Thursday, November 12, 2009

Sealed Music Machine Sells for $5,250

Music Machine Atari 2600
A super rare, sealed Atari 2600 game called Music Machine sold on ebay for $5,250.

The game was sold in Christian stores and there was an LP and cassette with the same name. The game tries to teach kids about the "Fruits of the Spirit", which are love, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

Here is how the seller described it:

"Symbols representing character-building qualities (the Fruit of the Spirit) are raining down from above. Stevie and Nancy need your help to collect the symbols and to avoid the mischievous pudgeons...and with each gift of Love you collect, the symbols rain heavier and faster. Get points by collecting the Fruit of the Spirit symbols. Play alone or challenge a friend. Read the booklet and learn a valuable lesson."


Apparently Christian video games make great collector's items. Other games like Super Noah's Ark 3D, Joshua and the Battle of Jericho, and Sunday Funday are all rare and fairly expensive too.

Maybe I should take a trip down to the local Christian bookstore and buy every video game they have in stock. Or maybe they no longer make Bible video games because they didn't sell very well and that is why they are so rare and expensive now.

On a side note I can still sing some of the songs from the Music Machine cassette that I made my mom play in the car when I was a kid. If only I had begged her to get the video game too!

Sources: Kotaku and HotBloodedGaming

3 comments :

Christopher said...

I don't know if this is a joke or not, but check out masswepray.com. Just saw it on boingboing, looks like some wii style console + game bundle thing, presumably absolutely no one will buy it, but those accessories look ace.

JJ Hendricks said...

Thanks for that Christopher. I'm sure that is a joke, it has to be. A game that has you take part in all the aspects of a Catholic Mass, is just too crazy to be real.

If it does turn out to be real, I might have to buy one and keep it sealed for 20 years. Maybe it will be the next Music Machine.

Anonymous said...

TO ALL; WE PRAY IS IN FACT A JOKE. THAT IS ALL

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