2008
Inside there is a golden diskette. I suppose that this item was produced at the same time like the game Super Mario Bros. YM-901 and probably it was given away in 1987 for prizes at the Famicom F1 tournament in Japan.Unfortunately I don't know how many of these Disk Stations have been produced, probably about 10'000.
The games of the Panorama Screen Series are very special. On one side because their screen flips open, on the other side because of their color screen. And because of their special (big) size as well. Nintendo manufactured a total of six different games from the Panorama Screen Series: Snoopy (SM-91), Popeye (PG-92), Donkey Kong Jr. (CJ-93), Mario's Bombs Away (TB-94), Mickey Mouse (DC-95), Donkey Kong Circus (MK-96).
The last two, Mickey and Donkey Kong, are not often offered on eBay. Even very rarely including their box and manual. No surprise if some collectors dig deep into their wallet if finally such a rare game shows up. The Mickey Mouse which is shown here was sold lately for USD 588,99.
Link to the auction or download as PDF.
Unfortunately more and more copied Game&Watch items are sold on eBay. Mainly it's:
- Box
- Styropore
- Papers (Warning, how to play etc.)
- Plastic bags for the games
- Batteries
- Battery cover
Everything but the game itself is beeing copied!
Following eBay sellers sell copied Game&Watch items or did sell them:
bestiario, chrisant7, coccoballi, cornishdavey, filmfocus, florapaca, fredolococo, garfn7, gatti2967, geelongfan73, geshoey, get-etc, gory7976, gsebxr1000k7, hobbymodel, lovegameshop, mtoynbee, nono.2013, onthegoexpress, pazymax, picsboutic, syd7280, vintage_showroom.
These are not all sellers. You'll find the complete list of all sellers and buyers of copied G&W items here.
The Game&Watch were not only sold in boxes, instead some of them were released as blisterpack as well. It's not known for sure how many different ones, but it's about 30 games. Game&Watch were released as bliserpack from the following series: Wide Screen, New Wide Screen, Multi Screen and Micro vs. System.Yesterday a Zelda blisterpack was sold on eBay. The price of about EUR 283.- is no surprise, because blisterpacks are very rare. Link to the auction
The latest issue of the English magazine retro Gamer contains an eight pages strong article about Game&Watch. The article starts with the history about Game&Watch and describes the development of the games. Many great pictures makes this article a valuable source for fans and collectors of G&W. If you can't get the retro Gamer in stors near you, you can order it online: http://www.retrogamer.net/. This issue for sure is a must have for all fans and collectors of Game&Watch!
Unfortunately more and more copied Game&Watch items do show up on eBay. Mainly it's:
- Box
- Styropore
- Papers (Warning, how to play etc.)
- Plastic bags for the games
- Batteries
- Battery cover
Everything but the game itself is beeing copied!
What a nice find: A Game&Watch shipping box filled with ten factory mint Octopus OC-22. The price of £ 1'000.- is no real surprise...
A very rare Octopus from Argentinia was sold on eBay for about CHF 300.00 / EUR 189,50. There are two interesting facts on this game: The yellow box and the blue case. The box is different from the known ones in another way as well. A styropore is missing, instead the game is hold by the inner carton of the box.
The Pocketsize versions are very hard to find. To find a PS Punch Out is almost impossible. But those versions do exist! This auction shows once again, that it would be smart to determine the value of the itmes which are for sale. Buy it now price for this extremely rare item was a super low USD 29,99 ...! Auction 280239019551, or as PDF file (210 KB).Many information about ths PS games can be found in the Pocketsize FAQ.
It's been a while since Game&Watch shipping boxes where sold on eBay. But now three of them where offered and sold: Donkey Kong DK-52, Mario's Cement Factory ML-102 and Mario's Bombs Away.