It is a very rare game of which there are barely 100 copies in circulation.
The NES was one of the consoles that revolutionized the video game industry in the 1980s.
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The retro games market, although still niche, welcomes collectors from all over the world willing to pay real fortunes for old games already discontinued, special editions or any other collectible object that has some unique characteristic. This is the case of this NES cartridge that is currently being auctioned by $33,000 as of this writing, and could fetch an even higher asking price.
It is not at all comparable to that collection of GameCube games found by chance in a flea market, although it contained real gems, but the truth is that classic Nintendo consoles They are the whim of many collectors and they are willing to pay a lot of money to get hold of depending on which games.
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Specifically, it is a Nintendo World Championships cartridge, a 1990 game, currently up for auction on Comics.ha. If we access the platform, we can see that the bid is currently at $33,000.
“The term ‘holy grail’ is thrown around a lot, but it absolutely applies to Nintendo World Championships, an incredibly rare cartridge for the NES. It is estimated that approximately 100 of these NWC cartridges that were used for the legendary 1990 eSports competition they still exist. The rest was discarded or recycled as intended after the competition ended,” we can read in the item description. “This is tied in the copy with the highest rating we have ever offered. Countless NES fans need this piece of video game history for their collection, so the offers will inevitably be intense. The tag has some discoloration, but this is hardly a deal breaker for a piece of jewelry like this.
The auction ends in just over two weeks, so we will finally see how much this little piece of video game history ends up selling for. Much less than what was paid for the One Ring card from Magic’s Lord of the Rings set, but it’s something.
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