Rextro Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Hello, I recently found an Aquarius in one of my Totes in the basement, I have the system itself in the original Box complete as well as something called a Mini Expander also in box with a few games in box. Just wondering what the collectability is like for these, I seen a few eBay auctions going pretty high just for games and a system with no box? Do I have a gem here? Sorry im new to the forums unsure of how these things work. Thanks! - Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 What are the games Rex? A handful of them command a premium. Assuming they're not the rarest ones a package like that likely would go for maybe $100. Pics are always helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I posted an article about the Aquarius on my mostly-inactive blog (link) a few years ago that you might find helpful or informative.For starters, eBay prices are insane. It's true that Aquarius stuff isn't very common...but it's also true that, generally speaking, it's not very hard to get, either. Nor is it very sought-after.As for collectability, there are probably only two kinds of people who would bother with the Aquarius: die-hard Intellivision collectors, and people who collect everything (I'm sort of both). If somebody happened to own one back in the day, maybe that's a third. Otherwise, it's not a very popular system because it was incredibly limited and has a very small library (the system only had retail availability for about five months!). From a game-playing perspective, there's not much reason to own one when all of its games are on the Intellivision, and are much better on that system. There were quite a few games released on tape in Europe as well, and while a few of those are pretty unique, there's nothing there I'd call "must-play."Most North American Aquarius items aren't too tough to track down, although there were some releases in PAL Land and Asia that might be harder to get. Anything from Radofin (rather than Mattel) is going to be pretty rare.As to whether you have a gem there...that depends on you, I guess. The system has its fans, but it kind of falls outside of most gamers' areas of interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rextro Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Wow thanks for the information. Ill be digging into that tote again tonight and see if I can snag some pictures. By my count I had roughly 15 games but could be more as theres about 7 more totes I havent looked through yet! I did notice the cartridges looked very similar to the intellivision haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Steve Jones Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Pics please, some of us are interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I gave a CIB Aquarius away with Mini-Expander, tape drive and printer plus a few carts. I thought my Mattel collecting would bleed over to the Aquarius but it never did. It's really not that exciting of a machine to have. When I look at the potential of the Original Keyboard Component everything else was a disappointment. I know some people have fun with them, just not me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rextro Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Pics please, some of us are interested Sorry at work at the moment will try to get pics tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Wow thanks for the information. Ill be digging into that tote again tonight and see if I can snag some pictures. By my count I had roughly 15 games but could be more as theres about 7 more totes I havent looked through yet! I did notice the cartridges looked very similar to the intellivision haha. 15 games on cartridge? If so probably some are for the Intellivision rather than the Aquarius, but we will see after you show us some pictures of your findings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rextro Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 15 games on cartridge? If so probably some are for the Intellivision rather than the Aquarius, but we will see after you show us some pictures of your findings! Could be! I have quite a few boxed and a few loose so I'll take a good look tonight, how to I post an Image directly? Is there a way to do such a thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Could be! I have quite a few boxed and a few loose so I'll take a good look tonight, how to I post an Image directly? Is there a way to do such a thing? You click on the orange "More Reply Options" and you will see on the bottom that you can browse to your picture, and then click on the "Attach this File" button, and then there will be a link for "add to post" - or somesuch like that... Edited June 3, 2016 by fdr4prez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rextro Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 You click on the orange "More Reply Options" and you will see on the bottom that you can browse to your picture, and then there will be a link for "add to post" - or somesuch like that... Excellent I see that now, thank you I will see what I come up with I have to transport a few more totes home tonight so I will be digging for quite a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Excellent I see that now, thank you I will see what I come up with I have to transport a few more totes home tonight so I will be digging for quite a while! Awesome! The more pics the better when it comes to this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Excellent I see that now, thank you I will see what I come up with I have to transport a few more totes home tonight so I will be digging for quite a while! Not everyone has access to these magical totes with these goodies inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rextro Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Awesome! The more pics the better when it comes to this stuff. I've come to learn that haha! I will post some photos now that I have learned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rextro Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 Looks like I mistook some Microvision Games for Aquarius. But still 4 CIB games,the system and the expander all boxed up. Not bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+cmart604 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Good little set up with three good games......and Biorhythms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Good little set up with three good games......and Biorhythms. made me chuckle. When i saw it earlier i thought the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utopia Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Nice little bundle of Utopia games there on the left. Are you a fan? Clearly I am. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Nice little bundle of Utopia games there on the left. Are you a fan? Clearly I am. Wow, you must be better at Where's Waldo than me. I didn't even see them there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 That's a nice rig to find! Like others here have said, Aquarius has always been "on my list" of stuff to get simply because it's Mattel Electronics and the titles overlapped some of the best of the Intellivision's. Dearly wanted one when it first was announced, but never pulled the trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Wasn't there a Utopia for the Aquarius? I'm surprised it's not there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rextro Posted June 4, 2016 Author Share Posted June 4, 2016 Nice little bundle of Utopia games there on the left. Are you a fan? Clearly I am. Haha yeah.. Thats a double deep shelf too. All sealed.. Lol I need to sell some stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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