$17,500 for an NES game.. This guy is insane.

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unusualgamer

#41 August 17, 2009, 06:55:38 am

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yeah, this cartridge is super super super rare. the fact that this man paid that amount is not a surprise to me at all.

a buddy of mine (he is about 39 now) played in that nintendo tournament and won back in like 1991, and has his nintendo world champ cartridge (grey edition) at his home. he says that it is worth about 8,000 dollars, but he would never sell it.

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Ragnar

#42 August 17, 2009, 07:30:34 am

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got the power-up and won the tournament

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Eltee

#43 August 17, 2009, 08:51:10 am

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i would sell a videogame worth 8000$ in a heartbeat

do you grow feelings towards a cartdridge??

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Vellfire

#44 August 17, 2009, 11:38:45 am

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I would too but if you're a HARDCORE VIDEO GAME COLLECTOR I would think that already owning it would be a lot better than shelling out $8000 yourself.

Plus idk considering he won it it would be a lot more sentimental than if someone just bought one. I could see wanting to keep it.

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Eltee

#45 August 17, 2009, 06:23:00 pm

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i'd take a pic of me and the cartdridge and then make a plate that says "yeah, i won the competition"

and then sell the actual cart for monnies

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WillyFourEyes

#46 August 23, 2009, 03:49:32 pm

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For that much money, I could probably purchase an NES and about 500 full-length games. I understand the guy's a collector and all, but why spend so much money on a game you'd only end up playing for no more than six minutes anyway?

The ~~troper~~ GW denizen formerly known as SiliconHero(-Virus).

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Vellfire

#47 August 23, 2009, 03:52:00 pm

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Quote from: WillyFourEyes on August 23, 2009, 03:49:32 pm

I understand the guy's a collector and all, but why spend so much money on a game you'd only end up playing for no more than six minutes anyway?

You answered your own question in this sentence. He's a collector. He's not going to be playing it anyway most likely.

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