'Super-rare' Nintendo game hits auction

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An extremely rare Nintendo game is expected to fetch thousands of dollars in an eBay auction.

Only 116 copies of Nintendo World Championships were ever made, as part of a special event in 1990.

Unfortunately for collectors, the cartridge is in poor condition - with a ripped label and "Mario" written on it in ballpoint pen

Created for the Nintendo Entertainment System - better known as NES - Nintendo World Championships was designed for a competition, and never went on general sale.

Each of the 90 semi-finalists was given a grey cartridge like the one now up for auction.

Rarer still are the "golden" cartridges of the same game, sent out as part of a separate competition by Nintendo Power magazine

Current bid is $5,500.99..For a video game lol

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25878678

Ebay link
 
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Wasnt it the grey cart that was worth more?
I remember avgn doing a mock up of one that he apparently smashed in the above video, I could be wrong though about which colour it was.
 
The grey cart is worth more than the gold...

Form what I recall the gold carts are from a compo from Nintendo power and was prizes to be given away, so there's a set number and known owners. All the grey carts was meant to be destroyed after the compo, but some escaped crushing and there's an unknown number with unknown owners.
 
Stuff like this rarely sells on eBay, chances are that a collector now knowing he has a the cart will contact him privately to make a deal.

There was a copy of Tetris with the asking price of $1 million..
 
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