[music playing]
COREY: We got a call at the pawn shop.
Somebody had a old vintage Donkey Kong arcade game.
It's a video game.
Chum's my sidekick.
Might as well bring him with me. - Come on in.
This is my weird media room.
And, you know, this is Donkey Kong.
But as you can see, it doesn't really
fit the motif of the room with the killer clowns.
We got a dead pig carcass on the ground.
We got Ouija boards.
And then we have Donkey Kong.
Definitely a little odd.
JASON: I do have some sentimental
value with the game.
I mean, it's a neat piece.
It's a good conversation piece.
I just need to get something that makes more
sense in my room of horror.
Donkey Kong's just not scary enough for me.
COREY: So where'd you end up getting it?
JASON: My company is partners with Circus Circus.
We lease out their theme park.
I was begging and pleading with them one day.
And they finally agreed to sell me a couple games.
And this was one of the games they sold me.
COREY: Oh, wow.
I mean, just the history of the game itself-- before his name
was Super Mario, before he was a plumber, his name was Jump Man.
And that was his pet gorilla.
And that was his girlfriend. JASON: Really?
Yeah.
And then one day, the gorilla got pissed off,
kidnapped his girlfriend, and I guess started
throwing barrels at him.
He had to jump over the barrels and climb the ladders
to get up and save her.
CHUMLEE: One of the most influential games ever--
started the Mario Bros, boosted Nintendo to what it is today.
I had no idea.
I just knew it was a cool game.
COREY: So can we play it? Can we check it out?
Yeah. [game beeping]
CHUMLEE: You know you're supposed to jump, right?
COREY: No idea that you had to jump, Chum.
CHUMLEE: Lame.
COREY: Shut up, Chum.
All right.
Tell me, man, what are you looking to do with it?
I'd like to keep it, but my house is only so big.
COREY: What are you looking to get out of it?
I'd like to get $2,500 out of it.
It is in great shape, though.
I'll give you this.
I don't know if Donkey Kong is the actual arcade
game people are looking to get.
Let me have a friend of mine come over,
check it out, see what he thinks it's worth.
JASON: Sure. - Do me a favor.
Go call Nick.
Yep.
I'm gonna stay here and play it.
JASON: I'm actually welcoming an expert
today because I want to know some stuff about the game, too.
And I want to make sure that it is all really original.
COREY: I really want to get Nick down here
and make sure it's not a bootleg because sometimes,
when these things are too good to be true,
they most of the time are.
NICK KOVALEVSKY: Well, here It is.
Wow. - Yeah.
It took a lot of my lunch money back in high school.
CHUMLEE: Good ole Donkey Kong.
NICK KOVALEVSKY: Yeah, this is the game that gave Namco
a run for its money because Namco was the king in America
with Pac-Man.
And then when Shigeru Miyamoto came out with this,
Nintendo basically conquered America
with selling just as many of this as they did as Pac-Man.
There's a lot of bootlegs and reproductions of this game.
But what's really going to matter about as far as value
goes is if it's all original.
Well, do your work.
NICK KOVALEVSKY: All righty.
CHUMLEE: What are you looking for?
NICK KOVALEVSKY: Well, I'm looking for serial numbers.
And I'm looking for a TKG serial number on the board
because that makes a difference on whether it's a bootleg
or if it's a real Donkey Kong.
I have your answer.
This is an original Donkey Kong cabinet.
Nice.
COREY: So what's it worth, retail?
NICK KOVALEVSKY: OK.
Because it's original, and the board's original,
it's got an original monitor, and an original joystick,
and they are sought after in original condition--
somewhere between $600 to $800. - That's it?
NICK KOVALEVSKY: That's it.
Not quite what you're looking for.
CHUMLEE: No.
NICK KOVALEVSKY: They made a lot of these.
It's not rare.
Nick, thanks a lot, man.
You're welcome.
There's really not much market for video arcade games
because most of the people nowadays, they're
looking for, you know, 60 to 400 games packed into one cabinet.
COREY: All right, man, so this is always a tough one for me
because you wanted $2,500.
On a good day, retail is going to be $800.
I mean, I could offer you $300 for it.
JASON: No.
COREY: I've got to double my money.
If I went up to $400, would it change your mind at all?
JASON: No.
No.
It's too cool a piece to sell for $400.
I wouldn't be able to do it.
I totally 100% understand, my man.
Thanks a lot.
I hope you find room for it.
JASON: The offer was way lower than I thought.
So, you know, I get to keep the Donkey Kong game.
And, you know, better luck next time.