Originally posted by: EWJ55Fuyuki
I can understand first party protos. But wouldnt unlicensed ones be the most expensive?
Nope, and with good reason.
Many unlicensed games contain EPROMs to begin with, so telling a prototype from a production pcb can be a chore. Proving the prototypes legitimacy can be even more difficult.
Unlicensed titles tend to command high prices due to their relative rarity, but in the world of prototype collecting all games are rare. Think of it this way, if there's we're hundreds of thousands of copies of Action 52 out there, it wouldn't be worth a fraction of the current going rate. Now imagine if the production of SMB3 was as limited as The Caltron 6-1. The value would be exceptional.