Posted by SignOfZeta on October 06, 2026 at 23:57:52 EST in reply to So, has anyone still visiting this forum crossed the bridge of cashing out their game collection? It's always been in the back of my mind as a rainy day fund, but not something I've been tempted to do. I noticed recently that Atari Jaguar stuff gained value and said fuck it, time to gouge some fools. $450 for the console with Cybermorph and around $150 each for Super Burnout and Power Drive Rally. Kind of strange to think I paid $29 for all of it at KB Toys in 1998. I wasn't aware of this Jaguar price creep. From a quick reddit search/scrape a narrative emerged that was framed like a question of whether or not to invest in Jaguar now or later rather than ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID? Apparently Neo Geo stuff is just off the charts now. My disdain for collectors is balanced somewhat by a genuine feeling that if someone is willing to pay $2500 for a copy of Cotton for NGPC, maybe they're actually more interested in it than me. And suddenly it becomes a charitable act to release a copy onto the market. I really don't care much about the dollar value but do find it fascinating that some of us old heads could easily have collections worth 50k, 100k, or even more. (n/t) from substance J.
I really hate selling shit, not the parting necessarily but the actual act of selling it. That pretty much keeps me from really moving stuff in itself. I also play my old crap all the time and rarely buy new games so I do get use out of most of it. My kid is 11 now and loves 16-bit which is %75 of my stuff. I have thought about trading Panzer Dragoon Saga for an arcade machine…because that’s how much fucking money it’s worth now, but I’m too lazy to even bother. Luna Ian just bought a house, maybe he has something interesting to add.
Obviously I’m not paying modern prices but I do still buy old old games. I buy like one MVS game a year, I’m up to 14 I think. When I got super into mahjong I bought a bunch of old ¥100 jong junk. I have most of the games I want and I play them so there hasn’t been a lot of action. I haven’t been broke in a long time either. Some day!
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