Arcadia 2001 games values

[atari2800man]

I have ran into a lady on ebay who is trying to pass off rares for the arcadia 2001 and I need to confirm if shes being reasonable.175.00 for Hobo,100.00 for jumpbug,100.00 for super gobbler,redclash for 150.00.I mean can anyone show me a list of values on arcadia games?

[BassGuitari]

Tough to say. Arcadia stuff is a bit more on the rare side anyway, and rare Arcadia games are definitely hard to come by. On the other hand, there aren't a lot of people really collecting for it, so it's not like there's much demand to drive prices up. Still, they're scarce enough that people can charge pretty much whatever they want for them. So....¯\_(ツ)_/¯?

I can only speak for myself, but I wouldn't be inclined to pay over a hundred dollars for any Arcadia game. Apart from shelf appeal (which is nice), the value just isn't there for me. If you just want to play games like Red Clash (which is actually a pretty decent game, btw), a multicart is probably a better way to go, if you can find one.

As far as a price guide on Arcadia games, I'd start with Digital Press, although they may be a little out of date. I'd suggest videogames.pricecharting.com as well but it doesn't look like they have any info on Arcadia games. The Arcadia seems like a tough system to collect for (I'm still missing one, myself) since it doesn't really have any kind of a scene around it like the Atari systems, Intellivision, Odyssey 2, or even Bally Arcade, so information--especially in regards to pricing--tends to be spotty and inconsistent.

Good luck!

[atari2800man]

I really love playing jumpbug on a emulator however wish I owned the cart and crazy gobbler as well,and also hobo is great!

[Blazing Lazers]

The Multicart is the way to go with Arcadia playing. I really don't recommend getting the games unless you're a collector. There aren't too many Arcadia collectors, even fewer for foreign releases as the titles above are. The prices above are toward the high end, but not absolutely unreasonable if you're really into collecting for the platform. Arcadia is just one of those few systems where the games tend to have greater rarity than value, and keep in mind most Arcadia collectors likely already have copies of those titles, and won't be competing with you for them.

[BassGuitari]

and also hobo is great!

It's a great name, at least. When I saw there was a game for the Arcadia 2001 called Hobo, I did a "LOL what?!" The game itself wasn't too bad either, IIRC. As far as Arcadia games go, at least.

 

Actually, one thing I've noticed about the Arcadia games I've played--some in emulation years ago, some on real hardware at gaming conventions--is that a lot of them aren't as bad as one would be lead to believe, given the system's short lifetime and obscure status. Probably not anything I'd call "great," and they may have been weak compared to the Intellivision and Atari 5200 and Colecovision games they were going up against (the Arcadia would have been a great system if it had been released in 1979), but some of them are fairly good in and of themselves, even if they tend to be kind of strange--it had arcade licenses from the most obscure companies imaginable--and sometimes have indecipherable controls.