Dryfter

Actually it has been meet Reserve Status: Reserve Price Met

http://www.gamegavel.com/item.cgi?show_item=0000687017 Chump change. Go get it!

ROFL Question, which is better, the smell of bacon or the taste of bacon? Discuss! Edit: I totally love that this was my 400th post...

How can I get a TurboGrafx forum? No one would be there expect for me. I'd be there all the time!

Point taken and I totally get it. Thanks for the explaination. Like I said, I'm just discussing things. I wish you all got along because clearly we have talented people in the INTV community and can put out some awesome games for a system that's nearly as old as me! Good luck guys and keep up the good fight....and I mean all of you.

why did I know that you'd have the info on this? I almost emailed you directly first. haha

I'm a little confused. So calling the game "D2K" instead of "Donkey Kong Arcade" absolves a person from litigation? I highly doubt that honestly. Musicians get sued all the time by other musiciains for songs sounding the same...ask Vanilla Ice... If the "owner" of Donkey Kong really wanted to, they could go after everyone. There's no questioning that the game, whether called D2K of Donkey Kong arcade is, an "updated" version of the original game. As a collector and gamer, I really don't care tbh. I'm happy that the games are released. I hope none of you guys get in trouble in any way. I just think it's crappy that you guys don't get along. The intellivision community here is REALLY cool. We help each other, we're friendly and it's a lot of fun, which is why we stick around for so long. Just wish it could be the gaming "Utopia" (see what I did there) that we all want.

Lol thanks man I've just never seen a mention of it until today. I really want to see one!

What the heck is this? http://www.intellivisionworld.com/english/software/VideogameDetail.asp?iwVdg=230&iwBrn=8 Does someone have any pictures of this thing? I'd love to see it. Thanks!

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Did you just call Cmart a hoarder?! haha I just find it ironic that people are upset now that they don't have the game when it took a LOONG time to sell the initial 250 Stonix games. I remember when they were selling them on ebay for $49.99 a pop (when I bought one) and they were there for months and months and months. I'm not asking for Intellivision Productions to re-release Spiker because I missed it at the end of the life cycle of the Intellivision. I'm prepared to pay the market cost of the game, when one becomes available. It's clearly something they could do, but how pissed would all the people that spent $1000-$2000 be if they release it again and it was exactly like the original (I know that won't happen...better boxes..carts bla bla bla). I'm just saying, it's the same principle. Sometimes you just don't get things without paying for it...unless the democrats are in office, then it's free money for everyone! haha, couldn't resist. I kid I kid!!

The investment in your situation has absolutely devalued, infact it's the definition of it . The R&B example you give is easy to quantify because we know the current value of something "thanks" to ebay. You can sell the game for $200 (or whatever) which is more than the value you've put into it. If something happens to change the market value of that price, to make it lower, it is now devalued and becomes worth less (not worthless though ) than it's currently worth. It's not dependent on if you've sold it or not...it has a value whether you sell it or not. In the case of Minehunter, the value of the game lowers because there's less demand for it due to the newer release. Again, I'm not complaining either way, just stating what's happened (or happening). You may consider it a service that a newer version is released, but again, it doesn't change that fact that it will lower the value of the originals. The people that were lucky enough (and yes, it's luck) are having an investment lose value, And the guys who are fortunate enough, and put the hard work and time in to make the new releases, reap the benefits of getting money out of them. Keep the discussion coming though, lots of fun.

You're not doing the community a dis-service by re-releasing the game, but you are devaluing the game for the people who happened to buy the game when it was originally released. Not trying to be mean, just stating the facts. I realize that the originals will still hold some value as they were the first release, but a second release does take away a certain number of potential buyers who would have paid for the copies which were already released. And before you call me greedy for making that statement, I didn't make any money from selling either release and I did buy both versions. In the end it's ALWAYS about money, that's why you received the email that you did. (and no, I didn't send it...haha) I also think it's a bit short sighted to say that we (the people that already owned the first release) aren't the people you're making the game for. You're making it for anyone that will buy it, no? The original releases of Stonix and Minehunter took a long time to sell (I know the guys that sold them) so at that time, there were plenty of copies. They were released a long time ago, so it's inconceivable to think those guys would still be making them. I'd guess that in 10 years, you probably won't want to make more of them either (I could be wrong though) and there will be a market for both releases. Again, it's always about money...and there's nothing wrong with that. I like stirring the soup...haha

Don't you have enough variants??? haha Sorry gonna be a party pooper here. I'd rather see time and effort go into new original releases (like Rick Dynamite). This is coming from someone that already has Stonix though, so I'm extremely biased I guess. I'd rather spend my money on games I don't already have. Let's face it, the new releases for the Intellivision are not cheap. I understand there's a TON of work going into it and the quality is as good, if not better, than the original 125 for the system. I love the quality of all the games. Let me make that clear, I'm NOT complaining about any of that. I just want to buy different games. The collector in me has a hard time not buying the newer releases, the investor in me see the upside as well. But the gamer in me doesn't really care about a re-release of a game. The investor in me also doesn't want a re-release because it will devalue the current one I own (just being honest). I totally understand why some people want a re-release. The funny thing with this is, Minehunter was just re-released, yes? I know the website already lists it as "Sold out". How many of the Elektronite versions were made, and how many were bought by people that already have the IntelligentVision version? <raises hand> I'm sure a lot of them went to collectors who already have the first version. Collectors are collectors...we...collect (and play sometimes). Here's my suggestion/request. If it is re-released, make it EXACTLY the same as the initial 250, box, manual, cart, label. I'm sure David has all that stuff stored some where. That way the collectors don't feel obligated to buy another copy and the people without them can get them to add to their collection. I know that still devalues the initial 250, but at least I save myself the $60-$70 (with shipping) on getting another copy of a game I have already. wow, I type way more than I planned. Hope this doeesn't make me sound like a jerk. Just trying to keep everyone happy (which never works) Edit: (and yes, I know the original 250 were numbered), so were the first 100 of SG&R but there were more than that made, I think my sticker says something like "#124 of 100")

If you see a spiker or LF2 I'm going to bid on it

I pulled it from your website http://www.carolvsghost.com/artwork/christmas_carol-sticker.png then I just cropped off the white part. I will add what you gave me to the description and the SN to it as well. If you want to message me the box text, I'll add that as well. BTW, I WISH I had the special edition. Feel free to PM me about that as well ~Dry

I just started using this this week and it's very easy to use. It's pretty thorough too, plus you can add items that are missing. I just added Christmas Carol today (posted in the other thread). There are still a number of IntelligentVision games missing and the Elektronite games aren't there yet, but I plan on adding them this weekend. I added basically my entire Intellvision collection in less than 5 minutes. www.vgcollect.com Check it out when you get a little time. The forum there is also very active. This is a direct link to my collection page: http://vgcollect.com/dryfter ~Dry

My pleasure. I didn't know about it until a couple days ago myself! I think I got all the information correct. I didn't want to re-type the entire box text though, but most games added to the DB don't have both the front and the back box art as well as the cart/disc art. So I got a lot more than most have

Just thought I'd let you know that I added your game to the VGCollect Database today. http://vgcollect.com/item/33786 Really good collection website imo. ~Dry

Does lower serial number really make a difference? I hope so because I have #5 of the ItelligentVision release of Minehunter

I have an email thread with Roger from when I bought the Overlays. I haven't been in contact with Roger in a long time (I don't think anyone has as he seems to have disappeared completely from the INTV scene). Someone pulled the trigger at $650 although this has teh hidden game manuals (which I also have ) eBay Auction -- Item Number: 180994162340

I guess "Worth" was the wrong word to use. I know they're both rare, I know they're both "expensive". I don't know what I'm asking. haha

Hey guys, Which would you think is worth more: a Series 1 set of Orphan Overlays (only 50 made) - with confirmation from Roger a loose Spiker with manual discuss!

my suggestion would be to stick to the boxed games. Most people that bought intellivisions also kept the boxes with the games so you shouldn't have trouble getting boxes for most. If you buy loose games, you'll just end up upgrading them later on. Welcome!

problem there is that it's the only game made (I've read about that) so it's not a mass produced game like Spiker or Magical Chase. Hard to try to actually count that in a real collection honestly. Also, the reserve wasn't met for the Auction so the guy is still over-valuing the actual price of the game. Still cool none-the-less