Retro games get a new life as demand for defunct consoles, games on the rise

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'That one goes for about $8,000. That's what I was offered, but I paid $12.50 for it. I found it in a video game store.'

Brandi Ahmer plays 'Donkey Kong' on her vintage NES in her basement game room.They were once coveted birthday and holiday gifts for millions of millennials and Generation Xers.

Although retro gaming has had a following ever since the first video game systems hit the market in the 70s, experts say the trend has boomed in recent years, and along with it the profits.The industrywide resale price for Nintendo 64 systems, which sold for $199.99 when it launched in 1996, or roughly $375 in 2022 dollars, can now fetch as much as five figures depending on its condition and rarity, according to experts.

Ahmer said she has no intention of selling any of her vintage systems or games and is always on the lookout to add to her collection.ABC News

 

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The market has an over inflated bubble thanks to collusion from wata games and heritage auctions to manipulate the market and they used the media as pawns, including you. I'm glad I got consoles before the boom and everdrives so I can play the entire library of each console

They are both digital and physical art, and art that is actually interactive and fun!! Great story

Been gaming since regular Nintendo, but good greed, I mean good grief, the prices! I have some cool stuff that I've kept, but I don't need everything. 'He who dies with the most toys still dies.'

We found an original at a yard sale - husband paid 7 dollars

You can’t even get n64’s to look like anything but trash on modern tvs.

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This entire market is fraudulently being pumped up and anyone interested in it knows that

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