I see a lot of these on Ebay and some go for well over $400. Anyone here collect these? This is an area I'm definately gonna stay away from, the prices just seem way too inflated.
I was obssesed with these for about six months last year. I never bought one however, I was just addicted to the games via the Game & Watch Gallery series and simulators on PC.
Then my friend went to a garage sale at his lake last year and found a Zelda one for a dollar! >:(
Stay far away. There's a bunch of G&W collector nuts out there willing to jack up the prices on them. The prices are usually too much, but it depends on what you're buying. Some go for less than $20, but others, the more rare ones, like giveaways and prize G&Ws go for $500+. The only reason I know this is because I've been keeping an eye out for the Famicom prize G&W. A seller on eBay wants his CIB Famicom G&W for over $1,000. Talk about inflated...sheeesh. They made 10,000 of them!
The prices for these were always such a rip-off, to me...
Ya I never understood it either, there are lot better rare nintendo items (Wild Gunman Set for example) that you can get for a lot less than a Game & Watch. I might consider going after them if the prices were to go waaaaaay down!
I think you've got it right the way you do it, vealchop. You pick something to focus on and you get it, like with the pulse line carts, the Family Trainers and the pre-Famicom stuff. The only goal I've set for myself is the holy grails, and that's gonna take a long time. Otherwise, I'm all over the place with my Famicom purchases. In other words, maybe it's best not to branch out too much.
I think another problem is that I don't find the Game & Watches all that fun...
Most are not all that great because they're highly repetitive. But there are a few -- perhaps the later ones -- that allowed much more flexibility in the gameplay. But hell, I used to own the Mario factory one where all you did was pick up and hand off boxes the whole time, trying not to drop any. And I enjoyed that one too much.
They are not amazing at all now, but remember that there was a time when there was no gameboy! I remember I was 7 or 8 and got the super mario brothers game and watch and thought it was the best ever! It only held my attention for a couple of days at home, but (if I hadn't given it to a friend) I know I would have played it over and over again while on car trips and such...
I only buy game and watches at yard sales myself which is why I only have blackjack. I found a pinball at a yard sale not too long ago for cheap too but it's top label was gone so it was too crappy for even me...
Ehh...still. This was in the days of arcades and back when they were easy to access. I do enjoy the Fire/Ambulance one though. :)
Quote from: FamicomJL on November 13, 2006, 12:24:49 pm
Ehh...still. This was in the days of arcades and back when they were easy to access. I do enjoy the Fire/Ambulance one though. :)
I have played "FIRE" on the "Game & Watch Gallery" for GameBoy. I wish that I had the real thing though, that game is fun.
Another reason to stay away from Game & Watch collecting: HERE (http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d70315325).
my god! $3,600! :o
There has to be some crazy reason why people are bidding that much for a game & watch! INSANE!
I am a Game & Watch collector and I find it fun to collect these games. I have found a total of 25 Game & Watches now, from ebay and garage sales and trust me ther're pretty fun to play. When you play them, you just have that feeling inside that...I just can't describe. They just are not like the other lcd games out there...
PS; Don't worry, I buy them cheaply ( does 18$ for Donkey Kong Circus near mint sound cheap? If your not shure, check it on ebay NOW!)!
$18? That can't be from ebay right?
Yep! ;D
I've got a Game & Watch question for you all (Also sorry for bumping this, I wanted to save space).
Anyway, my buddy was saying that the Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch game is really hard to find, however I was not aware of that. I checked around and it looks like there are tons of them all over the place.
Now I'm a bit confused because he's usually spot on with these things. Is Super Mario Bros. a rare Game & Watch game?
Well, Game & Watches are rare, but this one is one of the common games.
There's more than one SMB for G&W. The rare one is YM901 and is yellow (not blue). And, the rare one was a Famicom prize given out to about 10,000 people, so not especially rare but more so than most.
I remember I bought the Zelda watch so long ago until my bday came and someone stole it.....when my bday came around my parents would invite everyone in the neighborhood and well some of them were thieves!! I miss that watch...
I have a Donkey Kong Jr. Game & Watch that I got as a gift as a kid; I didn't realize that it might be valuable.I have mine in very good condition CIB with all documents, but the box is kinda beat up. Is it worth anything?
Quote from: ericj on March 14, 2008, 07:04:21 pm
I have a Donkey Kong Jr. Game & Watch that I got as a gift as a kid; I didn't realize that it might be valuable.I have mine in very good condition CIB with all documents, but the box is kinda beat up. Is it worth anything?
Actually Donkey Kong G&W is about 35$ in Mint condition.
Quote from: NintendoKing on March 14, 2008, 07:12:12 pm
Quote from: ericj on March 14, 2008, 07:04:21 pm
I have a Donkey Kong Jr. Game & Watch that I got as a gift as a kid; I didn't realize that it might be valuable.I have mine in very good condition CIB with all documents, but the box is kinda beat up. Is it worth anything?
Actually Donkey Kong G&W is about 35$ in Mint condition.
Well it's worth 35$ loose in good condition, but in MINT condition in the box it could be worth 200$ depending on condition.
Here's a pic of the one that I have with box and inserts. I think it's in pretty good condition besides the box.
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj287/pingaloquita/dkjr.jpg)
Yeah what you have there could be worth a good fortune ;) Looks pretty clean except for the box like you mentionned.
Man, I am GUTTED!! Back in 1994 a worked in a jap import game store and my boss ordered a whole bunch of game & watch (dead stock ) and they were priced very cheap. Man I wish I bought some but I was bored of them due to the fact I owned a few during the 80's.
Anyway that Donkey Kong junior is ACE!! Don't sell it, what ever you do.
I think I'll hold onto it for now. If I had known when I was a kid that it might be worth something someday, I would have taken better care of the box. Guess we all say that! :D
Yeah we all say that :D Back when I was younger I found a Donkey Kong JR. tabletop game and watch by Coleco (the orange version with the decals on the side). I bought it for like 1$ in a pile of different kinds of junk at a flea market. It Was really clean and all, until I did something I shouldn't have done... I didn't want my batteries to die off since it was always powered on, so my dad installed a power switch on the side of the game! And he also scratched the case very deep with an exactoknife by accident while cutting the case to installl the switch! :( But the game was also missing it's batterie cover, so my dad also cut a peice of plastic from who knows where and drilled it in the game! :( Boy do I regret having him do this to my game :-\
Wow, even though the box is a bit shot; that is still quite a nice piece of nintendo history you got there.
I would not recommend selling it, keep it; and about a decade or two could be upwards of 300$.
I always thought Game and Watches were neat, but never really attempted to collect them.
Although I do own a Donkey Kong dual screen one-- does anyone know what these typically go for? I don't have a box or anything, but it works fine, has the battery cover, and is in good condition.
Quote from: Bergasa on March 29, 2008, 11:50:59 am
I always thought Game and Watches were neat, but never really attempted to collect them.
Although I do own a Donkey Kong dual screen one-- does anyone know what these typically go for? I don't have a box or anything, but it works fine, has the battery cover, and is in good condition.
About 25$ - 35$, to the right collector that is.