It's no secret that we find some corners of eBay rather baffling - whether it's scalpers flogging pre-orders or just downright goofy goods, it's a Wild West of commerce. This example is certainly the latter, as it celebrates the upcoming Jurassic World movie in the most bizarre way possible.
As you can see below, you can buy a whole load of copies of Jurassic Park on the SNES, about 300 carts, with a few other random versions and platforms thrown in for good measure. This listing has a price of $1500.
The seller does address the inevitable question - why?
There have been a number of questions regarding this posting, and they all tend to revolve around the question "Why?", besides the members who are punny and saying its cool in the fridge and one fellow telling me he loved me, which I responded telling him that I loved him as well. Regardless, the question of "Why?" is a very legitimate question in almost every way, so I will answer it here and post it on the eBay listing. Why do I have sooo many Jurassic Park carts for the Super Nintendo? - Because it's fun. Because I have fun collecting them and posting random pictures of them in my bathtub or in my fridge. When I take a look at collecting and ask myself why I collect old video games, I come to the conclusion that the reason we collect at all is because we have fun doing it. Most people try and collect every title for a particular system, or if you want to go hard, multiple systems. And that's great, if that's what they have fun doing, more power to them. Personally, I got bored collecting with the intention of going for a complete library for a certain system. I wanted to do something different. Why did this happen (How did it get to this point)? - In 2012 I had an opportunity to buy out a portion of a game store. It was there in the basement of this old store that I had the opportunity to purchase a number of Jurassic Park carts i.e. 120ish. I said, "why not, that could be fun". I posted the haul on NintendoAge, and goodness, did things escalate quick. Soon I had 200, then 250, and now right around 300. I traded people for them, did some auctions where members bid using Jurassic Park games as currency, and some kind guys and gals even donated to the cause. Why sell them now? - There is no reason per say as to why sell them now. I have had a lot of fun with them, and this is an opportunity for me to share the fun I've had. It's also an opportunity for me to possibly pass the torch so another can share the fun and maybe add to it. If any soul dares that is!
That's settled, then. Sadly neither the fridge or half-finished bottle of Bacardi come with the games - pity, we would have totally taken the plunge if they'd been included...
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Well that's...bizarre.
Um, ok. Good luck to that guy.
Hah, that's cool. It's a pretty good game, though it had a fatal flaw that still baffles me: no saving. The game isn't actually that long if you know where everything is and what order to do it in, but chances are you'll spend quite a while wandering around which made completing it in one sitting difficult.
I wonder if he's got any of the second game, Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues. That was a decent Contra clone, I had a blast with the co-op. Another game that wasn't that long but was challenging enough that you probably wouldn't finish too quickly.
No fridge is a deal breaker, sorry.
If the fridge and Bacardi aren't part of the deal then it's a no sale for me. C'mon whatever happens to "What you see is what you get?"
...Yup, eBay is still weird as ever.
We can only presume the seller is Jeff Goldblum himself.
I'll take 'em!
This fridge looks like something I'd expect to see in a JonTron skit.
Well, it reminds me of this, at the very least.
What a steal
@Tommy_Wiseau Of, uh, uh, course!
I know a guy in Plano with 400+ copies of Dragon Warrior.
@DarthNocturnal "Clever girl..."
How is it possible that every copy has a label to some degree, especially an end label?
I don't know if someone will actually pay for this, but it sold.
That's insane
Would an old game store REALLY choose to stock 120 copies of one game? I don't buy that part of the guys story to be honest. But yeah, the rest seems legitimately bizarre!
The only REAL way to collect and showcase a stupid amount of Jurassic Park media is like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6NYHBaHttc
This guy TOTALLY stole his idea from me. I bet. Just like how the guy who took a picture of his baby surrounded by money and Jurassic Park VHS tapes stole his idea from me. And by "stole" I mean "at least half of my collection came from him in the first place until he moved away and decided to CRUSH my collection because it was much harder to mail VHS tapes across the country instead of dropping them through my mail slot on a daily basis." Also, after I moved to Japan my entire collection ended up back with him anyway.
At any rate... amassing a ridiculously and pointlessly large collection of a single game / movie / album / whatever can be strangely entertaining, and I totally support large collections of anything Jurassic Park-related, but selling it on eBay is NOT cool. Or maybe I'm just jealous.
Ok.
Only $5 per game!
This is actually a good game, the soundtrack is outstanding- but I don't think I need 300 copies of it!
I bought this game at a flea market a long time ago and I admit it's fun for what it is (no saving sucks though), but I don't know if I like it THIS much.
It's a good thing this is a common game or I'd be annoyed at one person hoarding so many copies of it.
What's missing in this collection is the 300 battery backups the manufacturer forgot to install to allow you to save your progress in this massive game.
Obligatory:
@kurtasbestos Wow, great video! Liked the ending.
You gotta be eccentric to do something like that but I like it.
Why lol!?
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