Own Every SNES Game Ever Made For $24,999 199
An anonymous reader writes "BSNES author and game collector Byuu has decided to put his entire collection of SNES games up for sale — at the low price of 24,999USD. The collection covers *every* game ever made for SNES, all in the original covers. From the article: 'The seller, who goes by the name "Byuu" on Reddit, says that every single game in the collection comes with its original box and approximately 85 percent of the games come with their original manuals. The collection does not include unlicensed games, and every game has been professionally cleaned and tested. "They all work perfectly," Byuu says.'"
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Slightly more restricted than "every SNES game", it's actually every regular-release SNES game sold at retail in the US, Canada, and/or Mexico. He bought them to improve the emulation quality of his emulator, bsnes.
He says he'll use the proceeds of this sale to purchase other SNES games he doesn't have, such as assembling the complete collection of games released in Europe.
Re:Um, he admits he's breaking the law (Score:5, Informative)
He says he's dumped them all (made copies), and now is looking to sell them. Doesn't anyone see the legal issue here?
Legal issue, yes. Ethical issue, no.
Re:Um, he admits he's breaking the law (Score:3, Informative)
He says he's dumped them all (made copies), and now is looking to sell them. Doesn't anyone see the legal issue here?
Depends on where he lives; this is perfectly legal in some places, but not the US. In many countries it's kosher to make a copy and sell the original. The trick is that you can't sell or distribute the copy -- personal use only.
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