$800,200? Meh, mere pocket change my good sir!
When you think classic NES games, you think cheap, eBay users feel they are worth over $800,000.
A recently ended eBay auction for mint condition copy of Stadium Events yielded more money than probably any other game in the past. Sold for $800,200, the sort of illiterate seller must now be ecstatic for breaking some sort of record, or perhaps a new set of teeth.
According to the seller, “This is the Stadium Events Games NTSC which is still sealed inside the plastic wrap. In my posession here is probably the one and last SEAL brand new Stadium Events game on Earth. I nearly crap in my pants when i found out what this is worth and the rarity of this item. Well you big time collectors i think this is what you guys are waiting for and looking for. Please do not email me with Low Ball offers. Good bidding on this game and may the best bidder wins.”
The auction also received 49399 hits as of March 2, which probably means this collectors item is quite hard to find in such a condition. It would also appear that the usual eBay fake bidders that like to make crazy auctions hit retarded numbers and cancel were not apart of this deal. You will more than likely see a collector sell this in the not so distant future. Either way, the winner won’t be playing it, let alone taking off the shrink wrapper, as those sets only go for a mere $10,000.
You’d figure after he hit $800,000 that the seller would at least throw in free shipping, pff $6, what a rip!
The North American, or NTSC, version of Stadium Events is universally accepted as the rarest licensed NES game available for purchase in North America. It was recently named #6 on a list of 20 “Holy Grails of Console Gaming”, a list that covered all gaming systems in all countries. The reason for its rarity and subsequent high market price is due to its limited production and sales. At the time of its launch during the holiday season of 1987, Stadium Events was only available in limited stores. In 1988, Nintendo purchased the North American rights to the FFF mat technology and re-released it as the Power Pad.
