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What's the story behind the "World's Rarest Videogame" currently on Ebay?


Chris J.

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I get pop-ups in my Facebook stream for random Ebay items.  One day this came up:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Worlds-Rarest-Video-Game-Extra-Terrestrials-Atari-2600-Long-Lost-Video-Game/133121808686?hash=item1efead992e:g:puMAAOSwGgdciGgY

 

The "World's Rarest Video Game" - a Non-Atari game called "Extra Terrestrials".

 

If the link doesn't work, it is Ebay item # 133121808686.

 

What is the story behind this?  Is this legit, or a scam?  Or just wishful thinking?

 

If this was previously discussed forgive me - 

 

Thanks.  Chris.

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$90K is not an authoritative price. It's $90K because someone says it's $90K. And that is why the price is unaffected by a rom release. And too bad that EPROM is being exposed to light - weakening a 35 year old program.

 

Will it sell for some ridiculous amount of money? Sure. There's always someone waiting to be stupid.

 

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4 hours ago, Chris J. said:

I get pop-ups in my Facebook stream for random Ebay items.  One day this came up:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Worlds-Rarest-Video-Game-Extra-Terrestrials-Atari-2600-Long-Lost-Video-Game/133121808686?hash=item1efead992e:g:puMAAOSwGgdciGgY

 

The "World's Rarest Video Game" - a Non-Atari game called "Extra Terrestrials".

 

If the link doesn't work, it is Ebay item # 133121808686.

 

What is the story behind this?  Is this legit, or a scam?  Or just wishful thinking?

 

If this was previously discussed forgive me - 

 

Thanks.  Chris.

The game is actually really rare, like Red Sea Crossing kind of rare. But its not $90,000 rare. The ROM was released sometime ago so there's no reason to buy it just to play it and the game sucks on top of that. Probably gonna be on eBay for a long time.

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12 hours ago, Keatah said:

$90K is not an authoritative price. It's $90K because someone says it's $90K. And that is why the price is unaffected by a rom release. And too bad that EPROM is being exposed to light - weakening a 35 year old program.

 

Will it sell for some ridiculous amount of money? Sure. There's always someone waiting to be stupid.

 

The price is always unaffected by a rom release for there is always someone, somewhere who will be willing to pay a an over inflated price for a one of a kind cart or Eprom.  In this case it is just sheer greed but then again it is his to do what he wants to do with it.  Maybe someone with more money than sense will entertain him, then again I truly doubt it.

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Related to that, now there's a CCE cartridge set for sale for $14k (Canadian):

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/CCE-C-C-E-Color-Complete-Set-ATARI-2600-Video-Game-System-Dancing-Plate-Plates/291691429681

Crazy money.  Let's see how much they will actually go for!  I'm guessing there are lot of middle age folks who can spend some good money on their hobby.

 

At this rate I'm going to list my CIB NTSC Puzzy games on eBay. 

 

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7 minutes ago, Flojomojo said:

I know it's the wrong question to ask, but is any fun to play? Doesn't look like it from the screenshot here. 

 

It's not that much fun;

Romhunter has it nicely linked a playable online emulator from his page (http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-extra-terrestrials_27608.html?http://javatari.org/?PAGE_BACK_CSS=rgb(188,179,143)&ROM=http://www.atarimania.com/2600/dumps/extra_terrestrials.zip

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1 hour ago, AlwaysOnPlanetPatrol said:

Related to that, now there's a CCE cartridge set for sale for $14k (Canadian):

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/CCE-C-C-E-Color-Complete-Set-ATARI-2600-Video-Game-System-Dancing-Plate-Plates/291691429681

Crazy money.  Let's see how much they will actually go for!  I'm guessing there are lot of middle age folks who can spend some good money on their hobby.

That set's been up for a while, or maybe, like this copy of Extraterrestrials, it's been taken down a re-posted several times. I'd be interested in how much those 19 declined offers were for.

 

1 hour ago, Flojomojo said:

I know it's the wrong question to ask, but is any fun to play? Doesn't look like it from the screenshot here. 

 

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-extra-terrestrials_27608.html

It's 2-player only, which doesn't help. And it doesn't emulate properly. Here's a video of it running on actual hardware.

 

 

It's could have been a cool game (Pac-Man Vs. 20 years ahead of it's time!) but it just ends up being a sad Pac-Man clone with only 1 enemy and no AI.

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1 minute ago, Keatah said:

How does it not emulate properly.

If you play using the javatari link above, you'll notice that the candy disappears when the alien is a few "spaces" to the right of them instead of as it passes over them. This was a problem in Stella as well when the ROM was first released. That was several versions ago though and I haven't tried it recently, so maybe it's been fixed.

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On 9/16/2019 at 10:02 PM, KaeruYojimbo said:

That set's been up for a while, or maybe, like this copy of Extraterrestrials, it's been taken down a re-posted several times. I'd be interested in how much those 19 declined offers were for.

 

It's 2-player only, which doesn't help. And it doesn't emulate properly. Here's a video of it running on actual hardware.

 

 

It's could have been a cool game (Pac-Man Vs. 20 years ahead of it's time!) but it just ends up being a sad Pac-Man clone with only 1 enemy and no AI.

A further simplified 2600 jawbreaker. ...

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I like how he gets his "buyer/seller" stuff mixed up in the provisos and conditions. One example...

"* May encounter custom fees or other taxes in which the seller is solely responsible for and understands upon purchase of the game."

 

He means, of course, that the BUYER is solely responsible...

Another one..

 

"Upon purchase of this game, the seller is acknowledging the condition of the game based on all pictures and details provided."

 

Of course again, he means the BUYER is acknowledging....

Funny, really.

 

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