What's up with Frogger lately?

[shining slade]

I've sold 3 within the past 3 weeks for at least $10 bucks apiece. Each one had a manual and one was complete in the box(which sold slightly higher) Just curious as to why it's going for that much as it is a real common game. (Not that I'm complaining!)

[NovaXpress]

I don;t knwo why it would be sellign so much in one week, other than random chance, but Frogger has survived to become a best-selling character on the Playstation as well, one of their best selling titles ever actually. When a classic character has a modern hit, that should drive up demand for the originals.

 

The local ripoff gaming store is selling NES Final Fantasy for $75 for that very reason. And they even sell a few.

[Brad2600]

If that Final Fantasy is loose Nova, then $75 is a ripoff. I got a complete, boxed version that's not going to be sold for a long time.

 

As for Frogger, I dunno in regards to the price. Maybe I should buy up some spare copies of Frogger and put them up. It couldn't hurt to see how much I get even with a honest listing.

[Christophero Sly]

Frogger often sells for a higher price than other carts of similar rarity...Q*bert does too. Even though they're dead-common, the demand for these classic titles pushes the price up.

[chairmonkey4406]

Yes, our local gaming store is a really bad rip-off. They even stole some games from my friend once! He set them down at the counter because he wanted to sell them and the clerk said he would watch them. He went to go look at something and when he came back, a game was missing! They denied that he even had it completely and the next week, the game was on the shelf! I still think it is in fact. I hate that store.

[sku_u]

You can throw Pitfall into the mix as well. Even though it's an extremely common title, it almost always sells on Ebay.

[NovaXpress]

That's the funny thing about collecting, the serious collectors will only pay for the rare, unpopular stuff. The everyday people only pay for the most common popular titles.

 

$75 is for the boxed version of FF, which I still think is overpriced because I see them quite a bit. FF3 has sold for $100 around here.

[+DamonicFury]

I can vouch for how Pitfall! can sell well on Ebay, also. I tried to sell about twenty or so carts a few months back. Many went unsold, most went for the minimum bid, but Pitfall! sold for eight bucks. It was quite a (pleasant) shock, considering almost all the rest of the carts I was selling were much rarer.

 

It does make sense that there would be a lof of people out there collecting out of nostalgia value for the carts they enjoyed twenty years ago. Once a few of them get involved in a small bidding war for your common cart, you can get lucky and sell if for a few bucks more than it's really worth.

[shining slade]

Funny thing is, the Frogger games that I've sold have all gone with the "Buy it Now" option! (I've been setting BIN at 9.99 for cart & manual)