been opened anyway and items confirmed as new, it seems confusing that their condition is not also assessed and laid out in the overall grade. It's hard for me, personally, to even prefer them over CIB as I don't have that guarantee of condition.

Trying out some more commentary style videos as I actually really enjoy doing it! Today, we take a look at Twitch streamer/YouTuber/Tiktok star, Mizkif, and his $25,000 "investments" into graded video games! Now as far as I have seen, Mizkif might be the largest public advocate of buying sealed/graded video games!? The video he did showing off his games got 250k views, and his twitch and YouTube both have over 1M subscribers. The guy has a genuine passion for the games and you can tell he loves what he is collecting. Video before potential spoilers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Z1GdxVPwQ However.... He is seemingly a "victim" of the VGA Qualified Scale. He talks about all of his games being factory sealed, yet doesn't ever make mention of a couple of his games (BIG GAMES) having the "Qualified" distinction. If you don't know, Qualified essentially means "opened, unused". And this is a huge distinction in both collectability and, of course, price. Although this was a huge bummer to see (and I'm sure he is crushed about it now if anyone told him), his collection is still super impressive! If you want to check it out, link is in my bio! (Latest video!) If you enjoy this, I'm also going to do a follow-up video in which I add up the collection's CURRENT value, since he purchased the games sporadically over the past couple of years. We'll see just how good of investments they were! And one other question: do you think VGA clearly labelled their Qualified games adequately enough for people to recognize it?

Extremely commonplace. Go look how many GTA trilogy set games have been graded now haha. They are obviously WAY less valued than the standalone releases, but I don't really see an issue with them being graded as standalone games since they each have individual factory seals on them. This game being a 9.2 B+ is actually rather terrible for a trilogy set version haha. I'm pretty sure you can go buy an entire sealed trilogy set for the same cost as it would have been to grade this game If once removed from the trilogy set they DIDN'T have seals, it would be a different conversation. That's how I view it, anyway! Edit: looks like the Trilogy Set is a bit more expensive these days, but my comparison still stands haha.

All very well said. The biggest thing I always consider is that yea, if you were to resubmit any "perfect" grade item again (besides PSA 10 as those aren't nearly as hard as a BGS 10 Black), you won't get that grade again. Who knows if they will ever give it again. They basically hand out winning tickets here and there for the 100 grades and it just seems a bit too artificial for me at that point...

Hey everyone! The discussion today revolves around the idea of "perfect grade" items - WATA 10 or VGA 100. Now, obviously, no one will argue that they aren't extremely coveted and valuable items. Achieving the perfect grade in video games is actual extremely difficult and only a handful exist from either company. VGA has far more 100s than WATA has 10s, but that's only because FAR more new gen/easy to grade items have been sent to VGA over the years - and those type of items make up the vast majority of VGA 100s. Which brings me to the main discussion point. Most of these "perfect grade" items are games where achieving a VGA 90-95+ grade isn't that difficult. Think about case packs of DS/3DS games, the GTA Trilogy pack games, Mario 3D Allstars or other Switch games; items of that nature. And amongst those extremely high grades, you really can't discern any kind of condition differences yourself. You'd be very hard pressed to guess the VGA 90+s vs the VGA 95+s. And as such, the incremental increase for a VGA 90 to 95 on these types of games is quite small relative to games where actual difficulty exists in the grading. So now the question is posed: How much more should the vga 100 of a "common game" cost vs the VGA 95+? Or the WATA 10 vs the 9.8 A++? In my video, I answer this question with an actual example of a VGA 100 selling compared to the lower grade counterparts, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the matter. Really, at those grade levels you're paying only for the label to say it's perfect, and for the inherent rarity that it brings - which is understandable. Not my personal preference or way to go about collecting, but I see the appeal. Do you think the VGA 100 price is justified given how truly difficult it is? Or is it ridiculous that people give it so much weight? No right or wrong answer here; the pricing evidence already exists - just curious to hear opinions! If you want to see the full video on this subject, click the link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tId8dSsAV98

I actually did a walkthrough of their site and offered an opinion of these guys a couple of months ago - if you want to see some first impressions of how bad it really is: Since then, they have ignored everyone who has offered them genuine advice and blocked everyone who has offered critique. They have the maturity level of a 13 year old and hope to break into the high-end grading world. The consignment company AWU is almost assuredly just them as well, so it raises extreme "conflict of interest" concerns and shill bidding possibilities. Fake instagram followers, a website from the year 2000, and no transparency. For me, it's an easy avoid. They seem to be pushing their VHS angle harder than video games now, though, which the VHS community is vehemently up in arms to try and "stop them".

You always have been a visionary amongst men.

Understanding the games by a rarity list works to some degree, but it's not constant. Games like DT2, Snow Bros, RR2 are lifted up the charts by massive demand, where as if Casino Kid 2 had that same demand, it would have a much higher price tag. Rather than focusing too much on which game might have the highest rarity ranking, buy the one you'll actually enjoy owning if there happens to be a downswing in price. If Casino Kid 2 doesn't interest you, I wouldn't bother buying it for the sake of it being "slightly" harder to find than Snow Bros. You can increase the "rarity" by chasing after NM/M cartridges. That will likely matter more than their absolute rarity. If you want to start getting into actual relative rarity for NES, you should do CIB at minimum and chase after condition rarity. Carts will always be available if you pop on to eBay. I'm just curious what your collecting goal is? Oh, and if I had to shoot at a top 10 it would be (don't worry about the order too much) Little Samson Flintstones 2 Power Blade 2 Panic Restaurant Bonks Adventure Dragon Fighter Sword Master Bubble Bobble 2 Then really you can insert: Kid Klown, Wacky Races, Cowboy Kid, color a dinosaur, etc - all games that you will likely never see in person at a local store, command a premium, but will be available in varying quantities on eBay. Unless I missed a really obvious one, I think I feel decent about my list haha.

Hahah no way! I had no idea this was you! This whole time I thought I was talking to a stranger. I believe I sent you some specific PMs before regarding piecing together NES games. That was most likely on NA though, not VGS.

Haha yes! My man! I don't believe we spoke much either, if ever haha, but I'm very familiar with your name as well. Good to see you're still hanging around and thanks for taking time to check out the channel!

Hey everyone! I'm going to start up a thread here for my YouTube channel as I'm sure there are some people here who would enjoy my content, plus I would like to come around here more often and this will give me a reason to work it back into my daily routine! I recognize a lot of names still hanging around on here, which is really cool to see! So, about me. I go by Getthegreggames on YouTube and Instagram. I'm a long time Nintendoage user by "Maertens29", which is why I continued that username here. My ego is large enough that I believe some people will recognize me haha I've been collecting over 10 years now and always emphasized learning and obtaining knowledge about video games as collectibles, but also many other collectible categories. The fundamentals across many categories are transferrable and parallel, which allows you to identify patterns. The financial aspects about the items we love to collect has always fascinated me. The YouTube videos focus on collecting/investing knowledge with emphasis on higher end collecting/sealed games. The goal is to spread information and education about topics that aren't generally discussed by many video game collectors on YouTube. Hoping to help collectors make more educated financial decisions in both life and with the hobby they love, and introduce them to a side of the hobby they may not have any other exposure to. Also showing variants and information about games in general to help give you an edge against other collectors! Some of my personal favourite content creators are: Reserved Investments, Graham Stephen, SMPratte, Alpha Investments (Rudy), Solemn Yu-gi-oh, and Gary Vee. Anyway, I'll stop by and continue to update the thread whenever I have a new video. I'll also include a text write up so we can discuss a topic even if you don't watch the videos. I want you to be able to engage without feeling the obligation to consume the video format as I know many prefer to read instead. I'll see how it goes and decide if the forum format into conducive to this idea. I'm honestly not sure yet how it will work haha. Here's the link to the YouTube if you want to check it out. I've quite a few different videos/topics to browse at this point: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqz404W7s6AT5jN3XPJvUkw Thanks to anyone who has already checked out the channel and thanks to anyone who decides to check it out!

I don't think it's been mentioned, but the game has 2 box variants: one that states "blockbuster exclusive", and one that had that removed. Long known to people deep into N64 collecting, but will likely never be corrected in the general collecting sphere. Hell, apparently people now accept Super Bowling as a rental exclusive these days

Is the plan to do continuous auctions for video games moving forward, or a single "mega auction" in the coming months. Sorry, I read your initial post a couple of times and I'm not sure which you mean. Edit: also curious as to what kind of help you are looking for or what benefits may apply. Thanks!

John Who? I saw your thread and your grammar seemed familiar haha! But yea, I used to come around all of the time on Nintendoage but I fell off once the swap to VGS happened. Not sure why... It just wasn't the same