> > > Looks like it didn't sell, i guess no one wanted to fork out six and a half grand > > for > > > a baseball game regardless of how rare it may be. > > > > The guy's crazy if he thinks he can sell it for a stupid price on the premise that > > it's rare and undumped/un-MAME'd and then turn around and release the ROMs. His > > collection isn't worth what he thinks it is. > > Given some of the crazy prices that have been paid in the last 2-3 years I can see > where he's coming from, although I do think he might have missed the boat there too. > > Also I think one of the problems with Atari protos is that there are so many of them > they somehow become less interesting, and instead become 'Just another Atari proto > that isn't Marbleman' so nobody really wants to put down that kind of money as > they're just waiting for Marbleman. Maybe once Marbleman is released, and the world > can see how terrible it is that might change, but for now that is kinda the case. > > Plus Japanese protos seem to be considered more valuable anyway. While a lot of > Atari's games are classics they do have a certain 'Amiga shareware' feel to them (due > to the American design / techniques) compared to many of the Japanese ones which I > think means people struggle to see them as being worth as much. > > But yeah, I don't think $7k for a baseball game was going to happen regardless of who > made it, you'd probably struggle to get $700
I'd have to assume, too, since it is a proto on a known Atari System 1 Cart, as soon as you'd get roms released, people would be trying to convert some less desirable Atari System 1 game to this one, further devaluing things. Hammer Away comes to mind as another once one of a kind proto that always seems to have a PCB up for sale on EBAY or elsewhere - another Sega System 18 board giving up it's original game for profit.
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