I'm a little bit late on this again, but I am on vacation. :p

1) SNES lot with 101 games and several systems - $730.00 .  Lots of systems in this lot, but many of the games are duplicates.  I guess it would be good for resellers.

2) Sealed Chrono Trigger - $405.00.  Definitely more legit than last week's one.  The seal is not perfect, which probably prevented it from going higher.

3) SNES lot with 47 games - $289.99.  Includes a complete console and Super Scope.  The games themselves aren't anything special.

4) Star Fox Super Weekend jacket - $236.50.  Given away as a prize in the Nintendo World Championships.  Includes a letter from Nintendo and Star Fox pins.

5) Lot of 18 Australian SNES games - AU $284.99 (US $230.40).  It surprised me to see an auction with only 18 games sell this high.  Maybe Australians really love their snes.

Complete Earthbounds:

1) $299.00 - box has a sticker on it, but likely easily removed.

2) $270.00

3) $211.11 - didn't have a buy it now.  I guess he also threw in a copy of Chrono Trigger, as it went over $200.

Sorry, I was a day late with this, so it covers 8 days.

1) Sealed F-Zero - $350.  Crazy how much sealed launch games can go for.

2) Sealed Super Mario RPG - $282.99.  Looks in good shape.

3) Sealed Super Mario All-Stars - $260.00. Someone must really have wanted the sealed games this week.

4) Sealed Chrono Trigger - $250.00.  It looks like the same reseal that I posted a month ago.  I find it hard to believe people fall for these.

5) Boxed Super NES system with Zelda: A Link to the Past pack in - $249.99.  In fairly good condition, but I wouldn't say that the box looks that new.  It is the first time I have seen a Zelda pack in.


and of course, the Earthbounds:

1) $299.99 - includes inserts

2) $249.29

 

At long last, I finally got around to making an article about the Donkey Kong Country Competition Cart.  Quite possibly the most expensive official SNES release, and I aquired it about a year ago.  The cart was used in the Blockbuster World Video Game Championship II, and later sold in a Nintendo catalog.  I hope everyone enjoys the article, I have worked on it all day!

1) SNES lot with 287 games - $1025.00.  Bought with a buy it now, it includes accessories like the Super Scope and Naki Game Saver.  It has a wide variety of games, including many great ones.  It is a pretty good buy for an instant collection.

2) Sealed Actraiser - $345.00.  I guess someone wanted a sealed Actraiser badly!

3) Lot of 36 carts - $294.99.  Nothing really special in this lot that justified the price.  I guess someone wanted to make a big donation to Goodwill.

4) Sealed Mega Man X - $271.66.  The non-Majesco version.  I don't really understand the appeal of buying sealed copies of common games.

5) (tie) Snes game lot with 18 games - $239.00.  The lot includes Earthbound, which brought up the price.  If you ask me, the auction is pretty suspicious (the date stamp on the photo is from 2008), there are 20 games in the photo, and the games listed aren't in the photo, including Earthbound and the Super Famicom Zelda.

5) (tie) Snes lot with 20 games - $239.00.  Same seller as the previous lot.  Again, it lists Earthbound, but the photo doesn't show it at all.  It also lists all of the DKC games, but none are in the picture either.

Not included in the top 5, as I don't count this as a SNES item persay:

Lots of 25 acrylic SNES cases - $349.99.  I'm pretty shocked there are people willing to pay $14 each for plastic containers for games.  I guess people can make fake sealed games, slap on a grading, and make huge profits!

And Now, the Earthbounds:

1) $324.99 - Purchased with a Buy It Now.  Not in perfect condition, but complete.

2) $215.  Bought with a buy it now.  It is in pretty good shape, I have no idea why the BIN was so low.  Since there were bids, I take it the seller didn't know how much it went for, and the buyer convinced him for the low BIN.

3) $142.25 - This one went low because the box has some obvious smoke damage from a fire.

With the upload of an article on the Turbo File Twin, and a short article on a Seiken Densetsu 3 custom PCB, everything from the old version (pre PHP) of Snes Central has now been transferred over to the current website.  It should be noted that it was about this time four years ago that I started working on the current website, and it was finally converted over in August 2005.  For reasons that can only be attributed to lack of interest and time, I never finished transferring the old content to the current site.  Most of it was cart label and PCB scans, but they are all now up!  From now on, everything seen on this site will be completely new content.  All new non-article updates for a particular week will be posted in a new thread.  Seriously, it was a huge undertaking to transfer everything over, and it took a month and a half!

This week, I will be listing any complete Earthbounds separately.

1) Sealed Super Mario RPG - $400.  Looks very legit, though was relisted due to a non-paying seller.

2) Sealed Demon's Crest - $400.  I have no idea why this auction went for so much, but I guess someone wanted it badly!

3) Complete Fun 'n Games - $400.  Cart only, this game is only worth $15.  However, the box and manual are incredibly rare, especially in this good of condition.

4) 47 game lot - $301.99.  17 of the games are complete.  Nothing incredibly rare in this lot, but many highly rated games are included.

5) Super Nintendo with 72 games - $281.33.  Looking at the pictures, this is likely a better deal than the previous auction.  Probably could have got more if they listed the games. :p

6) MACS Basic Rifle Simulator - $280.  Now, this auction didn't make the top 5 (just barely out), but I thought I would list it anyways, as this is a very rare game.

Finally, the complete Earthbounds:

1) $290

Yep, only one this week.  Still would have made the top 5.

Some people may not have heard about this, but the famed free webspace site, Geocities, is shutting down for good in the near future.  This is a shame, because so many websites in the early days of the Internet were on Geocities.  As such, the Super Nintendo was still fairly popular during the late 90s, and pages relevant to the SNES are on there.  However, to find them by myself would be a monumental task.  If anyone knows of any Geocities websites that have SNES related information, make a post here, and I will back it up. Time is not on our side, by the sounds of things, so it is imperative that this is done soon.

Matthew Callis of eludevisibility.org/ has just released a prototype of Tenchi Muyou! Game Hen.  From the screenshots, there are some visible differences between the prototype and final version.  I don't speak Japanese, so playing this RPG is of little interest for me, but be sure to check it out and thank Matthew Callis for another release!

1) Complete Earthbound - $326.11.  Yep, another Earthbound tops the Ebay list.  Are you surprised?

2) Super Copa, International Superstar Soccer, International Superstar Soccer Deluxe - $307.99.  Three of the rarest snes games get the big bucks.  ISSD is complete, and ISS and Super Copa, though the labels aren't perfect, are probably the hardest to find SNES games.

3) Complete Earthbound with a SNES mouse - $281.51.  This Earthbound is complete, but the guide has some obvious damage to it.  Also, it seems bizarre to include a SNES mouse.

4) Lot of 16 SNES games - $270.  Includes many sought after RPGs, but I think that this auction went higher than it should have, considering the games are cart only.

5) Complete Earthbound - 256.51.  Another Earthbound.  I almost think I should just have a list of what complete Earthbounds go for in a particular week, and keep the top 5 for other auctions.  Thoughts?

As was mentioned in an earlier update, the fan hack of Chrono Trigger, Crimson Echoes, was canceled due to an apparent cease and desist order from Square Enix.  During the weekend, a version of the hack was leaked onto file sharing websites for people to play (who didn't see that one coming).  However, it was not the near complete version that was shut down.  I have played the leaked hack, and gave my impressions on it in this article.

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