Nintendo System sold for $13,000 on E-Bay

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Permalink Reply by Shane on February 13, 2010 at 4:57pm

That is amazing !! i still have mine complete with alot of games but im not sure if i have box it came in anymore. I'll have to look now.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Bousquet on February 13, 2010 at 5:14pm

I know, that was wild. I've never even heard of that game that brought in all that $$$. Stadium events? Never heard of it...

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Permalink Reply by MiMatt on February 14, 2010 at 12:58am

I remember seeing that game advertised in the Nintendo Fun Club magazine, but I never saw it in a store.

From Wikipedia:

The North American, or NTSC, version of Stadium Events is universally accepted as the rarest licensed NES game available for purchase in North America. It was recently named #6 on a list of 20 "Holy Grails of Console Gaming", a list that covered all gaming systems in all countries. The reason for its rarity and subsequent high market price is due to its limited production and sales. At the time of its launch during the holiday season of 1987, Stadium Events was only available at Northern-region Woolworth's Department Store, which was a test market for Bandai. In 1988, Nintendo purchased the North American rights to the FFF mat technology and re-released it as the Power Pad. The two Family Fun Fitness-branded games that had already been released, as well as Bandai's version of the running pad accessory, were pulled from shelves and presumed destroyed. Because of this odd sequence of events, only 2000 copies are believed to have been produced, of which it is estimated that 200 copies reached consumers before being recalled. Today, collectors who follow the online sale of rare video games believe that fewer than 10 complete copies of the game exist, only one of which is factory sealed. An eBay auction of a NES console along with a copy of the game with manual and box landed the seller a winning bid of $13,105 on February 13, 2010

The only other NES game even close to being this rare would be the Tengen (and IMO, better) version of Tetris. Whoever paid for that REALLY wanted that, because it's maybe worth about $1500 tops.

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Permalink Reply by MiMatt on March 1, 2010 at 2:48am

I'm digging this thread back up because of this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/FACTORY-SEALED-NEW-NES-NINTENDO-STADIUM-EVENTS-...

That same game just went for $41,300, factory sealed - only one of (now) 3 in existence.

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Permalink Reply by Captain Pinball on March 1, 2010 at 9:16am

We have people starving to death in this country, we have homeless people evrywhere, we have the economy in shambles but yet someone has 41,300 to spend on a Nintendo game he will never open or play. Ok, I am off my soapbox.

MiMatt said:

I'm digging this thread back up because of this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/FACTORY-SEALED-NEW-NES-NINTENDO-STADIUM-EVENTS-...

That same game just went for $41,300, factory sealed - only one of (now) 3 in existence.

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Permalink Reply by MiMatt on March 1, 2010 at 6:25pm

Now there's another currently going for $800,200.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110499541029

But I think the bidder(s) aren't serious about paying it.. There is no way I'd pay the price of a very nice house for an old NES cart, even if it was the last sealed copy on the face of the earth.

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Permalink Reply by Zach on March 1, 2010 at 9:53pm

That auction closes in 4 hours. 52 bids so far, that is flipping insane.

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Permalink Reply by Mrslo on March 1, 2010 at 10:10pm

That is totally insane. I wish I had that kind of money to throw around. I know I would be doing some additions to the game room for that kind of money.

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