Further information about selling with us can be found on our Standards for Selling page, but for your convenience here is a quick outline of our high standards:
Standard for Selling on The Bit Station
We will consider retro indie games for any and all consoles.
Requirements for disc based games:
- All games must consist of completely new or legally obtained coding.
- All disc based games must be professionally pressed. No self-burned CD-Rs, etc.
- Packaging (manuals, inserts, and artwork) must be professionally printed.
Requirements for cart based games:
- All games must consist of completely new or legally obtained coding.
- Carts and packaging must be constructed of newly produced parts and materials.
- Packaging (manuals, inserts, labels, and artwork) must be professionally printed.
- Games considered “boxed” or “complete” must include: a cart, manual, and box/case.
Other preferences (These things are not required, just preferred by us):
- Disc based games are professionally sealed in a factory.
- Disc based games are sold in jewel cases and not DVD style cases.
- Games sold as “loose carts” must be placed in a newly manufactured sleeve.
- Cart based games sold as “boxed”or “complete” are sealed in some professional fashion.
- Products have a barcode present somewhere on the packaging.
- Video games include material or topics that would be considered an Everyone (E) or Teen (T) rating if presented to the US’s Electronic Software Ratings Board (ESRB) (or their equivalent region counterparts). Video games that contain material that would be rated Mature 17+ (M) (or its equivalent) will be considered on a case by case basis.
Products including any of the following will be rejected:
- Cart based games that are constructed from Cannibalized carts or cases. This refers to carts or cases that are constructed of old or pre-existing video games parts or materials.
- Disc based games that are produced using CD-Rs or any other self-burnt media.
- Games that contain assets or coding of questionable legality (i.e. “asset flipping”).
- Games that would receive a rating of Adults Only (AO) if presented to the ESRB or be considered Not Suitable for Work (NSFW).
- Any game that would be considered highly offensive for some reason (religious topics, social matters, historical matters, etc.).