Would you spend $9000 on a video game?

[Kleshya]

Found this story while getting my mail and I just have to wonder about someone spending THAT much money for a video game!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071216/od_afp/canadainternetdrugchristmasoffbeat

Dad sells son's 90-dollar video game online for more than 9000 Sun Dec 16, 1:37 AM ET



After catching his 15-year-old smoking pot, a father sold the hard-to-get "Guitar Hero III" video game he bought his son for 90 dollars for Christmas at an online auction, fetching 9,000 dollars.

The sale took place after the father spent two weeks searching for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard.

"So I was so relieved in that I had finally got the Holy Grail of Christmas presents pretty much just in the nick of time. I couldn't wait to spread the jubilance to my son," the father wrote on the eBay website.

"Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the back yard with two of his delinquent friends."

The man, a school teacher, who kept his identity private, said he sold the coveted video game to punish his son and discourage him from smoking dope.

The sale was a boon for the family's bank account, since the game the father purchased for 90 dollars (US) was finally sold to an Australian who plunked down 9,100 dollars for it.

The naughty son, however, will not go without a present on Christmas.

"I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars ... I know he will just love them," the father said, tongue-in-cheek.

[Mastiker]

Finally! A parent that shows parenting skills that work, and don't involve beating!

This guy is my hero <3

[mawande]

Yeah, but has this been proven to be a true story?

[RoxFontaine]

9k for Guitar Hero!? :confused:

Given the right circumstances, I might pay 9k for a video game. If I were extremely wealthy, I'd likely plop down 9k for a 1990 Nintendo World Championship cart.

[Buckwheat]

I'm hesitant to pay 9,000 or more for anything besides a car or house.

[Shishio]

I'd likely plop down 9k for a 1990 Nintendo World Championship cart.

Surely it can't be that hard to find.

I have a friend that owns a videogame store, and he's got all kinds of rare games. (He even has two copies of Chrono Trigger, box and manuals and all, if you can believe it).

I can ask him about the game you're looking for, if you want.

[Archomnislash]

Wow... 9k for guitar hero?
A little overboard, if you ask me.

[4letterwords]

Not on a video game... I'd buy a dress for 9000$ if I had the money, so I guess it's just what interests you most lol...

[ZaichikArky]

~~"I am still considering getting him a game for his Nintendo. Maybe something like Barbie as the Island Princess or Dancing with the Stars ... I know he will just love them," the father said, tongue-in-cheek.

HAHAHAHAHAA. Great father. My dad was a lot like that guy. Good thing I never smoked dope :p. I was a really good girl and when I did minorly bad things, such as like a C+ in a class, he'd take away my nintendo and I would cri to my mom, and my mom would yell at my dad and I'd get my nintendo back in within a week :p. My parents were bad at punishing me. My mom has a bad temper and I'd be scared of her, so I'd be a good girl, and my dad princessed me way too much to do mean things to me for longer than like 2 days. He really was strict and he tried to be strict, but my mom would yell at him and tell him he was a tightass XD. She said just to hit me if he wanted to punish me, but my dad never really did that XD.

I swear, hitting really gets the point across VERY well. But in that dude's case, the kid is probably too old for a good beating, so he did the right thing!

[Citizen]

Surely it can't be that hard to find.

I have a friend that owns a videogame store, and he's got all kinds of rare games. (He even has two copies of Chrono Trigger, box and manuals and all, if you can believe it).

I can ask him about the game you're looking for, if you want.

Compared to a 1990 Nintendo World Championship gray cart, even a brand new, sealed copy of Chrono Trigger is about as rare as an old copy of Madden NFL in a bargain bin.

Gray carts sell for $5,000+. Gold carts sell for $10,000+.

[Pierrot le Fou]

For Medieval Madness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Madness)? Possibly. For anything else? No way.

[Citizen]

For Medieval Madness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Madness)? Possibly. For anything else? No way.

I don't think pinball counts as a vidya game, but I agree with the general concept. I wouldn't pay $9000 for a game unless it:

1. Was in good condition.
2. Was an arcade game or something like that that comes with an actual cabinet and/or some kind of delux controls.
3. Actually is that rare and expensive, or at least close to it.
4. Is actually a good game that I enjoy playing.

And I'd still have to be rich before I'd even consider it.

[Pierrot le Fou]

Regardless of what it counts for, if I'm going to plunk down that much, it's going to be Medieval Madness. Video game or not.

[RoxFontaine]

Surely it can't be that hard to find.

I have a friend that owns a videogame store, and he's got all kinds of rare games. (He even has two copies of Chrono Trigger, box and manuals and all, if you can believe it).

I can ask him about the game you're looking for, if you want.

Ummm.....surely it IS that hard to find. There is no way on Earth that your friend has this game. Two boxed copies of Chrono Trigger is not impressive. I could get that tomorrow. I'm willing to be that my collection of rare titles stomps on your friends.

The last known copy of an NWC cart to hit market was on eBay and it ended at more than 76 grand.

edit: 3 cheers for pinball, PLF!

[Pierrot le Fou]

Not pinball Rox -- Medieval Madness.

It's like malt liquor versus beer. Yes, both will get you drunk, but only the latter can do it with such overwhelming deliciousity.

[MEGA SATAN 3000]

Compared to a 1990 Nintendo World Championship gray cart, even a brand new, sealed copy of Chrono Trigger is about as rare as an old copy of Madden NFL in a bargain bin.

Gray carts sell for $5,000+. Gold carts sell for $10,000+.

IIRC there are exactly 25 carts of that game in existence, right?

[RoxFontaine]

26 gold carts. More gray ones.

Damn. I thought I had run into another pinball fan. :(

[Pierrot le Fou]

I love pinball, don't get me wrong, but comparing pinball to medieval madness is like comparing a bottle of night train fortified wine to a 1985 Bordeaux.

Just not comparable.

Medieval Madness is the pinnacle of pinball evolution, and it really showed. Best game ever created ever.

[Kusoyaro]

There was this article a few months ago that wrote about a European private institute that was researching a kind of virtual world, for the purposes of studying various phenomenon at an accelerated rate. The article went on to explain that such a device would allow people to live months, even years, in a very short amount of time.
I would sell my left testicle for that, man. Imagine all the things I could learn!

[Citizen]

26 gold carts. More gray ones.

Damn. I thought I had run into another pinball fan. :(

26 and 90, made for the 116 people who participated.

And 76k is a hoax, as is the one that sold for 21k. Gold carts sell for about 10k.

[Trump]

If I was a millionaire, yes I might. Since I'm not, I wouldn't.

[Beowulf]

This whole story is such a pile of bullshit.

[Psychochink]

This seems ridiculous - I live in Australia, and I walked into my local EB just a few days ago to see about 5 copies stacked up.

I call shenanigans.

[RoxFontaine]

26 and 90, made for the 116 people who participated.

And 76k is a hoax, as is the one that sold for 21k. Gold carts sell for about 10k.

Good stuff. Thanks.

[assassin]

no way this is true. i looked on ebay, they going for like 100 bucks. just another anti-drug fake story. just like the anti-downloading online stories, which are just fabricated by companies to scare people.

plus...if he kept his identity a secret... how did anyone find out?

[Shishio]

Compared to a 1990 Nintendo World Championship gray cart, even a brand new, sealed copy of Chrono Trigger is about as rare as an old copy of Madden NFL in a bargain bin.

Gray carts sell for $5,000+. Gold carts sell for $10,000+.

Oh. Well.

Shows what I know about videogames.

[Vihis]

if the $9000 gets me an arcade Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune III then yes. Otherwise no.