Video Game Collectibles

These days when you buy a video game you probably download it on your PC, Xbox or PlayStation, but there was a time before the likes of Call of Duty and Fifa where to get your hands on the latest hit you had to trek down to the shops and hand over your hard-earned cash in return for a cassette tape, cartridge or floppy disk. Now these original formats are back in fashion and collectors are paying huge amounts for rare titles before they disappear into the annals of history.

Would you pay £1,000 for a cartridge from the 1970s? or are you simply trying to get hold of the games you had as a child, many of which can be picked up for a few pence, but who knows what they will be worth in the future?

However you want to build your videogames collection, be it games, original arcade machines or even licenced merchandise, this book shows you where to start, what you should be paying and the best places to get your hands on that elusive title.

Contents Include:

• Introduction - Going Big Game Hunting
• Where it all began - Cartridges and stand alone machines from the 70s
• The 80s Cassette Revolution
• Sega and Nintendo – Return of the cart
• Preserving The Floppy
• Original Arcade Games – Bag Yourself a Pac-Man
• Games Merchandise
• Holy Grail Items