February 2nd, 2012 | EarthBound, Images, Merchandise | 18 Comments

New copies of EarthBound are now worth thousands of dollars apparently, but did you know the game used to be $5.99 new at Best Buy? It sounds like in the late 90s many stores were trying to unload the game for super-cheap prices. Little did anyone know… Anyway, in some recent comments, EarthBound Central reader west_haven posted this: I work at Best Buy and I’ve been meaning to look in our...Read More »

January 25th, 2012 | EarthBound, Images | 9 Comments

doctormoo on Reddit posted this cool custom EarthBound blanket a while back: Having the main characters is cool, but somehow those rows of Mr. Saturn makes it even better. I think it’d be nice to play EarthBound on a really cold day while wrapped in this for warmth ...Read More »

January 23rd, 2012 | EarthBound, Hacking, Images | 13 Comments

Good ol’ H.S has done it again with some awesome map hacking for the EarthBound Zero remake hack. This time H.S tackled the swamp part of the world, which you can see here: If you’ve never played the original game or if you don’t remember it clearly, the original swamp area is here for reference: This is one of those most grueling parts of the game, and it looks like it’l...Read More »

January 11th, 2012 | Auctions, EarthBound, Images | 23 Comments

I noticed a copy of EarthBound that hit eBay just a few hours ago and couldn’t help but post about it: Look at that poor EarthBound cart Adopt it from eBay here and give it a more loving home. Might need some major face surgery though. ...Read More »

January 7th, 2012 | EarthBound, Images | 5 Comments

Ever since that EarthBound poster sold for $1225, fans have been working on EarthBound displays of their own for much cheaper. John K. created this display from an old Nintendo Power article about EarthBound: You can read more about it and see more pics on his site here! ...Read More »

January 3rd, 2012 | EarthBound, Images, Merchandise | 40 Comments

A few weeks ago a rare EarthBound poster hit eBay and it sold for a whopping $1225. It was bought by a fellow named CB, who even posted in the comments on this site shortly after. It sounded like the poster was going to be a part of a big EarthBound display on CB’s wall – and now we have a shot of it! Behold! The rarity and price of this collection brings onions to my eyes~ If you don...Read More »

January 2nd, 2012 | EarthBound, Images | 10 Comments

Armand K. has completed a really cool project – making a neat little journal from the perspective of Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo as they go on their adventures. Specifically, it’s kind of like a scrapbook / journal mostly from Paula and Jeff’s points of view, but with some Ness and Poo stuff too. You can check out more info and download the entire thing here! It’s great st...Read More »

December 30th, 2011 | Images, Merchandise, MOTHER 1 | 15 Comments

A few weeks ago LucasTizma was telling me about some vector graphics he was working on for some sort of MOTHER-related project. I just recently found out what it was: For Christmas, I had some custom MOTHER items hand crafted for me. I got a sweet messenger bag, a MacBook Air sleeve, and an iPad sleeve. I think it turned out really well! The guy did a great job with the embroidery. Anyway, just wa...Read More »

December 26th, 2011 | EarthBound, Images | 8 Comments

Esther Zinn recently sent this in: I was one of the unlucky people who didn’t win the Earthbound poster a couple of weeks ago (lol.) So I decided to contact Adam Shub, an artist who specializes in creating paintings of retro video game scenes to paint my cat and I waiting outside of the Chaos Theater for tickets, because that’s my favorite area of the game. Adam, who is also just as mu...Read More »

December 11th, 2011 | Images, Itoi | 63 Comments

Here’s a picture of long-time EarthBound fans Chewy and Luna. Oh and some other guy, his name’s Shigesato Itoi I think. Operation Steal EarthBound 64 Prototype is a go! Alpha team in position! ...Read More »