What do you think about this appearance of Atari games on Pawn Stars? Are you satisfied by the reaction of Corey and his assessment? ➡More info @kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b86TiN2bmLjbkmg.html

I get that "sealed" for toys means they are in mint condition, but Bit Rot doesn't care if the storage medium is incased in plastic wrap, how can you even know the data inside is not corrupted when you buy something like this? oh, right, they never intend to open it anyway, just sit on it and hope to flip it later.

I'm very happy you guys talked about this. I'm an Atari collector myself and the past two years have just been sheer comedy in our community, and seeing it on Pawn Stars of all places was even more so. These people are going to lose so much money and I don't think they realize it even still after prices have started to tumble. Most of the games these fools are spending thousands on I can buy for 20-40 bucks CIB. It's doubly strange because you'd think comic people and such types would understand how rarity works. Nobody cares about Frogger or Raiders of the Lost Ark because they're a dime a dozen, it's like getting an entirely bland and looked over comic issue from the 40's and demanding top dollar for it like it's Action Comics 26. Real standouts are Red Sea Crossing, Air Raid, Pepsi Invaders or Video Life or things like that. Yet they're all still determined to throw money away on the most common things. 2020 really is just the strangest year on record.

Ian starts to look more and more as a Jedi. The force is strong in him.

remember when Pat was on Pawn Stars with his NES WC cart?

Excellent analysis! I have been warning people about this 'bubble' for years now, why helping others profit from this boom. There is a TON of stuff out there factory sealed.

I never really saw Pawn Stars as anything else but an historical item evaluation show. Prices don’t mean shit, the bartering is for entertainment value only, and the dialogue is abysmal 85% of the time.

Wasn't Pat on Pawn Stars years ago?

It's a little fishy because sealed 2600 games used to be under $50 all day long. I bought a sealed copy of solaris for less than 10 bucks in 2015. There are still piles of them lying around in warehouses, somehow.

I remember an episode of Pawn Stars where this punk from Jersey, (I wanna say his name was Matt?), came in and showed off a very rare copy of Ian's Ranch Dressing Story part 3. Rich from ReviewTechUSA came in as their Ranch Dressing Story expert, but they were unable to agree on a price. The seller wanted the burrito Chumley was eating, but he wasn't budging

I have a sealed Raiders. I think I bought it for $30 like 5 years ago. They found a huge warehouse of them in Venezuela.

Legitimate question... Why do people buy games and not open them, and how do people know what games will be valuable in the future?

It was an insult to the Atari Collecting Community 😂

Talking about a bubble - how about that CIB Stunt Racer selling recently for $4,550 on eBay? Completely asinine. Pricecharting clearly shows the game averages CIB at around $800. Now sellers aren’t listing much below $2000 based on that one sale. This the point where collecting becomes no longer fun.

Collectors gonna collect.

Pawn stars is still on the air? Chumlee is still on and not in prison?

thank you Pat and Ian for you insight and knowledge on this stuff. it would be wise people shoping in the video game market to take your advice on thess matters. i know i will. anyway happy holidays.

Pat, don’t you remember being on Pawn Stars?

Video games have become over priced. I got tired of being priced out and started selling my Dreamcast and Saturn games. Bought a mode and now I’m starting to buy everdrives. I’ll be back when these people tank the market ✌🏼

That show is such a scam...

Pat gonna act like he wasnt one of those guys coming in asking top value for a video game on Pawn Stars? Lol

I remember this moment. Can’t believe people believe just because it’s sealed it’s worth a shit ton of money. I don’t see that with Atari games, mainly because there’s tons of Atari games out there and they’re worth next to nothing

That episode was just as real as the one with the douchebag and his rare NES WC cart.

My wife's friend was on that show.. Pawn stars asks you to say a crazy number and they pay you to be on there..

I thought that my old records were valuable, right up until eBay became a thing. Now they're worth hardly anything. It used to be much harder to track stuff down. So we thought that the stuff that we had was rarer than it actually was.

As of right now (June 2024), sealed Raiders of the Lost Ark are going for around $60 on Ebay lol

I think Pat and Ian might just owe the Chumster a sandwich for speaking up and providing a responsible thought to this sealed nonsense. :)

Merry Christmas Pat and Ian

You can still get your NES Punk video out before Christmas Pat. We believe in you!

Rich Tomorrow wearing a curly wig: IAN! Lets get into it!

I watched this and was surprised. 'Really, dude? Atari Games?'

Lol I like how Pat is making fun of himself. At least I think he is... idk either way it was funny.

This was actually on within thr last few days and I'm still surprised that Corey said what he said about the whole video game collecting stuff.

There are 2600 games that are worth money but these are not it. Not by a long shot. And no game in existence is worth a million. $1,600 for Frogger? Get out of here. $400 for Indy? I'm sorry. I actually have 2 copies. Not sealed but in box in nice shape. It's just out of control here.

wait a minute.... didn't you go on pawn stars in a cringy scripted mess? love you pat 💖💖💖😍😍😍

There's probably some money laundering going on there. Same with unknown artists suddenly selling paintings for millions.

merry Christmas guys! 2020

I love the Atari and Intellivision and I hope I remain in the minority!

Pat opening this question up, and the way he did it is absolutely perfect. lol . Pat is truly a funny guy. they should have showed the clip of him on the show. . . great inte4rnet/TV crossover history there!

Very interesting discussion around the value of game collecting/collectors.

Hey pat love your content man have ian do more tales from the game store videos!

When are we getting a certain Gameboy guidebook?

People think just because Videogames are old they are automatically worth a fortune regardless of what they are. I collect for fun and my personal pleasure. But some dude at work a few years ago thought his Atari 2600 with pacman and combat was worth 1,500 dollars and that I would pay that.................SMFH! Lol

Pat describing himself in the first 25 seconds

Can't wait for the new Pat the NES punk video.. It will be a Christmas gift for all us fans!

HIGHFALUTIN Merry Christmas you two :)

I have about 500 individually different games or variants for atari 2600 about 150 CIB, and about 25 of those are sealed. None sealed are worth over 1,000$. Sealed games are not rare for atari they are actually pretty common. No one cares about atari when I started collecting and no one does still to this day. Minus the rare ones. I don't even care about those sealed games, and I will continue to collect for atari until I die. There is no sealed game i would pay 1,000$ for even with nostalgia or a mist have for my collection.

I have some sealed 2600 games and I feel the ones I have would be worth the same even if I opened them. Does anyone want to have a sealed copy of Super Football? I don't think so.

those games for 40 years ago should be at least $100-200 because no one plays Atari only NES and beyond. Atari are Arcades version but poor quantity.

I don't understand buying a game you're not going to play. Such a waste.

Its midnight with an upload?

A dealer buying up all the copies of something wanted by the market and jacking up the prices... Where have I seen that recently?

I was also born in the early 1980s. Nobody I knew had an Atari. NOBODY. Once the NES came out, practically everyone I knew had that other than a neighbor who had a Master System. Atari seemed old to little kids even back then. There's no nostalgia for it because the people who loved it are like 50 now or even older. Hell, most of them probably got into the NES when it came out because it was so much better or they completely moved on from video games 40 years ago.

Wasn’t pat on an episode of pawn stars trying to sell stadium events?

I would be a betting man that Frank has a 2600 at his bungalow playing while listening to Violent Femmes on the turn table!

I like how pat says seaaaaaled when he runs across a game on flea market madness. I recently picked up tomb raider limited edition seaaaaaled strategy guide with the necklace for $10.

Zelda, Mario will be collectible in the future, only because they still exist as active franchises. Overall they are excellent series of titles across every generation. Will sealed be crazy price, eventually they have to drop.

Where exactly is the value of physical games? The "art form"(for a lack of a better term) is digital, the actual gameplay. It's not like a painting, where the art is the object itself. You aren't paying for scarcity. There hundreds, possibly thousands of examples of these "valuable" games. So why exactly are these valued like they are? I mean besides the obvious answer that a small number of people are manipulating the market.

A lot of getting people into collecting anything at all is long term stability. I don't collect expensive shit not because of money but because I don't own a house.

Are these "graded" games played to see if they work or are only nib games grade-able cause someone can clean up a dirty cart with a non working board right?

ah, Raiders of the lost arc. i tried and tried to figure that out as a little kid. . lol

I miss Long Island retro, hopefully they can do it again in 21

it is nice to see at least one guy admit that this is mostly artificial and could go away any time on this pawn stars segment

As you said bubble it can also go way way down more then likely my opinion after all we are not talking about Halloween or Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Idk if he had a copy but he should of try to sell Water World

Collecting will eventually slow down with rise of digital and people not caring as much

Wow this is an early one I enjoy Pawn Stars, but I watch it for entertainment and to see cool crap, not so much for the history lessons or assigning value.

@patthenespunk Thanks for covering the show. Id be happy to come on and talk about it some time...

I check what’s going on with PriceCharting whenever I see this kind of stuff. Raiders sealed is going for $28 and Frogger sealed is $132. So $160 for both, and even what Wata quoted is too high.

I'd love to have a Pong game!

I dont think that dude sold anything in the L.I. expo.

Didn't Pat go on pawn star's with the nintendo championship cart's?

Eventually, the market grows out of collecting the games that they find nostalgia for. Mario is still relevant so Mario games will probably cost a premium until Nintendo drops Mario, but eventually, the kids with expendable money who want to collect their childhoods will have little interest in older consoles from before their generation. I collected many consoles and when I started getting rid of them, the old ones that had no personal connection to me were the first to go (ie: Odyssey 2, 2600, etc.)

Pat should listen to the advice about the bubble comment. Consider selling your collections while the market is high.

The gold rush was started from rumors

I'd sell my soul for sealed Frogger

yee haw I gots me a vidyagame gimme a million dollas yee haw

But here’s the thing pat if every one has them at high prices ,if they don’t buy them it will go down

Lmfaoo 6:05

sealed frogger buy it now: 299 dollars right now on eBay Raiders Sealed: 69.99 buy it now right now on eBay.

I love Pawn Stars for some reason.

Can we ALL finally agree the beginning of the end was the advent of grading? ? The correct answer is YES.

Once Mike Tyson dies it will spike

Atari 2600 bubble has popped real fast

I wish I had watched this video two weeks ago... :(

Lol, we have many games like this.

Damn no sleep either wooha

NES is starting to bubble

Hey I have some vintage Nintendo signs from Toys R Us (above display case) circa 1996-98 if you are interested Pat. Good price for ya.

Only stuff that isn’t going down is pokemon

Mortal kombat for sega genesis is the best game ever

Just like the stock market full of bubbles !!!

HIlarious, MMM DROooop

Its reality tv. No much real about it. Pat knows.

pats looks so cool i bet he be a good dude to smoke with and chill

I think their hate for Atari is just getting to be a bit too much. While I agree these two games aren't woth what he wanted. Heck i don't even know if the first run sealed Space Invaders for Atari could get $4000, But to say no one cares about Atari anymore is where he lets his odd hate for Atari cloud his thinking. It may not be there for people in the their 40's and younger that's true, but people in the late 40's and into their 50''s and 60's that's untrue. Maybe it was the pandemic or something but all of sudden a lot of people I know have been buying the atari flashback series from atGames, I bought the 9 Gold with the SD card slot. And thesee are selling well. There's a market for it. It all comes down to the generations He's dillisuional if he thinks people in their 30's are pining for original Zelda or Super Mario, beyond a few Nintendo fanboys who look back on it as part of it's history and even then it's nothing more than quick look and play. It's the people in their 40''s that love the classic NES games Why? same reason as people in their 50's and 60's long for classic atari games it's memory of their youth, games had a certain simplicity to them and still very addicting. I still love playing Centifped on the atari 2600 despite it not looking like the arcade etc. I was on ebay looking for an actual 2600 and I got outbid at $120, people buy these things , It may not be the high priced market but to say there is no market is letting your bizarre hate for atari letting your judgement sound clueless.

Pac-Man sealed on Atari would be bad ass to have!

pharcyde

Weird timing for a video

“These people I don’t know if they have an ego or not, but they go on pawn stars with their highfalutin games.” Hmm no offense, but you was that guy my friend. I understand nwc carts have organic collectibility and are very different than a sealed atari game, but I just think you could have worded it better is all. I still love your show and haven’t disagreed since Diablo mobile, but had to point that out. Very cool to mention my favorite channel reserved investments, he really knows his stuff and genuinely wants to help people. Merry Christmas Pat and Ian 🎄