Game #735
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
NintendoAge.com
2/18/12
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 has been a tough cart to get my grubby hands on. About a year and a half ago the cart was dangling around $45 - which at the time I felt was way out of whack and besides, I still had a few hundred other games to find. Fast forward to 2012 - or as I like to call it: "The Year Nintendo Game Prices Went Insane." Perform an eBay search now and you'll be lucky to see the game for less than $80 - yessir, Nintendo collecting has become quite an expensive hobby all of a sudden. But as a good friend once said, it's nowhere near as pricey as collecting cars or precious metals.
Luckily, a fellow NA member had a couple of extras (wow!) up for sale and I managed to send a manageable amount of cash and a few instruction manuals in trade. I have several manuals stored away, which to me are just like boxes. Cool to have, but not really necessary and ultimately take up too much space.
The Chip 'n Dale game is a platformer like the first RR game that (everyone sing along...) was released too late in the NES shelf life to get a wide distribution. This was the last game I needed for the collection published by CAPCOM, which in my opinion is the best 3rd party publisher of NES games. Mega Man, Bionic Commando, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Duck Tales...the list of really great games goes on and on. In fact - here's what every CAPCOM published NES game looks like all together:
You'll notice the boxed copy of Duck Tales 2 - another NES title that will set collectors back a few bones. I saw this one at a flea market reseller booth where the guy was asking $130. I passed and a couple of months later went back and noticed it was still in the glass case. The reseller didn't remember me (why would he?) and proceeded to tell me how hard to find it was, etc. and so I asked again what he was looking to get for it. To my shock he said he'd let it go for $35. Wow! OK, so I took out my wallet and I only had $30 left on me. He accepted the last of my cash and told me it was because I looked like I'd give it a good home. Indeed.
Man, I love group shots. The Capcom set looks great together. My last two Capcom titles (Duck Tales 2 and Snow Bros) are in the mail can't wait to give those a try.
ReplyDeleteVery nice deal on Duck Tales 2, that's pretty amazing. It's funny one of my best deals involves the main game in your thread. I was browsing ebay BIN auctions a year back and a 22 game lot popped up for $42 shipped. Not a bad deal, no matter what the games. I quickly looked at the games listed and to my surprise the gems included Rescue Rangers 2, Wayne’s World, Miracle Piano, Castlevania 1 & 2, ect. So needless to say that was a good day. :)
You’re getting closer to a set, how many more licensed left?
Snow Bros. is a fun game - kind of reminds me of Bubble Bobble (which is rad to the max). Congrats of finishing the Capcom subset - those games are almost all fun (I'm not big on Yo! Noid).
ReplyDeleteThat's a great deal on that lot! Wish those kinds of bargains would come up more often.
I'm down to 11 licensed games left (including Stadium Events) - so I hope to be able to knock it out by the end of the year.
Really 11? Thats great, we are tied up. :) Which ones do you have left? (That is if you want to post them, not sure if you want to keep a secret for blog purposes) :P
ReplyDeleteHere's what left on my list:
Cool World
Dragon Warrior 3 *Pending*
Dusty Diamond’s All-Star Softball
Flintstones Surprise at Dino Peak
Little Samson
Mickey’s Adventure in Numberland
Nobunaga’s Ambition 2
Panic Restaurant
Romance of 3 Kingdoms 2
Stadium Events
Ultima- Warriors of Destiny *Pending*
As you can see a couple of them are pending, so I'm crossing my fingers on those.
I'll say this much...4 of the ones on your list are also on mine. ;)
ReplyDeleteI've seen various versions of the DuckTales 2 label spine. Most seem to have DuckTales 2 in plain lettering with aN underline. Others have the DuckTales logo with a stylized 2 to match. Also, I've seen a white spine. Anybody know if some of these are knockoffs or fakes or if there were multiple versions of the spine?
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