Category: Video Games

by Lauren Sisselman | September 17, 2023

Donkey Kong - We know it; we love it. But we almost didn't have it at all. At least, not without the perfect storm of a hurting video game market and a snub from Popeye the Sailor Man. In 1980, Nintendo of America was hurting....

by Josh Robbins | September 16, 2023

Should you be digging in your old stuff for The Noid collectibles? Maybe, maybe not, but the red-suited villain always stuck with me as an odd pop culture figure, with a strange dark timeline.  The almost forty-year-old character recently returned to Domino’s...

by Lauren Sisselman | September 15, 2023

In 1981, Bally released their second video game with a soundboard, Flash Gordon. The game, based on the pulp era hero, coincided with the now cult classic film that came out 2 months prior. As a fan of pulp-era heroes, Flash Gordon is a grail pinball machine...

by Lauren Sisselman | September 11, 2023

If you're like me, you grew up with wrestling in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This period of wrestling is fondly looked back on as one of the best -- we saw larger-than-life athletes, matches that are still talked about today, and storylines that were so...

by Joseph Parziale | August 31, 2023

Let’s set the scene. It’s 1998. You’re sitting on the stuffy school bus with some of your friends on the way to school or maybe waiting in the schoolyard to be let into the building. A crowd forms around you as you begin...

by Lauren Sisselman | August 30, 2023

30 years ago, Jurassic Park roared into theaters. Based on the book, Jurassic Park took the world by storm and created a multimillion-dollar franchise. The original film still holds up to this day, though subsequent sequels may look a bit funny on higher-definition televisions. As the franchise...

by Lauren Sisselman | August 23, 2023

From 8-but to 64-bit, Heritage is turning up the heat this summer with some classic video game finds! This showcase auction features some of the most unique video game finds we've seen for a while with graded and ungraded items. Here's a look at my top gem...

by Lauren Sisselman | August 19, 2023

ComicConnect is known for getting some of the best of the best when it comes to collectibles. Each year they sell millions in comics, comic art, and even cassettes, posters, VHS, and video games. These Event Auctions happen periodically through the year, and they're...

by Lauren Sisselman | August 18, 2023

Welcome back to this week's Weekly Auction Gem rundown! Each week, we'll look at Heritage's weekly Sunday - Tuesday comic auction, their weekly video game auction, and their weekly poster auction to see which items should be on your radar! Action Comics #252 CGC...

by chubellcomics | August 17, 2023

Have you ever heard of the term Smurfing and wondered where it came from? Financial Definition Apparently, smurfing is the specific stage of structuring, a money laundering process that involves breaking up a large sum of money into smaller transactions in order to avoid...