What could possibly command such an outlandish price? This particular copy of Tetris for Sega’s 16-bit console was signed by Pajitnov himself, according to the owner of this “rare, exclusive, elusive, obscure and desirable centerpiece”. He, by the way, paid &euros;11,000 ($14,600) for the cartridge back in 2008.
Now, cartridge collectors needn’t really fork over a million bucks to get their hands on this thing – that’s the “Buy It Now” price – but the eBay seller says he’s rebuffed two offers of £12,000 (about $18,000).
TETRIS sega mega drive genesis megadrive md signed [eBay via GameSetWatch]
Reoh
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 10:58 AMHe paid a whole $14,600 for it three years ago huh, It’s clearly gone up in value 6800% by now! There’s been this whole Global Recession thing, those have a big impact on the cost of stuff.
For anyone interested in this offer, I have a genuine original tetris gameboy (first gen) for sale for $42,000,000!
Jake
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 11:42 AMGot the original box?
The Gremlin
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 12:15 PMIf the box has dog ears, you should consider 40.000.000
Khuntza
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 11:43 AMYou’re dreaming.. it’s not worth a cent more than $41,000,000..
Veddermandan
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 1:01 PMI dont know if this story is acurate. I have this game i’m sure, will deffinatley be checking when i get home.
I do know that i dont have any signed games though.
Reoh
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 3:57 PMHe’s probably just done this to get coverage on sites like this.
@Jake, no. ;)
Mark Martin
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 5:03 PMit’s only worth what someone will pay. Now who the fuck would pay $1mil for tetris?!