Lavendar, I hadn't even considered that!
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game Date : Tue, 7 Jul 2009 21:24:31 -0400 From : <wlro...@aol.com> To : <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Well, the question is does it still play and does his NES still play? --Lavender From: Martin Baxter Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:15 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game Amen to that, Mr Worf! And I, a video-game fan since the day video games first entered my worldview over twenty-five years ago, have *never heard* of that game. Odds are, he can only get a reaction out of equally hyper-rabid fans by showing it off. And he'd better hope that none of them have sticky fingers. ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game Date : Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:24:25 -0700 From : "Mr. Worf" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com He could have bought the distribution rights for the game for less money. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I > still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete > with full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough? > > *************************************** > http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488 > The $17,500 video game > > by Mike Smith > Buzz up! > > July 6 1:32 P.M. > [image: $17000 Game] > > Would you pay $17,500 for this? > > 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 $17,500for 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. > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds People may lie, but the evidence rarely does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
