Link. Blisterpack game prices have gone up a bit the last few years. Collectors who have completed their main collection have started looking for alternative releases and interest in these items keeps rising every day. Those who are put off by the high prices should be glad to hear that there are still bargains to be found if they're patient. This is a very nice french mario bros blisterpack release (but with english and french text on the front) which is extremely rare! The end price of 131 euros is nothing sort of a bargain!

Link. In this section of the forum we usually present nice and rare items or items that in some way or another differentiate from all the items sold usually in online auction sites. But it's a rare pleasure to present an item here that was but a myth (for some it still is) for most collectors some years ago. The Nintendo of America version of Boxing, Punchout is one of the about 5 rarest game&watch items and it's of course extremely hard to get a hold of. While the international version, Boxing, came with a drab red box, this release came with a wonderfully designed box, as it should have been created in the first place! In the beginning of the 80s, NOA made a decision to offer the games in colourful boxes, in America, instead of the very dull regular ones and the reason was obvious. Kids are attracted to colourful designs and considering that everything in America is usually flashy, it's not so hard to imagine why NOA made this decision. They created the pocketsize series of games and also released colouful boxes for the supercolour and micro vs games. The end price of this complete item was only 455 euros which was a surprise for most of us but it proves that such items are indeed within our reach!!

Link. Videopoche, Tricotronic, Ji21 and other localized game&watch releases are usually misappreciated versions of the games. The reason is that collectors prefer the international releases that came with english instructions and paperwork instead of, let's say, videopoche releases which were targeted to the french speaking population in France and Belgium. This is why, while these releases are a lot rarer, they don't get the same attention and prices are rather low. If you're looking for rare items, why don't you take a look at the videopoche releases? Only a few model numbers were released under the videopoche logo (mainly from the gold and wide screen series) and all can be bought for reasonable price even though they are very hard to get. How many times can you say that for rare game&watch items? The end price of this nice videopoche lion was only CHF126! See what I mean?