Rare Nintendo Championships Gold Unpwned by Fred Savage’s Little Brother
Written by admin on February 14th, 2008 in devices and gadgets.
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Electronic sports as we know them really got a boost back in the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Nintendo World Championships were based on a monstrosity of a movie called The Wizard, which hopefully you either don’t remember or are too young to remember. The movie just seemed like one long commercial for the Power Glove which came out in the same year. Still, it was a golden time for Nintendo, way back before Sony had ever considered throwing their hat in the gaming console ring and PCs were still fetching as much as a good used car. It was the beginning of the gaming renaissance and the gold cartridges that were given to the winners quickly became hot property. One is selling on eBay for the starting price of $15,000:
For the competition, 116 special game cartridges were manufactured. 90 of these copies exist in a grey cartridge and were given out to semi-finalists of the 1990 NWC. 26 of these cartridges are gold - like the Legend of Zelda cartridge - and were given out to winners and runners-up in a contest held by Nintendo Power magazine.
To play the cartridge, one must have a controller inputed both controller ports and press start on the second player’s controller. For the competition, there was a special switch that would start all cartridges simultaneously.
Both versions of the cartridge feature DIP switches on the front, which can alter the time limit. Answers.com
Seller udisi is selling this special piece of gaming history over at the bay. He seems a trustworthy chap with a satisfaction rating of 100% and having been a member since 1998, that is no small feat. It will be interesting to see if one of the most coveted items of eight bit gaming memorabilia will actually change hands.
Born Rich, eBay
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