In this thread we all want to post cool, spectacular, noteworthy, jaw-dropping […] Virtual Boy auctions on ebay, Yahoo or any other site…

At first here are two auctions on Yahoo Japan (Always cooool stuff on there!) for the japanese Nintendo Store Display:

➡<http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/58915948>

➡<http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c39350994>

KR155E

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Virtualboy-Mario-Clash-Japan-Brand-New-one-item-one-order-/320845504180?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab3e1deb4#ht_1180wt_741

Hard to find because it’s under virtualboy and not virtual boy..but a good price on a mario clash Japanese demo. Quite a few of them for sale it looks like..if you buy it..i’d make sure the seller sends you the one pictured (with the orange sticker).

-Eric

Thanks BigMak. I saw it before but discounted as I thought it was long gone.

However, after shooting him a mail he said he still has it AND it’s new… Not sure if I believe that but it’s on its way so I guess I’ll either be happy to receive it or he’ll be unhappy to receive my reply.

I’ve gotten one from him already 🙂 it was fine :). hrms..took forever to get here thou.

-Eric

Here’s a cool VB flyer that shows a prototype console.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120868972256

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bigmak wrote:
I’ve gotten one from him already 🙂 it was fine :). hrms..took forever to get here thou.

-Eric

Cool- did it have the orange sticker? I’ll be pissed if I have to send back in order to get a refund…

Better check with him again!

I thought the prototype VB had Super Famicom buttons and a different logo?

L___E___T wrote:

bigmak wrote:
I’ve gotten one from him already 🙂 it was fine :). hrms..took forever to get here thou.

-Eric

Cool- did it have the orange sticker? I’ll be pissed if I have to send back in order to get a refund…

Better check with him again!

I thought the prototype VB had Super Famicom buttons and a different logo?

That is correct, and nowhere in the add on eBay does it say that it is a prototype. I think the confusion is because of the word, promo, which only means: promotional.

I thought I was missing something because I know VJ has a prototype console, I’m not too familiar with them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-nintendo-virtual-boy-eprom-jp-panic-bomber-/270926054601?pt=DE_PC_Videospiele&hash=item3f147384c9

Intressting or not :-S

Some details about this proto: http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=5126#forumpost5126

Hugely overpriced considering it’s a final build right?

“the rom’s have never been dumped before, so there is a big chance that the game is different but no guarantee.”

In other words, there is no difference but I’d like you to think that there might be and shell out a grand for this little piece of plastic that isn’t unique and I have two others of.

Sorry if I’m being blunt.

L___E___T schrieb:
Hugely overpriced considering it’s a final build right?

“the rom’s have never been dumped before, so there is a big chance that the game is different but no guarantee.”

In other words, there is no difference but I’d like you to think that there might be and shell out a grand for this little piece of plastic that isn’t unique and I have two others of.

Sorry if I’m being blunt.

I think you’re totally right. If there were any differences to the final version, it would not be a problem to provide some screenshots as a proof.

Someone should ask if the seller has any more protos.

I did, he has one more Panibon and a Jack Bros proto.

They’re not listed but he said they’re for sale – he (she?) hasn’t noticed any differences though from the retail games.

To me that makes them worth about 100 as a curiosity item.
I see value in old alpha builds of things like Rockman with an extra stage, or the Sonic 2 Beta for example with hidden extras, but a final build with a couple extra bugs has no interest to me.

I work with pre-final builds all the time so these kinds of things don’t offer me personally any real insight to a game’s design or such.
They’re basically expensive flawed versions and in the current economy, people are looking to offload them for triple what they bought them for when we were all in a boom.

In my world that just doesn’t fly, but maybe someone will bite. If he had an offer button it might get a few nibbles.

Hope I’m not offending anyone here – this is just my view on protos. Whoever buys it might be better to dump it and fund, but I’m not really fussed myself. I’ve seen the whole lifecycle of protos over on NintendoAge and it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth to see ludicrous prices.

L___E___T wrote:

“the rom’s have never been dumped before, so there is a big chance that the game is different but no guarantee.”

That description from the seller doesn’t even make any sense… He’s trying to say that the game might be different solely because the ROM of it has never been dumped? How does that make any sense? It sure sounds like he’s never even played the thing that he has in his possession. Surely a serious collector would have played the game to death and compared it to the standard version to see if there were any differences. And it also sounds like he cares so little about the game that he doesn’t even want to take the time to play it and test it.

Either way, his description sure helps to keep bidders off of it, along with the price.

Proto sellers know that the value of a proto is determined by how early / what differences are in the code.

Trying to suggest that there *might* be differnces, while disclaiming that there’s no certainty is not going to encourage anyone to part with $100, let alone $1000.

I’ve seen this whole thing before. When there are real differences they’re shouted about, as that’s what drives interest. This is just a final or late beta game at best.

If it was starting @ $100, someone might throw a bid in but like you say the description, the disclaimers and lack of good feedback (and fair share of bad) is making this dead in the water.

I asked what differences there were and if it was tested and got an amusing response back.

Or he probably tried it and saw no difference so he pretended that sentence:

“the rom’s have never been dumped before, so there is a big chance that the game is different but no guarantee.”

To give some hope and fool buyer…

NO WAY for me!

i am still reading this forum haha,
but seriously as krisse knows i am verry busy never had the time to test the fully.
i own a gamestore in the netherlands and working almost always 7 days a week.
wish i had the time to test them…

so any questions can be answered by just asking me.

i also asked krisse to drop by sometime to make a dump and compare the data , i am still open for any help regarding this to find out if there is anything different and to help the scene.

as you look back into the old post you can find what i payed but the shippingcosts and tax made them a little bit expensiver.
and i want atleast my own money with a little proffit ofcourse 🙂
i am open for any serious offers.

i also have 4 final snes roms less interesting but still interesting becouse super metroid and mega man x is included

realwws really did buy his two Panic Bomber protos off of Yahoo Auctions awhile back, and they were about $400 each. His 3rd proto, a Jack Bros with no eprom stickers or markings was never seen on auction by me.

No offense to realwws, but the price is way too high. I understand that you paid deputy service fees to bid + shipping custom fees, but that reason alone doesn’t increase the value of an item. The fact that you have 2 Panic bomber protos doesn’t exactly make the demand for this one any more intriguing, and there are surely doubts about the authenticity of your Jack Bros.

Facts rundown:

#1: realwws did buy his Panic Bomber carts for about $400 each

#2: The Panic bomber carts appear to be genuine.

#3: His Jack Bros prototype doesn’t have any stickers or writing on it, just flashed chips in an eprom cart

#4: A good handful of blank eprom carts were sold on Yahoo auctions during the same time era.

Facts needed by the community before realwws can make significant profit or break even after fees that he paid:

#1: Buy a VB to test out the games, and take photos of anything different from the Japanese retail release.

#2: I’d like to hear some input from some other veteran collectors confirming that they saw the mysterious Jack Bros auction, since anybody can flash blank chips for a dev cart.

Conclusion, are his carts real? The Panic bomber ones are, and I’d probably pay around the $400 each that he paid.
Is the Jack Bros real? with the current amount of doubt, I’d only be confident buying it at a price of a blank dev cart.

If I buy a car that is *valued* at $400 for a base price of $400 and then put and extra $400 into it for repairs and registration taxes it’s still just a $400 car, not an $800 car.

just a quick reply,

the jack bros was from the same seller of the panic bombers.
it was the last thing he sold.
i payed 800 for it
oh btw i payed the amounts in euro’s not in dollars.

i will update soon when i have more time.

in my store at the moment

realwws wrote:
just a quick reply,

the jack bros was from the same seller of the panic bombers.
it was the last thing he sold.
i payed 800 for it
oh btw i payed the amounts in euro’s not in dollars.

i will update soon when i have more time.

in my store at the moment

I don’t doubt the coolness or authenticity of your Panic Bomber protos. They are real and very nice.

As for the auction price, I remember the auctions and they were definitely not 800Euros, they ended more in the $400USD price range as converted from the Japanese YEN at the time that I recall.

I’m not trying to hinder your sales as I’m sure many of us would love to own them, but that the same majority of us that are interested now are the same people that were watching these same auctions you won and didn’t outbid you.

And for god’s sake don’t dump them before selling, that will surely lower your selling price.

One final word of advice, sell your two Panic Bomber protos as a pair. It will increase value as many people know you have two and no bidder would confidently place a super high bid knowing that you are lined up to sell another.

If you dump them to compare code, nobody will want them at all for a premium price. Better to take pictures of the differences instead of devaluing the physical carts.

Your stuff is valuable, just not as valuable as your asking price.

As it happens to be, a proto of a $50 game on a rare console that shows some but very little difference can fetch an easy $500 market value. At the same time, a proto that shows notable difference on a common console like famicom may barely fetch $100.
You having two of the same cart hurts the value a bit more, but I see no problem in the $400 price range that they originally sold for.

No offense, just my 2 cents as one of the few serious VB buyers.