Famicom Price Information Part 2

Last week I presented a list of sale prices from a massive auction that is taking place on Yahoo Auctions of CIB Famicom games.  The seller is putting up over 1000 CIB Famicom games (which would be almost all of them, possibly all) at a rate of 300 per week.  In the first sale, 88 of the games fetched prices over 5000 yen and I listed alll of those.  The highlights were Recca Summer Carnival and Battle Formula, which both sold for a little over 100,000 yen each.

Yesterday round 2 of the auction finished and here I present the same thing - a list of the prices of all the games that went for over 5000 yen.

This week the results weren't as spectacular as last, in part because there were fewer big ticket items in this one. Only 57 games went for over 5000 yen, and most of those went for under 10000 yen.  Not a single game went for over 50,000 yen in this week's group, but there were a few interesting highlights.

First off, the number one game was probably one you have never heard of - Karaoke Studio Top Hit 20 Vol. 2 - which went for 46,000 yen.  That is a game made for the Karaoke Studio microphone accessory and is extremely hard to find CIB (or loose for that matter).  One interesting aspect of that game landing at number 1 is that it is a game that is probably of no interest to people outside of Japan.  One question people have been asking is the degree to which Famicom game prices are driven mainly by foreigners buying stuff up.  A karaoke game like that, which is more or less unknown outside of Japan and of little interest (its all in Japanese) almost undoubtedly went to a Japanese collector, so the domestic market seems to be driving the prices too.

Number 2 on the list was the much more familiar Battletoads, which went for 30,000 yen (A few years ago I sold a CIB copy of that game for just $35, albeit with a rougher box.  I could kill my previous self for that act of stupidity).

There were a few games whose prices went for higher than I would have thought.  Prisoner of War is a bit hard to find, but it surprised me to find it in the top 10 selling for more than Over Horizon.

A few games actually sold for prices which might be considered quite cheap.  Barely making hte 5000 yen cut this week was Uchu Keibitai SDF at exactly 5,000 yen.  That is a pretty popular and, while not rare, it isn't particularly easy to find.  It must have slipped under the radar. 2010 Street Fighter and Abadox also went for lower than I thought they would.

Its also evident that new stuff was selling for a premium as most of the new games sold for prices higher, relative to the popularity/rarity of the game, than I would have thought.

The seller hasn't started round 3 yet but when he does, I'll post the results here.

Karaoke Studio Top Hit 20 Vol 2	46000
Battletoads	30000
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	29000
Solbrain	27500
Metal Storm	23200
Prisoner of War	22600
Over Horizon	21000
Goal!	20500
Eight Eyes	18300	New
Metal Fighter My	16500
Reigendoushi	16000
Yancha Maru 3	15550	New
Robocco Wars	14500	New
Samurai Pizza Cats	14500
Crisis Force	14500
Ninja Crusaders	12600
Kyouryuu Sentai Juu Ranger	12500
Guardic Gaiden	12100
Terminator 2	11700	New
Yancha Maru	11500	(with stickers)
Millipede	11100
Donkey Kong (Silver box)	10001
Saiyuki World	9851
Holy Diver	9850
Gun Nac	9850
RAF	9750
Akumajou Densetsu	9750
Wanpaku Kokun no Gourmet World	9038
Dragon Fighter	8750
Cosmo Police Caravan	8590
Duck Tales 2	8250
Layla	8020
Donkey Kong Jr (Silver box)	8000
Juju Densetsu	7800
Eggerland	7780
Magic Candle	7350	New
StarGate	7250
Duck Tales	7100
Gundam Wars (Datach)	7000	New
Western Kids	6950
Double Dragon 2	6851
Door Door	6750
Abadox	6500
Kamen no Ninja	6250	New
Yancha Maru 2	6080	New
Akumajo Special Boku Dracula Kun	6050
Chigoku Kyokuraku Maru	5800
Ice Climber	5750
2010 Street Fighter	5730
Sweet Home	5500
Tiny Toon Adventures 2	5251
Flying Hero	5250
Ultraman Club Kaijuu Daikessen	5250
Saizou	5220
Zombie Hunter	5100
Uchuu Keibitai SDF	5000
Ultraman Club (Datach)	5000	New