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noemann:

--- Quote from: Ozzy_98 on April 23, 2014, 07:51:10 PM ---Look for aladdin deck enhancer games, you find all sorts of games mislabeled. Deck enhancer games were much smaller than standard nes carts, but people see metallic carts, think it's something rare.

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I don't remember the Aladdin deck enhancer. Interesting.
LOL I bet people ask for silly prices.
I'll do some more research. Thanks for mentioning this one...

noemann:

--- Quote from: TDIRunner on April 23, 2014, 10:18:39 PM ---I once found a really good deal in a R.O.B. for the NES. The seller was inexperienced and titled the auction “R.O.B. Robot Operating Buddy.” This is absolutely correct. However, his mistake was that most people don’t enter the periods when they search for R.O.B. I was watching three different auctions for R.O.B. at the same time. Two of the auctions included both “R.O.B.” and “ROB” in the auction title. However, the third auction was missing the “ROB” (without the periods). Therefore, only someone as OCD as myself would even find the auction. While the other two auctions ended around $120 with multiple bidders, I won mine for less than $50. That was the starting price and I was the only bidder. For the record, all three were fully functional R.O.B.s with complete Gyromite parts. I was so happy with my purchase, I actually think that Gyromite is a really fun game.

I hope everyone can follow all of that.......... :P

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Funny story. I showed it to my Fiancee, we both giggled. Good stuff. I'm hoping to find something similar with SNES games.

Ozzy_98:

--- Quote from: noemann on April 24, 2014, 10:10:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: Ozzy_98 on April 23, 2014, 07:51:10 PM ---Look for aladdin deck enhancer games, you find all sorts of games mislabeled. Deck enhancer games were much smaller than standard nes carts, but people see metallic carts, think it's something rare.

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I don't remember the Aladdin deck enhancer. Interesting.
LOL I bet people ask for silly prices.
I'll do some more research. Thanks for mentioning this one...

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It was a way to try to make cheaper carts, so nothing special on it. The deck enhancer had some of the chips used by all games, basic mapper and nes10 chip ect, and the games were stripped down carts with just the game\graphics. A whole bunch of new stock was found years ago, so you can buy the system and all 6 games, unopened, for about $100.

palmer6strings:

--- Quote from: noemann on April 24, 2014, 10:11:47 AM ---
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on April 23, 2014, 10:18:39 PM ---I once found a really good deal in a R.O.B. for the NES. The seller was inexperienced and titled the auction “R.O.B. Robot Operating Buddy.” This is absolutely correct. However, his mistake was that most people don’t enter the periods when they search for R.O.B. I was watching three different auctions for R.O.B. at the same time. Two of the auctions included both “R.O.B.” and “ROB” in the auction title. However, the third auction was missing the “ROB” (without the periods). Therefore, only someone as OCD as myself would even find the auction. While the other two auctions ended around $120 with multiple bidders, I won mine for less than $50. That was the starting price and I was the only bidder. For the record, all three were fully functional R.O.B.s with complete Gyromite parts. I was so happy with my purchase, I actually think that Gyromite is a really fun game.

I hope everyone can follow all of that.......... :P

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Funny story. I showed it to my Fiancee, we both giggled. Good stuff. I'm hoping to find something similar with SNES games.

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I've got 3 ROBs. Every single one I've got has been $10.
One was complete in the box with Gyromite and duck hunt. One was by himself but with all his parts. The last one was missing all parts and broken. All found within the last 2 years.

marioxb:
Oh yeah? Do you R.O.B. owners also have Stack Up with all the parts? I do! Got it before the dark times, before the Empire (of the internet that is), or at least before I had internet. I found it for $15 complete from some mail order catalog in California called Game Dude. Have one ROB permanantly with the Gyromite parts and the other with the Stack Up parts. I think I got both of the robots for free from the game store I used to work at. That was definatly before eBay existed, when people used to throw out stuff they knew nothing about, with no way to research. Man, I really miss those days...

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