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Found a brand new, unused Pong console from 1979 in an Edinburgh charity shop for 20£ (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] ddash -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Really good condition, brand new and unused is taking it a bit far.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

No I mean it literally, it was wrapped in all the factory plastics and has literally zero wear and tear. It might have been taken out of the box and maybe used once or not at all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Check the capacitors anyway please.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Damn. If you'd kept it wrapped, you might have been able to sell that for a LOT of money

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

These "home pong" consoles were very common at the time. They don't really do much, so their main value is historical interest, and this isn't a particularly famous model. A quick eBay search seems to indicate it might go for GBP 80 at most, but probably more like GBP 20-40. So OP got a good deal, but they didn't find a lost Vermeer. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Nah, it's a cheap pong clone, it doesn't have that much collector's value. Also I can just pack everything back up, it wasn't sealed just wrapped in plastic.