One of Nintendo's rarest early consoles: the Nintendo Computer TV Game (コンピュータ TV ゲーム) from 1980 just sold for 207,000 yen in okay(ish) condition, without box How many of you out there are looking for one?

I opened an old stock, unused, mint PC Engine CD-ROM² and interface unit from 1988 Pristine!

Some auction results I spotted... (I was neither seller nor buyer, just observing) Nintendo micro hanafuda ¥67,200 (US$420) Vintage Nintendo shipping box (empty) ¥83,200 (US$520) Game & Watch shop display (unused) ¥92,200 (US$575) Game Boy Pocket and playing cards set ¥244,456 (US$1525)

Nintendo vintage commercial jingles are like, extremely catchy... For instance: Nintendo Paper Model from the 1970s

amiibo wave incoming ... And me thinking that Sora back in 2024 would the Swan Song Absolute favorite: Elephant Mario

Nice scene on this Japanese postcard depicting "Girls playing flower cards" (Hanafuda), sent in 1903 to a Japanese diplomat in Belgium

Nintendo vintage playing cards, 1950s

Latest addition arrived today: vintage Nintendo glass showcase for shops Admirable packing skills were applied for a safe intercontinental journey

This is a great story, told in a very well produced video! A real hit!

In the 1970s Nintendo made a promotional variant of its (Hasbro licensed) Mach Rider toy, called Dash Rider (ダッシュライダー). Full story here: blog.beforemario.com/2026/04/nint...

Recent addition to the collection: Nintendo Annual Reports for 2003, 2004 and 2005 Interesting documents, with behind the scenes pictures and (in the 2005 copy) the announcement of project Revolution (that would become the Wii)

The Nintendo Computer TV Game from 1980 is one of Nintendo's old pre-Famicom consoles. As it has an arcade counterpart (Nintendo Computer Othello), I frequently get the question if they share the same hardware. The answer is yes: there's an arcade board inside, even including the service switches!

I have been a bit out of the loop on Pokemon TCG price surges since 2020... Been sitting on these e-reader cards for ages, I wonder what they would fetch these days

Still baffled by the prices this Mario Pikachu hanafuda game is fetching consistantly 572,001円 = US$3,500 = EUR 3,100 Does anyone know what's the deal here?

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Where it all began

Because today #Zelda turns 40!

Happy Mid-Life Crisis Birthday, Link. I never could quite draw you properly but I'm getting a little better.

Nintendo 64 DD prices continue to rise 327,188円 for a regular Randet set, games all opened, no shipping box or additional leaflets

Hello 2026, meet 1995 #virtualboy

I mean it would have been quite embarrassing if my own paper didn't like the book, but I couldn't be more pleased with this! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Early officially licensed Mickey Mouse cards by Nintendo (1950s)

Vintage Nintendo No 90 playing cards, with early joker and ace of spades design, predating the well known Nintendo Ace of Spades.

This 1960s Home Race (ホームレース) game is one of Nintendo’s rarest vintage toys. After more than 20 years of searching, I finally added it to the collection last December. Full story on the blog.

Yes! Vintage Nintendo No. 100 deck.

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Rare vintage game Nintendo Baseball Board just sold for 46,000円; okay price even though box in pretty rouigh shape

A lot with 23 sealed Super Mario World Barcode Battler decks, in original shipping boxes, just sold for 62,000円

Nintendo Playing Cards catalogue from 2001

One of my favorite Game Boy's: the Mother 3 edition GBA Micro

Every Nintendo game automatically become twice the fun with a Koji Kondo sound track...

I received the very rare Nintendo Home Race game this week, and it is in absolute great condition - never been played with Until now! Please witness its first race, 60 years after it left the Nintendo factory...

Nintendo 64DD in the rare retail box version, just sold for 450.000 yen

A rare Nintendo Computer TV Game from 1980 just sold for ¥801,000 on Yahoo Auctions Japan (a little over US$4500). Condition unused, but without the cardboard outer box.

Something you don't see every day: a shipping box with 5 mint Virtual Boys! Spotted on Yahoo Auctions, bids starting at a hopeful 440,000円

New addition to the BeforeMario collection... Vintage Nintendo playing cards from late 1950s / early 1960s, with amazing cool design

Who coined "Metroidvania"? It wasn't @jparish.bsky.social, and he'll be the first to tell you. Besides, there are far more interesting questions, like: How did it spread? Evolve? And what's it got to do with rickrolling? Watch til the end for a post-credits sting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...

Flashback to October 2024... Would love to visit the Nintendo Museum again in the future Maybe in 2026?

Yesterday a fierce bidding war ensued over this rare 1960s Nintendo tank race game, called "Home Race" (ホームレース). Final price ¥251,000. It was only the third copy that surfaced in over 20 years.

I have scanned and uploaded the extremely rare Nintendo company guide from 2000: archive.org/details/nint... This is my first attempt at archiving my collection so I expect the quality will improve as my process does

The flip side of this (real silver!) medal features the familiar N&B Block playing boy, who is also shown on various boxes and a instruction booklet. Did you know that this was the son of Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi?

Very happy to add this to the Before Mario collection: 1960s silver medal "N&B Block Nintendo" Comes in a small Paulownia box, similar to one used for hanafuda cards Presumably a prize in a competition, but backstory still unknown

Had a lot of fun with this build; it's very well designed (as was the original! 🙂) #LEGO #GAMEBOY

Holo Hanafuda (ホロの花札) for Nintendo Switch, special edition with dedicated card set

BANANA!

Today was a nice opportunity to get an instant 3 out of 5 new-in-box Nintendo Color TV Game collection (if you were willing to fork out some yen): Color TV Game 6, Block Kuzushi & Racing 112

Bonus throwback 1998

Tokyo Throwback 1998 Shibuya crossing Akihabara

Tokyo Throwback 2004 Pokemon Center Madarake Galaxy Yoyogi Park