Posts: 1592
From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003
posted January 25, 2014 10:31 AM
There was a guy on the Pawn Stars TV show recently with two of the championship carts, one like this and a gold one. Both were in great shape compared to this one. Just goes to show what true collectors will pay....
Posts: 1423
From: Weymouth,Dorset,England
Registered: Oct 2012
posted January 25, 2014 11:22 AM
Maurice I think it is a cartridge for a Nintedo computer games machine , Super Mario I believe, but why it has reached this figure is beyond me.
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From: Kvinnherad, Norway
Registered: Oct 2009
posted January 25, 2014 12:06 PM
It is a rare cartridge specially made for a tournament in 1990. Only 116 were made, 90 of these grey and 26 of them gold (like the Zelda cartridges). These were used as the tournament travelled along the globe, and according to a magazine article I read, most of them were given to staff, arrangers, and in some case: winners.
-------------------- Well who’s on first? Yeah. Go ahead and tell me. Who. The guy on first. Who. The guy playin’ first base. Who. The guy on first. Who is on first! What are you askin’ me for? I’m askin’ you!
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From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted January 27, 2014 10:27 PM
Update is the high bidder backed out. Claimed that his child "accidentally" bid on his behalf. Now the seller is trying to contact the other high bidders but in the interim others have crawled out of the woodwork with their copies of the same game. Unfortunately the dishonest high bidder now has screwed the sellers auction.
Posts: 1060
From: Cottage Grove OR
Registered: Dec 2010
posted January 28, 2014 12:37 AM
Yikes! Looking at the bidding history, the winning bidder was also the first bidder. Not to mention that the final bid came in an hour and twenty minute before the auction ended.
The seller will also have to look at his account with a $9,902 ebay fee for listing the item. Which he will get credited back but, yeah...what a terrible thing to do on the part of the fake buyer.
The fake buyer probably has something to do with one of the other two games now available -- that's my guess. There is now a gold cart at auction that started 2 hours after the "torn label" one ended. It's already over $100,000 with 7 days to go!
This on is also missing a label but, it was never put on there by Nintendo -- according to the seller. Keep in mind folks that this special contest cart is only a 7 min. game!! That's the average time on a one-reel 200' short!
Here it is on youtube and you don't have to pay $100,000 for it: