Goozex Adding Retro Game Service
Goozex, the online video game and movie trading community is expanding its catalog of games systems to incorporate retro game platforms. The list includes:
- NES
- SNES
- Nintendo 64
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Advance
- Sega Genesis
- Sega CD
- Atari 2600
Lusting after a copy of Super Mario RPG for the SNES? No problem! Over 6,000 titles will be made available when Goozex starts to roll this service out. For trades, members will request or offer titles in their trade queues and Goozex will automatically find a peer to peer match. You will do the shipping yourself but this is not so bad considering Goozex operates with a token system that allows members to retain the original value of their games when they trade. So that copy of Street Fighter 4 that you paid 59.99 for will translate into Goozex tokens of the same value. In turn you can request a game valued at that price.
Jonathan Dugan, COO of Goozex and co-founder of the company is aware of members' long time requests for old school games and had this to say about the retro console extension:
"Since we launched our site in 2006, a frequently asked question has been about adding classic game system titles to our service. We're happy to say that we are going to meet that demand. Our focus has been to become the best in online game trading and adding retro titles to our service helps maintain that vision. Like many of our members, we're excited about trading classic games from the titles that started it all!"
Make the jump for the full press release.
PRESS RELEASE
RETRO GAME TRADING ADDED TO GOOZEX SERVICE
College Park, Md. - Goozex, Inc., the leading online video game and movie trading community, announced today it will expand the company's award winning trading service to include retro games. The site will now allow users to trade their Nintendo NES, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, and Atari 2600 games with other members. Trading retro games on the hassle-free automatic Goozex trading system lets gamers of all types get the most value out of their home collections and play other games at little cost.
Over 6,000 new titles will become available for trading on the newly added eight console platforms. In a company estimate, members have already saved over $6.4 million by using Goozex for their online video game trading as compared to traditional brick-and-mortar used game shops. Retro game trading will be under beta while Goozex receives user feedback.
To start trading retro games on Goozex, members will simply request or offer titles in their trading queues as they normally would for other gaming and movie platforms. Goozex will find an automatic peer-to-peer match for users once they have added titles to their queues. Users will package and ship directly between themselves allowing them to retain the maximum value of their classic games.
Jonathan Dugan, COO and co-founder of Goozex, notes the long time demand for adding retro game trading on Goozex. "Since we launched our site in 2006, a frequently asked question has been about adding classic game system titles to our service. We're happy to say that we are going to meet that demand. Our focus has been to become the best in online game trading and adding retro titles to our service helps maintain that vision. Like many of our members, we're excited about trading classic games from the titles that started it all!"
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Posted to Video Games on 3 April 2010
· Comments (5)
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I couldn't use it, but aren't they slighting some by not including Saturn titles in this service after all this time?
Can we get a "Report Spam" for the members to use and hopefully not abuse. I don't like seeing stuff like that above around here.
Thanks, I've taken care of the one above. The spam filter catches the vast majority of them, but once in a while one will slip through. I think most of the writers try to monitor their own posts, but on the weekends things can slow down a little. You can always email the writer of the article or info@gaygamer.net and let us know.
I'm actually rather disappointed after looking at it. They set the prices so its rather skewed in terms of value.
For example, I have Hey You Pikachu as a full package, and there is a dearth of them on there with three current wants for the full package with no one offering anything but the cartridge. This is because a peripheral is required that is usually rather difficult to find included with the game. However, this should raise the value of my game.
I'd like to be able to say "I'll sell this as long as someone meets x amount". However being told that I simply can't sell it for more than 5 dollars worth of points simply isn't worth my time. Especially since I can't convert these points into money, and I can get at least 2 to 3 times as much off ebay.
Why don't you trade games at iplayitrade, it's free and easy.