JB Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 When in history has that ever happened in video game land?Five minutes after bootlegs showed up on eBay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Oh cool, so find me 2600 pink panther cheap. Or a Charlie Brown cheap. In fact, show me a link to any game on eBay like that right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Oh, god, the 2600; that was my 80's console of choice, before I got a Genesis. Had many fond memories of it; believe it or not, I remember having and LIKING Pac-Man for it, as a kid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Oh cool, so find me 2600 pink panther cheap. Or a Charlie Brown cheap. In fact, show me a link to any game on eBay like that right now... This is all true. Offer me $800 for my copy, and I'll split the proceeds with the author. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 Comparing games that were manufactured 30 years ago with games that were manufactured, quite literally, last week, is not comparing apples to apples. Nobody has yet tested the used market for Dragon's Lair TI. People shouldn't support the stupid prices. You should expect to pay slightly more, right now, but 3 to 4 to 5 times the value should be laughed off of EBay. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Yeah, I agree with Tursi, here; this is like the NES Mini; it's a cool piece to have, and in its way technically impressive, and having a limited supply of them makes them more valuable, but in the end, it's more of an awesome novelty than anything and in no way worth the insane prices that scalpers would charge for it - the original asking price or slightly more than that, sure, definitely, but not anything exponentially more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I'm not going to give mine up for anything, but if I were Tursi, just for laughs, since he made it and everything, maybe he could put up a single cartridge for a starting bid of $500.00 to help recoup some of his development costs... someone with more money than common sense might go for it. That might be a fun and entertaining auction to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Comparing games that were manufactured 30 years ago with games that were manufactured, quite literally, last week, is not comparing apples to apples. Nobody has yet tested the used market for Dragon's Lair TI. People shouldn't support the stupid prices. You should expect to pay slightly more, right now, but 3 to 4 to 5 times the value should be laughed off of EBay. You're new to this aren't you? Charlie Brown and Pink Panther were prototypes that some homebrew authors made runs of in small numbers a couple of years ago. Now they go for hundreds of dollars on any platform just like the game you put out 1 week ago. That said, apples to apples... already two whom purchased DL99 say they won't part with them for any less than several hundred dollars. You wanna laugh them off eBay yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Btw, when are there going to be a flood of these offered again to where the prices are going to be so low? I still haven't heard that answer. From what I can see it will be never and that said now any one that hits eBay will be 1 of only a few ever parted with from collectors hands and that means high dollars period. Someone will always pay a premium to add it to their collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 You're new to this aren't you? Well, at least I know I don't have to sell to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Oh I love paying thousands of dollars for limited run video games... story of my life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Dude, why try to poke the hornet's nest? These guys have been the most generous and chill community I've ever seen. Don't try to provoke them with this entitlement BS... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Tursi has made it clear over and over this is a limited run, why it is, and he has washed his hands of the project now it is in the hands of those who ordered. I really do not see any benefit to continuing to argue over it, in particular since the argument will undoubtedly take this thread off-topic. There are much better threads and subs for discussion of the economics of the retro game trade. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika73 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) Just paid customs of Dragons Lair. It was like 25eur extra. They charge customs of shipping too. Well.. Can’t wait my Dragons Lair to arrive. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited April 15, 2019 by Mika73 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRStoetzer Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Got my bare copy of Dragon's Lair and it's awesome, but I certainly want to protect it! I'm trying to get it into a cartridge shell I got from arcadeshopper. Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out how to get the door back on correctly. Anybody have any tips (or can point me to any tips for re-assembling the cartridge shells)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xabin Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 For new projects other people could do, I was researching Faceball 2000 (aka Midi Maze), since my boyfriend was fascinated by the GB version through an LP of it online, and I saw that there was a prototype made for it on the Atari 8-bit consoles, so that would be an interesting game to port, for those who want a FPS on the TI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRStoetzer Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Got my bare copy of Dragon's Lair and it's awesome, but I certainly want to protect it! I'm trying to get it into a cartridge shell I got from arcadeshopper. Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out how to get the door back on correctly. Anybody have any tips (or can point me to any tips for re-assembling the cartridge shells)? As is normally the case when I make such requests, I figured it out within minutes of posting! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Got my bare copy of Dragon's Lair and it's awesome, but I certainly want to protect it! I'm trying to get it into a cartridge shell I got from arcadeshopper. Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out how to get the door back on correctly. Anybody have any tips (or can point me to any tips for re-assembling the cartridge shells)? The dust cover? It is not needed toss it and the spring. If you REALLY need it i can take pictures how it goes together. I shipped it that way. Basically the spring ends sit in the two slots on one end and it is held in by the case. If it binds up when you are assembling it push the door in a bit and it should drop in its place Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRStoetzer Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 The dust cover? It is not needed toss it and the spring. If you REALLY need it i can take pictures how it goes together. I shipped it that way. Basically the spring ends sit in the two slots on one end and it is held in by the case. If it binds up when you are assembling it push the door in a bit and it should drop in its place Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk Thanks! Yes, it's a tricky little thing, but I both wanted the case to be as authentic as possible and give such a rare item the greatest possible protection. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteTape Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Having fun with Dragon's Lair at Midwest Gaming Classic, Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee. Mike's packaging material is on the easel. The poster art is on the joystick console I couldn't walk by without playing it, even though I have a copy at home. The castle was so awesome! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I check this forum every day and almost missed my chance, it's how it goes with homebrews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonecool Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) It would definitely be entertaining to watch, but I'm not dumping mine. I'll just pass it down to my kids to let them ebay it in 20 or so years for thousands of dollars My son (13) knows how valuable it could potentially be, so I'm teaching him early. But for now, I'd just love to get through the dang thing once outside of Practice mode! I'm not going to give mine up for anything, but if I were Tursi, just for laughs, since he made it and everything, maybe he could put up a single cartridge for a starting bid of $500.00 to help recoup some of his development costs... someone with more money than common sense might go for it. That might be a fun and entertaining auction to watch. Edited April 17, 2019 by jonecool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika73 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 It’s here and I am loving it.. Even box is so beautiful... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Is there any way we can edit the first post to indicate that sales are closed? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoodland Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Is there any way we can edit the first post to indicate that sales are closed? FYI - M@ helped me out with one of my topics by telling me that if you become a subscriber then you can edit post #1 which will let you edit the Topic title. So you can decide to do that or maybe a moderator with rights can assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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