I bought Cogswell’s Caper when I was in high school (around 2004) for around $10 CAD. It might have been less, but $10 was my cap for NES games back then. I am shocked at why it’s worth today. It’s my most expensive NES game and I got it on a whim as a teenager because I remembered watching The Jetson’s as a kid!
@@gamegeargirl8086 that is amazing. I don’t think i ever had any games from my child hood that ended up being worth anything. I remember playing duck tales 2 but that might have been a rental.
The fact that the Bionic Commando grapple-and-swing mechanic is achievable on NES hardware never fails to impress me. Whoever programmed Rockin' Katz deserves a high-five, regardless of how good/bad the rest of the game is.
Interesting video. I assume all prices given are for complete in box an not cartridge only. I only heard you mention this with the Flinstones game. It wasn't actually clear from the onscreen graphics or being said anywhere else in the video. You might want to consider for future videos to give both prices. Then your viewers will also know how much of a difference a bit of paper and cardboard makes.
These prices are taken from the price guides posted to game dude’s web site. they themselves do not specify which is why i do not either. Game dude did not post prices for little samson or flint stones as they give you a “market rate” price. for that reason i used price charting for the 2024 prices which is why the only games in the video with explicit CIB prices are Flintstones and Little Samson. Thanks for watching and the great suggestion!
At the moment little samson is currently listed as “ask” on their website which means they will make you an offer based on the market rate. They will only pay you half of what they could sell if for, so most likely they would only give you 2K. But they would be glad to SELL IT for 4500. If you have a copy of little samson to sell, i would just put it on ebay.
@@Papernails yeah, 100% that is a very good analogy. As it happens game dude is sort of a pawn shop, if you sell them stuff you have to fill out all the same paper work as you do when you pawn something (or at least you did back in teh day, I haven't actually sold anything there for years).
I found "mighty final fight" in a stack of my old games ..i knew it was worth a little something...i just have no way to test it at the moment. I also have robocop 3 which is valued around $50-$60. Just need to test them bad boys.
When i was putting this together i was smacking my head in disbelief the whole time. I went into game dude lots of times back then. why didn’t i just load up on hannah barbera games?!
It came out very late in the NES’s life cycle and had a very short print run. when it came out many people had moved on to the SNES or Genesis. Because there are so few copies it commands a high price (same story with many of the games on this list where value is tied to rarity)
@@teknohed I was never a console gamer, but have "fond" memories of some Atari ST games when I was a kid that I just couldn't figure out how to play or progress
I can’t say i disagree, any who is paying these prices for those hanna barbera games in particular is a real moron. Little samson is a fun game, but not thousands of dollars good.
Finally someone who agrees with me on little samson. Its a decent game but not worth what ppl want. Plus its not that hard to find if ya do want a copy. So ill never understand why its so expensive
@@jarredkrum9894 i saw that about little samson, but i also paid 700 bucks for snatcher on sega CD, so i am not immune to nostalgia. realistically speaking there isn’t a game in the world with that much unless you have some sort of sentimental attachment to it . (or have more money than sense) that’s collecting though it isn’t really about making rational decisions
Hey i got games that go for several hundred but ill still play em. But ill agree theres games if i was rich id spend the money to buy and play 🤷🏻♂️. I was playing cheetah men 2 other day on an emulator but there is no way in hell id ever spend $5000 on a sealed cib copy of that game cuz the game really sucks🤣its horrible. But its funny to play cuz its so crappy lmao in my opinion a sealed cib copy of that game should be $5 not $5000 🤷🏻♂️
I bought Cogswell’s Caper when I was in high school (around 2004) for around $10 CAD. It might have been less, but $10 was my cap for NES games back then. I am shocked at why it’s worth today. It’s my most expensive NES game and I got it on a whim as a teenager because I remembered watching The Jetson’s as a kid!
@@gamegeargirl8086 that is amazing. I don’t think i ever had any games from my child hood that ended up being worth anything. I remember playing duck tales 2 but that might have been a rental.
The fact that the Bionic Commando grapple-and-swing mechanic is achievable on NES hardware never fails to impress me. Whoever programmed Rockin' Katz deserves a high-five, regardless of how good/bad the rest of the game is.
Interesting video. I assume all prices given are for complete in box an not cartridge only. I only heard you mention this with the Flinstones game. It wasn't actually clear from the onscreen graphics or being said anywhere else in the video. You might want to consider for future videos to give both prices. Then your viewers will also know how much of a difference a bit of paper and cardboard makes.
These prices are taken from the price guides posted to game dude’s web site. they themselves do not specify which is why i do not either. Game dude did not post prices for little samson or flint stones as they give you a “market rate” price. for that reason i used price charting for the 2024 prices which is why the only games in the video with explicit CIB prices are Flintstones and Little Samson. Thanks for watching and the great suggestion!
"Now we have some real crap..." LOL. If I brought in that Little Samson game to Game Dude would they really fork over $4k for it?
At the moment little samson is currently listed as “ask” on their website which means they will make you an offer based on the market rate. They will only pay you half of what they could sell if for, so most likely they would only give you 2K. But they would be glad to SELL IT for 4500. If you have a copy of little samson to sell, i would just put it on ebay.
@@teknohed ah that makes sense, like Pawn Stars
@@Papernails yeah, 100% that is a very good analogy. As it happens game dude is sort of a pawn shop, if you sell them stuff you have to fill out all the same paper work as you do when you pawn something (or at least you did back in teh day, I haven't actually sold anything there for years).
Wait, Game Dude still has their OG storefront in North Hollywood?
Yup. Stuck in amber.
TMNT tournament fighters has to make the list I’d assume…
#24!!
I found "mighty final fight" in a stack of my old games ..i knew it was worth a little something...i just have no way to test it at the moment. I also have robocop 3 which is valued around $50-$60. Just need to test them bad boys.
@@pioneerman4417 duuuude those are both pretty rare, nice “basement finds”!
Man why didn’t I have the mindset to start collecting in 2004….😢
When i was putting this together i was smacking my head in disbelief the whole time. I went into game dude lots of times back then. why didn’t i just load up on hannah barbera games?!
@@teknohed or if I was really smart. I just would’ve bought a extra copy of Mario 64 and ocarina of time and kept them sealed…easy money…🙌
Does anyone know why little Samson is so expensive/rare?
It came out very late in the NES’s life cycle and had a very short print run. when it came out many people had moved on to the SNES or Genesis. Because there are so few copies it commands a high price (same story with many of the games on this list where value is tied to rarity)
wtf Hillsfar? that's wild
i played it for about 15 minutes and it was basically just me riding a horse around and jumping bales of hay. so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@teknohed I was never a console gamer, but have "fond" memories of some Atari ST games when I was a kid that I just couldn't figure out how to play or progress
What surprised me was your counting skills bro 😂 great video well done but the numbers man… 🤦🏽♂️ 19,000??? 1900…
@@CGoldmill-dz4gk just leaving easter eggs for you guys to find. ;)
@@teknohed hell yeah 😂 like I said awesome video though two thumbs up!!! You were doing percentages and it threw me off…
Most the high priced nes games suck tbh lol i can go without those in my collection lol i collect to play the games not to look at like an idiot
I can’t say i disagree, any who is paying these prices for those hanna barbera games in particular is a real moron. Little samson is a fun game, but not thousands of dollars good.
Finally someone who agrees with me on little samson. Its a decent game but not worth what ppl want. Plus its not that hard to find if ya do want a copy. So ill never understand why its so expensive
@@jarredkrum9894 i saw that about little samson, but i also paid 700 bucks for snatcher on sega CD, so i am not immune to nostalgia. realistically speaking there isn’t a game in the world with that much unless you have some sort of sentimental attachment to it . (or have more money than sense) that’s collecting though it isn’t really about making rational decisions
Hey i got games that go for several hundred but ill still play em. But ill agree theres games if i was rich id spend the money to buy and play 🤷🏻♂️. I was playing cheetah men 2 other day on an emulator but there is no way in hell id ever spend $5000 on a sealed cib copy of that game cuz the game really sucks🤣its horrible. But its funny to play cuz its so crappy lmao in my opinion a sealed cib copy of that game should be $5 not $5000 🤷🏻♂️
@@jarredkrum9894 oh god cheetah men 2. another great example of a terrible terrible “game” that is crazy expensive due to rarity.