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people who bought a hobby and accidentally started a museum of blinking plastic.
means enthusiasts who acquire, preserve, and often restore video game hardware and software, valuing rarity and completeness over just playing games.
from grew out of 1990s garage-sale nostalgia and eBay's rise, turning discarded childhood cartridges into a recognized collectibles market by the 2000s.
grading obsessionsealed games now get graded like baseball cards
cib means everythingcomplete in box can triple resale value
record salea sealed super mario 64 sold for 1.56 million
storage nightmarecartridge rot is a real, feared enemy
for instance
neo geo aes collectors — chase 1990s carts that originally cost 200 dollars each
wata games — grading company founded 2018 that reshaped sealed game pricing