Some people out there are just hardcore. Someone just spent $20,000 to buy a rare NES Game, I have to say that’s pretty crazy. The cartridge sold was from the NES Campus Championships in 1991. Similar to the Nintendo World Championship cartridges from that same time, the cartridge held 3 games, Super Mario Bros 3, Pin-Bot, and Dr Mario and kept score for all the players in all three games.
The ebay listing gave some info about the cartridge and its origins
In 1991 Nintendo held a nationwide video game tournament at 58 college campuses, state fairs, and spring break hot spots. Like the Nintendo World Championships in 1990, a special cartridge was created just for this event that had Super Mario Bros 3, Pin-Bot, and Dr. Mario on it and would give you one score for playing all three games. Winners from each of the 58 locations were sent to Orlando Florida to crown the National Champion at Disney World. Unlike the Nintendo World Championships where Nintendo gave winner’s copies of the special cartridges, the Campus Challenge cartridges were supposed to be destroyed. This game was original found at a ex-Nintendo employees garage sale in 2006. It is the only copy known to exist. More details can be found on Wikipedia or watch a video about the event on VidLife
For those of you who don’t know what the World Championship cartridges look like, here is one from 1990.
That looks nice right? Those have sold for up to $17,000. Now, this is what the person just spent $20,000 on.
I can understand wanting to own one of the gold ones, but $20,000 on the not so nice looking one? Hey, to each his own. I guess I just think of what you could buy with that kind of money. That’s a car or a deposit and rent for a year on a small apartment somewhere. The person who bought this must REALLY want that cartridge. Maybe someone from Nintendo bough it back to be destroyed finally?
This makes me curious though, I know I’ve spent $150 on a game once(Shining Force CD for Sega CD), but what was the most YOU have ever paid for a game and what is the most you would ever spend on one?
Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991 NES World Championships [eBay Via Kotaku]
Wow really, thats insane. I mean I love my retro games but for 20,000 dollars…. no thanks I draw the line after 500 dollars
I hope Nintendo don’t sue them.. if the game was developed by Nintindo and was suppose to be destroyed.. i smell a lawsuit.. I hope hes got more then 20 grand haha
I love games alot, but it’s just not worth $20,000!!!
that’s just too much $$$
There was an article in Game Informer a few months back, I think it was Game Informer, that focused on this very subject. They showed different rare/collectible games and the prices that they were selling for or sold for at auctions, ebay, etc. It was a very interesting read. I’ll look around and see if I can find the article online. I personally would never do this, but I’m sure to the person paying this much the game is worth that to them and if they have the means to do it…more power to them.
I’m wondering if the guy that bought this feels satisfied with his purchase, or if he regretted it three seconds after he realized what he had just done.
The most money I spent on a game was $63.99 on Halo 3 when it was released. Since then, I would probably not go out and spend more than $40 on a game.
i would never spend that much money on a video game
hell no, i bet if you got the schematics, you could make one for $300
even if i did have that money i would spend it on more importent things
Even if i had 1 million dollars i still wouldn’t buy it. Let alone spending $20,000 for a vidya game. But are these people that hardcore or just crazy o.0
Yeah, I remember hearing about this a while back. It is crazy! But like they say, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”.
I would buy that in a heartbeat! Thats the holy grail man.
That’s fucking Hardcore!
even if i had money like that to waste, i wouldnt waste it on that lol