Rare NES Cart Auctioned for Over $20,000
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Nintendo, Campus, Challenge, Cartridge, eBay | Themes: The Internet, Software
A rare NES cartridge costs more than a brand new car.
What makes you a true, hardcore gamer? Is it the hardware under the rig's hood? Is it your infinite knowledge of all things gaming? Or is it the amount of money you're willing to pay for a super, super rare title? That's the question we're asking after reports of a (seemingly wealthy) gamer paid a whopping $20,100 USD to JJGames.com for a Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge.
Although the auction is already closed, the original listing was here on eBay. The game requiring a year's salary was Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991, used in a national tournament that took place back in 1991. According to Destructoid, all fifty copies were reportedly destroyed, however this one was set aside for an unspecified reason.
"You have 6 minutes to play through this game and get as many points as possible," described JJGames on the cart's auction page. "Once you get 50 coins on Mario 3 you move onto Pin-Bot. Then when you get 100,000 points on Pin-Bot you move onto Dr. Mario. You play the remaining time on Dr. Mario. After 6 minutes, you see a "Total Score" screen with you combined score from all three games.
As the description stated, the cartridge is a compilation of three Nintendo games, offering a small portion of each. The original tournament took place in fifty cities with the top prize being an all-expense paid trip to Florida for the 1992 tournament.
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This gives me some hope! I have an NES in the box with the price tag still on it. It has had it's box opened and the top layer of foam taken off, but it has never come out of the bottom layer. Baggies and twist ties still in place.
I also have the full R.O.B. set, but someone put a new 72-pin connector in that one before I got it (not very smart if you don't even intend to play the thing!!). Still, the full kit is hard to find.
Maybe in 50 years I'll retire on them.
Hmm trip to florida is cheaper, even if you'd fly there from any part of the world
Also don't electronics only live about 35 years then give up the ghost? I'm not sure though, some guy I met majoring in electrical engineering told me that.
Reminds me of "The Wizard."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098663/
"Wow", that's about all I can say.
i think this is every wii game owners dream.
it is true electronics have a finite life, the silicon chips break down after a while. something made in 1990 or so might last a little longer than something made now, because it is more crude and thus less vulnerable to things that affect deep modern submicron chips. still like 15 years of regular use is pushing it, maybe 25 if it is rarely used and stored in a cool dry dark place
Ultimate nerdiness.
I want the car
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The circuit board looks simple. How would one know if it's not made in someone's basement with copying the ROM image?
Nice, I read about this in a magazine years back. What a find for a garage sale.
Absolutely ridiculous...
You can download the entire NES game library and an emulator... go buy a nice usb game pad... and play any NES game you want on your pc.
I still have my top loading NES @ my parents house but i'm not shelling out any money to buy games for it.
I can think of much better ways to my money.
And people like the buyer complain why is life so hard...
"Wow", that's about all I can say.
LOL I was thinking this while reading it....
GET THE WHISTLE!!!!
zOMG?!!! I have the original box and instruction booklet for that game!! Wonder how much that gamer would shell out to 'complete' the package
how much you think i could get for my E.T cartridge for the Atari 2600? LOL
Has that cart got an RJ45/RJ11 on it?
LMAO i doubt somebody with 20grand to blow on a video game is complaining about life *well financially speaking anyways*.. This is no different then other collectors. If you got the cash to blow.. well fuck you might as well eh?
Anyone want to buy my duck-hunt cartridge and NES "Zapper" for $20,000?