Most expensive NES game ever?

[Jackalope1977]

NES Nintendo World Championship Cart RARE Torn Label 100 Authentic Adult Owned | eBay


Just had to share this.

 

[Irish8248]

maybe it was Blades of Steel

 

[RyCo1983]

maybe it was Blades of Steel

Great memories playing that one

 

[irish o'phile]

Why on earth does it cost so much?

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Nintendo used to have worldwide tournaments, and the winners would receive these cartridges. The cartridge has 3 games on it.

Since they are in such short supply (I believe only 100 exist), they are very rare, and therefore very expensive.

*The other "holy grail" of NES cartridges is Bandai's "Stadium Events." It was made, but then never released because Nintendo bought the game to use with the Power Pad mat.

NERD RANT/

 

[IrishSteelhead]

The fucking box alone for this game can fetch up to $10,000

Same game after Nintendo bought and rebranded it. Worthless.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

World Championship cartridges:

90 gray ones still exist, 26 gold ones still exist per Wiki

*If you look closely, that weird looking switch on the cartridge is to flip between games. It had Rad Racer, Tetris, and Super Mario Bros.

 

[Jackalope1977]

World Championship cartridges:

90 gray ones still exist, 26 gold ones still exist per Wiki

Holy shit, what is a gold one with the label still on worth?

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Holy shit, what is a gold one with the label still on worth?

One hasn't hit the market in a few years IIRC, but if a gray one with a torn cover is fetching $100k, I'd guess upwards of $300k in mint condition, maybe more. There is an entire subculture obsessed with collecting rare items associated with vintage video games.

*Im part of the subculture that doesn't collect, but is fascinated by it and like to read about it.

EDIT: Just read the last gold cartridge to hit the market was 7 years ago, and went for $20k. Somebody got a steal, as far as spending tens of thousands of dollars on a piece of plastic with a shitty circuit board go haha.

 

[Jackalope1977]

One hasn't hit the market in a few years IIRC, but if a gray one with a torn cover is fetching $100k, I'd guess upwards of $300k in mint condition, maybe more. There is an entire subculture obsessed with collecting rare items associated with vintage video games.

*Im part of the subculture that doesn't collect, but is fascinated by it and like to read about it.

EDIT: Just read the last gold cartridge to hit the market was 7 years ago, and went for $20k. Somebody got a steal, as far as spending tens of thousands of dollars on a piece of plastic with a shitty circuit board go haha.

I collect NES games and this statement cracks me up because that's exactly what I think when I spend 50-100 dollars on one NES game. Now 20,000? 100,000? That shit blows my mind. I guess if I'm Bill Gates I'd probably be in on the bidding.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

I remember in college we had an NES and bought a shit ton of games from Funcoland (remember that site) and years later I sold them all for three to four times what we paid. Nothing too fancy in the lot, just some rare ones like Dragon Warrior 2, 3, and 4, etc.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Upon more research (wiki, articles, etc.) the price on this auction is inflated beyond belief. Apparently it "only" goes for around 15-20k, so people are probably just yanking the sellers chain.

A guy was on "Pawn Stars" last year with a gray and gold cartridge and wanted 35k for both. They countered with 15k, and no deal was reached.

*I was way off in my earlier post about a gold one getting 300k.

 

[Jackalope1977]

I remember in college we had an NES and bought a shit ton of games from Funcoland (remember that site) and years later I sold them all for three to four times what we paid. Nothing too fancy in the lot, just some rare ones like Dragon Warrior 2, 3, and 4, etc.

I used to love Funcoland!! Yeah, I bought a ton of games back on the day too and I can't believe how much their value has increased. The Dragon Warrior collection is sweet.

 

[dshans]

Holy Shit!

Maybe I should stop forcing my son (now 26) to get his Nintendo shit out of my house and into his own.

Who knows ... if the right game/cartridge is still around I might e-bay the damn thing to compensate me for a little less than half the cost of paying to put him through college.

Are people this fucking nuts???

 

[wizards8507]

maybe it was Blades of Steel

Blades. Of. Steel.

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[IrishSteelhead]

Are people this fucking nuts???

You know this is a rhetorical question, and if not, Google "Ron Artest"

 

[dshans]

You know this is a rhetorical question, and if not, Google "Ron Artest"

Silver Surfer (I loved the comic book) was the only game my son and I couldn't beat. I would guess that it accounted for 80% of the six controllers I destroyed in the day.



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[ndjish]

Silver Surfer (I loved the comic book) was the only game my son and I couldn't beat. I would guess that it accounted for 80% of the six controllers I destroyed in the day.



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You're not alone my friend, probably the single most frustrating game I have ever played!!!

 

[ClausentoTate]

Movie Reviews, Video Game Reviews, Original Web Series | Cinemassacre | Cinemassacre Productions

AVGN has done a few of the impossible games from back in the day, and has reviewed the gold cartridge World Championship game as well (he seems to have a grey cartridge in his collection plus a friend has a gold). It's an awful game in its own right. That's probably why there are so few out there.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Went for $99,902

 

[Jackalope1977]

Went for $99,902

I wonder if that transaction actually went through. And if so, who the hell bought it and do they feel like the worlds biggest jackass???

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Guessing no, but we will surely get an update either way.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

A gold one is on there now:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/281253143194?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1

*Seems fishy to me with no label, like somebody took a Zelda cartridge and modded it to look like the NWC one.

 

[Jackalope1977]

A gold one is on there now:

NES Nintendo World Championship Gold Cart Super RARE 100 Authentic Adult Owned | eBay

*Seems fishy to me with no label, like somebody took a Zelda cartridge and modded it to look like the NWC one.

I agree. I hate that there's all these new NES games that look just like old ones. I saw a NES Tecmo Bowl 2014 on there the other day and if somebody can make that then why couldn't they reproduce any rare game. I'm with you so I won't be laying down any 50,000 dollar bids, hahaha.

 

[nlroma1o]

This is pretty crazy stuff. I'm not surprised that its selling for that much. Old video games are super collectable.

The only cool thing I held onto, is a gold catridge of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time still in the box and plastic. Maybe that will be worth something some day.

One of my friends still has 100 NES and SNES games, I wonder if he has any rare ones. Another cool thing he just bought, is a rare pinball game from the late 80's called ATLANTIS. Its unreal how much the pinball machine is worth, something like 5 grand.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Gold Nintendo World Champions cartridge is at $90,000 with 7 days left.

 

[Jackalope1977]

Gold Nintendo World Champions cartridge is at $90,000 with 7 days left.

This is gonna be crazy. The world has gone mad with Nintendo fever!

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Buyer of gray cartridge backed out:

Rare Nintendo World Championships game was put on sale on eBay and the winning bid exceeded £60,000 - Mirror Online

*Gold auction has eclipsed 100k with a week left