ZAP PAX VIDEO GAME CARDS
(Posted 2013-04-25 09:07:13 by basscomm)

One of the relics of the 80's and 90's that I kind of miss seeing is the
video game trading card. They were kind of like baseball cards, but for
video games. Or, to put it another way, they were like Pokémon TCG cards,
except you couldn't play a game with them, and they covered more than one
game. 

So, totally rad, in other words.

Image: Zap Pax Unopened Box [
http://www.crummysocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/zap-pax-300x225.jpg ]
[ http://www.crummysocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/zap-pax.jpg ]

Enter the Zap Pax, pictured here in Unopened Box Form(tm).

These are trading cards that feature Battletoads, Adventure Island, and...
probably others?

To be honest, I just couldn't bring myself to rip open the plastic and kill
the collector's value of these things, so I don't really know what they
look like. The Internet is surprisingly unhelpful here. Outside of the odd
eBay auction [
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ZAP-PAX-A-VIDEO-GAME-BASED-ART-CARD-SET-110-Cards-1992-DOUBLE-DRAGON-Jaleco-/160935245235?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25787cf5b3
], there don't seem to be too many pictures of these things floating around
out there, either. That's too bad, because after all this time, I kind of
wanted to see what was in my box, without actually opening my box. 

I suppose I won't be able to do one without doing the other, but I can
dream, can't I?

Image: DREAMJK [
http://www.crummysocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/DREAMJK-300x195.png ]


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There are 3 comments on this post:

Comment #1 by jack capo ( jcaponigro4231@wowway.com ) on 2013-09-23
10:57:00
i have 1st series ex.condtion what  are they worth

Comment #2 by basscomm ( will@crummysocks.com ) on 2013-09-30 11:34:56
Hard to tell. There is a complete set on eBay for $25, so you're probably
looking at that, maximum, if you had the whole set in great condition.

Comment #3 by Chuck Price ( chuck_sacca@sbcglobal.net ) on 2014-03-06
19:06:17
Try going here

http://members.shaw.ca/antimind/videogames/vgboardgames/zappaxcards.html

Enjoy


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