Help researching a YouTube video on the Odyssey 2

[teknohed]

Hi. I am making a series of videos on the value of classic video game libraries over the last 20 years.. 

 

I have already completed 3 and I have received some feedback from forum members like @TPR and @groundtrooper that some of my data was not as accurate as it could have been. In the interest of improving this I wanted to share my current numbers here and get feedback from the collectors on the Odyssey 2 Forum. My numbers are based on the Price Guide included in Billy Galaxy's book Collecting Classic video games. It was my belief that using these as my source of truth would avoid anyone arguing over the validity of these numbers, but that has not been the case. So, I'd like for you to take a look at what I have so far and, if you're interested, give me some feedback BEFORE I spend 20 hours making a Odyssey 2 video. Here are the numbers.  This list is ranked by the games that had the largest change in value over time. It is not sorted by rarity. I want to include rarity for context, but it is not a list of "most rare games":

 

Title	CIB Price 2002	CIB Price August 2022	Percentage increase	Rarity
Nimble Numbers Ned	$10.00	$27.48	174.80%
Atlantis	$60.00	$131.30	118.83%
Pachinko!	$12.00	$25.00	108.33%
Computer Intro!	$17.00	$32.89	93.47%
Attack of the Timelord	$13.00	$24.99	92.23%
Smithereens!	$14.00	$26.48	89.14%
Demon Attack	$60.00	$112.00	86.67%
Dynasty	$10.00	$16.38	63.80%
Keyboard Creations	$14.00	$22.49	60.64%
K.C.'s Krazy Chase!	$12.00	$19.06	58.83%
S.I.D. The Spellbinder	$18.00	$28.43	57.94%
I've Got Your Number	$10.00	$13.58	35.80%
Thunderball!	$10.00	$13.50	35.00%
P.T. Barnum's Acrobats!	$18.00	$24.01	33.39%
Type and Tell	$15.00	$18.74	24.93%
Killer Bees	$35.00	$34.99	-0.03%
Monkeyshines!	$15.00	$13.47	-10.20%
The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt	$50.00	$42.51	-14.98%
Pick Axe Pete!	$18.00	$15.06	-16.33%
Q*bert	$90.00	$75.00	-16.67%
Turtles	$50.00	$39.99	-20.02%
Quest for the Rings	$50.00	$39.99	-20.02%
Conquest of the World	$50.00	$39.37	-21.26%
Frogger	$95.00	$69.00	-27.37%
Super Cobra	$90.00	$65.00	-27.78%
Power Lords	$300.00	$195.51	-34.83%

 

Here is a link to a google sheet with these numbers. If you're interested please leave me comments on any errors, discrepancies or inaccuracies and I will take that into consideration when working on the video. 

 

Thank you. 

 

[metarog]

Q-Bert, Frogger and Super Cobra were not released in the USA for the Odyssey 2. 

[teknohed]

2 hours ago, metarog said:

Q-Bert, Frogger and Super Cobra were not released in the USA for the Odyssey 2. 

Ah, that is good information. My assumption was that since the price guide was published in the us, the games listed would be teh US versions. I will be sure to mention that for each of those games as I discuss them in the video. 

[Mikebloke]

On 8/31/2022 at 1:43 AM, teknohed said:

Ah, that is good information. My assumption was that since the price guide was published in the us, the games listed would be teh US versions. I will be sure to mention that for each of those games as I discuss them in the video. 

There is no difference, you plug a game in and it works whatever the region. Some of the later European releases designed for the 7400 work just fine on the 7000 / odyssey 2 - only about 3 are not optimised for the original console and I think only one is completely unplayable, and some of the Wikipedia mentions of it is wrong, keep meaning to edit it but too lazy. 

[teknohed]

Hi Again Everyone. Thanks for the helpful suggestions. I am going to start working on this video now and hopefully have it finished by next friday. Here is the final list ranked by Gain / Loss over the last 20 years: 

 

Title	CIB Price 2002	2002 Price Adjusted for Inflation	CIB Price August 2022	Percentage increase	Rarity
Atlantis	$60.00	$99.00	$178.10	79.90%	Very Rare
Nimble Numbers Ned	$10.00	$17.00	$30.00	76.47%	Rare
Pachinko!	$12.00	$20.00	$25.00	25.00%	Rare
Keyboard Creations	$14.00	$24.00	$28.00	16.67%	Rare
Computer Intro!	$17.00	$29.00	$33.00	13.79%	Uncommon
Demon Attack	$60.00	$99.00	$112.00	13.13%	Very Rare
Attack of the Timelord	$13.00	$22.00	$24.00	9.09%	Rare
Smithereens!	$14.00	$24.00	$24.00	0.00%	Very Rare
K.C.'s Krazy Chase!	$12.00	$20.00	$19.00	-5.00%	Uncommon
Dynasty	$10.00	$17.00	$16.00	-5.88%	Uncommon
S.I.D. The Spellbinder	$18.00	$30.00	$28.00	-6.67%	Very Rare
Type and Tell	$15.00	$25.00	$21.00	-16.00%	Rare
I've Got Your Number	$10.00	$17.00	$14.00	-17.65%	Uncommon
Thunderball!	$10.00	$17.00	$13.00	-23.53%	Common
P.T. Barnum's Acrobats!	$18.00	$30.00	$22.00	-26.67%	Very Rare
Killer Bees	$35.00	$58.00	$35.00	-39.66%	Rare
Conquest of the World	$50.00	$83.00	$49.00	-40.96%	Uncommon
Monkeyshines!	$15.00	$25.00	$14.00	-44.00%	Common
The Great Wall Street Fortune Hunt	$50.00	$83.00	$42.00	-49.40%	Rare
Q*bert	$90.00	$149.00	$75.00	-49.66%	Not Published in the US
Quest for the Rings	$50.00	$83.00	$40.00	-51.81%	Uncommon
Turtles	$50.00	$83.00	$40.00	-51.81%	Very Rare
Pick Axe Pete!	$18.00	$30.00	$14.00	-53.33%	Uncommon
Frogger	$95.00	$157.00	$69.00	-56.05%	Not Published in the US
Super Cobra	$90.00	$149.00	$65.00	-56.38%	Not Published in the US
Power Lords	$300.00	$495.00	$196.00	-60.40%	Extremely Rare

 

 

I have also included rarity as listed on this site.   While this video isn't about rarity, I would like the rarity to be accurate. Please let me know if anything here seems out of whack. Thank you all again. 

Edited September 2, 2022 by teknohed

[teknohed]

Thanks for much for you help on this everyone.  I'd be curious to know what you think.

 

 

[jimj]

Looks great.  I'm surprised the the value of so many games went down.  I thought more people were into retro video game collection so values would go up.  But maybe the Odyssey2 is still unknown enough to avoid that problem?