Old Rare NES game selling for $40k on eBay

[Doc Holiday]

https://www.yahoo.com/games/news/bidding-super-rare-nes-game-194600895.html

I've found this interesting because I actually remember playing this game when I was 5-6 at a friends house.

I used to trade games in a while back but have discovered that I usually end up regretting it later so I've stopped trading in now. Still have all my old N64 games.

[Panthro]

I had the power pad with a tape that had Mario/duck hunt/ and maybe this game. It was something like it

[Panthro]

Nevert mind. It's 5 bucks

http://www.amazon.com/Super-Mario-Bros-World-Class-Nes/dp/B000EYKS22

[pstall]

I had this game. HAD. I'm jumping off a bridge now....

[toldozer]

I had a power pad game to

[Sapper]

This makes me want to cry.  I had this too.

[SZ James (banned)]

this poo right here is why I had a 4.40 dash time

[Cary Kollins]

bidding up to $100k

 

 

I didn't own this game, but I defintiely remember playing it as a kid. We would cheat and get on the ground and slam the pads with our hands.

[SmokinwithWilly]

What more proof do you need of a 40 year old virgin locked in his momma's basement who's only physical contact with a woman came 39 years ago when his mom was breast feeding him. 100 g's can buy a lot of hot pockets and kool-aid. 

[4Corners]

I have boxes and boxes of old nintendo games, SuperNES games, Atari games, and dreamcast games in my parents attic. Along with boxes and boxes of trading cards and old action figures. Need to get them down and see if I can get any cash for them. 

[Lumps]

Sweet, I wonder how much my Tamagotchi will go for.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

This makes me want to cry.  I had this too.

 

 

I had this game. HAD. I'm jumping off a bridge now....

 

only 200 copies of stadium events actually made it to stores and most of those were eventually recalled which is why it's so ridiculously rare and valuable.  both of you are probably thinking of world class track meet which is what that game was rebranded as and is way more common.

[dos poptarts]

WTF? I worked at ToysRUS while in highschool during 87-88 and I never heard of this game. I was the guy locked in the room where you picked up your games by showing your paid ticket. Those were the days.

 

Edit: nevermind. I see the above post that only 200 were shipped to stores.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

basically there were barely any copies of the game manufactured, even fewer shipped, and even fewer still purchased out of the pool of 200 that actually made it to stores.  the unsold copies got yanked because nintendo bought the rights to the game and the accessories from bandai and repackaged them.  that game got a much wider release because it was published by nintendo and was a pack-in game for the NES combo package that came with the power pad.  i was friends with probably three or four kids who had that version.  there are copies of the reissue going for $.01 on amazon.com right now so unfortunately the collectors' market for that game isn't nearly as good.

 

it goes like that for a lot of things though.  weird one off version of something that got almost no distribution and is factory sealed = valuable as hell usually