Someone just bought 300 old 'Jurassic Park’ video games stuffed in a refrigerator
There's a fine line between collector and hoarder. I’m not quite sure which side this one comes down on.
Last week, gamers were gobsmacked at an eBay listing showing off a refrigerator containing about 300 copies of the Jurassic Park game for the Super Nintendo. That's right — a refrigerator's worth of prehistoric cartridges could be yours if you coughed up enough dough.
For the love of Richard Attenborough, someone did it. The collection was just purchased for a hefty $1,500.
The sale raises two important questions: Who would want to buy 300 copies of the same old game? And who would collect that many in the first place?
The former is likely to remain a mystery for a while, as the buyer has yet to be made public. But the original owner explained his rationale in the auction's Q&A section.
"Why do I have sooo many Jurassic park carts for the Super Nintendo?," he wrote. "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 thats 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."
The collection was started in 2012, when the seller (who goes by the eBay handle k3vbot) had the chance to buy about 120 Jurassic Park carts from a store that was going out of business. On a lark, he posted a picture of it to the NintendoAge forums, and things began to explode. Through trades and donations, the collection eventually grew to its present size.
So what prompted the Fort Wayne, Indiana resident to part with his treasure?
"There is no reason per say as to why sell them now," he said. "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."
The lucky buyer picked up not only the SNES Jurassic Park games, but also versions for the Game Boy, Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn, as well as a laser disc of the film.
As for the fridge? That's actually staying put in k3vbot's house. So is the bottle of Bacardi Gold that made a cameo in the listing. No word on whether or not there are any dino embryos in the vegetable crisper.
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