Verified. Cleaned. Played.
We’re still chasing
the same grails you are.
Sell and trade in retro video games for cash or store credit — verified, cleaned, and tested.
This started as our own shelf of games we couldn’t stop hunting for — the kind you check listings for out of habit, not need. We know a repro label from a real one because we’ve been burned before too. If you’ve got carts taking up space, we’ll tell you what they’re actually worth.
CAT. #CAV-001The Hunt
We’re collectors first. This is a shop second.
Every one of us has a want-list. A shelf gap that’s been open for years. A search saved on three different marketplaces because you never know. That’s the actual reason this place exists — not a gap in the market, a gap on our own shelves.
That means we notice the things a reseller wouldn’t: a font that’s a half-pixel off on a label, a board revision that doesn’t match the year on the box, a shell seam that says “reshelled” before we even open it up. It also means we’re not going to lowball you for a game we’d genuinely want on our own shelf.
Still On Our Want List
- »Air Raid (Atari 2600), CIB
- »Nintendo World Championships 1990
- »Stadium Events, CIB
Got one? We’ll probably get too excited about it.
Carts That Actually Came Through Our Door
No stock photos. A rotating look at real trade-ins — what they were, what shape they were in, and what happened next.
EarthBound
SNES · CIB
“Still had the scratch-and-sniff card tucked in the manual. Box corners were soft but no splits.”
Comp $380.00 → $209.00 cash / $285.00 credit
The Policy
The offer is math, not a mood.
Every offer runs off the same three rates against the same comp data. Nobody here decides you look like a “70% kind of day.” There’s no field in our system to type in a different number — the rate is locked at the code level, same as it is on this page.
Cash Offer
55% of comp
Paid same day, no waiting on a check.
Store Credit
75% of comp
Better rate if you're spending it here anyway.
Our Resale
104–107% of comp
Covers grading, cleaning, and listing — not padding.
Comp = recent sold prices for that exact title, platform, and completeness. Garage-sale hunches don’t factor in.
How This Goes
Three steps. No mystery box.
Tell us what you've got
Title, platform, completeness (CIB / loose / box-only / manual-only), condition notes, and a few photos. Takes about as long as listing it on a marketplace would.
CAT. #CAV-101Watch the offer calculate
We look up the comp and the cash / credit / resale numbers appear live, right on the form. No waiting for a callback.
CAT. #CAV-102We review, you get paid
A person checks the submission against your photos and notes. Accepted trades get paid out as cash or store credit — your choice.
CAT. #CAV-103