In Real Life

eBay Seller Thinks His Video Game Collection Is Worth $US35,000

Would you spend $US35,000 on a case full of video games? On one hand, this eBay seller is pawning off an impressive collection of games that includes rare gems like Suikoden II, Earthbound, Snatcher and a whole lot of other titles for Super Nintendo, Sega CD, Game Boy Advance and several other consoles.


January 27, 2012
PC

Blizzard Selling World Of Warcraft Server Blades For A Good Cause

More than 350 retired server blades — the physical manifestations of World of Warcraft‘s virtual realms — are being auctioned off by Blizzard, which will donate the proceeds to the renowned St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.


October 14, 2011
News

Blizzard Auctions Off Entire Worlds Of Warcraft For Charity

Own a piece of World of Warcraft history and help a good cause, as Blizzard prepares to auction off more than 2000 original server blades for St Jude’s Childrens’ Research Hospital.


August 7, 2011
In Real Life

Not Only Does This Nerf Lancer Fire Darts, It’s Fully Automatic

Sure, Nerf Lancers have been done before, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be done better. This one, from reader Nick G, is also for sale on eBay.


July 25, 2011
In Real Life

Want An NES And Every NES Game Ever Made? $75k Please!

Kotaku AU

To begin with, this collection is impressive. Mightily impressive. It features every single NTSC game released on the NES, in addition to a number of other insanely rare titles. Now its being sold on ebay – yours for the reasonable price of $75,000US!


July 19, 2011
News

You Could Own This Copy Of Tetris For Only $US1 Million

Did you know that the Sega Genesis (nee Mega Drive) version of Alexey Pajitnov’s Tetris is exceedingly rare? That there are reportedly only about 10 copies of this cartridge in the wild? Then you’re probably not in the market for a million dollar copy of Tetris.


June 19, 2011
In Real Life

Someone Is Selling THQ’s E3 Debris For $2,000

This year, I came home from E3 with a Kinect Sports shirt, a Jurassic Park-inspired fake Barbasol shaving cream can to hide stuff and a Cooking Mama 4 oven mitt. Everything else I chucked, including my press pass and lanyard. Maybe I should have considered selling it on eBay.


June 16, 2011
News

For $US35,000, You Can Make Your Own PS1 Games

Website PlayStation Museum has a complete PS1 development kit, including everything you need to make a game, from coding it to burning master discs. And now it can all be yours.


May 9, 2011
Nintendo

Get Your Hands On An Original NES Software Development Kit

This may look like a busted up Nintendo Entertainment System, but its seller says it’s actually an NES development kit, recovered about 10 years ago from the warehouse of a defunct Las Vegas-area developer. It’s up for bid on eBay, currently topping out at $US305.


April 27, 2011
Retro

Buy This Incredible Retro Games Collection!

Kotaku AU

Man. This collection. These photographs. Wow. This chap decided he was going to sell his entire retro games collection. It’s up on e-bay now and, even if you have no intention of putting in a bid, it’s worth checking out – just for the sheer spendour of it all.