Pat Contri, better known as “Pat The NES Punk”, will be making an appearance on The History Channel original series “Pawn Stars” this evening. The name of the episode is called “Room and Hoard”, and while we don’t know much about the appearance itself, fans of the to RetroWare TV web series may want to tune in and give it a look!

Pawn Stars is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard Harrison, his son Rick (who opened the store with his father in 1988) Rick’s son Core, who has worked there since childhood, and Corey’s childhood friend, Austin Russell. The show, which became the number 2 reality show behind Jersey Shore, premiered on July 26, 2009. The series depicts the staff’s interactions with customers, who bring in a variety of artifacts to sell or pawn and who are shown haggling over the price and discussing its historical background, with narration provided. The series also follows the interpersonal conflicts among the cast.

Which brings us to video game collectors in general. Are we collecting things that are trash or treasure? Regardless to what it is, most collectors just simply enjoy playing the games that they have collected. That’s part of the fun of it all, because very few hobbies offer the interactivity that the video game provides! So the question is this: Where does The Punk come in with all of this? It’s being assumed that he is planning on bringing in one of this most valuable treasures. Of course, the series showed in the past that in some cases, that they know a little bit about games as a whole. In a 4th season episode, someone brought in a Virtual Boy console, hoping to get $200 for it, but ended up getting a more appropriate $80 for it.

Pat’s appearance on the show airs tonight on The History Channel, at 10PM Eastern/Pacific times, but be sure to check out local listings.

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