Game Gallery

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hopper predicts and sees a widening gap between

the millions of "video games" out there in the world

vs. "investment grade" video games as the market

takes a dip and continues softening up

in the mid to low end grades and titles...

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hopper covers the recent run-up in Tyson games

from investment graded all the way down to carts:

any video game with Mike Tyson on the cover is up 2-40x incl.

PS1 Tysons $50 sealed in Q2, 2020 vs dried-up estimated at four figures graded in Q3, 2020

XBOX Tysons $25 sealed pre-2020 vs dried-up estimated selling for four figures graded 9.6 in Q3, 2020

NES WB carts $25 in early 2020 vs $50 in Q3, 2020

NES WB 7.5s sold for $1500 in Aug, 2020 vs $5500-$12225 early Sept, 2020

NOTE that in early Aug, 2020 the Tyson vs Jones fight

got rescheduled from Sept 13, 2020 to Nov 28, 2020

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about Jumpman, Seattle, Jordan, etc.

hopper covers Frogger, Wolverine then goes deep

into Miyamoto's Jumpman (Mario) crossing over

decades of lore to determine supply and demand

for the 1st significant Heritage Auctions Wata sale of

an European release of Donkey Kong from 1983.

Part 1) Frogger's 9.8 crashes

Par 2) Wolverine challenges POP theories

Part 3) Jumpman goes global

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hopper hopes Coach Shock can join us for Part 1

and thinks about Kobe's Legacy, "Investing" in Part 2

then goes over eight video games incl. the

cover that crossed the chasm between

"gaming" in sports & video to "art" in Part 3.

Part 1) the Black Mamba (Under Construction)

Part 2) Mamba Investing Mentality

Part 3) the Mamba portfolio

POSSIBLE CORRECTION:

according to Michael in the Last Dance by ESPN on Netflix,

he said "cut" referring to not making Varsity as a sophomore in high school,

and his mother said that they "cried together" which goes against the

source that reported him "not making" varsity and "crying alone."

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THANKS to supernesman's "Let's go Bulls" on IG,

hopper snaps out of a funk to drop Episode 23

dedicated to Mike Jordan...

Part 1) origin story of his Chip

Part 2) looking back at the Nike Deal

Part 3) video games with Jordan on the cover

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hopper get's excited about

seven Greatest of All-Time (GOAT)

video game characters and personalities!

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hopper tries to go over 50 yrs. of collecting

BUT learns that he's been collecting INFO

this whole time LOL

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hopper breaks down the PS2/DS pops to estimate future demand:

sources:

PS2 Segment

Guinness World Records Top 10 best-selling videogame consoles

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/12/top-10-best-selling-videogame-consoles-551938

Sony Business Development

https://www.sie.com/en/corporate/data.html

List of best-selling PlayStation 2 video games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_2_video_games

Heritage Auctions Wata God of War Solds at HA.com

DS Segment

Nintendo Sales Units

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/

List of best-selling Nintendo DS video games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_DS_video_games

DS VGA Solds at eBay.com

Nerdy Girl Comics on YouTube

Video Games 101 with SuperNESMan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5hmSFX0l8Y

Wata Games Submit a Game

https://www.watagames.com/submit-game/step-one

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hopper covers Pitfall! Spider-Man #1 & Platoon

then goes over the 11 bids he placed:

7 FAILS and four game he WON :)

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hopper covers the only three solds over a grand

and shares the four games he won

at his 1st Comic Connect video game auction...

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