$17,500 For Six Minutes OF Gameplay

[Sam Fisher]

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488

Wow...

 

[[A]]

Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from us, but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a clinically insane $17,500 for an obscure NES game from 1990.

The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo World Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a Nintendo-sponsored gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were created, and Hendricks calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors.

The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and consists of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in each game, and their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't sound too riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for the gameplay.

And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and zeroes, Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on eBay for a cool $25,000.

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[TheCorpulent1]

Haha, awesome. Just more proof to me that "collector" is a euphemism for "addict."

 

[Steel Thunder]

Fool of a Took

 

[Electro UK]

This reminds me of how I've been tempted to spen d £100 on a Snake action figure for like 4 years now.

 

[Lucien]

I'd absolutely die if they ported it onto the Wii Virtual Console

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Yeah...I too have been tempted into buy a Solid Snake 1:6 figure too.

My lack of money is what holds me back, really.

 

[DeGenerate10]

Must be nice to have that kind of money

 

[Milu]

At least it's not an LJN title . . .