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eBay: $3k SNES CD dev controller, Wally Bear and the No Gang NES cart photo

Game auction blog gameSniped features several gaming collector item auctions in a recent post, but the highlight is a prototype controller for the unreleased (duh) SNES CD development kit. For the reasonable price of $2,999, you can nab a useless piece of gaming history! As of New Year's Eve morning, 28 offers have been submitted. I'm offering a kick in the pants for charging $8.95 shipping on a $3k item that weighs less than 1lb.

The same eBay seller also lists a prototype Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge for a game called Wally Bear and the No Gang. I'm with the No Gang on this one: No. The auction states that its rareness comes from its ACGI label. This item is also reasonably priced at $1,999.

I thank the robot gods that my "ebay wants" are much simpler: I just need a mint, sealed copy of Enix's Bust a Groove. We're talking hundreds, not thousands.


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GeneralWong's Avatar
GeneralWong at 12/31/2007 09:17
I might just go on my cousins ebay account and bid on it just for him fucking up my PGR4 career by losing every bastard race!!!
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 12/31/2007 09:23
GeneralWong - go for it! We're rooting you on.
topgeargorilla's Avatar
topgeargorilla at 12/31/2007 09:33
Is this that original Playstation? You know, the Sony/Nintendo hybrid that got canceled?
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 12/31/2007 09:41
God, I played Bust a Groove WAY too much. I could probably recite some of the songs, still.
Boolean's Avatar
Boolean at 12/31/2007 09:43
Ummm, would that be THIS Wally and the no gang?

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/rom-pit/wally-bear-no.php

Someone is getting ripped off =/
Kairiaku's Avatar
Kairiaku at 12/31/2007 09:43
Holy shit!,
crazy stuff
I bet the person who wins it will be swedish
moominsean's Avatar
moominsean at 12/31/2007 09:50
i hate that most ebayers way overcharge for shipping. $8.95, then you get it media mail and they spent $1.23. And why does everyone overseas (outside the US) think they need to charge $40 for shipping? it's like $10 to ship airmail.
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 12/31/2007 09:51
Dexter, you win at life. I have #2 in mint condition, but not the first. I want it ...perfect. I adore that game.
B5512's Avatar
B5512 at 12/31/2007 10:05
@topgear

That would make sense given the rectangle/triangle select/start buttons and the cross shaped recesses around the driectional pad and main buttons. wild.
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Android8675 at 12/31/2007 10:15
Original is Bust-A-Move, the Groove version replaced Strike's cigs with a can of soda, because, well Americans don't smoke apparently.

I still have my copy of Bust-A-Move 2, I get offers on it occasionally, but the first is a bit more rare.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 12/31/2007 10:44
Wow, thats an insane price... but I still DO WANT
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 12/31/2007 10:47
Also Persona 1. mint. not the refinished disc bullshit i always see.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 12/31/2007 11:31
That controller looks horrible. I'll pass.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 12/31/2007 14:04
I love bust a groove.
they need a number 3.


Everybody knows that heat is the oneeeee
second, second to noneeee
when you begin to think he's overyly donneee
aint no stoppin
heattss the oneeee
J4RMZ's Avatar
J4RMZ at 12/31/2007 14:07
Uggggleee!
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 12/31/2007 18:39
"I thank the robot gods that my "ebay wants" are much simpler: I just need a mint, sealed copy of Enix's Bust a Groove. We're talking hundreds, not thousands."

:D.
Sienar's Avatar
Sienar at 12/31/2007 21:11
This controller up for auction isn't serious. I know the buyer and he basically put it up to get some publicity. He intentionally made it for 3k as he has no real interest in selling.

Funny thing is he got the controller for free, so if someone did shell out that much it'd be quite the payday.
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